2008 U.S. SENIOR OPEN
BOCA RATON, FLORIDA
APRIL
28 TO MAY 3, 2008
PRIZE
WINNERS
STANDINGS STANDINGS BY AGE GROUP
EACH
ROUND SOME OF THE GAMES ARE BEING BROADCAST LIVE ON MONROI
TOURNAMENT FLYER
PRESS RELEASE
(INCLUDES BANQUET INFORMATION)
U.S. CHESS
FEDERATION WEBPAGE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
ONLINE ENTRY
If your age is
not correct or is missing, or any advance byes are not properly shown, send an e-mail.
Address correction: The address of the hotel in the TLA
and the flyer should be 5150 Town Center Circle and not 1550 Town Center
Circle.
If you are flying in for the tournament, Boca Raton is located mid-way between
the Palm Beach and Ft. Lauderdale airports.
For tournament information not listed elsewhere or other questions, send an e-mail.
Excalibur
Electronics has donated a Phantom Force Chess Computer for the winner of
the Senior Open. They have also donated
five digital chess clocks that will be given, each day, to a tournament player
that can first answer a chess related trivia question.
APRIL
29: 1ST U.S. SENIOR OPEN DOUBLES TENNIS TOURNAMENT This will be a round
robin taking place after lunch on Tuesday, April 29. The tennis courts are Har-Tru
(soft surface). You will have a
different partner each round. Tennis
balls will be provided and the top finishers will win trophies. The entry fee will be $12 and we will need a
minimum of 8 players for this to take place.
So we can get an idea of how many players there will be, send an e-mail if you want to participate.
MAY
1: CHESS SET AUCTION (At
Auction Gallery of the Palm Beaches,
1609 S. Dixie Highway, Suite 5, West Palm Beach, FL 33401). Auction
takes place 1:30 to 3:00 p.m. Those
going will probably want to arrive about an hour earlier to view sets. Auction will have live worldwide bidding
over the Internet, on eBay and from the
Gallery. About 175 collector item
chess sets will be auctioned. Even if
you are not a buyer or seller this should prove very interesting and
enjoyable to you. We will try to arrange
car pools to and from the auction. For more information go to www.agopb.com.
MAY 2: CCI
WILL BE HOLDING A "CHESS FAIR" with
chess sets, chess books and chess ephemera for sale, OPEN and FREE TO THE
PUBLIC, at the Marriott
Boca Hotel on Friday, May 2, from 1 to 3 p.m.
MAY 3: HALL OF FAME INDUCTIONS Bus transportation at a cost of $20 round trip will be provided
between the Marriott Boca Hotel and the World Chess Hall of Fame and Museum
in Miami where the official inductions of GM's Joel Benjamin, Larry
Christiansen and Nick deFirmian into the Hall will take
place. In addition Susan Polgar
will give a special ten board Board Simul. If you have never seen the Chess Hall of Fame and
Museum you will be surprised. It is spectacular and well worth a visit!
MAY 3: CLOSING
BANQUET AND AWARDS PRESENTATION
7 p.m., Saturday, May 3rd. World Women’s Chess
Champion Susan Polgar will be the featured speaker. Three new inductees to the US Chess Hall of
Fame will be honored at the dinner. For more
information/reservations, please contact Donald Schultz at (561) 243-2932 or
send him an e-mail.
SPECIAL TIE-BREAKING AND FOREIGN ENTRY RULES
1)
The 60 and Over Official U.S. Representative for entry into World Senior
in Bad Zwihenahn, Germany Oct. 28 to Nov. 8 will be determined
as follows: The highest finishing senior 60 years and over from the Senior Open
qualifies. Only USCF citizens or those meeting USCF residency requirements will
be eligible. Two reserve candidates will also be selected from the tournament
based on their order of finish, with ties being broken using the ratings from
the June supplement. If neither of those players can attend, the official
60 and over U.S. Representative to the World Senior will not be selected from
the tournament.
2) Qualifier
for the US Championship. The U.S. Senior Champion qualifies for the
U.S. Championship Tournament. The U.S. Senior Champion is determined either by
a clear eligible winner after 5 rounds or a playoff. NOTE: Players not
eligible for the U.S. Championship Tournament: non-citizens not meeting U.S.
residency requirements are not eligible for the U.S. Championship title nor
qualify for the U.S. Championship, though they compete equally with all players
for the prize money. NOTE: There is no reserve spot for substituting for
the U.S. Senior Champion playing in the U.S. Championship. If the
winner (including the winner of any playoff) cannot play, the Tournament loses
its qualifying spot.
3)
For the Senior and Age Bracket Championship titles. These will be
determined from a 2-player one game armageddon
playoff with bidding for black. White gets 120
minutes - sudden death. Black gets draw
odds. Players open bids against the
other players for black. The player
willing to play the black side with the fewest minutes,
gets black and draw odds. Game six will
not be rated. The rule of playing a
player twice will not apply to game 6.
If one player has a clear first in game points after five rounds, there
will be no game 6 playoff. If there are multiple players tied for 1st,
the 2 players will be determined by the top finishers on tie-breaks. For
the tournament the tie-breaks will be Modified Median, Solkoff,
Cumulative and Cumulative of Opposition. The
winners of the playoff games get first place prize money and the losers
get their share of any 2nd place, etc. prize money, if applicable.
Anything
that has not been addressed by these 3 items will be decided upon by the
Organizer and the Tournament Director.
BYE REQUESTS: Up to two 1/2 point byes may be
requested for any round. Any 1/2 point
byes must be requested prior to the start of the 2nd round.