Tomato hosts 100K Celebration! To mark reaching 100,000 tourneys on chessclub.com since its inception, Tomato will host the 100K Celebration tourney starting at 10am server time on Sunday, December 10. Tomato Celebration tourneys are the largest tournaments run on chessclub.com. Everyone is welcome to play. There are no entry fees but there will be 5 years membership extension in prizes in order to show thanks for all the support tomato has received from players over the years. Free trial members may participate in the 100K Celebration, but they are not eligible to win any prizes. FORMAT: 8 Preliminary events, and a Grand Finale. Many of these events overlap. It is impossible to play in more than 1 event at a time. Time Bot Rounds Style Time Inc Other 10am Slomato 7 Swiss 15 0 Open 1130am Tomato 7 Swiss 4 2 u1600 1130am Cooly 7 Swiss 4 2 1600+ 12noon Flash 32 Luton 1 0 1800+ 12noon Olive 32 Luton 1 0 u1800 1230pm Wildone 9 Swiss 3 1 w17 1pm Littleper 8 Swiss 3 0 w23 130pm Ketchup 7 Swiss 3 0 w27 3:30pm Tomato 12 Swiss 3 0 Open PRIZES: In the case of a tie, prizes are split equally. Preliminary events(8): 1st - 1 month, 2nd - 2 weeks, 3rd - 2 weeks. Finale(3pm): 1st - 6 months, 2nd - 4 months, 3rd - 3 months 4th - 2 months, 5th-10th - 1month. u2200/u2000/u1800/u1600/u1400 (4 months each) 1st - 2 months, 2nd - 1 month, 3rd - 1 month. u1200 (2 months) 1st - 1 month, 2nd - 2 weeks, 3rd - 2 weeks u1000 1st - 1 month Non free-trial members are eligible to win the greater of any prize they earn in a preliminary or the finale. COMPUTERS: Absolutely no aid from chess-playing programs is allowed. If ICC management suspects (we do not need to prove) computer-use, you may be forfeited from the tournament, and you may lose your ICC membership. SANDBAGGING: ICC will not tolerate intentionally losing games in order to make yourself eligible for a prize in a lower rating class. Anyone caught doing so will be immediately forfeited from the tournament and will be ineligible for any prize in any of the 100k celebration events. ASSISTANCE: You may not receive assistance from other chess players during your games. You may not have someone else play on your ICC account for you. MISC: The ICC and Tournament Director reserve the right to refuse participation and/or prize eligibility, for any person, for any reason. The ICC reserves the right to change the format of the tournament without notice. By registering, you agree to the above rules, and give ICC the right to use your name in crosstables, press announcements, and other promotional materials about this tournament. For more information and to see some special rules for the 100K Celebration tourney, please see "Finger Celebration". We hope to see you there!!