Instruction:

1. Click Here To Start to start your game. The board is ready and only players in the pairing can play the board.

2. If your board marked as (start manual) ^*, White needs to create a challenge, and challenging Black to play. See old way at the bottom of this page.

3. If you receive a BYE, please watch the games and ready for next round.

Question and Answer:

1. Do you need to report the result of game? NO! We will collect your the result by watching all the games automatically. You should only play 1 game with your opponent! and that is what we count. Make sure that the result is correct in the standing. We will collect result as soon as your game finished. 

2. I was winning, but then my internet went bad and my opponent claimed a win? What should I do? I am sorry that your internet was down. It can happen to anyone. If that happen, we only use the result from the game, so you lost the game. If your opponent is nice (hope your opponent does not claim a win on disconnected player), then he/she may just wait until you flagged. If your opponent is disconnected, please wait, but do not add minutes on your opponent because that will delay next round.

3. What to do for next round? Same thing. You wait until pairing is up and start game with your opponent in the pairing.

4. Any breaks between? Please check round schedule, and be on time.

5. How to withdraw? Please tell tournament director that you withdraw before next pairing is up. We have chat for everyone, or you can directly message the TD.

6. Is it USCF Rated Games? YES. Online rating only. USCF has different rating system. We will submit your games by the end of tournament to USCF and they will apply to your online rating only.

7. Cheating is a big NO NO. Play with your own human brain, no moves from an engine, no help from another human next to you or across the Internet. There aren't ways to make sure you aren't cheating, just the Honor Code. Please think about why you are playing this tournament-- no prize money, only pride. If you aren't sure what counts as cheating, please message a TD.

9. Any cheating punishments? Yes. Lichess has detection if someone is cheating. If Lichess reports that someone is cheating, your games will be canceled and you may not be able to join our tournament anymore.

OLD/MANUAL WAY TO START YOUR GAME:

1. This is only when your pairing has "Start Manual". Why it has "Start Manual"? There are few reasons and it may happen. So in case Tournament Director mark your pairing as "Start Manual", you can come back to this intstruction and know what to do.

2. If you are playing WHITE and you have to "Start Manual", you have to challenge your opponeng (BLACK) a game.

3. If you are playing BLACK, you have to wait until a challenge coming on your Lichess account.

4. If you are playing WHITE, go to BLACK player profile. In the pairing, black's Lichess handle is a link, click that. Or you can type on your browser http://lichess.org/@/ followed by Lichess handle. Here an example: https://lichess.org/@/ChessStream1

5. You will see "Challenge Icon". It is to challenge the player a game. Challenge icon is on the middle one, not the top right corner.

6. Now you have to set the clock setting. It is like your regular game offline, you need to know to set your clock right. Here the setting for G25 plus 4 (Game 25 with 4 seconds increment).

7. Your challenge will be sent to BLACK. If you are playing BLACK, you have to wait until a challenge coming from your opponent! The challenge will come as popup, but sometimes you will need to check in the icon.

A. Make sure that the opponent requesting a game is the opponent in the pairing.

B. Make sure it is STANDARD.

C. Make sure it is Casual (not lichess rated)

D. Make sure time control is correct.

E. Make sure it is correct color. Playing wrong color may result wrong reading from Tournament Director.

Then accept the challenge. If it is not correct, you can accept the challenge, but then send message/chat to your opponent to cancel the game first and re-do the challenge. Do not forget saying Good Luck to start your game!

8. Do you need to report the result of game? NO! We will collect your the result by watching all the games automatically. You should only play 1 game with your opponent! and that is what we count. Make sure that the result is correct in the standing. We will collect result as soon as your game finished.