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How can I participate in an online (school) chess tournament in Chessity?

Participating in a tournament is very simple:

Go to 'play':

If a tournament is starting or ongoing, Chessto asks if you want to participate after you have clicked on 'play'
You do not need to register in advance
You will be automatically assigned
You may also start later or stop earlier, and you can even take a break
You can also just watch
After half an hour, the tournament is over, and you immediately see who has won

If you participate in a tournament, you enter the tournament arena.

Here the tournament has not yet started. You have to wait for the assignment:

Here the tournament is already underway. You can choose whether you want to play or just watch:

During the tournament, you can see the interim standings and watch the game of the leader while waiting for a new opponent:

When the tournament is over, the 'award ceremony' follows immediately. You also get to see the interim standings in the Chessto Week Championship. This is an online school competition for which the points count that the students achieve in the tournaments. As soon as one of your students participates in a chess tournament in the Arena, your school is included in the ranking. Every week a new competition starts on Monday. After the last tournament on Friday, the final standings of that week are drawn up.

On your homepage, you can see where your school stands in the interim standings of the current week and which children have played their way into the team. The students also see this on their start screen:

The chess competition between schools contributes to a lively chess culture at school and promotes group formation and mutual connection between students in a playful and sporty way. The school competition is a real team effort, to which all students - across groups - can contribute and share in successes. At many schools, participating in the tournaments is therefore a fixed part of the chess lessons. Is your school already participating?

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