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Bay Area Chess Tournaments
Regular - May 2014

Bay Area Chess Summer Tour
LAST CALL

Phoenix Championship
in Phoeniz, AZ
on July 4-6 or 5-6


Salt Lake City Championship
in Salt Lake City, UT
on July 11-13 or 12-13

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Summer Championship

Phoenix - July 4/5-6

Kids' Side event - July 4

Phoenix Airport Marriott (map)
1101 N 44th Street, Phoeniz, AZ 85008


Salt Lake City - July 11/12-13

Kids' Side event - July 12

Salt Lake Marriott Downtown at City Creek (map)
75 W Temple, Salt Lake City, UT 84101

Prizes $5,000 b/89, 70% guaranteed.
Grand Prix GP 40 Enhanced
Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix

Info - Online registration - Ask Questions

Sections & Prizes

  1st 2nd 3rd Class Prizes
Open (2000+) FIDE $1,000 500 200 u2300: $250 125 100
AB (1600-1999) $700 300 100 u1800: $200 100
CDE (u1600) $700 300 100 u1400: $125 100
u1200: 100

Unrated max $100, except Open section. June 14 Suppl & TD disc. will be used.

Schedule & Fees

Time Control:
3-day: Round 1-6: G/90 +30 (u1600: G/90 d5)
2-day: Round 1-3: G/70 d5 and Round 4-6: G/90 +30 (u1600: G/90 d5)
Merge in Round 4

Schedule Registration Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Round 6
3-day Fri 6-6:45pm Fri 7pm Sat 9am Sat 1:20pm Sun 9am Sun 1:30pm Sun 6pm
2-day Sat 8-8:45am Sat 9am Sat 11:50 am Sat 2:40 pm

Entry Fee: $89 - Economy $69 (2/3 of calculated prize)
Late Fee: $20 after 7/1(AZ) or 7/8(UT) - Register early to save
Play-up Fee: $25 - Re-entry: $53

Economy Option pays 2/3 of the calculated prize money. The remaining amount goes back to the budget to offset Economy Fee Discount.
Play-up fee applies if playing in a higher section than your rating in June 2014 supplement.
IM/GM Free before 6/20(AZ) or 6/28(UT) (EF subtracted from prize)

Kids' Side Event
Signature Swiss & Quads tournaments

You may participate in either or both of the following events...

Tip: Choose Swiss and/or Quads based on your schedule...
Swiss are in the morning and slightly longer than the Quads in the afternoon.

Please note: these tournaments are for scholastic players of 18 years or younger, and with rating under 1400. Adults and advanced scholastic players shoud consider the Summer Championships.

Swiss
Prizes: All players with a plus score and teams in each section
Schedule: 4 games, 10am to about 1:30pm (Onsite Registration: 9:30-9:45am - Check-in is not requred)

Time Control: G/30 d5 (each player gets 30 minutes)
3 sections: unrated & u500, 500-799, 800+

Entry Fee:
Phoenix: 33 (2 days before tourney), 15 extra onsite
Salt Lake City: 20 (2 days before the tourney), 15 extra onsite

Quads
Prizes: All players with a plus score
Schedule: 3 round-robin games, 2pm to about 5pm
Reqd Check-in & Registration: 2:00-2:30pm

Time Control: G/30 d5 (each player gets 30 minutes)
Important: Check-in with the TD is REQUIRED. If you do not check in by 2:30pm, you WILL NOT PLAY.

Sections: Four players based on rating/age - select rated or non-rated options -
USCF membership is not required for non-rated sections (but required for rated)

Entry Fee:
Phoenix: 25 (2 days before tourney), 15 extra onsite
Salt Lake city: 20 (2 days before tourney), 15 extra onsite

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