2025 U.S. Amateur North Championship

April 18-20 (or 19-20 for 2-day schedule)

if you are looking to register for the Great Lakes Festival, use this link: Great Lakes Festival 

Embassy Suites by Hilton Milwaukee Brookfield

1200 S Moorland Rd, Brookfield, WI 53005 (262) 782-2900

Chess Rate is $119 (King bed or two Queen beds; please reserve by April 12th): Book your room here. If the link doesn't work, please contact the organizers and we will make sure you get the chess rate! Free Breakfast and Free Cocktail reception ($40 daily value!). Free Internet. Free parking. **Please see below for food concessions and outside food/drink policy**

 

EQUIPMENT: uniform equipment (boards, sets, clocks) is provided and should be used

QUESTIONS: Alex Betaneli abetaneli@hotmail.com 

PRIZES

• National Champion Title
• 33 valuable trophies

SECTIONS	PRIZES
u2200	Trophies to top ten places; National Title to the overall winner
u1600	Trophies to top ten places
u1200 Scholastic	Trophies to top ten places and top three teams (club teams are welcome)
First time players are welcome. Good preparation can consist of games, tutorials and tactics on lichess.org

This is a National Event limited to players who are rated below 2200. If you would like to face stronger opponents, the Great Lakes Festival is held simultaneously: it offers cash prizes and is FIDE rated.	Notation is mandatory for the entire game (except for Round 1 of the 2-day schedule).
Accelerated pairings might be used.	Organizers reserve the right to choose the highest of the published ratings (Regular, Rapid, Online Regular, Online Rapid, FIDE) for the purpose of section selection, pairings, and prizes. Only regular ratings are affected by this event.

 

 

ENTRY FEES	TIME CONTROLS AND PLAYING SCHEDULE
$69 online by April 3rd $79 online by April 15th $99 after that or onsite  3-day entries after 6:30pm Friday receive ½-point bye for round 1 2-day entries after 8:30am Saturday receive ½-point bye for round 1 1/2 point byes OK all rounds, must commit before round 1 (maximum 2); please email organizers	3-day G/90+30 second increment Friday 7:00pm Saturday 11:00am, 4:00pm Sunday 10:00am, 3:00pm 2-day Round 1: g/30+5 second increment, then merges with 3-day schedule Saturday: 9:00am Saturday: 11:00am, 4:00pm Sunday: 10:00am, 3:00pm

Hotel has no outside food/drink policy in the meeting rooms and public spaces (personal water bottles are ok). Concessions will be available at 11am-4pm on Saturday and Sunday that includes Hot Dogs, Hamburgers, Mozzarella Sticks w/ Marinara, Rice Crispy Treats. RED BULL. Coca Cola Products, BOTTLED WATER, Flavored Sparkling Water, ASSORTED BAGS OF CHIPS, Snack Cakes, and Coffee