January Iron Man Tournament: Open Division (Winner: profi)

Welcome to the 23rd KGS Iron Man tournament!

Swiss style, Simultaneous Schedule. 1 round every 6 hours, a total 20 games over 5 days. Endurance is the key to doing well in the Iron Man tournaments! The time settings are 40 minutes Main time plus 5 Byo yomi periods of 30 seconds (40m + 5 x 30s), the rounds are spaced 6 hours apart. 4 rounds per day, over 5 days. You can skip up to 15 rounds, so even if you can only play one round per day you can still participate! You have to play a minimum of 5 rounds total to participate in this tournament.

Important: The Conditions for Tournament entry:

• 20 non-KGS Plus members will be allowed into the Kyu Handicap division.
• Everyone is welcome to join the Open division!
• People who do not fulfill those conditions but register anyway may be disqualified anytime.
• Please be respectful to your opponents: late players will forfeit after 15 minutes -- rudeness or escaping are also not tollerated.
• You can only play in ONE division. Please don't register in both divisions.

The Kyu Handicap Division:

• Must enter with your strongest account.
• Must have played more than 30 ranked games total, spaced throughout the 6 weeks before January 9th, 2016. (having played the 30 games in the last week before January 9th won't be accepted)
• Contact the user "sweety" or "seventeen" at least 3 days before the tournament if your KGS Plus account is not your strongest account.

• The Kyu Handicap Division
• The Open Division

To request a Bye: Please go to the tournament web page, click on the link "you can request a bye here" on the top right. If you are on the server when a round starts, and you haven't requested a bye, then you must play in the round or take a loss.

Sponsor

Sponsored by KGS, and Kiseido.

Rules

Swiss style, Simultaneous Schedule.

Prizes

1. The winner of each division will get a $36 gift certificate from Kiseido and 1 month of KGS Plus.
2. The runner-up of each division and the Best Kyu in the Open division will get 1 month of KGS Plus.
3. An Ironplayer who played all 20 games (system byes count) will get 2 months of KGS Plus and a KGS sticker.
4. 1 week of free KGS Plus will be awarded at random.

If needed, the score, SOS and SODOS will be used as tiebreakers.