“3rd Saturday” FREE Online Tournament
Monthly on 3rd Saturday | 7 pm Eastern Time
2 SECTIONS: Open & U1200
OPEN – 4 rounds, G15+2; U1200 – 5 rounds, G10+5
Tournament dates in 2025: 1/18, 3/15, 4/19, 5/17, 6/21
*Note: Please send an email to us and re-register for the tournament if you did not receive an email from Chess for Unity after 4 pm ET on the the tournament day. That’s because the email you provided was not correct. Please make sure the email address is accurate when you re-register for the tournament.
Tournament Rules:
– ONLY registered players are eligible for prize.
– Once you register, there is no need to register any future 3rd Saturday FREE online tournaments if you did not change your chess.com username.
– All or some of our board members may play in the OPEN section.
– Registration deadline: By noon on the tournament day
– Format: Swiss UNRATED tournament U1200|5 rounds, G10+5 ; Open|4 rounds, G15+2
– The peak USCF rating including regular, quick, online regular, and online quick is used to assign sections ( playing up is only permitted by the organizer).
— Award: After the tournament, one of Chess for Unity members will review the tournament games of the Open Section winner. The game review is free, up to 30 minutes. All the tournament players are welcome to watch the game review on Zoom.
–Players MUST join the Zoom meeting with camera ON. The Zoom meeting link will be sent to all registered players via email on the day before the tournament.
Chess.com Instructions:
Held on chess.com, if you do not have an account, please register on the website
Join the C4U-3rd Saturday Club
(You will need to submit your request to join the Club at least 15 minutes prior to the start of the tournament and then join the tournament in the Chess.com Live Chess system before the start time)
Late join’s will be permitted but no byes are allowed and if you disconnect from the event, Chess.com may remove you and it may not be possible for you to rejoin the event
C4U-Fair Play Policies:
If a player violates the chess.com fair play policy, the player’s chess.com account will be closed. In addition, the opponents will receive a half-point added to their final points.
– Live stream commentary by our titled members for the selected sections on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/chess4unity
– If you have any questions, feel free to contact us at chessforunity@gmail.com