17th Annual New Year Bash 2024
With a $1310.00 dollar prize fund!
Tournament Website: http://www.acerook.com/nyb2025
Date: One Day – Saturday, January 4, 2025
Where: Hilton Garden Inn Olathe – 12080 South Strang Line Road, Olathe, Kansas, 66062
Format: 4 rounds Swiss – Game/60 with 5 second delay (Dual-Rated); Three Sections: Open, Reserve-U1800 and Amateur-U1400 (Based on January 2025 Rating Supplement)
Bye: 1 Half-point bye is offered for any round, if requested before the start of round 2.
Schedule:
Saturday: Registration 8:00AM-9:00AM ---If you have registered in advance and see your entry online, you do not need to show up during registration to “check-in”.
Rd 1 – 10AM; Rd 2 – 12:45PM; Rd 3 – 3:33PM; Rd 4 – 6:00PM
Registration:
$42 by January 2 via online entry at https://www.kingregistration.com/register/nyb2025
$50 late/on-site entry.
For those that are K-12 students, whose entry fee do not count towards the prize fund nor are eligible for cash prizes, $22 by January 2 via online entry at https://www.kingregistration.com/register/nyb2025; $30 late/on-site entry.
(Online registration will list 6 sections but there is only 3 section – Open and Open Scholastic will merge; Reserve and Reserve Scholastic will merge; and Amateur and Amateur scholastic will merge.)
Prizes $1310 based on 60 non-scholastic entries:
Open: $300 - $150 - $75
Reserve (U1800): $250 - $125 - $60
Amateur (U1400): $200 - $100 - $50
Tournament Directors: NTD Brian Yang (Chief TD); NTD CJ Armenta (Assistant TD)
Equipment: Please bring boards, sets and clocks to the event. Limited Acerook Chess Enterprises’ equipment will be available to loan per round basis.
COVID Protocols: ACE Tournaments will follow any business, county, state or federal health mandates in effect during the tournament period. All players and staff will be required to follow these mandates, if any. Up-to-date information will be posted on the tournament website, including any health mandates or cancellation of the tournament.
Questions? Contact Brian Yang at AcerookChess@gmail.com