Tournament Life
Bids
USCF National Events
Note: Tournament memberships not valid for National events
Note: Organizers previously awarded
options for USCF National Events must
still submit proposals (including sample
budgets) for their events.
SEE TLA IN THIS ISSUE FOR DETAILS
2012 U.S. Senior Open Championship July 9-14 • Houston, Texas
2012 U.S. Junior Open Championship July 13-15 • Houston, Texas
2012 Trophies Plus U.S. Girls Junior Open Championship Aug. 4-8 • Vancouver,
Washington
113th annual (2012) U.S. Open August 4-12, 7-12 or 9-12 • Vancouver, Washington
NOW PAST DEADLINE OF
JULY 1, 2011:
2012
U.S. Cadet
2012
National Youth Action (NYA)
DEADLINE JULY 1, 2012:
2012 Women’s U.S. Open August 8-12 • Vancouver, Washington
2013
U.S. Amateur Team Championship
(North, South, West)
2013
2013
U.S. Amateur
(East, North, South, West)
U.S. Junior Chess Congress
FUTURE EVENTS (Watch for details)
2013
2013
2013
U.S. Class Championship
U.S. Cadet
National Youth Action (NYA)
2012 U.S. Game/60 October 27 • Pleasanton, California
2013
National Open
2012 U.S. Action Game/30 October 28 • Pleasanton, California
2013
U.S. Game 10 Championship
2013
U.S. Game/15 Championship
2013
U.S. Game 60 Championship
2013 SuperNationals V April 5-7 • Nashville, Tennessee
2013
U.S. Action G/30 Championship
2013 All-Girls National Championships April 26-28 • Chicago, Illinois
2013
U.S. Masters Championship
114th annual (2013) U.S. Open July 27-August 4 • Madison, Wisconsin
2013
U.S. Junior Closed
2013 K-12 Grade Championship December 13-15 • Lake Buena Vista, Florida
DEADLINE JULY 1, 2013:
2014 National High School (K-12) Championship April 4-6 • San Diego, California
2014
U.S. Senior Open
2014 National Elementary (K-6) Championship May 9-11 • Dallas, Texas
2014
U.S. Junior Closed
115th annual (2014) U.S. Open July 26-August 3 • St. Louis, Missouri
OVERDUE BIDS
2012 U.S. Blind Chess Championship USCF & U.S. Braille Chess Association (USBCA) are
sponsoring this USCF National event • August 24-25 • Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
2012 U.S. Masters Championship August 30-Sept. 3 • Greensboro, North Carolina
2012 U. S. Class Championships Sept. 21-23 or 22-23 • Houston, Texas
2012 K-12 Grade Championship November 30-December 2 • Orlando, Florida
2014 K-12 Grade Championship December 12-14 • Orlando, Florida
2015 National Elementary (K-6) Championship May 8-10 • Nashville, Tennessee
116th annual (2015) U.S. Open August 1-9 • Phoenix, Arizona
2015 K-12 Grade Championship December 4-6 • Orlando, Florida
The TLA pages “Information for Organizers, TDs, and Affiliates” and “Information for Players” can now be found
online at main.uschess.org/go/tlainfo.
Please contact the National Office if
you are interested in bidding for a
National Event. The USCF recommends that bids be submitted according to the following schedule.
However, bids may be consi- dered
prior to these dates. *USCF reserves
the right to decline all bids and
organize the event itself.
Rating supplements will be updated EACH MONTH on the USCF website, and each monthly rating supplement will be used for all tournaments beginning in
that month, unless otherwise announced in Chess Life. The USCF website at www.uschess.org also frequently lists unofficial ratings.The purpose of unofficial ratings is to inform you of your progress; however, most tournaments do not use them for pairing or prize purposes. If you would otherwise be unrated,
organizers may use your unofficial rating at their discretion, even without advance publicity of such a policy.
Tournament Life Abbreviations & Terms
All tournaments are non-smoking with no computers allowed unless otherwise advertised by S
and/or C (see below for explanations).
QC: Quick Chess events.
$$Gtd: Guaranteed prizes.
$$b/x: Based-on prizes, x = number of entries
needed to pay full prize fund. At least 50% of the
advertised prize fund of $501 or more must be
awarded.
Bye: Indicates which rounds players who find it
inconvenient to play may take 1⁄2-point byes
instead. For example, Bye 1-3 means 1⁄2-point
byes are available in Rounds 1 through 3.
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CC: Chess club.
EF: Entry fee.
Ent: Where to mail entries.
FIDE: Results submitted to FIDE for possible
rating.
G/: Game in. For instance, G/75 means each
side has 75 minutes for the entire game.
GPP: Grand Prix Points available.
HR: Hotel rates. For example, 60-65-70-75 means
$60 single, $65 twin, $70/3 in room, $75/4 in
room.
JGP: Junior Grand Prix.
Chess Life — July 2012
Memb. req’d: Membership required; cost follows. Usually refers to state affiliate.
Open: A section open to all. Often has very
strong players, but some eligible for lower sections can play for the learning experience.
Quad: 4-player round robin sections; similar
strength players.
RBO: Rated Beginner’s Open.
Rds: Rounds; scheduled game times follow. For
example, 11-5, 9-3 means games begin 11 a.m. &
5 p.m. on the first day, 9 a.m. & 3 p.m. on the second day.
Reg: Registration at site.
RR: Round robin (preceded by number of rounds).
SD/: Sudden-death time control (time for rest of
game follows). For example, 30/90, SD/1 means
each player must make 30 moves in 90 minutes,
then complete the rest of the game in an hour.
SS: Swiss-System pairings (preceded by number
of rounds).
T/Dx: Time delay, x = number of seconds.
Unr: Unrated.
W: Site is accessible to wheelchairs.
WEB: Tournaments that will use a player’s online
rating.
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