The Tournament Rules:
(Adapted from itsyourturn.com)

1. The format of the Multi-Round Tournament:

     a) Each tournament is set for a different difficulty level (1-Beginner, 2-Novice, 3-Intermediate, 4-Advanced, 5-Expert) according to the Player Information's Skill Level set in Stan's Pages. Only players with skill level 5 will be allowed in Tournament Level (TL) 5, only players with skill level 4 will be allowed in TL4, and so fourth. Please try to be as honest as you can when setting your Skill Level in Stan's Pages.

     b) The format for each tournament is multi-round robin. Each section will contain 4 players, and each player-pair will play both black and white. So for each section you will have a total of 6 games: 2 games each against 3 opponents. Only the winners of each round will advance to the next round. In case of a tie the head to head matches between the two players will determine who passes to the next round. If still there is a tie, then there is an extra match between two players with black and white being randomly selected.

     c) The winner of each tournament will play against eachother to determine the Tournament's Champion. The winner of TL1 will play against the winner of TL4 (with the winner of TL4 choosing the color of his/her pieces). The winner of TL2 will play against the winner of TL3 (with the winner of TL3 choosing the color of his/her pieces).

     The winners of this two matches and the winner of TL5 will play another round, with each player-pair playing both black and white. So for this last round there will be a total of 4 games: 2 games each against 2 opponents. The winner will be the Tournament Champion.

     d) The tournament directors will post on this site the matches. It is the duty of the player with the white pieces to challenge the player in black. After the black player has accepted the challenge the white player will report the match number in the report page. If after the time limite (see point number 4) the black player didn't accept the challenge, then the match will be awarded to the white player. 

2. The format of the KnockOut Tournament

All players will be randomly matched with randomly set colors. The winner of each match will pass to the next round. The winners will then be again drawn against eachother. The winner of the Final Match will be the Knock-Out champion.

3. When a game is completed, the winner (or white, in the case of a draw) should report the game result in the reporting page so that points may be awarded. 

4. A game is forfeited if a player fails to move in the appropriate time limit. The appropriate time limit for sending moves is 2 moves in seven days week. Any player who has this problem with another member should send a reminder and ask this member if there are problems. After another five days you can send a time complaint in the report page. Send the full details. After the directors have mailed the player involved he or she will have four days to respond. Failure to respond will result in the game being awarded to the other player.

5. Scoring is as follows: (Multi-Round Tournament only)

Win: Two points for the winner 
Draw: One point for each player 
Loss: No points! 

6. In order to enroll in each tournament you have to have a valid id. You can get this in Stan's Net Chess pages.

7. Only one userid allowed per person per tournament. If anyone is found using more than one userid per tournament, they will be disqualified from that tournament. One same person can enroll in both tournaments.

8. Using computer software assistance in the tournament is not allowed. Since we have no way of checking up on this, we'll leave it to the honor system to enforce this. There's no prize money at stake here, so there's really no reason to cheat (wouldn't you rather win on your own anyway, rather than having your computer software win?) Use of books is OK. 

9. These rules are subject to change at any time. 

10. The decision of the tournament directors is final.