A Heritage Event

27th annual
EASTERN CLASS CHAMPIONSHIPS
April 27-29 or 28-29, 2018

Host Hotel at Cedar Lake, Sturbridge, Massachusetts

$20,000 GUARANTEED PRIZES

April 27-29 or 28-29                                                           Massachusetts
       US Chess Grand Prix Points: 120 (enhanced)

26th annual Eastern Class Championships. 5SS, 40/100, SD/30, d10 (2-day option, rds 1-2 G/60, d10), Host Hotel at Cedar Lake, 366 Main St, Sturbridge MA 01566 (I-84 Exit 3, near I-90), near the Connecticut border. Free parking. Master Section is FIDE rated.

$$ 20,000 PRIZE FUND UNCONDITIONALLY GUARANTEED. In 7 sections:
Master (2200/up): $2000-1000-500-300, clear winner or 1st on tiebreak $100 bonus, top U2300 $800-400. .
Expert (2000-2199): $1500-700-400-300.  
Class A (1800-1999/Unr): $1500-700-400-300.
Class B (1600-1799/Unr): $1500-700-400-300.
Class C (1400-1599/Unr): $1300-700-400-300. 
Class D (1200-1399/Unr): $700-400-200-100.
Class E (Under 1200/Unr): $600-300-200-100, plaques to first 3, top U1000, U800, U600, Unrated.
Rated players may play up one section.

Unrated may enter E through A, with prize limits: E $100, D $200, C $400, or B $600.

Mixed doubles bonus prizes: best male/female 2-player "team" combined score among all sections: $600-300. Team average must be under 2200; teammates may play in different sections; teams must register (no extra fee) by 2 pm 4/28.
          

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.