We are pleased to announce that Vote Chess League Headquarters will organise the first Open Swiss Vote Chess Tournament.

* The tournament is open to all groups that play Vote Chess.
* The tournament consist of 9 consecutive rounds, so you only play one vote game at a time.
* Playing tempo is 1 day per move.
* Pairing is done on the basis of the Swiss system, which means that your team will be pitted against another team that has done as well (or as poorly) as your own team.
* At the end of the registration period, a schedule will be published of fixtures.
* Players who are a member of more than one team, are strongly encouraged to impose self-discipline and play all games of the tournament with the same team.

We are looking for at least 18 teams in the tournament, with a maximum of 30, so discuss this in your group and register quickly! End of registration is 28 March 2009. The tournament is set to start on 1 April 2009.

Tournament Director and registration: linksspringer

Thanks linkspringer for alerting me to this competition, I would like to register my team Narz's People. This opportunity sounds too good to miss.

Thanks very much, I would ..like to register my Team THE PREMIER OF ALL...

The Vote Chess League now has a public group where we will post all information about the Open Swiss and the (by invite) Masters tournament.

http://www.chess.com/groups/home/vote-chess-league-tournaments

Hi, linksspringer,

I would like to register Team Romania and The Power of Chess in Open Swiss Vote Chess Tournament. Thank you.

Thank you! Added here:
http://www.chess.com/groups/forumview/open-swiss-vote-chess-tournament2

Could you add Team Britain to your list to compete in the open swiss - thankyou!

Thank you! Done.

edit : nevermind

End of registration is 28 March 2009.

Register your team while you can!

registration is now closed

Tomorrow I will perform a random draw and publish the first round pairings.
We start from April 1.

http://www.chess.com/groups/forumview/open-swiss-vote-chess-tournament2

The first round draw is now available

http://www.chess.com/groups/forumview/open-swiss-pairings-and-results

I will send all contacts a message with instructions.