A Heritage Event
31st annual
EASTERN CLASS CHAMPIONSHIPS
March 17-19 or 18-19, 2023
Sheraton Hartford Hotel at Bradley Airport, Windsor Locks,
Connecticut
$20,000 GUARANTEED PRIZES
March 17-19 or 18-19
Connecticut
US Chess Grand Prix Points: 120 (enhanced)
31st annual Eastern Class Championships. 5SS, 40/80, SD/30, d30 (2-day option, rds 1-2 G/60 d10), Sheraton Hartford Hotel, 1 Bradley Airport (visible at airport entrance), Windsor Locks CT 06096 (I-91 Exit 40 to Rt 20). Free parking. Top 3 sections are FIDE rated, except G/60 games.
$20,000
PRIZE FUND UNCONDITIONALLY GUARANTEED. In 7 sections:
Master (2100/up): $2000-1000-500-300, clear
winner or 1st on tiebreak $100 bonus, top U2300 $800-400.
Expert (1900-2199): $1400-700-400-300.
Class A (1700-1999/Unr): $1400-700-400-300.
Class B (1500-1799/Unr): $1400-700-400-300.
Class C (1300-1599/Unr): $1200-600-300-200.
Class D (Under 1400/Unr): $1000-500-300-200.
Class E (Under 1200/Unr): $600-400-200-100.
Playing up: see peakrating.us.
Unrated may enter E through A, with prize limits: E $100, D
$200, C $300, or B $400.
Prize limit: $200 if Online Regular rating is more than 50
points over prize minimum.
Mixed doubles bonus prizes: best male/female 2-player "team" combined score
among all sections: $600-300. Team average must be under 2200; teammates may
play in different sections; teams must register (no extra fee) by 2 pm Sat.
Top 6
sections entry fee: $128
online at chessaction.com by 3/15, $150 at site, or online until an hour before
round1.
GMs free, $100 deducted from prize.
Class E Section entry fee:
$40 less than top 6 sections entry fee.
Online entry fee
$5 less to
CSCA or WMCA members.
No checks at
site, credit cards OK. No credit card mailed entries.
FOREIGN PLAYER RATINGS
PRIZEWINNER TAX INFO
ELECTRONIC DEVICES RULES
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: March official USCF ratings used. Unofficial uschess.org ratings usually used if otherwise unrated. Players must reveal foreign, FIDE and other ratings, and these ratings, adjusted if necessary, may be used, if higher than USCF. See also above.
Re-entry $60;
not available in go from Master to Master Section.
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.
Byes: OK all, limit 2 byes; must commit before round 2.
Hotel rates: $149-149,
link at chessevents.us or call 860-627-5311, request chess rate, reserve by
3/3 or rate may increase.
Car rental: Avis, 800-331-1600, use AWD
#D657633, or
reserve car online
through chesstour.com.
Entry:
chessaction.com. No mailed entries.. Questions: Directo@Chess.us, chesstour.com,
chesstour.info. Entries posted at
chessaction.com (click "entry list"
after entering). $15 service charge for refunds.
Bring set, board, clock if possible-
none supplied.
BLITZ
TOURNAMENT Saturday night, 9:30 pm, enter by 9:10 pm.
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