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.

After 18 years of being a 7-round swiss event, VIP abandoned that marathon format for an even longer one in 2009! The swiss portion is now limited to five rounds with only the top eight players proceeding through three more rounds of Single Elimination. The grueling road to the top just got a round longer, but for the also-rans, the road gets shorter. This year VIP will again use Chess Clocks courtesy of Alan Applebaum and John Sharp - one of the few events at WBC so furnished.

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 before WBC and all of its distractions gets underway. 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.

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