The "No Vacation" setting has been dropped from the 5th Chess.com Quick Knockouts.

If you wish to join or withdraw before the tournament starts you have a very short time to do so.

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Is vacation time really allowed? Where can I check it officially? I'd like to join this tourney but witout vacation it's impossible for me. I don't want to find out this when the tournament begins.

The hourglass symbol is not displayed when you look at the list of upcoming tournaments. Look for a tournament with the hourglass symbol. You will see they have the message This is a "No Vacation" tournament!.

You could message the tournament director, Patzer24. Be one of the first, he may be bombarded with questions soon.

TadDude -> Thanks.

My suggestion to the staff would be that as no vacation tourneys have the message "this is a no vacation tournament", tourneys with vacation time allowed would have similar clear message, for instance "vacation is allowed in this tournament", just to avoid confusion.

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by Wolfe9128 "A last minute change like that was not right.  A lot of us signed up because it was no vacation.  We should have been sent a notice that there was a change in the tournament rules when it happened.  Then those of us who did not want to play such a large tournament with vacation could have withdrawn before it started."

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