# API Limits Lowered

**URL:** <https://forum.uschess.org/t/api-limits-lowered/62012>\
**Category:** Running Chess Tournaments\
**Created:** [November 11, 2026, 4:11pm UTC](https://forum.uschess.org/t/api-limits-lowered/62012 "2026-11-11T16:11:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![nolan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.uschess.org/nolan/32/174_2.png) [@nolan](https://forum.uschess.org/u/nolan)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2026, 4:11pm UTC](https://forum.uschess.org/t/api-limits-lowered/62012/1 "2026-11-11T16:11:02Z")

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This should help with TDs having trouble posting theit tournaments.

> **[US Chess API Limits Lowered](https://new.uschess.org/news/us-chess-api-limits-lowered)**
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> Third-party vendors are overloading our data system, causing frequent issues for Tournament Directors (TDs) and players submitting tournaments and affecting our entire tournament system. Therefore, we have made a decision to lower the API usage...