QUAD & BLITZ Chess Tournament (At the St.pete chess club)

## LOCATION: Saint Petersburg Chess Club, 540 4th Avenue North. Saint Petersburg, FL 33701 (and is located in between Mirror Lake and the Coliseum, next to the Sunshine Center.)

For the QUAD tournaments. After all the players have entered, they’re ordered from highest rating to lowest. Unrated players are placed at the low end. The top four players are placed into their own section (a “quad”), then the next four highest in another section, and so on down the list. The players in each quad play a round robin, one game against each of the players in their section, for a total of three games each. If there is not an even multiple of four players, the lowest section (usually) will have the few extra players and play a three round Swiss tournament rather than a round robin. The quad format is popular in one day events, and results in players of the most similar playing strengths being paired together for all three rounds. A Quad Tournament consists of the top four ranked players (#s 1-4) on the Chess Ladder playing each other, then the second top four ranked players (#s 5-8) playing each other, then the third top four ranked players(#s 9-12) playing each other, and so forth. Each group of four chess players is called a Quad.
Registration: 10:00-11:00 a.m. We Highly recommend preregistering (cheaper).
Entry Fee: $25.00 - $30 if you come without pre-registration. USCF membership is required; and may be acquired on site. Please check your USCF ID and renew it if it has expired.
Rounds: Four Rounds-First starts at approx. 11:00 a.m. Bring your clock!
Time Control: Game: 40 minute with 5 second delay digital (Game 45 min. for each player with analog clocks)
PRIZES:
Section 1 (Rated Over 1000) (Open): Money based on 20 entries: $105-65-50.
Section 2 (Rated Under 1000): There will be separate prizes for the Under 1000 section. If we don’t have enough players for this section, they will be transferred to the Over 1000 section. There will be separate prizes for the Under 1000 section.
Every tournament, we will have a raffle between players after the second round. The winner (three winners) can choose between many chess items, such as a Chess T-shirt, Chess set combo, mouse pads, chess mugs, hats, key chain flash lights, chess calendars all with chess signatures on them and/or discounts for future tournaments.

# BLITZ CHESS TOURNAMENT

# UNRATED

ENTRY FEE: $10.
TIME CONTROL: 5 min
ROUNDS: 5 ROUNDS, NO ELIMINATION
START TIME 4:00 pm to about 5:30 pm
UNRATED -YOU DON NOT NEED TO HAVE A USCF ID TO PLAY AT THIS TOURNAMENT
PRIZES: MONEY BASED ON 20 ENTRIES:
1ST PLACE-$70
2ND PLACE-$45
3RD PLACE -$25
You can play in both tournaments or you can choose to play in only one!