75th Oregon Open

Please check  our website for complete information and updates. Or if you want to register, please visit onlineregistration.cc.

FORMAT:  6-rounds, two rounds a day. Rounds at 10:00am and 3:30am each day.

SECTIONS: There are five sections: 2000+, U2000, U1700, U1400, and U1100. Players may play up one section for a $25 play-up fee (can’t play up more than one section). 

PRIZES: $13,000 total prize fund based on 150 players. The prize fund is adjusted proportionally if there are a different number of players, but $6500 is guaranteed.

2000+ Section: 1st-$1550, 2nd-$1250, 3rd-$900

             U2150: 1st-$400, 2nd-$300, 3rd-$200

U2000 Section: 1st-$500, 2nd-$400, 3rd-$300

             U1850: 1st-$400, 2nd-$300, 3rd-$200

U1700 Section: 1st-$500, 2nd-$400, 3rd-$300

              U1550: 1st-$400, 2nd-$300, 3rd-$200

U1400 Section: 1st-$500, 2nd-$400, 3rd-$300

              U1250: 1st-$400, 2nd-$300, 3rd-$200

U1100 Section: 1st-$500, 2nd-$400, 3rd-$300

                U950: 1st-$400, 2nd-$300, 3rd-$200

ENTRY FEE: $130 if registered by Friday, August 8; $140 from August 9 until Friday, August 29 at noon. Free entry for GM’s and IM’s with up to $130 deducted from any prize won. US Chess membership is required for all players. Oregon Chess Federation membership is required for Oregon residents.

TIME CONTROL: G/100;inc30 (one-hour forty minutes per player with thirty seconds added for each move).

LOCATION: Holiday Inn Portland Airport, 8439 Columbia Blvd, Portland, OR 97220. There is free parking in the hotel parking area. Hotel rooms for any of the nights of August 29- September 2 are available at a special chess rate of $79 plus tax per night for single or double rooms. The hotel chess rate is not guaranteed to be available after July 30, or even earlier if the room block is sold out. Use this link or call 1-888-465-4329 to reserve a room. If reserving by phone, use the following group SRP code: CHS.

REGISTRATION: Register online at onlineregistration.cc (no mailed or on-site registrations are allowed). The deadline to register is Friday, August 29 at noon. Email Click here to show mail addressg if you encounter any issues while trying to register online, need to withdraw after having already registered, or are unable to pay the entry fee online via credit card, debit card, or PayPal.