About Saturday Brooklyn Scholastic Grand Prix

Our In-Person Saturday Brooklyn Scholastic Grand Prix provides the (weekly) opportunity to play three equally rated players in both a competitive and supportive environment.

Players will be paired in groups of fours, starting with our 4 highest rated players based on their LIVE rating and continuing down to our lowest rated players. We will be use only live OTB ratings

Please note that we will use LIVE OTB ratings for pairing purposes.

• Lunch & Snacks will not be served/provided
  (parents are encouraged to pack NUT FREE lunch & snack)

Tournament Details:

• Scholastic Grand Prix (AM/PM Session)

• Lunch nor snacks will not be served (Parents are welcome to pack NUT FREE home lunch & snack)

• Rookie Academy (9 AM – 12 PM) includes a morning lesson and snack before 3 rated rounds. It offers a comfortable learning environment for our new and/or young players to explore competitive chess with clocks and notation, more than the once a month Rookie Academy.

• Lunch nor snacks will not be served (Parents are welcome to pack NUT FREE home lunch & snack)

Location: PS 230, 1 Albemarle Rd, Brooklyn, NY 11218

Fall Saturday 2025 Season Dates: *Please note, dates are subject to change

• October 4th, 11th, 18th, 25th

• November 1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd

• December 6th, 20th

• January 10th, 17th, 24th, 31st

Open to all USCF rated players Kindergarten – 12th Grade

Cost:

• $49 per player (AM & PM Grand Prix)

• $69 per player (Elite Quads)

• $98 per player (AM + PM Grand Prix)

Weekly USCF Rating Reports:

USCF Rating Reports

Tournament Rules:

Pairings: Quads + Small Swiss Sections:

1. Grand Prix

Rounds: 3 Rounds Time Control:

1. Grand Prix G/25 d5

Drop off:

• 8:45 am – AM Grand Prix

• 8:45 am – AM + PM Grand Prix

• 11:30 am – PM Grand Prix

Round Times:

Grand Prix Schedule (G/25 d5):

AM Session

• 8:45 am – check in

• 9:00 am – 1st round

• 10:00 am – 2nd round

• 11:00 pm – 3rd round

• 11:30-12:00 pm – Analysis and free play

• 12:00 pm – Pickup

PM Session

• 11:30 am – check in

• 12:00 pm – 1st round

• 1:00 pm – 2nd round

• 2:00 pm – 3rd round

• 2:30 – 3:00 pm – Analysis and free play

• 3:00 pm – Pickup

Pickup:

Grand Prix –

• AM Session – 12:00 pm

• PM Session – 3:00 pm

Team Rooms: Analysis Areas, Team Room for select schools

In-Person Saturday Brooklyn Scholastic Grand Prix – Individual & Team Standings

Drop-off Event

The event is a drop-off event. Parents are required to drop-off kids at the school entrance at 9 am and pick them up at the conclusion of the event.

Register for the USCF:

Become a USCF member or renew membership

Things to Note:

• TD has discretion to move players to avoid sibling pairing

• No more than 2 players from the same school in the same Group.

• No byes permitted

• Lunch will not be served

• All players must have a valid USCF ID #

• Please bring your own clocks

• Pairings will be based on live ratings

• If a player is late for the start of a round (indicated by the TD) their clock will be started

• 2nd and 3rd rounds will begin at the completion of your section’s previous round

• TDs reserve the right to modify quads to avoid sibling pairing or to accommodate special requests (TD discretion)

• 100 point rating variance to accommodate sibling players

NUT Free:

All ICN Chess Programs are NUT FREE.