ClassTournaments

I visited the Chicago Midwest Class Championships last weekend. In a class tournament, you play people only in your own rating class. In the case of the USCF, this breaks down into Masters, Experts, Class A players, Class B players, Class C players, Class D players, and Class E players. Depending on the tournament organizers, the class maybe further divided. Class tournament are a good way to improve because you play only people who are roughly as strong as you are so at least in theory, everyone has a chance to beat each other. To the results of the Chicago Midwest Class, click here

http://www.uschess.org/msa/XtblMain.php?200910119131.7