Team USA Chess

We represent the USA in official competitions.

2023 Nations World Cup

Dates:
Feb 12th: Pre-qualifier - https://lichess.org/tournament/hJ3JhBr8
Feb 19th: ?
Feb 26th: F1 QUALIFIED (3rd place)
Mar 5th: F2
Mar 12th: F3
Mar 19th: F4
Mar 26th: Final

For this new season, there will be a knockout phase per continent. Granting quotas for the world phase:

• South America (5)
• Central and North America (3)
• Africa (3)
• Europe (5)
• Asia (4)

F1: Playoffs by continent.
F2 and F3: The 20 qualified teams participate.
F4: After adding the points of F2 and F3. The 12 best teams participate.
Final: The 6 best F4 teams participate.

Rules:
1. Participants must be identified with their country flag on their profile.
2. Each season will have 4 qualifiers + 1 final.
3. Teams with consecutive low participation will be discarded.
4. Final rankings will be determined counting only the points of players who meet point 1.
5. The final battle will be between the best 8 teams, according to their points in the qualifiers.
6. Format is as follows:
Length: 90 minutes
Time-control: ️
F1: 4+0
F2: 2+0
F3: 3+0
F4: 5+0
FINAL: 3+0
Leaders: Top 12
Requirements: 100 rated games
Start: Sunday Feb 26th 2023