ICC Groups - ChessBattles Group

From July 8 through to August 26, every Friday at 15:00 server time, there will be a ChessBattles tournament. Each tournament will have seven rounds and a time control of 5 1, Swiss pairings. The first tournament on July 8 will start at 17:00 as an exception.

The tournament is sponsored by ICC member Darko Pastor, handle "picapiedra". He funded a prize pool of USD 725, which will be distributed as follows:

The player to score most points throughout the whole series of Friday tournaments will receive USD 500. Second and third in that series will receive USD 150 and USD 75, respectively. In order to win a prize, it might be necessary to show every Friday and play!

Standings in the prize series can be checked with the following command:

tell pear ser b chessbattles

In case of a tie in points in the series, prizes are split between tied players.

JOINING:

In order to take part in the series, a player must be a paid or exempt ICC member and a member of the group ChessBattles. To join that group, type

g-join ChessBattles

and wait on the operator Picapiedra to add you. Whether or not you are added is determined by Picapiedra, not by ICC, as this is a private tournament and ICC is just letting the organizers use their software to facilitate the task.

When you are in that group, you will receive ICC messages about the tournament. Please read those. Before the starting time, you need to type

tell pear join

or use the link in the event list. This will be possible from approximately 15 minutes before the start. Latejoining is allowed until round 4, but you will not receive bye points for missed rounds.

RULES:

Blitzin 2.31 or higher must be used in the event. All general rules on ICC apply. Specifically, use of computer chess engines and databases while playing is strictly prohibited. Assistance from other players is also prohibited.

The tournament is run using the automated tournament bot "pear", and there will be a tournament manager, either from the ICC Tomato team of managers, or from the tournament organizers. If you are not familiar with Tomato-type tournaments on ICC, please read "help Tomato".

During the tournament, please pay attention to the tells you receive from the tournament bot pear and the manager. The ICC tournament directors and the private organizers of the series may at their discretion make a ruling on a particular game, eject a player from a tournament, refuse to allow a player to join a tournament, for any reason including but not limited to: failure to show up on time or to start a game on time, concern that the player's internet connection is not reliable enough for the game to finish in a timely manner, suspicion of chess computer use, suspicion that a player is receiving assistance, or the fact that this player has been caught violating ICC rules in the past.

In case a player is ejected from a tournament of the series, the tournament directors or the organizers can decide to decline any prize he would have won in the series. In case a player is disqualified from the tournament, the ICC tournament directors can, at their discretion, rule that the game of that player in the running round is lost for him, and won for his opponent. However, results by that player in prior rounds will not be reverted.

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