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1st KGS mini-Iron Man Tournament (Winner: Demon)

Welcome to the 1st KGS mini-Iron Man tournament!

Swiss style, Simultaneous Schedule, AGA ruleset, each round starts every 6 hours, total 12 rounds over 3 days This tournament uses a Swiss pairing system. Endurance is the key to doing well in 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 3 days. You can skip up to 9 rounds, so even if you can only play one round per day you can still participate! You have to play a minimum of 3 rounds total to participate in this tournament.

Important:This mini-Iron Man tournament is open for every registered player. No guests players.

Everyone is welcome to join!

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.

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Sponsored by KGS

Rules

Swiss style, Simultaneous Schedule.

Prizes

  1. The winner will get 2 months of free KGS Plus.
  2. The runner-up will get 1 month of free KGS Plus.
  3. The MVP(s) will get 1 month of free KGS Plus.
  4. An Ironplayer who played all 12 games (system byes count) will get 1 months of free KGS Plus.
  5. The enthusiastic players will get 1 month of free KGS Plus (human processor decides how enthusiastic they are, number of played games, effort, politeness and etc) until total prizes amount gets 20 months.

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


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