Queen City FIDE Open & Under 1800

Tournament Venue:   The Carnegie Center, 3738 Eastern Ave. Cincinnati, OH 45226

FIDE Arbiter & Tournament Director: Alan Hodge

UNDER 1400: $400

Hotel Options:

• (4 miles away from the venue) Best Western/Mariemont Inn, 6880 Wooster Pike, Cincinnati, OH 45227
• (3.7 miles)The Summit Hotel, 5345 Medpace Way, Cincinnati, OH 45227
• (3.3 miles) Home2 Suites by Hilton Cincinnati Midtown Oakley, 2910 Disney St, Cincinnati, OH 45209
• (4 miles) Hampton Inn and Suites by Hilton Cincinnati Midtown Rookwood, 2654 Madison Rd, Cincinnati, OH 45208
• (3.4 miles) Hilton Garden Inn Cincinnati Midtown, 2145 Dana Ave, Cincinnati, OH 45207

All pieces, boards, clocks and scoresheets provided

Register & Pay Online: https://www.kingregistration.com/register/queencityopen2026

Tournament Venue:   The Carnegie Center, 3738 Eastern Ave. Cincinnati, OH 45226

Questions?  [email protected]

Chess Earth will sell good food & chess equipment, chess merch and chess swag

The information below pertains to the 

FIDE Open Sections only.

FIDE Rules apply in the Open Section.

To play in the FIDE Open Section:
Players must be rated 1800 or higher to play in the Open Section. Players cannot “play up.”  Players must have a FIDE Identification Number (FIN) and be current USCF members.  If you do not have a FIN, please obtain one before entering the tournament. FIN application form

USCF Membership: A player must be a current member of the US Chess Federation (USCF) on the tournament dates to play in any FIDE section. A USCF membership may be purchased or renewed on the USCF website.

FIDE Identification Number: In addition to a current USCF membership, players must have a FIDE Identification Number (FIN) to play in any FIDE section. If you do not have a FIN, please obtain one before entering the tournament. Players who qualify for a FIN under the US Federation may obtain one by completing the FIN application form on the USCF website. Please make sure to apply for a FIN early enough to allow processing to be completed before the tournament. We recommend applying at least three weeks prior to the tournament. It does no harm to apply for a FIN even if you later decide not to enter a FIDE section, or do not enter the tournament at all. You could very well want to have a FIN at some future time, so getting a FIN now takes care of that.
Players who do not qualify for FIN under the US Federation must obtain their FIN through their national federation before entering the tournament.

FIDE Rating considerations: Players do not need a FIDE rating to play in a FIDE section, and they will not automatically earn a FIDE rating by playing in a FIDE section.  Five games against rated opponents at a stipulated time control (over a period of 26 months) are required to get a FIDE rating. The time control for rounds 1 and 2 of the 2-day schedule does not qualify, so these games will not be submitted for FIDE rating. Moreover, FIDE will not include a player on its list of rated players unless his or her FIDE standard rating is at least 1400. (FIDE Handbook, B. Permanent Commissions, 02. FIDE Rating Regulations (Qualification Commission), FIDE Rating Regulations effective from 1 March 2024, section 7.1.4.)

Arriving late to a game: The default time (the period of time after a round starts that is allowed to a player to arrive at his or her board before forfeiting) is 60 minutes. Be aware that if both players are absent when a round is started, White’s clock will be started, and all the time that elapses until White’s arrival will reduce White’s time, even if Black also arrives late.