The UMBC Chess Club presents
2008 UMBC Open—Alvin S. Mintzes Chess Tournament
March 8-9, 2008
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
(in Commons Building, 3rd Floor)

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5-Round Swiss system in two separate sections (everyone plays 5 games)
Open to all. Spectators are free and welcome!

Held concurrently with separate Sweet 16 Invitational, which determines the Maryland scholastic Champion, who wins a four-year in-state tuition scholarship to UMBC (worth over $35,000).

  Open Under 1800
Eligibility Open to all * Rated under 1800 or unrated *
Class Prizes $350-200-100
Unconditionally guaranteed		 $250-175-100**
based on 40 paid entries
Certificate of Achievement Available upon request to anyone successfully completing tournament.
Rounds 10am-3pm-7:30pm Sat; 10:30am-3:30pm Sun
Time Controls 20/1 hour, SD/1 hour (USCF rules)
Entrance Fees $40 if postmarked by 2/29; $50 late; free to GMs ($40 deducted from prizes); $10 less if under 20 years old
Registration By mail, 8–9am on site, or 4–6pm any Friday in the new Commons room 318.
½-Point Byes Available Up to 3 in Rounds 1–5 if requested at least 1 hour before round (before Rd. 2 for any Rd. 4–5 bye), but at most one ½-point bye in Rds. 4–5.

* USCF membership required. May purchase at site ($49 adult, $25 under 26 yrs old, $19 under 17 yrs old, $36-over 64).
** Unrated players may not win more than $200 in U1800 section

Directions to UMBC: Take Exit 47B off I95 and follow signs to UMBC. Park in Lot 9 or 16. See maps at www.umbc.edu

Send entries to: Dr. Alan T. Sherman, CSEE Dept., UMBC, 1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore, MD 21250 ATTN Open. Make checks payable to “UMBC.” Cash prize winners must provide address and social security number; players may do so on their entry fee checks.

For more information: See www.umbc.edu/chess, email ChessClub@umbc.edu, or call (410) 455-8499.

Hotel: BWI Holiday Inn, 410-859-8400, 890 Elkridge Landing Road. Call for rates. Directions to Hotel: From I95, take Exit 47A onto I195 towards BWI Airport. Take Exit 2A onto 295 north towards Baltimore; take first exit, bearing right onto West Nursery Road. Turn right onto Elkridge Landing Road.

UMBC Chess Club Events (open to everyone):
The UMBC Chess Club meets every Friday afternoon, 4–6pm, in the Commons, student activities area.
The UMBC Championship (5-SS) is always held in September, beginning the second Saturday after Labor Day.
The UMBC Open---Alvin S. Mintzes Chess Tournament (5-SS) is always held beginning second Sat. in March.