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CATEGORIES:Tournaments
CREATED:20260818T222810
SUMMARY:2026 North Central Open
LOCATION:Madison Marriott West
DESCRIPTION:<p><strong>2026 North Central Open</strong></p><p><strong><a href="https://
 www.kingregistration.com/event/2026NCO">https://www.kingregistration.com/ev
 ent/2026NCO</a></strong></p><p><strong>*FIDE rated*</strong><strong>three s
 ections*</strong></p><p><strong>$3,500 in prizes</strong></p><p><strong>Dec
 ember 26th weekend</strong></p><p><strong>Escape the Holiday Frenzy</strong
 ></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Choice of schedules. Converge in Round 2:</
 strong></p><ul><li><strong>3-day: play one game on Fri evening, two games o
 n Sat, two games on Sun</strong></li><li><strong>2-day: play three games on
  Sat, two games on Sun</strong></li><li><strong>1-day: play three games on 
 Sat, take two byes on Sun</strong></li><li><strong>need to skip a round or 
 two? two half-point byes available</strong> </li><li><strong>Join the <a hr
 ef="https://www.kingregistration.com/event/G10National2026">2026 U.S. G/10 
 Championship</a> on Saturday night</strong></li></ul><p> </p><p><strong>PLA
 YING SITE: </strong>Madison Marriott West Hotel (1313 John Q Hammons Dr., M
 iddleton, WI 53562; 608-831-2000)</p><p><strong>Special Chess Rate is $99.<
 /strong> This rate includes free parking, free internet, and a heavily disc
 ounted breakfast buffet.  <strong>Booking link:</strong> <strong><a href="h
 ttps://www.marriott.com/event-reservations/reservation-link.mi?id=175752627
 7396&amp;key=GRP&amp;app=resvlink">reserve your room for NCO 2026</a></stro
 ng></p><p>Please request specific room type and breakfast vouchers when you
  check in. If you need help reserving a room, please contact the organizers
  and we will make sure you get the chess rate. </p><p> </p><p><strong>EQUIP
 MENT: </strong>uniform equipment (boards, sets, clocks) is provided and sho
 uld be used</p><p> </p><p><strong>QUESTIONS</strong>: email is by far the b
 est way to contact the organizers until 2:00pm on Friday, December 25th. Te
 xting is preferred after that and works much better than calling. Alex Beta
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 > or  414-839-5232 (text)</p><p> </p><p><strong>Three sections: Premier (FI
 DE rated), Reserve (Under 1901), and Booster (Under 1301)</strong></p><p> <
 /p><p> </p><table width="793" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><thead><tr><t
 h><p> </p><p><strong>SECTIONS                                    </strong><
 /p></th><th><p><strong>PRIZES: $3,500 (based on 100 entries)</strong></p></
 th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Premier</strong> </p></td><td><p>
  </p><p>1st Place:        <strong>$500 + traveling trophy</strong></p><p>2n
 d Place:<strong>       $300</strong></p><p>3rd Place:<strong>        $200</
 strong></p><p>Under 2201:    <strong>$200</strong></p><p>Under 2001:    <st
 rong>$200</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Reserve</strong></p><p><
 strong>Under 1901</strong></p></td><td><p> </p><p>1st Place:         <stron
 g>$400</strong></p><p>2nd Place:        <strong>$300</strong></p><p>Under 1
 701:     <strong>$200</strong></p><p>Under 1501:     <strong>$200</strong><
 /p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Booster</strong></p><p><strong>Under 1301</
 strong></p></td><td><p> </p><p>1st Place:         <strong>$400</strong></p>
 <p>2nd Place:        <strong>$300</strong></p><p>Under 1101:     <strong>$2
 00</strong></p><p> </p><p>Top Unrated:<strong>     $100</strong></p><p> </p
 ></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>A player can only win one cash prize
 , the largest one they qualify for. For tied players in a specific prize ca
 tegory, the prize money is divided equally (e.g., two players tied for 1st 
 split the 1st and 2nd place money). Blitz play-off for the traveling trophy
  if there is a tie for 1st place in the Premier section. </p></td></tr><tr>
 <td><p> </p></td><td><p>Notation is mandatory for the entire game except fo
 r Round 1 of the 2-day schedule. Premier section is FIDE rated except for R
 ound 1 of the 2-day schedule.</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Organizers 
 reserve the right to choose the highest of the published ratings (Regular, 
 Rapid, Online Regular, Online Rapid, FIDE) for the purpose of section selec
 tion, pairings, and prizes. Only regular ratings are affected by this event
 .</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Unrated players may not play 
 in Premier and may not win over $200 in Booster. </p></td></tr></tbody></ta
 ble><p> </p><p> </p><table width="807" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><the
 ad><tr><th><strong>ENTRY FEES</strong></th><th><strong>TIME CONTROLS AND PL
 AYING SCHEDULE</strong></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><ul><li>$99 online 
 by 12/8</li><li>$109 online by 12/22</li><li>$119 after 12/22 </li><li>3-da
 y entries after 5:00pm Fri may be assigned a ½-point bye for round 1</li><l
 i>2-day entries after 7:00am Sat may be assigned a ½-point bye for round 1<
 /li><li>You may play up one section for $50 extra </li><li>1/2 point byes O
 K all rounds, must commit before round 1 (maximum two byes)</li><li>Reentry
  available for $70 </li></ul></td><td><p><strong>3-day<br /></strong><stron
 g>G/90+30 second increment</strong></p><ul><li>Friday 7:00pm</li><li>Saturd
 ay 11:00am, 4:00pm</li><li>Sunday 10:00am, 3:00pm</li></ul><p><strong>2-day
 <br /></strong><strong>Round 1: g/30+5 second increment, then merges with 3
 -day schedule<br /></strong></p><ul><li>Saturday: 9:00am</li><li>Saturday: 
 11:00am, 4:00pm</li><li>Sunday: 10:00am, 3:00pm</li></ul><p> Accelerated pa
 irings might be used.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>Refund Policy
 : If you register for the tournament and are unable to make it, please noti
 fy us at least two hours in advance of the start of round one. If this is d
 one, then the IAC will refund your entry fee less the cost of online regist
 ration ($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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