British Isles Closed (<1350) No Vacation

Start Date: Jan 21, 2012

Finish Date: Apr 15, 2012

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This is a "No Vacation" tournament!

This is a closed tournament, not open. Registration is limited to players flying the flags of the British Isles.

Note there are neither political nor geographical restrictions, just the chess.com flag displayed.

 United Kingdom

 Great Britain

 England

 Ireland

 Scotland

 Wales - Thanks to RonnieLewis

 Northern Ireland

If you think your flag should be included, message me and I will investigate.

Players rated over 1350 will be removed.

Since there are conditions that have to be manually enforced, the start is manual not auto-start.

Minimum Games: 50

Max Timeout %: 10

Announcements

3 - Summary

TadDude | Apr 15, 2012, 6:46 PM

Congratulations. Congratulations. Congratulations.

Three golds and as a bonus, three full first place points awarded.

Players currently over 1350: 4 of 20

Timeouts in round 2: 1 of 6 (16.7%)

Timeouts in tournament: 1 of 86 (1.2%)

Duration of round 2: 2012 03 22 to 2012 04 15 = 24 days

Duration of tournament: 2012 01 21 to 2012 04 15 = 85 days

Average duration of the 2 completed rounds: 85/2 = 42.5 days

Thank you all for participating.

2 - End of Round 1 Report

TadDude | Mar 22, 2012, 5:01 PM

16 players eliminated, one group winner withdrawal, 3 remain.

Players currently over 1350: 1 of 20

Active players over 1350: 1 of 3

Timeouts in round 1: 0 of 80 (0.0%)

Duration of round 1: 2012 01 21 to 2012 03 22 = 61 days

Number of rounds to complete tournament: 2

Estimated duration of tournament: 61 days times 2 rounds = 122 days (2012 05 22).

1 - Kickoff Message

TadDude | Jan 21, 2012, 4:02 AM

Seems there was a demand for this type of tournament. All 20 spots taken within 24 hours of invitations being sent.

Everyone is here so let's go.

Good games to all.