2025 Southern California Open

Sections: 

Open 

$5000-2500-1250-650-325-325 FIDE Rated

U2300

$4000-2000-1000-500-500-250 FIDE Rated

U2100

$4000-2000-1000-500-500-250 FIDE Rated

U1900

$3000-1500-750-325-325-225

U1700

$3000-1500-750-325-325-225

U1500

$2000-1000-500-250-250-125

U1300 

$2000-1000-500-250-250-125

Best unrated 1900+ $250 

Best unrated in u19-u13 $200

Best over 65 y/o $250

Best under 10 y/o $250

Mixed Doubles Bonus Prizes: best male/female combined 2-player team score across in Rounds 1-6 across all sections: $1000-500-300-200. Team must average under 2200;

Time control: G/90;+ 30 second increment

3 day schedule play rounds 1 and 2 G/55;d5, then merge round 3 with normal time control. 

All GMs and WGMs: Free ($228 from prize) until August 25 then regular fee ($228); All IMs and WIMs: Entry fee $100 less than regular fee until August 25 then regular fee ($228). All: No checks, credit cards OK

1900-2100 FIDE rated can play in open division for an additional $200 after entrance fee. 

Limited Seats Available

Early Bird until May 31^stà$195

(Please use discount code EarlyBird for early bird price of $195)

Regular Fee June 1^st à$228

Late Fee August 18^th à$255

No 4-Day registration after August 28^th 10pm

No 3-Day registration after August 29th 10pm

Re-entry possible on site before Saturday 9am 3-Day round 1.

Round Byes

Half-point byes available.

Max amount of byes; 2

Round 6 byes possible

Pre-commitment required:

Need to declare your intention to take a bye before a specific round per US Chess regulations.

Cellphone checks will be conducted for players who leave for the restroom during live rounds. 

PLAYERS MAY NOT POSSESS CELLPHONES DURING PLAY. Please leave your phone at home, or in your hotel room, or in your bag at your table turned off or on silent.

Bring clocks if possible- none supplied

Will provide chess sets

A 10% service charge will apply to refunds requested after 24 hours of registration.

A 50% service charge will apply to refunds requested 24 hours before round 1.

No refunds will be given after start of round 1. 

USCF membership required. Can be done through uschess.org or through registration.

Southern California residents require SCCF membership: $20

Nonresidents do not pay for SCCF membership:

 Regular $25.00 USD
                Junior (Under the age of 18) $20.00 USD Join/Renew | SCCF

TAX INFORMATION

IMPORTANT NOTICE
For players winning prize money of $600 or over, and for non-resident aliens winning prize money of any amount

FOR US RESIDENT PRIZES OF $600 OR MORE, OR WHICH WILL BRING THE TOTAL PRIZES YOU RECEIVE FROM THE SAME PAYER TO $600 OR MORE FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR: To receive a check, please bring your US Social Security card to all tournaments with prizes possibly this large. If you have no US social security number, the organizer must withhold and send to the IRS 30% of your prize. Prize checks will be written only to the winners, not to third parties.

FOR ALL PRIZES, IF YOU ARE A NON-RESIDENT ALIEN, the organizer must withhold and send to the IRS 30% of your prize.

IF 30% OF YOUR PRIZE IS WITHHELD AND SUBMITTED TO THE IRS, you will receive a 1042 form in the following calendar year, usually in March. You may use this form to submit a tax return to the IRS, claim expenses, and attempt to recover some or all of the withheld tax.

WE DEDUCT ENTRY FEE from nonresident alien prizes and base the 30% withholding on the net total, however no tournament counts as negative income, so if you win nothing, no fee is deducted from your yearly total, and if you win less than the entry fee, the prize is not reported.