TL81 Warm-Up NewBlood Open Tourney

Dear Leaguers!

Team NewBlood invites everyone to take part in the traditional Warm-Up Open tourney! Initially it was created as an intrateam tourney to let teammates get better prepared for a new season. Then the concept was changed for an Open tourney, the renovated Open Tourney was held right ahead of TL78, TL79 and TL80 and was generally welcomed.

Here is yet another edition of the Tourney, we welcome anyone who is interested in spending 3 hours of playing in a friendly atmosphere, having fun and warming-up for the Season!

TL81 Warm-Up NewBlood Open Tourney

Location: FICS, Mamer-operated tourney (all information will be available on channel 49)
Tourney Director: LightKnight
Participants: Everybody is welcome (OPEN tourney)
Time control: 10 min + 15 sec/move
Number of rounds: 4
Tourney system: Swiss
Scheduled date: Saturday, Feb 6th, 2021
Scheduled time: 12:00 Server Time (ST)
Late Check-In: It is allowed to enter the tourney from the 2nd Round. It is not allowed to enter in later rounds.

The schedule of the Tourney:
Round 1: 12:00 ST
Round 2: 12:45 ST
Round 3: 13:30 ST
Round 4: 14:15 ST
So within 3-hour window the Tourney is completed. We have fun and get prepared for the Season!

Distribution of places:
If the same points scored by a number of players, the following Tie-Break factors are in force:

1) Buchholz (TB1)
2) Avg. FICS rating of played opponents (TB2) (FICS rating at the moment of each game is accounted, as presented for each game in FICSGAMES.ORG database) – where necessary.

NOTES:

The concept of the Tourney implies the following peculiarities:

1) Number of Rounds played (4 Rounds or 3 Rounds in case of late Check-In) is not taken into account. However, we encourage players to join in time to have all 4 games played. No points granted for missed 1st Round.

2) Points granted in case of BYE or WBF (Win-By-Forfeit) are considered “minor” points, thus putting a player to the bottom of the group of players who scored same points. Such case means TB0 in force, other Tie-Break factors (TB1 and TB2) are not taken into account for that player.
P.S. We try to avoid BYEs by setting even number of players for Round 1 and Round 2. However, we can’t control other rounds in the same manner, and occasional BYEs may occur.

Technical Notes:
1) In case you don’t have channel 49 in your list on FICS, please add it: “+ch 49”. There you’ll be given all the announcements and instructions.
2) At the scheduled time (Sat, Feb 6, 12 h server time), you’ll be informed of how to join the Tourney. Just type “td join #”, # being the tourney number.
3) Then you’ll play the games in sequence (you type the “td play #” command or just accept the challenge), as each round starts and ends. You’ll also see the results and pairings of the games on your console.

Results:
1) Automatically generated scoresheet will be available right after the Tourney is finished. However, places are not distinguished in groups of players who have scored same points.

2) Detailed results (considering Tie-Break factors described above) will be published on NewBlood Team website shortly after (the link will be shared here on TL Board).

Welcome! See you on Saturday, Feb 6th at 12:00 Server Time! Please don’t be late! Ciao! 🙂

Author: prezandy

[Source : FICS]

T81 is Open

Teamleague is back in 2021! T81 is now open for registration, and we will be accepting team entries until 22:00 (EST) on Tuesday, February 2nd. Play will commence a week later, on February 9th.

To enter a team, first login, and the submit a team tab will appear in the upper left side of this page. Follow the information on that page (and please take note of any error messages you may receive), click the proceed button, and your registration should be processed within a few days.

Questions are always welcome in channel 101 on FICS, or can be sent via FICS message to the TeamLeague account.

Author: smallblackcat

[Source : FICS]

T80 Honour Roll

T80 is over. We will be back with T81 in 2021, but meanwhile here are your winners, runners-up and top scorers for T80.

Fischer

Champions: Mysterious_King_Moves, Runners-up: RainbowWarriorsAzul

1st: Yaro (5.5/6), 2nd: BIONCHESS (4.5/6), 3rd: jaberwock (4/5)

Spassky

Champions: Inca_Arequepay, Runners-up: LightSpartans

1st: Tuturutu (5/5), 2nd: Lcalcino (5/6), 3rd: Arequipaganador (4/6)

Kasparov

Champions: TheRangers_DesertBroncos, Runners-up: Poisoned_Pawns_Cyanide

1st: Lionskins (5.5/6), 2nd: bvrus (4/5), 3rd= Fente, KRMCHESS (4/6)

Alekhine

Champions: Mysterious_Knight_Moves, Runners-up: Arequepay

1st: quiquevas (5/6), 2nd: paire (4.5/5), 3rd: Lcalcino (4.5/6)

Capablanca

Champions: RainbowWarriorsVerde, Runners-up: TheRangersMavericks

1st: IMOEC (4.5/5), 2nd: TGV (4/5), 3rd= antvrs, Exray 4/6)

Congratulations to our winners, and kudos to all who took part!

Author: smallblackcat