4 days of Open and 4 days of Mid-Flight Pairs
2 days of Swiss Teams (double sessions)
100% Silver Points
Non-Life Masters with fewer than 750 points
4 days of Gold Rush Pairs
1 day Gold Rush Swiss
Double-session games award Gold/Red points
Single-session games award Red points
Wed. – July 9, 10am & 2:30pm
Open Pairs double session
– single session registration allowed
Mid-Flight Pairs double session 0-2500 MP
– single session registration allowed
Wed. 7pm
Open Pairs single session
Thurs. – Sat. July 10- 12, 10am & 2:30pm
Open Pairs double session
– single session registration allowed
Mid-Flight Pairs double session 0 -2500 MP
– single session registration allowed
Thurs. July 10, 10am & 2:30pm
Bracketed Teams double session
– Only play teams in your bracket
Sun. July 13, 10am & 2:30pm
Bracketed Teams double session
– Only play teams in your bracket
Sanction #2507309
Wed. – Sat. July 9-12, 10am & 2:30pm
NLM Gold Rush Pairs double session
– Single session registration allowed
Sunday July 13, 10am & 2:30pm
Stratified Gold Rush Swiss double session
Sanction #2507115
Prior to the tournament, click on the 2025 Firecracker Online Partnership Desk and follow the instructions or email your partnership request to Marc Cervellino marc.cervellino@hotmail.com. Each day of the tournament there will be Partnership Desk volunteers 1 hour before each session to assist in matching up partners.
We are sorry to say that food is not available for purchase at this tournament. A list of nearby food establishments will be available at the tournament. Coffee, tea, and the usual Palo Alto Unit tournament snacks will also be available.
Director: Lynn Yokel
Tournament Chairs: Marc Cervellino email, and Geraldine MacDonald, email
Partnership: Marc Cervellino email
Volunteer to help make the Bay Area’s largest sectional a resounding success. We need helpers for as little as an hour or two, in a variety of different roles such as parking, partnership and hospitality, set-up and take-down and general operation each day. We will be needing to identify more help as we near the tournament date. To volunteer, please contact one of the tournament chairs.
Second Harvest is committed to doing whatever it takes to build a hunger-free community. That means distributing nutritious food to nearly every neighborhood in Silicon Valley, leveraging every available food resource, and collaborating with organizations and people who share our belief that hunger is unacceptable. Nutritious food is the foundation for a healthy, productive life.
As our community responds to the economic crisis caused by the pandemic, Second Harvest of Silicon Valley remains committed to our mission knowing that our most vulnerable community members are deeply and disproportionately impacted by public crises such as this.
Please make a donation to help. Donations can be made at the tournament or here.