Tomato presents a new type of tournament, suitable for longer time
controls. The tournament starts in the Slomato bot on the first
Saturday of a month at 12 noon. As usual, you can join shortly
before starting time by typing 'tell Slomato join' or clicking the
item in your event list.
On each Saturday, three rounds of 15 5 (rated, Swiss parings) will
be played. This gives a total of 12 rounds (in months with 4 Saturdays)
or 15 rounds (in months with 5 Saturdays), thus a really long standard
tournament which would be impossible without breaks inbetween.
After those 3 rounds, the tournament is suspended. On the next
Saturday, all the players that were in at the time of suspension
will be joined again to the tournament. Those that are not present
at the time of the start, will be removed. It is possible to late-
join the tournament also, by doing 'tell Slomato latejoin'. One
could also rejoin after leaving the tournament, or not playing on
one Saturday, also by doing 'tell Slomato latejoin'.
There are 1/2 point byes given to latejoiners, but no bye-points
are issued to those who miss one or more rounds after playing at
least one round.
There are no obligations to play every game, notably, there are no
dr-points in this tournament. However, if you want to win one of
the PRIZES, it might be a good idea to play every Saturday! Prizes
are extensions to your ICC account:
Winner -- 1 month
Second -- 1/2 month
Third -- 1/2 month
Amongst those who play every round, but failed to finish in the
top three, another prize of 1 month is given to the player scoring
most points within that group, and 1/2 month given to second and
third within that group. In the event of tied points, Tomato
tiebreaks will determine the order of prizewinners.
NOTE: Needless to say, all ICC rules apply in this tournament, in
particular, it is strictly prohibited to use help from other players
or chess computer programs.
If you have a question about this series, message Lisebeth or Resurrected
on ICC.
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