2023 Murfreesboro Chess Club Championship!

2023 Murfreesboro Chess Club Championship

Saturday, December 9, 2023 

Murfreesboro Chess Club

First Cumberland Presbyterian Church 

907 E. Main St. Murfreesboro, TN 37130 

(Parking & Entrance via Bilbro Ave.)

Four Rounds, Open Swiss @ G/45;d5  

(20 Players + = 5 Rounds with R1 G/25;d5, Rds 2 - 5 G/45;d5)

Prizes: Champion, U1600, U1400, U1200, Unr.

Eligibility: Must be a current MCC member, as well as, a current US Chess member.
Registration: 8:00am - 8:50am
Rounds: Round 1 at 9:15am, Lunch, Round Two (t.b.a.), and Subsequent Rounds a.s.a.p.
Prizes: Champion’s name engraved on the Club’s Perpetual Trophy plus a Champion’s Plaque,  Plaques for the Top Performance in U1600, U1400 & U1200, Top Unrated $15 (One prize per winner).
Tie Breaks for Trophies Only: Decided by G/5;d3. If the 1st game is drawn, players will switch colors. If the 2nd game is drawn, the 3rd game will be an Armageddon* format where the higher rated player chooses their color.
EF: $6.00 cash or $8.00 PayPal (plus $10.00 cash or $12.00 PayPal for club membership if not yet joined). PayPal via https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/mborochessclub 

Byes: Available any round if TD is notified before round one begins.

* In Armageddon the White player gets 5 minutes sudden death and the Black player gets 4 minutes sudden death. If the game is drawn, then the player with the Black pieces wins. Otherwise, the game is decided by checkmate or on time. If more than two players are tied, then the lower rated players will play first to decide who plays the highest rated.