Penn State Open

Address: Waring Commons, State College, PA 16801 (Parking: NIttany Parking Deck. More info below)

$300 GUARANTEED PRIZES:

Open Section:

• 1st Place: $80
• 2nd Place: $50
• 3rd Place: $30 

U1200 Section:

• 1st Place: $50
• 2nd Place: $35
• 3rd Place: $25

Special Prizes:

• Top Upset (per round per section): 1-month diamond membership
• Top Unrated: (in either section): $30 
• Top College Team (Top 3 scorers, either section): Plaque

A PA College Chess X PSU Event (Follow us on instagram @pa_college_chess)

If there are less than 8 players in the U1200 section, we will combine the sections and add a U1200 prize. 

G/35; +5, 4SS (Game in 35 minutes, 5-second bonus per move. 4 Round Swiss)

Pre-registered List: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/16Gi6T8oOl8tMopOA2qaWY5I_xS8wLtFtAZ3MHQWFdQs/edit?usp=sharing

Schedule:

• On-Site Registration: 10:00am-10:30am (online registration in advance is highly encouraged
• Round 1: 11:00am (starts promptly)
• Round 2: 12:45pm 
• Lunch Break: 2:30pm
• Round 3: 3:30pm
• Round 4: 5:15pm
• Awards: 7:00pm (ASAP)

Entry Fee:

• $10 for college-affiliated players if registered by Oct. 24th
• $15 for general public if registered by Oct. 24th
• $20 for everybody registering after Oct. 24th

Location Info:

• Building: Waring Commons:
  • PSU Map: https://map.psu.edu/?id=1134#!ct/59509,33177,25403,26748,26749,26750,27255?s/waring%20commons
  • Google Maps: 
    •  https://www.google.com/maps/place/Waring+Commons/@40.7959287,-77.8681809,17z/data=!3m1!5s0x89cea89e743a679d:0xcabf214adfc055c5!4m6!3m5!1s0x89cea89c6fecc40b:0x51d8bb08d26c0e7f!8m2!3d40.7957577!4d-77.8673964!16s%2Fg%2F11c5v7bsvj?entry=ttu

• Playing Hall: Waring Commons Study Lounge
  • A day before the event, all registered players will receive detailed instructions on how to get from the parking deck to the playing hall

• Parking: Nittany Parking Deck
  • $1 per hour. Potential Chess Discount TBA (check this webpage at future date)
    
    • Google Maps: https://www.google.com/maps/place/Nittany+Parking+Deck/@40.7979285,-77.8706004,18z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x89cea89d1f9fa70f:0x2f2c442224521d10!8m2!3d40.7979268!4d-77.8695178!16s%2Fg%2F11c4bc73v1?entry=ttu
    • Other parking decks / more parking info: https://transportation.psu.edu/daily-visitor-parking

(One 1/2-point bye available per player. Please note in the registration page in the question/comment section which round you would like the 1/2-point bye if you would like one.)

(This online registration form includes 5% transaction fee. To avoid it, you can Venmo @nathzeig or Paypal nathzeig@gmail.com directly and email shippensburgchess@gmail.com with all of the registration info including name, USCF ID, email, and section)