OVERVIEW
The CCC sponsored American Titled Blitz Championship is an online tournament for titled players in the United States. The tournament features $1,500 in guaranteed prizes as well as a fun new format with regional bonus prizes. If you are a US Chess or FIDE titled player, represent yourself and your region by playing in this unique event!
SPONSORS
WHEN
Sunday, February 23
FORMAT
Swiss Style
8 Rounds
Time Control: 3+1 Blitz
Tiebreaks: Buchholz Cut 1, Solkoff
Division/team element, read more below
REQUIREMENTS
Registration must be done through the link on this page.
Players must have a US Chess membership ID (expired OK).
Players must have 1 of the 50 US states associated with their US Chess account.
Players must register with a chess.com titled account, no exceptions.
$1,500 GUARANTEED PRIZE FUND
INDIVIDUAL PRIZES
DIVISION/TEAM PRIZES
Note: Team/division prizes are considered bonus prizes. For example, if a player wins 1st overall and 1st board for their team, they would win both prizes.
DIVISIONS
Players will automatically be placed onto teams by state. See the states included in every divison below.
EAST
CENTRAL
WEST
SCHEDULE
Round | Charlotte | St. Louis | Los Angeles |
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1 | 1:00pm | 12:00pm | 10:00am |
2 | 1:15pm | 12:15pm | 10:15am |
3 | 1:30pm | 12:30pm | 10:30am |
4 | 1:45pm | 1:45pm | 10:45am |
Break | |||
5 | 2:15pm | 1:15pm | 11:15am |
6 | 2:30pm | 1:30pm | 11:30am |
7 | 2:45pm | 1:45pm | 11:45am |
8 | 3:00pm | 2:00pm | 12:00pm |
ENTRY FEE
FREE - See eligiblity requirements above.
CONTACT
General inquiries – events@charlottechesscenter.org
SPECIAL NOTES
Top 4 scorers from each division make up the team score
Pairings between players from same division will be avoided as long as possible
Players must have US Chess membership ID (expired OK)
Players must have 1 of the 50 US states associated with their US Chess account
Players must use a chess.com titled account
Titled players must have name associated with Chess.com profile
All players must also abide by all rules and site policies found at Chess.com/legal/user-agreement and cooperate fully with Chess.com's fair play detection team.
Final results subject to Chess.com fairplay checks
Prizes distrubuted via Paypal or Zelle ONLY
Prizes distributed by tiebreaks as follows:
Buchholz Cut 1
Solkoff
Streamers
Welcome to stream event, please use emote only during play
Streamers who do not abide by this may be forfeited