Rules for Dice/Chess matches. 

Event Held: 11/22/1999
 

From Winfield, Mayor of PaxLair:

Times are all in Eastern
Date is for Monday, Nov 22

9PM Dice Tournament (start promptly at 9:10PM) - Casino, large shop west of the Chaos Tower, PaxLair

9:20PM Chess Tournament (start promptly at 9:40PM) - Order Tower, Roof, PaxLair
It looks like 25 people have signed up for the Chess match. Organizers, please verify I interpreted the listing properly at the bottom.

24 people allows for nice bracketing with no "buys" until the semi-finals where we will have 3 semi-finalists. We need 36 people at the start for a full 4-bracket semi-finals.

With 25 people, this means each round will have one one buy to the next round, at least until the semi-finals of 4 people. I would randomly select (pull name out of hat) for who gets the buy. (I can be trusted)

Since chess is a long game, and we have to have 5 rounds to find a champion, Monday is going to be a very long night. I think last time, we had 4 rounds and it went until 2AM eastern.

I am thinking of the following rules, which we will stick to religiously for this event.

All times in Eastern. Date is Monday, Nov 22.

1. 9PM all Dice contestants be at the Casino. Some Dice contestants are also Chess contestants.

2. When the Dice tournament is over, come immediately to the Order Tower 2nd Floor to sign in if you are a chess contestant. ONLY contestants and tournament monitors will be able to pass to the 3rd floor and higher. We will allow additional contestants to sign up by 9:20 PM, but no later. Anyone who is already banned from the Order tower and is a contestant, we will make other arrangements for your match outside the tower. We are not lifting tower bans for this event.

3. The Order and Chaos tower roofs will be blocked off for the chess tournament. Entry is only allowed through the Order Tower.

4. The first round will start PROMPTLY at 9:40 PM unless there is a delay in the dice tournament. Once the first round is started, I might allow some additional observers into the match area.

5. ANY DISRUPTION OF A CHESS GAME WILL RESULT IN PERMANENT BAN FROM THE TOWER.

6. We will move to second and subsequent rounds when people are ready for the next round. We might randomize the exact bracketting a bit to keep the games moving, but there is no rush to complete a game. Take your time.

Here are the lists of names I have so far for the chess match, please verify if I have these correct.

Zorak,
Jusek of Aiur,
Aphra ben Morgh,
Hildigam,
Kazzam,
Xaos,
Death Dealer,
Sette,
Thugaghash,
Trigg,
Narga Saiyen,
Quinjein,
Cain Korwin,
Zephyr,
Merlin,
Fisher King,
SteelMageBoy,
Sapphire,
Pyrates,
Dresden,
Verminaard,
Arcades Sabboth,
Corruption,
BlitzKrieg,
Penthor

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