PCA Chess Olympiad Finals – 15 November, 2025

Welcome to Premier Chess Academy, USA  Chess Olympiad Finals information page. First of all, congratulations to all of you as you are getting a once in a life time opportunity to play a Chess Olympiad and that too with in Premier Chess Academy internally!
We understand you all are thrilled, so do we but please do understand that we have to follow knock outs and tournament rules. Kindly support us as we think it’s not about winning but it’s about giving your 100% & you are already a winner if you do that. We have purposefully not kept a winning prize (only certificates) based on our past experience to avoid any wrong routes to be taken. So buckle up, relax and enjoy the games!

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA:
Kids who got selected from Qualification Round 2 are eligible to play the tournament.

Key Dates :
Category 1 : Beginner, Category 2 : Advanced Beginner, Category 3 : Intermediate-1 & above :

PRE-REQUISITE FOR GAMES

• Ensure you are using “chrome” browser. Set your Google Chrome Browser as Default Browser (Go to your Control Panel →All Control Panel Items →Default Browsers →Set your default program →Web browser → Google Chrome)
• Login to Lichess and save password in chrome. So no need to enter password again.
• Go to your Lichess →Preferences →Game Behaviors →Pre-moves →No and Promote to Queen → Never

TOURNAMENT RULES

• Platform: Lichess, Each kid will use the same Lichess ID throughout the tournament.
• Days: 1 day (please refer to the schedule above)
• Time Control: 10 min + 2 sec increment from move 1
• Duration : 60 minutes
• Walkover Time: Till the time finish.
• Tiebreaks: Lichess tie-break will be used
• Illegal Activities: Taking any help from a book, device, or person is strictly prohibited. If any player found doing so will be disqualified from the event.
• Anti-Cheating: Use of external assistance is not allowed. All the games will be thoroughly analyzed for anti-cheating purposes. If any player founds using an engine will be disqualified.
• Selected kids result will be declared after checking games for fair play.
• Disqualification: If any player conceals his identity (different identity) or misbehaves with arbiters, players and organizer will be expelled from the event without any prior notice.
• Discussion during Game/Analysis: Analysis or discussion with other players is not allowed in any case.
• Spectators: Spectators are not allowed in playing arena. Parents, Teachers, Coaches, Managers are all spectators and they are not allowed in playing room.
• Lichess Standings will be considered final.
• Players playing in wrong category will be disqualified from prize list.
• Certificates : Certificates will be awarded to Finalists of Chess Olympiad per category.
• A player is allowed to use only one Lichess Account throughout the tenure of the league. If the account gets closed/flag red for any reason, the player will not be allowed to participate in further rounds. If players account gets banned post the event, the results will be adjusted to forfeit the winning in all the rounds.
• For any questions, please email to swapnil@premierchessacademy.com

DISCLAIMER

• Applicable only for Premier Chess Academy enrolled kids.
• Premier Chess Academy reserve the right to choose the winner based on the overall performance.
• Participation for this event is voluntary for kids and parents. By participating in the event, the parent/kid agrees to the terms and conditions put forth by Premier Chess Academy Corporation, USA.
• No bias will be involved as the winner will be declared with the tournaments links.
• Premier Chess Academy currently uses Lichess platform for tournaments and won’t take any responsibility for platform related ranking or issues.
• Premier Chess Academy reserves the right to cancel the event due to any reasons if decided by the management.
• Premier Chess Academy won’t take any responsibility for any legal issues coming out of this promotional events.
• Image uploaded is not a representation of all the countries PCA operates & it’s just for illustrative purpose.