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To all friends of e-mail correspondence chess

The EmailChessPoint invites to the cup tournament 2020

Dear correspondence chess friends and all who can become correspondence chess friends,

The EmailChessPoint invites you hereby to enter the cup tournament 2020 (playing time from 20.09.2020 - 5 rounds). Everybody who can send and receive emails and who enjoys chess is allowed to play. Excluded are players who have resigned from a game in the period 01.09.2019 to 31.08.2020 tacitly or from several games without permission of the tournament director.

The rules of the EmailChessPoint apply, to be found on http://www.emailchesspoint.de/regel.php. Deviating is valid that all games, which are still running after 1 year round time, will be finished and adjudicated.(*)

There will be played in the mixed trio and KO system.(**)

In each group of two or three, the player who scores the most points is placed in the next round. Between players with the same number of points the lot decides.

The registration is done by web form http://www.emailchesspoint.de/form.php or by email to Kurt@emailchesspoint.de with the indication of real name and email address. The last possible registration date is 10.09.2020. Registrations may be cancelled until 10.09.2020.

The winner gets a trophy.


(*) For more details see Procedure after interruption

(**) Mixed system:

  1. To determine the 1st round, the participants are sorted by scoring numbers and then divided into pairs of players, the 1st and 2nd of the scorecard into player pair A, the 3rd and 4th of the scorecard into player pair B, the 5th and 6th of the scorecard into player pair C and so on. If more than 32 but less than 48 registrations are received, dummies will be drawn into player pairs Q to X. From each player pair 1 player A1, B1, C1, ... or A2, B2, C2, ... will be drawn by lot.
  2. In the 1. In the first round the trios A1 - I2 - Q1, I1 - A2 - Q2, B1 - J2 - R2, J1 - B2 - R1, C1 - K2 - S1, K1 - C2 - S2, D1 - L2 - T2 play, L1 - D2 - T1, E1 - M2 - U1, M1 - E2 - U2, F1 - N2 - V2, N1 - F2 - V1, G1 - O2 - W1, O1 - G2 - W2, H1 - P2 - X2, P1 - H2 - X1. In each case the first-named plays against the second-named, the second-named against the third-named, and the third-named against the first-named.
  3. If there are more than 48 participants, more than 16 groups will be formed and the reduction to a power of two of round participants will take place in the next round.
  4. In so far as no trios are played according to the foregoing, 2 players play 2 games with different colour distribution against each other. Accordingly, each player plays 1 game of white and 1 game of black in each round in which he participates.
  5. In the 2nd round play M1/E2/U2 - A1/I2/Q1, I1/A2/Q2 - E1/M2/U1, N1/F2/V1 - B1/J2/R2, J1/B2/R1 - F1/N2/V2, O1/G2/W2 - C1/K2/S1, K1/C2/S2 - G1/O2/W1, P1/H2/X1 - D1/L2/T2, L1/D2/T1 - H1/P2/X2.
  6. In the 3rd round play A1/I2/Q1/M1/E2/U2 - K1/C2/S2/G1/O2/W1, O1/G2/W2/C1/K2/S1 - I1/A2/Q2/E1/M2/U1, N1/F2/V1/B1/J2/R2 - L1/D2/T1/H1/P2/X2, P1/H2/X1/D1/L2/T2 - J1/B2/R1/F1/N2/V2.
  7. Play in the 4th round P1/H2/X1/D1/L2/T2/J1/B2/R1/F1/N2/V2 - A1/I2/Q1/M1/E2/U2/K1/C2/S2/G1/O2/W1, O1/G2/W2/C1/K2/S1/I1/A2/Q2/E1/M2/U1 - N1/F2/V1/B1/J2/R2/L1/D2/T1/H1/P2/X2.
  8. P1/H2/X1/D1/L2/T2/J1/B2/R1/F1/N2/V2/A1/I2/Q1/M1/E2/U2/K1/C2/S2/G1/O2/W1 - O1/G2/W2/C1/K2/S1/I1/A2/Q2/E1/M2/U1/N1/F2/V1/B1/J2/R2/L1/D2/T1/H1/P2/X2.

Each subsequent round begins on 10.09. of the following year. Games that are fixed earlier may be started without a round start letter. If it turns out that all games of a round are already finished before their start, the next possible round will be started instead.