The Peoria Championship Tournament

12 players qualify by various means (previous finalsists are automatically seeded, qualifying tournament winners & winner of the 3 major wekend tournaments qualify and the remainder are chosen by committee selection). players are divided into 2 sections of 6 players each. Each section plays a round robin and the section winners then meet in a match to determine the winner.

Players who qualify or are invited to participate in the City Championship are expected to play all games. Agreeing to participate in the tournament is a commitment to play all scheduled games. Prior to the beginning of the tournament, if a player is unable to play in more than one scheduled game, they should notify the committee so an alternate can be selected.

If after the tournament begins, a player becomes unable to play on a scheduled date, they must notify the opponent and the committee prior to the scheduled date in order to select a new date that is agreeable to all parties. If at all possible the the new date should be a date prior to the scheduled date.The new date must not be more than two weeks from the original date. Failure to do so will result in the game being ruled a forfeit.

Any player who agrees to participate in the City Championship and withdraws will be barred from participation in the following year's tournament. Any player who forfeits more than one round will be withdrawn from the tournament and subsequently barred from participating in the following year's tournament.

2020 Peoria Championship Qualifiers

1	Defending Champion	Daniel Garrett
2	2019 Runner-up	Alex Beecher
3	2019 Greater Peoria Open	Michael Li
4	2019 Bradley Summer Open	Owen Zhang
5	Kingsmen Fall into Chess tournament	Peter McConaghie
6	2019 Kingsmen Ladder	Mike Leali
	Kingsmen Winter Qualifier	No Player Qualified
7 & 8	Kingsmen 2020Vision	Kurt Bendoraitis & Kushal Mungee (tie)
9	2020 BWO (Mark Twain Open)	Clayton Adamson
	Kingsmen Last Chance Qualifier	No Player Qualified
10, 11 & 12	To Be Determined by Committee

Qualifying tournaments send the highest scoring player from the top section to the championship, previously qualified players not counted. Players must have a plus score in games played to qualify. Remaining players will be selected by the committee based on 2019 eligibiliity rules.