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Biggest Upset
This is a "No Vacation" tournament!
This is for risk takers, committing to one long tournament for big points rather than eking out a few points at a time in multiple smaller tournaments. With this format you will play up to ten games each round for an estimated six rounds.
At the end someone has a chance of taking home more points than in any one tournament, with a similar ratings range, than they have ever done before.
The points available will be similar to this. http://www.chess.com/tournament/all-your-eggs-in-one-basket
Let's estimate 600 points
Minimum Games Completed: 50
Maximum Timeout %: 10
Players rated over 1200 will be removed before the tournament starts.
Here are examples where three players in a group advance. They are in the rarefied height of thousand point tournaments. Please note it will not be possible to reach 1000 points in this ratings range.
These are all format 6(2)->3
http://www.chess.com/tournament/all-your-eggs-in-one-basket3
http://www.chess.com/tournament/b70-sicilian-defense-dragon-variation-gt1500
http://www.chess.com/tournament/russia-vs-world
A tournament with larger groups will have less rounds but then more simultaneous games are added to your games list at the beginning of each round.
Winners
1st Place
2nd Place
3rd Place
Announcements
4 - End of Round 3 Report
84 players dropped, 12 remain.
Players currently over 1200: 14 of 96
Active players over 1200: 5 of 12
Timeouts in round 3: 10 of 120 (8.3%)
Timeouts in tournament so far: 92 of 830 (11.1%)
Duration of round 3: 2012 03 29 to 2012 06 04 = 67 days
Duration of tournament up to end of round 3: 2011 12 22 to 2012 04 06 = 165 days
Average duration of the 3 completed rounds: 165/3 = 55 days
Minimum number of rounds to complete tournament: 5
Estimated minimum duration of tournament: 55 days times 5 rounds = 275 days (2012 09 22).
3 - End of Round 2 Report
72 players eliminated, 24 remain.
Players currently over 1200: 15 of 96
Active players over 1200: 9 of 24
Timeouts in round 2: 46 of 230 (20.0%)
Timeouts in tournament so far: 82 of 710 (11.5%)
Duration of round 2: 2011 02 19 to 2012 03 29 = 39 days
Duration of tournament so far: 2011 12 22 to 2012 03 29 = 98 days
Average duration of the 2 completed rounds: 98/2 = 49 days
Minimum number of rounds to complete tournament: 5
Estimated minimum duration of tournament: 49 days times 5 rounds = 245 days (2012 08 23).
2- End of Round 1 Report
49 players eliminated, 47 remain.
Players currently over 1200: 8 of 96
Active players over 1200: 5 of 47
Timeouts in round 1: 36 of 480 (7.5%)
Duration of round 1: 2011 12 22 to 2012 02 19 = 59 days
Estimated number of rounds: 6
Estimated duration of tournament: 59 days times 6 rounds = 354 days (2012 12 10).
1 - Kickoff Message
Never mind the eggs. Gather your strength for the year this will take.
Good games to all.
0.1 Manually enforced conditions
For those who are impatient for the start. You may be used to auto-start tournaments, but any ratings limited tournament should be on manual start to allow the TD to remove players. I have removed two players so there will be a short wait to fill again.