60th American Open Chess Championship

60th AMERICAN OPEN

(Main Event, Scholastic Tournaments, Blitz Tournament, Action Tournament)

November 24 - 30, 2025 (Thanksgiving Week)

Event website for details and registration WWW.AMERICANOPEN.ORG

I. Main Event: Click Here

• Championship Section: (NORM possible) 9 Rounds, 6-Days (Three of the tournament days have one round only)
• Expert, Section A, B, C, and Under 1400 has 8 Rounds, 4-Day Or 3-Day Schedules are available options
• FIDE and US Chess rated for Championship, Expert, and Section A (4-day schedule and Rounds 5-8 for 3-day schedule)
• US Chess rated for Section B, C, and Under 1400
• PRIZES:
• • Championship Section: Prizes $3500-1500-800-600-400-250, under 2450': $1000-550-250, under 2300': $550-250. FIDE and US Chess rated.
  • Expert Section: Prizes* $2000-1000-600-400-200 New! Top scorer for Under 2100': $1000 - $750*
  • SECTION A: Prizes* $2000-1000-600-400-200 New! Top scorer for Under 1900': $1000 - $750*
  • SECTION B: Prizes* $2000-1000-600-400-200 New! Top scorer for Under 1700': $1000 - $750*
  • SECTION C: Prizes* $2000-1000-600-400-200 New! Top scorer for Under 1500: $1000 - $750*
  • Under1400 SECTION: Prizes* $1500-800-600-400-200; New! Top scorer for Under 1300': $1000 - $750* U1200': $550-250 (not a separate section; U1200s also eligible for U1400 prizes); Unrated: $350-150 (Unrated players in this section are eligible for these prizes only).

  *Players with Unrated/Provisional (under 26 games) ratings may not win over $300 in Under 1400, $400 in Section C, $500 in Section B, $600 in Section A, $700 in Expert sections.

  (Under 2450, under 2300, under 2100, under 1900, under 1700, under 1500, under 1300, under 1200, and unrated are not separate sections)

II. Concurrent Events and Tournaments:

• Chess Camp (Mon-Wed)
• Scholastic Tournaments for Novice (Fri), Junior Varsity (Sat or Sun), and Varsity (Sat & Sun) Divisions.
• Blitz (Saturday)
• Action (Sunday)

Venue Hyatt Regency Orange County, California- 11999 Harbor Boulevard, Garden Grove, CA 92840, USA- reserve online

Hotel rooms at $160/night (plus taxes/fees) with group code " G-KA25"

Questions: Email -  [email protected]