Attention: only for IECG Members!
Non-Members please join IECG first. Only new members who have received their ID before the deadline for registrations can enter the Cup.
The preliminary round of the IECG Cup 2008 will start on October 1st, 2008 with a yet unknown number of groups, each group consisting of 7 players. All IECG members may enter; only one entry is allowed per player.
The Cup XIV will consist of 4 stages:
preliminary [01.10.2008 to 31.10.2009]
quarter-final [15.01.2010 to 15.02.2011]
semi- final [01.04.2011 to 01.05.2012]
finals [01.07.2012 - no end date set]
In all stages except for the Finals all games still unfinished after 13 months will be adjudicated.
The first two players in each preliminary group qualify for the quarter-final stage; ties are broken by the Sonneborn-Berger System.
The IECG Cup winner and the runner-up qualify directly for the next IECG Cup finals. The Cup winner also qualifies for the IECG World Championship Final. All other players in the Cup Final A qualify directly for the next Semi-final stage.
For the preliminaries you are given the choice to play either by email or on the server. Please indicate your preference (server\email\don’t care) in the registration form below. We will usually be able follow your preference, but we cannot guarantee it. If you want to play on the server you must register on the LSS server before September 21st. Registration is free but we cannot do that for you! Players asking to play the Cup on the server but still not registered on LSS by September 21st 2008 will simply be discarded.
Registration is open up to September 21st. Entries received after that date will be put on the replacement list
Good luck and best regards!Further information and rules about the Cup will be sent to you together with your pairing chart.
The registrations are CLOSED.
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