| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Continental Chess Bulletin Aug 8, 2011 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NEW EMAIL ADDRESS FOR CONTINENTAL CHESS: Director@Chess.US |
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| 21st annual NORTH AMERICAN OPEN 7 rounds, Dec 26-29 or 27-29 Bally's Casino Resort, Las Vegas Special room rate reduced from $97 to $65! Free parking. $120,000 PROJECTED PRIZES, $90,000 MINIMUM |
| Advance entry extended to Tuesday, Aug 9 CENTRAL CALIFORNIA OPEN 5 rounds, Aug 12-14 or 13-14 Radisson Hotel Fresno $89 room rate, free parking, free airport shuttle $16,000 PROJECTED PRIZES, $12,000 MINIMUM |
| COMING EVENTS Details posted at www.chesstour.com now include the following: . Aug 11-14, 12-14 or 13-14: 41st annual CONTINENTAL OPEN. 6 rounds, Host Hotel at Cedar Lake, Sturbridge, MA. Great summer vacation spot, swim in Cedar Lake, experience New England life of 1790-1840 at Old Sturbridge Village. $30,000 projected prizes, $21,000 minimum. Advance entry closes Monday, Aug 8. ENTER NOW Aug 12-14 or 13-14: 6th annual INDIANAPOLIS OPEN at Wyndham Indianapolis West. $18,000 projected prizes based on 220 paid entries, $13,500 minimum guaranteed. Last year this tournament also had $18,000 projected based on 220 and paid out the full projected prize fund! Advance entry closes Monday, Aug 8. ENTER NOW Aug 12-14 or 13-14: 3rd annual CENTRAL CALIFORNIA OPEN at Radisson Hotel in downtown Fresno. Free parking, free airport shuttle, $89 room rates. $16,000 projected prizes, $12,000 minimum. Cosponsored by Fresno Chess Club, the 2009 USCF Chess Club of the Year. Advance entry extended to Tuesday, Aug 9. ENTER NOW Aug 17-21, 18-21, 19-21 or 20-21: MANHATTAN OPEN at New Yorker Hotel. First big money tournament in New York City in 11 years! 9 rounds in Open with norms possible, 6 rounds in other sections. $100,000 projected prize fund, $70,000 minimum guaranteed. UPDATES: 1) A limited number of hotel rooms at the New Yorker are available on the CCA shopping cart at the $145 chess rate. The chess rate is no longer available from the New Yorker Hotel as it is after their deadline. 2) Because FIDE is not currently accepting 5 second delay for norms, the Open Section time control has been changed to 40/90, SD/30 with 30 second increment. ENTER NOW Aug 26-28 or 27-28: 43rd annual ATLANTIC OPEN at Westin Washington Hotel, in our nation's capital, 5 blocks from the White House. $20,000 prize fund unconditionally guaranteed. ENTER NOW Sept 2-5, 3-5 or 4-5: 133rd annual NEW YORK STATE CHAMPIONSHIP at the luxurious Albany Marriott. America's oldest annual tournament! 6 rounds, $13,000 guaranteed prize fund. ENTER NOW Sept 16-18 or 17-18: 4th annual LOUISVILLE OPEN at Holiday Inn Southwest Fair Expo, Louisville, KY. $8000 projected prizes, $6000 minimum. ENTER NOW Oct 6-10, 7-10, 8-10, 6-9, 7-9 or 8-9: 2nd annual CONTINENTAL CLASS CHAMPIONSHIPS at Hyatt Regency Crystal City, Arlington, VA. Master Section 9 rounds, FIDE rated with norms possible, Experts 9 rounds and FIDE rated, Class A and B 7 rounds, Class C, D, and E 6 rounds. Only Class B and above play Monday, Oct 10 (Columbus Day). $60,000 projected prizes, $40,000 minimum. NOTE: Because FIDE is not currently accepting 5 second delay for norms, the Open Section time control has been changed to 40/90, SD/30 with 30 second increment. ENTER NOW Oct 7-9 or 8-9: 8th annual LOS ANGELES OPEN at Sheraton Four Points LAX. $89 room rate, free airport shuttle, $5 parking. $20,000 projected prizes, $16,000 minimum. ENTER NOW Oct 14-16 or 15-16: 20th annual MIDWEST CLASS CHAMPIONSHIPS at Westin North Shore Hotel, Wheeling, Illinois, near Chicago. Luxurious hotel; free parking. $20,000 projected prizes. ENTER NOW Oct 21-23 or 22-23: 2nd annual BOARDWALK OPEN at the historic Berkeley Hotel, one block from the boardwalk at Asbury Park, New Jersey. $15,000 projected prizes, $10,000 minimum guaranteed. ENTER NOW Oct 30: CAPITAL REGION OPEN. 1-day, Sunday 4-round event at Studio of Bridge & Games, Schenectady, NY. In 4 sections: Open, Under 1800, Under 1400, Under 1000, with $1000 guaranteed prizes plus U1000 Section trophies. ENTER NOW Nov 4-6 or 5-6: EASTERN TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP at Sheraton Hotel (formerly Holiday Inn Select), Stamford, CT. A new tournament for four-player teams with prizes originally announced as $7000, now raised to $8000 guaranteed! Average required team rating has been changed from Under 1800 to Under 2000. ENTER NOW Nov 11-13 or 12-13: 20th annual KINGS ISLAND OPEN at Kings Island Resort, Mason, Ohio (near Cincinnati). Prizes $30,000 projected, $24,000 minimum- Ohio's largest open tournament! ENTER NOW Nov 25-27 or 26-27: 42nd annual NATIONAL CHESS CONGRESS at Sheraton City Center Hotel, Philadelphia. 6 rounds, 10 sections, $30,000 GUARANTEED PRIZES, plus trophies in the U1000, U800, and U600 sections. ENTER NOW Dec 9-11 or 10-11: NEW ENGLAND SENIOR OPEN and NEW ENGLAND AMATEUR at Sheraton Bradley Hotel, Windsor Locks, CT. $87 room rate, free parking, free airport shuttle. ENTER SENIOR ENTER AMATEUR Dec 10-11: 8th annual NEW ENGLAND SCHOLASTIC CHAMPIONSHIPS at Sheraton Bradley Hotel, Windsor Locks, CT. 7 round Swiss in 5 sections: High School (K-12), Middle School (K-8), Elementary (K-5), Primary (K-2), and new Scholastic Novice (K-9 under 700 or unrated). Individual pairings, teams are optional, top 4 scores from a school added to give team score. Trophies and free entry prizes. Players or teams from outside New England welcome; free entry prizes & New England titles limited to New England players and teams. ENTER NOW 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. ROOM RATES AT BALLYS HAVE BEEN REDUCED FROM $97 TO $65! 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. ENTER NOW |
| 36 WIDELY BELIEVED MYTHS about CCA chess tournaments (revised Aug 8, 2011) |
