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THE OKLAHOMA CHESS ASSOCIATION
AND MICHAEL BAY PRESENT THE 2024
OKLAHOMA BLITZ
STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS
The 2024 Oklahoma Blitz State Championships
Saturday, October 12, 2024
Chandler Interplanetary Office Suites
904 Manvel Avenue
Chandler, Oklahoma​​
We are grateful to our perennial host, Michael Bay, for welcoming us back to Chandler—this time at a new, out-of-this-world venue!
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7-SS G/3;+2
Seven rounds. Swiss. Game in three minutes with two seconds added per move (increment).
SCHEDULE
9:00 Doors open. Onsite registration until 9:30 if space is available.
10 a.m. Round One begins. Subsequent rounds are paired ASAP with a break for lunch.
SECTIONS
Open, Reserve (U1700), Novice (U1000)
PRIZES
1st place: Open $200 GUARANTEED. Other prize estimates (based on 30 entries): Open 2nd $100, 3rd $50; Reserve 1st $100, 2nd $75, 3rd $50; Novice 1st $75. Plaques will be awarded to Oklahoma resident division champions.
RULES
Touch move (not clock move).
Electronic devices must be powered off and stowed away.
Brush up on the US Chess blitz rules here.
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​Tiebreaks for first place (in each section) only:
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Head-to-head results
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Double blitz round
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Armageddon All others use mathematical tiebreaks in the US Chess-recommended order: Modified Median, Solkoff, Cumulative, Cumulative of Opposition.
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ENTRY
Register online using the form below. If space is available, late registration will be available onsite from 9 to 9:30. Players who register after 9:30 will receive a bye in the first round.
No EF for titled players (NM+.). Entry deducted from prizes. All others:
By Friday, October 4
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$30 Regular entry
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$25 Seniors (65+), full-time college students with ID, or K-12 players registering with a sibling.
After Friday, October 4
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$35
QUESTIONS?
Contact TD Rebecca Rutledge at td@oklahomachess.org or (405) 642-6136
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