2025 U.S. Amateur North Championship

April 18-20 (or 19-20 for 2-day schedule)

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

Embassy Suites by Hilton Milwaukee Brookfield

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

Chess Rate is $119 (King bed or two Queen beds; please reserve by April 12th): Book your room with here. If the link doesn't work, please contact the organizers and we will make sure you get the chess rate! Free Breakfast and Free Cocktail reception ($40 daily value!). Free Internet. Free parking.

ENTER HERE: https://www.kingregistration.com/event/USamateur

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

QUESTIONS: Alex Betaneli This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 

PRIZES

• National Champion Title
• 30 valuable trophies

SECTIONS/PRIZES

u2200: Trophies to top ten places; National Title to the overall winner

u1600: Trophies to top ten places

u1200 Scholastic: Trophies to top ten places

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

• $69 online by April 3rd
• $79 online by April 15th
• $99 after that or onsite 
• 3-day entries after 6:30pm Friday receive ½-point bye for round 1
• 2-day entries after 8:30am Saturday receive ½-point bye for round 1
• 1/2 point byes OK all rounds, must commit before round 1 (maximum 2); please email organizers

TIME CONTROLS AND PLAYING SCHEDULE

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