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 bids@il-chess.org with a copy to Carl Dolson at president@il-chess.org. 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.