USCF Rating Lists Top 100 Scholastic Tournament
Thursday & Friday July 13, 2023 - July 14, 2023
(*This is the one tournament in this National Junior Chess Congress Festival that your son or daughter must qualify for. All other tournaments are open to everyone.*)

Awarding $3,000 in College Scholarships
Sponsored by the American Youth Chess Foundation

Format:

- Eligibility: 1. You qualify if you have been listed on either the "By Age" or "Women and Girls By Age" USCF Top 100 Ratings Lists between the dates of June 1, 2021 and June 1, 2023. The following lists are not included: Online Regular, Online Blitz, Online Quick, Blitz, nor Quick. Upon registration, you will be asked to write in the list you were/are on. We will confirm and add you to the Advanced Entries once it is confirmed. Example of grouping of players: 65 players register and are validated. We will have 5 groups of 10 and 1 group of 15. 2. Age Determination: If you are between the ages of 5-18 as of January 1, 2023, this qualifies you for our age requirement.

- Grouping of Players: All players will be listed from highest USCF rating to lowest and then placed in groups of 10. The top 10 highest rated players will placed in Group 1, the next 10 highest rated players will be placed in Group 2, etc. Rating determination will be as of July 10, 2023. Groups are formed on Wednesday, July 12.

- Rounds & Round Times: 4 Round Swiss System in Each Group. Thursday: 10am, 2pm Friday: 10am, 2pm

- Time Control: G/75, increment 30 seconds/move.

- Entry Fee: $50 by May 14, $60 from May 15 - June 30, $75 on July 1 or after. No registrations after midnight on Tuesday July 11.

- Membership: USCF Rated; USCF Membership Required

Scholarship Awards:

Group 1: 1st Place - $350 2nd Place - $100
Group 2: 1st Place - $300 2nd Place - $100
Group 3: 1st Place - $300 2nd Place - $100
Group 4: 1st Place - $250 2nd Place - $100
Group 5: 1st Place - $250 2nd Place - $100
Group 6: 1st Place - $250 2nd Place - $100
Group 7: 1st Place - $250 2nd Place - $100
Group 8: 1st Place - $250 2nd Place - $100

- Scholarship Awards: If there are ties, the winner(s) will be decided by tiebreaks (listed in the National Junior Chess Congress tournament page). The money will be awarded on site to each winner and must be put into a Charles Schwab 529 College Savings Plan account. All money, including investment gains (which grow tax free), can then be withdrawn at age 18 and then be used only for college expenses. The application for this account will be handed to parent of winning player as well as the check made payable to "Schwab 529 Plan" for that player. The parent becomes the custodian for that account with the child listed as the beneficiary.



























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