10th Ibero-american Tournament


The 10th Ibero-american Tournament starts this week. I expected there to be just a few dozens of players, but the final list of participants consist of 138 players, whose strengths range from Fernando Aguilar to low double-digit kyus. The tournament will be held in KGS and IGS and the inscription is already closed, in fact, if you speak Spanish you'd already be aware of this tournament through the famous Go-Prat, and if you don't speak Spanish or Portuguese, you won't be allowed to participate in this championship.

In order to make the pairings possible and somewhat decent there are 3 vars which create for different groups: stronger than 1d, between 1k and 6k, from 7k to 14k and weaker than 14k (according to KGS level). The tournament will consist in 8 rounds, played once a week, and the time settings will be faster than I usually play: 10 minutes and byo-yomi of 15 minutes per 25 moves.

Despite my last defeats in KGS, my rank has been stablished at 6k and, therefore, I will possibly suffer the consequences of being the weakest player of a group where I shouldn't be. On the other hand, this is a great opportunity to improve my level and learn from the ones who are stronger than me.

I'll keep you informed as the tournament goes by.

This entry was posted by Alejo on Wednesday, March 12. 2008 at 14:36. and is filed under In the Game. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own blog.

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