Educational: Chess
Chess
Schedule
Wednesday, December 16th, 2026
Please arrive by 9:30 am MT.
Registration
$250/team
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Lakota Nation Invitational
3213 W Main St #425
Rapid City, SD 57702
Location
Spruce Room
The Monument
444 Mt Rushmore Rd,
Rapid City, SD 57701
Chess Coordinator
Alvin Esteron
Coordinator
aesteron@sfisk12.org
Official Rules & Conduct
The LNI Chess Tournament is open to chess players in grades 8th through 12th. Swiss rules, 20 minutes for the timers. A player can lose if they run out of time before their opponent. The winner of each match receives one point, and a draw or stalemate gives half a point for each player. There will be at least 5 or 6 rounds. The school with the most points at the end of the final round is in 1st place. The school with second most points is 2nd place and the same goes with third. Teams can have a minimum of two players with no maximum because of the scoring metric; the top 4 scores will be used to decide the winning team. If a team decides to bring more than 5 players they should know that only the Top 5 Scorers on the winning teams will receive jackets. Tiebreaks may be used to determine the top winning teams.
Awards given to the top three schools.
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