January/February 2003
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  Nightly 5 0 Tournaments Series
The Nightly 5 0 tourney runs every day at 19:00 server time. To join the nightly, look out for the mamer announcements, make sure you have mam set tourneyinfo on. Then simply type mam j # where # is the number of the tourney: mamer will issue instructions on how to start your games from there on.
  Tourney for All Seasons (TAS)
The Tourney for All Seasons is a permanent series of tournaments, played on FICS. All matches will be 4 0, played each Wednesday on FICS at 13:15 server time. There will be a Season Champ, and an overall champ. Also, a permanent rating list will be calculated, including each and every game played in TAS. It's well worth a look, check it out!
  Lunchtime Suicide Chess
The Lunchtime Suicide Chess tournament, which is played on FICS at 1:00pm central European time (04:00 server time) each Tuesday, is one of the most popular events! Make sure to stop in & have a look!
  NEW! Chess Marathon NEW!
A new tournament has begun! It will be held on Saturdays at 5:00. This awesome chess marathon is a 3 0 SS - times 5! We can't wait to check it out - how about you?! ;)
  Chess Battle
Chess Battle is a unique weekly on-line tournament event with amazing prizes and features that will change your world! Or at least that's what it says on the web site... ;) It starts every Monday at 13:00 FICS server time. Even though there are prizes, entry is completely free! Complete details, all the news, discussions, stats, results, cool prizes and, and, and well why not drop by an see for yourself using the link below! ;) Prizes are given out every week and include great instructional chess eBooks, videos, and more.
  Weekly Mamer Schedule
The mamer scheduled tournaments for the month of January/February are:

Week Day Time Format Info Manager
Daily 19:00 5 0, SS/5 Nightly(TD) Varied
Sunday 11:15 45 5, Din/3 . SI
Monday 09:30 10 0, SS/3-5 . Giampy
Monday 13:00 5 0, SS/7 Battle yaltmax
Tuesday 04:00 3 0 sui, SS/5 Cyanide Sandwich Fiver
Tuesday 11:00 20 0, Din/3 U1800 20 0 carenp
Tuesday 15:00 30 0, Din/3 . megs
Wednesday 09:15 4 0, SS/3-5 Lunchtime 4 0 ronnieg
Wednesday 13:15 (TI0) 4 0, SS/7 TAS frengo
Wednesday 17:00 20 0, SS/3 . SuperIntellect
Thursday 11:00 20 0, Din/3 Open 20 0 carenp
Thursday 15:00 15 0, SS/3-5 . Giampy
Friday 14:00 3 0, SS/3-6 Friday Blitz ronnieg
Saturday 5:00 3 0 SS (x5) Chess Marathon ronnieg
Saturday 08:00 5 0, sui SS/5 SOStourney(TD) GBate
Saturday 09:00 20 5, SS/3-4 . GBate
Saturday 13:00 5 0, SS/3 Computer Tourn GBate
Time is Server Time (GMT-8)
Note: (x5) stands for a series of five tournaments run as the scheduled event.

For general info on the above scheduled tourneys, check out: http://www.freechess.org/Events/Scheduled
For further info on the TAS tourney, check out: http://www.freechess.org/Events/TAS
For info on the Chess Battle, check out: http://www.freechess.org/Events/ChessBattle
Info on the new Chess Marathon can be found here: http://space.virgilio.it/glerat@tin.it/ronniii.htm
Italian speakers, get Chess Marathon info at: http://space.virgilio.it/glerat@tin.it/ronnie.htm
For the league table of the Lunchtime Suicide Chess tourney, see: http://www24.brinkster.com/tlsuicide/

For additional information, finger:
  • Nightly for information on the Nightly tournament
  • frengo for the TAS
  • SOStourney for the Saturday Suicide event
  • Fiver for the Tuesday Suicide series
  • ronnieg for the Saturday Chess Marathon

    If you want a tourney that isn't scheduled, you can always ask in Channel 49 anytime.

    See ya in channel 49! :)

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