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Eastern Chess Congress 2024

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Westin Princeton Forrestal Village

The 28th Eastern Chess Congress 2024 will take place from 25-27th October at the Westin Princeton in Forrestal Village, Princeton, New Jersey, USA.

The event has seven sections: Premier (for players rated over 2000), Under 2100, Under 1900, Under 1700, Under 1500, Under 1300 and Under 1000. The top two sections are FIDE rated.

The tournament format is 5-round Swiss with the time control 40/80, SD/30, d30 (2-day option, rounds 1-2 G/60 d10).

The event has a $25,000 guaranteed prize fund.

Premier Section: $3000-1500-800-500, clear or tiebreak winner $100 bonus, top USCF Under 2300 $1000-500. FIDE rated.
Under 2100 Section:$1800-900-500-300. FIDE rated.
Under 1900 Section: $1500-800-500-300
Under 1700 Section: $1400-700-400-300
Under 1500 Section: $1200-600-400-200
Under 1300 Section: $1100-600-400-200
Under 1000 Section: $800-400-300-200

Top rated players are GM Jianchao Zhou CHN 2585, GM Karen Grigoryan ARM 2582, GM Robby Kevlishvili NED 2551, GM Andrew Tang USA 2524, IM Josiah Paul Stearman USA 2461, GM Mark Paragua PHI 2454, Bryan Enming Lin USA 2373, FM Tanitoluwa Adewumi USA 2349, IM Kevin George Micheal EGY 2267 etc

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