Hi Chess Players, Of course, it is the March-April Tournament, not January-February. Sorry! You are invited to play in the January-February World Chess Parlor Swiss Tournament. >All are welcome to play. >You arrange to play your games at a time and date >convenient to you. >We can work around your schedule, even if you are going to >be unavailable during the tournament for a week or so. >It is a 3 or 4 round swiss stylle tournament. >A game usually lasts a couple of hours. >You may request and receive a half point bye in Round 1. >The full rules will be e-mailed with Round 1 pairings. >By popular demand, the rules are going to be relaxed a little. > >To enter this free tournament, simply e-mail ftp-chess@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx or >jamesrslagle@xxxxxxxxx by Friday at 11 A.M. EDT, which is 15:00 UTC or GMT. >Include your Skype ID, if you have one. >State whether you can play only on Skype, not in the Chess Parlor. >>Optionally, include your phone numbers. > >If you cannot play in the for-the-people.com Chess Parlor chat room, you can >play using Skype. > >State whether you want to be put on the "permanent" llist. >This means that you will be automatically included in future swiss >tournaments, unless you opt out. >The current permanent list is Pankaj Bendre, Viral Trivedi, Ginny, Curtis, >Stephen Hilton, Mike Lowery, Leonardo, and Jim Slagle. > >Also you are invited to attend our World Chess >Parlor Club Meeting on Saturday in the Chess Parlor at >for-the-people.com at 11:30 A.M. Eastern Time, 15:30 GMT or UTC. >Everything is free! >We can tell you how you can get free chess lessons, >even if you have never played this great game. >>If you have any chess questions or would like to >>arrange a game, please attend the meeting. >>Our voice chat room "over-the-board" Chess Parlor >>Tournament and Ladder Tournament and other things will be discussed. >>Our tournaments are free and open to all, including beginners. >>You are welcome to listen to any of our games in the chess Parlor. >>A game is played in a couple of hours. >>It is voice-chat over-the-board chess. >>It is not correspondence chess or email chess. >>You will need to plug a microphone into your computer. >> >>A microphone cost less than ten dollars. >> >>P.S. For-the-people.com is a set of voice chat rooms. >>It is free. >>To register for for-the-people, go to the web site, >>for-the-people.com, and follow the directions. >>If you have a problem in registering or in entering >>the Chess Parlor room, et cetera, email FTP-TechTeam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx. >> >>After you have been accepted by for-the-people.com, to >>subscribe to ftp-chess@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, >>go to the for-the-people.com home page, and follow the >>e-mail list link. >> >>Keep checking, >>Jim Slagle >> >>Skype ID: jamesrslagle >>U.S.A. Phone: 609 945 5415 >> >> >> >> >> > =========The blind-chess mailing list View list information and change your settings: //www.freelists.org/list/blind-chess List archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/blind-chess =======