September Iron Man Tournament: Open Division (Winner: York)

Welcome to the 20th 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 Iron Man tournaments! The time settings are 45 minutes Main time plus 5 Byo yomi periods of 30 seconds (45m + 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!
• Players who have been previously disqualified from a KGS tournament are not allowed.
• People who do not fullfill 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 will not be tollerated either.
• 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 September 6th. (having played the 30 games in the last week won't be accepted)
• Contact the user "sweety" 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 get disqualified.

Sponsor

Sponsored by KGS and Kiseido.

Rules

Swiss style, Simultaneous Schedule.

Prizes

1. The winner of the Kyu Handi division will get a $36 gift certificate from Kiseido and 1 month of KGS Plus.
2. The winner of the Open division will get 3 months of KGS Plus.
3. The runner-up of each division will get a $18 gift certificate from Kiseido, and 1 month of KGS Plus.
4. The Best Kyu in the Open division will get 1 month of free KGS Plus.
5. Each round, 1 week of free KGS Plus will be awarded at random.
6. An Ironplayer who played all 20 games (system byes count) will get 2 months of KGS Plus.

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