June 30 - July 4, Illinois
2011 FIDE Continental America's Amateur Chess Championship - an Official FIDE Continental Chess Championship! Special sponsors of Forseva, Gazelle, and Cajun Chess. 7R-SS G/90 + 30/sec increment. Intercontinental Hotel - O'hare , 5300 N River Road Rosemont, IL 60018. 847.544.5300. $15,000 Guaranteed with Progressive Prize Fund. Open to players with no FIDE title and rated under 2200 FIDE. Those without a FIDE or verifiable national rating will be considered unrated and only eligible to win maximum $500. All players compete in a single section. Please see tournament website for more detailed rating regulations. Overall: $2000-1250-750; Top Female: $800-400; Top 2199-2100 and 2099-2000: $500 each; (1999-1800): $1000-600-400-200; (1799-1600): $1000-600-400-200; (1599-1400): $1000-600-400-200; (U1400): $1000-600-400-200. Prizes awarded based on rating used for pairings. FIDE ratings used prior to USCF. Tournament organizer reserves right to determine ratings used or adjust ratings as necessary. EF: $50 received by 5/14, $75 received by 6/18, $100 thereafter and onsite. No re-entries allows. No half-point byes, only zero-point byes. On-site registration on June 30 from 5pm-7pm and on July 1 from 9am-11am. Technical Meeting at 8pm on June 30. Rds: 7/1-7/3 12pm and 6pm, 7/4 12pm with awards ceremony at 5pm. Hotel Rates: $85 per night single/double/triple/quad. Must secure by June 1 otherwise only as available. Parking: Free self-parking (attached / enclosed garage) with validated ticket by tournament staff. Mail entries with registration information to: North American Chess Association (make checks payable to), 4957 Oakton Street Suite 113, Skokie, IL 60077. More information and online registration available at: http://www.amateurchesschamps.
Ratings listed here are not necessarily those that will be used for pairings.
Ratings as of the 01-July-2011 FIDE ratings list will be used as the final ratings for pairings.
Eligibility will be based on 01-May-2011 FIDE ratings list.
| No. | Participant Name | FIDE ID | Rating | Federation |
| 1 | Mark Jungo | 2071509 | 1049 (USCF) | USA |
| 2 | Manuel Nieto | 4409612 | 1825 (FIDE) | COL |
| 3 | Guillermo Nieto | 4409604 | 1835 (FIDE) | COL |
| 4 | Charles Dobrovolny | 2065681 | 1743 (USCF) | USA |
| 5 | Gene McPhail | 2068494 | Unrated (USCF/FIDE) | USA |
| 6 | Bruce Potratz | 2069121 | 1340 (USCF) | USA |
| 7 | Carl Dolson | 2039508 | 1407 (USCF) | USA |
| 8 | Slawomir Borkowski | 2069130 | 1536 (USCF) | USA |
| 9 | Mark Dolson | 2051672 | 1374 (USCF) | USA |
| 10 | David Friedman | 2021390 | 1936 (FIDE) | USA |
| 11 | Adream Liang | 2066785 | 1651 (USCF) | USA |
| 12 | Awonder Liang | 2056437 | 1811 (FIDE) | USA |
| 13 | Hoss Parandeh | 2069750 | 1069 (USCF) | USA |
| 14 | Finn Buck | 2067110 | 1014 (USCF) | USA |
| 15 | Abe Sun | 2056429 | 1654 (FIDE) | USA |
| 16 | Leonid Bondar | 2006227 | 2064 (FIDE) | USA |
| 17 | Jeffrey Green | 2070200 | 2000 (USCF) | USA |
| 18 | Jim Mundy | 2063816 | 2062 (USCF) | USA |
| 19 | Serge Bondar | 2070561 | 1472 (USCF) | USA |
| 20 | Max Zinski | 2070774 | 1808 (USCF) | USA |
| 21 | Christopher Girardo | 2059169 | 1782 (FIDE) | USA |
| 22 | Vito Vitkauskas | 2065673 | 1697 (FIDE) | USA |
| 23 | Apurva Virkud (f) | 2050820 | 1782 (FIDE) | USA |
| 24 | Jeff Britt | 2041570 | 1909 (FIDE) | USA |
| 25 | Anshul Adve | 2051486 | 1720 (USCF) | USA |
| 26 | Isaiah Gadson | 2057930 | 2020 (USCF) | USA |
| 27 | Gee Leong | 2032082 | 1900 (FIDE) | USA |
| 28 | Jordan Pamatmat | 2030055 | 1681 (FIDE) | USA |
| 29 | Jarod Pamatmat | 2029685 | 2145 (FIDE) | USA |
| 30 | Kevin Hyde | 2056313 | 1385 (USCF) | USA |
| 31 | Matt Helfst | 2044102 | 1935 (FIDE) | USA |
| 32 | Ranadheer Tripuraneni | 2070804 | 1338 (USCF) | USA |
| 33 | Jesse Prilutsky | 2070812 | 1174 (USCF) | USA |
| 34 | Carl Haessler | 2003341 | 2167 (FIDE) | USA |
| 35 | Zachary Chua | 2066866 | 1507 (USCF) | USA |
| 36 | Rachel Ulrich (f) | 2066777 | 1481 (USCF) | USA |
| 37 | Alex Bian | 2056372 | 1912 (FIDE) | USA |
| 38 | David Peng | 2059355 | 1859 (USCF) | USA |
| 39 | Victoria Bian (f) | 2064464 | 1577 (USCF) | USA |
| 40 | Shaogang Bian | 2059444 | 1551 (USCF) | USA |
| 41 | Vince Pinkus | 2055902 | 1270 (USCF) | USA |
| 42 | James Wei | 2056453 | 1913 (FIDE) | USA |
| 43 | Ricardo Roman | 2070782 | 1381 (USCF) | USA |
| 44 | Ricky Roman | 2070790 | 1263 (USCF) | USA |
| 45 | Hector Hernandez | 2031701 | 1847 (USCF) | USA |
| 46 | Allan Karman | 2046245 | 2020 (FIDE) | USA |
| 47 | Ryan Zhou | 2049112 | 1492 (USCF) | USA |
| 48 | Chris Wainscott | 2071320 | 1504 (USCF) | USA |
| 49 | Julie O'Neill (f) | 2021447 | 1855 (FIDE) | USA |
| 50 | Robert Feldstein | 2029057 | 1843 (FIDE) | USA |
| 51 | Bob Holliman | 2031752 | 2115 (FIDE) | USA |
| 52 | Daumants Hazners | 2071339 | 1793 (USCF) | USA |
| 53 | Jason Clinton | 2066246 | 1658 (USCF) | USA |
| 54 | Jonathan Clinton | 2063204 | 1899 (FIDE) | USA |
| 55 | David Allen | 2016184 | 2177 (FIDE) | USA |
| 56 | Jack Curcio | 2071371 | 1720 (USCF) | USA |
| 57 | Henry Curcio | 2071380 | 1241 (USCF) | USA |
| 58 | David Baran | 2057263 | 1851 (USCF) | USA |
| 59 | Hermie Duhaylungsod | 2066343 | 2101 (USCF) | USA |
| 60 | Andres Hortillosa | 2038749 | 1974 (FIDE) | USA |
| 61 | Tony Brown | 2059282 | 1735 (USCF) | USA |
| 62 | Kushan Tygai | 2040069 | 2113 (FIDE) | USA |
| 63 | Charles Craigmile | 2059347 | 1676 (FIDE) | USA |
| 64 | Akshay Indusekar | 2071444 | 1668 (USCF) | USA |
| 65 | Otis Lewis | 2038323 | 1542 (USCF) | USA |
| 66 | Leon Shernoff | 2070650 | 1909 (USCF) | USA |
| 67 | Christopher Heung | 2026260 | 2109 (FIDE) | USA |
| 68 | Michael Yang | 2006383 | 2187 (FIDE) | USA |
| 69 | Joe Cima | 2050641 | 1949 (USCF) | USA |
| 70 | Eduardo Alonso Jaramillo | 3901637 | 2027 (FIDE) | VEN |
| 71 | Barrie Richmond | 2032520 | 1873 (FIDE) | USA |
| 72 | Sam Schmakel | 2039311 | 2041 (FIDE) | USA |
| 73 | Gregory Peterson | 2071495 | 1578 (USCF) | USA |
| 74 | Akhil Kalghatgi | 2056488 | 1350 (USCF) | USA |
| 75 | Sunil Kalghatgi | 2071487 | 1211 (USCF) | USA |
| 76 | Nikhil Kalghatgi | 2056496 | 1355 (USCF) | USA |
| 77 | Maximillian Villarreal | 2071479 | 1244 (USCF) | USA |
| 78 | Prashantha Amarasinghe | 2039320 | 2027 (FIDE) | SRI |
| 79 | Leonard Liu | 2071460 | 1270 (USCF) | USA |
| 80 | Miomir Stevanovic | 2032740 | 1924 (FIDE) | USA |
| 81 | Mindren Lu | 2056461 | 1300 (USCF) | USA |
| 82 | Dante Silguero | 1353 (USCF) | USA | |
| 83 | Justin Blackman | 11100516 | 2152 (FIDE) | BAR |
| 84 | Frank Harvey | 2071657 | 1125 (FIDE) | USA |
| 85 | Jonathan Moore | 2069881 | 839 (USCF) | USA |
| 86 | Guillermo Ligato | 110264 | 1823 (FIDE) | ARG |
| 87 | Shayna Provine (f) | 1510 (USCF) | USA | |
| 88 | Sam Ford | 1877 (USCF) | USA | |
| 89 | Stefan Musikic | 801 (USCF) | USA | |
| 90 | Steven Szpisjak | 2012367 | 2137 (FIDE) | USA |
| 91 | Bronik Matwijkiw | 2113 (USCF) | USA | |
| 92 | Garrett Smith | 2024829 | 2094 (FIDE) | USA |