In love with Korea OPEN TOURNAMENT

This is an OPEN tournament with thematic trophies featuring popular Korean cultural features. The tournament aims to bring in recognition and a general appreciation for Korea's position on an international scale. 

Because this is an open tournament, there are NO RESTRICTIONS upon entry to this tournament. All members should be able to participate in this tournament. Should you be unable to participate in this tournament, please let me know via PM/notes so that appropriate adjustments can be made so that you are eligible to join. 

Tournament settings: 

- 3 days/move 
- Groups of 10 players (total of 100 players)
- 1 player advances per round
-  1 concurrent game per opponent (9 games to be played simultaneoulsy) 
- Vacation time is permitted
- This tournament will be based off STANDARD CHESS 
- This tournament has custom trophies, to be explained below:

First Place: Taekwondo
Second Place: DMZ (Korean Demilitarized Zone)
Third Place: Park Geun-Hye  

A brief introduction of each trophy follows: 

First Place: Taewondo
Taekwondo was developed during the 1940s and 1950s by Korean martial artists, the most well-known being General Choi Hong Hi,^[2] as a combination of Shotokan karate with the indigenous traditions of taekkyeon, gwonbeop, and subak. The oldest governing body for Taekwondo is the Korea Taekwondo Association (KTA) which was formed in 1959 by a collaborate effort by representatives from the nine original kwans, or martial arts schools, in Korea. The main international organizational bodies for Taekwondo today are the International Taekwon-Do Federation (ITF), founded by General Choi Hong Hi in 1966, and the World TaeKwonDo Federation(WTF), founded in 1973 by the KTA. Gyeorugi ([kjʌɾuɡi]), a type of sparring, has been an Olympic event since 1992. The body known for Taekwondo in the Olympics is the WTF. 

Second Place: KMZ (Korean Demilitarized Zone) 

The Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ; Hangul: 한반도 비무장지대; hanja: 韓半島非武裝地帶) is a strip of land running across the Korean Peninsula; it was established at the end of the Korean War to serve as a buffer zone between North andSouth Korea. The DMZ is a de facto border barrier, which runs in the vicinity of the 38th parallel north. The DMZ cuts the Korean Peninsula roughly in half, crossing the 38th parallel on an angle, with the west end of the DMZ lying south of the parallel and the east end lying north of it. It was created as part of the Korean Armistice Agreement between North Korea, the People's Republic of China, and the United Nations Command forces in 1953.

It is 250 kilometres (160 miles) long,^[1] approximately 4 km (2.5 mi) wide and, despite its name, is the most heavily militarized border in the world.^[2][3] The Northern Limit Line, or NLL, is the de facto maritime boundary between North and South Korea in the Yellow Sea and the coastline and islands on both sides of the NLL are also heavily militarized. 

Third Place: Park Geun-Hye

Park Geun-hye (박근혜, Korean pronunciation: [pak.k͈ɯnh^(j)e]; born 2 February 1952) is the eleventh and current President of South Korea. She is the first woman to be elected as President in South Korea and is serving the 18th presidential term. She also is the first female head of state in the modern history of Northeastern Asia^[3] and is the first South Korean president to have been born a South Korean citizen. Prior to her presidency, she was the chairwoman of the conservative Grand National Party (GNP) between 2004 and 2006 and between 2011 and 2012 (the GNP changed its name to the "Saenuri Party" in February 2012). Park was also a member of the Korean National Assembly and served four complete consecutive parliamentary terms as a constituency representative between 1998 and 2012; she started her fifth term as a proportional representative in June 2012. Her father was Park Chung-hee, President of South Korea from 1962 to 1979. She is generally considered to be one of the most influential politicians in South Korea since the presidencies of the two Kims: Kim Young-sam and Kim Dae-jung.^[4]

In 2013 and 2014, Park was named the world's 11th most powerful woman and the most powerful woman in East Asia by Forbesmagazine's list of The World's 100 Most Powerful Women. She was named the world's 52nd most powerful person by Forbesmagazine's List of The World's Most Powerful People, the fourth highest among Koreans after Ban Ki-moon, Lee Kun-hee and Kim Jong-un.^[5] 

Good Luck and enjoy the tournament!

TD: Famer