Nakamura won the first of the four online qualifiers to be the top-seed and hot favorite in the eight-player knockout final that also included in ICC blitz rating order GM Simonian Hrair Armenia , GM Eduardo Iturrizaga Venezuela , GM Robert Hovhannisyan Armenia , GM Dmitry Andrekin Russia , GM Dmitry Bocharov Russia , FM Conrad Holt USA , and IM Levon Altounian USA.

Nakamura - who played from Madrid, Spain, as he was en route to Romania for the upcoming Bazna tournament - easily progressed to the final by beating Hovhannisyan and Altounian. And he looked set for a comfortable win in the final against Hrair, but the young Armenian fought back to tie the pulsating match at But Nakamura had more than just a little luck on his side as he went on to win the best-of-two-game tiebreaker to take the title by 4.

A record-breaking 2, ICC members took part in the 1st ICC Open Q1, ; Q2, ; Q3, ; Q4, that also included class prizes for those rated U, U, U and U, the prize-winners of which will be announced shortly. There will be four qualifiers.

You can play in as many qualifiers as you like. All qualifiers will have 11 rounds, swiss pairings. The games are rated in the Blitz category. Latejoining is possible until round 8, but half point byes are only available for the first five rounds.

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The top two players from each of the four qualifiers will advance to the knockout finals. In case of a tie, the usual tiebreaks of Tomato tournaments will apply.

They are described in detail in " tell tomato help tie " when connected to our server. Players can take part in all qualifiers if they want to.

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Finalists will be sorted by the ICC Blitz rating they had when they played their qualifier. The grid will display the following pairings top to bottom and qualifiers who go through to the next round will be paired accordingly: In the knockout finals, "mini-matches" of four games will be played and, if a tie occurs after that, two more games will be played.

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If still tied, another two games follow, and in case it goes to then the tournament director will determine colors in a single, decisive game to follow by tossing a coin.

Should that game be drawn, another game with opposite colors will be played. If drawn again, the procedure will be repeated. In the final of the last two, the match will have six games. Again, if the match is tied , another two games will be played, and if still tied, yet another two games.

Should the final be at after ten games, a single decisive game will be played, with colors determined by coin toss. See above for the case that single game is drawn. A match in the finals ends before four six games are played, if one player has 2. There will be no final for the classes U, U, U, U Instead, the winners of the cash prizes will be determined by comparing their respective best qualifier.

For each class, the prizes are:. In the unlikely case that there is still a tie after those tiebreaks, prizes will be split. No preregistration is necessary for this tournament. Show up about 10 minutes before the scheduled start and type "tell pear join" or click on the entry button in your event list.

Disconnecting before the start will remove you from the tournament.

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If you disconnect after the start, you will not be removed automatically, but you need to return as soon as possible, or the manager will forfeit you. You can follow the tournament in channel Participants will automatically be placed in this channel.

During the tournament, the standings and pairings will be available at websites which will be communicated after the start by the tournament manager.

Those sites show updated info when the refresh button is pressed. You need to have a full ICC membership to take part in this tournament.

Free trials cannot play. You need to use a recent version of Blitzin , Dasher or ICC for Mac to play in this tournament. In order to prevent abuse of any type, ICC will implement strict rules regarding class prize eligibility. Please understand that in any case, the decision by ICC management regarding this is FINAL and cannot be appealed.

One player only wins the highest prize he achieves in any class he is eligible to. In case there are two prizes in the same amount a player could win, he wins the one in the highest rating class.

To illustrate this, consider the following order:. Here, Player A would be eligible to win the first prize in U and U He receives the first prize in U, and is disregarded in the U standings. Player B thus finishes second in U, Player C finishes third in U, and Player D wins U In contrast, in this situation:.

Player B here wins U, and Player A, although second in U, is disregarded in that class, as he wins U Player C finishes second in U and Player D finishes second in U Your blitz rating must be below the class limit at both the start of the qualifier and the reference date.

In order to minimize abuse, ICC requires that in order to be eligible for a class, the rating of a player must have been below the class limit not only when the tournament is played but also immediately before this tournament was announced, at the reference date.

The reference date is May 15, Please note that this implies that your account must have existed on the reference date in order to be eligible for any class prizes. You must have played at least rated games in the Blitz category before the start of your qualifier.

Your best Blitz rating must not be more than points over the class limit. Best ratings achieved more than 3 years ago are disregarded for this rule. Instead, a best rating from within the last 3 years, as determined by the rating graph, will be used to establish eligibility.

On the other hand, all best ratings you have achieved on previous accounts used by you in the past 3 years do count. You are rated , your best rating is , but on another account you have achieved two years ago. You will not be eligible for the U class but might still be eligible for the U class.

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You are ineligible for ANY class prizes, if you have abused the rating system within the last 12 months. On top of 2 through 5 , note that ICC management reserves the right to declare any player ineligible for a certain class. Their reasoning need not be given, and there is no appeals process. We appreciate the cooperation of all participants in keeping this contest friendly, honorable, and running smoothly. Cash prizes will be paid by check.

Other payment methods may be possible, but require the approval of ICC. Use of computer chess engines and databases while playing is strictly prohibited.

Assistance from other players is also prohibited. Only regular ICC accounts are allowed in the tournament no free trials. During the tournament, a recent version of Blitzin , Dasher or ICC for Mac must be used. A player must not enter the tournament on more than one handle, or risk being forfeited on both handles.

ICC reserves the right to use image and name of winner s from their online events for publicity purposes. The ICC tournament directors may at their discretion make a ruling on a particular game, eject a player from a tournament, or refuse to allow a player to join a tournament for any reason including but not limited to: Participants are expected to use the same computer during the whole tournament.

In case a player is disqualified from the tournament, the ICC tournament directors can, at their discretion, rule that the game of that player in the running round is lost for him, and won for his opponent.

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