12th annual
Continental Chess
CLEVELAND OPEN
August 2-4 or 3-4, 2019
$16,000 GUARANTEED PRIZE FUND
5 round Swiss, Crowne Plaza Cleveland Airport
August 2-4 or
3-4
Ohio
US Chess Grand Prix Points:
100 (enhanced)
Cleveland Open.
5 rounds, 40/100, SD/30 d10 (2-day option, rounds 1-2 G/60, d10) Crowne Plaza Cleveland Airport,
7230 Engle Rd, Middleburg Heights OH 44130. Free parking, free airport shuttle,
many restaurants within easy walking distance, awarded Certificate of Excellence
by TripAdvisor.
PRIZES: $16,000 UNCONDITIONALLY GUARANTEED.
In 6 sections:
Major Section:
Open to U1800/above. Prizes
$1800-900-500-300, clear or tiebreak winner $100 bonus, top Under 2300 $600-300.
FIDE rated.
Under 2100 Section:
$1200-600-400-200.
Under 1900
Section: $1200-600-400-200.
Under 1700 Section:
$1100-600-400-200.
Under
1500 Section: $1000-500-300-200.
Under 1200 Section:
$700-400-200-100.
Unrated prize limits: U1200 $100, U1500 $200, U1700 $300,
U1900 $500. 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 8/3.
Top 5 sections entry fee: $118 online at chessaction.com by 7/31, 3-day $123, 2-day $122 if check mailed by 7/24, all $130 (no checks, credit cards OK) at site, or online until 2 hours before round 1. No checks at site, credit cards OK.
Under 1200 section entry fee: all $30 less than top 5 sections entry fee.
Re-entry $50; not available to go
from Major Section to Major Section.
GMs, IMs & WGMs free; $100 deducted from prize.
Online entry fee $5 less to OCA
members.
Unofficial uschess.org ratings usually used if otherwise unrated.
Special 1 year USCF dues including
Chess Life if paid with entry: online at
chessaction.com, Adult $35, Young Adult $22, Scholastic $15. Mailed or paid at site, Adult $40,
Young Adult $25, Scholastic $17.
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 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, 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; Open must
commit by round 2, others by round 3.
Hotel rates: $113-113, 800-227-6963, 440-243-4040, request chess rate, reserve by 7/19 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.
Car rental:
Avis, 800-331-1600, AWD D657633, or
reserve car online through chesstour.com.
Bring set, board, clock
if possible- none supplied.
Ratings:
August official USCF rating list used, but unofficial ratings usually used if otherwise unrated.
Entry: chessaction.com or Continental Chess, Box 8482, Pelham NY 10803. Questions: chesstour.com, chesstour.info, DirectorAtChess.US. $15 service charge for refunds. Advance entries are posted at chessaction.com (click "entry list" after entering).