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This is a "No Vacation" tournament!
Outwit, outplay and out last. Emphasis on the out last.
This is a "No Vacation" tournament!
Tournament Conditions
Slow: 14 days/move and less than 50% of players eliminated per round.
Note: The tie break setting is "No". The tie break does not work in a group of two anyway.
Fast: Both games per opponent start immediately, Max Avg Time/Move of 12 hours and no vacation.
Auto-Start when registration is full.
Tournament Duration:
Estimated number of rounds: Eight - May Tournament, 1st Reg Reg Quick Knockout (1201-1600) and FASTEST OPEN KO EVER.
Estimated length of each round: 6 to 12 months
These one-round tournaments, with vacation, have finished:
regulars - 2008 09 09 to 2009 07 09 - 10 months
World U1500 Chess Tournament Championship - 2008 12 07 to 2009 07 15 - 7 months 1 week
The Slow Tournament - 2008 12 27 to 2009 07 21 - 6 months 3 weeks
As of 2009 07 26 these one-round examples, with vacation, are almost complete: Started 2008 Sep 22, 2008 Dec 07, 2008 Dec 8.
As of 2009 07 26 this two-round example, with vacation, is almost complete: Started 2008 Aug 08
Registration Restrictions
Max Avg Time/Move: 12 Hours
Minimum games completed: 50
Maximum timeouts: 10%
Announcements
5 - End of Round 4 Report
90 players dropped, 10 remain.
Timeouts in round 4: 4 of 16 (25.0%)
Timeouts in tournament so far: 45 of 194 (23.2%)
Duration of round 4: 2011 08 27 to 2012 06 10 = 288 days
Duration of tournament so far: 2009 07 27 to 2012 06 10 = 1049 days
Average duration of the 4 completed rounds: 1049/4 = 262.25 days
Estimated number of rounds: X
Minimum number of rounds to complete tournament: 8
Estimated minimum duration of tournament: 262.25 days times 8 rounds = 2098 days (2015 04 25).
4 - End of Round 3 Report
83 players eliminated, 16 to go.
Timeouts in round 3: 11 of 26 (42.3%)
Timeouts in tournament so far: 41 of 178 (23.0%)
Duration of round 3: 2011 03 10 to 2011 08 27 = 170 days
Duration of tournament so far: 2009 07 27 to 2011 08 27 = 761 days
Average duration of the 3 completed rounds: 761/3 = 253.7 days
Estimated number of rounds: 8
Estimated duration of tournament: 761/3 days times 8 rounds = 2029 days (2015 02 15).
3 - End of Round 2 Report
73 players eliminated, 26 to go.
Timeouts in tournament so far: 30 of 152 (19.7%)
Duration of round 2: 2010 03 06 to 2011 03 10 = 367 days
Duration of tournament so far: 2009 07 27 to 2011 03 10 = 591 days
Average duration of the 2 completed rounds: 591/2 = 295.5 days
Estimated number of rounds: 8
Estimated duration of tournament: 295.5 days times 8 rounds = 2364 days (2016 01 16)
2 - End of Round 1 Report
Duration of first round: 2009 07 27 to 2010 03 06 = 7 months 7 days
Seven more rounds to go.
1 - Kickoff Message
And they're off. Time to separate the hares from the tortoises.
After approximately eight hours the first player to advance (unofficially) is aabbccdd.
Good games to all.