CAWA Long play
First seven week-long online tournament
First CAWA online junior tournament was played during June - July 2020 with one round played every Sunday
Winners
U18:
Jamie Laubbacher
Iker Hernandez Mendez
Alistair Berry
U13:
Oscar Gao
Alex Pimenov
Aarnav Gupta
U10:
Emily Zhang
Timothy Kaempf
Daniel Levin
Best Girls:
U18: Annoushka Gupta
U13: Emily Zhang
U10: Mia Kohen
Full list of winners and all the results can be found here: https://tornelo.com/chess/orgs/none/events/wa-junior-online-tournament/pairings
Best game prize winners:
Jamie Laubbacher for the game vs Iker in round 5
The tournament rules and regulations archive
TournameNt info
Format: The tournament is played over 7 weeks with one game played every week. It's a swiss system tournament with mixed aged and gender groups. You can see tournament standings and pairings here:
https://tornelo.com/chess/orgs/none/events/wa-junior-online-tournament/pairings
Joining the tournament: you can join at any stage, you will receive up to two half point BYE's for the missed rounds
Time control: 30 minutes + 20 second increment
Entry Fee: No entry fees for this tournament
Prizes: Trophies will be given to the best performing players
Please note this our first tournament of such a format and some problems may occur. Please bear with us!
TournameNt mechanics
You can only play on the browser! App won't work!
The pairings for every round will be done on Friday at 7 pm
The regular starting time for the tournament games is 4 pm every Sunday. To start your game you need to:
Go to games.chesswa.club and click on Your Pairing
Log in with your lichess.org username and password
Press on "Join the game" button and wait for your opponent to join.
If your opponent hasn't arrived by 4:15 pm, please let us know (John or Paul) and contact your opponent using the provided phone number.
You can play it earlier on that Sunday if you like, and your opponent agrees.
If you can't play on Sunday at 4 pm you need to reschedule the game with your opponent. Let us know and then contact your opponent. If you play any other day of the week, please talk to Paul and John so we can set up a new game for you.
All the games must be played by next Friday 4 pm so we can make a draw for the next round on Sunday. You have five days to play your game from Sunday to Friday at 4 pm, but we would prefer most games to be played on the first day (Sunday) at 4 pm.
We wanted to emphasize this one more time:
You need to let us know if you want to reschedule the game and then contact your opponent. After setting up a new time with your opponent, let us know the details and we will create a new game for you! If a player doesn't turn up for the game without notice it will be a loss of the game for him.
Joining the tournament
You can join the tournament at any point even if you missed a couple of rounds.
New players who joined after the tournament started will be given up to two BYE's of 0.5 points. In other words, if you started the tournament in round three you will already have 1 point instead of 0.
Skipping rounds
Any player can skip rounds if they can't play on that particular week. A player can take up to 2 BYE's during the tournament, which means a player will get 0.5 points even if the game wasn't played. Skipping more than two round will not give a player any free points. The organisers should be notified before 4 pm on Saturday.
Computer assistance
The assistance of any kind is forbidden during the game. Using computer engines and chess programs is cheating, lichess.org will figure this out and the player's account will be permanently blocked. The player will also be banned from the tournament with further restrictions on playing in CAWA online events.
No shows
If a player doesn't turn up for the game without letting the opponent know, it'll be recorded as a loss for the player (0 points)
Tournament arbiter
Any decisions about problems or issues that may occur during the tournament will be made by the arbiter Alan Wolstencroft
Links
Current standings and pairings: https://tornelo.com/chess/orgs/none/events/wa-junior-online-tournament/pairings
Games page: games.chesswa.club