Area Event Updates
Check out several events coming up in
the next couple of months by clicking on the Area Events link above!
For information on the following area events, please check for the flyers listed below in date order:
75th Montana Open -- April 17-18, 2010 (Great Falls)
Inland Empire Open -- May 1-2, 2010 (Spokane)
Apr. 17-18. 75th Montana Open. 5SS. G/2. NC, W. Foothills Community Christian School, 2210 5th Ave North, Great Falls, MT. EF: $30 by 4/16, $35 at site, jrs 1/2. Reg: 9:00-9:40. Rds: 10-2:30-7, 9-3 (or ASAP). MCA req'd, $12, OSA. Trophies to: top MT Sr, top MT jr, top in classes A-E/below, and unrated. $$/25, more per entries: $200-120-80, 2 biggest upsets, $40-35 (both rated-nonprov). Misc: 1/2pt bye for rds 4 or 5 must be requested by end of rd 3, phone/email entries OK-must be present by 9:40 am Sat to be paired. Ent: Dan McCourt, 608 W. Central, Missoula, MT 59801, checks payable to MCA. Info: Dan McCourt, 406-721-0254, mccourtdj@msn.com, www.montanachess.org.
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2010 Inland Empire Open
May 1-2
Location: Gonzaga University Schoenberg Center Room 202 N. 900 Pearl Street
Registration: Sat. 8:30am-9:30am
Rounds: Sat. 10:00-2:30-7:00 Sun: 9:00-1:30 or ASAP.
Time Control: G/120. E.F $26 if received by 4/30, $31 at the door;
18 and under $5 less. Telephone entries accepted.
USCF rated and a NWGP event. $750 prize fund based on 30 entries
Class prizes based on at least five per section. Only one prize per person
(Excluding biggest upset.) (Both players must have established ratings)
NS, NC, W. One ½ point bye if requested before proceeding round;
Sunday byes must be requested before the end of round 3.
Director reserves the right to you class pairings in the final round.
Cookies and coffee provided.
Prizes:
1st Overall: $160
2nd Overall: $130
3rd Overall: $110
Class Prizes:
1st (A; B; C; D/E/unrated) $50
2nd (A; B; C; D/E/unrated) $25
Biggest Upset: $50 (non-provisional ratings)
Entries: Spokane CC, c/o David B. Griffin
P.O. Box 631
Spokane Valley, WA 99037
For information please call (509) 928-3260 or cell (509) 994-9739
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