Exclusive Offset 1901-2100: 100 games completed

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Posted by TadDude on Saturday, Oct 24 at 6:58am

Players marginally over 2100: 1

Should be a competitive tournament.

Good games to all.

TD: TadDude Started on Oct 24, 2009 @ 6:56am

Players: 60   Time Control: 3 days/move
Max Group Size: 5   Rating Range: 1901-2075
# Advance: 1   Tie Breaks: Yes
Points Available: 378   Games Rated: Yes
Max Avg Time/Move: 6 hours


79% COMPLETE!
Tournament Stats
Starting Players: 60 Completed Games: 224 (tournament is 79% complete)
Eliminated Round 1: 28 (46% of field) Games in Round 1: 240 (93% completed)
Players Withdrawn: 0 (0%) # Timeouts: 12 (5%)
Remaining Players: 32 (53%) Remaining Games: 16 (current round)
Average Rating: 1980 Biggest Upset: 1868 defeats 2027

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 2100 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 2075 not 2100.

Older Exclusive Offset tournaments: 701-11001101-13001301-15001501-1700 and 1701-1900.

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


 

Comments:

by TadDude - 57 days ago
Canada
Member Since: Jan 2008
Member Points: 978

@ addisondog

Although the maximum number of players is 100, I will start the tournament when it appears there will be no more joiners.

The tournament has only been a few days in registration. Let's estimate 65 registrants. However many register, aim for a latest start date of 14 days from today.

by addisondog - 57 days ago
Salt Lake City UT United States
Member Since: Mar 2008
Member Points: 50

I'm looking forward to this, BUT . . . how many players need to register, before the tournament starts?  If I know more or less when the tournament's about to begin, I'll hold off accepting new games.  Any info would be welcome!  Thanks.

by riuryK - 59 days ago
Prague (CZE) Spain
Member Since: Apr 2009
Member Points: 338

Thanks for the invitation. Good luck to everyone.