NEW! The «Western 45|45 Tournament Sign-up Forum» Has Opened!

The «Western 45|45 Tournament Sign Up Forum» has opened, as we are now accepting the sign ups for the following event:

«Western 45|45 Tourney #1».

But do not sign-up here! 

No-no-no! Instead, click here to enter the tournament (sub) group and join. Please note that this is not a negotiated tournament but rather a fixed time tournament, when all the games will be played on Saturday @ 12:00 USA ET. An «Eastern» version will soon follow. Please see the Technical Specifications below. 

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Technical Specifications

• # of Round(s): 5;
• Time control: 45|45 LIVE
• First round: Saturday, November 14 @ 12:00 USA ET
• Last round: Saturday December 12 @ 12:00 USA ET
• Opened to all players? YES.  
• Type: Fixed time tournament; 
• Playing period: one (1) game per week;
• Checking-in? Yes. The players need to check-in no later than 11:50 USA ET by appearing in the SLCA chat room in LIVE chess;
• Instructions: Inside the sub group (the «Tournament Schedule & Instructions » forum); please read!

Can you organize such a tournament for other nations as well?

@ All_Exceed -- 

http://www.chess.com/groups/view/eastern-4545-tourney-1-nov-14---dec-12

and

http://www.chess.com/groups/view/eastern-9030-tourney-1-nov-15---dec-13

TIme control for the first one is 90|30 and for the second one, it's 45|45.