News No. 339, 2012-01-12
Published by Dmitry Epifanov
| | TAKE PART IN THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 2012 IN CORRESPONDENCE RENJU! | TAKE PART IN THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 2012 IN CORRESPONDENCE RENJU!
Dear renju players!
2012 Correspondence Renju World Championship 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). The size of the Second League is an approximation and will be finally set before the beginning of the tournament.
High League (HL) will be created by top 2 players from each group (B-D). 4 players with the highest correspondence rating but without direct right to play in HL will be added. The places are inheritable. Thus, if one of top 2 players doesn't sign up, his right to play goes to a player who achieved the 3rd place in the same group and so on.
Players who achieved 3-8 places in group B, C, D, as well as 6 top-rated players without direct right to play in FL, will form the First League (FL).
All others, i.e. 9th-13th places and all new players will form Second League (SL).
The tournament is held at Renju Offline Server (http://renjuoffline.com).
Please note that this server doesn't support playing via e-mails, only via the interface.
The opening rule is Taraguchi certified rule for all groups.
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 Council instead of Chief Referee.
Starting date is March 1st, 2012.
Deadline for applications is February 23th, 2012.
All renju fans are invited to take part in the tournament!
An application should consist of:
1. Your full name
2. Your userid at Renju Offline server
3. Country and city where you live
4. Contact e-mail
5. Contact person: full name, mobile and e-mail of a famous renju player who is ready to confirm your participation and proof your identity.
This person may be your club leader or player, just a good friend of you (maybe from the other country). If you experience problems with finding such a person, feel free to contact Referee to solve this problem together.
6. Your postal address (mandatory for High League participants, not needed for First League and Second League players).
Please, send your applications to the following e-mail address:
owene@pisem.net
Every application will be answered. So if your application wasn't answered in a week, please try to re-send your application or connect me any in any other way such as private message via Renju Offline (userid Owen) or even SMS to number + 7 916 634 89 54.
Note that the following players are invited to the High League and the First League:
High League
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Name Country
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Berezin Roman Russia
Balanova Jelena Latvia
Soosyrv Ants Estonia
Potapov Alexey Russia
Aivo Oll Estonia
Bobkov Yevgeni Russia
... and four players depending on their correspondence rating.
First League
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Name Country
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Fedorkin Oleg Russia
Kolesnik Vladimir Ukraine
Mikhailov Alexey Russia
Makarov Sergey Russia
Lind Bjorn Sweden
Salnikov Pavel Russia
Tarannikov Juri Russia
Nikonov Konstantin Russia
Melman Mark Israel
Reibandt Vitaly Russia
Nyberg Bengt Sweden
ShangWun Han South Korea
Golosov Victor Russia
Qiu Weifu China
Volkov Sergey Russia
Andersson Tord Sweden
Asplund Bengt Sweden
Makarov Pavel Russia
... and six players more depending on their correspondence rating.
Correspondence rating-list is now available at:
http://renjuoffline.com/renju-rating/email-rating.htm
Friendly yours, Epifanov Dmitry. | | |
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