Rising Sun Pre-Con

The Rising Sun Pre-Con is seperate from WBC and requires its own registration fee. Click the Pre-Con icon for pricing information. Tribune level members may attend any and all Pre-Cons AND WBC free of charge.

The event remains a Pre-Con slot as we trade one weekend for another with five swiss rounds starting on the Sunday before WBC and ending Tuesday afternoon. The top eight players will proceed to three rounds of Single Elimination play. It is hoped that the pre-Con status will enable not only new players to take part but also allow more of the field to stay for all five preliminary rounds so as to enjoy the full ramifications of a true swiss format.

VIP will again use Chess Clocks courtesy of Alan Applebaum and John Sharp—one of the few events at WBC so furnished.

Tribune level members may again freely partake in any and all of BPA's Pre-Cons during the two days preceding WBC. For details see http://www.boardgamers.org/bpaterms.htm