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4 - Summary

Posted by TadDude on Thursday, Sep 16 at 5:04pm

Almost a perfect final round and the gold belongs to lipi78. Congratulations.

Players currently over 1900: 8 of 100

Players currently over 2000: 1 of 100

Duration of first round:  2009 10 13 to 2010 02 11 = 121 days

Duration of second round: 2010 02 11 to 2010 06 11  = 120 days

Duration of third round: 2010 06 11 to 2010 09 16 = 259-162 = 97 days

Tournament duration: 2009 10 13 to 2010 09 16 = 338 days

Average duration of each completed round: 338/3 = 112.7 days

Thank you all for participating.

Winners:

#1 1st Place lipi78 (1601) Hungary

#2 2nd Place Hammers (1999) United Kingdom

#3 3rd Place TeslasLightning (1679) United States

TD: TadDude Started on Oct 13, 2009 @ 4:22pm

Players: 100   Time Control: 3 days/move
Max Group Size: 5   Rating Range: 1701-1875
# Advance: 1   Tie Breaks: Yes
Points Available: 366   Games Rated: Yes
Max Avg Time/Move: 6 hours

TOURNAMENT FINISHED!
Tournament Stats
Starting Players: 100 Completed Games: 492 (tournament is 100% complete)
Eliminated Round 1: 80 (80% of field) Games in Round 1: 400
Eliminated Round 2: 16 (16% of field) Games in Round 2: 80
Eliminated Round 3: 4 (4% of field) Games in Round 3: 12
Players Withdrawn: 3 (3%) # Timeouts: 12 (2%)
Remaining Players: 1 (1%) Remaining Games: 0 (current round)
Average Rating: 1707 Biggest Upset: 1643 defeats 1971

Important: Vacation is allowed

Minimum Games Completed: 100

Maximum Timeout %: 10

In contrast to many tournaments, which include as many as possible in the pool of eligible players, this is exclusive in that most players are not eligible.

The idea is that after 100 completed games players should have fairly stable ratings. Although not guaranteed, players who advance in this tournament will be more likely to still be near the rating they started with.

Players much over 1900 will be removed at the start. I will make an executive decision about who to remove when the time comes. To ease this decision the upper limit for registering is 1875 not 1900.

Older Exclusive Offset tournaments: 701-11001101-13001301-1500 and 1501-1700.

Older tournaments with similar conditions: 1001-1400, 1401-16001601-18001801-20002001-2200.


 

Comments:

by TadDude - 2 years ago
Canada
Member Since: Jan 2008
Member Points: 3661

With each player having played at least 100 games, ratings are fairly accurate so most groups are extremely competitive.

With 19 games left in round 1, there are still five groups where the player to advance is still undecided.

by Taxi - 2 years ago
The Midlands England
Member Since: Aug 2007
Member Points: 15460

What a great tournament..Thank you for setting this up and thank you to everyone who I have players here... Good luck to everyone in the next round (not me : <(  )

by TadDude - 2 years ago
Canada
Member Since: Jan 2008
Member Points: 3661

Auto-timeout protection is for emergencies. Stuff happens to anyone at any time.

by DaoudLS - 2 years ago
Melrose Scotland
Member Since: May 2008
Member Points: 254

Sorry to have held up the tournament - my motherboard packed up and it took a while to get it sorted...

by TheWontrob - 2 years ago
Connecticut United States
Member Since: Apr 2009
Member Points: 62

Good luck everyone, have a great tournament.

by Streptomicin - 2 years ago
Pozarevac Serbia
Member Since: Nov 2008
Member Points: 4497

great idea

by Taxi - 2 years ago
The Midlands England
Member Since: Aug 2007
Member Points: 15460

What a great idea! Thank you for setting this up.