2025 GEORGIA OPEN & AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP

2025 GEORGIA OPEN & AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP

$6000 Prize Fund

November 21 or 22 to 23, 2025

Location DoubleTree by Hilton Atlanta Perimeter Dunwoody, 4386 Chamblee Dunwoody Road, Atlanta, Georgia, 30341, USA. Chess rate: $109 per night plus free parking must register on or before November 1, 2025, to guarantee rate.

The reservation link for Georgia Open November 2025: https://www.hilton.com/en/attend-my-event/georgiaopenandamateurchampionship/.    

If anyone needs any help regarding online booking, please contact with directly at 770-296-6001.   If guest will want to make a reservation over the phone, then they must call our main reservation line at +1-800-HILTONS (445-8667) and request to make a reservation under the group code GCN.

Five Round Swiss: Two Sections and Prizes Guaranteed 

OPEN (FIDE-rated): Open to all USCF members; GA residents require GCA Membership.  $3600: $1200-$600; Top 2000 thru 2199, $600; Top 1800 thru 1999, $600; Top Under 1800, $600. Entry Fee: $120 - if received by November 12; $140 after November 12. (W)GMs and (W)IMs Free ($100 deducted from any cash prizes won). AMATEUR: Open to USCF-rated Under 1600. $2,400: $800-$400; Top 1200 thru 1399, $400; Top 1000 thru 1199, $400; Top Under 1000, $400. Trophies and Titles to top Georgia resident in above sections.

Entry Fee:  $120 with GA residents $10 refund at site -- if received by November 12; $140 until November 19, November 20 goes to $160. Both Sections: Players without Official USCF Ratings are eligible for “place” prizes only. (W)GMs and (W)IMs Free ($100 deducted from any cash prizes won).

Onsite Registration available Friday until 6 PM and Saturday to 9 AM.

Online registration: Click here

3-Day Schedule: Reg. ends Fri 6:00pm. Rds. Fri 7:00 pm; Sat 2:00 pm & 7:00 pm; Sun 10:00 am & 3:00 pm.

2-Day Schedule: Reg. ends Sat 9:30 am. Rds. Sat 10:00 am, 2:00 pm & 7:00 pm; Sun 10:00 am & 3:00 pm. Sat 10:00 am round is not “FIDE-rated.”

Time controls: All Rds. “G/90, d30” except Sat, 10:00 am Rd. is “G/60, d10.”

½-Pt. Byes: Available rounds 1 thru 5 (limit two) -- requests required before Round Two. 0-Pt. Byes: Available any round (may request not later than a half hour before next round). Players Must Bring Clocks – Sets and boards supplied by the Tournament promoters