Five easy steps to participate in the first Intercontinental Online Chess Championship for Prisoners:
Step 1. Build a team
Your team shall consist of four (4) players with unlimited number of substitutions.
Step 2. Register your team
Each correction facility shall submit an application via an on-line registration form.
The registration deadline is September 21, 2021.
Step 3. Prepare the playing venue
You need 4 computers for prisoners to use for matches. 1 computer for staff communication.
Internet access is needed inside correctional facilities. Can be wired or WiFi.
There is NO software that will be required to install.
NO cameras required at the playing site. If available (only!) the cameras should not cover the faces of the players. It is encouraged (but not required) to have one camera on staff computer for during the tournament communications.
Prison/jail staff is required to be present following local facilities rules and regulations.
Step 4. Get ready to play
Your opponents and time of play will be defined after the group drawing made on September 28, 2021.
Chess.com will be a platform for the event.
Each team will receive 5 accounts from the tournament organizers. 4 of them shall be used by players. One – for staff observations.
ALL accounts will have security check and ALL communications besides playing the games will be turned off.
Step 5. Play!
The main tournament will be a Round-robin team chess tournament, 7 rounds, played on October 13, 2021.
The two top teams from each group will advance into the Championship played on October 14, 2021.
Time control: 10 min + 5 sec per move starting from move 1.
Stay connected
For more information about the tournament, schedule and regulations visit chessforfreedom.fide.com/tournament/
The contact person for the tournament is:
Mikhail Korenman,
Chess Program Coordinator at Cook County Department of Corrections,
FIDE International Chess Organizer and Member of FIDE Social Commission
Email Mikhail.korenman@ccsheriff.org
Tel.: 1-785-906-0402
