15th annual
WORLD OPEN GAME/7 BLITZ CHAMPIONSHIP
Wednesday July 1, 2026
US CHESS
GRAND PRIX POINTS: 20 (ENHANCED)
5-Round, Swiss-System
(double round, 10 games), Game/7, delay 2 (G/7 d2) 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).
$1,500 Guaranteed Prizes in one section:
$400-220-130, U2200 $200-100, U1900
$160-80, U1600/Unr $140-70.
Entry fee online at chessaction.com or at site:
$40 by 6/30, $60 later, GMs free, $40 from prize, no checks, credit cards OK.
Entries posted at chessaction.com
(click "entry list" after entering).
Reg. ends 10
am 7/1. Games begin 11 am, 12 pm, 1 pm, 2 pm, 3 pm.
One pair of half-point byes available,
must commit before round 2.
Blitz rated (will not affect Regular Ratings), but
higher of Official July USCF Regular or Blitz Ratings used for pairings and
prizes.
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.
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 about 3
weeks).
Bring set, board, clock if possible- none
supplied.