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Rules

USCF Time Controls – Regular, Quick, Blitz… What are the Differences?

Post author By kyle
Post date April 16, 2023

The US Chess Federation website isn’t too clear on the differences in the three time controls that show up on your page:

Regular
Quick
Blitz

For those used to online play and the time control categories there, the USCF time control descriptions map this way:

Regular = Classical
Quick = Rapid
Blitz = Blitz (minimum of 3+2, anything lower cannot be rated)

OK, that’s great. But what specific time controls correspond with these descriptions? Here’s a breakdown of what USCF Regular, Quick, and Blitz mean.

Tags Bobby Fischer, Chess, Chess Clocks, Chess Increment, Chess Rules, Chess Time Control, Chess Tournament, Des Moines, Rules, Seattle Chess, Tacoma Chess, Time Control, US Chess, USCF

Rules

All About Keeping Notation in Chess

Post author By kyle
Post date April 14, 2023

South Sound Chess provides official two-copy US Chess Federation scoresheets for our players at no charge.

These scoresheets allow you to write in pen on the top page and have a copy made on the backing sheet, which is typically yellow. After the game, both players sign the other’s sheet, circle the result, and both players submit their yellow sheet to the Tournament Director while keeping the top white scoresheet for themselves.

So… what’s notation all about?

Tags Chess, Chess Notation, Chess Rules, Chess Tournament, Chess Tournament Rules, Des Moines Chess, Des Moines Washington, Seattle Chess, Seattle Chess Rules, Tacoma Chess, US Chess, USCF, USCF Notation, Washington State Chess

Events

Tournament Results: April 13th, 2023 (Open Blitz, Unrated)

Post author By kyle
Post date April 14, 2023

Our first tournament is in the books!

On Thursday, April 13th, 2023, we hosted ten players for an unrated open blitz tournament at Des Moines Gospel Chapel. Quan Luong got clear first with 4.5/5.0 while Max McCall and Matthew Duran shared 2nd with 3.5/5.0.

We had a puzzle on-site which three people solved correctly. From those three, we drew one random winner, and James Senzee got a $5 gift card to our local sponsor, Marina Mercantile!

Tags Blitz Chess, Chess, Chess Tournament, Des Moines, Seattle Chess, Tacoma Chess, US Chess, Washington, Washington State Chess