The prize is a book, which will be awarded to the national leader of the winning country. The book will come from a database provided by United Faiths (click here to see available titles)
1. An email address which is checked on a regular basis. (You may use the same email address for more than one country).
2. Your YAHOO! ID
(Note: If you do not have a Yahoo! ID, you may click on "sign up now" and sign up for free. Registration only takes a minute and it is recommended that you use the country's name or some variation to make it more recognizable to your opponent.)
3. Your physical location (necessary to adjust time zones in coordinating with other players)
4. 5 times you would be available to play beginning on November 1, 2003.
The chess tournament will consist of a single elimination round, much like the football soccer tournament.
However, if you lose a game, you are nto out of hte tournament. Instead, you fall into a second bracket. Often referred to as the "loser' bracket", the second tier is an opportuntiy for a player that had a bad first game to recover. The winner of the losers bracket will play against the winner of the main bracket.
That final match will determine who is Africa's Chessmaster.
Countries are encouraged to put their most intelligent minds forward, including presidents, citizens, and anyother national of the country that excels in the sport. Only one representative per country will be allowed to play for a country.
Note: Failure to show up at your designated time will allow you the opportuntiy to reschedule. Failure to show up a second time for the same match will result in disqualification. If your nation expires in nationstates, you will be disqualified from the tournament.
United Faiths will collect the dates and times and communicate via email with the two sides that willb e playing. UF will make sure to coordinate the time zones correctly.
To access the tournament, the following steps are necessary:
1. Log on to games.yahoo.com.
2. Scroll down and click on CHESS.
3. Enter your YAHOO! ID and Password.
4. You will enter the main Chess page with several links of room numbers. THE DEFAULT ROOM NAME under the "social" section is SOCIAL LOUNGE 10.
-- Note: That' social lounge TEN, not 1, not 6, but "10". (If Social Lounge 10 is full or not on the website, choose the LAST available room on teh list.
5. Upon clicking on the room, you will be connected to a list of rooms. Click on "create table"on the left-hand column. Then click on "sit" to reserve a seat in the room.
6. Next, click on "invite" on the left-hand column and search for the other player's name and invite that person.
7. If 5 minutes elapse and the person has not appeared, send them an email. You are required to wait for the individual for 30 minutes, during which time you may play chess against other random challengers.
8. Representatives from United Faiths will try to supervise the first rounds of all games to make sure that all goes smoothly.
9. After the game concludes, there is a button on the right-hand side of the chess board which says, "email history to me." The winner has the responsbility to click on this link and send the results to United Faiths or forward the email to brian_a_morales@hotmail.com
This is not a requirement, just an insurance against a player that might recall the outcome of the game differently.
