Marathon Rules & Prizes
General Information
There will be 2 sections for blitz players (U1600 and 1600+) in Tomato and Cooly, 2 bullet sections (U1700 and 1700+) in Olive
and Flash and a 15-0 in Slomato. Players rated within 100 points below or above the section limit can play in either section, but
to be eligible for a prize in the U1600 Blitz section or the U1700 Bullet section, a player must be below the respective limit before
he enters the marathon and after it ends. This guarantees staying in the same section throughout the entire marathon. Players who are close
to the limit are well advised to play in the high section from the start.
The first tournaments will start at exactly 12:00pm (noon) server time on the
specified Saturday and the marathon will conclude at the end of any tournaments ongoing at 11:59am server time
on the specified Sunday.
All tournaments are continuous, and for blitz and standard 4 rounds long. The bullet tournaments
are 5 rounds long. It can occure that a tournament is reduced with a round or a
round is added. This is due to timing for next upcoming scheduleds which also
run during the event.
Types of Tournaments:
Tomato: U1600 5-0 section To see results, on ICC
type: t tomato series b xxx-tomato
Cooly: 1600+ 5-0 section To see
results, on ICC type: t tomato series b xxx-cooly
Olive: U1700 1-0 section To see
results, on ICC type: t tomato series b xxx-olive
Flash: 1700+ 1-0 section To see
results, on ICC type: t tomato series b xxx-flash
Slomato: 15-0 (all ratings) To see
results, on ICC type: t tomato series b xxx-slomato
Where the xxx in the above lines should be
replaced by the three characters for the month of the marathon, eg. January
=> jan; March => mar; May => may; July => jul;
September => sep; November => nov. Thus, the command for
January becomes: t tomato series b jan-tomato.
SCHEDULED EVENTS:
Only the below scheduled events are run during the Marathon:
Slomato Noon Monthly Standard will be added manually to Slomato after the
marathon.
Nightly U1500: added to the U1600 section.
Nightly 1400+: added to both U1600 and 1600+ sections.
Sleepless will be run in two sections in the marathon night,
with the results added to the respective marathon sections.
EarlyMorning will be run in two sections in the marathon night,
with the results added to the respective marathon sections.
Cancelled during marathon:
Saturday 4pm Flash
Saturday Tomato 7pm 1300-1800
Saturday LittlePer 7pm U1400
Sunday Bullet 10pm U1800
Sunday Bullet 10pm 1700+
PRIZES:
Blitz U1600: 1st (2 months), 2nd (1 month), 3rd (1 month)
Blitz 1600+: 1st (2 months), 2nd (1 month), 3rd (1 month)
Bullet U1700: 1st (2 months), 2nd (1 month), 3rd (1 month)
Bullet 1700+: 1st (2 months), 2nd (1 month), 3rd (1 month)
Standard: 1st (2 months), 2nd (1 month), 3rd (1 month)
In addition, the players who played most games in a series without
placing 1st-3rd will receive half those prizes (1 month for most
played, 1/2 month for 2nd and 3rd in most played).
RULES:
Free trials are not eligible for prizes. For the U1600 blitz and the U1700 bullet, prizewinners of the respective classes in the
previous marathon are not eligible to win again. Not more than
one prize per participant.
Note that there will be NO half-point bye points for latejoining in the marathon anymore, except for the scheduled tourneys.
All the usual ICC guideline rules apply: NO computer assistance. NO Human assistance. NO one may play on your account. And intentional rating abuse (lowering rating to enter lower class), are all STRICTLY forbidden, and may lead to disqualification from this Marathon, all future Marathons, as well as further sanctions as laid out by ICC's Agreement, and Policy rules.
Special Rating Rules Restrictions:
Class prize eligibility is based on rating being below limit BOTH at the start of the Marathon, AND upon it's
conclusion. In addition, the "best" rating must not be higher than 200 points above the rating class limit.
Furthermore, management reserves the right to deny a prize to anyone for any reason, who does not belong in a rating class
section.
Last updated April 1st 2010 by Lisebeth