The La Palma Chess Club schedule
Spring 2005 (April 1 though June 24)

One $35 entry fee entitles you to play in a 3-month tournament session.  $5 discount for La Palma residents.
All tournament games played at LPCC count toward LPCC's Beat Your Norm Grand Prix to be awarded June 24.

Remembering a Famous C-Player, Albert Einstein

What has 100 years of the theory done for chess?  A 5-round Swiss in two sections. 

Fritz section: limited to the 6 highest rated entrants plus lower rated challengers willing to pay $5 extra, and late entrants rated at or above the original 6.
Prizes: 1st place: $100 plus all buy-in payments from lower rated challengers.

Einstein section: open to all other entrants rated lower than the top 6.
Prizes: trophies to 1st overall, 1st B, 1st C, and 1st D/E/Unr.

Both sections:
Time controls: TBD (Game/120 if every likes that from the Winter 2005 session, or classic time controls, or some combination).
Byes: One half-point bye may be taken. A irrevocable last round half-point bye is allowed only if declared before the first round starts.
Trophy tiebreaks: Cumulative, Solkoff, or combined rated of opposition.
Special prize for worst hair cut in the final round..

Been Dere, Dun Dat Double Quad

A 6-round double quad with 4-person groups based on rating. 

Prizes: $50 1st in each section.
Time Controls:  Game/120.

Summer Scrounger Nights and Quad Make-up Games

Two rounds of scrounger-paired games.  See scrounger rules here. 
Also, these nights can be used to make-up games delayed from the double quad.
Prizes: Honor and glory of being the best scrounger. 
Performance prize: $50 for the Beat Your Norm Grand Prix.  See GP details here.
Time Controls:  Game/120.