Time to register – Third ACP Internet event
12.05.2004 After the very exciting ACP
Inaugural (78 participants, 54 GMs, 22 rated over 2600) and the first Women's
Internet Tournament the ACP is staging a third Internet tournament for
its members. It is sponsored by ChinaCom and will be hosted on the Playchess.com
server from May 31 to June 5th. Here are all the details...
Tournament home page
Invitation
Dear ACP members,
Following the large success of the ACP Inaugural Tournament and the Ladies'
Tournament, the ACP is proud to announce the organization of the "Third
ACP Tournament" on playchess.com. Thanks to both sponsors, ChinaCom
and ChessBase, the prize fund will amount to US $6,500. As this is
significantly higher than for the "Inaugural" we will, this time
around, hand out 16 prizes, with US $1,800 to the winner. Please note that
for administrative reasons all prizes will be paid in Euro equivalents.
The tournament's mode will be similar to the "Inaugural", with five
preliminary tournaments taking place from May 31st to June 3rd, and a final
event on June 5th. We decided to give Peter Svidler, winner of the ACP Inaugural
Tournament, a wild-card slot for the final event. But unfortunately he has
to play in another tournament on that time. Therefore, runner-up Evgeny Najer
will be seeded to the final event. Thus, three qualifying places will be on
stake at each preliminary tournament. The time-control will be 4+1 (4 minutes
for all the moves, with a bonus of 1 second per move) for the preliminaries,
and 5+1 for the final tournament.
Once again, when registering on the website you will be asked to specify which
preliminary tournament you would prefer to play in. Note that ACP members who
are playing at the European Individual Championship in Antalya, which ends
on May 31st, can choose one of the later dates, so that they will be able to
participate in our Internet tournament all the same. Others should please try to choose
an earlier one.
For those of you who did not take part in the ACP Inaugural Tournament, we
would like you to take note of the following. In order to play on the Playchess
server you need a handle (a server name). Those of you who do not have one
should let us know which name you wish to use. Please choose a professional
handle consisting of your surname and, if possible, your first name or initial
(the maximum length is 16 characters). We will set up your account with the
appropriate ranking and send you back all necessary information, including
your password. Only after this procedure will you be able to log in and play
in the ACP tournaments. You can change the personal information attached to
your name, as well as your password. Finally, we strongly advise you to play
a few training games on playchess.com in order to be acquainted with the software
and the functionality of this site.
We would like to remind everyone that using engines and databases during the game is
specifically prohibited. A breach of these rules leads to an exclusion from
the tournament. Cheating is checked by special software provided by playchess.com,
and by a committee nominated by the ACP. Unfortunately, two players had to
be disqualified during the ACP Inaugural Tournament. We really hope that we
will not have to take such measures again and are counting on your sense of
fair play.
Looking forward to seeing you soon at the tournament,
With kind regards
The ACP Board
The Third ACP Tournaments are once again sponsored by China
Communications Corp. (“ChinaCom”), which is building the world’s
largest Chinese Business to Business (B2B) Platform. The events will be hosted
by ChessBase GmbH on the server at Playchess.com.
"My
God, it's full of stars..." – Players during the first ACP tournament
on Playchess.com
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