1996 Pan-American Chess Championships
Prizes:
$3,300 + Scholarships to UMBC + 41 Trophies
(all unconditionally guaranteed)
Pan-American Intercollegiate Team Championship
- $1000-600-400-200-100
- trophies to top 10 teams
- plaquess to top players on Boards 1-4 (and chance for free roundtrip Southwest plane ticket)
- trophies to top teams by rating class:
under 2000, under 1800, under 1600
- trophy to top 2-year school
- trophy to top small school
- **Southwest Airlines will give one free roundtrip ticket to one
persom, randomly selected from among the top players on
Boards 1-4 and top two alternates in the Open.**
- **We hope the winning team will also be offered a free trip to Peru**
Pan-American Scholastic Team Championship
- trophies to top five teams
- plaques to top players on boards 1-4
- trophies to top team by grade level: middle, elementary, primary
- trophies to top teams by rating class:
under 1800, under 1600, under 1400
- Top scholastic team wins four four-year scholarships to UMBC:
Highest board accepting prize wins full tuition;
the next three highest boards each wins $2,000/year.
See details and conditions.
Pan-American Open
- $400-200-100-50
- $50 each to top players by rating class:
under 2000, under 1800, under 1600, under 1400, unrated
- plaque top top individual
- plaques to top two college alternates (**and chance to win
free roundtrip Southwest plane ticket. See college board prizes)
- plaque to top college faculty or coach
- plaques to top two scholastic alternates
- plaque to top scholastic faculty or coach