33rd annual
EASTERN CLASS CHAMPIONSHIPS
June 6-8 or 7-8, 2025
Sheraton Hartford Hotel at Bradley Airport, Windsor Locks, CT
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Bradley Airport, Windsor Locks, CT 06096 (visible at airport entrance)
I-91 Exit 40 to Route 20. Chess rate parking:
$5/day, $10 overnight.
$20,000 GUARANTEED PRIZES!
US Chess Grand Prix
Points: 120 (enhanced)
A Heritage event!
In 7 sections: 5-SS, 40/80, SD/30;
d30.
· Master (FIDE rated): Open
to 2100 and up. $2000-1000-500-300, clear winner or 1st on tiebreak $100 bonus,
top USCF U2300 $800-400.
· Expert (1900 – 2199) (FIDE rated): $1400-700-400-300.
· Class A (1700 – 1999/Unr) (FIDE rated): $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.
Unrated prize limits: Unrated
may not win over $100 in E, $200 D, $300 C or $400 B
Cannot play below Online
Regular Rating minus 100 points.
These
expanded rating class boundaries already
include players rated in the top half of the traditional USCF Class one section
below.
Mixed Doubles Bonus Prizes: best male+female 2-player team combined score among all
sections: $600-300. Team must average under 2200; may
play in different sections and schedules; register (no extra fee) by 2 pm Sat;
prize limits do not apply to Mixed Doubles Bonus Prizes. No player’s score can
count for more than one Mixed Doubles Team.
Schedule and Round Times:
·
3-day
schedule: Rounds: Fri 7 pm, Sat 11 am & 5 pm,
Sun 10 & 3:30. Registration ends Fri 6 pm
·
2-day
schedule: Rounds: Sat. 11 am, 2 pm & 5 pm, Sun. 10 & 3:30.
Registration ends Sat. 10 am.
Half point byes OK
all, limit 2; must commit before round 2.
Prizes
not claimed at tournament are usually paid by PayPal (may take over a week).
Entry fee:
· Top
6 sections entry fee: $128 online at chessaction.com by 6/4, $150 later online or at site until 1 hour before round
1. GMs $100 deducted from prize.
· Class
E: $40 less than top 6 sections.
No checks, credit cards OK. No mailed entries.
Re-entry (no Master
to Master) $60.
Online
Entry Fee $5 less to CSCA or WMCA members.
All: Special 1 year USCF dues with magazine
if paid with online entry: see chessaction.com. US Chess membership required.
Foreign player rating info Prizewinner tax info CCA
electronic devices policies
PLAYERS MAY NOT POSSESS CELLPHONES DURING
PLAY. Please leave
your phone home, in your hotel room or car, or in a bag at your table.
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 ratings used;
unofficial uschess.org ratings or USCF Online Regular ratings usually used if
otherwise unrated, or to qualify for a higher Class
section (see www.peakrating.us). Foreign player ratings: see
foreignratings.com. 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.
Hotel
rates: $169-169, use this reservation link (also posted
at chessevents.us, or call 860-627-5311
and request Chess rate); reserve by 5/15 or rate may increase, rooms may sell
out earlier.
Car rental: Avis,
800-331-1600, use AWD #D657633, or reserve car online through chesstour.com.
Bring set, board, clock if possible- none
supplied!
Enter online: chessaction.com. No
mailed entries. $15 service charge for refunds. Questions: Director@chess.us, chesstour.com,
chesstour.info.
Entries
posted at chessaction.com (click
"entry list" after entering).
BLITZ TOURNAMENT SATURDAY NIGHT 9:30 pm,
enter at site Saturday by 9:10 pm.