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St. Croix Chess Club Meeting December 14, 2023

Time:  7:00pm

Place: Zoom meeting


UPCOMING TOURNAMENTS and ACTIVITIES ​​​

2023 USVI St. Croix District Championships December 2-3, 2023

St. Croix Venue to be announced. This will be a standard classical time control, five round tournament.  It is open to all St. Croix members of the USVICF. There will be an open section and a women's section. This tournament will determine a 2023 USVICF St. Croix District Women's Chess Champion and a 2023 USVICF St. Croix District Open Champion.


2023 USVI St. Thomas District Championships December 9-10, 2023

St. Thomas venue to be announced. This will be a standard classical time control, five round tournament.  It is open to all St. Thomas members of the USVICF. There will be an open section and a Women's section. This tournament will determine a 2023 USVICF St. Thomas District Women's Champion and a 2023 USVICF St. Thomas District Open Champion.

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Women's Qualifying Tournament January 13-14, 2024

St. Croix venue to be announced. Tournament will be held on St. Croix and be used to decide the 3 remaining positions for the USVICF Women's Olympiad team. This tournament will be standard classical time control five round tournament.


Winter Chess Festival February 24-25, 2024

FIDE rated five round Swiss System Tournament. Three rounds to be played on Saturday and two rounds on Sunday. Venue to be announced.


Annual US Virgin Islands Chess Federation Scholastic Chess Championship. 

Open to all students of the Virgin Islands in grades 1-12.


​Annual US Virgin Islands Chess Federation Open Chess Tournament April 13-14, 2024.

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2024 USVI Chess World Olympiad Team 

Congratulations to the first three players to earn a position on the open team:

Michael Smith - rating 1553

Justin Hair -    rating 1499

Colin Heim -    rating 1492  


Pursuant to Article 2.3.3.1 (i) of the Constitution of the USVI Chess Federation:


​   The FIDE Olympiad Teams (one open team and one women's team) selected from active USVICF members shall be selected using the following criteria for each team.

  a) District Champions from the odd-numbered years, (2) two players St. Croix District: 1 player for the open section and one for the women's: (2) two players. St. Thomas-St. John District: 1 player for the open section and one for the women's

  b) Selected by the Board, up to (3) three players for each team; based on:

(i): FIDE ratings of active USVICF members as of January 1st of the odd-numbered years.

(ii): Participation in activities of the USVICF.

(iii): Selection based on the best interest of the team

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Regulations of April 1-2 Open Chess Tournament

Venue: TBD
Date: April 1-2, 2023
Time Control: 61 minutes for the whole game from move 1
Entry Fee: $30

Tie Break systems:
Swiss system:
1: Director Encounter
2: Greater Number of Wins (both white and black)
3: Buchholz
4: Sonneborn-Berger

Round Robin:
1: Director Encounter
2: Greater Number of Wins (both white and black)
3: Sonneborn-Berger
4: Koya System

Format: Swiss system but if not enough players change to a Round Robin

Schedule:
April 1, 2023
Technical meeting/Opening Ceremony:  12:15pm

Round 1:  12:30pm
Round 2:  3:00pm
Round 3:  5:30pm

April 2, 2023
Round 4: 9:00am
Round 5: 11:30pm

Starting time of Round one and the time of the other rounds may need to be adjusted to fit the schedule of arrival of our St. Thomas players.

Deadline to register is

March 31, 2023, at 11:00am

Email: usvichess@gmail.com

to register​​