Quote Originally Posted by koolmoe
Can we have some more details? Like:

- where the games will be played
- the time format
- the tourney structure
- how matches will be arranged

Seems like all this stuff hasn't been planned out yet. If I missed it in the thread, sorry.
I've thought out all of this...sorry I didn't specifically post it. I'm actually leaving a lot of this up to the players.

Games will be played wherever the two players in the match prefer to meet. My suggestion (and preference) is Yahoo!, but any site is acceptable as long as both agree. I guess I'll state that it's to be played at Yahoo! unless both players agree to play elsewhere.

The time format will be 15/0 (15 minutes with 0 seconds delay).

It will be a 5 round tournament in the style of the US Chess Federation. No eliminations. Players will be placed into matches against others with similar win/loss records (so if you win in round 1, you'll play against someone who won; if you lose, you'll play against someone who lost). There will be tie-breaking matches as needed (I think this is fairer than the standard method of comparing the places of your opponents).

I'll post/email the list of matches. It'll be something like:
Round 1:
Player X vs Player Y
Player A vs Player D
Player B vs Player Z

Then the players that are matched up will have a given amount of time (I'm ok with anything from a day to a week...what would you guys prefer?) to play the match and report the results to me. I'd prefer to also get a history of the game, since most sites will provide this. It is the winning player's responsibility to email/pm me with the results. If there is a conflict, it will be resolved by looking at the history.