Upcoming Events

FIDE World Amateur Chess Championship – an Official FIDE World Chess Championship!

9R-SS G/90 + 30/sec increment. Holiday Inn Hotel: 5300 W Touhy Ave Skokie, IL 60077. 847.679.8900. $20,000 Guaranteed. Open to players with no FIDE title and rated under 2000 FIDE. All players compete in a single section. Please see tournament website for more detailed rating regulations.

Prizes: Overall: $3000-2000-1600-1400; Top Women: $1000-600-400-200; (1799-1600): $1000-600-400-200; (1599-1400): $1000-600-400-200; (U1400): $1000-600-400-200; (Unrated): $1000-600-400-200;

EF: $120 by 6pm on 3/18 online or postmarked by 3/13; $160 thereafter and onsite. No re-entries allowed. No half-point byes allowed (zero point byes only). Onsite registration from 3:30-5:30pm 03/19.

Rds: 3/19 – 6:30pm; 3/20-21 – 12pm and 6:30pm per day; 3/22-25 – 6:30pm per night.

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.worldchesschamps.com. Questions via email only: sevan@worldchesschamps.com This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . No smoking.

For more information on additional prizes such as FIDE titles, Scholarships to Texas Tech University, a progressive prize fund, entry fee specials, and more, please visit the tournament website. Boards, sets, clocks provided. Tournament provided equipment must be used.