DEARBORN STATION PLUS-SCORE #90

Saturday, November 19, 2022

47 W. Polk, Chicago, IL 60605, Lower Level

New starting time! New time controls!  New format! Top half of the field gets an extra point FOR PAIRING PURPOSES ONLY for the entire event! One section, with competitive games. 

4SS, G/60 +5 seconds increment. 

Please note that round 1 registration now CLOSES at 9 a.m. and round 1 is now at 9:30! (Round 1 byes available for sleepyheads.) 

NEED TO CONTACT TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR? Email td@chichess.org

In one section:

OPEN PRIZES   

Each player rated over 1800 or unrated with 4 points wins $240, 3½ $120, 3 $60, 2½ $30. 

UNDER 1800 PRIZES   

Each player with 4 points wins $160, 3½ $80, 3 $40, 2½ $20.

Exception: a player who scores a win or a draw against any player rated over 1800 in any round wins the Open prize instead!

ALL: Entry fee: $39 by November 16, $49 by November 18, $55 onsite. 20% discount for CCC members. Free entry for GM-WGM-IM-WIM. First time at Chicago Chess Center? Save 60% with coupon code FIRSTTIME.

Rounds: 9:30-12:30-3:00-5:30. All rounds accelerated!.

Registration: online here. Onsite by 9:00 a.m. No phone entries. ½-point bye any round: request before rd. 2.  INFO:info@chichess.org. Sets & clocks provided.

PARKING

Parking behind Dearborn Station. When there is no parking attendant, parking is free! Evening/weekend rates are available at many nearby South Loop lots and garages.

CTA

Take Red Line to Harrison, then 0.2 mile walk. 

Take Blue Line to LaSalle, then 0.3 mile walk.

Take Purple, Brown, Orange, or Pink Lines to Harold Washington Library-State/Van Buren, then 0.4 mile walk.

Bus #24 Wentworth to Clark & Polk

Bus #29 State to State & Polk (southbound buses) or State & Balbo (northbound buses)

METRA

Union Station is a 1.0 mile walk , Ogilvie Transportation Center is a 1.3 mile walk . Short taxi ride from all Loop METRA stations