Somehow we have to spend the time until the World Championship

Hall of Fame

Winner of the 5th Tourney: Andrewrun (USA)
Winner of the 4th Tourney: Fox (Germany)
Winner of the 3rd Tourney: Andrewrun (USA)
Winner of the 2nd Tourney: Andrewrun (USA)
Winner of the 1st Tourney: Calm (England)


[1.] Pairings, Results and Table
[2.] Orga Stuff
..2.1. Quick Overview
..2.2. What do you need to participate ? (FICS Account)
..2.3. How are the games scheduled ? (PM your opponent)
..2.4. How do you sign up ? (Post your FICS handle, Country and Timezone (GMT/PST))
[3.] Particpants and FICS Handles
[4.] FICS Commands
[5.] Time Zones
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[1.] Pairings, Table and Results

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2.1. Quick overview:

Starts: Monday, 2nd January 2012
Time Control: 15 minutes + 15 seconds per move
System: Swiss followed by a playoff semi-finals and finals
Number of Rounds:
.....Swiss : changed to RR due to number of participants
.....Playoff: Semi Finals and Finals
Duration of Rounds: 1 game / week (first round: 2 weeks due to holidays)

We will stick to the system that after the pairings are up the players have to contact their opponents and schedule the game via PM.



2.2. What do you need to participate ?

1.) A FICS account. You can create an account for free http://www.freechess.org/

2.) You probably also want a graphical interface to comfortably use the FICS servers.
The most popular afaik is "Babaschess". You can also download it for free
http://www.freechess.org/cgi-bin/Downlo ... erface.cgi

3.) Obvioulsy, you should bring some time to play A game will probably last about 45 minutes BUT you will have to invest a little bit more time because you have to schedule the games on your own - that's actually the toughest part !

2.3. How are the games scheduled ?

I will post the pairings every Monday afternoon/evening GMT. Ideally, this is also the time where you look them up and write your opponent a PM. Schedule the game as soon as possible! Please ! I am not kidding...Please, as soon as possible
Also, please be reasonable and cooperative when it comes to proposing a time to play as we have to cope with time shifts of maybe up to ~10 hours. Usually, the games are scheduled on the weekends.
When you agreed on a date with your opponent please post the time in the Games Schedule Thread *will be linked later* , so people who want to spectate or make 'observer commentaries' know when the games are played. Additionally, you can post in the thread that you contacted your opponent or simply coal-copy me the PM to make the process more public.
Please only use GMT or PST ! Actually, forget the "please"..only use GMT or PST !! . At least one of these time zones has to be given. This makes everything transparent as we all are talking about the same stuff AND more importantly these are the times the FICS server uses, which will be our 'official' time, too. If someone doesnt show up in time (I guess waiting for 10 minutes sounds reasonable) the player who is present may choose if he wants to try to reschedule or claim a full point. Please note that the time, which will be used as a reference here, is the FICS server time - it displays GMT and PST and also keeps track of online times . You can see the time by using the "date" command in the FICS console. The player who didn't show up has to PM me or post why he didn't make it. If I hear nothing he will be kicked out of the tourney.
If the scheduling of a game fails because there is no sign of life / response by one of the players, the player who didn't respond will be kicked out of the tourney. Of course it can happen that scheduling becomes problematic due to short-term stuff but please inform me and your opponent about that, so we know what is going on.
So, basically two steps:
a) PM your opponent on Monday (coal-copy the PM to me)
b) Post in the game schedule thread when the game will take place.

2.4. How do you sign up ?
Just post here that you want to participate.
Post your....

FICS Handle:
Time Zone in GMT/PST:
Country:

If you have any questions feel free to post them here

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--[3.] Particpants and FICS Handles--
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Forum / FICS / Time / Country

thechesser / wuzhe / GMT-5 / USA
kamus / skotlander / GMT-5 / USA
moejoe / steeveeray / GMT-5 /
lo2 / krimi / GMT+1 / Denmark
FlintEastwood / FlintEastwood / GMT+1 / ENG
Sarciness / sarciness / GMT+8 / ENG
Fuzion / Fuzion / GMT+0 / ENG
Gentlewhisper / gentlewhisper / GMT+1 / GER
detroitman / detroitman / GMT-5 / USA
eimaj / eimajuk / GMT+0 / ENG

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--[4.] FICS Commands--
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In the console type:

log "username" : shows when "username" was last seen online
date : shows current time in GMT and PST
set formula : turns off pairing formula (if challenge got rejected by formula)

+ch 226 : Adds channel 226 (inofficial cv.tv channel) where we hang out (press F4 to show the channel in Babaschess)
inch 226 : lists all people who are in the channel 226

FICSgames: http://www.ficsgames.com/

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--[5]. Time Zones--
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http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/time-z ... /index.htm

EST = GMT-5
PST = GMT-8

e.g.:
"Let's play at 18:00 GMT!" means:
18:00 GMT (6pm)
13:00 EST (1pm)
10:00 PST (10am)


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OLD:

Kingsblade already did 2 nice videos about Babaschess, which you can see here:
http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5535
Hitchhiker's just done one focussing on chat commands and stuff that might be useful for the tourney http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5550


1st Tourney Thread
http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4654

2nd Tourney Thread
http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=5533

3rd Tourney Thread
http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?t=7208

4th Tourney Thread
http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?t=7781

5th Tourney Thread
http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=8613

yes yes yes!!!!! i am in!!!! always!!!!!
(calming down a little bit)
been waiting for this day for a while
FICS handle: wuzhe
Time Zone: EST, not sure comparing to GMT, but should be -5 hours
get ready to fight, hope we will have some new players this time

I'm ready to come out of semi-retirement if nothing else than to prove it's too early for me to come out of semi-retirement.

FICS handle: skotlander

Time Zone: EST

<3 you guys

yes, EST = GMT-5

I wish to participate in the tourney.

FICS handle is steeveeray

GMT-5

I am in!

GMT+1, Denmark

FICS handle: krimi

Exciting! I've been waiting for this to come around again


FlintEastwood, +1GMT, Germany.

guys, come on, join! i wanna more players!

I have decided to play. Count me in!

Sarciness, GMT +8, representing England (location: China)

FICS Handle: Fuzion
Time Zone in GMT/PST: GMT+0
Country: England

wheeeeeee

Nice to have you two on board again

GMT+8 ! So, we get a time difference of 13 hours
Ok, let's see...sth like
09:00 Sunday (your time) would equal
20:00 Saturday (US east).
Sounds manageable

Btw for the tourney can we have noescape 0? Normally my connection is fine but occasionally it goes a bit crazy and I have to do the old 'turn the internet off and on' business, which can take a few minutes. I would trust others not to disconnect and cheat, hopefully that trust is reciprocated

FICS Handle: detroitman
Time Zone in GMT/PST: -5
Country: usa

Last time I think we played with noescape=0. My internet connection was atrocious at the time... I think CVTV members are on the whole very friendly to each other, so it should be fine.

Probably not a big deal. Just made a note that I mention it with the R1 pairings

detroitman !