114th United
States Open
Chess
Championship
27 July -
August 4, 2013 · Madison, WI
Location:
Madison Marriott West
1313 John Q Hammons
Drive
Middleton, WI 53562
Chess Rate: $99 UNTIL 12 July 2013 THEN regular
rates apply!!!
Hurry and book your hotel
rooms now!
Entry Fee: $145 Online by Sunday,
July 16, 2013,
$147 if mailed by Sunday, July
16, 2013, or
$150 by phone by Sunday, July 16,
2013
Half-Point
Byes:
Must commit before Round 4 and MUST
be submitted AT LEAST two hours before the round(s) in question.
Limit of one half-point bye in the
last two rounds!
Number of Half-Point Byes Available:
2000/up: Up to 3 half-point byes
1400-1999: Up to 2 half-point byes
Under 1400/UNR: Up to 1 half-point bye
Zero point byes are always
available in any round if requested at
least two hours before the start of the desired round!
Entry
Fee:
Online: $145 by 6/16, $165 by 7/14,
$185 after 7/14
By Mail: $147 postmarked by 6/16, $167
postmarked by 7/14, $187 postmarked by 7/21; DO NOT MAIL AFTER 7/21!
By Phone: $150 by 6/16, $170 by 7/14,
$185 by 7/26. No phone entries after 7/26 (close of business at the USCF
Office!)
Enter
by Phone: 1-800-903-8723
At Site: $190
GMs are free, please call or mail-in
entry.
All Entries must be made at
least two hours prior to your first game played.
Three different
schedules for the first six rounds!:
Traditional: 40/2, SD/1 d5. [7/27] - [8/3]
One round daily at 7PM then the final round [8/4] at 3PM.
6-day Option: 40/2, SD/1 d5. [7/30] 7PM;
[7/31] to [8/2] Two games per day - one at 12 NOON and the second at 7PM.
4-day Option: G/60 d5. [8/1] 12 NOON, 3PM,
7PM, & 10PM; [8/2] at 12 NOON & 3PM.
All
schedules MERGE after Round 6 and compete for the same prizes.
Round 7 [All
schedules]: [8/2] 7PM.
Round 8 [All
schedules]: [8/3] 7PM.
Round 9 [All
schedules]: [8/4] 3PM.
Other National Tournaments at the U.S. Open
For More Information: http://uschess.org/
28 July: U.S. Open Scholastic - G/30 d5
31 July - 4 August: The 2013 U.S. Women’s Open - G/90+30 sec
Open to all female members of the U.S. Chess Federation
Side Events at the U.S. Open
27-28 July: U.S. Open Weekend Swiss - G/60 d5
27 July: U.S. Open Bughouse - G/5 d0
29, 30, & 31 July & 1 & 2 August: U.S. Open Quads - G/30
d5
31 July: U.S. Open G/15 Championship - G/15 d5
3 August: U.S. Open Blitz Championship - G/5 d0
All sections have a 5 second delay, except the Blitz and the
Bughouse which have no delay and the U.S. Women’s Open is G/90+30 sec.
Notes:
The
July Rating Supplement will be used.
Current
USCF membership through August 2013 required.
This
year’s U.S. Open will not be FIDE
rated.
Bring
a clock - none supplied.
Sets/Boards
supplied for tournament, but not for skittles.
Questions:
National Events Assistant, Ashley Knight: aknight@uschess.org or 931-787-1234, ext. 138. 
