13th annual
SOUTHWEST CLASS CHAMPIONSHIPS
DFW MARRIOTT SOUTH, FORT WORTH, TEXAS
$32,000 GUARANTEED PRIZES
Masks REQUIRED FOR ALL PLAYERS AND SPECTATORS
Top 3 sections aRE FIDE RATED!
US Chess Junior Grand Prix!
FEB. 17-21, 18-21, 19-21 OR 20-21, 2022- Presidents Day weekend
US CHESS GRAND
PRIX POINTS: 200 (ENHANCED)
9 rounds (Master Section), 7 rounds (other sections), DFW Airport Marriott South, 4151 Centreport Blvd., Fort Worth, TX 76155. Free parking, free airport shuttle.
5-day schedule, Feb
17-21: Master Section only, FIDE rated, GM & IM norms
possible, 40/90, SD/30 +30.
4-day schedule, Feb
18-21: Expert through Class E, 40/90, SD/30, +30. Expert
and A are FIDE rated.
3-day schedule, Feb 19-21: Expert through Class E, rds
1-2 G/60 d10, then merges with 4-day.
2-day schedule, Feb 20-21: Class D and Class E, rds. 1-4
G/30 d10, then merges with others.
$32,000 prize fund unconditionally
guaranteed.
FIDE ratings used in
Master Section, USCF February official in others.
In 7 sections. See peakrating.us for
using peak rating to play up.
Master (2100/up): $3000-1500-
Expert (1900-2199): $2000-
Class A (1700-1999/Unr): $2000-1000-
Class B (1500-1799/Unr): $2000-1000-
Class C (1300-1599/Unr): $1600-800-
Class D (1100-1399/Unr): $800-400-
Class E (Under 1200/Unr): $800-400-300-200-
Unrated (0-3 lifetime games rated) may enter A through E, with maximum prize E $100, D $200, C $300, B $400, A $500.
Mixed doubles: best
male/female 2-player team combined score among all sections: $1000-600-400. Must
average under 2200; may play in different sections; register (no extra fee)
before both players begin round 2; only rds 1-7 in Master count towards doubles;
prize limits do not apply.
Master Section
entry fee: $238 online at chessaction.com by
2/16, $260 at site by 2/17 6 pm or online by 2/17 5 pm. GMs & foreign IMs/WGMs
$200 less ($200 deducted from prize). US IMs/WGMs & FIDE rated foreign players
$100 less ($100 deducted from prize).
Master
Section minimum prizes: $500 to foreign GMs who
enter online by 2/3 and play all 9 games with no byes; $250 to US GMs who enter
online by 2/3 and play all 9 games with no byes. EF deduction cannot lower prize
to below the minimum.
Expert through Class C entry fee: $168 online at chessaction.com by 2/16, $190 at site (no check, credit card OK), or online until 1 hour before round 1.
Class D or E Section entry fee: All $70 less than Expert to Class C.
Re-entry (no Master to Master) $80.
All: Special 1 yr
USCF dues with magazine if paid with online entry: see chessaction.com
5-day schedule: Late
reg. ends Thu 6 pm, rds Thu 7, Fri 12 & 7, Sat 11 & 6, Sun 11 & 6, Mon 10 &
4:30.
4-day schedule: Late
reg. ends Fri 6 pm, rds. Fri 7 pm, Sat 11 & 6, Sun 11 & 6, Mon 10 & 4:30.
3-day schedule: Late
reg. ends Sat 10 am, rds .Sat 11, 2:30 & 6, Sun 11 & 6, Mon 10 & 4:30.
2-day schedule: Late
reg. ends Sun 9 am, rds. Sun 10, 12, 2, 3:45 & 6, Mon 10 & 4:30.
Half point byes: OK
all, limit 2; must commit before rd. 3.
Unofficial uschess.org ratings usually used if otherwise unrated. If Online Regular rating is 100/more points over prize maximum, prize limit $400.
Foreign player ratings Pri
PLAYERS MAY NOT POSSESS CELLPHONES DURING PLAY. Please leave your phone home, or in your hotel room or car, or in a bag at your table.
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: February FIDE ratings used in Master Section, February official USCF ratings in other sections. Unofficial uschess.org ratings usually used if otherwise unrated, or to play up (see peakrating.us). 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.
Bring set, board, clock if possible- none supplied.
Hotel rates: $106-106, Use link below or 817-358-1700 reserve by 2/1 or rate may increase (the chess block may sell out before 2/1).
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Car rental: Avis,
800-331-1600, use AWD #D657633.
Bring set, board,
clock if possible- none
supplied. Entries posted at chessaction.com (click
"entry list" after entering).
Entry: ChessAction.com.
Mailed entry (all $10 more, must include section & schedule, mail by 2/5): Continental Chess, PO Box 249, Salisbury Mills NY 12577.
All entries: $15 service charge for refunds; no charge if credited to future entry fees.
Entries posted at chessaction.com (click "entry List" after entry.
Questions: Director@Chess.us, chesstour.com, chesstou
Blitz tournament Sun 10:30 pm, enter by 10:15 pm.