Vielleicht interessiert es den Einen oder Anderen, hoffe ich mal.
Die untenstehende Message habe ich per eMail erhalten. Die aktuelle Zugangssoftware kann man herunterladen, nachnem man sich auf
http://www.infinitychess.com kostenlos registriert hat. Übrigens: Wer nicht mitspielen möchte, jedoch interessiert ist am Event, der kann die Partien auch live beobachten (kiebitzen). Ich habe einige Partien eines abgeschlossenen Turnieres nachgespielt, und die waren insgesamt wirklich sehr interessant.
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1st Freestyle Rapid Chess Tour 2012 (April 20-22 and April 27-29)
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Heads up!! This is an exciting and innovative tour formate for Freestyle:
All players competing in a 2 weekends knockout tour. No start fee.
Max. 64 players.
64 >32 >16 >8 >4 >2 >1 = 6 Mini Matches.
All games of a mini-match (one White & one Black game) will be played on one day.
The maximum number of games per day:
2 x 30m+10s
2 x 15m+ 5s (tie-break)
1 x 10m+3s vs. 7m+3s (sudden death )
Pairings according to Freestyle ratings; e.g.:
No. 1 vs. No. 64 (or vs. No. 32)
No. 2 vs. No. 63 (or vs. No. 31)
No. 3 vs. No. 62 (or vs. No. 30) etc.
Higher rated players get a bye in 1st round, if the number of entries is lower then 64 (or accordingly 32).
Lower rated players may choose the colour in their sudden death game (if both players unrated or with the same rating, the colour will change according to last game played before).
All players stay in the tournament until the end. If a player loses a match, he will start new in a lower class and will be paired to another player who lost his match. The winner of that match will again be paired to another player of roughly the same level.
Start times for all games: 23:00 server time (= 21:00 CET, =20:00 UK)
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No changes possible, neither day, nor time!
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Tour dates (for 64 players event):
Friday, April 20
Saturday, April 21
Sunday, April 22
Friday, April 27
Saturday, April 28
Sunday, April 29
(If starting with 32 players, then the last tour day would be Saturday April 28.)
1st prize: 700,- US$
2nd prize: 200,- US$
3rd and 4th prize: 700,- Fini
All players with 3 or more match wins: 200,- Fini
All players with 2 match wins: 100,- Fini
(Only one prize per player possible.)
Fini is the server currency, 10 Fini = 1 US$.
Fini can be converted to US$, if 1'000 Fini or more.
No stand-alone engines allowed.
Tour Rules as published on InfinityChess website apply as far as no other rules published inside tour room.
Players withdrawing unexcused will lose their Fini accounts. Players forfeiting a single match will lose 200 Fini.
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