TACC Saturday Afternoon Blitz Chess Tournament

When:
Saturday, February 8th, 2020
What:
Triangle Area Chess Club (TACC) Blitz Chess Tournament
Who:Preregistered List 
Where:
Triangle Chess Center
5920 South Miami Blvd, Suite 203
Morrisville, NC 27560
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Entry Fee: $10 with advance registration by 10am on Saturday, February 8th - otherwise $15
Please send e-mail if you will be playing: [email protected]
then pay upon check-in (cash or check only)
Prizes:
Minimum 75% of paid entries returned as prizes.
Top K-12 u1200 gets a Medal
Format: 5 round SS; Double Games: G/5; d/2
Rounds:
Approximately:  2:00, 2:40, 3:20, 4:00, & 4:40
Check In:
1:30-1:50  -- If you are not checked in by 1:50 you may need to take Bye(s)
Byes:
Byes Available for first two rounds. (first 4 games)
Unplayed games after first two rounds are scored as zero points.
notes:
United States Chess Federation (USCF) Membership Required.

TD will assign ratings for those who are not USCF Blitz rated.

We will use: USCF Blitz Rules.

Multiple sections possible.

This will not be a completely quiet tournament since there are classes going on in the back room and there may be some others who are not playing in the tournament. We will let everyone know we are doing a tournament and request it to be as quiet at possible. Please take this into consideration when deciding to play or not.

Not recommended for K-12 if you do not have a Blitz or Regular rating of 900+

We will use the February BLITZ Rating List.
If you don't have a Blitz Rating yet then we will use your Regular Rating.

Any questions? Please send a note to:
Gary Maltzman at [email protected]
919-244-3707