The Old Dominion Checker Association
presents: The Combined 108^th Annual Commonwealth of Virginia Open and The 79^th ACF District IV Checker Tournament 
 Friday & Saturday, September 19^th & 20^th 2025
Quality Inn - Dutch Inn, 2360 Virginia Ave, Collinsville VA 24078 (map) | 276-647-3721 | We play in Large Conference Room
 

Tournament Schedule:

Friday, 9/19th	Saturday, 9/20th
Registration 8:00am / VA & D4 Business Meeting: 8:30 - 9:00am	Round  5:   9:00am  - 11:30pm
Round 1:       9:00am  - 11:30pm	6:  11:30am  -  2:00pm
Lunch:         11:30pm  - 12:30pm	Lunch:    2:00pm  -  3:00pm
Round 2:      12:30pm  -  3:00pm	7:    3:00pm  -  5:30pm
Round 3:         3:00pm - 5:30pm	Closing Ceremony: 5;30pm - 6:30pm
Round 4:         5:30pm - 8:00pm

 

Tournament will be played under a 3-Move Restriction format, using the Swiss System of pairing/scoring with only a final re-pair round if necessary. There will be 7 rounds at  2½ hours per round (1¼ hours) per game. We will play in the Conference Room 1st floor. We start play each day at 9:00 am.  4 rounds Friday, 1 round before lunch and break for a 1 hour lunch at 11:30 until 12:30, Hotel restaurant is open or (various restaurants are open close by, then 3 rounds afterwards, we start at 9am for our 3 rounds Saturday - 2 rounds before lunch then break for a 1 hour lunch, and 1 rounds afterwards, hopefully finished by 6:30 pm.  All players are charged an entry fee of $25. All players will us time clocks so our tournament stays on schedule. Any disagreements will settled by the GM Tournament Referee. We will supply DGT NA incrementing clocks as well as a simple decrementing digital time clocks, set each side to 37 minutes, so when your time runs out the game is over. If you have a win position but can't finish it in your remaining clock time then negotiate an agreed draw or get the referee to award you a draw instead of losing on time. Masters will use the DGT North American time clock. Set time clock for the 75 minutes per game as 35 + 3 per side. Please Obey Playing Room Etiquette posted on the wall.