2025 US Chess G/60 National Chess Championship 

September 28, 2025      Council Bluffs, Iowa. next to Omaha, Nebraska

 

 

Site:

Holiday Inn & Suites@ Ameristar

2202 River Road,

Council Bluffs, IA 51501

712-322-5050 

 

Events, Date & Time Control:

Saturday, September 28, 2025 US National Game 60 Four Round Swiss, G/60;d5

 

Registration: 

     Advance:

Advance by 9/12/2024 https://www.kingregistration.com/event/2025USG60. 

Price:

  US G/60  $75  

If players wish to play up $25 additional fee 

GM/IM/WGM/WIM free entry, advance EF deducted from prize

$5 fee for refunds, no checks accepted

 

 Late/Onsite 

King registration open until 9/26 till midnight, Onsite from 8:30 am – 9:30 am for all events each day 

Price: US G/60  $100

$5 fee for refunds,  no checks accepted

 

September USCF rating supplement used

Memberships: 

USCF memberships are required, and players will not be paired without valid US Chess membership.  Purchase onsite or online at https://new.uschess.org/join-us-chess

Chess Control: Located in Abraham Lincoln Boardroom

Sections: 

US G/60 Open, U1700

 

No spectators permitted in the tournament room during the G/60 or G/30 rounds.

Byes:

Players may request a single half-point bye for any round, but must request by 9:30 am on the morning of the tournament.  No half-points byes for Blitz tournament. 

Electronic use Policy: 

 

Players will not be permitted to have electronic devices on their person.  Offenses can range from warning, 15 minutes or half of time, whichever is less and expulsion.  The TD will make a decision regarding the appropriate penalty.  Spectators will not be permitted in the tournament room for G/30 or the G/60 tournament.

 

Rounds: 

 US G/60 Rd 1: 10 AM  Rd 2: 1 PM, Rd 3: 3 PM     Rd 4: 6 PM

 

 

Prize Fund: $1000 (G/60  based on 50 players each)  

 

US G/60 1st $350  2nd $225  3rd $150  4th $75

U1700 1st $125 2nd $75 

 

 

Bonus US G/60 open and top U1700 Champions receive plaques, tiebreaks are (MM, Solk, Cum)

 

Hotel:

Holiday Inn & Suites@ Ameristar

2202 River Road

Council Bluffs, IA 51501

712-322-5050 

 

$119 per night, plus tax. To secure this discounted rate, reservations can be made by using the link Holiday Inn, Ameristar, Council Bluffs, Iowa - USChess National event Sept 2025

 

Masks may be required, based on concurrent county health department regulations. For more information, contact organizer Seetharaman Renganathan at chessrockerz@gmail.com