Brilliance Chess Academy proudly marks its first anniversary with a unique celebration — the Shuffle Fun & Drop Chess Tournament. This event brings a creative twist to traditional chess with formats that promise unpredictability, excitement, and Tactical depth.

Tournament Highlights:

• Shuffle Chess: Start with randomized piece setups, making every game a fresh challenge.

• Drop Chess: Captured pieces return to the board — but in your opponent’s hands

We Understand you all are excited to play and show us great games but there will be tough moments like losing games, instead of getting disheartened – take them as learning experience as Chess960 and Crazyhouse are very dynamic Chess Variants helping the kids to develop Creativity, Adaptability and Resilience!! Join us for a double-feature tournament event designed to challenge, inspire, and entertain kids of all levels!!

Eligibility Criteria – Kids who joined Brilliance Chess Academy before 15th April 2025 are eligible to Play

Tournament Date : 17th May, 2025 – Crazyhouse Chess
18th May, 2025 – Chess960 Chess

Timings remains same on Both days on 17th and 18th May 2025

UK : 10:30 am
Switzerland : 11:30 am
Bahrain : 12:30pm
Kuwait : 12:30 pm
Qatar : 12:30 pm
Saudi Arabia : 12.30 pm
Oman : 1:30 pm
UAE : 01:30 pm
India : 03:00 pm
Sri Lanka : 03:00 pm
Malaysia : 05:30 pm
Singapore : 05:30 pm
Melbourne (Australia) : 07:30 pm
New Zealand : 09:30pm

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 Rule

Platform: Lichess, Each kid will use the same Lichess ID throughout the tournament.
Tournament will be conducted in Arena format
Time Control: 05 minutes + 5 seconds increment from move 1 for Crazyhouse Chess and 07 minutes + 5 seconds increment from move 1 for Chess960 
Duration of Tournament: 60 minutes for Crazyhouse Chess and 70 minutes for Chess960Walkover Time: as per Lichess
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. If any player found suspicious, Arbiter may take him to separate fair-play room to share screen or to observe camera in more clear way.
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 : A player may talk only to an Arbiter if any technical issue arises. Analysis or discussion with other players is not allowed in any case.
Lichess Standings will be considered for the final selection of top 10 kids.
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 info@brilliancechessacademy.com
Disclaimer

Applicable only for Brilliance Chess Academy enrolled kids.
Brilliance 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 Brilliance Chess Academy.
No bias will be involved as the winner will be declared with the tournaments links.
Brilliance Chess Academy currently uses Lichess platform for tournaments and won’t take any responsibility for platform related ranking or issues.
Brilliance Chess Academy reserves the right to cancel the event due to any reasons if decided by the management.
Brilliance Chess Academy won’t take any responsibility for any legal issues coming out of this promotional events.