Team USA Registration PagePlayers from the United States compete against Team South Africa in the first ever USA vs. South Africa Team Battle!
• The tournament will begin on Sunday July 26th at 2 pm Eastern Daylight Time (1 pm CDT, 12 pm/noon MDT, or 11 am PDT) and end at 4 pm Eastern Daylight Time. Players are encouraged to join the tournament a few minutes early.
• This tournament is free!
• Lichess team battle pairings will be used. This format is similar to arena-style pairings, but players from the same country will be restricted from playing against each other.
• The scores of the highest performing 20 players from each side will determine which country wins!
• Before signing up for the tournament, please register for a lichess.org account (it's free!) if you do not have an existing account. If you have any issues try watching this video about how to register an account on lichess: https://www.
• Please provide your USCF ID number (if a member) and lichess username (this goes in the "Online Username" field) to be eligible for prizes.
• All current/former US residents may compete for team USA. This tournament is open to children and adults of all ages and ratings.
• This tournament is not USCF-rated, and a USCF membership is not required to participate. Games will only be lichess-rated.
• The time control is game in 3 minutes with a 2-second incremement. Players will be allowed to use Berserk mode, where they sacrifice half of their initial time and all of their increment to get double points.
• There will be a live commentary stream with analysts from both sides on the DMV Chess Twitch channel: https://www.twitch.tv/dmv_chess
• After you register we will send instructions manually.
• If you have questions about this tournament, please contact Josh Hiban at tournaments@dmvchess.com or 703-415-6600.
Trophies will be awarded for each of the following categories:
• Top player overall (i.e. the player with the most points at the end of the tournament)
• Top under 2000
• Top under 1600
• Top under 1100
• Highest performance rating (minimum at least 7 games)
Each trophy will feature an inscription with the winner's name and the name of the tournament.
"Under" prizes are based on USCF regular (over-the-board) ratings.