Ceddia Union Building, Shippensburg University
Event Overview
$350 GUARANTEED PRIZE FUND
Open Section:
- $100 for 1st Place
- $50 for 2nd Place
- $25 for 3rd Place
- $25 for Top U1600
U1300 Section:
- $80 for 1st
- $40 for 2nd
- $30 for Top U1000
Special Prizes:
- Top Upset: Free Entry to next individual Shippensburg Tournament (tentatively Feb. 1st)
- Top Unrated: Free Entry to next individual Shippensburg Tournament (tentatively Feb. 1st)
- Top K-12 student: Trophy
Entry Fee: $15 if registered by Sept. 15th ($20 if paid after Sept. 15th. )
- For unrated players: $5 entry fee
- Online Registration Form: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/shippensburguniversitychessclub/1253657#
- OR Venmo Organizer Nathan Zeigler @nathzeig or Paypal nathzeig@gmail.com the entry fee with name, USCF ID, section, and email)
G/35 ; + 5, 4SS (Game in 35 with a 5 second increment. 4-round Swiss).
Schedule:
- Round 1: 11:00am
- Round 2: 12:45pm
- Lunch Break: 2:30pm (Chick-Fil-A and convenience store IN BUILDING)
- Round 3: 3:00pm
- Round 4: 4:45pm
- Prizes given out by 6:30pm (ASAP)
Location Info:
- 408 Lancaster Dr, Shippensburg, PA 17257
- Room 119 in the Ceddia Union Building in Shippensburg University
- If you enter from the side with UPS, you will have to take the stairs/elevator one floor up
- Free parking: Park in the C-7 parking lot (link to parking map: https://www.ship.edu/globalassets/visit/parkingmap.pdf)
- C-7 is the lot opposing Luhrs Performing Arts Center. That will provide a good landmark. A day or two prior to the event, we will email all registered players a detailed guide on how to get to the playing hall. Not sure if you're on the email list? Email shippensburgchess@gmail.com. If you've registered for an event of ours (either this one or one before), you're on the email list.
1/2-point byes: One available per player. In comments/questions section of the registration form, please note which round you would like a 1/2 point bye.
SHIPPENSBURG TOURNAMENT CALENDAR:
- PA Team Championship (open to out of state players): Nov. 16-17, EF: $100 per team (4-5 players)
- Blitz: First Friday of every month starting in September
- Tentative Schedule of Blitz events:
- Friday, September 6th
- Friday, Oct. 11th (Pushed back one week)
- Friday, Nov. 1st
- Friday, December 6th
- EF: $5, G/3; +2, 4 double-round Swisses at least, potentially longer TBD
- Tentative Schedule of Blitz events:
- Shippensburg Winter Open: Feb. 1st, 2025 (subject to change)
- Shippensburg Spring Open: TBD (Most likely April 1st or April 8th)
Address:
408 Lancaster Dr
Shippensburg, PA 17257
United States
Sections: 2
Grand Prix Points:
Prize Fund: 350
FIDE Rated: No
Handicap Accessible: Yes
Residency Restriction: No
Online Event: No
Organizer Overview
Nathan Zeigler
Email: shippensburgchess@gmail.com
Phone: 6197481751
Website:
Submission ID
389150