1. This will be a USCF rated Round Robin team tournament. The number of rounds depends on the number of teams that have entered. 2. The team entry fee is $30. 3. Teams will have 6 players each week. In addition, each team may have no more than 3 alternates who may play in any given round. 4. The average rating for any given night may not exceed 1750. For purposes of calculating the adjusted ratings, any player rated over 2200 will count as 2200; any player rated under 1300 and unrated players will count as 1300. Ratings will be based on the most recent supplement. 5. The Sacramento Chess Club strongly encourages other clubs, schools, employers, or fraternities to field teams. Clever names, logos, t-shirts, mascots, fight songs, etc., are all encouraged. No need to be subtle, but please keep it clean -- we have children at the Club, and some of them play in the tournament. 6. If you can’t find a team, sign up sheets will be available at the Club. 7. Time control will be Game 55 d/5 or Game 60. The tournament director reserves the right to shorten a time control to meet the closing time of the Hart Senior Center. 8. All rounds start at 6:55 pm. 9. Lineups must be placed in rating order on the lineup sheets provided by the tournament director. With TD approval, unrated players may be placed anywhere in the lineup, however, they must always play in the rating range of the players above and below them (i.e., if board 2 is rated 1904, board 4 is rated 1748, and an unrated player is placed on board 3, the unrated player must always be on a board between players rated from 1748 to 1904). For each match, the team with white on board 1 will enter thier lineup first. Lineups need to be posted by 6:50 in order to ensure starting each round on time. 10. Prizes: Trophies or plaques for the members of the winning team and best board score. To win a board prize, a player must play 60% of the available games on that board. For example, if there are 5 games in the event, a player must play 3 games on a board to win the board prize. |