Hi,

Groeneveld: I could start such a tournament but the probability that this tournament will attract 50 or even more players is quite small. Unless I would donate a couple of years of BK-memberships ;) The second reason, besides the one-year-membership, why the "Confucius"-tournament had so many participants was that Xiangqi was quite new on this site then.

So, if you want to have another great XQ-event you would have to donate something and you would have to wait a couple of months. Because at the moment the top players are waiting for the second round of the Confucius-tournament which is about to start soon. And most of the active XQ-players are involved in the Glenfiddich team tournament.

If you want to play a "normal" XQ-tournament there are always a couple of events where you can play all games including XQ: http://brainking.com/de/Tournaments?utf=&tp=68&submit=Zeigen&trnst=0.

chattytea:

thnxs ,but I hoped that someone actually start a new tournament,
it was not a question,more a remark

Groeneveld: if that person created the tournanment, then yes they can...

Morgan:

can someone who has a rook membership start a
CHinese Chess (Xianghi) tournament for let say 48 or 50 players (minimum)

thnxs

Groeneveld: You must have Rook membership to create tournament.

Hello,

I had a question,

can anyone start a tournament,
and if so,what must I do to start one??

Groeneveld

I agree, i think its ridiculous to create tourney more than 2 months in advance. who knows what they will be doing in 2 months time?

And they go beyond when that person's current membership ends, which should not be allowed, in my opinion..

BG: yea, that person created TONS of tournaments that start WAY in advance, making the tournament list VERY long.

http://brainking.com/en/Tournaments?trg=10133

This starts in nine months time. Can that be right?

http://brainking.com/en/Tournaments?trg=12856&trnst=0

Eriisa: Thank you Eriisa! :)

CONGRATS Mary Jo

for winning Fast Small Backgammons #2 (Crowded Backgammon)

Two Tablut tournaments are coming up in a few days:
Tablut 1700+ created by Salkkuman for players with BKR 1700 and above (as the name suggests )
and
CTRL-ALT-TABlut created by Dundee and has no rating restrictions whatsoever.

Time to restart the quarterly tournaments.

Starts January 20th, 2006. Open to all

Two games switched colors. Good luck.
Yes, a link is good to add.
http://brainking.com/en/Tournaments?trg=12781&trnst=0

BIG BAD WOLF: Plus this looks like it is doing it to many (maybe all) the multi-point gammon tournaments.

arpa: OK, I see what it is doing now - but still believe it is wrong.

It is looking at how many games within each match which were won to calculate the S-B. So no matter if the game in the match is worth 1 point, or 5 points - that part does not effect the S-B.

So for the tournamnet you gave:

You actually won 3 games against JPS - So S-B calcualted as 3x3 (9)
You actually won 2 games against aledates - so S-B calculated as 2x2 (4)
You actually won 2 games against qusar - so S-B calculates as 2x0 (0)
You actually won 0 games against Nez - so 0x2 = 0
Total = 13

For JPS:

won 3 games against arpa = 3x3 = 9
won 4 games against aledates = 4x2 = 8
won 3 games against qusar = 3x0 = 0
won 5 games against nez. = 5x2 = 10

Total = 27

.... and so on.

Anyway, this is of course the wrong way to calculate the S-B, so you need to let Fencer know.

arpa: I would go post it in the Bug Tracker if I was you - that calculated S-B makes no sense. The person who won no games even got an S-B, which normally should be 0.

volant: S-B is an abbreviation for Sonneborn-Berger

FAQ: http://brainking.com/en/FAQ?ht=19

Basicly if there is a tie in points, an S-B is created to see if it can break the tie.

BIG BAD WOLF: what is the S-B in tournaments?

arpa: At first glance, no it is not. Looks like you should have won with a S-B of 5. (JPS only has 4)

With it being a multi-point tournament, looks like it is trying to calculate something differently.... but I can't figure out how.

in this turney S-B calculation are it correct?
http://brainking.com/it/Tournaments?tri=70300

Thad: i concur

rod03801: "Fencer is working on an improved tournament system"

Woo-hoo!

gringo: Fencer is working on an improved tournament system, and I believe what you ask is part of the improvements.

Well, I am sure this was asked a 1000 times before, but wouldn't it be nicer, if the next round of a tournament would start in the moment the winner of every section is unevidably clear (and not after the very last game of every section has finished)??

Christmas Special





Don't miss the:

Midnight Mystletoe Mystery....

tmm43: That should be good enough - as long as you clearly note what the money is for, they should be able to place it towards the correct thing.

.... and by looking at the tournament, it says the payment is ready to go so it must have worked!

tmm43: Link:
http://brainking.com/en/Tournaments?trg=12736&trnst=0

I created a prize tourney for backgammon called "Backgammon Prize Tournament" to begin 01-01-06. I was not sure how to pay for it so I just went to my membership and renewed for 6 months with a note saying I wanted to pay for this tournament. Was that the correct way to pay? If not could someone please tell me what I am suppose to do. Thanks and hope to see everyone in the tournament. :-)

Now I fee a bit dumb, but I thought that Hasemi Shogi was another chess game! Now that I know what it really is, I've started a tourney so I can figure it out a bit more. Come and Join!

Hasami Shogi for who? Fast Fast Fast!

What a quick tourney to play in?

Fast Small Backgammons #2

The #12 for dummies tournament is ready for sign ups.

ALL games for dummies (under 1500 & unrated) #12

For players rated 1500 or under

For unrated players

5 days, 1 hour to move, standard days off

GREAT for someone learning a new game

GREAT for someone to play without being "killed" by experts

To start around January 15, 2006

SIGN UP HERE - SIGN UP HERE - SIGN UP HERE

Good Luck to all!

lovelysharon: nope.

For example, a two game per two playes with 8 players per section will actually start up to 14 games for a person - but the system only uses the 5 or 10 free spaces to allow users in. (So a pawn/knight could sneak in a few extra games over the limit if the want.) :-)

<it doesn't matter if it's 5 players per section or 8??>.

Retep: Like lovelysharon said:

If it is a two game match = 10 game spots needed

If it is a one game match = 5 game spots needed

Does not matter it the sections are made to give you only 3 games, or 14 games - the system only looks for the 5 or 10 spots free, depending on the tournament type (one game per two players, or two games per two players)

it depends on how the tournament is set up... how many people are in each section.. if it's a two game match or one game..

Hi, another question: I was deleted from a tournament because I didn't have 10 free slots, now I've seen on another tourney "5 free slots needed"; was it changed or does it depend on the tournament? Many thanks :)

Hrqls: Well usually I thought whenever you posted a link, even if it has a language (like en) in it, it will still take the person to the correct area. Why PhatPlaya's link below was not doing that I'm not sure.....

BIG BAD WOLF: nice! thanks! so i just skip the main url and the language flag

funny .. your link shows the 'en' flag but it takes me to the 'nl' part :)
(i know, you didnt change the text, just the url :))

Hrqls:

<*A HREF=Tournaments?trg=12533&trnst=0*>

Withou
t the *'s above - will take you to (English user):

http://brainking.com/en/Tournaments?trg=12533&trnst=0

BIG BAD WOLF: (offramp: how do you make a language independend link?)

Retep: Only rooks can create tournaments.

Here is a table which list out the differences between pawn/knight/rook (a little out of date, but pretty good)

http://brainking.com/en/PaidMembership?p=1

<Under "Help->Tournaments" is the link "how to create" empty, could anyone tell me if a rank 2 membership (Knight) can create a tournament or do I need to be 3(Rook) for this?

I fixed the link - should work for any language without changing anything. :-)

PhatPlaya: It changed mine too, I just got out of Brain King then went back and it was all better.

Your link changes my language settings???

Nobunaga's Shogi Revenge
It is time to protect your Han (藩, fiefdom). You are the daimyo (大名, feudal lord) commanding the troops. Put on your armour and your battle helmet. Sharpen your katana (刀, sword). Unfurl you clan banners and fight!

Thad: a team can change players between rounds so that they can play in a new tournament with the new players, however, the original players must finish the original tournament that they were signed up for

Sphere Froglet - First Tournament.