Evanston 3x3 November

3SS G/60, delay 5. USCF Dual Rated

Open to players who are EITHER age 14 and older OR whose US Chess Current Published Regular Rating for the month of the tournament is 900 or higher. 
US Chess Membership is required.

Three Sections
Section Gold: 1700 and over (1600 - 1699 may play up to Gold)
Section Silver:  1200-1699 (1100 - 1199 may play up to Silver)
Section Bronze: U1200 and unrated

Sections may be combined at TD discretion. IMPORTANT: We use the US Chess Current Published Regular rating for the month of the tournament to place players in sections. We don’t make exceptions.

Junior players: Junior players (under fourteen years) rated 900+ are welcome. Must be accompanied by an adult throughout the event. We do not accept junior players rated under 900.

Three rounds. Digital clocks are required and will be set to G/60, delay 5. You may take one half-point bye in round 1 or 2.

Prizes: Your prize is an excellent playing experience at a reasonable cost. We've been running these since 2007 and people like playing here.

Entry fee is $20. Please pre-register and pay here  when registration opens. Online registration closes when the tournament is full; we don’t have a wait list; we reopen registration if spaces become available.

On-Site Entries: Check evanstonchess.org the morning of the tournament. If space is available on-site entries are $20 cash on an as-available basis starting at 9:00 a.m.

Master and Expert Entries: First two Masters or Experts who sign up get free entry. If your USCF or FIDE regular rating is 2000 or higher, email your name and USCF ID to [email protected] by 5 p.m. the Tuesday before the tournament to pre-register.

Schedule:
Check-in and On-site Registration from 9:00 to 9:30 AM.
Players must check in on the posted registration list by 9:30 am; players who don’t check in receive a half-point bye for the first round or will be paired with another late arrival.
First Round 9:50 am, last round over roughly 5:00 pm.

Bring your lunch! We will have a brief lunch break with no time to go out for food. On-site we have vending machine snacks, coffee and soft drinks.

Other information: Sets supplied. Bring digital delay clocks. Wheelchair accessible. No Smoking. Limit 50 players.