Rules for the International Memorial Tournament

Prologue

This tournament is a gathering of amateur players from around the world, all of them members of the yahoo club the65thsquare. The tournament was planned before the tragedy that befell so many innocent people on 11 September 2001. We have renamed the tournament, and we now play it as a memorial event to those who have departed.

A. Registration

Internal Tournaments are opened to club members, and the general method of registration is by posting a message at the club with your email address. Each member is only allowed to play under one email address.

B. Format

B1. Player Selection is entirely up to the captain/captains appointed for their experience and support in our club tournaments. B2. All players who have signed up for the tournament must be allowed to play. B3. No player may play more than 2 games, and each of these 2 games must be in a different group. B4. A player may not act as a substitute for a further category if he/she is already playing two games as stated earlier.

C. Scoring

Points are awarded for a win or draw. The latest FIDE rules of chess will be used as the reference in any disputes, regardless of whether the computer program follows those rules or not. C1. The winner of each board earns one point, and both players share half a point equally if there is a draw. C2. The winning team of the tournament is the team with the greatest number of points after adding up the value of all points won. Players: Each team plays two white, two black for the above. Time: Players/Captains for Black pieces decide the time of the game on weekends.

D. Substitutes

Each team will name another player as a substitute for each of the 5 categories contested. This substitute is subject to the terms stated in B4. D1. The substitute player will play if one other player does not show up. If two other players do not show up, the substitute will play the match on the higher board, and his team will forfeit the other match.

E. Countbacks

In the unlikely event that both teams have the same number of points upon completion of the whole tournament, then a tie-break will come into play. E1. Failing this, the team with the most category champions will be declared the winner. E2. Failing this too, countback will be done on each subsequent category board numbers from 2 to 5. If this fails too, the event will be declared as a draw.

F. Notation

All players are required to notate as in any real-life tournament, and completed games should be posted together with the notation on the club's message board. Similar to FIDE rules, no notation means no scores. You may copy the notation automatically generated by the chess programs.

G. Disputes

All disputes will be refered to the webmaster of our arbiter section on the our website. Although cheating with computer programs is possible on any chess site on the net, we discourage any use of such software during the tournament. We must all admit that we are amateur players, and as such, subject to human error. Using a chess program does nothing to improve your skills, or to endear you to the other players. This tournament is non-profit, and does not offer any prize money. The objective of the tournament is to enjoy playing chess with each other, and to develop your chess skills, which you may one day need when you play in 'live' chess tournaments. Besides, we are playing in memory of those fallen in the New York Disaster. However, there is nothing anyone can do about internet cheating, especially if the offender maintains a strict denial. The club hopes that all players are honest in their games, and will accept with good faith, your participation in the tournament as being an agreement to play with honesty and integrity.

H. Using IYT

Sign up for IYT with a username, preferably the same one you use for yahoo, to simplify matters. When the announcement is made to start the tournament, kindly use the "Invite a User" link on the left, select "Chess", and change the radio-button near the bottom of the page to "2-game match". Type in the name of one of the opponents assigned to you. A list of similar names will appear. Select the proper user ID with the information you have. After the previous step, a chess board will appear on your screen. Set the timeframe to "7 days". Make the first move for the game that you play as white. Click "Send/Submit" The receiver will receive the invite as a message. You may also receive invites for the tournament before you send them out. Therefore, please check the "My Messages" section before you commence your inviting. Only one player in each game-pairing needs to do the inviting.

I. Queries

If you need any clarification of the above points, please leave a note at the club, or email me only if it is absolutely necessary and private. We recommend that you check with your respective captains first if you have any doubts.

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