Omaha City Championship 2024:

 

Date:             March 30th, 2024

Location:      CPACs Building, 132 & 132D, University of Nebraska Omaha

Entry Fee:    $30 payable onsite from 8 am to 8:45. $10 entry fee for the U800 and U400 sections. The entry fee is waived if student or faculty at UNO.

Pre-Registration:  https://www.kingregistration.com/event/UNO202403. Early entry discount available until March 26th.

Please email unochess2700@gmail.com if you have any questions.

Sections/Round Times/Time Control:

5 distinct sections: Open, U1600, U1200, U800, U400.

• Open – 50 minutes delay 10 seconds
  • R1: 9am or shortly after registration
  • R2: 11:15
  • Lunch Break
  • R3: 2:30
  • R4: 4:45
• U1200 -- 30 minutes delay 5 seconds
  • R1: 9am or shortly after registration
  • R2: 10:15
  • Lunch Break
  • R3: 12:45
  • R4: 2:00
• U800/U400
  • 5 rounds
  • Round times and lunch break announced at the tournament.
  • Clocks are not necessary, but please bring boards

 

Additional Information:

Boards and clocks must be provided by the players themselves. Scoresheets will be provided to the Open and U1600 sections. These sections must turn in a copy of their scoresheets.

The winner of the Open section will be considered the Omaha City Champion for 2024. The Open section is a player of the year (POY) event. This means that the scores of the Open section participants will be counted toward qualifying for the Closed State Championship.

Prizes:

Prizes increase as the number of participants increase. The guaranteed prizes will be paid out even if the number of participants is low.

 

Section(s)	Guaranteed Prizes
Open
1st	$200
2nd	$150
3rd	$100
U1200
1st	$60
2nd	$50
3rd	$40
Total	$600

 

The U800 and U400 sections will be awarded medals for 1^st, 2^nd, and 3^rd. The following tiebreakers will be used in the order listed below.

1. Common Game
2. Solkoff
3. Modified Median
4. Cumulative

Social Media:

Please consider joining the following Nebraska Chess groups. Those who join the Lichess group will have access to the Open and U1600 games which will be recorded from the scoresheets that are turned in at the tournament. The games will be under Lichess studies. https://lichess.org/study

 

• Nebraska Chess Community on Facebook
  • https://www.facebook.com/groups/1154213844943829
• Nebraska Players club on chess.com
  • https://www.chess.com/club/nebraska-players
• Nebraska Players club on lichess.org
  • https://lichess.org/team/nebraska-players

 

Also, be sure to visit the official Nebraska Chess website for the latest updates on upcoming tournaments.

http://nebraskachess.com/