ICA Spring 2008 Open Championship

Posted: 5/22/2008 | Updated: 5/27/2008

ICA celebrates approach of Summer with tournament in Spring!

(note to the readers: Any comments made regarding anybody discussed are in jest, and have absolutely no basis in reality. They are more so for the purpose of having you look over the tournament pictures page

here and here . On a side note, congratulations to Max Yelsky and Eve Litvak for keeping both hands in their pockets as they observed games. While that is irreverent and pointless it is also true as the photographic evidence will illustrate. The name of the winners in each section is highlighted in larger font, while the section being discussed is both in bold and underlined.) Read More

ICA Spring 2008 Open Championship
Sunday, May 11, 2008
Bergen Academy • 200 Hackensack Avenue • Hackensack NJ
Park in Auditorium lot; Enter through front entrance

OPEN SECTION - 3 ROUND SWISS SYSTEMS

New Format & Increased Prizes
Open to All ages with rating > 1400
Time limit: G/90;
Rounds: 9:30 AM, 12:45PM and 4 PM.

MONEY PRIZES!
6 Grand Prix Points!
(BASED ON 30 ENTRIES; WILL NOT REDUCE BELOW 70%)
1ST - 3RD: $200, $150, and $100
U2000, U1800, U1600 – each $75
Best less than 13 years old - $50

Entry Fee:
Advance (postmarked by May 8) - $25 / at site - $30.
Registration ends ½ h before1st round. Late entrants will receive 1/2-point bye for round 1
U.S. Chess Federation membership required.
Entry and membership checks should be made out to International Chess Academy
Mail entry to Diana Tulman 28 Canterbury Lane, New Milford, NJ 07646
For more information call:(201) 287-0250 or (201) 833-1741 or e-mail: Diana@icanj.net

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