DATE & TIME:
Sunday afternoons: Jan 15, 2023 to Feb 5, 2023 (four weeks, one game per week)
Each round starts at 1:00PM
LOCATION:
Play More Chess Academy
Home of the Hamden Chess Club
1227 Whitney Ave., Hamden, CT 06517
SECTIONS:
2 Sections: Open (min 1500); and U1600
Adults (ages 13+) of all rating levels are eligible to participate. (Under 13 eligible if rating 1000+).
ROUNDS/TIME CONTROL:
4 Rounds SS, G/75,+30 (USCF Regular Rated)
PRIZES:
$625 based on 24 paid entries
Open: 1st $200, 2nd $100, Top U2000 not otherwise placing, $50
U1600 1st $150, 2nd $75, Top U1400, not otherwise placing $50
Players tied within a section share prizes equally.
ENTRY FEE:
Early EF: $50 by 11:59PM Thursday prior; $40 Early EF for HCC club members; Free Early EF for HCC mbr rated 2000+ (entry fee of 40 will be deducted from prize)
Regular EF: $60 by 11:00am Jan 15 day tournament begins; $50 Regular EF for HCC club members
Register online at: https://caissachess.net/online-registration/index/2176 NO on-site registration.
ENTRY DEADLINE:
11:00AM January 15 (day tournament begins)
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BYES:
Up to two 1/2 point byes are available for (for particular Sundays) and must be requested prior to start of Round 1. If schedule shifts because of a snow/weather postponement, requested byes will be for the particular date (not the round).
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PARKING AND TRANSPORTATION:
Free parking is available on behind the Academy, including free street parking on Putnam/Lake Drive that goes behind the Academy and adjacent Books and Co. CT Transit Bus stop is adjacent to Academy at intersection of Putnam/Whitney Ave.
Photo Release: By registering for this event, you give permission for images taken during the event of participant (yourself, or child) to be used soley for the promotion of chess education and program activities of Play More Chess Academy and the Hamden Chess Club, and waive any rights of compensation or ownership thereto.