The players are divided into four groups of 8 players, based on playing strength. In case players of equal playing strength needed to be put in different groups, I drew random lots.
The groups are:
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All games are to be played on KGS. If a player's KGS nickname is different than their L19 forum user name, their KGS nick is mentioned behind their user name between parenthesis.
In the first round, the players from group 4 have been paired randomly against those from group 3. The winners will be paired randomly against the players from group 2, and the winners of those games paired randomly against the players from group 1.
Losers will move to the loser bracket, where they will be paired in such a way to avoid repeated match-ups.
All games are even, colors to be decided randomly.
We play with AGA rules and 7.5 komi.
Time setting is 40m main time followed by 5x40s byoyomi (or 10 stones per 5 minutes Canadian, if both players agree).
If the players make a mistake in choosing the rule set, time settings, etc, they should restart the game if they notice within the first 10 moves, otherwise they should finish the games with the settings chosen. Komi will always be 7.5, even if accidentally set differently, because the score can be adjusted after the game.
When your game has been played, the winner should post the result (and the SGF) to this thread.
And the most important rule of all: Behave sportsmanlike!
The pairing for round 1 is:
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danielxr 2k - phillip1882 6k
Tryss 2k - Lincarte 10k
jts (jtscarry) 3k - schultz 8k
Rafa 4k - TwitchyGo 9k
speedchase 4k - Jordus 9k
oren 5k - NinG 6k
rpchuang 5k - lesenv 9k
Nathan 6k - hailthorn011 (hailthorn) 7k
Please try to contact your opponent a.s.a.p.
This round will run until Sunday June 24th
