1. Cost

The tournament will remain free this year.

2. Teams

All teams participating in the tournament must be school-based. No mixing of schools on one team will be allowed unless specific approval has been granted (please contact us if you have specific questions related to your school). This rule has been implemented in the hope that this tournament will serve as neither a pre-NJCL “warm-up” nor a post-NJCL “runback."

3. Tournament Format

This tournament will employ a two-bracket (A and B) format at all levels. For an explanation of the system and suggested placement, please visit the tournament format page.

4. Required Forms

All participants in the 2023 Yale Certamen must complete these forms with their parents. Additionally, all chaperones/coaches must complete this form. The forms include an attestation of Covid-19 vaccination at the time of the tournament, which we are not able to grant exemptions for.

Please email the completed forms to yale.certamen@gmail.com at the time of your registration or shortly afterward.

5. Registration

This year, we are capping the number of teams in the Novice and Intermediate divisions only at 24 and 18 teams respectively. To ensure that students who have never played an in-person Yale Certamen get the opportunity to do so, the Advanced division will remain uncapped. For this reason, we encourage you to coordinate with your students and register as soon as possible. All teams must register by Monday, October 23.

We will run an active waitlist if necessary and clearly communicate updates about the status of registrations.

Again, do not hesitate to email us (yale.certamen@gmail.com) with any questions, specific to your school or more general, especially concerning the two-bracket format. If you are unsure of which bracket is most appropriate for your players, we will be more than happy to discuss the matter with you.