Over the board tournament

14th annual Continental Chess
 CLEVELAND OPEN
June 11-13 or 12-13, 2021
$14,000 PROJECTED PRIZES

5 round Swiss, Crowne Plaza Cleveland Airport

 

MASKS REQUIRED, spectators not allowed, no eating in tournament area

 

Meeting Room Photo

               June 11-13 or 12-13                                                                  Ohio
                                                                  US Chess Grand Prix Points: 50 (enhanced)
Cleveland Open. 5 rounds, Major & Under 2100 sections G/100+30. other sections 40/100, SD/30 d10 (2-day option in all, 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. 

      $14,000 PROJECTED PRIZES BASED ON 200 PAID ENTRIES
       Else raised or lowered in proportion with $7000 minimum guaranteed 

         In 5 sections:

        Major Section: Open to 1900/above.  Prizes $1500-700-500-300, 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 $300. Balance goes to next player(s) in line.

NOTE CORRECTED PRIZES: U2100 are $1000-500-300-200, U1600 are $400-200, U1500 are $800-450-300-200.

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 6 /12.

Prize limit: If Online Regular rating is 50 or more points over section or prize maximum, prize limit $200.

Top 4 sections entry fee: $118 online at chessaction.com by 6/9, 3-day $123, 2-day $122 if check mailed by 6/2, 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 free; $100 deducted from prize.
Online entry fee $5 less to OCA members.

See peakrating.us for qualification for top two sections based on peak rating.

Special 1 year USCF dues including Chess Life if paid with entry: online at chessaction.com by 5/30, Adult $35, Young Adult $22, Scholastic $15. After 5/30, $40, $25 or $18, Mailed or paid at site, $45, $27 or $20.

 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.

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: $99-99, 800-227-6963, 440-243-4040, request chess rate, reserve by 5/28 or rate may increase.

HOTEL RESERVATIONS

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 or Continental Chess, Box 8482, Pelham NY 10803. Questions: chesstour.com, chesstour.info, DirectorAtChess.US. $15 service charge for refunds. Entries are posted at chessaction.com (click "entry list" after entering).

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