2023 Leap Your Rating
With a $2000.00 dollar prize fund!
A Kansas Grand Tour event
Tournament Website: www.acerook.com/lyr2023
Date: Two Day – Saturday-Sunday, February 11-12, 2023
Where: Hilton Garden Inn Wichita Downtown – 401 E Douglas Ave Wichita, Kansas, 67202
HR: $124 – HOR, 1 King or 2 Queen rooms. Reserve by January 9 or rates may increase and rooms may be sold out. Click here to book
Prizes ($2000 based on 80 entries):
Open*: $400 -$300 - $200 - $100; U2000 - $100; U1800 - $100
Reserve (U1600): $300 -$200 - $100; U1200 - $100, U800 - $100
*Only Open section points count towards the 2023 Kansas Grand Tour.
Registration:
$58 by February 8 via online entry at https://www.kingregistration.com/register/lyr2023
$75 late/on-site entry
Membership:
US Chess Membership must be current for all players. Kansas Chess Association (KCA) membership must be current for all Kansas players; Other States Accepted. Both memberships are available to be purchased on-site.
Schedule:
No need to check-in if you have already registered online
Saturday: On-site Reg: 8:30-9:15AM; Rd 1 – 10AM; Rd 2 – 2:30PM; Rd 3 – 7PM
Sunday: Rd 4 – 10:00AM; Rd 5 – 2:30PM
Format: 5 rounds Swiss – Game/100 with 10 second delay; Two Sections: Open and Reserve-U1600 (Based on February 2023 Rating Supplement and CCA Minimum Rating List)
Bye: 1 Half-point bye is offered for any round, if requested before the start of round 2.
Tournament Directors: NTD Brian Yang (Chief TD); NTD CJ Armenta (Assistant TD)
Equipment: Please bring boards, sets and clocks to the event. Limited Acerook Chess Enterprises’ equipment will be available to loan per round basis.
COVID Protocols: ACE Tournaments will follow any business, county, state or federal health mandates in effect during the tournament period. All players and staff will be required to follow these mandates, if any. Up-to-date information will be posted on the tournament website, including any health mandates or cancellation of the tournament.
Questions? Contact Brian Yang at AcerookChess@gmail.com