Match of the Week 3
The world is already
in trouble, as they lost the first two matches against the german squad by a
clear margin. However, in our new weekly tournament, everyone has a chance to
enter and so there is some hope for the world. . Attractive prices will be on
stake for you. Every Wednesday, 7.30 pm (GMT +2), Official Tournament-Room B on
the Fritz-Server.
We could win two sponsors
to support this tournament. Let's present them first.
The German team is supported by
SCHACH-MAGAZIN 64. Should the German team be successful, every player of the
German team will receive a three-month subscription of this magazine.
SCHACH-MAGAZIN 64 appears twice per month, and is thus the most current German
chess magazine. Accordingly, it focuses on news from current tournaments, and,
after the start of the German "Bundesliga", in-depth reports about this event. A
lot of the games in this magazine are annotated, making them easy to understand.
The magazine also features a large tournament-calendar. A lot of chess
tournaments, particularly German tournaments, but also many international
tournaments are mentioned here. Highlights of the magazine are - among other
articles - the regular training column by Daniel King, in which he
entertainingly and very instructively presents a grandmaster game as test-game.
This column alone makes the magazine well worth reading. The tactics-corner is
also very good. Each issue features 9 tactical exercises, starting with rather
easy brain-jogging, and gradually getting more difficult until high-level
tactics have to be mastered. At the moment, the
web-site presents examples of these two columns in particular.
Should the German server-players in the match actually fail to prove their
current dominating position, the players of the world-team will win a
three-month subscription of the English magazine
CHESS. CHESS appears monthly.
The current september-issue focuses on the report about the
Einstein-candidates-tournament in Dortmund. This also explains the - for chess
magazines - unusually attractive cover. It shows the sponsor of the tournament
in Dortmund. In CHESS you will also find a great number of annotated games from
current tournaments. However, you will not only find current reports, but also
several training-columns - here Daniel King's column is published in its
original English form - tactical exercises plus occasional historical articles,
which take a look into the past. A closer look will be - obviuosöy - on the
english chess szene.
THE RULES
As mentioned above, the tournament will be played in two stages.
The first stage starts around 19.50 server-time (registration starts at
19.30). This will be a seven-round swiss tournament, which is open for everyone.
The tournament will take place in tournament hall B, and thus you don't need to
have the rank of knight to participate. The time-limit is 5+0.
After these seven rounds the six best German players and the six best non-German
players qualify for the German team or the World-team. Whats counts for being
selected into a team is the national flag. Who doesn't choose a flag, won't be
considered. Who chooses a flag which is obviously wrong, e.g. by opting for
"German" though one cannot start for Germany, or by opting for non-German,
though one can only start for Germany will neither be considered.
Here it is the decison of the tournament directors alone that count.
Now the second stage follows. The six qualified players will immediately
afterwards play a scheveninger-system team-match. The time-limit of this match
is 5+1. All members of the winning team will win the prizes mentioned above.
Unfortunately, members of the defeated team will have to go away empty-handed.
The tournament will be played in the official tournament room B. This allows
players with a rank of pawn - who might be comparatively new to the server - to
take part in the tournament.
THE TOURNAMENT DIRECTORS
The tournament directors are - alternating as a rule - Stefan Dieckerhoff and
Gaby Assmann. The third round will be directed by Stefan Dieckerhoff.
Registration is possible from 7:30 pm (GMT +2) onwards in tournament hall B.
Tournament and first stage stage will begin around 19:50.
