Dear chessfriends,
The 1st FICGS freestyle cup waiting list is open ! .. This advanced chess or more commonly said "freestyle" (computers, teams, everything allowed) swiss tournament will happen on 2007 October 20 & 21 (14 pm, 17 pm, 20 pm server time), time control : 1 hour + 15 seconds / move. Entry fee is 10 E-Points (10 Euros), prize is 100% of E-Points (see rules/membership).
Among novelties on the server :
- New javascript interface, much faster...
- Fast time controls (10 min + 20 s/move, 30 min + 1 min/move)
- Tournaments & games with money entry fees and prizes.
- Advanced chess & Big chess are now rated.
The waiting list for the 4th FICGS correspondence chess championship will be open in a few weeks.
Best wishes, Thibault
FICGS news & freestyle cup
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Ryan Benitez
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Re: FICGS news & freestyle cup
Very good, this is the type of thing we need more of! Thank you very much and I hope this type of event becomes more common.
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gerold
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Re: FICGS news & freestyle cup
Thanks for your post. Looking forward to playing there.
Best to you,
Gerold.
Best to you,
Gerold.
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Ciron
Re: FICGS news & freestyle cup
Wish you best of success for your 1st Freestyle Cup!
FIGCS "Tournament Rules" say:
"If several players obtain the best score and the best Sonnenborn-Berger, they will share the prize."
With only 6 rounds it's very likely that two or more players will achieve "the best score", but let's wait and see...
Best regards,
Arno Nickel
FIGCS "Tournament Rules" say:
"If several players obtain the best score and the best Sonnenborn-Berger, they will share the prize."
With only 6 rounds it's very likely that two or more players will achieve "the best score", but let's wait and see...
Best regards,
Arno Nickel
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Dr.Ex
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Re: FICGS news & freestyle cup
The rule seems very logical and fair.Ciron wrote:Wish you best of success for your 1st Freestyle Cup!
FIGCS "Tournament Rules" say:
"If several players obtain the best score and the best Sonnenborn-Berger, they will share the prize."
With only 6 rounds it's very likely that two or more players will achieve "the best score", but let's wait and see...
Best regards,
Arno Nickel
Not sharing the prize in case of a tie is questionable.
Generally in online chess events, too many participants do not finish the tournaments. Therefore Sonneborn-Berger is pretty meaningless.
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Ciron
Re: FICGS news & freestyle cup
I didn't say prizes should not be shared. I just pointed out, that "with only 6 rounds it's very likely" that we will see a tie. If anything could be read out of my posting, so the wish to have more rounds, but of course that's completely up to the organisers.Dr.Ex wrote:The rule seems very logical and fair.Ciron wrote:Wish you best of success for your 1st Freestyle Cup!
FIGCS "Tournament Rules" say:
"If several players obtain the best score and the best Sonnenborn-Berger, they will share the prize."
With only 6 rounds it's very likely that two or more players will achieve "the best score", but let's wait and see...
Best regards,
Arno Nickel
Not sharing the prize in case of a tie is questionable.
Generally in online chess events, too many participants do not finish the tournaments. Therefore Sonneborn-Berger is pretty meaningless.
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FICGS
Re: FICGS news & freestyle cup
Hello Arno, thanks for sharing your views !
It took quite a long time & discussion before to choose this time control and to decide to play this tournament during consecutive 2 days, which is a lot of time & energy for players already (still relative compared to OTB tournaments)... I first thought about 6 or 7 rounds played on the same day with time control 10 min + 20 sec. but it seems players are definitely more interested to play human-rybka chess than rybka-human chess
Anyway I agree, 7 or 9 rounds would be better, definitely... it requires 3 days, so waiting for players opinion after this first tournament.
Best wishes, Thibault
It took quite a long time & discussion before to choose this time control and to decide to play this tournament during consecutive 2 days, which is a lot of time & energy for players already (still relative compared to OTB tournaments)... I first thought about 6 or 7 rounds played on the same day with time control 10 min + 20 sec. but it seems players are definitely more interested to play human-rybka chess than rybka-human chess
Anyway I agree, 7 or 9 rounds would be better, definitely... it requires 3 days, so waiting for players opinion after this first tournament.
Best wishes, Thibault
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FICGS
Re: FICGS news & freestyle cup
A brief summary about what are E-Points was very necessary, I've just added some explanations and links in Help section and terms and conditions (Membership). See the FICGS chess freestyle tournaments rules and this summary about what are E-Points...
Feel free to ask for more explanations if something's still unclear... About the freestyle cup :
"FIDE GM & IM, FICGS / ICCF GM, SM & IM are invited to enter the waiting list for free until one week before the start of the tournament ! .. Please just send a message to webmaster through My account page to register. You may be asked to send a copy of your passport or ID card.
An extra fee, usually 30% of the entry fee, will be added to the entry fee 7 days before the start of the tournament. "
Best wishes, Thibault
Feel free to ask for more explanations if something's still unclear... About the freestyle cup :
"FIDE GM & IM, FICGS / ICCF GM, SM & IM are invited to enter the waiting list for free until one week before the start of the tournament ! .. Please just send a message to webmaster through My account page to register. You may be asked to send a copy of your passport or ID card.
An extra fee, usually 30% of the entry fee, will be added to the entry fee 7 days before the start of the tournament. "
Best wishes, Thibault