Tournaments
PowerChess Monthly Tournaments
PowerChess Monthly Tournament – ALL AGES
April 12th, 2025
K-3 and K-6 Sections: 9:00 AM to 11:30 AM
Open Section: 9:00 AM to 1:45 PM
Hosted at the Miller Conference Center on SLCC Miller Campus 9750 S 300 W Sandy, UT 84070
Open Section USCF Rated – Game 25 with 5-second delay
K-6 and K-3 Scholastic Sections USCF Rated– Game 15. No Delay.
Sections:
K-3 Section: Designed for beginner players in kindergarten through 3rd grade. Great for young students and students new to chess tournaments. No previous tournament experience is required.
K-6 Section: Designed for beginner and intermediate players in the 4th – 6th grades. Advanced students in K-3rd grade may play up for a more challenging tournament experience. No previous tournament experience is required for students in 4th – 6th grade.
Open Section: Designed for older scholastic and adult players. Experienced K- 6 students with an established USCF rating are permitted to play in the open section to gain experience competing against older opponents and enjoy a higher level of competition. No previous tournament experience is required for older scholastic and adult players.
Sections may be combined to allow for maximum play.
Prizes are awarded to the top player in each section.
Early bird registration is discounted at $30.00 until 11:59 PM on March 28th. Thereafter, the fee will increase to $40.00 up until registration closes at 7:30 AM on Saturday, April 12th. Participants may register onsite after 7:30 AM but will have a first round first-round bye. This policy has been implemented to ensure a prompt to start this PowerChess event.
K-3 and K-6 Scholastic Tournament Schedule:
Round 1: 9:00 AM
Round 2: 9:30 AM
Round 3 10:05 AM
Round 4 10:35 AM
Open Tournament Schedule:
Round 1 9:00 AM
Round 2 10:05 AM
Round 3 11:10 AM
Round 4 12:15 PM
PowerChess Monthly Tournament Rules:
1️⃣ USCF Official Rules (Open and Scholastic Sections)
- The tournament will follow the United States Chess Federation (USCF) Official Rules.
- Each player is responsible for knowing and following the rules outlined in the official rulebook.
2️⃣ ✍️Notation Requirement (Open Section)
- Players must notate their games in the Open section.
- Exceptions may be requested under Rule 15.A.1 from a Tournament Director. Players granted exceptions will have their time control reduced by 5%.
3️⃣ ✍️No Notation Required for K-3 & K-6 Sections
- Players in the K-3 and K-6 sections are NOT required to notate their games.
4️⃣ Tiebreak System (Rule 34.E Variation)
- The tiebreak order will be:
- Solkoff
- Modified Median
- Cumulative
- Cumulative of Opposition
2025 POWERCHESS Scholastic State Chess Championship
🎊PowerChess is excited to announce the 2025 POWERCHESS Scholastic State Chess Championship to be held at the Conference Center at Miller Campus in Sandy, UT on May 17, 2025, from 9:00 AM – 1:30 PM. We expect this championship event to be a fun and spirited opportunity for students and schools across the state to come together to compete in an over-the-board state chess championship.
🧑🎓Sections are divided by grades K-1, K-3, K-6, and K-12. Prizes will be awarded to the top players and school teams in each section. School team championships will be based on the top 4 players’ scores in each respective section, a three-player minimum is required to be eligible for team prizes. REGISTER today to be the POWERCHESS SCHOLASTIC STATE CHAMPION.
🐦Early bird registration begins now and will be discounted at $40.00 until 11:59 PM on May 2nd, 2025. Thereafter, the registration fee will increase to $50.00 up until registration closes at 7:00 AM on Saturday, May 17th. Participants may register onsite after 7:00 AM but will have a first-round half-point bye. This policy has been implemented to ensure a prompt start to the PowerChess Championship event.
♟️US Chess Federation membership is required to participate in this tournament. The US Chess Federation is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization and the governing body for all major chess tournaments hosted in the United States. PowerChess is grateful to be an affiliate of USCF and help promote its vision for promoting chess to students across the United States. In order for PowerChess’s tournament to be rated and affiliated with the USCF, each participant is required to have a youth membership to the USCF.
🔗To join please go to https://new.uschess.org/join-us-chess and register for a youth membership.
♟️Benefits of membership include a digital subscription to Chess Life, Chess Life Kids, an opportunity to earn an official US Chess Federation rating, and a chance to participate in other local and national competitions, all for $20/year.
♟️PowerChess does not receive compensation for your USCF membership but your student’s membership is required for us to officially rate the tournament. Thank you for your understanding.
POWERCHESS 2025 SCHOLASTIC
STATE CHAMPIONSHIP
📅Tournament Schedule:
♟️Round 1 9:00 AM
♟️Round 2 9:45 AM
♟️Round 3 10:30 AM
♟️Round 4 11:15 AM
♟️Round 5 12:00 PM
🏆Awards: 1:00 PM
🕒Time Control Game 15|D5
Tips on how to make your Child’s State Championships experience the best possible:
♟️Review with your child the basic tournament chess rules such as Touch Move, how to use a chess clock, being quiet during gameplay, and how to read a pairing sheet. (Students can learn more about these critical tournament skills by taking a PowerChess Program or working through the chesskid.com lessons.)
♟️Help them learn the basic checkmating patterns such as the Queen and King Checkmate, Rook Roller checkmate, Rook and King Checkmate, and Helper Checkmates. All of these checkmating patterns are taught in the PowerChess PowerUP program.
♟️Don’t make your child’s first over-the-board chess tournament the state championship! Sign up for one of the PowerChess Monthly tournaments to give your child experience playing in over-the-board tournaments.
♟️For additional information check out chesskid.com’s FREE parent’s chess handbook on how to help your child have the best tournament experience possible https://www.chesskid.com/resources/ebook
