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!

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:

1. Go to games.chesswa.club and click on Your Pairing

2. Log in with your lichess.org username and password

3. Press on "Join the game" button and wait for your opponent to join.

4. 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.

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.

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.

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.

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)

Any decisions about problems or issues that may occur during the tournament will be made by the arbiter Alan Wolstencroft

Current standings and pairings: https://tornelo.com/chess/orgs/none/events/wa-junior-online-tournament/pairings

Games page: games.chesswa.club