Bids Requested for 2015 Illinois Class

Interested organizers are invited to submit bids for the 2015 Illinois Class State Chess Championships. The preferred date for the tournament is November 22, 2015.

The format of the tournament has varied from a 2-day, 5-round, slow time control tournament to, in most recent years, a 1-day, 4-round, G/60 time control.

The ICA Board prefers the 1-day format so that it can use the Saturday before the tournament to hold its Annual Meeting and Banquet. The format also should include at least 6 sections (M/X, A, B, C, D, and 1 or 2 sections U1200). Trophies have been awarded to U1200 winners and runner-ups for Class E, F, and U800.

EF for non-ICA members should be set $5 higher than for ICA members, and free entry should be provided for GMs, WGMs, IMs, WIMs, FMs, and WFMs.

ICA will reimburse the organizer for FIDE-titled players’ entry fees, at the lowest pre-registration entry fee amount.

See the Bid Schedule tab (http://www.il-chess.org/index.php/bidschedule) for additional information on the 2015 Illinois Class State Chess Championships. See the Bid Guidelines for information on submitting a tournament bid.

Interested organizers should submit bids by October 1, 2015 to Carl Dolson at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

The Bid Committee Chair, or other designated Bid Committee member, may communicate with a bidding organizer for clarification of various aspects of the submitted bid.

The successful bid will be announced by November 15.

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.