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2022 Bay Area Chess Tournament Series
for All Ages and Levels with Free Parking!Add the tournament calendar for event dates and start times.
Quick Links to Navigate This Page:
Special Events | Scholastic (for K-12) | Open (for adults & K-12 over 1000) | Global Registration Info.Are you an internationally rated chess player? Does your rating reflect your playing strength?
Or, are you playing chess in caves?
These events are the most efficient way to:
+ Get or improve the official rating from USChess Federation ("IRL" not online)!
+ Join your local chess community to enjoy and learn.
+ Overcome your FOMO
Unless you prefer to play chess in caves!
- Quick Links to Navigate This Page:
Special Events | Scholastic (for K-12) | Open (for adults & K-12 over 1000) | Global Registration Info.
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Special Events for Everyone
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2022 CalChess STATE Open & Class Championship
Play & Stay at Silicon Valley Sonesta (South Milpitas) (map)
with free parking!u1000 Main (Sep 3) u1000 Blitz (Sep 3) 1000+ Main (Sep 4-5 or 3-5) 1000+ Blitz (Sep 5)
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Special Events | Scholastic (for K-12) | Open (for adults & K-12 over 1000) | Global Registration Info.
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Scholastic Tournaments with
Leaderboards & Contactless Award
Recommended since 2005 by chess parents and children for PK-12 players rated under 1400!
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These tournaments come in four flavors: Chess4Less, Quads, Swiss, and Rising Star5, as you can see below.
Kids who are yet to play in a tournament should start with the Rising Star Event, which is exclusively for them. The rest may choose any other event below.
New: Introducing Chess4Less to make chess accessible with low low low entry fees.
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Tournament Games Time
Control1Sections2 Fees Register Member Non-Member New: Chess4Less6 5 G/12 d3 Groups of 4 to 6 16 22 + Quads 3 G/25 d5 Groups of 43 29 39 + Swiss 4 G/25 d5 < 500 |
500-799 | 800+435 47 + Rising Star5 3 or 4 Flexible Flexible 33 33 + Footnotes:Note: We use AzhLangareted Cadence in these tournaments to optimize the parents' (and players') time; each round (of games) starts about 5 minutes after all games in the previous round end.
- A Time Control of G/M +N means each player gets M minutes/game and an additional (increment) N seconds for every move.
- A Time Control of G/M dN means each player gets M minutes/game and a delay of N seconds/move (before the clock starts ticking).
- We place players in groups or sections based on their USChess rating.
- A group may have 3-7 players if the number of players is indivisible by 4 or 6.
- Some Swiss sections may be merged because we organize more smaller tournaments during post-COVID times. Unrated players are placed in under 500 sections by default.
- Rising Stars event introduces in-person tournaments to new players and their parents (who attend for free). A player may attend only one Rising Star Event during which they play 3 games.
- Our answer to inflation is to have rock bottom 20th-century prices! The only thing is that we can't offer BA€oins (nor prizes) for this fee.
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Awards
Awards 6 BA€oins/point (min 3 BA€oins/tourney). BA€oins (BA€) are redeemable for prizes below:- Medals = 3 BA€
- Trophies: 9 BA€ = M 1-Post | 18 BA€ = L 1-Post | 36 BA€ = XL 1-Post | 100 BA€ = XXL 2-Post | 200 BA€ = XXXL 3-Post | 300 BA€ = XXXXL 4-Post
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Special Events | Scholastic (for K-12) | Open (for adults & K-12 over 1000) | Global Registration Info.
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GrandPrix Open Tournaments with
Cash Prizes & Bragging Rights!
Recommended since 2006 by players recommended for all chess lovers
(including PK-12 players rated over 1399)
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These tournaments come in three styles, Cash Quads (1 day), Cash Day (1 day) & Championship (2 days), as you can see below:
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New: Cash Quads
Intimate • Competitive • One Day-
Prize Fund: $125 for every 4 players.
Sections of 4 players based on USChess rating
Unrated: Max $75 (except in the top section)
Econ entries: Win 50% of the calculated prize
Fees
Member * Non-member Regular 43 57 Econ ** 32 43 -
Schedule
Time Control Minutes between round G/45 +5 100 G/45 +15 120 G/60 +5 130 G/75 +5 160 G/90 +5 190
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Cash Day
Fast • Exciting • One Day- 3 sections based on USChess rating:
under 1400 | 1400-1799 | 1800+ - Any player may play up (aka level up) to the next higher section. ***
Prize Fund: $1,000 b/32 entries
Section Eligibility 1st 2nd 1800+ All $200 $80 u 2000 $100 1400-1799 All $150 $60 u 1600 $100 u1400 All $150 $60 u 1200 $100 Unrated: Max $100 (except in the top section)
Econ entries: Win 50% of the calculated prizeUnrated: Max $100 (except in the top section)
Fees
(same as 2021)Member * Non-member Regular 43 57 Econ ** 32 43 - Play-up Fee (Optional): +17
- Onsite/late entry (Optional): +22
Schedule
Schedule based on time control below:- G/45 +5: 4 or 5 rounds every 120 minutes
- G/45 +15: 4 rounds every 135 minutes
- G/60 +5: 4 rounds every 150 minutes
- G/75 +5: 3 rounds every 180 minutes
- G/90 +5: 3 rounds every 200 minutes
- 3 sections based on USChess rating:
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The Real Bay Area Chess Championship
Therapeutic • FIDE-rated • Two Days- 3 sections based on USChess rating: under 1500 | 1500-1999 | 2000+
- Any player may play up (aka level up) to the next higher section. ***
Prize Fund: $10,000 b/133 entries
Section Eligibility 1st 2nd 3rd 2000+ (FIDE Rated) All $1,500 $700 $300 u 2300 $1,000 $500 $200 1500-1999 (FIDE Rated) All $1,000 $500 $200 u 1700 $700 $300 $200 under 1500 All $1,000 $500 $200 u 1300 $700 $300 $200 Unrated: Max $300 (except in the top section)
Econ entries: Win 50% of the calculated prize
Fees
(same as 2021)Member * Non-member All-Access Regular 112 149 All-Access Econ ** 116 87 Championship 99 132 Championship Econ ** 74 99 Blitz 25 33 - Buy more and save with All-Access Pass, which includes the main event and (1/2-price on) Blitz.
- Play-up Fee (Optional): +25
- Onsite/late entry (Optional): +33
Schedule
5 round Swiss: 5SS x G/90 +30
Rounds: Sat 9:30 1:50 6:10 | Sun 10 2:30
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- Quick Links to Navigate This Page:
Special Events | Scholastic (for K-12) | Open (for adults & K-12 over 1000) | Global Registration Info.
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General Information about All Tournaments
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After Registering
- Add @bayareachess.com to safe senders to receive emails with orientation and other notifications.
- Check entries to confirm registration; Contact us to report any errors.
- Be nice to everyone!
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Before You Come
- Confirm the tournament's location, date, and start time.
- Read the orientation information.
- Arrive at least 20 minutes before the start time.
- Be nice to everyone!
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When You Come
- Check pairings before every round to find information about your next game.
- Check results after every round; report any errors to the Tournament Director (TD) ASAP.
- Be nice to everyone!
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General Information
- We use the current US Supplement Rating and TD discretion to determine players' ratings.
- We may merge small sections.
- Onsite registration is available 20-30 minutes before every round (subject to space availability).
- US Chess membership is required for all tournaments (except Rising Star, which is not a rated tourney). Therefore, you must renew/signup with your tournament registration so we can process and reconcile it.
- Bay Area Chess membership is not required but can save you money if you play more than once a month.
- CalChess membership is required for all State Championship events.
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Footnotes
- * Azcelerate, LLC subsidizes Chess4Less and BAC Member discounts to promote chess for all! Note: Member discounts are available for online registrations only.
- ** Econ entries win 50% of the calculated prize.
- *** Players must be within 300 points of the rating cutoff to play up in non-scholastic events.
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- Quick Links to Navigate This Page:
Special Events | Scholastic (for K-12) | Open (for adults & K-12 over 1000) | Global Registration Info.