For those having trouble registering, go to "contact STC Bunch" and input your handle, email address and a provisional password, which you can later alter from your profile.
Remember! Your registration is not complete until you got to "My STC Profile" and input your data
STC Championship full prize list
Here is a full list of prizes up for grabs in the 2008 STC Bunch Championship:
Overall Championship (over 1649 section) winner: One year ICC membership Championship runner-up: Six months ICC membership
Overall Challengers (under 1650 section) winner: Six months ICC membership Challengers runner-up: Three months ICC membership
Winner of ICC Championship: two months ICC membership Runner-up of ICC Championship: one month ICC membership Best under-1875 player in the ICC Championship: one month ICC membership Winner of ICC Challengers: two months ICC membership Runner-up of ICC Challengers: one month ICC membership Best under-1470 player in the ICC Challengers: one month ICC membership
Winner of the WCL section: 90 days WCL membership Best under-1830 player in the WCL section: 60 days WCL membership
Note that rating prizes have been determined by dividing the group in question into two equal halves. Your recorded rating at the start of the event is what counts with these prizes; the figures in the pairing charts linked in the "Standings" forum thread are official.
There will also be a book given to the winner of the best game prize in the Championship section and another for the best in the Challengers section (across all servers). We're not sure what books yet, exactly, but they'll be worth having! We'll announce details of how to submit games for this prize later. If you've played a game you think might be worthy, hold onto it!
Pairings for the first round of the 2008 STC Bunch Championship will be posted on Monday, July 14 at 21:00 GMT--that's 17:00 ICC and WCL time, 14:00 FICS time. When they are, you should receive an email informing you (if you have entered your email address in your profile ).
All players should check out the Player Guide for the tournament, which should answer most of the questions you might have. The link to this page is on the left under the "STC Championship 2008" heading, along with a bunch of other relevant pages. If you forgot to register, don't despair: you can latejoin until the start of round three via the signup page .
We proudly present the 2008 STC Bunch Championship!
The Championship starts on July 14--please note this revised date! It runs for 9 weeks, with the highest placed players going on to a 2 week knockout final. The first nine rounds are a Swiss system tournament, with two rating sections on ICC and FICS and one on WCL. We have over 1,300 members--who will win the right to call themselves the champion of all? First prize is a year's membership to the Internet Chess Club!
Entries are now open! Hit "Read More" for a quick summary of the tournament.
FICS section A: WilkBardzoZly (on Buchholz tiebreak) FICS section B: ZwaartePaard (on Median Buchholz) FICS section C: Anonymer
WCL section: Brechstange
These results will remain provisional for one week to allow people to contact me with appeals, complaints or corrections. You can do this by sending a message to camembert on ICC or FICS, or to STC-TD on WCL.
I hope you all enjoyed the tournament. Thanks to everyone who helped out, and particularly to FICS's blkmagic and fernbap, without whom it would not have been possible. Our next major event is the STC Championship, which starts on July 7. See you then!
The first round of May Mania is fast approaching, and we have a total of 102 entires. There will be four groups on ICC, three on FICS and one on WCL. Remember, the tournament takes place over four weeks with a time control of 40 10.
Pairings for the first round will go up at 21:00 GMT on Monday, April 28, so make sure you're ready for the event by reading the newly published Player Guide--the link to it is on the left under the "May Mania 2008" heading. This is where links to other important tournament-related pages will also appear.
