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British Isles Closed (<1350) No Vacation

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3 - Summary

Posted by TadDude on Sunday, Apr 15 at 6:46pm

Congratulations. Congratulations. Congratulations.

Three golds and as a bonus, three full first place points awarded.

Players currently over 1350: 4 of 20

Timeouts in round 2: 1 of 6 (16.7%)

Timeouts in tournament: 1 of 86 (1.2%)

Duration of round 2: 2012 03 22 to 2012 04 15 = 24 days

Duration of tournament: 2012 01 21 to 2012 04 15 = 85 days

Average duration of the 2 completed rounds: 85/2 = 42.5 days

Thank you all for participating.

Winners:

#1 A_coupland (1230)

#1 lerxst (1323)

#1 cgalletly (1196)

TD: TadDude Started on Jan 21, 2012 @ 3:57am
Players: 20   Time Control: 3 days/move
Max Group Size: 5   Rating Range: <1300
# Advance: 1   Tie Breaks: Yes
Points Available: 173   Games Rated: Yes

This is a "No Vacation" tournament!
Max Avg Time/Move: 6 hours

TOURNAMENT FINISHED!
Tournament Stats
Starting Players: 20 Completed Games: 86 (tournament is 100% complete)
Eliminated Round 1: 16 (80% of field) Games in Round 1: 80
Eliminated Round 2: 3 (15% of field) Games in Round 2: 6
Players Withdrawn: 1 (5%) # Timeouts: 1 (1%)
Remaining Players: 4 (20%) Remaining Games: 0 (current round
Average Rating: 1236 Biggest Upset: 971 defeats 1287

This is a closed tournament, not open. Registration is limited to players flying the flags of the British Isles.

Note there are neither political nor geographical restrictions, just the chess.com flag displayed.

 United Kingdom

 Great Britain

 England

 Ireland

 Scotland

 Wales - Thanks to RonnieLewis

 Northern Ireland

If you think your flag should be included, message me and I will investigate.

Players rated over 1350 will be removed.

Since there are conditions that have to be manually enforced, the start is manual not auto-start.

Minimum Games: 50

Max Timeout %: 10

Comments


  • 4 months ago

    TadDude

    The "British" are a confusing lot.

    British Isles vs British Islands

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terminology_of_the_British_Isles

  • 4 months ago

    Mazdaboy

    Nice tournament; I was in a very friendly group. However Ireland is not part of the British Isles. Northern Ireland is, though. 

  • 4 months ago

    jimmcgeoch

    Thanks Ronnie

    Good Luck Too!

  • 4 months ago

    RonnieLewis

    Jim

    To understand the Tie Break system, follow this link:

    http://www.chess.com/tournaments/help.html#tiebreak

    Good Luck!!!

  • 4 months ago

    jimmcgeoch

    Hi and Thanks for the invite,

    can someone explain the "tie break" points system to me, i am probably being stupid but i dont get what they meen!Embarassed

  • 4 months ago

    RonnieLewis

    Cheers TadDude!!

  • 4 months ago

    TadDude

    @ SilverBullet69 Re: Cheers for the invite - will there be more like this in the future?

    It is certainly a good bet. The British Isles flag bearers at this ratings range were quick to accept their invitations. The United States series was a bit slower to fill. I think they get to play each other too much already.

    Some here may think once is enough, but there may have been some players who were too late to get in, and some playing now who will have had a good enough time to come back for more. I will adjust the ratings a little so there are a few different players and different people have a chance to win.

    I think though we can start thinking about it once the first round is over, or nearly over. So everyone knows, at that time those playing now will be the first invited.

    @ RonnieLewis

    The Welch players will be on the second set of invitations. Maybe some will get in next time.

  • 4 months ago

    RonnieLewis

    Thanks 'TadDude' My Dad is Welsh, So I mentioned it for him!!! 

  • 4 months ago

    SilverBullet69

    Cheers for the invite - will there be more like this in the future?

  • 4 months ago

    RonnieLewis

    Just a couple of things, thanks for the invite, and you forgot Wales!! Wink

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