2022 Brian’s Birthday Bash
With a $1100.00 Prize Fund!
Tournament Website: www.acerook.com/bbb2022
Date: One Day – Saturday, August 13, 2022
Where: Hilton Garden Inn Olathe – 12080 South Strang Line Road, Olathe, Kansas, 66062
HR: $109, includes free hot breakfast, wifi, indoor pool and gym access. Reserve by July 13 or rates may increase and rooms may be sold out. Click here to book
Format: 4 rounds Swiss System pairings (no elimination)– Game/60 with 5 second delay (Dual-Rated); Two Sections: Open and Reserve-U1600 (Based on August 2022 Rating Supplement)
Bye: 1 Half-point bye is offered for any round, if requested before the start of round 2.
Schedule:
Saturday: Registration 8:00AM-9:15AM
---If you have registered in advance and see your entry online, you do not need to show up to “check-in”.
Rd 1 – 10AM; Rd 2 – 12:45PM; Rd 3 – 3:30PM; Rd 4 – 6:00PM
Registration:
$42 by August 10 via online entry at https://www.kingregistration.com/register/bbb2022
$50 late/on-site entry
Prizes ($1100 based on 50 entries):
Open: $200 - $150 - $100; U2000 - $100
Reserve-U1600: $200 - $150 - $100; U1400 - $50; U1000 - $50
Tournament Directors: NTD Brian Yang (Chief TD); NTD CJ Armenta (Assistant TD)
Equipment: Please bring boards, sets and clocks to the event. Limited Acerook Chess Enterprises’ equipment will be available to loan per round basis.
COVID Protocols: ACE Tournaments will follow any business, county, state or federal health mandates in effect during the tournament period. All players and staff will be required to follow these mandates, if any. Up-to-date information will be posted on the tournament website, including any health mandates or cancellation of the tournament.
Other: All players must have a current USCF membership for the inclusive dates of the tournament. TD reserves to the right to use accelerated Swiss pairings, if needed. Unrated players may be assigned a rating at the TD’s discretion based on their US Chess Online, unofficial “live” ratings in any category or any foreign ratings.
Questions? Contact Brian Yang at AcerookChess@gmail.com