Bids Requested for 2015 Illinois Open

Interested organizers are invited to submit bids for the 2015 Illinois Open State Chess Championship. The tournament will be held Labor Day weekend, September 5-7, 2015. The winner of the tournament will be the 2015 Illinois State Champion.

The tournament has historically been 6-rounds, slow time limit, with 2 sections (Open and Reserve (U1800)). A $5 discount to ICA members and free entry to GMs, WGMs, IMs, WIMs, FMs, and WFM should be offered. ICA will reimburse the organizer for FIDE-titled players’ entry fees, at the lowest pre-registration entry fee amount, and for the $5 ICA member discount.

Interested organizers should submit bids by July 20, 2014 to Jeff Wiewel, Chair of the ICA Bid Committee, at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. with a copy to Carl Dolson at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. The Bid Committee Chair may communicate with a bidding organizer for clarification of various aspects of the submitted bid. The successful bid will be announced by August 31.

See the Bid Schedule tab (http://www.il-chess.org/index.php/bidschedule) for additional information on the 2015 Illinois Open State Chess Championship.

See the Bid Guidelines at http://www.il-chess.org/non_joom/docs/BidandTGuidelines_2013-05-09.pdf for information on submitting a tournament bid.

It is the ICA’s preference to award the tournament to a bidding organizer. However, the ICA reserves its right not to accept any of the bids submitted if it deems the bids received to be unacceptable.