Upcoming Tournament

Choose Your Move - 2026 Jan: Full-Day Quads

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Registration

• Online Registration Open Until: Sunday, January 11: 10:00 am
• Onsite Registration: 9:30-9:45am
• Entry fee for Mechanics' Institute Members: $40
• Entry fee for Non-Members: $50
• Late fee: $10
• $5 admin fee for all cancellations & refunds.

Two ways to check your entries:

• Check the live entries on the Jumbula site by clicking on the View Entries button.
• Check the processed entries here a day before the event.

 

Tournament Format

• Tournament Format: Swiss System
• Total Rounds: 3
• Time control: 60 min basetime + 5 sec delay
• Round Times: 1/11 10:00am 1:00pm 3:30pm
• Sections: Adult Only (18+) Women Only Quads Only (Min 1400 rated)

Section specific eligibility:

• Adult only section: players must be 18 or older.
• Women only section: players must be females.
• Quads only: players must have a minimum 1400 rating.

US Chess rating will be used for section determination and pairings.  FIDE or other ratings are only used if no US Chess rating is available. 

Pairings are based on the Jan 2026 regular supplemental regular US Chess rating.

 

Prize Fund

• Prize explanations are coming after the event.
• Please allow 2-3 weeks for processing prize checks.
• Per IRS rules anyone with a cumulative $600+ prize in any calendar year will need to fill out a W9 and Mechanics' Institute will be providing a 1099 form. 

 

• Prize Fund:

  • $400 for both Adult only and Women only sections separately.
  • Quads: $60 per each quads.
  • Actual Payout: coming after the tournament ended.

 

 

Byes

Byes are available for players in the Adult only and Women only sections.

Quads do not allow byes.

• A maximum of two half-point byes can be requested in this tournament.
• Late registrations will receive a half-point bye for any missed round.
   

Eligibility

• Players must have current US Chess Federation membership. Expiration date of their US Chess membership must be later than the last day of the tournament.
• Not sure if you have a membership? Need to check the expiration date of your members? Visit: https://new.uschess.org/player-search
• Become a member or renew your membership: https://new.uschess.org/join-us-chess

Tournament Rules

• What do the time controls mean?
  Time controls tell you how much time you have for each game.
  G60;d5 means game in 60 minutes with a 5-second delay on each move. This means you get 60 minutes, your opponent gets 60 minutes, and at each move the clock counts down from 5 to 0 before the player's time starts. If a player doesn't use up the whole 5 seconds, the remainder of that time is lost.
• How many games/rounds?
  The 3RR before the time control means it is a Round Robin tournament with three rounds (four games) that a player can play. The tournaments are never eliminated, so win or lose, you can stay in the tournament. 

• Forfeit time:
  • 30 minutes without prior notice
  • 60 minutes with prior notice. Please email to chessroom@milibrary.org or call us to request this!
    A player will be awarded a forfeit win against any opponent who doesn't show up according to the prescribed rules, and every effort will be made to find that player an extra game.
• We provide clocks and set it up for players.
• Games will be US Chess regular rated. 
   
• What do the time controls mean?
  Time controls tell you how much time you have for each game.
  G60d5 means game in 60 minutes with a 5-second delay with each move. This means you get 60 minutes, your opponent gets 60 minutes, and before each move players get 5 seconds delay.

Mechanics' Institute Chess Club reserves the right to update any details of this event (including but not limited to sections, time control, round times, prize fund, etc.) as we get closer to the event date to ensure an excellent tournament experience for players.

Standings

Final Standings will be posted after the tournament.

Pairings

Pairings will not be posted during the day.