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SUMMARY:2026 U.S. Amateur North Individual Championship Friday April 24 - Sunday April 26\, 2026
DESCRIPTION:2026 U.S. Amateur North Championship \nApril 24-26 (or 25-26 for 2-day schedule) \nSTANDINGS AND PAIRINGS (expect about 30 minute before round time):   \nThis event is limited to 140 participants. Please register as soon as possible. \nif you are looking to register for the Great Lakes Festival\, use this link: Great Lakes Festival  \nEmbassy Suites by Hilton Milwaukee Brookfield \n1200 S Moorland Rd\, Brookfield\, WI 53005 (262) 782-2900 \nChess Rate is $119 (King bed or two Queen beds; please reserve by April 12th): Book your room here. If the link doesn’t work\, please contact the organizers and we will make sure you get the chess rate! Free Breakfast and Free Cocktail reception ($40 daily value!). Free Internet. Free parking. **Please see below for food concessions and outside food/drink policy** \n  \nEQUIPMENT: uniform equipment (boards\, sets\, clocks) is provided and should be used \nQUESTIONS: Alex Betaneli abetaneli@hotmail.com \nPRIZES \n\nNational Champion Title\n30 valuable trophies\n\n\n\n\nSECTIONS\nPRIZES\n\n\n\n\nu2200\nTrophies to top ten places; National Title to the overall winner\n\n\nu1701\nTrophies to top ten places\n\n\nu1301\nTrophies to top ten places\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n TIEBREAKS: the order of tiebreaks for team and individual prizes is Solkoff\, Cumulative Opposition\, Cumulative\, Modified Median.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFirst time players are welcome. Good preparation can consist of games\, tutorials and tactics on lichess.org\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis is a National Event limited to players who are rated below 2200. If you would like to face stronger opponents\, the Great Lakes Festival is held simultaneously: it offers cash prizes and is FIDE rated.\nNotation is mandatory for the entire game (except for Round 1 of the 2-day schedule).\n\n\nAccelerated pairings might be used.\nOrganizers reserve the right to choose the highest of the published ratings (Regular\, Rapid\, Online Regular\, Online Rapid\, FIDE) for the purpose of section selection\, pairings\, and prizes. Only regular ratings are affected by this event.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n  \n\n\n\nENTRY FEES\nTIME CONTROLS AND PLAYING SCHEDULE\n\n\n\n\n\n\n$69 online by April 6th\n$79 online by April 20th\n$99 after that or onsite\n3-day entries after 6:30pm Friday receive ½-point bye for round 1\n2-day entries after 8:30am Saturday receive ½-point bye for round 1\n1/2 point byes OK all rounds\, must commit before round 1 (maximum 2); please email organizers\n\n\n3-day\nG/90+30 second increment \n\nFriday 7:00pm\nSaturday 11:00am\, 4:00pm\nSunday 10:00am\, 3:00pm\n\n2-day\nRound 1: g/30+5 second increment\, then merges with 3-day schedule\n \n\nSaturday: 9:00am\nSaturday: 11:00am\, 4:00pm\nSunday: 10:00am\, 3:00pm\n\n\n\n\n\nHotel has no outside food/drink policy in the meeting rooms and public spaces (personal water bottles are ok).  \n  \nRefund Policy: If you register for the tournament and are unable to make it\, please notify us at least one hour in advance of the start of round one. If this is done\, then the IAC will refund your entry fee less the cost of online registration ($1) and payment processing ($0.30 + 2.9% of the entry fee.) \n\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\nhttps://www.kingregistration.com/event/2026USamateur
URL:https://officialchess.org/event/2026-u-s-amateur-north-individual-championship-friday-april-24-sunday-april-26-2026/
LOCATION:Embassy Suites by Hilton Milwaukee Brookfield\, 1200 S Moorland Rd\, Brookfield\, WI\, 53005\, United States
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