1 | Tournament Type | Games | Time Control | Sections | Fees | ||
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2 | Premium Member | Basic Member | Normal | ||||
3 | Discount: | 25% | 15% | NA | |||
4 | Signature Swiss | 4 | G/25 d5 | under 500 500-799 800-1399 | 37 | 42 | 49 |
5 | Some Swiss sections may be merged. Unrated players are placed in under 500 section by default. Players may play-up one section. Play-up fee: +$11 Swiss tournament rules can be found here. | ||||||
6 | Signature Quads | 3 | G/25 d5 | Groups of 4 | 29 | 33 | 39 |
7 | A Quad group may have 3-7 players if the number of players is indivisible by 4. Quads tournament rules can be found here. | ||||||
8 | Chess4Less Quads | 3 | G/25 d5 | Groups of 4 | 22 | 25 | 29 |
9 | Chess4Less tournaments make chess acessible with lower entry fees. The only thing is that we can't offer BA€oins (nor prizes) at this fee. | ||||||
10 | Chess4Less Hexes | 6 | G/12 d3 | Groups of 6 | 19 | 21 | 25 |
11 | A Hexes group may have up to 11 players if the number of players is indivisible by 6. Hexes tournament rules are the same as Quads. | ||||||
12 | Rising Star | 3 or 4 | Flexible | Flexible | 33 | 33 | 33 |
13 | Kids who are yet to play in a tournament should start with the Rising Star Event, which is exclusively for them. 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 or 4 games). | ||||||
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15 | Other fees | ||||||
16 | Online Late Fee | $15 added a day before the tournament or when reaching capacity | |||||
17 | Onsite Registration Fee | Additional $19 to normal fee. Membership discounts are not redeemable onsite. | |||||
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19 | Awards: | ||||||
20 | - 6 BA€oins/point (3-24 BA€oins/tourney, no awards for Chess4Less or Extra-rated games) | ||||||
21 | - BA€oins can be redeemed at bayareachess.com/redeem | ||||||
22 | - View Leaderboard at bayareachess.com/bacoin | ||||||
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24 | Other notes: | ||||||
25 | - 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. We place players in groups or sections based on their USChess published rating supplement. - 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. - Notation during the game is not mandatory, but recommended. - Please refer to calendar for start times. |