2026 U.S. Amateur North Individual Championship

*National Event*

April 24-26 (or 25-26 for 2-day schedule)

  

This event is limited to 130 participants. Please register as soon as possible.

if you are looking to register for the FIDE rated Great Lakes Festival, please use this link: Great Lakes Festival 

 

Embassy Suites by Hilton Milwaukee Brookfield

1200 S Moorland Rd, Brookfield, WI 53005 (262) 782-2900

 

Special Chess Rate is $119 (King bed or two Queen beds; please reserve by April 7th): The booking link is no longer available as it is past the deadline. If you are hoping to get the chess rate after April 7th, please call 262-796-9102 and ask for Jessica.

Free Breakfast and Free Cocktail reception ($40 daily value!). Free Internet. Free parking. Hotel has no outside food/drink policy in the meeting rooms and public spaces (personal water bottles are ok).

 

STANDINGS AND PAIRINGS: link will be added here at 6:30pm on April 24th, QR code will be posted on site.  

 

EQUIPMENT: uniform equipment (boards, sets, clocks) is provided and should be used

QUESTIONS: Chris Wainscott chris.wainscott13@outlook.com or Alex Betaneli abetaneli@hotmail.com 

PRIZES

• National Champion Title
• 30 valuable trophies

SECTIONS	PRIZES
u2200	Trophies to top ten places; National Title to the overall winner
u1701	Trophies to top ten places
u1301	Trophies to top ten places
	TIEBREAKS: the order of tiebreaks for team and individual prizes is Solkoff, Cumulative Opposition, Cumulative, Modified Median.
First time players are welcome. Good preparation can consist of games, tutorials and tactics on lichess.org

This is a National Event limited to players who are rated below 2200. If you would like to face stronger opponents, the Great Lakes Festival is held simultaneously: it offers cash prizes and is FIDE rated.	Notation is mandatory for the entire game (except for Round 1 of the 2-day schedule).
Accelerated pairings might be used.	Organizers reserve the right to choose the highest of the published ratings (Regular, Rapid, Online Regular, Online Rapid, FIDE) for the purpose of section selection, pairings, and prizes. Only regular ratings are affected by this event.

 

 

ENTRY FEES	TIME CONTROLS AND PLAYING SCHEDULE
$69 online by April 7th $79 online by April 21st $99 after that or onsite  3-day entries after 5:00pm Friday may be assigned a ½-point bye for round 1 2-day entries after 7:00am Saturday may be assigned a ½-point bye for round 1 1/2 point byes OK all rounds, must commit before round 1 (maximum 2); please email organizers	3-day G/90+30 second increment Friday 7:00pm Saturday 11:00am, 4:00pm Sunday 10:00am, 3:00pm 2-day Round 1: g/30+5 second increment, then merges with 3-day schedule Saturday: 9:00am Saturday: 11:00am, 4:00pm Sunday: 10:00am, 3:00pm

 

 

Refund Policy: If you register for the tournament and are unable to make it, please notify us at least one hour in advance of the start of round one. If this is done, then the IAC will refund your entry fee less the cost of online registration ($1) and payment processing ($0.30 + 2.9% of the entry fee.)