LOCATION
Lloyd Center DoubleTree Hotel, 1000 NE Multnomah St, Portland, OR 97232. There is free parking in the hotel parking garage, Hotel rooms for any of the nights of August 30- September 3 are available at a special chess rate of $149 plus tax per night for either a room with one king bed or two queen beds. The hotel chess rate is not guaranteed to be available after August 7, or even earlier if the rooms are sold out. Use this link or call 1-800-996-0510 to reserve a room. If reserving by phone, use the following group SRP code: OOC.
The tournament is a 6-round Swiss paired event with two rounds per day and is open to everyone, regardless of residency or age. Up to two half point byes are available if requested before round one.
There are five sections, 2000+, U2000, U1700, U1400, and U1100. Players may play up one section for a $25 play-up fee (can’t play up more than one section).
The time control is G/100;inc30 (one-hour forty minutes per player with thirty seconds added for each move). PLAYERS MUST SUPPLY THEIR OWN BOARD, SET, AND INCREMENT CAPABLE DIGITAL CLOCK FOR TOURNAMENT PLAY. A limited number of sets and boards will be available to purchase at the tournament for $20 each. Players are responsible for knowing how to set their clock. Notation sheets and pens/pencils are provided for tournament play only.
A players meeting is at 9:45am on Saturday. There is no need for registered players to “check-in” prior to round 1. The rounds start at 10am and 3:30pm each day.