[blind-chess] Re: Ladder Tournament Proposal
- From: "alvin blazik" <ablazik@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <blind-chess@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2010 18:42:08 -0400
Richard,
Please explain "reverse grade order".
Thanks, Alvin
----- Original Message -----
From: R Dinger
To: chess
Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2010 6:18 PM
Subject: [blind-chess] Ladder Tournament Proposal
Hi Chessers,
Below is a proposed set of rules for a correspondence ladder tournament.
Please look this over and
provide any comments or complaints and also let me know if you are interested
in playing once we
have the details worked out.
Richard
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Ladder Competition Rules
The ladder tournament will run throughout the current year. The rules are as
follows.
Object: The object of the tournament is to climb the ladder by challenging
players higher up the
ladder.
Winner: The yearly winner of the competition will be the player occupying the
top position of the
ladder at the end of the current year.
Tournament Controller: The Tournament Controller will maintain a list of
on-going and pending
challenges and a list of color selections for each player. The Tournament
Controller will also
maintain and publish the current ladder rankings.
Challenges: A player may challenge any other player one or two places above him
in the ladder. If
the challenger wins, the challenger takes the position of the vanquished player
and pushes the
others below down one rung. If the game is a draw or the challenger loses, no
change in position is
made.
A challenge must be issued by e-mail through the tournament controller. If a
player fails to take up
a challenge for more than 3 weeks, then the challenger wins by default, and
may, on appeal to the
controller, take the position immediately above the defaulting player. No
player may have more than
one challenge outstanding at any one time, and any player who has received a
challenge must play
that game before accepting or issuing any further challenges. A second
challenge between the same
two players cannot be held until each has played a challenge match against a
different player.
Game Colors: Each challenger will play White in odd numbered games. Thus you
play White for your
first challenge and simply alternate colors for each subsequent challenge you
play.
Time Controls: Five days total of reflection time is allowed for the entire
game. Time is counted
from the time you receive a move and you have 24 hours to respond or you lose
one day.
Start: The competition will start immediately this year and on January 1
thereafter. The starting
position of the ladder will be in reverse grade order.
New Player: Any new addition to the ladder populates a new rung at the bottom
of the ladder.
Disputes: Any disputes arising should be referred to the tournament controller.
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