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2024 Nebraska Rapid & Blitz Championship
September 14, 2024 @ 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Nebraska Chess Rapid and Blitz Championships 2024:
Date: September 14th, 2024
Location: CPACs Building, University of Nebraska Omaha
Entry Fee: $30 payable onsite from 8:30 am to 9:00. $10 entry fee for the U800 and U400 sections. The entry fee is waived if student or faculty at UNO.
Pre-Registration: https://www.kingregistration.com/event/UNO202409. Early entry discount available until September 10th.
Please email unochess2700@gmail.com if you have any questions.
Sections/Round Times/Time Control:
The U1200, U800, and U400 sections will run as a normal UNO tournament. If your rating is above 1200, you are encouraged to play in the rapid and blitz tournaments.
The Rapid & Blitz sections will be FIDE & USCF rated.
Directed by FIDE arbiter Benjamin Bratz.
Sections: Rapid & Blitz, U1200, U800, U400.
- Rapid and Blitz
- 6 Rounds of 10 minute plus 2 second increment rapid
- Lunch Break
- 6 double rounds of 3 minute plus 2 second increment blitz
- U1200 — 30 minutes delay 5 seconds
- R1: 9am or shortly after registration
- R2: 10:15
- Lunch Break
- R3: 12:45
- R4: 2:00
- U800/U400
- 4 or 5 rounds
- Round times announced at the tournament. Lunch break will be announced at the tournament.
- Clocks are not necessary, but please bring boards
Additional Information:
Boards and clocks must be provided by the players themselves. Scoresheets will be available, but it is not mandatory to use scoresheets for rapid and blitz time controls.
Prizes:
Prizes increase as the number of participants increase. The guaranteed prizes will be paid out even if the number of participants is low.
| Section(s) | Guaranteed Prizes |
| Blitz | |
| 1st | $100 |
| 2nd | $60 |
| 3rd | $40 |
| U1600 (Blitz) | $40 |
| Rapid | |
| 1st | $100 |
| 2nd | $60 |
| 3rd | $40 |
| U1600 (Rapid) | $40 |
| U1200 | |
| 1st | $50 |
| 2nd | $40 |
| 3rd | $30 |
| Total | $600 |
The winner of the Rapid and the Blitz will each win a trophy. The winner of each trophy must be a Nebraska resident.
The following tiebreakers will be used in the order listed below for all sections.
- Common Game
- Solkoff
- Modified Median
- Cumulative
2024 Nebraska Rapid and Blitz Championship
Kingregistration Link: Nebraska 2024 Rapid & Blitz Championship (kingregistration.com)