Dear All,

We are fast moving towards the 2022 National Championships.
There are some changes and announcements to the upcoming National Championships tournament – please note the following:

1) 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐖𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩𝐬

2) 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐡 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐳𝐞 – The respective cash prizes for Open and Women is subject to change and dependent on the total number of participants. Cash prizes with rules and regulations can be viewed here: https://tinyurl.com/74thChessNationals

3) 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝐟𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐖𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐨𝐧. 𝐎𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐑𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐞 𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬

4) 𝐐𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐝. 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐫𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐝𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐐𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐫𝐬 – The last Qualifier will be played on 13-15 Jan. Eligible participants can find out more details and register via links below:

Qualifier Info: https://tinyurl.com/2022NCQualifiers
Qualifier Registration: https://tinyurl.com/2022NCQualifiersReg

Good luck and all the best to the candidates.