Get ready for the next installment of the Chess.com Community Championships! The Chess.com 3-Check Chess Championship starts on February 18 at 9 a.m. ET / 15:00 CET / 7:30 p.m. IST and features a $2,500 prize fund—so get ready to indulge in your crudest sacrificial instincts!

3-Check is a variant in which you can win by merely checking your opponent three times.

The event kicks off in the second half of February with the qualifiers. The qualifiers will take place over two separate days, so it is easier to fit them into your schedule.

Any Chess.com member can play in the qualifiers. To join, check out the schedule and click the Join button.

Each qualifier is a 75-minute arena with a 3+0 time control.

The winner of each qualifier moves on to the Final, a double-elimination knockout.