Welcome to NATS National USCF (United States Chess Federation) Ranked Online Chess Tournament to be conducted on May 6th 2023 (Saturday) at 10:00AM CST

The Tournament will be conducted across the following Four Categories, so please register based on the following  categories: 

• U400 (Grades K-3)
• U600 (Grades K-12)
• U900 (Grades K-12)
• Open Category  (This is open for all participants who do not fit in the above categories) 

Exciting Prizes for Winners and Top 5 Standing for each Category.

NOTE: THIS TOURNAMENT IS ONLY FOR PARTICIPANTS RESIDING IN USA

Steps for Registration:

Step1: Check for NATS Member or NATS Non-Member.

If you are Not a NATS member, we strongly encourage you to please register as a NATS member to avail a reduced Tournament Fees and avail many other benefits being a NATS Member.  This is a one time fee for Life Membership. Register at www.natsworld.org. Once you are a member you will need to login using your NATS member login details to get the reduced membership Tournament fees during registration. The Tournament fees for NATS Member is $15.00 and Non-NATS Member is $25.00.

Step2: Check for USCF Membership

In order to play this tournament, the participant must have a USCF (United States Chess Federation) Membership.  This tournament is USCF Ranked Online Tournament and it is handled by USCF registered officials Serving as Tournament Directors with support from NATS team. To Register as a USCF member please visit the official USCF Website https://new.uschess.org/join-us-chess  and based on the option that you fit-in, complete the USCF Registration enrollment. This is an additional fee.  This membership is bound to the USCF rules, Terms & Regulations.

If you already have a USCF Membership and it's valid for the tournament date then you DO NOT need to Re-Register for USCF.  

Step3: Check for Chess.com user credentials

There is No membership fee for registering in https://www.chess.com and Sign-up/Register to get a chess.com User Credentials. 

The Ratings for the Participants will be based on USCF Membership while the pairings for the tournament is being done using chess.com.

Step4: Please fill-in the rest of the Registration Form fields with the information from the above Steps and other valid information to have a smooth and successful registration.

We are excited to organize this first of a kind NATS USCF (United States Chess Federation) Ranked Online Chess Tournament with exciting Prizes. 

The Last Day to Register for this Tournament is May 3rd 2023. No exceptions beyond allowed.