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11-14-2003, 06:43 PM
In just one week, the inagural Chessplayers Poker Championship is being held on pokerstars. This is an event to bring the worldwide chess/poker community together, as so many chessplayers are poker players as well. Some strong players are slated to join, as 9 players have already preregistered, including 3 International Masters, 2 FIDE Masters and other National Masters as well. However chess strength is not important, as long as you competitively play in some form, you are eligible to play in this event. Below are the rules and qualifications
Date – Friday November 21st 7:00 pm eastern standard time
Buyin - $109
Starting Chips – 2500
Level Times – 30 minutes (As you can see this tournament will have much more play than a normal pokerstars event when compared to their 1500 in chips and 15 minute rounds!!)
Qualifications to play---
If you have a ..
FIDE rating
USCF rating
Any other recognized National Rating
OR if you have an ICC (Internet Chess Club) account, and have played 50 rated games
You are eligible to play in this event.
If you are interested in playing, please send an email to nymasters1@yahoo.com or to gregshahade@yahoo.com with your name and your chess rating. The tournament is already listed under the tournament tab on Pokerstars (Look under the SPECIAL heading)! It should be an exciting event, hope to see you there!
Greg Shahade
Date – Friday November 21st 7:00 pm eastern standard time
Buyin - $109
Starting Chips – 2500
Level Times – 30 minutes (As you can see this tournament will have much more play than a normal pokerstars event when compared to their 1500 in chips and 15 minute rounds!!)
Qualifications to play---
If you have a ..
FIDE rating
USCF rating
Any other recognized National Rating
OR if you have an ICC (Internet Chess Club) account, and have played 50 rated games
You are eligible to play in this event.
If you are interested in playing, please send an email to nymasters1@yahoo.com or to gregshahade@yahoo.com with your name and your chess rating. The tournament is already listed under the tournament tab on Pokerstars (Look under the SPECIAL heading)! It should be an exciting event, hope to see you there!
Greg Shahade