Hello everyone,

To celebrate the start of Killegarchess.com we proudly announce the Killegarhess Open, our first online chess tournament.

Players of all strength are welcome, while it is a serious tournament fun is still the priority!

Details

Knock-out Tournament

Up to the Quarter-finals 4 games with 30 minutes and 10 seconds per move.

If the match is tied, 2 5 minute games with 5 seconds per move until one player scores 1,5 points.

Semi-final and Final 6 games with 30 minutes and 10 seconds per move.

If the match is tied, 4 5 minute games with 5 seconds per move until one player scores 2,5 points.

Before the Quarter-finals 2 week round time, giving players with tight schedules enough time to play.

From the Quarter-finals on 1 week per round.

The players can arrange to play over all online chess providers, the default option is FICS.

Prizes

The winner receives a copy of the current Fritz version Fritz 12.

Top 4 finishers get custom Forum titles.

Coverage

Sean will make video annotations of selected games from the early rounds and cover the complete semi-finals and finals.

If you want to have a annotated game of yours up on our youtube channel now is your Chance!

Date and Signup

You can sign up via this thread.

You can sign up until 9^th September, at the same day we release the tournament bracket and start the first round.

Looking forward to see you all!

EDIT: We decided to extend the signup for 5 days. We are doing the pairings on 14th September.