To join the USCF Tournament the night of:

• Shortly after 5:00 the tournament director will provide an invite to the Tournament Group, “CCCA – *** Appropriate Month *** Online USCF Tournament” through each players chess.com messages.  Players should go ahead and join this group.
• Once in the group, go ahead and join the (Open) Tournament Event under the Upcoming Events tab.  All players should choose to join their appropriate section.  The screen should show similar to this below:

• At 6:00 pm, all players will be eligible to join their tournament games.  All players should then select the “JOIN” button in the tournament screen.  Without this, chess.com WILL NOT recognize that a player is participating.  All players participating will be required to join prior to the completion of the first round.  Chess.com will not allow tournament entry after this round.