8th annual
CONTINENTAL CLASS CHAMPIONSHIPS
June 14-16 or 15-16, 2019
Westin Tysons Corner, Falls Church, Virginia
$20,000 GUARANTEED PRIZES
US Chess Junior Grand Prix!
JUNE 14-16 OR 15-16, VIRGINIA
US CHESS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 120 (ENHANCED)
8th annual Continental Class Championships. 5SS, 40/100, SD/30 d10 (2-day option, rds 1-2 G/60, d10), Westin Tysons Corner, 7801 Leesburg Pike (VA-7), Falls Church VA 22043. Free daytime parking for all, free overtime parking for chess rate hotel guests, free shuttle to Tysons Corner Center and Metro. $20,000 prize fund unconditionally guaranteed.
Grandmaster Rashad Babaev will give a free lecture, Sunday 9-10 am.
In 7 sections:
Master (2200/up): $2000-1000-500-300, clear
win or 1st on tiebreak $100, top U2400 $800-400. FIDE.
Expert (2000-2199): $1400-700-400-200.
Class A (1800-1999/Unr): $1400-700-400-200.
Class B (1600-1799/Unr): $1400-700-400-200.
Class C (1400-1599/Unr): $1300-700-400-200.
Class D (1200-1399/Unr): $800-400-200-100.
Class E (Under 1200/Unr): $800-400-200-100.
Rated players may play up
one section.
Unrated limits: E $150, D $250, C $350, B $500.
Mixed doubles prizes: best male/female
2-player “team” combined score among all sections: $600-400-200. Must average
under 2200; may play different sections; register (no extra fee) by 2 pm 6/15.
Top 5 sections entry fee: $123 at chessaction.com by 6/12, 3-day $128, 2-day $127 mailed by 6/5, $140 at site, or online until 2 hours before rd 1. GMs, IMs & WGMs free in Master, $100 deducted from prize.
Class D or E Section entry fee: all $40
less than above.
No checks at site, credit cards OK.
Special 1 yr USCF membership with magazine
if paid with entry. At
chessaction.com, Adult $35, Young Adult $22, Scholastic $15. Mailed or
at site, Adult $40, Young Adult $25, Scholastic $17.
Re-entry $50 (no Master Section).
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: June 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. Fri to 6 pm, rds. Fri 7,
Sat 11 & 5, Sun 10 & 3:30.
2-day schedule: Reg. Sat to 10 am, rds. Sat
11, 2 & 5, Sun 10 & 3:30.
Half point byes: OK all rounds, limit 2; Master must commit before rd 2,
others before rd 3.
Hotel rates: $109-109,
1-866-716-8108, reserve by 5/31 or rate
may increase.
Entry: chessaction.com or Continental Chess, Box 8482, Pelham NY 10803. Refunds, $15 service charge.
Questions: Director@Chess.US, chesstour.com, 347-201-2269. Entries posted at chessaction.com (online entries posted instantly)
Blitz tournament
Sat 9:30 pm, enter by 9:15 pm.