RTCC T.A.C.O
Triangle Area Chess Championship
  • 3-Round Swiss-System Tournament
  • Time Controls of Game /90 or Game/85 with a 5 second delay
  • Registration 9 - 9:45am Rds.: 10 - 1:34pm - 5pm
  • Entry Fee $21 USD if received by midnight Thursday before the event /$25 on site.
Register & Pay Here with
  • NO RSVP Entries. There is no additional charge for PayPal for the T.A.C.O's
  • To be eligible for Early EF you may use the PayPal or send a check to:
  • Jeff Jones
  • 1239-F Patrick Cir.
  • Cary, NC 27511
Prize Fund of $640 USD based on 40 entries!
  • The RTCC has contributed $33 to the NCCA Grand Prix as of 16 January, 2010
  • NCCA Membership Required. May be purchased on site for $5/year
  • EN FUEGOOPEN Section: $125-$75-$40
  • PICANTEU1800 Section: $110-$60-$30
  • MODERADOU1400 Section: $110-$60-$30
Registration
Registration: 9:00AM - 9:45AM Round Times: 10:00AM - 1:45 PM - 5:00PM
Location
  • Caraleigh Fellowship Hall
  • 118 Summit Ave.
  • Raleigh, North Carolina
  • Get Directions
Contacts
Jeffrey Jones (919)270-9948
John Achelpohl (919)466-8995
T.A.C.O Rules
  • Players will not be paired until they check in.
  • Check in occurs when payment is received or player arrives on site.
  • Players who are running slightly behind can call Jeff to arrange to be paired for round one. This may be done before 9:50am.
  • Pairings will be produced at 9:50am. Late arriving players will receive a half-point bye.
  • Players are entitled to one optional half-point bye which must be requested upon entry.
  • If a section has fewer than six entrants, the whole section will be moved to the smaller neighboring section
  • Smaller sections may have prizes prorated compared to the rest of the sections.
  • Class prizes will be eliminated for sections of 6-8 players.
  • No blitz games permitted in the tournament hall until after all games are complete.
  • $25 fine for paying with a bad check.
  • Players forfeiting without proper notification will be fined $10.
  • The $10 fine goes to the player receiving the forfeit win.
  • Forfeiting player will not receive a refund on his EF.
  • Forfeit vilolations, Each violation will be retracted upon completion of or legal withdrawal from four straight tournaments entered.
      • 1st time = Fine only
      2nd time = Fine and warning
      3rd time = Fine and 6 month suspension
      4th time = Fine and 2 year suspension
      5th time = Permanent ban from RTCC events
    House game policy
  • Crosspairing players will be preferred. All house games will not count in standings. You still get a full-point bye.
  • If there is still an odd man out, a spectator (USCF member of course) will be next in line.
  • If there are no spectators then the TD is next in line, this game will be Game/70.
  • Odd player has the right to decline a house game.
    • Cell phone penalties
  • If your cell phone rings during the course of your game then the following penalties occur:
      • First offense of tournament: 25% Time penalty (Maximum 10 minutes)
      Second offense of tournament: Forfeit of game. (Unlike withdrawal violations, the first forfeit does not incur the $10 fine.)
    Declining to keep score
  • Penalty for declining to keep score will be an automatic deduction of 5 minutes from you clock at the beginning of your game. (exception being for the physically impaired.) Also you will forfeit the rights to certain claims as defined by the USCF rulebook
2010 T.A.C.O Schedule
LVIII - 16 January, 2010
LIX - 20 February, 2010
LX - 20 March, 2010
LXI - 24 April, 2010
LXII - 22 May, 2010
LXIII - 26 June, 2010
LXIV - 17 July, 2010
LXV - 21 August, 2010
LXVI - 18 September, 2010
LXVII - 23 October, 2010
XVIII - 20 November, 2010
LXIX - 18 December, 2010