K-12 students can play in both the morning and afternoon events for the price of one registration. You must use a COUPON in the registration process. See 'Entry Fees' section below.

 

2025 Hawaii Quick Chess Championship

Date: Saturday, May 10th, 2025,

Place: Washington Middle School cafeteria, 1633 S King St. Honolulu, HI. 96826

Time: Morning K-12 Scholastic Section 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.. Afternoon Open (KIDS & ADULTS WELCOME) 1:30 p.m. - 6 p.m.

Prizes: Morning K-12 Scholastic Section: trophy for each grade level champion. Afternoon Open: Trophy to the top Open Championship winner plus CASH PRIZES. All ratings and ages will play in one large afternoon section, but the cash prizes will be given out based on the best scores in rating classes. That way everyone has a good chance of winning money! The prize rating classes are: Open, U2000, U1800, U1600, U1400, U1200, U1000, U800, U600, U400, Unrated. Prize rating will be based on a player's USCF Quick rating. Cash prize amounts will be based on participation numbers, so please, spread the word! The more players we have, the higher the cash prizes will be. Section prizes may be combined at HCF discretion, especially if sections are not large enough to accommodate the advertised quantity of class prizes.

Tie Breaks: K-12 Morning section: If players are tied after 7 rounds, in order to have a clear individual champion, blitz game play-offs will be used to determine the winner. Afternoon Open: cash prizes will be split evenly among rating class winners with tied scores. 

Swiss Pairing System: 7-rounds in the K-12 morning, 7-rounds in the Afternoon Open. Non-elimination, quick-rated by the USCF. Rounds 1 and 2 will use "accelerated" pairing.

Time Control: Game in 10 minutes with a 5-second increment (G/10 +5). (Clocks and chess sets provided at the event.) 

Chess Notation: No chess notation is required for this tournament.

Supervision: On-site supervision by a coach, parent or designated guardian is required for all players aged 13 and under

Team Pairings: This is not a team event. Everybody will play everybody.

Byes: Any player may have up to two, ½-point byes, if requested before 8:45 a.m.

 

SCHEDULE: 

Morning: Hawaii K-12 Scholastic Quick Chess Championship

• 7:45 - 8:45 a.m. Player Check-in and On-site registration
• 8:45 a.m. Mandatory players meeting
• 9:00 a.m. Round 1
• 9:30 a.m. Round 2
• 10:00 a.m. Round 3
• 10:30 a.m. Round 4
• 11:00 a.m. Round 5
• 11:30 a.m. Round 6
• 12:00 p.m. Round 7 
• 12:30 p.m. Awards Ceremony (Grade level trophies)
• 1:00 p.m. Lunch

Afternoon: Hawaii State Quick Chess Championship (adults & K-12 welcome)

• 1:00 p.m. USTCL (chess.com slow game league) Hawaii national champions recognition awards
• 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. Player Check-in and On-site registration
• 2:15 p.m. Players meeting (required)
• 2:30 p.m. Round 1
• 3:00 p.m. Round 2
• 3:30 p.m. Round 3
• 4:00 p.m. Round 4
• 4:30 p.m. Round 5
• 5:00 p.m. Round 6
• 5:30 p.m. Round 7 
• 6:00 p.m. Awards Ceremony (State Open Champion trophy, plus cash prizes)

 

Entry Fees (COUPON use for k-12): 

• REGISTRATION PROCEDURE FOR K-12:  All K-12 students can play in both the morning and afternoon events for the price of one registration. If you only want to enter one event, register normally through kingregistration.com and pay the $20 registration fee per student (no discounts). If a student wants to play in both events, you must register for each event separately. When you register for the first event, add all players to the kingregistration cart and pay the $20 registration fee for each student at checkout. When you register for the second event, use the coupon code BOTHEVENTS in the kingregistration checkout. This will provide a $20 discount per player. *NOTE* You may only use this code if you have already registered for the first event and paid the $20 per student for it. If someone uses this code for a single registration in one event, their registration will not be accepted until the $20 is paid.
• REGISTRATION PROCEDURE FOR ADULTS: Adults may only play in the afternoon Open. No coupons or discounts.
• Early Registration: $20 entry fee per player, if received by 5/9 11:59 pm
• On-site Registration: $30 on-site registration from 7:45 a.m. to 8:45 a.m. (no discounts)

 

US Chess Federation Membership (required): 

• If you are not a member of the US Chess Federation, register here.  *NOTE: NEW PLAYER SIGN-UP IS NOT COMPLETE UNTIL PAYMENT IS MADE TO USCF FOR THE FIRST YEAR.
• If you are already a USCF member, please click here to make sure your membership is current.
• Any player who is not a current USCF member will automatically receive a 1/2-point bye in the first round while their membership is being processed.

 

 

MORE DETAILED INFORMATION: Please view this page, especially if this is your first tournament. Details for players, parents, family members and coaches. 

Questions: Contact the Scholastic Director Joshua White, at scholastic@hawaiichess.com