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tag1153 10-Jun-08, 15:45	Captain's Swiss I'm running a 23 person Swiss on my team right now, and we are really into it. I was thinking of doing another one here with the captains. You guys interested? There are roughly eighty players in this club right now, and I figure if we can get 40 or so to participate we could run a seven round Swiss. I'll be happy to TD, though I would like to play as well. Of course, this will take some time to coordinate, so I wanted to start the ball rolling. To gauge interest, I am asking prospective players to sign in here. I'm setting the Fourth of July (7-04-08) as a tentative deadline for registration so I can re-elvauate the number of rounds needed. If you want a different tournament format for a change, I suggest you sign up! tag1153
tully15 11-Jun-08, 00:38	... Always interested in a good tournament or two   Sign me up!
kingdawar 11-Jun-08, 06:22	Sign-up And I wonder if there will be played several rounds simultaneously? (i.e. one first-round game could last six months while the others are finished within a month)
ravster 11-Jun-08, 13:01	i would... LOVE to take part. sighn me up!
eqj2 11-Jun-08, 13:15	I am In tag1153 sign me in. Cheers Eddie
tag1153 11-Jun-08, 14:11	heinkat just one round at a time ...I realize the potential for delayed play, and have an idea to curtail it, but first thing is gauging interest. ...if not many want to play then this whole thing is irrelevant......that's five so far.....c'mon you guys!!!!!!!!!!
tekoahbaer 11-Jun-08, 19:16	I will play. Thank you.
kingdawar 13-Jun-08, 11:04	1 - what's the time control 2 - who joins!!
eqj2 14-Jun-08, 14:07	Hmmmm This might be faster than I thought. =0
beanie 15-Jun-08, 01:40	Sounds good Sounds like a good idea. Count me in !!
usethepawn 17-Jun-08, 01:53	sounds good to me!
tag1153 17-Jun-08, 23:01	No matter how many rounds..... .....are deemed appropriate, this tourney will have a 3 day time control. As we are all captains, almost by definition we are active players on this site - so 3 days will hopefully accelerate what I'm hoping to be a 25+ player field. That's eight players so far.
tag1153 23-Jun-08, 13:14	ok guys... ....looking like it's gonna be a smaller field.....I'm cool with that.....I'm still calling 7-4-08 the deadline for registration. With the list at hand, we are looking at 3 rounds. I'd love to get more players so we can have more rounds....... tag1153
tag1153 30-Jun-08, 20:59	One more week ...........c'mon guys...........................
maca 03-Jul-08, 03:34	I'm interested I would like to join, provided that there won't be more than one active game in this tournament at the time. I think I'm fine with 3 days / move, but I would be more comfortable with something like 3 days + 1 day / move < 5 days, to give more room to play on weekends. As for the rounds, I think that if you're planning to play a Swiss tournament, 5 rounds is the minimum length to get a sensible result. Regards, MaCa.
tag1153 12-Jul-08, 17:23	ok we will roll with the field at hand.....I'll try to have all the info up within the next 48 hours (at most).... tag1153
tag1153 13-Jul-08, 17:49	Captain's Swiss (Round 1) 1) This will be a 5 round event with 9 participants. There will be one forced bye worth 1 point every round. It will go to the player with the lowest score (tiebreaks by rating). In the event of a requested bye (worth .5 points) which leaves an even number of players, the full point bye will not be issued. I would like to discourage half point byes, but do understand that they are sometimes necessary. 2) Regardless of which player issues the 3 DAY CHALLENGE, the game must be entitled Captain's Swiss (Round 1), so that I may more easily access it from your profile (for verification purposes). 3) Pairings are issued using Accelerated Swiss rules, using rating avg. for the last 90 days as a benchmark. 4) Inevitably, something will go wrong. We chess players tend to be easily excitable when it comes to pairings, color assignments, etc....I will be operate totally in a transparent manner, but it's my sandbox and my toys. My decisions as TD are final. 5) PLEASE do not start games until I give the go ahead. As you OTB players can attest, re-pairings are frustrating and time consuming. Here are the Round 1 pairings: Board 1 - heinzkat vs. tekoahbaer Board 2 - tag1153 vs. eqj2 Board 3 - maca vs. beanie Board 4 - johnny1988 vs. usethepawn ravster recieves the Round 1 bye Remeber that white is listed on the left, black on the right. Please go ahead and issue/accept challenges. I need to receive a message from each of you that you are ready to roll. We will begin shortly.
eqj2 13-Jul-08, 18:20	Deleted by eqj2 on 14-Jul-08, 14:06.
tag1153 13-Jul-08, 18:59	Deleted by tag1153 on 13-Jul-08, 19:28.
tag1153 13-Jul-08, 19:01	Deleted by tag1153 on 13-Jul-08, 19:29.
tully15 13-Jul-08, 19:07	Deleted by tully15 on 14-Jul-08, 06:51.
tag1153 13-Jul-08, 19:27	Deleted by tag1153 on 13-Jul-08, 19:29.
maca 14-Jul-08, 00:24	The first round Hi, I have made a challenge to my opponent as requested. I take that it is the winner who is supposed to report the result to you, Tag, or the player with white pieces in a case of the draw? Also, for the record, which Swiss algorithm are you using (Lim, Dutch or Dubov)? Regards, M_a_C_a.
usethepawn 14-Jul-08, 03:51	Deleted by usethepawn on 14-Jul-08, 03:51.
kingdawar 14-Jul-08, 04:58	1) Why does everybody delete all their posts here 2) Board 1 - heinzkat vs. tekoahbaer at game
tag1153 14-Jul-08, 06:52	We're ready.... ....gentlemen, you may start your clocks. Winners please report your scores upon completion....good luck!
ravster 14-Jul-08, 13:05	... yeah good luck everybody, and thank you tag1153 for organizing such a wonderful tournament! fingers crossed i won't lose too badly in the 2nd round   Ravi
tag1153 14-Jul-08, 18:12	First result eqj2 has defeated tag1153 in round 1.
eqj2 14-Jul-08, 18:24	Thank You tag1153 for your willingness for this tourney. And thank you for the game. We are all thankful for your hard work in this club. Cheers Eddie
tag1153 27-Jul-08, 08:44	Update Just the one game finished, but here is the status of the others: Board #1 - game Board #2 - game Board #3 - game Board #4 - game
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