The First Annual "Soul City Open" Chess Championship
Come Out to Downtown Augusta for Four Rounds of Dual Rated Chess
Four Rounds of G/25;d5 to decide the first every City Of Augusta Chess Champion
Open Bracket and U1200 Bracket
Special Recognition and cash prize for Highest scoring K-8 Player and Highest Scoring City Of Augusta Resident
Tournament is open to USCF members in good standing - Players that compete without a USCF membership or while their USCF membership is out of date will be charged the $10 penalty assesed by the USCF for rating
USCF memberships can be purchased on at uschess.org/join-us-chess or through the Augusta Chess Association at the event
Clocks will be started by players at the begining of each round. Failure to appear at the begining of a round may result in lost game time.
After 5 minutes of the tournament directors announcment all clocks not started will be started by the Tournament Directors.
Failure to appear for one round will result in your withdrawl from subsiquent rounds unless you speak with a Tournament Director
Contact the Tournamnet Director to request a Bye for any round (Bye requests must be recieved before the begining of the precieding round to avoid a forfiture)
In cases of a standings tie Cash Prizes will be split between tied players