Team Tournament Registration is Open
- James Hulsey
- Jan 3
- 1 min read
Online Registration for the Gateway TeamTournament is now open.
When: January 10th
Where: Belleville West High School
Cost: $15 if registered online, $20 on-site
This is a 4-round 5-player team-versus-team tournament, using a similar format as the Illinois State Championship. The games are 45 minutes with a 5-second delay (G/45;d5) .
There are three team divisions:
High School (grades 9-12)
8th and Under (grades K-8)
5th and Under (grades K-5)
A team can field four players, but they will forfeit the 5th board match against a team with 5 players.
Schools may enter more than one team. There is also an Individual Section for extra players of for schools that cannot field a full team.
This is the fifth Gateway Grand Prix tournament of the 2025-26 Gateway Chess Season.
See the tournament details page for more information.
Online registration will remain open until 7 PM Thursday, January 8th. Saturday walk-in registration on-site will be available.


