The 8th Annual Long Island Open will be held from March 28-30, 2014, at the Ramada Plaza Long Island MacArthur Airport Hotel, 1730 N. Ocean Ave, Holtsville, New York.
The event has 5 sections: Open, Under 2100, Under 1700, Under 1300 and Under 900.
All sections have either 3-day (March 28-30) or 2-day (March 29-30) schedules to play in.
The event has a $12,000 prize fund, unconditionally guaranteed.
Open Section: $1400-800-500-300, clear winner or 1st on tiebreak $100 bonus, top U2300/Unr $600-300.
Under 2100 Section: $1000-500-300-200, top U1900/Unr $550-250.
Under 1700 Section: $900-450-250-150, top U1500 (no unr) $400-200.
Under 1300 Section: $800-400-200-100, top U1100 (no unr) $300, trophy to top 3.
Under 900 Section: $100-50, trophy to first 5, top Under 700, Under 500, Under 300, Unrated.
Unrated may enter any section, with prize limits: Under 1300 $300, Under 1700 $600. Balance of any limited prize goes to next player(s) in line.
Last year Grandmasters Zviad Izoria and Mikheil Kekelidze shared the first place
