2011 EMPRESS EMERALDA OPEN INVITATION
The first of the annual 2011 Empress Emeralda Open Invitation, remark the start of SEB chess competition circuit that is open for all MT users. Apart from the gracious rewards that Her Highness would unhesitatingly bestow upon the eventual victors, this tournament also offer the Norm and Crest of SEB First Master (SEB FM
Player's qualifications:
1. This tournament is open for all MT users.
2. User must have an account in Chesscube.com.
3. User must be familiar with the basic functions in Chesscube.com.
4. User must at least publish one game in SEB forum first, before he/she is able to join in the tournament.
Tournament's system:
1. The tournament will start once this thread is unlocked.
2. The supreme victor would be the one that is able to accumulate the 10 necessary points first. The tournament will automatically end once this requirement is satisfied.
3. Any users can join in this tournament any time they wishes to, so long as the tournament has not ended yet.
4. Participants can play against any other participants they wishes for, provided that the following conditions are met:
a. The match must be played on the presence of an Arbiter. A match without the presence of an Arbiter will be regarded as invalid.
b. Participants can only play against the same opponent twice, once as either white or black. Using the same color against the same opponent twice will render the second match as invalid.
c. Participants that are playing the same opponent twice, cannot play both of their games on the same exact day, otherwise the second game will be denounced as invalid.
Match Rules:
1. Time Control: 25min + 10sec.
2. Taking back moves are not allowed.
3. Disconnection* and Time's forfeit will be counted as lost.
* In case of disconnection, a 2 minutes delay will pop up, notifying the connected participant that the disconnected participant will forfeit automatically once the 2 minutes is up. Leave the time to expire on its own, if the disconnected participant is able to connect again within those 2 minutes, then the match will automatically resume. Remember; DO NOT ABORT THE GAME!
4. For every win, player will receive 1 point, 0.5 point for draw, and 0 point for lost.
List of Arbiter:
1. Kaze Araki
Empress's Rewards:
1. -
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