US Chess Masters from August 29 in North Corolina

Alexandra Kosteniuk's Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) 2013

Hi everyone, 

The 2013 U.S. Masters Championship will be held from 29th August to 2nd September at the Embassy Suites Airport, 204 Centreport Dr., Greensboro, North Carolina.

The tournament will be a 9-round Swiss open only to players who have ratings over 2200, those who have ever been so rated, all foreign FIDE-rated players, and juniors (U21) rated over 2000. GM and IM norms may be possible.

The total prize fund is $17000 unconditionally guaranteed.
Prizes: $5000-3000-1750-1500-1250-1000-800-500-100-100
U2450 – 1000
U2350 – 500
U2300 – 500

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