INVITATIONS
If you are a foreign player who needs an invitation in order to obtain a visa, write to our Invitations Director at GoAtChess.US (use the "@" symbol in place of "At.")
CONDITIONS FOR TITLED PLAYERS,
2012
Titled player conditions appear in the details for
each tournament.
GRANDMASTERS: For most tournaments there is no entry fee that must be paid in advance, but an entry fee is deducted from any prize. For the 2012 Philadelphia International only (June 29-July 3), no fee is deducted from prize, the first 5 foreign GMs to enter are each guaranteed a minimum prize of $800 (must play all 9 games), and other foreign GMs plus all US GMs are guaranteed a minimum prize of $300 (must play all 9 games). For side events, no free entry is offered to any GMs. No hotel rooms or travel expenses are offered for any tournaments, except that for the 2012 Continental Class (Oct 4-8, Arlington, Virginia), at least one free room is available for a foreign GM with FIDE rating over 2600.
INTERNATIONAL MASTERS, WOMEN GRANDMASTERS: For most tournaments, no special conditions are offered. A few tournaments such as the top section of the Philadelphia Open, Chicago Open, and Continental Class offer free entry to IMs or WGMs, with fee out of prize. The World Open top section offers $100 off the entry fee for IMs or WGMs, with $100 deducted from prize. The Philadelphia International is free to IMs and WGMs with no deduction from prize, and there is a $300 minimum prize for foreign IMs and foreign WGMs who play all 9 games.
FOREIGN FIDE MASTERS: For most tournaments, no special conditions are offered. For the Chicago Open top section, entry is free for foreign FMs, with fee deducted from prize.