2024 US Cadet Championship

Thursday June 20 - Sunday June 23

Held at the DoubleTree by Hilton Lisle Naperville in Lisle, IL

See Results and Pairings online at https://www.kingregistration.com/results/uscadet2024

The Contestants:

FM Eric Liu (2389) - TX
IM Bach Ngo (2378) - FL
FM Tanitoluwa Adewumi (2370) -NY
FM Erick Zhao (2353) - PA
IM Ryo Chen (2342) - TX
FM Isaac Wang (2342) - CA
FM Ryan Sun (2290) - MA
FM Zoey Tang (2264) - OR

Format: 8 player round robin at G/90 with 30 second increment. Pairings will follow US Chess Table C based on the drawing of lots. This event is also FIDE rated with a default time of 30 minutes.

Round Times (all times in CDT):

Opening ceremony (drawing of lots) Thursday 6/20 3pm
Round 1: Thursday 6/20 4pm
Round 2: Friday 6/21 1pm
Round 3: Friday 6/21 7pm
Round 4: Saturday 6/22 10am
Round 5: Saturday 6/22 4pm
Round 6: Sunday 6/23 10am
Round 7: Sunday 6/23 3pm
Awards: 8:30pm

Prizes:

Champion is awarded $1,000 + $10,000 scholarship ($5,000 from the Dewain Barber Foundation and $5,000 from US Chess) for their college/university of choice.
2nd Place: $500
3rd Place: $300
4th Place: $200
In case of a tie for 1st place, the scholarship is awarded based on a blitz playoff. Two games of G/5;+2 with alternating colors are played. If still tied, one Armageddon game (black has draw odds for one minute less with no increment). If more than two players are tied for first, then knockout bracket format is used with seeding determined by tiebreaks.

Tiebreaks:

Direct Encounter
Most Blacks
Koya System
Sonneborn-Berger
Won games