The First
WORLD OPEN GAME/50 CHAMPIONSHIP—
A NEW World Open Side Event!
Thursday June 25, 2026
$2,200 in prizes,
proportioned on 80 total entries—
With a minimum of half of each prize Guaranteed!
4-Rounds, Game/50 with 10-second delay (G/50 d10), at:
2500 Calvert Street NW, Washington, DC 20008
About one block from the Red Line Woodley Park/Zoo
Metro Station
(Hotel phone: 202-234-0700)
(See 2026 World Open for additional location
details, Hotel Chess rates, parking info).
In 2 sections:
Open, open to all.
$400-200-100, top U2300/Unr. $170-90, top U2100/Unr. $150-70.
Under 1900/Unr: $300-150-80, top U1700/Unr $140-70, top U1500 (no Unr) $120-60, top U1300 (no Unr) $100, unrated limit $150.
USCF Dual (Regular and Quick) Rated.
Entry fee online at chessaction.com: $40
by 6/22, $50 later or at site until 9 am 6/25. GMs
free with $40 from prize, no checks, credit cards OK.
Reg. ends 9:00 am 6/25. Rounds: 10 am, 1 pm, 3:30 pm, 6:30 pm.
Half-point bye OK
any round (limit 1), must commit before round 2.
USCF membership required. Special 1-year membership
dues with magazine if paid with online entry at chessaction.com: Adult $54, Senior (age 65+) $48, Young Adult
$33, Youth $24.
Foreign player ratings
Prizewinner tax info CCA electronic devices policies
PLAYERS
MAY NOT POSESS CELLPHONES DURING PLAY. Please leave your
phone home, or in your hotel room or car, or in a bag at your table.
For all tournaments, adjusted FIDE
or foreign ratings, if higher than US Chess rating, may be used. Players must
disclose FIDE or foreign ratings when entering, or may later be expelled. Other
over the board ratings such as club, league, scholastic, state or province,
etc, adjusted if appropriate, may be used at our discretion if above US Chess
rating. No rating below the latest official US Chess rating, on the list
corresponding to the ending date of the tournament, will be used. Click here for more important
rating details.
Ratings: June official US Chess ratings used. Unofficial uschess.org ratings
usually used if otherwise unrated. Players must reveal foreign,
FIDE and other over the board ratings, and these ratings, adjusted, if
necessary, may be used if higher than US Chess. See also above.
Unofficial or Online Regular uschess.org ratings
usually used if otherwise unrated. Cannot play with rating below USCF
Online Regular Rating – 100 points.
Parking: Omni Hotel Chess valet parking is about $45/day (subject to availability). We will post possible alternate off-site parking options at chessevents.us closer to
the tournament.
Enter
online: chessaction.com. No mailed entries.
$15 service charge for refunds.
Questions: chesstour.com, chessevents.us, email: Director@Chess.US.
Entries posted at chessaction.com
(click "entry list" after entering).
Prizes not claimed at site usually paid through PayPal (may take over 2 weeks).
Bring set, board, clock if possible- none supplied.