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Continental Chess Bulletin Dec 22, 2011
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306th annual
PHILADELPHIA OPEN
April 4-8, 5-8, 6-8 or 7-8, 2012 Loews Philadelphia Hotel - Easter weekend
$80,000 projected prizes, $60,000 minimum OPEN SECTION: 9 rounds, April 4-8, GM and IM norms possible
UNDER 2200 TO UNDER 1200: 7 rounds, April 5-8, 6-8 or 7-8
UNDER 1000: 7 rounds, April 7-8
Projected prizes based on 500 paid entries; 75% each prize minimum
Seniors, GMs, IMs, WGMs, re-entries countv as half entries
U1200 Section entries count 40%, U1000 entries 15%
PROJECTED PRIZES:
OPEN SECTION: $7000-4000-2000-1000-800-700-600-500-400-400, clear/tiebreak winner $200 bonus, top FIDE U2400/Unr $2000-1000. FIDE rated, norms possible, 200 GPP (enhanced). Free entry to GMs, IMs and WGMs; $150 deducted from prize.
UNDER 2200 SECTION: $5000-2500-1200-800-600-500-400-300-300-300.
UNDER 2000 SECTION: $5000-2500-1200-800-600-500-400-300-300-300, unrated limit $2000.
UNDER 1800 SECTION: $5000-2500-1200-800-600-500-400-300-300-300, unrated limit $1600.
UNDER 1600 SECTION: $4000-2000-1000-700-500-400-300-200-200-200, unrated limit $1200, provisional player limit (4-25 lifetime games) $2500.
UNDER 1400 SECTION: $4000-2000-1000-700-500-400-300-200-200-200, unrated limit $800, provisional player limit $1500.
UNDER 1200 SECTION: $1500-800-500-300-200-200-200-100-100-100, unrated limit $400, provisional player limit $800.
UNDER 1000 SECTION: $400-200-100, unrated limit $200, provisional player limit $300, trophies to 1st 5, top U800, U600, U400, Unrated.
ALL SECTIONS: If official rating 4/11-3/12 or unofficial post-event rating posted at uschess.org 4/4/11-4/4/12 is more than 30 points over section maximum, prize limit $1500.
HOTEL RATES: $98-98-123-123, 215-627-1200, ask for chess rate, reserve by March 21 or rate may increase. This is a tremendously reduced rate for this AAA Four Diamond hotel!
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COMING EVENTS
Details posted at www.chesstour.com now include the following:
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Dec 26-29 or 27-29: 21st annual NORTH AMERICAN OPEN at Bally's Casino Resort, Las Vegas. 7 rounds, $120,000 projected prizes, $90,000 minimum guaranteed. The special chess rate at Ballys is no longer available; for other rates that are not too bad see www.ballyslv.com. Entry fees have been greatly reduced for players rated under 900. Advance entries are closed, but late entry is available online until 2 hours before your first game, or at the hotel until 1 hour before your first game. ENTER NOW
Dec 27-29 or 28-29: 30th annual EMPIRE CITY OPEN. 6 rounds at New Yorker Hotel, across from Penn Station in Manhattan. $10,000 guaranteed prizes. Entry fees have been lowered for players rated under 1000. Online advance entries close tomorrow (Friday, Dec 23). ENTER NOW
Jan 6-8 or 7-8: CONTINENTAL AMATEUR, Hyatt Harborside Hotel at Logan Airport, Boston. Very low hotel rates ($79) and free parking! First CCA tournament ever in this historic city. Open to Under 2250 or unrated. ENTER NOW
Jan 13-16, 14-16 or 15-16: 3rd annual GOLDEN STATE OPEN. 7 rounds at Concord Hilton in northern California. $30,000 projected prizes, $21,000 minimum. Entry fees have been lowered for players rated under 1000. ENTER NOW
Jan 13-16, 14-16 or 15-16: 44th annual LIBERTY BELL OPEN. 7 rounds, Sheraton Philadelphia City Center Hotel. $20,000 projected prizes, $14,000 minimum. The $20,000 projected prize fund has been RAISED every year since 2006! HOTEL ROOMS AT THE $99 CHESS RATE ARE STILL AVAILABLE, THOUGH THE HOTEL RECENTLY MISINFORMED PLAYERS THAT THE CUTOFF DATE WAS DEC 14 - THE ACTUAL RESERVATION DEADLINE IS DEC 30. ENTER NOW
Mar 2-4 or 3-4: 21st annual EASTERN CLASS CHAMPIONSHIPS, Host Hotel at Cedar Lake, Sturbridge, MA. $18,000 projected prizes, $12,000 minimum guaranteed. ENTER NOW
Mar 3-4 or 4: 45th annual NEW YORK STATE SCHOLASTIC CHAMPIONSHIPS at Hilton Hotel, Saratoga Springs, NY. 6 rounds, 8 sections. ENTER NOW
Mar 9-11 or 10-11: 19th annual WESTERN CLASS CHAMPIONSHIPS, Sheraton Hotel (formerly Renaissance), Agoura Hills in southern California. $20,000 projected prizes, $16,000 minimum guaranteed. ENTER NOW
Mar 16-18 or 17-18: LONG ISLAND OPEN at Holiday Inn Islip Airport, Ronkonkoma. First CCA tournament on Long Island since the 1970s. $75 room rates, free parking, free airport shuttle! ENTER NOW
Mar 16-18 or 17-18: 16th annual MID-AMERICA OPEN, Crowne Plaza Clayton (Saint Louis). $18,000 projected prizes, $12,000 minimum. ENTER NOW
Mar 23-25 or 24-25: 13th annual PITTSBURGH OPEN, Doubletree Green Tree Hotel. $12,000 projected prizes, $9000 minimum. ENTER NOW
Mar 30-Apr 1 or Mar 31-Apr 1: 10th annual SOUTHERN CLASS CHAMPIONSHIPS, Wyndham Orlando Resort. $14,000 projected prizes, $10,500 minimum. ENTER NOW
Apr 4-8, 5-8, 6-8 or 7-8: 6th annual PHILADELPHIA OPEN at the luxurious, AAA Four Diamonds Loews Philadelphia Hotel. GM and IM norms possible at this first mega-tournament of 2012! New this year: free entry to IMs and WGMs, and higher second section cutoff (U2200 rather than U2100)! These changes should result in a much stronger Open Section. $80,000 projected prize fund, $60,000 minimum. 9 rounds in Open, 7 rounds in other sections. $98 special chess rates, way below the regular Loews rates. ENTER NOW
May 24-28, 25-28, 26-28, 27-28 or 25-26: 21st annual CHICAGO OPEN at Westin North Shore Hotel, Wheeling, Illinois. $100,000 PRIZE FUND UNCONDITIONALLY GUARANTEED. Open is 9 rounds with GM and IM norms possible, other sections 7 rounds. The Under 2300 Section returns after a few years absence and is FIDE rated; raising the 2nd section eligibility from Under 2100 to Under 2300 plus new free entry to IMs, WGMs & foreign FMs should make the Open stronger and increase norm chances. Under 1100 Section plays May 25-26, allowing players in this section to also play in a May 27-28 section if desired. ENTER NOW
June 29-July 3 (NEW DATES): 9th annual PHILADELPHIA INTERNATIONAL at Sheraton Hotel. 9 rounds, $8000 guaranteed prizes. New this year: $800 minimum prize to the first 5 foreign GMs to enter! Also $300 minimum prize to other GMs and to foreign IMs and foreign WGMs. Note that dates are changed from June 28-July 2 to June 29-July 3, but the tournament is still Friday through Tuesday.
July 4-8, 5-8, 6-8, 2-8, 1-3 or 4-5: 40th annual WORLD OPEN at Sheraton Hotel, Philadelphia. 9 rounds in most sections, $250,000 projected prizes, $200,800 minimum. GM and IM norms possible in Open Section. Four FIDE rated sections: Open, Under 2400, Under 2200, and new Women's Championship. 6 round Senior Amateur, 6 round Women's Championship and 9 round Under 13 Championship play July 1-3, allowing these players to also play in a July 4-8, 5-8 or 6-8 section. ENTER NOW
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SURVEY RESULTS Thanks to all who participated in our recent survey regarding international tournament scheduling. The main question was, when two 5 day, 9 round internationals follow each other in the same location, how much time (rest days) should be in between? Choices were no time, 1/2 day, 1 day, 1 1/2 days, and 2 days. Those responding to this survey preferred ONE DAY.
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36 WIDELY BELIEVED MYTHS
about CCA chess tournaments (revised Aug 8, 2011)
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