When will the details for the 2011 US Opencome out?

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@Brian Mottershead

@iwijetunge

USCF Title-Based Class Prizes:
Top Life Senior Master Under 2500 $600,
top Life Master Under 2300,
Original Life Master U2300, or Life Senior Master U2300 $500,
top Candidate Master or higher title Under 2100 $500,
top First Category or higher title Under 1900 $500,
top Second Category or higher title Under 1700 $400,
top Third Category or higher title Under 1500 $400,
top Fourth Category or higher title Under 1300 $300.

Can the same player get both a Title based and rating based prize?

Players can get usually only one prize (leaving aside Best Game, etc, types of prizes.)

I assume that this does not change and also that the norm-based prizes work like the class-based prizes. That means that if a norm-based prize winner is tied with others, the norm prize is pooled with the other prizes for which the tied players are eligible and the total is divided between all the tied players – unless the norm prize is higher than this average, in which case, the norm prize winner gets the norm prize and is removed from the pool, and the remaining players divide the remainder of the pool. Is this correct?

Yes. I believe it should be done that way.

Bill Goichberg