May 4-5, 2019

Chicago Chess Center 3rd Haymarket Memorial

Student Center East, University of Illinois at Chicago

750 S. Halsted St., Chicago, IL 60607

• To each according to their ability! $7,000 b/120 entries.
• From each according to their ability! Free entries available to Chicago students (K-12) with financial need.

Preregistrants include:

Grandmaster Vladimir Georgiev

Grandmaster Alexander Goldin

Grandmaster Dmitry Gurevich

5SS, G/90 +30 increment from move one. 

Rounds: Saturday 9 a.m., 2 p.m., 7 p.m.; Sunday 10 a.m., 3 p.m.

PLEASE NOTE EARLIER THAN NORMAL SATURDAY START!

(Format stolen from Tim Just Winter Open; please don't tell Bill Buklis)

 Nonviolent Class Struggle in Four Sections

OPEN SECTION

FIDE Rated! ENTRY FEE: $99 by 5/3, $110 onsite. U2000 may play up for additional $25. All GMs & IMs play for free; FMs from foreign federations play for free. No prize reduction! $1500-750-350. Under 2300: $400.

UNDER 2000 SECTION

Open to 1999 & under or unrated. ENTRY FEE: $89 by 5/3, $100 onsite. U1600 may play up for additional $25. $550-275-155. Under 1800 $450-225-120. Unrated may not win more than $300. 

UNDER 1600 SECTION

Open to 1599 & under or unrated. U1200 may play up for an additional $15. ENTRY FEE: $79 by 5/3, $90 onsite. $500-250-120. Under 1400: $250-130-100. Unrated may not win more than $300. 

UNDER 1200 SECTION

ENTRY FEE: $69 by 5/3, $80 onsite. $450-225-100; Under 1000: $100. Unrated may not win more than $250. 

 

ONSITE REGISTRATION: Onsite 7:30-8:30 a.m. Saturday, May 4.

No phone entries. 20% discount for CCC members.

INFO: 773-294-1709, info@chichess.org.

Sets & clocks provided. Wheelchair-accessible.

“Philosophers have hitherto only interpreted the board in various ways;

the point however is to give checkmate.”

—Aron Nimzowitsch, Final Thesis on Tarrasch [source]

PARKING

All-day parking is available for $7 in the UIC Halsted/Taylor Parking Structure at 760 W. Taylor St. with purchase of parking sticker (normal all-day rate is $9).

CTA

Take Blue Line CTA train to UIC Halsted or 8 bus (Halsted) to Polk or 12 bus (Roosevelt) to Halsted.

METRA

Union Station is a 0.8 mile walk , Ogilvie Transportation Center is a 1.1 mile walk . Short taxi ride from all Loop METRA stations.

DINING

Argo Tea may be open on the second floor of Student Center East; Chick-fil-A is open most Saturdays. There are several great restaurants in Little Italy and Greektown within walking distance, but we'd suggest waiting until dinner to visit them. Quick dining options within a half-mile walk include:

Fontano Foods 1058 W. Polk (Closed Sundays)

Curry on File Indian Cuisine, 1030 W. Taylor

Al's #1 Italian Beef, 1079 W. Taylor (Closed Sundays)

Demitasse Cafe, 1066 W. Taylor

Artopolis Bakery, Cafe & Agora, 306 S. Halsted