17th annual
Philadelphia Sheraton Downtown
Thursday, June 27,
2024 - Monday, July 1, 2024
US CHESS GRAND PRIX
POINTS: 200 (ENHANCED)
See 2024 World Open for location,
rates, parking.
9-SS, 40/80, SD/30; d30.
FIDE rated, GM and IM
norms possible. One section, open to all.
June FIDE ratings used
for pairings & prizes.
Free
Lectures And Analysis Of Your Games By Grandmaster
Michael Rohde:
June
29-30: 9:00 am and 3:00 pm each date!
$20,000 GUARANTEED
PRIZES!
PRIZES: $6000-4000-2000-1500-1200-800-700-600,
clear
or tiebreak bonus $200, top FIDE under 2300/unr
$2000-1000.
Minimum prize guarantees: If entering online by
6/3 and playing all 9 games (no byes): foreign GM $700, foreign IM/WGM $300.
CCA electronic devices policies
Nonresident aliens: see US tax
laws here (link may also be posted later at
chessaction.org as well).
Entry fee:
·
GMs,
foreign IMs/WGMs: free (MUST RE-CONFIRM WITH TD at least 1 hour before
first game in order to be paired).
·
US
IMs, US WGMs, Foreign FIDE rated players rated 2000/up: $150 online at
chessaction.com by 5/16, $175 by 6/25, $200 at site.
·
Foreign
players rated under 2000 FIDE or unrated: $300 online by 5/16,
$325 by 6/25, $350 at site.
·
US
FIDE Masters: $200 online by 5/16, $225 by 6/25, $250 at site.
·
US
players FIDE rated 2200/up: $300 online by 5/16, $325 by 6/25, $350 at
site.
·
US
players FIDE rated 2000/up: $400 online by 5/16, $425 by 6/25, $450 at
site.
·
US players rated under 2000 FIDE or unrated: $800 online by 5/16,
$825 by 6/25, $850 at site.
·
Players with Federation “FID” do not
count as foreign players.
All: no checks at site, credit cards accepted.
Special 1 year US Chess dues with magazine:
see World Open. US Chess membership required, except for GMs, foreign IMs,
foreign WGMs, foreign WIMs.
Schedule: Late reg. ends
Thu 6 pm. Rounds begin: Thu 7 pm, Fri 1 pm & 7 pm, Sat 11 am & 5
pm, Sun 10 am & 4 pm, Mon 10 am & 4 pm.
Two half point byes
available; must commit before round 3; FIDE norm not possible if taking bye.
Register online at: chessaction.com. No mailed entries. $15
service charge for refunds.
Prizes which are not
paid at site usually paid by PayPal (may take about 3 weeks).
Questions: www.chesstour.com, Email director@chess.us. Entries posted at
chessaction.com (click “entry list” after entering). Invitations: Go@Chess.us.
Bring set, board,
clock if possible- none supplied.
For
World Open Hotel Reservations At The Sheraton Hotel (Tournament
Site)
Please
note: the Sheraton has two different
reservation links, depending on which dates you want.
Please use this link for Sheraton Hotel Reservations For
6/25 through 7/1
Please use this link for Sheraton Hotel Reservations
For 7/1 through 7/10
If
you need to reserve a room to check-in to the Sheraton before July 1st
AND to check out after June 30th, please email
your request to director@chess.us
and include your name, dates requested, number of beds and your email and phone
number. We will then forward your email
to the Sheraton. NOTE: Continental Chess does not make the hotel reservations, we only forward your requests to the
Sheraton- for
guests who are arriving before July 1st and also departing
after June 30th.
Link For
Overflow Hotel Reservations At The Sonesta Hotel
We have an
overflow block of hotel sleeping rooms at the Sonesta Philadelphia Rittenhouse
Square Hotel, 1800 Market Street in Philadelphia, about a ten-minute walk (4/10 mile), according to
Google Maps, from the tournament site at the Sheraton Hotel. The Chess Rate at the Sonesta is $141 per
night: click here for the Sonesta overflow
chess rooms link (the Sonesta chess rate deadline is June
24 (but the overflow block may also sell out earlier or the rate may increase
after June 24th). The hotel valet parking at the Sonesta for Sunday – Thursday
is $51 per night; for Friday - Saturday: $47 per night.
Players who are attending our events
during the dates of June 28-29 and who are also planning on staying in Philadelphia
for later events may wish to consider booking their entire stay at the Sonesta
Hotel to avoid having to check in and out of two separate hotels.