Keres Tourneys - starting information

Invitation to Keres 204 Tourney

Starting information

Welcome players! Here is the information you need to play the games in this tourney:

1. If you have not done so, please register at the message board. Use your ICC handle
as your message board username. (This is the easiest way for us to keep out spammers.)
2. Agree the playing time point with your opponent using the message board. Make offers
and respond to those of your opponent. After making an offer, we recommend that you
send a short ICC message to your opponent saying that there are offers waiting at the
message board. However we also request that the actual offers and responses take place
on the message board so that the negotiation is recorded should a disagreement arise..
3. Play the game! When awaiting an opponent who is delayed, please wait up to 15
minutes. If your opponent still has not arrived then you may claim the forfeit win.
4. Report the game result in an ICC message to bmw2002. Please include: Keres
Tourney #, player handles in color order, game result.
5. Here is the decision criteria if a game is not successfully scheduled and played during
the playing time of the round:

* If both players have offered playing times to their opponent at least twice on the Message
Board, the result will be declared set game draw.
* If only one player has offered playing times to the opponent two or more times on the
Message Board, the result will be declared a win by forfeit to this player.
* If neither player has offered playing times to the opponent at least twcie on the Message
Board the result will be declared a double forfeit loss for both players.
* Player may request an extention to the playing time period if it is needed.

6. When you are logged into ICC you can find links to Keres Tourney pages, Message Board
and to the Pairings page in MaxII's finger notes.

Players in this tourney:
  Fogbound
JimGaming
  knight2f3
  guyd52

Playing schedule:
The first name in the pairs plays with white pieces.
Round 1, playing time period from DEC 28 to JAN 13
JimGaming - knight2f3
  Fogbound - guyd52
Round 2, playing time period from JAN 14 to JAN 27
  Fogbound - JimGaming
  guyd52 - knight2f3
Round 3, playing time period from JAN 28 to FEB 10
  knight2f3 - Fogbound
  JimGaming - guyd52
Round 4, playing time period from FEB 11 to FEB 24
  knight2f3 - JimGaming
guyd52 - Fogbound
Round 5, playing time period from FEB 25 to MAR 9
JimGaming - Fogbound
  knight2f3 - guyd52
Round 6, playing time period from MAR 10 to MAR 23
  Fogbound - knight2f3
  guyd52 - JimGaming

Hopefully the tourney will offer you enjoyable moments at the chess table.
Mauritz Mehtio (MaxII)