2026 U.S. Amateur North Championship

April 24-26 (or 25-26 for 2-day schedule)
STANDINGS AND PAIRINGS (expect about 30 minute before round time)
This event is limited to 140 participants. Please register as soon as possible.
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 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. **Please see below for food concessions and outside food/drink policy**

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

ENTER: https://www.kingregistration.com/event/2026USamateur

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
• 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

• $69 online by April 6th
• $79 online by April 20th
• $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

Hotel has no outside food/drink policy in the meeting rooms and public spaces (personal water bottles are ok). 

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.)