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Dear Players,
Late Fee has been WAIVED for all of our events this weekend, regular or scholastic! Come, join us and play some CHESS!
Hope to see many of you and collect those BAC Championship points and make it to the closed, invitational event at the end of this year!
Many thanks,
Judit
It's BayAreaChess' honor and pleasure to hose Grand Master Sam Shankland to give a lecture and book-signing event on his VERY FIRST BOOK!
We are offering a great deal to get this book: $40 prize that gets you in to his lecture AND get a signed book ($37 value without shipping!)
Register NOW to secure your spot: only 30 copies available in this offer:
www.bayareachess.com/my/specialevents
Also, another popular BAC Championship is coming up: Once again, the Friday evening round will be at our office in San Jose.
Saturday and Sunday rounds are at the Convention Center in Santa Clara in Room 203-204.
These rooms are very close to the entrance from the parking deck, orientation email will include map and directions.
We hope to have as many players as 150, and the prize fund will be scaled up based on the number of fully paid entries.
https://bayareachess.com/my/champs
Please, register NOW to secure your space! Late Fee will be turned on Wednesday midnight.
Any questions? Email us to ask@bayareachess.com and our amazing team will answer your email as soon as possible.
Many thanks!
Judit and the BAC Team
Special Event with
GM Sam Shankland
Lecture & Book-signing
March 24 Saturday 6PM @ San Jose office
2050 Concourse Drive #42, San Jose, CA 95131 (map)
Info Register Online |
His Very First Book!
Time: Onsite Registration: 5:30-6pm
6PM - 7PM
Pawn's don't move backwards!
Lecutre by GM Shankland
7PM - 8PM
Book signing, Questions & promotion
GM Sam Shankland
Small Steps to Giant Improvement
Check out the summary and bio online
or read a excerpt here
Fee
Lecture & Signed book combo - $40
** Book online cost 30 Euro = $37 without shipping!**
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IM Walter Shipman Memorial Championship
March 23 Friday 7PM round @ San Jose office
2050 Concourse Drive #42, San Jose, CA 95131 (map)
March 24-25 rounds @ Santa Clara Convention Center
5001 Great America Parkway, Santa Clara, CA 95054 (map)
Info Flyer Register Online |
Sections, Schedule & Prizes
3 Sections:
2000+, 1600-1999, under1600
3-day schedule:
On-site Registration (3-day): Friday, 6:30-6:45 PM
Rounds: Friday 7 PM @ San Jose office
Saturday 10 AM and 3 PM, Sunday 10 AM and 2:30 PM @ Santa Clara Convention Center
2-day schedule:
On-site Registration (2-day): Saturday, 9:30-9:45 AM
Rounds: Saturday 10 AM, 12:30 PM and 3 PM, Sunday 10 AM and 2:30 PM
ALL rounds are @ Santa Clara Convention Center
Time Control:
3-day: G/90 + 30 (Game in 90 minutes with 30 second increment)
2-day: G/60; d5 (Game in 60 minutes with 5 second delay for first two rounds)
Prize Fund: $5000 b/90 entries, 60% guaranteed
if we get more than 90 paid entries --> Prize fund will be scaled up!
2000+: $1000 $500 $200 u2300: $250 $125 $100
1600-1999: $700 $300 $100 u1800: $200 $100
Under 1600: $700 $300 $100 u1400: $125 $100 u1200: $100
REGISTER NOW to avoid LATE FEE:
https://bayareachess.com/my/champs
Friday evening round 7pm: 2050 Concourse Drive #42, San Jose, CA 95131 (map)
Saturday & Sunday rounds: Santa Clara Convention Center, 5001 Great America Pkwy, Santa Clara, CA 95054 (map)
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BayAreaChess Closed Championship
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We are excited to announce the Bay Area Chess Closed Championship, a brand-new tournament for the new year.
This tournament will be held on December 14-16th alongside the GM Naroditsky championship.
The philosophy of this tournament is to give Bay Area players a taste of the professional chess tournament experience.
Players who compete in this years Bay Area Chess Championship will be competing not only for rating and prize money,
but also for a chance at qualifying to compete in this prestigious closed event
Competitors in the championship will have the opportunity to prepare for a closed set of opponents, in the same manner as top players.
Playing in closed events is excellent experience for young players who aspire to play similar styles of events in the future.
It’s also a fun way for class players to take part in a format of event that they would not be able to participate in otherwise.
The overall winner for each section will become the 2018 Bay Area Champion.
The section winners will gain recognition of their victory with short bios posted on the Bay Area Chess website to commemorate their achievement.
Similar to the BAC Championship, the closed championship will also have three sections: Open 2000+, Advanced (1600-1999), Reserve (under1600)
Each section will be a closed six player round robin (a format where each player in the group plays every other player once),
where the strongest participants from the years Bay Area Chess Championship events play for the title of 2018 Bay Area Chess Champion.
Players for each section will be invited based off their performance in Bay Area Chess Championship Events.
For each event played throughout the year players will be given points based off their final standing in the tournament.
In November we will sum up the points from each players top four results, and invite the 6 Players with the highest point totals for each section.
Rules for qualifying events:
Points for 1st place: 200
Points for 2nd place: 150
Points for 3rd Place: 100
Points for 4th Place: 75
Points for 5th-9th place: 50
Points for 9th or lower: 25
Additional guidelines & rules:
Points for a tournament only count towards the section you play in.
To get points for a tournament a player is allowed no more than 1 bye for that event.
If a player forfeits a game, they receive no points for that event.
If a player withdraws from an event they will receive no points for that tournament.
Qualifying events
CM Azhar championship Jan 26-28 Santa Clara
IM Walter Shipman Memorial March 23-25 Santa Clara
GM Mammedyarov championship April 27-29 Santa Clara
GM Walter Browne Championship June 22-24
GM Mamedov Championship July 27-29
George Koltanowski Championship Sep 21-23
IM Emory Tate Championship Oct 19-21
We hope you'll enjoy this new exciting competition!
Check out current standings on the event page: www.bayareachess.com/champs
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Milpitas SuperSwiss
March 30 Saturday @ NEW Milpitas Venue
@ New Milpitas Venue
372 Turquoise Street, Milpitas, CA 95035 (map)
Info Flyer Register Online |
Sections, Schedule & Prizes
$uper$wiss
@NEW Milpitas venue on 3/30
3 Sections:
1900+, 1500-1899, under 1500
On-site Registration: 8:30-8:45am
Rounds: 9am, 11:30am, 2pm, 4:30pm
Time Control: G/61; d5
(Game in 61 minutes with 5 second delay before each move.)
Prize Fund: $1,300 b/50 60% guaranteed
1900+: $200 $100 $100 u2000: $50 $50
1500- 1899: $200 $100 u1600: $50 $50
Under 1500: $200 $100 u1200: $50 $50
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