REGISTRATION:  

ROUND TIMES: 

(SUBJECT TO CHANGE)

ENTRY FEE:  $10, $8 SENIORS 65 AND OLDER OR STUDENTS

HALF-POINT BYES: NONE ALLOWED

BASIC QUICK CHESS RULES:

• AS STATED IN USCF RULE 5C “ALL QUICK CHESS RULES ARE IDENTICAL TO THE REGULAR USCF SUDDEN DEATH RULES HEREIN EXCEPT THAT SCOREKEEPING IS NOT REQUIRED…”. I DO, HOWEVER, ALSO WANT TO STRESS THE IMPORTANCE OF USCF RULE 11D, WHICH STATES THAT IN A SUDDEN DEATH TIME CONTROL IF “…A PLAYER COMPLETES AN ILLEGAL MOVE BY PRESSING THE CLOCK, IN ADDITION TO THE USUAL OBLIGATION TO MAKE A LEGAL MOVE WITH THE TOUCHED PIECE IF POSSIBLE, TWO MINUTES WILL BE ADDED TO THE REMAINING TIME OF THE OPPONENT OF THE PLAYER WHO MADE THE ILLEGAL MOVE.” THEREFORE, WHEREAS IN BLITZ, AN ILLEGAL MOVE MAY CAUSE A LOSS IN CERTAIN SITUATIONS, AN ILLEGAL MOVE IN QUICK CHESS DOES NOT RESULT IN AN AUTOMATIC FORFEIT. PLEASE NOTE THIS DISTINCTION!

• IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A QUICK CHESS RATING, THE DIRECTORS WILL USE YOUR STANDARD RATING FOR PAIRING AND PRIZE DETERMINATION, ASSUMING YOU HAVE A STANDARD RATING. IF NOT, YOU WILL BE ASSIGNED “UNR”. 

23 Players participated. 

1st Place - Nelson & Andres Castaneda (4-1) * - Each player won $52.

2nd Place/3rd Place TIE - Derek Meredith, Mark Bourque, Anthony Diaz, Yogesh Raghunathan, Jozef Madej (3.5-1.5) - Each won $17

* Nelson won on tie-break by blitz playoff and the additional dollar (total prize money for Nelson was $53)!

USCF RATED RESULTS: http://www.uschess.org/msa/XtblMain.php?200607189331-12489098