School's Checkmate Challenge

Thursday 8 May 2025
11:00 AM - 02:00 PM
Online

A FANTASTIC ONLINE SCHOOL'S CHALLENGE!

This is a team event and schools should enter players as part of a team (preferably a minimum of 4 players). If your child is interested in playing, then please contact your school in the first instance to see if the school would like to enter a team.

When: The first Thursday of every month (from March - September)

Time: 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM

Where: Online

Entry Fees:

  • SCHOOLS will be sent an invoice after the event
  • PARENTS can make payment through Tornelo (entry website)
EQI Score Range Price per student
EQI Band 1  344 - 402  $20.00
EQI Band 2  403 - 428  $17.50
EQI Band 3 429 - 447  $15.00
EQI Band 4 448 - 469  $12.50
EQI Band 5 470 - 494  $10.00
EQI Band 6 495 - 521  $7.50
EQI Band 7 522 - 569  $5.00

If you are unsure which EQI band your school belongs to, please refer to this Ministry of Education spreadsheet. You can also refer to this EQI fact sheet for more information.

Special discounts:

- 25% discount when you register 10 or more students

- 50% discount when you register 20 or more students

Format:  The time control will be 5 rounds with 15 minutes per player. There is no bonus time.

Divisions:

  • The Junior division is for players from Year 1 - Year 6
  • The Intermediate division is for players from Year 7 - Year 8
  • The Senior division is for players from Year 9 – Year 13

Online Tournaments:

  • IMPORTANT please go to our ONLINE EVENT RULES page and make sure you familiarise yourself with the online event rules whether playing at school or at home.
  • Players will need to use the same login details that they were registered with to connect on the day.
  • Each player will need their own device (Laptop, iPad or Tablet)

Why should I play?

REGISTER NOW!

All students MUST be registered prior to the event starting!

Need help? Follow the Tornelo instructions to register for team events.
On the day, follow these Tornelo instructions to join online team events.

Registrations should be made at least three working days before the event start date.

Registered but need to make changes? Email events@chesspower.co.nz and let us know what changes you would like to make, for example, removing players or adding new players to the team.

Venue: Online

Online events are run using two platforms:

  • Zoom for video/audio communications
  • Tornelo for chess games

To prepare for this event you will need:

  • access to a device with internet access
  • a web camera
  • a microphone

As we lead up to the event you will be sent a communication with the links for both Zoom and Tornelo.

IMPORTANT please go to our ONLINE EVENT RULES page and make sure you familiarize yourself with the online event rules whether playing at school or at home.


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