2025 Sacramento Senior Championship

Event & Schedule: 4 round swiss for players age 50 and older (must be at least 50 years old on September 20, 2025).  Sections: Senior Open, Senior Reserve (U1700).  On-Site Registration: 9/20 – 9:00-9:45 am.  Rounds:  10 am & 3 pm both days

Time Controls:  G/90, 30 second increment.

Entry Fees: $124 mailed & postmarked by 9/13/2025, $144 postmarked after 9/13/2025 and on-site.  GMs and IMs free (entry fee deducted from any prize monies won).

Prizes:  Open – 1st Place: $650 & Trophy, 2nd Place: $450, 1st U2000*: $300, 2nd U2000*: $250
                 Reserve – 1st Place: $650 & Trophy, 2nd Place: $450, 1st U1400*: $300, 2nd U1400*: $250
                 Trophies for top age 60+, 65+, and 70+ (Combined sections). 
                 Unrated players ineligible for astrisked (*) prizes.  Prize fund based on 40 entries.

Hotel:  Holiday Inn Express & Suites, tournament rate of $154 per night plus tax single/double by 9/5/2025. (may be available after that date).  Call 1-888-465-4329 or 1-916-923-1100, or on-line at https://tinyurl.com/4dhc77fb.  Use group code SCC.    

Other:   Bring clocks!!  Boards and sets provided!!  USCF rated, September 2025 rating list.  E-mail address required.  ½ point byes available in any round.  Late entries will be given a ½ point bye or paired against another late entry at the TD’s discretion.  Round 4 byes must be requested prior to round 1 and can not be changed.  Maximum one ½ point bye per entry.  Advance entries posted on the Weekend Events page of the Sacramento Chess Club website, http://sacramentochessclub.org.

Contact: NTD John McCumiskey, Sacramento Chess Club, (916) 524-9479 or [email protected].