Rittenhouse Chess 2025 Summer Tournament

Date: Sunday, Aug 3, 2025 originally scheduled 7/27 but postponed 1 week
Location: Rittenhouse Square
Start Time: Check in by 12:45 PM, Games Start at 1PM
End Time: By 4:30pm
Time Control: 10 minutes per player, no time delay

Format: 6 round Swiss tournament. Everyone gets to play all 6 rounds. There is no elimination.
Registration (Either Register in Advance or Register Onsite):
- Register in Advance (Preferred) here (After you sign up, you won’t immediately appear on the list of players.)
- Register Onsite: By 12:45 PM on the tournament day
Cost and Prize: Free to enter and play. We have an optional $5 donation as an entry fee which will go to support the club, and the 1st place player among those who donated $5 will win a $50.00 prize.
There are no rating points for this tournament.

Important Information:
- If you show up after check-in time, you may miss games.
- We will supply boards and pieces. We do not supply clocks, so please make sure to download a chess clock app on your phone before you arrive.
- Touch Move: Once a piece is touched with intent to move, that piece must be moved and if moving that piece would be illegal, then this counts as an illegal move.
- Illegal Moves: If a player makes an illegal move and the opposing player does not declare it before moving and pressing their clock, the illegal move stands and is un-penalized. If the opposing player declares it before moving and pressing their clock, the guilty player (who made the illegal move) loses.
- Draws: It is not necessary to write down your moves. Therefore, there is no 50-move draw, or three-fold repetition draw.
- Check: No need to call check.
- Etiquette: Please do not use electronics during games.
- Please be quiet during games.