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CATEGORIES:Tournaments
CREATED:20250707T074832
SUMMARY:2026 US Amateur North Individual Championship
LOCATION:Embassy Suites - Brookfield\, WI
DESCRIPTION:2026 U.S. Amateur North Championship\nApril 24-26 (or 25-26 for 2-day sched
 ule)\nSTANDINGS AND PAIRINGS (expect about 30 minute before round time):  \
 nThis event is limited to 140 participants. Please register as soon as poss
 ible.\nif you are looking to register for the Great Lakes Festival, use thi
 s link: Great Lakes Festival (https://www.kingregistration.com/event/Midwes
 tMasters)<a href="https://www.kingregistration.com/event/MidwestMasters"> <
 /a>\nEmbassy Suites by Hilton Milwaukee Brookfield\n1200 S Moorland Rd, Bro
 okfield, WI 53005 (262) 782-2900\nChess Rate is $119 (King bed or two Queen
  beds; please reserve by April 12th): Book your room here (https://www.hilt
 on.com/en/attend-my-event/mkembes-92s-9079fcbf-2b1a-4579-ab2f-98842c454fff/
 ). If the link doesn't work, please contact the organizers and we will make
  sure you get the chess rate! Free Breakfast and Free Cocktail reception ($
 40 daily value!). Free Internet. Free parking. **Please see below for food 
 concessions and outside food/drink policy**\n \nENTER: <a href="https://www
 .kingregistration.com/event/2026USamateur">2026 U.S. Amateur North Individu
 al Championship</a>\nEQUIPMENT: uniform equipment (boards, sets, clocks) is
  provided and should be used\nQUESTIONS: Alex Betaneli This email address i
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 2200Trophies to top ten places; National Title to the overall winneru1701Tr
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  Opposition, Cumulative, Modified Median.  First time players are welcome. 
 Good preparation can consist of games, tutorials and tactics on lichess.org
 This is a National Event limited to players who are rated below 2200. If yo
 u would like to face stronger opponents, the Great Lakes Festival (https://
 www.kingregistration.com/event/MidwestMasters) is held simultaneously: it o
 ffers cash prizes and is FIDE rated.\nNotation is mandatory for the entire 
 game (except for Round 1 of the 2-day schedule).\nAccelerated pairings migh
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 shed ratings (Regular, Rapid, Online Regular, Online Rapid, FIDE) for the p
 urpose of section selection, pairings, and prizes. Only regular ratings are
  affected by this event.\n \n \n \nENTRY FEESTIME CONTROLS AND PLAYING SCHE
 DULE\n - $69 online by April 6th\n - $79 online by April 20th\n - $99 after
  that or onsite \n - 3-day entries after 6:30pm Friday receive ½-point bye 
 for round 1\n - 2-day entries after 8:30am Saturday receive ½-point bye for
  round 1\n - 1/2 point byes OK all rounds, must commit before round 1 (maxi
 mum 2); please email organizers3-day\nG/90+30 second increment\n\n - Friday
  7:00pm\n - Saturday 11:00am, 4:00pm\n - Sunday 10:00am, 3:00pm2-day\nRound
  1: g/30+5 second increment, then merges with 3-day schedule\n\n\n - Saturd
 ay: 9:00am\n - Saturday: 11:00am, 4:00pm\n - Sunday: 10:00am, 3:00pmHotel h
 as no outside food/drink policy in the meeting rooms and public spaces (per
 sonal water bottles are ok). \n \nRefund Policy: If you register for the to
 urnament and are unable to make it, please notify us at least one hour in a
 dvance of the start of round one. If this is done, then the IAC will refund
  your entry fee less the cost of online registration ($1) and payment proce
 ssing ($0.30 + 2.9% of the entry fee.)\n
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<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><
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 , tutorials and tactics on lichess.org</td></tr></tbody></table><table widt
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  cash prizes and is FIDE rated.</p></td><td><p>Notation is mandatory for th
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 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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