Time Control
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Games Rated
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Rating Range
Points Available
Max Group Size
Complete
# Advance
Round
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Biggest Upset
This is a "No Vacation" tournament!
This is for risk takers, committing to one long tournament for big points rather than eking out a few points at a time in multiple smaller tournaments. With this format, players who reach the final round will have played up to ten games each round for an estimated six rounds.
At the end someone has a chance of taking home more points than in any one tournament, with a similar ratings range, than they have ever done before.
Minimum Games Completed: 200
Maximum Timeout %: 10
Players rated over 1700 will be removed before the tournament starts.
Here are examples where three players in a group advance. They are in the rarefied height of thousand point tournaments. Please note it will not be possible to reach 1000 points in this ratings range.
6(2)->3 http://www.chess.com/tournament/b70-sicilian-defense-dragon-variation-gt1500
| TD: baguajunkie | Started on Dec 23, 2009 @ 8:06pm |
| Players: | 96 | Time Control: | 1 day/move | |
| Max Group Size: | 6 | Rating Range: | >1500 | |
| # Advance: | 3 | Tie Breaks: | Yes | |
| Points Available: | 1,044 | Games Rated: | Yes |
| TD: WarMachineofRussia | Started on May 9, 2009 @ 2:56pm |
| Players: | 96 | Time Control: | 3 days/move | |
| Max Group Size: | 6 | Rating Range: | >1500 | |
| # Advance: | 3 | Tie Breaks: | No | |
| Points Available: | 1,033 | Games Rated: | Yes |
A tournament with larger groups will have less rounds but then more simultaneous games are added to your list.
| TD: willilo | Started on Jan 28, 2011 @ 4:29pm |
| Players: | 96 | Time Control: | 5 days/move | |
| Max Group Size: | 8 | Rating Range: | >1650 | |
| # Advance: | 3 | Tie Breaks: | Yes | |
| Points Available: | 1,028 | Games Rated: | Yes |
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Announcements
6 - Summary
bmrazu outlearned everyone over the course of this tournament and takes gold. Congratulations.
Players currently over 1700: 1 of 96
Timeouts in round 5: 0 of 30 (0.0%)
Timeouts in tournament: 77 of 930 (8.3%)
Duration of round 5: 2011 10 28 to 2011 11 30 = 33 days
Duration of tournament: 2011 02 18 to 2011 11 30 = 285 days
Average duration of the 5 completed rounds: 285/5 = 57 days
Thank you all for participating.
5 - End of Round 4 Report
90 players eliminated, 5 to go.
Players currently over 1700: 2 of 96
Active players over 1700: 1 of 6
Timeouts in round 4: 0 of 60 (0%)
Timeouts in tournament so far: 77 of 900 (8.6%)
Duration of round 4: 2011 09 08 to 2011 10 28 = 50 days
Duration of tournament so far: 2011 02 18 to 2011 10 28 = 252 days
Average duration of the 4 completed rounds: 252/4 = 63 days
Number of rounds to complete tournament: 5
Estimated duration of tournament: 63 days times 5 rounds = 315 days (2011 12 30).
4 - End of Round 3 Report
84 players eliminated, 11 to go.
Players currently over 1700: 2 of 96
Active players over 1700: 2 of 12
Timeouts in round 3: 13 of 120 (10.8%)
Timeouts in tournament so far: 77 of 840 (9.2%)
Duration of round 3: 2011 07 30 to 2011 09 08 = 40 days
Duration of tournament so far: 2011 02 18 to 2011 09 08 = 202 days
Average duration of the 3 completed rounds: 202/3 = 67.3 days
Minimum number of rounds to complete tournament: 5
Estimated duration of tournament: 202/3 days times 5 rounds = 337 days (2012 01 21).
3 - End of Round 2 Report
48 players eliminated, 47 to go.
All three tiebreaks worked so no ties again.
Players currently over 1700: 3 of 96
Active players over 1700: 3 of 24
Timeouts in round 2: 38 of 240 (15.8%)
Timeouts in tournament so far: 64 of 720 (8.9%)
Duration of round 2: 2011 04 25 to 2011 07 30 = 96 days
Duration of tournament so far: 2011 02 18 to 2011 07 30 = 162 days
Average duration of the 2 completed rounds: 162/2 = 81 days
Minimum number of rounds to complete tournament: 5
Estimated duration of tournament: 81 days times X rounds = 405 days (2012 03 29).
2 - End of Round 1 Report
No ties so exactly 50% were eliminated.
48 players down and 47 to go.
Players currently over 1700: 3 of 96
Active players over 1700: 3 of 48
Timeouts in round 1: 26 of 480 (5.4%)
Duration of round 1: 2011 02 18 to 2011 04 25 = 66 days
Estimated number of rounds: 5
Estimated duration of tournament: 66 days times 5 rounds = 330 days (2012 01 14)
1 - Kickoff Message
A journey of a thousand days begins with a single move. (Not the actual estimate of the duration of the tournament.)
Good games to all.
0.1 - Upper Rating Range
Apologies everyone. The first set of invitations indicated "Players rated over 1300 will be removed before the tournament starts.".
That was a copy and paste error. It should have read "Players rated over 1700 will be removed before the tournament starts.".