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25th Annual Super Saturday At The New Yorker Hotel Action Grand Prix!

Saturday, February 4, 2012 from 12:00 PM to 7:30 PM (ET)

New York, United States

Ticket Information

Ticket Type Sales End Price Fee Quantity
Online Entry Fee, Thru 8 pm Friday February 3rd!   more info Ended $40.00 $0.00
USCF Adult Membership Dues ** DOES NOT INCLUDE ENTRY FEE TO TOURNAMENT! **   more info Ended $46.00 $0.00
USCF Premium Young Adult Membership (age 24/below): includes 12 monthly issues of Chess Life magazine ** DOES NOT INCLUDE TOURNAMENT ENTRY FEE!!!   more info Ended $33.00 $0.00
USCF Premium Youth Membership (age 15/below): includes 6 bimonthly issues of Chess Life magazine ** DOES NOT INCLUDE TOURNAMENT ENTRY FEE!!   more info Ended $28.00 $0.00
USCF Senior Membership (age 65 and above), includes 12 monthly issues of "Chess Life" magazine ** DOES NOT INCLUDE ENTRY FEE TO TOURNAMENT!! **   more info Ended $36.00 $0.00
USCF Premium Scholastic Membership (age 12/below): includes 6 bimonthly issues of "Chess Life For Kids" ** DOES NOT INCLUDE TOURNAMENT ENTRY FEE!!   more info Ended $24.00 $0.00
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Event Details

** Ten Grand Prix Points! **


THIS Saturday,  February 4, 2012:

25th Annual(!) 

Super Saturday In New York

 Grand Prix Chess Tournament!!

      6-Rounds, Swiss-System Chess Tournament, 30 Minutes Per Player (time delay clocks: 25 minutes plus 5-second delay per player), World-Famous New Yorker Hotel, 481 Eighth Avenue at West 34th Street, across the street from Penn Station trains and subways, near 33rd Street PATH trains, New York City. Entry Fee: $40, $35 if paid online until Thursday February 2nd.

    Prizes!

 1st - $300, 2nd - $200, 3rd - $100,

Top-Scoring Player Rated Under 2200 or Unrated - $150

Top-Scoring Player Rated Under 2000 - $130

Top-Scoring Player Rated Under 1800 - $120

$$1,000 PRIZE FUND, proportioned on 50 paid entries--

A MINIMUM OF HALF OF EACH PRIZE IS GUARANTEED!!

 Game Times:

12 pm, 1:30 pm, 2:45 pm,  4 pm,  5:15 pm  and 6:30 pm.

      Players who register in advance should be at the New Yorker Hotel (3rd floor) beore their first game begins. Players who do not register in advance must register at site, at least 30 minutes before their first game. On-site registration IS ONLY ON THE DAY OF THE TOURNAMENT, AFTER 10:30 am.

     Limit of three half-point bye available (limit of 2 byes if Under 2000), must commit before 1:30 pm.  Official USCF February 2012 Rating List  will be used. CCA Minimum Ratings may also be used at Director's discretion.

 

     Please try to remember to bring a chess set and clock!

 

     Current USCF Membership is required of ALL PLAYERS and may also be purchased with your tournament entry registration. USCF membership dues are not refundable.  

     Entry fees, less $3 service charge, refunded to players who notify the Tournament Director that they will withdraw from the tournament NO LATER THAN THE THURSDAY BEFORE THE TOURNAMENT. $5 service charge for each player refund requested on the Friday before the tournament-- BEFORE 8 pm. NO EMAIL RECEIVED AFTER 8 PM ON THE FRIDAY BEFORE THE TOURNAMENT.

     $5 service charge for each player refund requested by phone on the day of the tournament-- AT LEAST 30 MINUTES BEFORE GAME BEGINS. ** NO REFUNDS ALLOWED UNDER 30 MINUTES BEFORE GAME BEGINS. NO REFUNDS TO PLAYERS WHO FORFEIT WITHOUT PROPER ADVANCE NOTICE (NO-SHOWS)! **

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When & Where


481 Eighth Avenue at 34th Street
(across from Penn Station),
New York, 10001

Saturday, February 4, 2012 from 12:00 PM to 7:30 PM (ET)


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