DFW Winter FIDE
Date: December 5th - December 7th (Friday through Sunday)
Location: TCC Irving Location - 4343 W Royal Lane #114, Irving, TX 75063
Sections: Championship & U1800 & U1400
Time Control: G/90;+30
3 Day Schedule: December 5th - December 7th
Friday: Round 1 @ 7:00PM
Saturday: Round 2 @ 2:00PM, Round 3 @ 7:00PM
Sunday: Round 4 @ 10:00AM, Round 5 @ 3:00PM
2 Day Schedule: December 6th - December 7th
Saturday: Round 1 @ 9:00 AM, Round 2 @ 2:00PM, Round 3 @ 7:00PM
Sunday: Round 4 @ 10:00AM, Round 5 @ 3:00PM
Championship Section Registration:
Early Bird: $98 before or on 11/05
Regular Fee: $108 before or on 11/30
Late fee: $118 after 11/30
U1800 Section Registration:
Early Bird Price: $82 before or on 11/05
Regular Price: $92 before or on 11/30
Late Price: $102 after 11/30
U1400 Section Registration (US Chess Rated Only):
Early Bird Price: $72 before or on 11/05
Regular Price: $82 before or on 11/30
Late Price: $92 after 11/30
Prizes (All Prizes Guaranteed):
Championship - 1st: $600, 2nd: $300, 3rd: $100, Class Prize U2000- $100
U1800 - 1st: $200, 2nd: $100, 3rd: $50, Class Prize U1600-$50
U1400 - 1st, 2nd, 3rd - Trophies
First three GM/IMs to enter get a minimum prize of $200(GM)/$100(IM), valid until late fee deadline; must play all rounds. FM+ are free before late fee deadline. Please email info@texaschesscenter.com for entry under these conditions.
How do I get a FIDE ID? Play in one of our FIDE tournaments and fill the registration form and we’ll take care of it for you. Alternatively, you can contact USCF and request an ID as well. However, to be officially FIDE rated, one must play five games against previously rated FIDE players, score at least a half point in those games, and have a performance rating of at least 1400.
USCF monthly ratings used for pairings. Default late forfeiture time is one hour. Re-entry is available for half the late fee price.
Entry List Coming 11/06
Date: December 5th - December 7th (Friday through Sunday)
Location: TCC Irving Location - 4343 W Royal Lane #114, Irving, TX 75063
Sections: Championship & U1800 & U1400
Time Control: G/90;+30
3 Day Schedule: December 5th - December 7th
Friday: Round 1 @ 7:00PM
Saturday: Round 2 @ 2:00PM, Round 3 @ 7:00PM
Sunday: Round 4 @ 10:00AM, Round 5 @ 3:00PM
2 Day Schedule: December 6th - December 7th
Saturday: Round 1 @ 9:00 AM, Round 2 @ 2:00PM, Round 3 @ 7:00PM
Sunday: Round 4 @ 10:00AM, Round 5 @ 3:00PM
Championship Section Registration:
Early Bird: $98 before or on 11/05
Regular Fee: $108 before or on 11/30
Late fee: $118 after 11/30
U1800 Section Registration:
Early Bird Price: $82 before or on 11/05
Regular Price: $92 before or on 11/30
Late Price: $102 after 11/30
U1400 Section Registration (US Chess Rated Only):
Early Bird Price: $72 before or on 11/05
Regular Price: $82 before or on 11/30
Late Price: $92 after 11/30
Prizes (All Prizes Guaranteed):
Championship - 1st: $600, 2nd: $300, 3rd: $100, Class Prize U2000- $100
U1800 - 1st: $200, 2nd: $100, 3rd: $50, Class Prize U1600-$50
U1400 - 1st, 2nd, 3rd - Trophies
First three GM/IMs to enter get a minimum prize of $200(GM)/$100(IM), valid until late fee deadline; must play all rounds. FM+ are free before late fee deadline. Please email info@texaschesscenter.com for entry under these conditions.
How do I get a FIDE ID? Play in one of our FIDE tournaments and fill the registration form and we’ll take care of it for you. Alternatively, you can contact USCF and request an ID as well. However, to be officially FIDE rated, one must play five games against previously rated FIDE players, score at least a half point in those games, and have a performance rating of at least 1400.
USCF monthly ratings used for pairings. Default late forfeiture time is one hour. Re-entry is available for half the late fee price.
Entry List Coming 11/06
Date: December 5th - December 7th (Friday through Sunday)
Location: TCC Irving Location - 4343 W Royal Lane #114, Irving, TX 75063
Sections: Championship & U1800 & U1400
Time Control: G/90;+30
3 Day Schedule: December 5th - December 7th
Friday: Round 1 @ 7:00PM
Saturday: Round 2 @ 2:00PM, Round 3 @ 7:00PM
Sunday: Round 4 @ 10:00AM, Round 5 @ 3:00PM
2 Day Schedule: December 6th - December 7th
Saturday: Round 1 @ 9:00 AM, Round 2 @ 2:00PM, Round 3 @ 7:00PM
Sunday: Round 4 @ 10:00AM, Round 5 @ 3:00PM
Championship Section Registration:
Early Bird: $98 before or on 11/05
Regular Fee: $108 before or on 11/30
Late fee: $118 after 11/30
U1800 Section Registration:
Early Bird Price: $82 before or on 11/05
Regular Price: $92 before or on 11/30
Late Price: $102 after 11/30
U1400 Section Registration (US Chess Rated Only):
Early Bird Price: $72 before or on 11/05
Regular Price: $82 before or on 11/30
Late Price: $92 after 11/30
Prizes (All Prizes Guaranteed):
Championship - 1st: $600, 2nd: $300, 3rd: $100, Class Prize U2000- $100
U1800 - 1st: $200, 2nd: $100, 3rd: $50, Class Prize U1600-$50
U1400 - 1st, 2nd, 3rd - Trophies
First three GM/IMs to enter get a minimum prize of $200(GM)/$100(IM), valid until late fee deadline; must play all rounds. FM+ are free before late fee deadline. Please email info@texaschesscenter.com for entry under these conditions.
How do I get a FIDE ID? Play in one of our FIDE tournaments and fill the registration form and we’ll take care of it for you. Alternatively, you can contact USCF and request an ID as well. However, to be officially FIDE rated, one must play five games against previously rated FIDE players, score at least a half point in those games, and have a performance rating of at least 1400.
USCF monthly ratings used for pairings. Default late forfeiture time is one hour. Re-entry is available for half the late fee price.
Entry List Coming 11/06
Tournament Policies:
Hotel Option: Holiday Inn Las Colinas
Tournament Refund Policy: For FIDE-rated and championship tournaments, participants are eligible for a full refund if they cancel more than 48 hours before the tournament begins. If cancellation occurs between 48 hours and 2 hours before the start time, a 50% refund will be issued. No refunds are provided for cancellations made within 2 hours of the tournament start time or for no-shows. No refunds are issued for cancellations within 2 hours of the start time or for no-shows. To cancel your registration, please contact us before the applicable deadline. Refunds are typically processed within five business days.
Playing Up: You may request to compete in a higher section for an additional fee if you meet the criteria below.
1 ) If either your Monthly or Live (or even Provisional) rating is within 150 points of the floor of the section above you, then you qualify to play up. Furthermore, if your Live/Provisional actually meets or exceeds the next section’s floor, you can play up without paying a fee at all.
- Example A: If you want to play in an 1800+ section, and your Monthly rating is 1620, but your Live rating is 1739... then you are eligible to play up, because even though your Monthly rating is not in the 150-point range, your Live rating is!
- Example B: If you want to play in an 1800+ section, and your Monthly rating is 1620, but your Live rating is 1647... then you’re not yet eligible to play up, because neither your Monthly rating nor your Live rating are quite in the 150-point range yet. But who knows, maybe just one more tourney will get your Live rating over the hump in time for the next one!
- Example C: If you want to play in an 1800+ section and your Monthly rating is 1620, but your Live rating is 1809... then you’re eligible to play up with no fee at all, because you’ve already earned the 1800+ privilege directly on the chessboard!
2) If you don’t have a USCF rating yet, but you do have a FIDE rating or substantiated online chess rating, you can request to play up based on that alternate rating, provided that it is reasonably correlated with the section that you’re seeking. (The FIDE conversion formula we use is [USCF = (-1073 + 1.5667*FIDE if FIDE ≤ 2000) OR (20 + 1.02 × FIDE if FIDE > 2000)].
US Chess Membership: An Active US Chess Membership is required unless you are a Titled player with a FIDE ID #.
Supplies: Boards, clocks, pieces, notation sheets, and pencils all provided.
Titled Players: FM+ play free! Email info@texaschesscenter.com to register as a master .
Capacity: Limited to 102 Players.
Hotel Options: DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Dallas - DFW Airport North or The Westin Dallas Fort Worth Airport (both within a 5 minute walk of TCC Irving)