good luck to all that were invited to your tourny ...
I hope the results with be posted as the match finishes.

to klaashaas for winning my prize Reversi 10x10 Tourney, now the owner of a 1 year Brain Knight Subscription!

Well Played!

The strongest Gothic Chess tournament of all time is currently underway. All of the top 25 players on this site were invited, of which 16 accepted, and 1 was ineligible to play as a BrainPawn without enough vacancies.

Previously there were posts in this section from a certain player who indicated his own superior play as the reason for being barred from another event.

This player was given multiple invitations to the King of the Hill, none of which were accepted. The tournament is starting without him.

There is no need to reply to this post. It is provided here for informational purposes only.

I'd like to point out that the Rest of the World section of 'Bumble's World Tour' - backgammon, is for players not included in the other categories (UK, Europe and USA).
Players from Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South America etc etc are especially welcome to join the fun in the Rest of the World section.

Thank you..Fencer.

Try it now.

I have finished my tourniments and tried to join another one.. It tells me I can't because there are some that aren't finished.So is there anyway that I can join another one?

Last day to sign up for
Bwildman's 1st Gothic Chess Tourny
Don't be shy!! ;)

NO GIRLLLLIES ALLOWED !!!!
We are having a boys Tournament to coincide with Cariads GIRLY one LOL. Then there will be a playoff between the Tournaments. This will be decided on a basis of how many players enter and therefore how many section winners etc.. there are & will be by Private invite.

'Boys Night Out'

P.S. All entrants we be checked, as far as we can.There are some i would not class as either LOL

Whew, thanks BBW, had me a little worried there.

Una

Just 1 day left!!!
Sign up now,for Bwildman's 1st Gothic Chess Tourny......

Are You Tuff Enough??? ;)

Anybody else wants to win a membership? ;-)

The whole tournament would not start if for example:

Tournament has 4 players in it.

One of the players is a pawn and does not have enought room for the games (so pawn is removed)

Tournament only has 3 players left - not enough to run tournament, so tournament is actually canceled!

Thanks MM, I had read that the whole tournament wouldn't start or something like that.
Thanks,
Una

unacanta: The pawn will be removed from the tournament.

So, if a pawn does not have enough room to start the 6 games for example, will the system start the games it can for the pawn? For example will it start 4 games and wait until he can play the other two?

Only 8 hours b4 the next Gammon Stakes Tournament starts, so come on all you Gammon players :)
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It is less work to screen coming in but thanks for the tip. There is also the issue of one of our ladies who is trying to avoid someone so we don't want his name to appear on our tournament list even for the short time it takes me to get there. I will change my post to read "almost" all are invited so everyone can have a comfort zone. Thanks for your interest and help.

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Tournament will start in just a few days. For players rated BELOW 1500. Unrated players are also allowed as long as they are not "too" good.

Games need at least 4 players to start, and there are a few that still only have 2-3 players. So if you are looking for more games & you don't like to play against the "expert" players - here is the tournament for you!

To Sign Up: CLICK HERE

Thanks, and good luck to everyone who has signed up so far!

BBW (BIG BAD WOLF)

Thats the reason a remove option was introduced in the first place. That way who ever is the tournament creator has the final choice anyway.

I should have said "almost everyone" is welcome because we still have a stalker that enters tournaments and either just sits there to drag it out, makes inflammatory remarks with his games, or uses multiple nics to fill up all the slots. We had one experience with him and that is enough. So if your are not him you are welcome.

New idea BBW lol :-) lol

lol - yes, i was wondering the same thing BBW :-)

This may be a stupid question, but why do you have an "Invitational" tournament that everyone is welcome to?

..... maybe I'm just missing something... :-)

BBW (BIG BAD WOLF)

Almost everyone is welcome. Message me for an invite. Closes Sept 7.

It is up and running! You should see your games on your Main Page. Good luck everyone!!! 57 entered so this is a biggie. Looking forward to the outcome. :o)

to sue q for winning the under 1500 line 4 comp. well done

well played and congrats to lone outlaw for winning the beginners 1500 and under spider line 4 tourn and also keeneyedswede for the 1500+ five in a line tourn. well done.

Zucan - The Mercenaries are on red alert!

Yes. If you set it to two-game matches, it will start two games against each person. So with 4-player sections, each player will get 6 new games (2 with each of the other three in the section).

I would believe it would start all the games that is is designed to play at once... It would be up to the pawns to make sure they have enough room to play in such a tournament before signing up...you may want to message them and see if they made enough space available before you decide when to start the tournament...

I have a tournament with 12 players. It should start with 3 groups of 4.
My questions is for the pawns will it only start one game per player in the group or start both games as black and white.

I have set the minimum to 4, maximum to 5 with the 2 game option.

I don't want to start it if some of the pawns won't be able to start the tournament.

Thanks for the help.

I think those that are determined not to pay will be satisfied with the milk...

So they can see the steak?

i think it will only let them have more benefits and still not pay...I knew after being here one day ....that it was well worth the price....

why should they buy the cow when they can have the milk for free...

That's a very good idea, BIG BAD WOLF! They could see for themselves what fun it is to be a member and could well sway them to upgrade.
Good thinking!

Our team on gameknot has grown to 16 people 4 of whom are paid members. The others are limited to a certain amount of games. As it is here paid subscribers do have more benefits. The point I suppose is you have to have a certain amount of stuff for non subscribers or there just isn't a large enough pool of players to enjoy the activities of which are offered to paid membership. The Secret Hiding Place Fellowship consist of myself and one other person. Kind of tough to put a team together with just two people.
Kind of like being the only member of a club and seeing the other member every tuesday night. Pretty soon the club isn't a club because one or the other person goes and finds a club where there is more intereaction.
Doesn't really matter to me. When it gets to the point where I can not participate and have tournaments with members of the 65thsquare club here, then I will spend my chess money where I can. Pretty simple I think LOL.

Una

I think that a pawn should be able to enter 1 fellowship as a "guest" - and that is he can NOT join the team, and he can NOT enter a Fellowship tournament. (basicly all the pawn can do is read/post in the message area - but once he see's some "cool" tournament and soon inter-fellowship tournament, it might be something that will encourage a pawn to upgrade!

.... just my thoughts... :-)

I'm sorry, unacanta, I can't agree. Joining fellowships is one of the benefits of membership.

Pawns have a more than fair deal as it is.

One of the ways to perk intereste in Fellowships is by allowing non-paying subscribers to join. On gameknot they allow so many non-subscribers to be on your team. Fellowships and team play is great but if only a couple people belong then the option is of little value. I am not saying the system should allow every nonsubscriber to join a fellowship, I am saying a fellowship should have the option of having a few nonsubscribers. Just an idea...
Una

The tournament is set to start 9-22-03, it looks like everyone that is interested has joined. I will give it a few more days and then close it.
Una

Zucan, Rabbitoid is captain for HOME team so I've messaged him about it. But I only have 3 members, as one member did not renew his membership so cannot be considered for this tournament. But I'm sure we can find another player in time if this is to go ahead :o)

I'd be up for that! I'm not sure how many atomic chess players are in HOME though! (rushes over to check!!)
Give me a shout when you want to get this started and I'll see which players want to join in :o)

:-)

Ahh, I'm seeing what you mean now, Zucan! 4 separate fellowships, one member from each fellowship in each tournament... is that right? That would work :o)

Ideally, it would be nice to have one tournament with 4 sections and that I can populate the sections in a controlled way. I may have to ask Fencer about it... maybe he can do some shuffling for me... If not, then yeah, 4 seperate tournaments is about the only way to really do it. I am always open to ideas though!

Zucan

Zucan - you mean, run 4 separate tournaments for the 4 team members? Like you have all the first boards in one tourn, all the 2nd boards in another and so on?

Zucan,I like that idea...anyone else?

Wet blankets are okay, Harley :)

I figured an invite only tourney of 4 players maximum and I would invite one person from each team to that tourney... wouldn't that work?

Zucan