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CATEGORIES:Tournaments
CREATED:20250707T074832
SUMMARY:2026 US Amateur North Individual Championship
LOCATION:Embassy Suites - Brookfield\, WI
DESCRIPTION:<p><strong>2026 U.S. Amateur North Championship</strong></p><p><strong>Apri
 l 24-26 (or 25-26 for 2-day schedule)</strong></p><p><strong>STANDINGS AND 
 PAIRINGS (expect about 30 minute before round time):  </strong></p><p><stro
 ng>This event is limited to 140 participants. Please register as soon as po
 ssible.</strong></p><p><strong>if you are looking to register for the Great
  Lakes Festival, use this link: <a href="https://www.kingregistration.com/e
 vent/MidwestMasters">Great Lakes Festival</a><a href="https://www.kingregis
 tration.com/event/MidwestMasters"> </a></strong></p><p><strong>Embassy Suit
 es by Hilton Milwaukee Brookfield</strong></p><p><strong>1200 S Moorland Rd
 , Brookfield, WI 53005 (262) 782-2900</strong></p><p>Chess Rate is <strong>
 $119</strong> (King bed or two Queen beds; please reserve by April 12th): <
 a href="https://www.hilton.com/en/attend-my-event/mkembes-92s-9079fcbf-2b1a
 -4579-ab2f-98842c454fff/">Book your room here</a>. If the link doesn't work
 , please contact the organizers and we will make sure you get the chess rat
 e! <strong>Free Breakfast and Free Cocktail reception ($40 daily value!). F
 ree Internet. Free parking. **Please see below for food concessions and out
 side food/drink policy**</strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>ENTER: </strong><a 
 href="https://www.kingregistration.com/event/2026USamateur">2026 U.S. Amate
 ur North Individual Championship</a></p><p><strong>EQUIPMENT: </strong>unif
 orm equipment (boards, sets, clocks) is provided and should be used</p><p><
 strong>QUESTIONS</strong>: Alex Betaneli <span id="cloak42a38778ada3d7a9243
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 n Title</strong></li><li><strong>30 valuable trophies</strong></li></ul><ta
 ble cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><thead><tr><th><strong>SECTIONS</strong
 ></th><th><strong>PRIZES</strong></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>u2200</td
 ><td>Trophies to top ten places; National Title to the overall winner</td><
 /tr><tr><td>u1701</td><td><p>Trophies to top ten places</p></td></tr><tr><t
 d>u1301 </td><td>Trophies to top ten places </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </
 td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> <strong>TIEBREAKS: </strong>the order of tiebrea
 ks for team and individual prizes is Solkoff, Cumulative Opposition, Cumula
 tive, Modified Median.</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspa
 n="2">First time players are welcome. Good preparation can consist of games
 , tutorials and tactics on lichess.org</td></tr></tbody></table><table widt
 h="637" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td><p>This is a Nationa
 l Event limited to players who are rated below 2200. If you would like to f
 ace stronger opponents, the <a href="https://www.kingregistration.com/event
 /MidwestMasters">Great Lakes Festival</a> is held simultaneously: it offers
  cash prizes and is FIDE rated.</p></td><td><p>Notation is mandatory for th
 e entire game (except for Round 1 of the 2-day schedule).</p></td></tr><tr>
 <td><p>Accelerated pairings might be used.</p></td><td><p>Organizers reserv
 e the right to choose the highest of the published ratings (Regular, Rapid,
  Online Regular, Online Rapid, FIDE) for the purpose of section selection, 
 pairings, and prizes. Only regular ratings are affected by this event.</p><
 /td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> 
 </p><table width="807" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><thead><tr><th><stro
 ng>ENTRY FEES</strong></th><th><strong>TIME CONTROLS AND PLAYING SCHEDULE</
 strong></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><ul><li>$69 online by April 6th</li
 ><li>$79 online by April 20th</li><li>$99 after that or onsite </li><li>3-d
 ay entries after 6:30pm Friday receive ½-point bye for round 1</li><li>2-da
 y entries after 8:30am Saturday receive ½-point bye for round 1</li><li>1/2
  point byes OK all rounds, must commit before round 1 (maximum 2); please e
 mail organizers</li></ul></td><td><p><strong>3-day<br /></strong><strong>G/
 90+30 second increment</strong></p><ul><li>Friday 7:00pm</li><li>Saturday 1
 1:00am, 4:00pm</li><li>Sunday 10:00am, 3:00pm</li></ul><p><strong>2-day<br 
 /></strong><strong>Round 1: g/30+5 second increment, then merges with 3-day
  schedule<br /></strong></p><ul><li>Saturday: 9:00am</li><li>Saturday: 11:0
 0am, 4:00pm</li><li>Sunday: 10:00am, 3:00pm</li></ul></td></tr></tbody></ta
 ble><p><strong>Hotel has no outside food/drink policy in the meeting rooms 
 and public spaces (personal water bottles are ok). </strong></p><p> </p><p>
 <strong>Refund Policy: If you register for the tournament and are unable to
  make it, please notify us at least one hour in advance of the start of rou
 nd one. If this is done, then the IAC will refund your entry fee less the c
 ost of online registration ($1) and payment processing ($0.30 + 2.9% of the
  entry fee.)</strong></p>
CONTACT:Chris Wainscott - This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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