Welcome to the ICC Wild Championships official page. Every 2 months there will be championships for the most popular wild styles.
Qualifiers
The qualifiers will consist of 6 tournaments for 2 sections, Bullet and Blitz.
Bullet section will be 12 rnd swiss (or luton if not enough players by start time)
Blitz section will be 7rnd swiss (or luton if not enough players by start time)
Bullet section has a max bye points of 3, so players latejoining after round 6 will start with 3 points.
Blitz section, has max bye points of 1.5, so players latejoining in rnd 4 will start with 1.5 pts.
The top 3 finishers in each Qualifier (who have not already qualified) will get a spot into Finals. The Qualifiers will be tracked as a series. The top four of series best (who don't already qualify via individual tourneys) also earn a guaranteed spot in the Finals. That makes a total of 22 players (6x3 + 4) that will earn a guaranteed spot in the Finals.
Tiebreak will be determined by tomato tiebreak rule:, in case of a tie, determines tiebreak 1) score, if tied: 2) sum of opponent's score, if tied: 3) average of opponents rating, if tied 4) random number.
All finalist qualifiers will be messaged.
All
times are server time. To see the server time while on Chessclub.com,
type 'date'. Note:
All events
held in channel 223 on WildOne.
Finals
There are two Final events, one for each section:
The Bullet Final will be a quad Elim (E4).
The Blitz Final will be Triple Elim (E3).
Participation in bot Finals is limited to those who qualified in the Qualifier stage.
Lag rule for the Chessclub.com Championships:
Bullet
1,500 ms 2,500 ms
Blitz
2,500 ms 4,000 ms
In the above table, if your current lag (not average) consistently exceeds the first column AND you are delaying the tourney, your game may be forfeited. If your lag is very severe (exceeds the second column), the tournament manager may remove you from the tourney without waiting for you to delay the tourney. The manager will often use setgame to set the current game and keep the player in the tourney. The manager has discretion whether to setgame for one round or remove the lagging player from the tourney. Re-entry into the tournament is at the discretion of the manager.
Free trial members
Free trial members are invited to participate in the Qualifier stages of any Chessclub.com Championship. However, free trial members may not advance to any Finals without becoming a paid member. The deadline for becoming a paid member for purposes of advancing is midnight the day of the last Qualifier.
Cheating
Chessclub.com Administrators and Tomato Managers have full discretion regarding determination of computer cheating and action to be taken. There is no need to have absolute proof of computer cheating prior to action being taken. Suspicious circumstances (ie players losing many rating points just before a Qualifier) may be sufficient for action to be taken.
If you suspect a player of
computer cheating, please do not make accusations in the tourney channel. If you suspect someone of using computer assistance in
a Championship event (or any games at Chessclub.com for that matter) read "help
Speedtrap" for info on how to make a claim. Players caught cheating
in any form can be disqualified at any stage in the Championship.
Interface
You must use a version of Blitzin or Fixation. Other interfaces will not be permitted to join.
Prizes
ICC is awarding membership extensions for the
winners, in both Bullet and Blitz sections:
1st: 1 month
2nd: 1/2 month
3rd and 4th: 1 week
WildExpert Rewards
ICC is presenting a new feature for its members, which is awarding WildExpert points to the best players in some Wild ICC events. When a player get 25 points will become official and permanent ICC WildExpert. Read 'finger WildExperts' while online for more info.
The WildExperts points awarded for Champs Finalists are (for each section):
winner: 6 points
finalist: 3 points
3d to 8th: 2 points
9th and more: 1 point
Is a requeriment to participate in the Finals to get the WildExpert points.
Last updated: Feb 13, 2004 by Borovnia