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06/04/2009 |
| General Rules of the Chess.com TM CHAMPIONSHIP |
DRAFT 1 |
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| 1. Definition: |
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Chess.com TM CHAMPIONSHIP (TML) is a Tournament that match teams of Chess.com with at least 20 members and with active team matches. |
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TMC will start xxxxxxx and should take approximately 11 months |
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| 2. Pairing Board: |
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An initial teams classification is created according to its estimated potential (2*#MEMBERS+AVG RATING. According to data extracted on xxxxxx) |
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The 8 Top ranked teams will lead each group followed by the next 8 and so on until seeding the 32 slots available |
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| 3. TML Groups and Methodology: |
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-ROUND 1(1/16 Finals): 8 groups / 4 teams. 2 first class. Go to ROUND 2 |
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-ROUND 2(1/8 Finals): 4 groups / 4 teams. 2 first class. Go to ROUND 3 |
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-ROUND 3(1/2 Finals): 2 groups / 4 teams. 1 first class. Go to FINAL. 2nd class. Go to 3rd PLACE match |
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| The best 8 classified are susceptible to promote to the Chess.com TM LEAGUE for the next season |
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| 4. Match challenges and group classification: |
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All groups, team challenges and dates will be defined by the pairing board |
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From the pairing board date, there are 2 days to accept the challenge and a total of 5 days to lock the rosters and start the games. In case of a team refusing to play or not meeting these dates will mean losing the match with an score of 20-0 |
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All games have to finish before 90 days from the initial date, otherwise we will take the score in that given moment as the final result. |
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The challenging group will ISSUE 1 challenge with the following features:
-"TMC ROUND #:TEAM A vs TEAM B -" NO rating limit / 5-∞ players / 2 concurrent games / autostart off / 3 days move |
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Win will count as 1 point, a lost 0 and draw (in case of) 0.5. |
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-TIE BREAK SYSTEM is defined by the single scoring differential. |
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| 5. General rules and recommendations: |
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Due to Chess.com limitations in case of a player were a member of the 2 teams opponents in a match he/she won't be allowed to join, so it's up to him/her -self to withdraw one of them to be able to participate with the other. |
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All queries, complains, suggestions or improvement ideas should be addressed to the "chess.com TM CHAMPIONSHIP forums" |
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Any changes on the team names or any other info affecting the correct function of this championship, must be communicated inmediatly! |
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2 administrators of each team participating in league are encouraged to join this Head Quarters |
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Check the forums periodically for updates |
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3 first classified will receive a custom trophy and diploma certificating its classification in the TM CHAMPIONSHIP 2009 |
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All teams registered accept these rules. |
