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2nd PlayStrategy Cup

#1

Hello everyone!

After two weeks of registrations, I am please to announce that we are ready to begin the Second Edition of the PlayStrategy Cup. As it was mentioned before the seeds of the tournament are taking from the number of games played here in the website.

I. PLAYERS

1. @Vladimir
2. @oruro
3. @Mando
4. @Jheps
5. @RomanTkhoruk
6. @statmatt
7. @vincent
8. @Guitar
9. @FiveKnights
10. @sloth_bear_off
11. @Jisu101

Every round will take one week time. Every Tuesday will be the deadline of the rounds and wednesdays I will be sending the Pairings.

II. TOURMAMENT, SCHEDULES AND RESULTS

To follow all the results of the tournament, we will be using the site challonge.com.

The tournament consists of 11 rounds, every player will have a "bye" in one of the rounds.

III. SCORING SYSTEM

The score of the tournament are not just for the result of the match but the points make in the entire match. So, in every match, the 4 games have to played, even if the "virtual" winner is decided before the 4 game.

IV. TIE BREAKS:

If at the end of the tournament two of more players ended with the same score a Tie Break will be required.

For the Tie Break the selection of the Boxes will be restarted, however, the players involved will not be able to choose the same BOX they used against each other in the round match.

The time control for the tie breaks will be as follows:

Tie Break #1: The players will play a match of 4 games with a time control: 3/2.

Tie Break #2: The players will play a match of 4 games with a time control: 2/1.

Tie Break #3: The players will play a match of 4 games with a time control: 1/1.

Tie Break #4: The players will play a match of 4 games with a time control: 1/0.

If after the 4 tie break the the tied continues, the players will keep playing matches o 1/0 until a winner is decided.

In case the Boxes are all used, the boxes will be restarted taking into account that the original BOX (the one the players used on the round of the tournament) will not be able to be used again in all the Tie Break.

V. TIME SCHEDULES

Please post the all the times scheduled in UTC time to avoid confusions.

If after 15 minutes after a match scheduled a player do not show up, this player will lose the match by forfeit.

The player that wants to claim the forfeit has to report the situation in real time to the tournament director (@oruro) via direct message of via this forum.

If a player consider that will not be able to complete the match before the deadline has to contact the tournament director (@oruro) and ask for an extension.

#2

Round 1 Pairings

@sloth_bear_off vs. @Guitar
@Jisu101 vs. @vincent
@Vladimir vs. @statmatt
@oruro vs. @Romantkhoruk
@Mando vs. @Jheps
Bye: @FiveKnights

I am not going to post the entire pairing list of the eleven rounds until round 2. The reason is because there are two players who did not reconfirm their participation in the Cup. These players were paired for the first round to avoid complications in case they do not show up. If they do not show up, they will be removed.

Deadline: Tuesday, September 24.

Good Luck to everyone!

#3

Remember that you can find all the rules here: playstrategy.org/forum/playstrategy-feedback/2nd-playstrategy-cup-registrations

And I just want to remind all you the Boxes:

1. Go: 19x19, 13x13, 9x9
2. Lines of Action: Lines of Action and Scramble Eggs
3. Shogi: Shogi and Minishogi
4. Xiangqi: Xiangqi and Mini Xiangqi
5. Mancala: Oware and Togyzkumalak
6. Othello: Othello and Gran Othello
7. Amazons: Amazons
8. Chess 1 (Classic Chess): Standard Chess, Chess960, No-Castling
9. Chess 2 (Classic Chess Variants): Three-Check, Five-Check, KotH, Antichess
10. Chess 3 (Chess Variants): Crazyhouse, Horde, Racing Kings, Atomic, Monster
11. Draughts 1 (International variants): International, Antidraughts, BRKTHRU
12. Draughts 2: Brazilian, Russian, Pool
13. Draughts 3: Frisian, Frysk, American/English, Spanish
14. Backgammon: Backgammon and Nackgammon
15. Breakthrough: Breakthrough and Mini Breakthrough

#6

Especially with winter time setting in during the tournament :)

Reconnecting