ICC News Item #1767

NEWS 1767 (3-Aug-04)
ICC 5 0 Championship with prizes starts August 7th!

August 7th to August 14th is the week where the 5 0 Champion of
the year 2004 will be crowned!  All ICC members are invited.
Class champions (Under-2000 and Under-1600) will also be crowned.

Here is the schedule of qualifiers, each one is a 9-round
Swiss pairings tournament:

Saturday, August 7   14:00 EDT
Sunday, August 8     12:00 EDT
Monday, August 9     19:00 EDT
Tuesday, August 10   21:00 EDT
Wednesday, August 11  9:00 EDT
Thursday, August 12  15:00 EDT

All times are server time.  Type "date" on ICC to see current
server time and compare with your local time.

Take part in as many qualifiers as you wish.  You needn't sign up
in advance; just show up a few minutes before the starting time,
issue the command "tell Littleper join".

Top players from the qualifiers advance to the final stage. For
details, read help Championship on ICC.  Schedule for finals:

Saturday, August 14:
14:00 Under-2000 Final
15:30 Under-1600 Final
17:00 Open Final

The finals are multi-elimination tournaments. 3 losses, and you
are out!

There are also account extension prizes:
The winner of the open final receives 3 months, second 2 months,
third 1 month.  Winners of the class finals receive 2 months each.

Consult http://www.chessclub.com/help/championship for all details.

Good Luck in the 5 0 Championship 2004!

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