Here is the ALL NEW Official Ladder Tournament thread for this group:

The ORIGINAL ladder order (no longer posted) is based on seniority in the group (the order you joined).  Whenever we get a new member, I will include them at the bottom of the ladder.  The CURRENT ladder order (spread out over the next few posts) is based on the results of games played in the tournament.

If you wish to opt out of this tournament (i.e. you do not want to be bothered with challenges, or whatever) simply let me know, and I will move your name to the bottom with a note that you are Not Available (n/a).

The Rules:

1.  The goal is to climb the ladder as high as you can.  So you may only challenge someone higher on the ladder than yourself, or accept a challenge from someone lower on the ladder than yourself.

2.  To be considered part of this tournament, the game must be clearly labeled as a part of this specific ladder.  The challenge and the results should also be posted in this thread so that other members know who is available for challenging, and who is not.

3.  You may only play in ONE ladder game at a time.  Courtesy would dictate that if you just completed a game in which you issued the challenge to someone higher than you, you should give someone lower than you the chance to challenge you before issuing another challenge.  However, if a couple days go by and no one has challenged you, feel free to send out another one.

4.  The challenge must be from the original starting position, and have color assigned randomly.  All other variables are at the discretion of the two players, but some agreement must be reached.  If a player simply refuses to accept a challenge on any terms, they will be placed at the bottom as unavailable (please let me know if that happens - you may need to send them a message first to get around their settings).  The games may be unrated. 

5.  If the player on the higher rung wins, there is no change to the ladder. 

6.  If the player on lower rung wins, that player now occupies the rung formerly held by the higher player.  The higher player and all players between them slide down one spot as a result.

7.  In case of a draw, the player on the higher rung maintains his position, and the lower player moves to the rung just below the higher player.  All players between them slide down one spot as a result.

8.  You may only challenge someone up to 10% of the ladder higher than yourself.  So if we have 150 members (including those who have opted out of this ladder tournament), then you can challenge someone 15 rungs higher than you.  At 160, you can challenge someone 16 rungs higher than you, etc.

I think that covers everything.  If you have any questions, comments, or suggestions, feel free to post them here.

The first 100 rungs:

The second 100 rungs:

The third set of 100 rungs:

Just in case we need a forth 100 rungs:

This space reserved too

Challenges in progress (1):

#19 kid_of_chess vs #1 Billium248

Completed Games (34):

#53 alexandrumag vs #48 ILEARNEDAT7 - alexandrumag wins by knockout (move 55)

#58 IPA-Ray vs #56 zlhflans - IPA-Ray wins by submission (move 32)

#56 IPA-Ray vs #52 Khody - IPA-Ray wins by submission (move 34)

#72 Jrojitas vs #64 ATCuba - Jrojitas wins by knockout (move 40)

#52 IPA-Ray vs #43 Mullen - IPA-Ray wins by submission (move 28)

#35 unHOLYdoNUTS vs #28 FischerExpress - unHOLYdoNUTS wins by timeout (move 1)

#10 ssharpe vs #3 douglownote - douglownote wins by knockout (move 17)

#63 Ghost90 vs #55 LittleTom - LittleTom wins by submission (move 27)

#84 _DARKHORSE_ vs #76 AntonvanBommel - _DARKHORSE_ wins by submission (move 57)

#61 _PATZER_ vs #58 vijaykulkarni - _PATZER_ wins by submission (move 52)

#25 Alander97 vs #22 kelz - Alander97 wins by submission (move 44)

#126 Krulshards vs #115 geirharald - geirharald wins by knockout (move 32)

#62 Ghost90 vs #60 wilsonho - Ghost90 wins by timeout (move 2)

#15 bamboozel vs #3 douglownote - bamboozel wins by submission (move 20)

#48 alexandrumag vs #36 amac7079 - alexandrumag wins by submission (move 42)

#29 Qubit vs #24 Argonaut314 - Argonaut314 wins by timeout (move 17)

#110 Bob_Smith_w00t vs #100 euovo - Bob_Smith_w00t wins by knockout (move 30)

#43 IPA-Ray vs #35 kbch - IPA-Ray wins by submission (move 27)

#22 Alander97 vs #20 Felix_10 - Alander97 wins by timeout (move 13)

#100 euovo vs #88 azulRonin - euovo wins by submission (move 52)

#28 Qubit vs #21 Kelz - Qubit wins by submission (move 39)

#21 Qubit vs #18 Alander97 - Qubit wins by timeout (move 3)

#120 aabbccdd vs #118 1darknight - aabbccdd wins by knockout (move 29)

#33 IPA-Ray vs #21 kelz - IPA-Ray wins by submission (move 29)

#21 Ray_D vs #14 Cabo_Noobs - Ray_D wins by timeout (move 33)

#57 Ghost90 vs #38 nathmags - nathmags wins by submission (move 36)

#90 Komoliddin07 vs #76 azulRonin - azulRonin wins by submission (move 15)

#131 Kn1ghtsCr0wned vs #122 Deejed - Kn1ghts Cr0wned wins by knockout (move 25)

#40 Jrojitas vs #33 Khody - Jrojitas wins by submission (move 24)

#17 Qubit vs #11 Ray_D - Qubit wins by submission (move 33)

#155 wilt18 vs #150 Trumpet_Master - wilt18 wins by submission (move 37)

#68 kid_of_chess vs #46 cat_of_chess - kid_of_chess wins by submission (move 20)

#33 Jrojitas vs #23 kbch - Jrojitas wins by submission (move 24)

#46 kid_of_chess vs #23 Jrojitas - game drawn by agreement (move 19)

Ok everybody.  I think this will work.  The Ladder has been updated and reformatted.  It should run a lot smoother now.  Sorry it took me so long.  The real world has been intruding on my Chess.com time, and I've needed to just hit and run on some of my games.  I've still timed out of 13 games this month (only won 2 of my last 22 games).  I promise I won't let it get this far behind again.  Sorry.

Gasboy challenge timed out with no response.

Challenging jokermol.

Geeze Mike, you're not having any luck in the challenges department are you?  At least you're still moving up each time you send someone to the bottom as unavailable.  You can challenge up to 19 places above you now.  Of those 19, I know these players are active on the site and have a rating similar to yours:

LivingByGrace
guwapo
Masterful_Forfeit

Try challenging one of them.  Good Luck.

challenged 1darknight http://www.chess.com/echess/view_game_seek.html?id=8467097

let me join pls.

IM ON OF THIS PARTY

Where's my name? This looks like an awesome tournament to join.

Where's my name. You said the first 200 members and I think I was 198

I beat alander97..I should be on the 18th spot!

when you challenge someone, do you just set up a game?

I have challenged Ramonhaverlag.