Withdrawals from the Colorado Closed:
The CSCA will automatically ban any player who withdraws within 7 days of the Colorado Closed (or withdraws during the Colorado Closed) from playing in the next three (3) Colorado Closed events. A second offense will result in a lifetime ban in playing for the Closed. The player may request CSCA board adjudication for any of these penalties. These penalties only refer to the Colorado Scholastic Closed and Adult Closed Championships, and will have no bearing whatsoever on the status of players in other tournaments.
Playing criteria for being invited into the Colorado
Closed: A player must have played in the previous
year's Closed, OR played a minimum of 6 games at
regular (USCF) time controls since the previous year's
Closed. At least four of those games must have been
played in the state of Colorado. Colorado Residency
applies.
The CSCA Board recommends that the Colorado Closed continue to take place on 2 consecutive weekends in the first quarter of the year (due to tradition and lack of other tournaments scheduled at this time of year).
Players will be invited to the Colorado Closed in the following order, ties move to the next tiebreak (same residency requirements as the Colorado Open):
- USCF OTB rating
- FIDE rating, if both players have a FIDE rating
- More active player in Colorado, based on the previous calendar year (12 months) in OTB tournaments
- Player with more Colorado Tour points (for that year, since the Colorado Open)
- Higher Quick Chess rating
- if still tied, CSCA Board decides
This is for invitation only, not for seeding purposes, which are random.
Eligibility for Colorado Champions (Open and Closed):
A resident is hereby defined as someone who has lived in Colorado for the last 6 months continuously, or 9 of the last 12 months. The CSCA will defer to military codes of residency for those in the Armed Forces.
(from the CSCA Board 7/2004)
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