TAKE PART IN THE RENJU WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 2007 VIA E-MAIL!
2007 year tournament will be held in 3 leagues:
High League (Group A, 10 participants), First League (Groups B, C, 12 participants each), Second League (Groups D, E, F, G) and Qualification (if there will be enough participants).
4 top players from Groups B and C (2 players from each) will play in the High League next year instead of 4 bottom players from Group A.
8 top players from Groups D-G (2 players from each) will play in the First League next year instead of 8 bottom players from Groups B and C (4 players from each). And Qualification Winners will play in the Second League next year. Final transition between the Second League and the Qualification will be authorized before the beginning of the Championship. The quota of participants from one country will be observed.
The tournament is held at PBeM Server (http://www.gamerz.net/pbmserv).
Time control - 135 days to each player for all game, and 115 days if both players represent the same country. Besides that, there is an additional rule used at the server - 21 days per 1 move (this rule is only server's rule, therefore referee does not stop games by this rule; but the server does!. After 150 moves a game is declared as a draw.
If player abandons the tournament thus forfeiting a significant number of games then he may be disqualified and all his games are considered as losses. The decision about disqualification is being made by Chief Referee in the First League, in the Second league and in the Qualification Tournament and by Referee Council in the High League.
NB: Dear players! Please, respect each other! Play renju according to "fair play" spirit! If Chief Referee recognizes that some player makes some "unfair" action (for example, resigns or suggests a draw in an absolutely winning position or doesn't stop an opponent's "four" etc.) to let his opponent get better tournament result, the Referee can exclude that participant from the tournament and declare all his games lost. In the High League such exclusion also may be made but by Referee Counsil instead of Chief Referee.
Starting date is March 1st, 2007. Deadline for applications is February 18, 2007.
All renju fans are invited to take part in the tournament!
An application should consist of: 1. Your name 2. Your userid at PBeM server 3. Country and city where you live 4. Contact e-mail 5. Your postal address (mandatory for High League participants, not needed for First League and Second League players).
Please, send your applications on two e-mail addresses: renjusignup@narod.ru and owene@pisem.net in order to prevent mail delivery problems.
Now High League and First League look like as follows:
High League ----------------------------------------------------- Name Country Approx.rating ----------------------------------------------------- Coco Yang China 2684 Barykin Viktor Russia 2682 Epifanov Dmitry Russia 2679 Zhang Jinyu China 2555 Bai Shi China 2549 Suslov Alexander Moldova 2529 Nikonov Konstantin Russia 2527 Zyazin Alexander Russia 2496 Chen Wei China 2486 Ustimov Anatoly Russia 2457
First League ----------------------------------------------------- Name Country Approx.rating ----------------------------------------------------- Potapov Alexey Russia 2514 Fedorkin Oleg Russia 2487 Salnikov Pavel Russia 2487 Song Xian China 2486 Dzainukov Eldar Azerbaijan 2481 Bashirov Rustam Russia 2462 Balanova Helena Latvia 2426 Ke Yang China 2409 Alonso Brazil 2389 Chuancheg Li China 2374 Adamushkin Vadim Russia 2360 Xu Liu China 2359 Mao Mao China 2356 Sviridov Nikolay Russia 2352 Pang Wei China 2350 Balabhai Viktor Russia 2348 Kurochkin Viktor Russia 2337 Gulyaev Igor Ukraine 2320 Wenzhe Lu China 2310 Nowakowski Maciej Poland 2290 Cheng Mu China 2259 Zhou Nan China 2248 Zhukov Viktor Russia 2242 Qi Da Nei China 2202
Note that players rated only approximately and each rating may change a bit when it will be calculated by the RIF.
Regulations and all the information on the championship you can find here:
. After 150 moves a game is declared as a draw.