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Lipscomb Academy K-12 Nashville City Championship Qualifier (#1 of 4)
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Event Contact(s)
Aaron Caveny
Epiphany M Peters
Category
Scholastic Tournaments
Registration Info
Registration is required
Payment in Full In Advance Or At Event
Registration cancellations will be accepted until Wednesday, September 24, 2025 at 12:00 AM
About this event
Lipscomb Academy Scholastics Chess Tournament
Saturday, September 27th, 2025
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Lipscomb Academy Lower School 4517 Granny White Pike Nashville, TN 37204
This is the building at the corner of Harding Place and Granny White Pike.
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Doors open at 7:30am. On-Site Registration closes at 8:30am.
Round 1 9:00am.Rounds 2-5 to follow as soon as each section finishes a round. Schedule will advance only when possible. Lunch break will take place between rounds with extra time given. Awards Ceremony will take place for each section as it finishes Round 5. |
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5 Round Swiss Pairing System. Time Control: Game in 25 minutes each with a 5-second increment.
All players complete five rounds, win, lose, or draw. Please alert a tournament director if your player will be missing a round. Players who are late may receive a half-point bye in round one.
Only 1 half point bye is allowed. |
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High School K-12 -Grades 12 and below Middle School K-8- Grades 8 and below
Elementary K-5- Grades 5 and below Primary K-3- Grades 3 and below
K-1- Grades 1 and belowK-12 Unrated- First time players and beginners
US Chess Membership is required for all sections except Unrated. Unrated section players do not qualify for the City Championship. Visit www.uschess.org for information about US Chess membership.
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Registration and payment is available online through September 26th.
Visitwww.nashvillechess.org Click the Calendar event for September 27th, 2025
$30- if received by September 20th, 2025 (or $40 after early date and for On-Site Registration).
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Awards
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Trophies: Top 10 individuals in each section, Top 2 teams (Primary & Elementary Teams Only). Medals: 11th-20th place individuals. The Top 2 players from High School, Middle School, Elementary, Primary and K-1 qualify to play in the 2026 Nashville Scholastic City Championship. The Top 2 female players from each section qualify to play in the 2026 All-Girls Nashville City Championship. To qualify, players must live within a 50-mile radius of The Nashville Chess Center. The 2026 Nashville Scholastic City Championship will take place January 2026 at the NCC. The 2026 Nashville All-Girls City Championship will take place January 2026 at the NCC. |
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Contact director@nashvillechess.org
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