Date and Time: Saturday, 5th July 2003, 5.00 pm (GMT +2)
Mode: Blitz (5+0), knockout matches for two wins
Prize: 2,000 ducats for the winner
Schedule:
- 17:00h Registration
- 17:10h End of registration
- 17:15h First round
- 17:45h (appr.) Second round
- 18:25h (appr.) Quarter finals
- 19:05h (appr.) Semifinals
- 19:45 (appr.) Final
Tournament director: Reinhold Goldau
The tournament rules published in the server news section apply. Participation
in the tournament implies full acceptance of these rules.
Eligible for participation:
- The two first-placed winners of the previous Karl Trophy, the Chess Today
Cup, the Fast Blitz Tournament on Thursday and the Friday Blitz Tournament;
- The winner of the Bullet Tournament from the previous Tuesday;
- The members of the winning team in the previous Match of the Week;
- Players invited by ChessBase;
- Players who register on Saturday immediately before the tournament starts,
and who will be considered for the following reasons: Players with the rank
of V.I.P, players with the rank of King, players with the rank of Queen, players
with the rank of Rook (in that order). If not all players in a certain group
can be admitted into the tournament the rating will decide.
How do Match Tournaments work?
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The tournament director announces the tournaments via chat. After all participants,
eight, sixteen or thirty-two, depending on the size of the tournament, are
registered, the matches begin.
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The colors in the first game are allotted by chance, but afterwards the
colors always alternate. After the end of the previous game – and a
short break of 20 seconds – the program starts the next game automatically.
If a player won the necessary number of games the match comes to an end.
The winner advances into the next round, the loser is eliminated.
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The next round starts as soon as all matches of the current round come
to an end – but not before the time given by the tournament director.
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In the pairings of the first round the program takes the ratings into account
e.g. to prevent the two highest rated players playing each other in the
first round. The players are set according to their ratings. In the following
rounds the players advance according to the tree the program established
before the first round.
- Longer breaks only occur if one match is finished and the winner has to
wait until the other matches of this round come to an end. For the sake of
better planning, the tournament director will announce the starting times
for the individual rounds at the start of the tournament. However, this is
just a guess and it is possible that rounds will start earlier than announced.
How do I become King?
Only FIDE Grandmasters (male and female) can become Kings on the server (i.e.
get a king symbol in front of their names). To get this rank you need a fully
registered account. Send us an email giving us your handle and your full name.
You must also send copy of an ID document (passport, driving-license etc.) which
proves your identity. If you have further questions or if you want to send the
required mail, please write to this
address.
Which advantages do I have when I am King?
Apart from receiving special treated when playing tournaments such as the
Champions
Challenge Kings can also
earn
ducats when playing on the server. How much they can make depends on their
own rating, the ratings of their opponents, and the number of spectators during
a game. But soon Kings will have another opportunity to increase their income:
playing simuls for ducats, the server-currency.
