The 11th Cherry Blossom Classic 2024 is set to take place from 22-27th Mat at the Washington Dulles Airport Marriott, in Dulles, Virginia, USA.
The event will have seven rating sections with $26,000 in prizes. The top rated Open section will be played over 9 rounds of Swiss system and eligible for title norms.
Top rated players are GM Stremavicius Titas LTU 2533, IM Panchevski Filip MKD 2432, IM Hilby Craig USA 2401, IM Sargsyan Anna ARM 2377, FM Adewumi Tanitoluwa USA 2370, FM Zhao Erick USA 2352, IM Pierrot Facundo ARG 2309, WGM Ouellet Maili-Jade CAN 2280 etc
Prizes:
Open, U2300 & U2100 (USCF/FIDE Rated): Open (FIDE; 6-day only) $4000-$2800-$1600-$1100-$800-$500-$300-$200; U2400: $400-$200-$100.
U2300 (FIDE; 5-/4-day) $1600-$900-$500-$300-$200-$100; U2200: $300-$200-$100 (Unr limit $200).
U2100 (FIDE; 5-/4-day) $1300-$800-$500-$300-$200; U1900: $300-$200-$100 (Unr limit $200).
U1800 (4-/3-day) $900-$600-$400-$200; U1600: $200-$100 (Unr limit $150).
U1500 (4-/3-day) $600-$400-$300-$200; U1300: $200-$100 (Unr limit $100).
U1200 (4-/3-day) $500-$300-$200-$100; U1000: $100 (Unr limit $100).
U900/Unr (4-/3-day) $400-$200-100.
Blitz Side event:
Sat Night Blitz Rated May 25th 9:15pm (Open USCF/FIDE Rated & Amateur/U1800 USCF Rated).
Open FIDE/USCF Rated – 9-SS: G/3;+2; 9-SS. $$850 GTD $300-200-125-75 Top U2200/U2000 $75 each.
Amateur/U1800 Only USCF Rated 9-SS G/3;+2 ($300 b/20): $120-80-40 Top U1400/U1200 $30 each.
Scholastic Side event:
Sat Scholastic May 25th 11am; Sections: K-12 U1200, K-8 U1000, K-5 U800, K-3 U600. EF: Open $25 by May 21st online; $35 later online/onsite until May 25th 830pm.
Trophies to Top 3 in each section, Sections maybe combined if less then 4 in any section but Trophies are kept separate.
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