the tournaments are set up as regional tournaments, with students from various primary and secondary schools competing on behalf of their schools and organized to that students from the same schools do not compete against each other. tournaments are run in the swiss format with 7 games played by competitors. each win is worth 1 point, a draw 0.5 points, and a loss 0 points. the events use the free swiss tournament management software (created by chess kids) from www.swisstournament.com. the regional winners compete in the finals at monash university in december each year.