16th annual
Continental Chess
CLEVELAND OPEN
June 9-11 or 10-11, 2023
$15,000 GUARANTEED PRIZES
5 round Swiss, Crowne Plaza Cleveland Airport
June
9-11 or
10-11
Ohio
US Chess Grand Prix Points: 120 (enhanced)
Cleveland Open.
5 rounds, 40/80, SD/30, d30 (2-day option, rounds 1-2 G/60, d10) Crowne Plaza Cleveland Airport,
7230 Engle Rd, Middleburg Heights OH 44130. Free parking, free wireless, free airport shuttle,
restaurants within easy walking distance, awarded Certificate of Excellence
by TripAdvisor.
$15,000
GUARANTEED PRIZES
In
5 sections:
Major Section:
Open to 1900/above. Prizes
$2000-1000-600-400, clear or tiebreak winner $100 bonus, top USCF Under 2300 $600-300.
FIDE rated.
Under 2100 Section:
$1000-500-300-200, top Under 1900.Unr $400-200 FIDE rated.
Under 1800
Section: $1000-500-300-200, top U1600 (no
Unr) $400-200.
Under
1500 Section: $800-450-300-200, top Under 1300 (no Unr) $300-150.
Under 1200 Section:
$600-400-200-100, top Under 1000 (no Unr) $200-100..
Unrated prize limits: U1200 $100, U1500 $200, U1800 $400. Balance goes to next player(s) in line.
Mixed doubles bonus prizes: best male/female 2-player team combined score among all sections: $500-300-200. Team must average under 2200; may play in different sections; register (no extra fee) by 2 pm Sat.
Prize limit: If Online Regular rating is more than 50 points over section or prize maximum, prize limit $200.
Top 4 sections entry fee: $118 online at chessaction.com by 6/7, all $130 (no checks, credit cards OK) at site or online until an hour before round 1. No checks at site, credit cards OK.
Under 1200 section entry fee: all $20 less than top 4 sections entry fee.
Re-entry $60; not available to go
from Major Section to Major Section.
GMs free; $100 deducted from prize.
See peakrating.us for qualification for
Major Section based on peak rating.
Special 1 year USCF dues including
Chess Life if paid online with entry: Adult $40, Young Adult $25, Youth $18. .
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: June official USCF ratings used. Unofficial or Regular Online uschess.org 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.
Awards usually paid through PayPal (may take over a week).
3-day schedule: Reg. ends Fri
6 pm, rds Fri 7 pm, Sat 11 am & 5 pm, Sun 10 am & 3:30 pm.
2-day schedule: Reg.
ends Sat 10 am, rds Sat 11 am, 2 pm & 5 pm, Sun 10 am & 3:30 pm.
Half point byes:
OK all, limit 2; must
commit by round 2.
Hotel rates: $119-119, link is posted at chessevents.us or call 440-243-4040, request chess rate, reserve by 5/26 or rate may increase.
Room or travel sharing:
Post a request to share on the
USCF "All
Things Chess" Forum.
If you have trouble posting, email your post to
Continental Chess and we will post it for you.
Electronic devices: See devicerules.com. Not all electronic scoresheets are allowed.
Car rental:
Avis, 800-331-1600, AWD D657633, or
reserve car online through chesstour.com.
Bring set, board, clock
if possible- none supplied.
Entry:
chessaction.com. No mailed entry. Questions: chesstour.com, chesstour.info, Director@Chess.US. $15 service charge for refunds. Entries are posted at chessaction.com (click
"entry list" after entering).