Upcoming Events

Event starts on November 4 and ends on November 25

In accordance with BCF policy, unrated players may play in any section. Players rated within 200 points of the lower section maximum may play up one section.

Sections with fewer than six players may be merged.

October and November supplements and "live rating" may be used to play up a section.

The winner(s) of a section from this month's tournament may play up one section regardless of their rating for the December Tuesday Night Swiss.

A current USCF membership is required. Please visit the US Chess Membership site to join or renew.

Contact info: TD Nick Sterling. E-mail: td@boylstonchess.org. Text/cell: 781-733-0849.

If I do not have your e-mail and cell phone # already, please send those to me in case we have to contact each other.

If I do not have your lichess Username, please send that to me or include it in the comments in your Registration.

For Round 1, Pairings will be posted on Tuesday just after 6 PM on the Boylston CC website. The cutoff time for registration in time to play a Round is Tuesday at 6 PM. Any players who register subsequent to 6 PM will be skipped until the following week's Round. Each Round begins at 6:30 PM except for games whose start times were agreed in advance to be changed.

Players must join Zoom and Share their Screens or show their play areas in their camera views. The link will be sent to players by e-mail. Players with scores of at least +2, or in contention for a prize, may, at the TD's discretion, be required to provide at least two separate camera views on Zoom.

Players must be current Members of USCF.

Forfeit of a Round for any reason may result in forfeit of any prize $$$ that would otherwise have been won, at the TD's discretion.

Rating with USCF will be delayed by 72 hours after the completion of the tournament to give lichess time to ensure Fair Play was observed in all games.

This tournament is by invitation only

BCF club membership is required

Players rated >= 2200 between September 2024 and September 2025 are eligible to compete for the title of club champion.

The Sunday Morning Action event is making a reappearance but this time on Saturday. Come join us for a four round OTB rapid event.

Sections with less than 10 players will be merged. If sections are merged accelerated pairings will be used.

In accordance with BCF policy, unrated players may play in any section. Rated players rated within 200 points of the lower section maximum may play up one section.

Only QUICK ratings are impacted.

A current USCF membership is required. Please visit the US Chess Membership site to join or renew.

First round is at 9:00am, second round will be no earlier than 9:45am, but rds 2-4 will be played as soon as possible.

Players must be under the age of 18 at the time of play.

A current USCF membership is required for all three sections.

Players must be rated between 800 and 2000 to play in the Championship section.

Prizes: Open: $450-$225 U1900: $250-$150 U1500: $150-$100

Free entry for GMs and IMs.

Discounted entry link for U1500 section

Free entry for club members rated at least 2300, but entry fee will be deducted from any prize won.

Registration limited to 70 players.

USCF membership is required. Please join or renew on the USCF website

TBD

Event starts on December 2 and ends on December 30

In accordance with BCF policy, unrated players may play in any section. Players rated within 200 points of the lower section maximum may play up one section.

Sections with fewer than six players may be merged.

November and December supplements and "live rating" may be used to play up a section.

The winner(s) of a section from this month's tournament may play up one section regardless of their rating for the January Tuesday Night Swiss.

A current USCF membership is required. Please visit the US Chess Membership site to join or renew.

** No byes or withdrawals are allowed. All rounds must be played. **

Free entry for GMs and IMs.

If the number of players is not divisible by 4 then the bottom section will be a small Swiss with 5-7 players.

Registration limited to the first 70 entries.

A current USCF membership is required. Please visit the US Chess Membership site to join or renew.

TBD

TBD