1st Suicide Chess Tourney!

Wahey! Suicide chess time!  Ok so i am drinkin again and tis ideas time ;) This should be a good laugh and something a bit different so if yer up fer it come on ahead!

Due to the fun and bizarre nature of this tourney, the games are UNRATED, so feel free to join in fer a laugh!

http://www.chess.com/tournament/1st-suicide-chess-tourney

Fer those that donnae know what this is here is a brief overview..its pretty simple..

You play as normal BUT if you can take a piece of yer opponents you HAVE TO TAKE it! 

The aim of the game is to be the first to loose all your pieces (NOTE that due to the mechanics of this site we have to modify the rules a little...clearly the king can not be captured.  Also note that checks, stalemates and checkmates still apply, because mate will automatically end the game.

This will require honour amongst us.. the way i think it will work best is that once you move and you know that one of your pieces is available for capture...then in the chat box type "take".

This will make the opponent aware that there is at least one piece that has to be taken, in case they dont realise. So if you see your opponent has typed "take" make sure you look for the capture and then take it. I know this may be cumbersome but it will prevent mistakes ofpeople not capturing when they should.

If someone does not take a piece when they should then they forfeit the game and should resign or else let me know and they will have to either resign or be withdrawn from the whole tourney.

Once one player has only their king left..then the other player must resign... that is the only way that this style of game can work on this site.

If a win is impossible due to the pieces left..then a draw must be offered and given.

If there are disputes or people who do not take when they should or resign when they should, then send me a message and ill look over the game and if someone doesnt play by these rules then sadly i'll have to remove them from the tourney which means they loose their games.

 Any questions or concerns please post here, in case ive fergotten anything important or daft!

25 games minimum and 5 hours max average move time

Cheers! :)

good catch Erik! Yep, unrated now ta

"Due to the fun and bizarre nature of this tourney, the games are UNRATED, so feel free to join in fer a laugh! (Cheers fer the reminder Erik heh)"

I WANT INNNNNNNN BUT WHEN DOES IT START ? PLEASE SAY IT IS NOT NEXT WEEEKKKKKK 'CAUSE  I WON'T HAVE A PC THEN. please say soooooo

and how do I apply ?

and how do I play ? lol it would be my first tourney !!!! 

:D heya, click on the link in the post (here it is again)

http://www.chess.com/tournament/1st-suicide-chess-tourney

and that will take ye to the tourney page where ye can register. Some tournaments have requirements like number of games played and/or max average move time - but you pass both in this case. Should be a fun first tourney then ;P

As fer the time and date... it depends when it fills up.. ill wait until all the slots are filled so it may be a few days or more likely a week..so ye may get lucky.. Or ye could register and use vacation time if ye want in that much heh. 

If it goes well then we can do another one later anyway, so if ye miss this one, dont worry. Cheers and lovin seein someone else as keen fer it as me! ;)

ownwhodies, sorry mate, ill try and invite ye but i dont think that bypasses it..

shiggsyo, if multiple pieces are up fer grabs ye can choose which to take, doesnt have to be the highest :)

this is going to be a lot of fun Pistoleer ! wow ! thanks for this opportunity !

now one more question : what is time/ avg move : 5 hours ?

if I don't male a move in that period of time I lose the game or smth ? please explain and forgive me if it is a foolish question. remember this is my first tourney

Have a great day !! 

:) The settings for this tourney are 3 days per move.. So you can move faster than that, but you have to move at least once every 3 days or you loose.

The max average move time number is something each of us has.. you can see it at the bottom right of your online chess page. It is calculated from the average time taken for all your moves.

It is an option for when we set up tournaments if we want to use it. So a lower average time will mean that person plays moves more often than someone who has a higher time.  I set a 5 hour average time as a limit, so anyone under that time can join. emiab, yours is 1 hour 56 mins, the same as mine oddly enough :)

Aye, im lookin forwards to it cheers!

Hiya, it is still going in the finals atm. You can see the standings here.

http://www.chess.com/tournaments/pairings.html?id=4283&round=2

Once it is over ill start a 2nd new tourney since it was rather fun :)