CENTRAL CALIFORNIA OPEN
August 20-22 or 21-22, 2021
Doubletree
Hotel Fresno
Entry fee: $93 online at chessaction.com by 8/18, 3-day $98, 2-day $97 mailed by 8/9, all $110 (no checks, credit cards OK) at site or online until 1 hour before round 1. GMs, IMs & WGMs free; $80 deducted from prize. $15 less to Fresno Chess Club members. Under 1300 Section, $30 less.
USCF membership required. Special 1 year USCF dues with magazine if paid with entry. Online at chessaction.com, Adult $40, Young Adult $25, Youth $18. Mailed or paid at site, $45, $27 or $20.
Re-entry $50; no Open to Open.
CCA electronic devices policies Prizewinner tax info Foreign player rating info
For all tournaments, adjusted FIDE or foreign ratings, if higher than USCF, may be used. Players must disclose FIDE or foreign ratings when entering, or may later be expelled. Other over the board ratings such as club, league, scholastic, state or province, etc, adjusted if appropriate, may be used at our discretion if above USCF. No rating below the latest official USCF rating, on the list corresponding to the ending date of the tournament, will be used. For 9 round events offering title norm possibilities, FIDE ratings are used. Click here for further details.
Ratings: August official USCF ratings used. Unofficial uschess.org ratings or USCF Online Regular ratings usually used if otherwise unrated. Players must reveal foreign, FIDE and other over the board ratings, and these ratings, adjusted if necessary, may be used, if higher than USCF. See also above.
3-day schedule: Reg ends
Fri 6 pm, rounds Fri 7 pm, Sat 11 am & 5 pm, Sun 10 am & 3:30 pm.
2-day schedule: Reg ends
Sat 10 am, rounds Sat 11 am, 2 pm & 5 pm, Sun 10 am & 3:30 pm.
All: Half point byes OK all, limit 2,
must commit before rd 2.
Hotel rates: $139-139, 559-268-1000, request chess rate, reserve by 8/6 or rate may increase.
Car rental: Avis, 800-331-1600, AWD D657633, or reserve car online through chesstour.com.
Bring set, board, clock if possible- none supplied.
Awards: If not claimed at tournament, paid electronically through Zelle or PayPal.
Room
or travel sharing:
Post a request to share on the
USCF "All Things
Chess" Forum.
If you
have trouble posting, email your request to Continental Chess and we will
post it for you.
Entry:
chessaction.com or
Continental Chess, Box 8482, Pelham NY 10803. $15
service charge
for refunds. Questions:
www.chesstour.com,
www.chesstour.info, Director@Chess.US.
Entries posted at chessaction.com
(click "entry list" after entering).
BLITZ TOURNAMENT Saturday 9:30 pm, enter by 9:15 pm.