Winter Team Challenge. NEW format by rating!

Send team name and a list of players to info@masschess.org - your registration will not be completed if you don't send this. New format is introduced! Unlike in the previous years when teams were based by grade, now teams are based by rating (of the top 4 players by rating), so even low rated team can win a trophy! Scholastic players compete in teams of 4. Teams do not have to be school-based. Teams may have one or two alternates. Alternates don't affect the team's average rating. Only the top four players on a winning team win trophies. Alternates win medals. Lineup is determined by February 2023 ratings. Unrated players will be assigned ratings according to USCF rule 31C1. A team on which every player is unrated is unrated, can play in any section, and is eligible for all prizes in its section. A team may have only three players, but will forfeit the bottom board in every match. If you're missing a player or two in your team, or if you want to play but don't have a team, write to Dima Barash dimabarash@gmail.com (put in subject [Winter Team] in addition to your request), we'll add single players to incomplete teams. Medals to players on teams which tie for trophies but don't win them, and to players scoring three points or more and don't win a trophy.

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