BayAreaChess Events - Google Drive


1	Format	Time Control	Round times
2	Format	Time Control	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4
3	Swiss	4x G/60 d5 or 4x G/61 d5	9:30 AM	12:00 PM	2:30 PM	5:00 PM
4	Swiss	4x G/45 d5	9:30 AM	11:25 AM	1:20 PM	3:15 PM
5	Quads	3RR G/75 d5	10:00 AM	1:00 PM	4:00 PM	NA
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7	Entry Fees	Fee Type	Premium Member	Basic Member	Normal
8		Discounts	25%	15%	NA
9		Regular	43	48	57
10		Econ	32	37	43
11		Online Late Fee	$20 added a day before the tournament or when reaching capacity
12		Onsite Registration Fee	Additional $23 to normal fee. Membership discounts are not redeemable onsite.
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14	Swiss Sections & Prize fund
15	Section	Eligibility	1st	2nd	Notes: - Prize Fund is $1,000 based on 32 entries (50% guaranteed) - Econ entries: Win 50% of the calculated prize - Unrated players: Max $60 (except in the top section) - Small Sections may be merged (prizes will be combined and play-up fee will be refunded) - A player who withdraws during the tournament is not eligible for prize money - Players must play at least 2 rounds to be eligible for prizes
16	1800+	All	$200	$60
17	1800+	u 2000	$100
18	1400-1799	All	$100	$60
19	1400-1799	u 1600	$100
20	1000-1399	All	$100	$60
21	1000-1399	u 1200	$60
22	under 1000	All	$100	$60
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24	Quads Section & Prizes
25	- Players will be placed into groups of 4 based on USChess published rating supplement - If the number of players is indivisible by 4, a group will have 3-7 players - Prize fund is $125 per quad - Econ entries: Win 50% of the calculated prize - Unrated players: Max $75
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27	Play-up rules
28	- Players will be placed into sections based on their published USChess rating supplement - A player may play up to one higher section. Play-up fee: +$17 - Players must be within 300 points of the rating cutoff to play up in higher section, and within 200 points in highest section. Double play-up is not allowed. (Note: The rating used to determine a player may play up is their published USChess rating.)
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30	Bye Rules
31	- ½-point Byes are available for any round (maximum 2) - Byes must be requested at least 1 hour before that round's start except for last round byes; last round bye must be requested latest before Round 3 - 0-point Byes are available for any round (last round 0-point byes are equal to withdrawing)
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33	Other notes:
34	- 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). - All players must have a US Chess (USCF) ID to play. - Notation during game is mandatory - Clocks are not mandatory but we recommend you bring your own. BAC does not loan out clocks except the last 10 minutes of the round. You must know how to set your own clock to the correct time control. - Econ players may upgrade to Regular before the tournament begins. (Please note that a change fee and the balance difference will apply.)
35	- Swiss tournament rules can be found here.
36	- Quads tournament rules can be found here.