2022 Yellowjackets Fall Open

2022 Yellowjackets Fall Open
Saturday, October 15, 2022 @ Love Manufacturing Building

Our Fall 2022 kickoff tournament will be one of two qualifiers for the Pan-American Intercollegiate Chess Championship in January 2023 in Seattle. The second qualifier will likely be in November. You must play at least one of the events to have a chance of qualifying. Qualified players will be chosen based on your results in these tournaments and is dependent on how many teams we choose to send.

Sections: Open (Pan Ams Qualifier), Reserve (non Qualifier)

Location:
771 Ferst Drive
J. Erskine Love Building
Atlanta, GA 30332-0245

Open (4 round USCF Rated Swiss)

Schedule:

• Round 1: 9:30 am

• Round 2: 11:30 am

• Round 3: 2 pm

• Round 4: 4 pm

Time Control: G/45 d10

Entry Fee:

• $20 by October 12th
  $30 by October 14th @ 9

• $10 discount for GT students

• FREE for FM, IM, GM, WIM, WGM (entry fee deducted from prize)

Prizes (b/30):

• 1st: $125

• 2nd: $50

• U1700: $25

Other:

• If you show up more than 30 minutes late, your game will be forfeited and you will be removed from the tournament.

• If your phone rings during the game, you will get a time penalty for your first warning. For your second warning, you will be forfeited.

• You are allowed up to one half point bye.

• You must be eligible for Pan-Ams to qualify for our Pan-Ams team

Registration:

https://forms.gle/rGHbsd5G82TRWS146

Reserve (5 round Non-USCF Rated Swiss)

Schedule:

• Round 1: 9:30 am

• Round 2: 10:45 am

• Round 3: 12:30 pm

• Round 4: 1:45 pm

• Round 5: 3 pm

Time Control: G/25 d5

Entry Fee: FREE

Prizes: tbd :)

Other:

• If your phone rings during the game, you will get a time penalty for your first warning. For your second warning, you will be forfeited.

• You are allowed up to one half point bye.

• Touch move and other USCF rules (notating until you have 5 minutes remaining) will be followed.

• You must check in onsite by 9 am on the day of the tournament to be paired.

Registration:

https://forms.gle/rGHbsd5G82TRWS146

Directions for Parking and Food Options

coming soon!

Advanced Entries (updated 10/13)

Open

1. NM Andrew Titus (2312)

2. **NM Vedic Panda** (2167, USCF EXPIRED)

3. Jason Li (2062, 1/2 pt bye: Round 3)

4. **Matthew Stadter** (1936, USCF EXPIRED)

5. Ben Nemelka (1798)

6. Yuanzhao Yang (1719)

7. **AIM Aleksandr Lutsenko** (1551, USCF EXPIRED)

8. Jesse Dill (1494)

9. Daniel Shen (1483)

10. Matthew Pleskow (1248)

11. Atharva Gujrathi (1080)

12. Stefan Talpa (916)

13. Alan Tao (unr)

Reserve

1. Alan Spektor (1276)

2. Jonathan Luo (891)

3. Harsh Chakhaiyar (unr)