24th Wilkerson Memorial Tournament

Registration

• OnlineRegistration Open Until: Saturday, July 19: 9:30 am

  https://mechanics-institute.jumbula.com/2025Tournaments/24thWilkersonMemorialTournament_191

• Onsite Registration: 9:30-9:45AM
• Entry fee for Mechanics' Institute Members: $70
  • Play-up fee: $15
• Entry fee for Non-Members: $100
  • Play-up fee: $20
• Late fee: $10
• $5 admin fee for all cancellations & refunds.

Two ways to check your entries:

• Check the live entries on the Jumbula site  by clicking on the View Entries button.
• Check the processed entries here a day before the event.

Tournament Format

• Tournament Format: Swiss System
• Total Rounds: 4
• Time control: 90 min basetime + 30 sec increment
• Round Times: 7/19 10:00am 2:30pm 7/20 10:00am 2:30pm
• Sections: 2000+ 1600-1999 u1600

Play-up "200-rating point rule":

Players must have an 1800 USCF regular supplemental or actual regular rating to be eligible to play up to the 2000+ section.

Players must have a 1400 USCF regular supplemental or actual regular rating to be eligible to play up to the 1600-1999 section.

US Chess rating will be used for section determination and pairings.  FIDE or other ratings are only used if no US Chess rating is available.

Pairings are based on the July 2025 regular supplemental regular US Chess rating.

Prize Fund

Total Prize Fund: $2600

• Prize explanations are coming after the event.
• Please allow 2-3 weeks for processing prize checks.
• Per IRS rules anyone with a cumulative $600+ prize in any calendar year will need to fill out a W9 and Mechanics' Institute will be providing a 1099 form.

Byes

Byes are available for players in any rounds if they can't participate that round but would like to stay in the tournament.

A maximum of two half-point byes can be requested in this tournament.

Round 1 through 3 byes must be requested 15 minutes before the official round times.

Round 4 (last round) bye must be requested before the start of Round 1, and it is irrevocable to prevent possible prize-fund manipulations.

Late registrations will receive a half-point bye for any missed round, up to two rounds.
 

Eligibility

• Players must have current US Chess Federation membership. Expiration date of their US Chess membership must be later than the last day of the tournament.
• Not sure if you have a membership? Need to check the expiration date of your members? Visit: https://new.uschess.org/player-search
• Become a member or renew your membership: https://new.uschess.org/join-us-chessT

Tournament Rules

Forfeit time: 60 minutes

We provide clocks and set it up for players.

Games will be US Chess and FIDE regular rated. Modified FIDE rules apply.
 

Mechanics' Institute Chess Club reserves the right to update any details of this event (including but not limited to sections, time control, round times, prize fund, etc.) as we get closer to the event date to ensure an excellent tournament experience for players.