Tournament Info

Important: Due to concerns over COVID-19, Master Trek is cancelled until further notice.


Online entries after 11:00 PM the night before the tournament are now subject to the late entry fee. See details below.

Event

Master Trek CLIII

Date

Saturday, March 21, 2020

Lower Sections Details

    • Ratings
      • Only players with a USCF rating less than 1400
      • Sections will be formed by natural grouping of ratings
    • Prizes
      • Trophies, ribbons, other chess prizes
    • Schedule
      • First round for all lower sections is at 8:30 AM
      • The next round for each section will start directly after all the games in that section are finished
      • The goal is to get as many rated games in as possible
      • The lower sections usually conclude around 12:00 PM
    • Time Controls
      • Sections A, B: G/40; d5
      • Other Sections: G/30;d5
    • Entry Fees
      • $20 for online registration before 11:00 PM the night before the tournament; $21 via PayPal to craig.jones43@gmail.com (please put name of player in PayPal notes)
      • $30 for online registration after 11:00 PM and onsite entries
    • Late Entries
      • Onsite entries after 8:00 AM will be subject to a first round bye

Open Section Details

    • Ratings
      • Sections formed based on distribution of ratings. Most recent ratings are used for pairing purposes. K-12 players should have a USCF rating over 1300 to play in the Open Section.
    • Prizes
      • Cash prizes, 80% guaranteed return
    • Schedule
      • Round 1: 9:30 AM
      • Round 2: 12:30 PM
      • Round 3: 2:45 PM
    • Time control
      • G/60;d5
    • Entry Fees
      • $25 for online registration before 11:00 PM the night before the tournament; $26 via PayPal to craig.jones43@gmail.com (please put name of player in PayPal notes)
      • $35 for online registration after 11:00 PM and onsite entries
    • Late Entries
      • Onsite entries after 9:15 AM will be subject to a first round bye

Requirements:

USCF membership is required of all players.

Byes:

Any number of rounds are fine. If requesting byes will not be placed in quad formats.