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2026 CONNECTICUT CHESS FESTIVAL -- Activity Selection
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Note:
Online registration for this event will not be available after April 4, 2026 at 11:59 PM EDT
| When: | April 3-5, 2026 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Where: |
Trinity College, Athletic Center
300 Summit Street Hartford, CT 06106 View Map |
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| Sponsor: | Connecticut State Chess Association | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event Type: | Other | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Entry Fees: |
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| Schedule: | See event flyer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Time Control: | Varies by Activity | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Contact: |
Alexander Lumelsky chess.CSCA@gmail.com P: +18605930225 |
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| Event URL: | Click for more information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notes/Terms: | After completing Festival entry here, please use this registration page to select Festival activities for the day(s) you registered. The complete event schedule is here and below. Please note that Festival entry includes all events listed above but does NOT include the USCF-rated State Championships to be played as part of Day 2 and 3 of the Festival. These Championships include State Championship titles and are independent events with independent registration pages, which are as follows: Day 2: 2026 Connecticut Speed Championships, which include the Rapid, Blitz and Bullet State Titles as well as the overall Speed Title and $2,500+ and Trophies/Plaques in Prizes. Day 3: 2026 Connecticut Women's Championships, which include the Women's Titles Polgar Invitational Selection and $500 and Trophies in Prizes. Day 3: 2026 Connecticut Senior Championships, which include the 50+ and 65+ Titles, USCF Irwin National Invitational Selection and $600 and Trophies in Prizes. Day 3: 2026 New England Collegiate Championships, which include Undergraduate, Graduate and other individual and team Regional Titles and $600 and Trophies in Prizes. Day 3: 2026 Inaugural Connecticut Medior Championships, which include the U50, U40 and U30 Titles and $900 and Trophies in Prizes. Day 3: 2026 Inaugural Connecticut Junior Championships, which include the U19, U16, U13, U10 and U7 Titles and $500 in CSCA Credit and Trophies in Prizes. Please visit these independent event pages to register for these Championships, or otherwise, please select your activities from the list above. IMPORTANT: If you are registering for these independent State Championships, you do not need to pay for Festival entry for that day. Festival entry is included for that day in the entry for the Championship. ================================== FESTIVAL SCHEDULE DAY 1 – Friday, April 3 Variety Activities
& Featured Lecture-Simul-Arena w/ GM
Irina Krush 11:50
AM – Introduction and Welcome to the Festival 12:00
PM – Warm Up Events: Side-by-Side OTB Rapid & Rapid960
Arenas, 8+2, 90 minutes Alt
Activity: Connecticut Champions Clash (10+3, 3 Rounds, Titled & Champions Only) 1:30 PM –
BREAK 2:00 PM –
Featured Event, Part 1: Lecture
by GM Irina Krush Alt
Activity: Blitz (rated and unrated) & Blitz960 3+2 Swiss, 4 Rounds 2:45 PM – BREAK 3:00 PM –
Featured Event, Part 2:
Simultaneous Exhibition by GM Irina Krush Alt
Activity: TD Class by Guest NTD/ANTD/Senior TD Alt
Activity: Rapid (rated and unrated) & Rapid960 15+3, Swiss, 3 Rounds 5:00 PM – BREAK 5:15 PM – Featured Event, Part 3: OTB Bullet Arena
2+2 with GM Irina Krush Alt
Activity: 2-Player Alternating Team Tournament (3 or more Rounds, G/0 d30) 7:30 PM –
Connecticut Game Zero Tournament
(3 or more Rounds, G/0 d30) Alt
Activity: Unrated Game Zero Tournament (3 or more Rounds, G/0 d30) 9:00 PM – Awards Ceremony & Announcements from Day 1 DAY 2 – Saturday, April 4 2026 Connecticut
Speed (Rapid, Blitz & Bullet) Championships 11:00
AM – 2026 Connecticut Rapid Championships (5 Rounds, 10+3)
Adult & Scholastic Alt
Activity: Open Unrated Rapid 1:30 PM –
LUNCH BREAK 2:30 PM – 2026 Connecticut Blitz Championships
(5 2-Rounds, 3+2) Adult & Scholastic Alt
Activity: Open Unrated Blitz 5:00 PM –
EVENT BREAK 5:30 PM –
2026 Connecticut Bullet Championships
(5 2-Rounds, 1+2) Adult & Scholastic Alt
Activity: Open non-USCF member Bullet 7:30 PM – Awards Ceremony & Announcement from Day 2 Day 3 – Sunday, April 5 2026 Classical Championships:
Women’s, Senior, Collegiate, Medior & Junior ALL are 45+10 Swiss, 4
Rounds ● Connecticut Women’s Championship ● Connecticut Senior Championships,
50+ & 65+ New England Collegiate
Championships (Undergraduate, Graduate and other degrees) Connecticut Medior
Championships, U50, U40 & U30 ● Connecticut Junior Championships, U19, U16,
U13, U10, U7 Alt Activity: Unrated 30+10
Tournament available in all categories (format may be modified) 11:00 AM – Round 1 1:00 PM –
LUNCH BREAK 2:00 PM –
Round 2 4:00 PM –
Round 3 6:00 PM –
Round 4 8:00 PM – Awards Ceremony
** Schedule remains subject
to change and activities may be amended, substituted or removed. ** |