Final Call for Monday’s Tournament ♟️
📅 This month’s tournament is taking place tomorrow, Monday, August 22nd at 8pm EST (7pm CT, 6pm MT, 5pm PT). As a reminder, this is the general info:
This is the Zoom link (and the password is Smile, with a capital S).
Last time, there were 33 players from 5-42. The rating range is 400-1800.
The tournament is free
Currently, 10 students are signed up (expect 20-35 to play)
The tournament will go for about 60 minutes. I will be online 15 minutes before (6:45 EST) to help with technical difficulties.
✏️ TO REGISTER: Reply to this email with your intention to play or follow the video steps.
▶️ TO PLAY:
Log into your lichess.org account and go to Zoom link
Join the MM Team on the left
Sign up using the JOIN button in the top right (like the one below)
On the day of the tournament, have the link open. Your games will start automatically, shortly after some announcements.
👓 TO (JUST) WATCH: I’ll be analyzing the live games for beginners on Zoom. We will be solving live puzzles from everybody’s games. Last time, we found the best moves in others’ games (“how does one win a piece here?” “How do you checkmate in 2 moves?").