14th annual
SOUTHWEST CLASS CHAMPIONSHIPS
NEW SITE! WESTIN DALLAS FORT WORTH AIRPORT, IRVING, TEXAS
$35,000 GUARANTEED PRIZES
GM & IM NORMS POSSIBLE, TOP 3 SECTIONS ARE FIDE RATED!
FIDE now requires at
least one Swiss System (at least 40 players) norm to obtain a title.
FEB. 16-20, 17-20 or OR 18-20, 2023- Presidents Day weekend
US CHESS GRAND
PRIX POINTS: 200 (ENHANCED)
9 rounds (Master Section), 7 rounds (other sections), Westin Dallas Fort Worth Airport, 4545 W John Carpenter Fwy, Irving TX 75063. Free parking, free airport shuttle.
5-day schedule, Feb
16-20: Master Section only, FIDE rated, GM & IM norms
possible, 40/80, SD/30, d30.
4-day schedule, Feb
17-20: Expert through Class E, 40/80, SD/30, d30. Expert
and A are FIDE rated.
3-day schedule, Feb 18-20: Expert through Class E, rds
1-2 G/60 d10, then merges with 4-day.
$35,000 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 (USCF 2100/up
or FIDE 2000/up): $4000-2000-
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: $278 online at chessaction.com by
2/15, $300 at site or online by 2/16 6 pm. GMs & foreign IMs/WGMs
free, US IMs/WGMs & FIDE rated foreign players
$100 less. Players with federation "FID" are not foreign players.
Master
Section minimum prizes: Foreign GMs $800,
foreign IMs/WGMs $400 if entering online by 2/4 & playing all 9 games with no
byes.
Players with federation "FID" are not foreign players.
Expert through Class C entry fee: $168 online at chessaction.com by 2/15, $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 online with online entry: Adult $40, Young Adult
$25, Youth $18. USCF membership required.
5-day schedule: Late
reg. ends Thu 6 pm, rds Thu 7, Fri 1 & 7, Sat 11 & 5, Sun 10 & 4, Mon 10 &
3:30.
4-day schedule: Late
reg. ends Fri 6 pm, rds. Fri 7 pm, Sat 11 & 5, Sun 10 & 4, Mon 10 &
3:30.
3-day schedule: Late
reg. ends Sat 10 am, rds .Sat 11, 2 & 5, Sun 10 & 4, Mon 10 & 3:30.
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 more than 50 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: $119-119, Use link below or 972-929-4500, 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.
No mailed entries.
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 pm, enter by 9:30 pm.