Link to The Chess Refinery Team Page (all ages, rated above 1200)
Link to Houston Scholastic Chess Online Team Page (for kids K-12 Under 1200 rating)
Link to Houston Scholastic Chess Online Team Page (for kids K-12 Under 1200 rating)
overview on how to join:
a. join lichess, set up an account if you don't already have one
b. sign into the lichess account
c. access the team page (links above) and then click the "JOIN" button on the left of the page.
d. all the info we request needs to be entered in the message box where it says "Hello I would like to join the team"... just replace that text with your information i.e. name, ID etc. if requested info is not entered, the request will be declined.
e. solve the checkmate captcha problem
f. click on blue "join team" button at bottom of the page
g. once approved, you will be able to see tournament links on the team page and be able to participate in a team tournament (against other players within the team)
h. click on a tournament link, and click "JOIN" within each tournament to join it.
b. sign into the lichess account
c. access the team page (links above) and then click the "JOIN" button on the left of the page.
d. all the info we request needs to be entered in the message box where it says "Hello I would like to join the team"... just replace that text with your information i.e. name, ID etc. if requested info is not entered, the request will be declined.
e. solve the checkmate captcha problem
f. click on blue "join team" button at bottom of the page
g. once approved, you will be able to see tournament links on the team page and be able to participate in a team tournament (against other players within the team)
h. click on a tournament link, and click "JOIN" within each tournament to join it.
- Tournaments are paired via lichess pairing rules, not Swiss system
- We have no control how players are paired
- Events will NOT BE USCF RATED, only "lichess" rated
- Parents, if you disable messaging, your child will not be able to play in the team tournaments. Nor will The Refinery representative be able to communicate with you thru the message feature to announce events, etc.
- Maximum time control available is G/60 with a 60 sec increment
- There is no option for time controls with a delay, only increment.
- Tournaments will be scheduled a day or two in advance, to see future tournaments just go to the team page and check out the links
WED Swiss Players -
I dont see an option to do a scenario like 1 round each WED night... so the only thing I can do is schedule a "one night" only G/60; inc60 which is the longest time control available.
I dont see an option to do a scenario like 1 round each WED night... so the only thing I can do is schedule a "one night" only G/60; inc60 which is the longest time control available.