A Heritage Event!
32nd annual
EASTERN
CLASS CHAMPIONSHIPS
June 7-9 or
8-9, 2024
Sheraton Hartford Hotel at Bradley Airport, Windsor Locks, Connecticut
$20,000
GUARANTEED PRIZES
June
7-9 or 8-9
Connecticut
US Chess Grand
Prix Points: 120 (enhanced)
32nd annual Eastern Class Championships. 5-SS, 40/80,
SD/30, d30 (2-day option, rds 1-2 G/60 d10), Sheraton Hartford Hotel, 1 Bradley
Airport (visible at airport entrance), Windsor Locks CT 06096 (I-91 Exit 40 to
Rt 20). Free parking. Top 3 sections are FIDE rated, except G/60 games.
$20,000 PRIZE FUND UNCONDITIONALLY GUARANTEED. In 7 sections:
Master (2100/up):
$2000-1000-500-300, clear winner or 1st on tiebreak $100 bonus, top U2300
$800-400.
Expert (1900-2199): $1400-700-400-300.
Class A (1700-1999/Unr): $1400-700-400-300.
Class B (1500-1799/Unr):
$1400-700-400-300.
Class C (1300-1599/Unr): $1200-600-300-200.
Class D (Under 1400/Unr): $1000-500-300-200.
Class E (Under 1200/Unr): $600-400-200-100.
Playing up: see peakrating.us.
Unrated may enter E through A, with prize limits:
E $100, D $200, C $300, or B $400.
Cannot play below Online Regular
Rating – 100 points.
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 and
schedules; teams must register (no extra fee) by 2 pm Sat.
Top 6 sections
entry fee: $128 online at chessaction.com by 6/5, $150 at site, or
online until an hour before round 1. GMs
free, $100 deducted from prize.
Class E Section entry fee: $40 less than top 6 sections entry fee.
Online
entry fee $5 less to CSCA or WMCA members.
No checks
at site, credit cards OK. No mailed entries.
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 or Online
Regular Ratings usually used if otherwise unrated. Players must reveal foreign,
FIDE and other ratings, and these ratings, adjusted if necessary, may be
used, if higher than USCF. See also above.
USCF Membership Required. Special 1 year USCF
dues with magazine if paid with entry:
Online at chessaction.com, Adult $43,
Young Adult $26, Youth $19.
Re-entry
$60; not available to go from Master to Master Section.
3-day schedule: Reg ends
Fri 6 pm, rounds Fri 7 pm, Sat 11 am & 5 pm, Sun 10 am & 3:30 pm.
2-day schedule: Reg ends
Sat 10 am, rounds Sat 11 am, 2 pm & 5 pm, Sun 10 am & 3:30 pm.
Byes: OK all,
limit 2 byes; must commit before round 2.
Hotel rates: $152-152, use
this link (also posted at chessevents.us ) or call 860-627-5311,
request chess rate, reserve by 5/17 or rate may increase (rooms may sell out
prior to 5/17).
HOTEL UPDATE: The
Sheraton Hotel At Bradley Airport has more rooms available at the Chess Rate!
Please call the Sheraton Hotel and ask for
Tyler Bouchard at 860-627-5311 ASAP.
Car
rental: Avis, 800-331-1600, use AWD #D657633, or reserve car online
through chesstour.com.
Entry: chessaction.com. No mailed entries.
Questions: Director@Chess.us, chesstour.com, chesstour.info. Entries posted at chessaction.com (click "entry
list" after entering). $15 service charge for refunds.
Bring set, board, clock if possible- none supplied.
BLITZ
TOURNAMENT Saturday 9:30 pm, enter at site Saturday by
9:10 pm.
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