Broadcast from dshort via PBM Server

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Introducing a brand new OTHELLO tournament on the PBM server!
That's right! It's OTHELLO! One of the oldest games and most loved
around! This tournament is simple. Maximum number of entries is 16
players. First come, first serve, so if you want to play in it, hurry  and 
email me your PBM userid at DavidNYJfan@hotmail.com
This will be a single-elimination tournament. After I have received   16 
entries I will rank those players according to the    up-to-the-minute 
Othello standings on PBM, ranking established     players over provisionally
rated players, and ranking unrated players at the bottom in    alphabetical 
order. In the first round, the parings are 1 vs. 16, 2   vs. 15, 3 vs. 14, 4 
vs. 13, 5 vs. 12, 6 vs. 11, 7 vs. 10 and 8 vs. 9
Then the winners are ranked 1 through 8 and the second round pairings
are 1 vs. 8, 2 vs. 7, 3 vs. 6 and 4 vs. 8
Again reseed and third round pairings are 1 vs. 4 and 2 vs. 3
culminating in two players advancing to a best two-out-of-three
championship match. There are no prizes in this tournament, we just   play 
for fun and pride, though all games will be rated on the pbm   server.

I would ask that if you wish to play in this tournament that you    EMAIL me 
directly at DavidNYJfan@hotmail.com --- please do NOT use    the "message" 
feature through PBM to contact me to inform me of your  wish to play. I need 
an email address to contact you. I will be   emailing all of the players
to announce the pairings before each round and I will send in the
challenge commands myself. If you have a limit or reject set up on    the 
number of othello challenges you will accept, please remove it    before you 
  contact me to sign up for the tournament. Also please    make sure to 
specify when you write me that you wish to play in the   OTHELLO tournament, 
as I will
also be running a CHECKERS tournament concurrently with it. (It is
permissible to enter both tournaments.) GOOD LUCK TO ALL!


To those who have already signed up, please be patient. I have
received your entry and am waiting to fill the tournament.
So far I have received 11 entries and I am repeating this
broadcast for the benefit of those who may not have seen it the
first time around. As soon as I have enough entries we will
begin the tournament.





Regards,

David

http://members.xoom.com/doublechess


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