Upcoming Tournament

2025 Mechanics' Institute Monthly Quads - July

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Registration

• Onsite Registration Open Until: Saturday, July 12: 2:00 pm
• Onsite Registration: until 2:30pm
• Entry fee for Mechanics' Institute Members: $30
• Entry fee for Non-Members: $40
• Late fee: $10
• $5 admin fee for all cancellations & refunds.

• Two ways to check your entries:
  • Check the live entries on the Jumbula site:
  • Check the processed entries here a day before the event.
• Please note our late fee is now in effect and is added 24 hours before the start of a tournament in case capacity reaches 75%.

Tournament Format

• Tournament Format: Round Robin
• Total Rounds: 3
• Round Times: 7/12 3:10pm 4:20pm 5:30pm

Number of quads are based on signups.

Players will be grouped into quads from rating top down. The last group might be more than four players, making it a mini-swiss. Unrated players will be distributed among the lower quads/groups, with no more than two unrated players in each quads/groups.

 

Prize Fund

$60 -- Winner takes it ALL!

• Prize explanations are coming after the event.

• Please allow 2-3 weeks for processing prize checks.

• Per IRS rules, anyone with a cumulative $600+ prize in any calendar year must fill out a W-9; the Mechanics' Institute will also provide a 1099 form. 

Byes

• No byes are available!

Eligibility

• Players must have current US Chess Federation membership. Expiration date of their US Chess membership must be later than the last day of the tournament.
• Not sure if you have a membership? Need to check the expiration date of your members? Visit: https://new.uschess.org/player-search
• Become a member or renew your membership: https://new.uschess.org/join-us-chessT

Tournament Rules

• What do the time controls mean?
  Time controls tell you how much time you have for each game.
  G30;d5 means game in 30 minutes with a 5-second delay on each move. This means you get 30 minutes, your opponent gets 30 minutes, and at each move the clock counts down from 5 to 0 before the player's time starts. If a player doesn't use up the whole 5 seconds, the remainder of that time is lost.
• How many games/rounds?
  The 3RR before the time control means it is a Round-Robin tournament. There are 4 players in each quads, and everyone plays with everyone: three rounds, or three games, that a player will play in the tournament. No byes in this tournament.

• We provide clocks and set it up for players.
• Games will be US Chess regular and quick-rated (so-called dual-rated).

Rounds

Rounds are starting on time at Mechanics' so be sure to be on time. At Round 1 clocks will not be delayed in starting for any reasons. Round 2 and 3 will start immediately after both games are finished in each quads in the previous rounds.

Standings

Processed entries are coming 1 day before the event starts.

Final standings will be posted after the event is finished.