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1) The Tournament regards the Slav defence, so first two moves of every match must be:

2)Due to peculiarity of E-mail playing, is impossible to control all ways to play a match ( i mean, if you play with computer help, opening books help and so on ), so there are NOT limitations about using every help you need to play the game.

3)The tournament will consist of three Rounds:
a) A knock-out round, in which every player will play both Black and White simultaneously
b) 2 Italian rounds, where the 8 players who will survive to a) will meet 3 other players, playing both Black and White simoultaneously. In this rounds, every Win will count as 1 point, a draw will be 1/2- 1/2 , a lose will be 0 points.
c) The winners of rounds will meet each other in the Final, playing simultaneously black and white. Winner is the first player who will reach 5 points ( 1 point win, 1/2 draw, 0 lose)

5) The official notation of tournament is English notation. If players agree in using a local notation, white player must tell it to the tournament director, together with 1st move of the match, showing ALL the meanings of chosen Notation

ENGLISH NOTATION:

   d4     pawn from d2 to d4
  Nf3     k(N)ight in f3
  Bb4     Bishop  in b4
  Rb1     Rook in b1
  Qd3     Queen in d3
  Kh1     King in h1
  0-0     king-side castling
  0-0-0   queen-side castling
  +       check
  #       checkmate
  
 Rad1     Rook from a1 to d1

5) The miminum play-time is 10 moves in 30 days. The White player must send his first move in cc to the director
( vito.calvani@iol.it ) At the end of 10th Black move, the White player must send to director a message containing all moves done in the match ( Better if in PGN format) The director will immediately confirm the received message, and the play-time will restart from 0 for other 10 moves in 30 days.

6) If a player can't play the minimum play-time required, he must advise both opponent and director, telling how many days he'll be out of playing. The director reserves the right to decide if player request is good enough to let him go on play.

7) The tournament will start Monday 3 March. Director will send to all players the Knock-out List of matches. If possible, he will send each player name and E-mail address of opponent. If not possible, he'll write all E-mail addresses in the Knock-Out List.

TOURNAMENT FAQ

A) I sent my move to opponent, but it seem that his E-mail Address is not existing.

- Look at the correct address.
- resend your move the day after
- If nothing happens, wait for three days, send again your move and send a cc message to director explaining the problem.

B) I sent my move, but i didn't receive any answer
- Wait 7 days and if nothing happens, resend your move
- wait 7 days again, resend your move and communicate problem to director, sending him a cc mail

C) My opponent send me an illegal move
- Check moves done previously, be sure of illegality and communicate it at your opponent

D) I realize my last move was illegal or wrong in my plain
- If move is illegal, send correction to your opponent
- if move is wrong but legal... well... What is done is done...no way to correct it.

I hope this is sufficiently clear as Rules of Tournament. I'm sorry for my bad English, but I'm sure you can understand it all. If you have some doubts about rules, contact me at: vito.calvani@iol.it

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ROUND A

Vito Calvani ( vito.calvani@iol.it)         ITA      1372
Joseph Bradley (cisko@ix.netcom.com)        USA      1900
Dinesh Rajan (ee93147@ee.iimt.ernet.in)     IND      1000
Roberto Riva ( Orloch@iol.it)               ITA      1046 

Calvani    -    0.0   2.0    0    2.0/6.0
Bradley   2.0    -    2.0   1.0   5.0/6.0
Rajan     0.0   0.0    -    0.0   0.0/6.0
Riva       0    0.0   2.0    -    2.0/6.0

Bradley-Riva     1-0
Bradley-Calvani  1-0
Calvani-Bradley  0-1

Dinesh Rajan Squalificato


ROUND B

Piotr Kaczorowski (kaczor23@telbank.pl)          POL    2240
Hilario Atienza (hilario.atienza@gate71.be)      BEL    1850
Oscar Sanjuan Lahoz  (oscarsl@lix.intercom.es)   ESP    1000
Adolfo Hernandez (adolfo@jet.es)                 ESP    1000

Kaczorowski    -    0   1.0   0    1.0/6.0    
Atienza        0    -    0    0    0.0/6.0
Lahoz         0.0   0    -    0    0.0/6.0
Hernandez      0    0    0    -    0.0/6.0   

Kaczorowski-Lahoz   1-0  

ROUND C

Manuel Farina ( faloria@softcom.it)           ITA    1016
Marco Arata (marco1@digicolor.lognet.it)      ITA    1000
Ricardo Caponero ( ricapone@uol.com.br)       BRA    1000

Farina      -     0   0.0    0.0/4.0
Arata       0     -   1.0    1.0/4.0
Caponero   1.0   0.0   -     1.0/4.0

Farina-Caponero   0-1
Caponero-Arata    0-1

ROUND D

Savino Pepe  (pepesavi@mbox.lol.it)           ITA    1016
George Angus (parlance@intermind.net)         USA    1750
Stanislaw Venclik ( venclik@ccs.zcu.cz.)      CHZ    1000

Pepe
Angus
Venclik

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[Event "RUY LOPEZ-07"]   
[Site "SEMI"]   
[Round "1"]   
[Date "1997.03.10"]    
[White "Manuel Farina "]   
[Black "Ricarco Caponero "]   
[Result "0-1"]   
[Time White "20"]   
[Time Black "12"]   
[ECO "C70"]   
   
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 f5 5.Nc3 b5 6.Bb3 b4 7.Bd5 bxc3 8.exf5 Rb8 9.Bxc6 cxd2+ 10.Bxd2 dxc6 
11.Nxe5 Qd5 12.Qh5+ g6 13.fxg6 Bg4 14.g7+ Bh5 15.gxh8=Q Qg2  16.Rf1 Qe4 + 17.Be3 Qxc2 18.resigs

[Event "RUY LOPEZ-07"]
[Site "SEMI"]
[Date "13-03-97"]
[Round "2"]
[Black "Piort Kaczorowski"]
[White "Oscar Sanjuan Lahoz"]


1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Bc5 5.Nxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 a6 7.Ba4 Nxe4 8.Re1
Be7 9.dxe5 Nc5 10.Nc3 Nxa4 11.Nxa4 0-0 12.Bf4 f6  13.Qd5+ Kh8 14.Qd4 b5
15.Nc3 f5 16.Re3 c5 17.Qd1 Bb7 18.Rd3 Bc6 19.Nd5 g5 20.Bd2 c4 21.Nxe7Qxe7
22 Rd6 Kg8 23.Qh5 f4 24.Re1 a5 25.a3 Rf7 26.Bc3 Rg7 27.R1d1 b4 28.axb4 axb4
29.Bxb4 ... Black abandon.   

[Event "RUY LOPEZ-07"]
[Site "SEMI"]
[Round "2"]
[Date "1997.03.10"]  
[White "Bradley J."]
[Black "Riva R."]
[Result "1-0"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bb4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.Re1 Nc5 7.Nc3 Be7 8.Nd5
e4 9.Bxc6 dxc6 10.Nxe7 Qxe7 11.d4 Nd7 12.Bg5 f6 13.Nd2 O-O 14.Rxe4 Qf7
15.Bf4 Nb6 16.Nf3 Bf5 17.Re1 Rfe8 18.b3 Rxe1+ 19.Nxe1 Re8 20.c4 Qe7 21.Qd2
g5 22.Bg3 h5 23.h4 gxh4 24.Bxh4 Nd7 25.Bg3 Qe2 26.Qc3 c5 27.Bxc7 cxd4
28.Qxd4 b5 29.Nf3 bxc4 30.Re1 Qxe1+  31 Nxe1 Rxe1+  32.Kh2 cxb3 33.axb3 Kg7
34.Qd5  resign 1-0

[Event "Ruy Lopez-07"]
[Site "SEMI"]
[Date "3-10-97"]
[Round "#2"]
[White "cisko"]
[Black "Vito"]
[Result "1-0"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4  Nf6  5.0-0 b5  6.Bb3 Bb7  7.Re1 Be7
8.d4 Nxd4  9.Nxd4 exd4  10.e5 Ne4  11.Qf3 0-0  12.Rxe4 Bxe4  13.Qxe4 Bc5
14.c3 d5  15.Bxd5 Rb8  16.b4 Bb6  17.Bb2 Rc8  18.cxd4 c6  19.Bxc6 Qc7
20.d5 f6  21.e6 Qa7  22.e7 Kf7  23.Qe6+ Kg6  24.exf8=N+ Tfxe8 
25.Be8+ Kg5 Black Resign
 
[Event "Spanish"]
[Site "SEMI"]
[Date "1997.03.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Calvani"]
[Black "Cisko"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Bc5 5. O-O Nf6 6. c3 Ba7 7. d4 b5 8. Bb3 Qe7 9. Bd5 exd4
10. cxd4 Bb7 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. e5 Qg6 14. Nh4 Qg5 15. Nf3 Qg6
16. Nbd2 Rb8 17. Re1 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Bxd4 19. f3 Bxd4+ 20. Kf1 Bxb2 21. Rb1 Qd3+
22. Re2 Bc3 23. Kf2 Bxa2 24. Ra1 Qd4+ 25. Ke1 Qg1# 0-1

[Event "RUY LOPEZ-07"] 
[Site "SEMI"] 
[Round "1"] 
[Date "1997.03.10"]  
[White "Ricarco Caponero"] 
[Black "Marco Arata"] 
[Result "0-1"] 
[ECO "C70"] 
 
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 b5 5.Bb3 Bc5 6.c3 d6 7.d4 Bb6 8.Be3 ed 9.Bd5 de 
10.Bxc6 Bd7 11.Bxa8 ef 12.Kf1 Qxa8 13.Ne5 dxe5 14.resigns