This document describes the "Terms and Conditions" of FICGS,
detailing services offered by FICGS and usage of these services by the members.
FICGS may change these conditions whenever necessary. Members will be notified
about these changes on the website. As the main part of the site is written
in english and can't be traduced, it is required to understand english language
to register for an account. Members recognize they're able to understand written
english.
The members understand and agree to these conditions when :
- they fill in the registration form for new members and send it to FICGS.
- they continue using the services of FICGS after changes are done.
It is required that players review, understand, accept and agree to be bound
by these Terms and Conditions and recognize the decisions of the site's administrators
as final, before participating in any game or tournament. Members shall periodically
review these Terms and Conditions at a rate not less than once monthly. Please
read them in their entirety.
When a member doesn't agree to the conditions (or changes to the conditions)
anymore, he's free to cancel membership by sending an email to
.
02. Services offered by FICGS
FICGS provides the correspondence chess server (www.ficgs.com) to the members
for playing correspondence chess & Go tournaments. Members access the
server through the internet. A member must provide all equipment, including
a computer and modem, necessary to establish a connection to the World Wide
Web. Additionnaly he must provide an access to the World Wide Web and pay
any telephone service fees associated with such access.
FICGS organizes correspondence chess and Go server tournaments, administers
and distributes money prizes for FICGS tournaments with entry fee and referees
all tournaments played on www.FICGS.com.
FICGS offers technical support for members and answer questions about the
website on the forum. FICGS edits, publishes and controls FICGS tournament
rules.
FICGS may, whenever it likes, expand, change, or partially discontinue these
services. But the correspondence chess server itself must stay operable and
all running tournaments must be allowed to terminate normally.
FICGS products and expands the server software. Member may propose new features
of the software on the forum, but members couldn't require certain features.
The features offered by FICGS are regarded as the optimum considering costs
and effects.
Among features offered by FICGS :
- Games : Go, Chess, Chess 960, Big Chess.
- Instant tournament registration, automatic tournament creation.
- Rated class standard and rapid chess tournaments.
- Special tournaments and events, Go tournaments.
- Money tournaments (also 2 players matches, standard and thematic).
- Real time countdown in seconds for each game.
- SSL encryption forms and other security features.
- Wikichess, the open chess repertoire project.
- Open Chess and Go encyclopedia. Forum, blog and chat.
- Graphical interface available for each game (see Help).
- Email notification (own and / or opponent's moves).
- Vacation (
30 days per year), maximum accumulated time for each game.
- Player statistics, future chess rating calculation in real time. Rating
history.
- Different appearances of the game board, multi-language interface.
- Live games (rss available), full database available for all members.
- Chess rating calculation every two months, Go rating calculation in real
time.
- Move entry by clicking on pieces and destination fields, or plain text format.
- Vote for the best games played on the server.
... and many other features !
03. Membership
FICGS membership is free of charge and for life (except for suspension, cancellation
or expulsion). Every member gets a username by FICGS and, in some cases, also
a password. The member could change his password whenever he wants. To cancel
membership, just send an email to
Every member must register with his real name. Double registrations are not
allowed and are automatically detected. FICGS will close member accounts,
when a member violates FICGS rules badly or acts against FICGS. If the member
provides then no reasonable explanation for his behaviour, FICGS will close
his account permanently. Please note that closing or cancelling an account
means the account will be inactive, not deleted. It is not possible to close
an account then to open another one, particularly with the same name.
The site reserves the right to terminate any account or decline or limit your
participation in any site activity for any reason, including, but not limited
to, harassment of other participants, posting of offensive material, making
libelous statements, or any breach of the terms of the agreement between you
and the site. By registering for an account and/or participating in any tournament
offered on the site, you consent to allow the site administrators to access
your account information and, if necessary only, your conversations with other
players that are stored on the server, to investigate complaints or other
allegation of abuse.
When a member cancels his membership or FICGS closes him out, all his ongoing
games will be rated as a loss for him. FICGS will not pay back any unused
tournament entry fees on his account. By registering for an account, you agree
that FICGS can keep all players informations, statistics and games played
by the member in the database and display it online. By registering, a member
recognizes to accept emails sent by FICGS server and won't regard them as
Spam-mails.
By choosing a ISO-3166 country code, any member accepts that corresponding
flag is displayed for him, in an informative way only. See the countries
directory for more informations.
04. Entry fees
FICGS.com offers a peer-to-peer internet destination where participants can
play a variety of free skill-based games and / or can compete in fee-based
multi-player tournaments. Just like in real land-based tournaments, the players
pay an entry fee for participation in online tournament events, and may win
cash prizes. Please note that faster time controls (correspondence blitz,
lightning and bullet) are available in money tournaments.
Every member has an E-Points account at FICGS. If he doesn't buy tickets for
tournaments with entry fee, his account may be empty, but usually he's given
a few E-Points so that he can try for free some server features eventually
not free.
E-Points : To summarize Entry fees and Prize money sections,
you can buy E-Points as tickets (1 E-Point is worth 1 Euro, see My account
after you connect to the server for more details) then play tournaments with
entry fees and prizes (silver, gold) with low rakes in E-Points, finally ask
for money prizes instead of E-Points for finished tournaments : According
to the prize won in each tournament, you'll be paid 0,75 Euro per E-Point
remaining in your account. Consequently the more tournaments you play before
to ask for a money prize, the lower is the cost per game (prizes in E-Points
reach up to 99 % of the entry fees, 100 % for the chess freestyle cup).
All members can enter for free FICGS tournaments without entry fee, but tournaments
organized on invitation by FICGS and tournaments that require a rating that
doesn't fit with member's one. Also it is not possible to enter new rapid
or standard tournaments (but world championship cycles and tournaments with
entry fee) if your number of running games - rapid or standard - exceeds a
limit of 50 games. Tournaments with a faster time control are unlimited.
Any member who wants to enter a tournament with an entry fee must have E-Points
and eventually buy or win tickets in E-Points for such tournaments while respecting
laws of his country (and state). FICGS tournaments with entry fee are not
open to players of a country in particular, players who choose to enter fee-based
tournaments do so at their own discretion and risk. As in any money-based
game, there is the risk of loss of money. Player fully understands that he/she
can elect to play free games that are also available at FICGS.com
FICGS makes no representations or warranties, implicit or explicit, as to
your legal right to participate in any tournament offered on the site. You
are subject to all laws of the state, province and/or country in which you
reside and from which you access the site and are solely responsible for obeying
those laws. You agree the site cannot be held liable, if laws applicable to
you restrict or prohibit your participation.
Age restriction for fee-based tournaments : Fee-based tournaments are designed
as entertainment services for adults and are therefore restricted to individuals
of legal age. As a typical guideline for the United States, players must be
over 18 years old. However, if the player resides in Nebraska or Alabama,
he/she must be at-least 19 years of age, and if in Mississippi, over 21 years
old. All minors in their respective jurisdiction are strictly forbidden to
play fee-based games.
There is no gambling or betting or wagering at FICGS.com. There is no difference
between games played at FICGS and chess or Go tournaments or other skill-based
games that have been played for cash or prizes in the offline world for hundreds
of years. The outcome of all FICGS games is based upon the players' skill,
not chance. This is in sharp contrast to lotteries or bingo games typically
found in casinos, where every player ultimately faces the same random odds.
Although the distinctions between skill-based games and games of chance are
clear, there are countries and a few states within the U.S. that wouldn't
have yet permitted skill-based games to be played for cash and/or prizes.
For those places, FICGS tournaments with entry fees can't be played.
By using FICGS.com server, players agree to be bound by the following :
- Player is at least the age of legal majority in the jurisdiction in which
player resides.
- Player understands that he/she may play FICGS games free, or participate
in fee-based tournaments.
- Player does not find games played at FICGS or fee-based events offensive,
objectionable, unfair or indecent.
You agree to hold FICGS, its employees, officers, directors, licensees, affiliates,
partners, subsidiaries, advertising, promotion or other agencies, and agents
completely harmless and fully indemnify them from any and all costs expenses,
liabilities and all damages whatsoever that may arise as a result of player's
entry or use the web site, use of any materials at the web site, entry or
participation in fee-based tournaments, participation in the games, or, incurring
losses or the acceptance of any prizes.
Tickets (Silver : 10 E-Points = 10 Euros, Gold : 100 E-Points = 100 Euros
- including value added tax if there's one) are sold to members on the website
on the page "My account". It is also possible to win E-Points by
becoming an affiliate (see the page "My account"). When you buy
tickets, a virtual account in E-Points is created (or modified) with a limited
lifetime of
10 years, meaning the account in E-Points will be emptied at the end of this
period, after at most two warnings to the member, asking him to retire his
money prizes. Member's E-Points account lifetime will be reconducted each
time tickets are bought by the member. The number of E-Points added to the
account is the amount in Euros paid to FICGS. Tickets are not paid back. You
can't have more than 5000 E-Points in your account, in this case you must
ask for money prizes.
05. Prize money
When a player wins a tournament with an entry fee and prize, he can choose
after the game(s) to keep E-Points (by default) instantly added in his FICGS
account or, if has enough E-Points in his account, a money prize. Entry fees
and prizes in E-Points are published in the tournament page in "Waiting
lists".
Money prizes and prizes in E-Points, according to entry fee and tournament,
are :
If you ask for a money prize, the tournament prize in E-Points will be taken
from your account, then you'll be paid 75 % of the total entry fees in Euros,
divided according to the number of winners in the tournament, ie. if you win
your game(s) in a Gold 2-players tournament : 75 % of 200 = 150 Euros.
In case of a draw in 2-players regular chess tournaments, the prize is divided
: Player Black will fully take back his E-Points while player White will take
the rest.
Case 7-players regular tournaments :
* Gold - Entry fee : 100 E-Points
- Total prize : 680 E-Points (rapid or standard)
* Silver - Entry fee : 10 E-Points
- Total prize : 65 E-Points (rapid or standard)
If you ask for a money prize, the tournament prize in E-Points will be taken
from your account, then you'll be paid 75 % of the total entry fees in Euros,
divided according to the number of winners in the tournament, ie. if you win
alone a Gold 7-players tournament : 75 % of 700 = 525 Euros.
Consequently, there are two types of charge according to your choice to get
a money prize or a prize in E-Points. Money prizes have to be compared to
E-Points prizes that are much higher : After a win in a Gold blitz game, you'll
get 198 E-Points, meaning the more games you play before to ask for a money
prize, the less charged games are. In example, if you buy 3 Gold tickets (3
x 100 Euros), you'll get 300 E-Points, then you play 30 Gold blitz chess games
(15 as White and 15 as Black) : 28 draws and 2 wins with White. Finally you
have 300 - 100 + 100 (1st draw with Black) - 100 + 100 (2nd draw with Black)
... - 100 + 98 (1st draw with White) ... -100 + 198 (1st win with White) -
100 + 198 (2nd win with White) = 300 - (30 x 100) + (15 x 100) + (13 x 98)
+ (2 x 198) = 470 E-Points. At the end, if you ask for a money prize for the
last game you won, you'll get a 150 Euros money prize and your E-Points account
will be 470 - 198 = 272 E-Points
Please note there are no money prizes for money thematic tournaments in case
of a draw, as E-points gained may vary according to the opening. Also "Platin"
tournaments may be open for special events only.
Tickets in E-Points can't be sold to other members or paid back. You have
to win prizes to exchange your E-Points with cash money.
Money prizes will be paid to prize winners of a tournament when all games
of the tournament are finished or if the winner can't change anymore. Money
prizes will be paid in a period from a few hours (when using Moneybookers
or Paypal, that allow instant payments) to 1 month.
For accounts reasons, FICGS may once per year stop to sell tickets for tournaments
with an entry fee during a few weeks, and empty at the end of this period
(usually at the end of december) all E-Points from any account. In this case
members will be paid 0,75 EUR per E-Point, meaning 150 EUR per 200 E-Points
- about the same as money prize for a win in a Gold tournament.
If there are taxes or social fees in the home countries of the prize winners,
they are responsible for these payments. It's up to the members to declare
the amounts won on the site if necessary.
06. Warranties and limitations of liability
Members agree that using the server and our services is at members sole risk.
FICGS makes no warranty that the service will be uninterrupted or error free.
FICGS will repair server damages as fast as possible and server down times
will not be recorded for the reflexion time of the players. Members can't
make FICGS liable for server downtimes or data losses. FICGS shall not be
liable for what members will do, particularly if they don't respect these
"Terms and Conditions", for what members will publish in the forum,
news, comments or messages to other members, or for other informations automatically
generated and published, including links to other websites.
07. Money transfer
Tickets for tournaments with entry fee must be paid on FICGS accounts (see
below). When you send us money, please remind us your last name, first name
and member id (number displayed in "Preferences") and send please
a short email to
with these informations and which account you've paid which amount. If there
are any bank fees for the transfer, the member has to pay them.
When buying tickets for tournaments with an entry fee, you are required to
enter the following information in "My account" (please use the
form) : Permanent residential address, country, phone number and informations
about the account (ie. an email for a Moneybookers account) from where you
will send and receive money. You represent and warrant that all information
you supply to the site is complete and accurate. Knowing submitting incomplete
or inaccurate information will result in immediate termination of your account
and forfeiture of any prizes to which you are otherwise entitled.
Members must keep their personal account information (including password)
strictly confidential and are solely responsible for their account transactions.
It is your direct responsibility to securely login through SSL encryption
forms and logout FICGS.com to prevent any unauthorized access to your informations.
You agree that the site is not liable for any loss caused by any unauthorized
use of your account informations or other method of payment by a third party
in connection with this site.
Any attempt to defraud the site through the use of credit cards or other methods
of payment, regardless of the outcome, or any failure by you to honor legitimate
charges or requests for payment will result in immediate termination of your
account, forfeiture of any prizes to which you maybe otherwise entitled, and
civil and/or criminal prosecution.
By registering for an account and/or participating in any tournament offered
on the site, you agree that FICGS is not responsible for any damage, loss,
or injury resulting from tampering, or other unauthorized access or use of
the site or your account. Any attempt to gain unauthorized access to the site
systems or any account, interfere with procedures or performance of the site,
or deliberately damage or undermine the site is subject to civil and/or criminal
prosecution and will result in immediate termination of your account and forfeiture
of any all prizes to which you may have been otherwise entitled to.
To send money (entry fees) to FICGS or receive money (prizes) from FICGS,
the easiest and cheapest way is to create (if necessary) and to use a Moneybookers
account :
Moneybookers is a tool that allows you to safely and instantly send and receive
money via email. You can send money from your credit/debit card, transfer
money to and from your bank account. Moneybookers is one of the best solutions
for international money transfers, it offers the best prices and accepts most
currencies. A money transfer is charged by Moneybookers 1%, up to EUR 0,50.
Advantages of Moneybookers :
- No registration fees.
- Real time payments.
- Worldwide accessibility (over 20 currencies).
- Cheapest way to send money across countries borders.
- Complete privacy (credit card details are secure).
- Security (protection against automated login attacks).
- Convenient (send and receive money with your email address).
It is also possible to use a Paypal account
or to make a bank transfer to send money to FICGS. If there are any bank fees
for the transfer, the member has to pay them. To receive money from FICGS,
please use a Moneybookers or Paypal account.
More informations, FICGS bank account and FICGS account at Moneybookers and
Paypal are displayed at the "My account" page after you login. Usually
your account in E-Points will be updated a few hours after your payment, but
it may take up to 15 days.
08. Security and privacy policy
Every member has to register with his real name at the server. Therefore FICGS
will ask for personal data at the registration dialogue and save it. FICGS
uses this data for internal use only. FICGS will publish on the web some informations
such as the name of the member and his country. Optional informations may
be published such as his birthdate, last connection date and photo. The member
agrees with that by saving his data and/or using the FICGS services.
FICGS provides SSL data transmission, combined to other security features
that offer maximum security for your data exchanges with the server. Your
browser must support HTTPS protocol to use this feature, also you will have
to accept and save FICGS auto-signed certificate. It's up to the member to
use SSL encryption forms to guarantee the best security for data transfers,
in this case verify the URL starts with https://. It's strongly recommended
to use passwords at least 8 characters (letters & numbers) long and to
change it regularly. Also you should activate Javascript on your browser in
order to use all FICGS features. Please note if you login with the right form
and if URL doesn't start with HTTPS, then your password will be directly sent
through the internet, which is not secure. Passwords are hashed (md5 function
+ salt) in the database, so that no-one can retrieve your password, even the
webmaster.
A few users may have their IP address changing constantly. They will probably
get an error message by using the secure form (with or without HTTPS protocol).
When using the secure form, your password will be hashed before to be sent
through the internet, but SSL encryption is enough to secure your data. To
them, it is strongly recommended to use the SSL encryption right form.
FICGS will never ask you to enter your password in an email form, if such
a thing happens please contact immediately the webmaster. Please always connect
to FICGS by typing the complete address in your browser ie. http://www.ficgs.com
, https://ficgs.com/login.html or http://www.ficgs.com/login.html . This avoids
phishing,
a well known method used by hackers who could try to steal your login and
password by redirecting you on another website.
FICGS respects the privacy of the players data saved on the server. FICGS
will not disclose member information to other third parties then mentioned
above, especially not for advertising purposes.
09. Laws
This agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws
of France, the member agrees to submit to the personal jurisdiction of France
for any cause or action arising out of this agreement. In the event that any
portion of this agreement is deemed by a court to be invalid, the remaining
provisions shall remain in full force and effect.
Intellectual property :
If not specified, the general structure, texts, images, graphism, documents,
databases and every element of the site are the exclusive property of FICGS.
This site is governed by french and international laws for author's rights
and intellectual propery. Names and trademarks mentioned on the site are the
property of their owners respectively. Any use or copying, partially or in
its entirety, of the site, elements of the site and/or informations included
in the site, is a counterfeiting punished by intellectual property laws. However,
as chess and Go games shouldn't belong to anyone, it is allowed to copy games
while the source remain in the game informations (PGN format).
Hypertext links :
FICGS authorizes any web site to link to a page in www.ficgs.com, however
can forbid these links for any reason. Mirroring this website is strictly
forbidden. FICGS declines any responsability for the content available on
any website pointed by links on FICGS. Any access to a website pointed by
a link on FICGS is at user's own risks. FICGS declines responsability for
the content available on any website where can be found links to www.ficgs.com
Cookies :
When the user connects to the site, a "cookie" may be installed
in his browser. This data allows him not to enter his username and/or password
each time he connects to the site. The user may refuse these cookies by desactivating
this option in the browser's parameters..
Declaration :
According to the law 78-17 of 1978 january 6 about data processing, files
and liberties, the processing of nominative data made on the site has been
declared to the CNIL (Commission Nationale de l'Informatique et des Libertés)
on 2007 may 14 under the number 1233567 v0. To access or correct data according
to the site's regulations, please see contact below.
FICGS - Skill games competitions organizer.
Siret number 49780213200017 - RCS Guéret
Contact : Thibault de Vassal
Email :
Address : Jupille 23600 St Pierre Le Bost, France
10. Change history
Last update : 2007, may 12
11. General rules
11. 1. Netiquette
Computer assistance is authorized, as any other kind of help but in the "no-engines"
tournaments.
It is possible to leave public comments for your games and to send private
messages to other members. No player may post in forums or send to another
member any voluntary message that contains abusive, insulting, provocating,
advertising, vulgar, foul, racist, sexist or other discriminatory or politically
sensitive content. Doing so may lead to being immediately and permanently
banned. You agree that the webmaster, administrator and moderators have the
right to remove, edit, move or close any topic, comment or message at any
time should they see fit. Responding to a provocative message is strictly
forbidden and may lead to get a limited access to the server during a few
weeks, at the moderator's discretion. In this case, please just warn the moderator
or webmaster in private.
Publication of a private message without the authors expressed permission
is strictly forbidden.
As a user you agree to any information you have entered in the registration
form and while using the site being stored in a database, as well as your
ip address in order to prevent cheating & hacking. While this information
will not be disclosed to any third party without your consent, FICGS cannot
be held responsible for any hacking attempt that may lead to the data being
compromised. Your email address is used for confirming your registration details
and password, for sending new passwords (should you forget your current one),
your moves played in your games, your opponents comments and moves and other
informations sent by FICGS.
11. 2. Regulations
All chess play shall be in accordance with The Official Rules Of Chess as
defined by the Federation Internationale Des Echecs (FIDE). The latest version
can be found on the FIDE Homepage. If there
is a conflict between those rules and these, the FICGS rules and regulations
shall take precedence.
All go play shall be in accordance with The Official Rules Of Go as defined
by the International Go Federation (IGF). If there is a conflict between those
rules and these, the FICGS rules and regulations shall take precedence.
The rules assume that FICGS referees have the necessary competence, sound
judgement and absolute objectivity. Too detailed a rule might deprive the
arbiter of his freedom of judgement and thus prevent him from finding the
solution to a problem dictated by fairness, logic and special factors. FICGS
appeals to all its members to accept this view.
11. 3. Playing rules
All moves and other communications shall be transmitted through the server.
Graphical interfaces are only used as assistance to write the moves, but it's
up to the player to send a valid move, using correct notation. If you send
a wrong move, your opponent can claim the point by calling referee (or referee
can adjudicate the game himself).
a. Chess (and chess 960) moves
require the use of English algebraic notation using PGN
(Portable Game Notation). However, some rare ambiguous moves must be written
their easiest way to read. It is advised to let the graphical interface generate
the move. The 50 moves rule is not implemented, please call referee if an
obvious draw is not accepted by your opponent. Please note that a forced checkmate
in more than 50 moves won't be considered as a draw. Here is an example of
a game :
b. 'Big chess' games
are played on a 16 x 16 chessboard. Moves are given by 'origin square'-'destination
square' with coordinates a1 to q16 (e.g. : m15-m13). Please note that i letter
doesn't exist on the graphical interface, so any move with letter i won't
be understood, consequently the move is false. You just have to let the graphical
interface generate the move. Here's a game :
c. Go games are played on a 19 x
19 goban. Go moves are given by coordinates a1 to t19 (e.g. : s13), as showed
on the go viewer. Please note that i letter doesn't exist on the viewer, so
any move with letter i (e.g. : i5) won't be understood by the viewer, consequently
the move is false. Please let the graphical interface generate the move. Komi
is 7.5 points. Please note that you can pass, just entering 'pass'.
Rules for Go are chinese rules,
as defined by the Chinese Weiqi Association. Both players must play until
one resign, both players pass without agreeing the result (then call referee)
or game is adjudicated. It's up to the players to discuss the score at the
end of the game, so calling referee should be exceptional. Scoring method
is area scoring with chinese counting. Positional superko rule apply, it's
impossible to repeat a previous board position ('incorrect move' message would
be displayed). Please call referee only if there's a disagreement. Here's
a game :
A move is legal if it fulfils the international federation laws of the game.
An illegal or ambiguous move provokes the loss of the game. It's strictly
forbidden to play simultaneously the same game with black on a board and white
on the other, against two different players or the same one, playing black
moves like the opponent in the game with white and playing white moves like
the opponent in the game with black.
11. 4. Time rules
Any move in any game shall be played in a maximum period of
60 days, otherwise the game will be adjudicated on time. If the remaining time
for your next move is less than your remaining total time, an additional clock
will be displayed between brackets next to the regular one. Time accumulated
in a game can't exceed
100 days. Please don't call referee since you see your opponent's clock 'Out of
time', you just have to wait a few hours a robot automatically adjuges the
game.
Please be aware that it's possible sometimes your internet provider or a point
between the server and you may block the connection between the server and
you, or block an email. Even it's a rare thing, it's strongly recommended
to always have several days left at your clock. No result will be reconsidered
or time added due to such a technical problem. Also, although you should receive
an email as soon as a money blitz, lightning or bullet game starts, it is
strongly recommended to check the chat bar and "My games" page every
minute after you entered a waiting list and before the game starts. If you
cannot do this, you should retire from the waiting list as specified on the
tournament page, before to leave. No result will be reconsidered if you lose
a game on time without having played a single move.
Vacation : It is possible to take a maximum of
30 days leave per year, called vacation. During this time, your clocks are frozen
and it is no more possible to play, in order to reduce the effects on time
controls. It is not possible to take vacation during a blitz, lightning or
bullet game (time control : less than 1 day + increment) and it is not possible
to entry a blitz, lightning or bullet tournament waiting list during a vacation
period. Each january 1st, the server sets the number of days to
30 for all players.
Please note that the time limit per move clock still runs during vacation.
Take your days carefully, as it's not possible to take back or displace your
leave dates. However you can add days leave during this period.
During blitz , lightning or bullet games (time control : 1 day or less + increment),
the page "My games" will be auto-refreshed frequently, a pop-up
window will automatically appear when your opponent play a move. To use this
feature, please verify that Javascript is activated in your browser and pop-up
windows are authorized for domains ficgs.com and www.ficgs.com by your browser.
Also when you play a move, you may click on the (Wait) link that will redirect
you to the auto-refreshed viewer page. A pop-up window will appear when your
opponent play a move and you'll be automatically redirected to the 'move'
page where you'll have to play your next move.
Notice : In waiting lists, blitz, lightning and bullet games are in advanced
tournaments category. What is called blitz at FICGS is actually a "correspondence
blitz game", with a standard time control in common chess language (2
hours + 2 hours / 40 moves). What is called lightning at FICGS is actually
a "correspondence lightning game", with a rapid time control in
common chess language (30 minutes + 1 minute / move). What is called bullet
at FICGS is actually a "correspondence bullet game", with a fast
time control in common chess language (10 minutes + 20 seconds / move).
11. 5. Adjudications
In some cases, the game continues but the result is obvious.
If time control is superior to 1 day and if a player doesn't want to resign
(or accept draw) and obviously last the game, his opponent may report to referee
a first time. If the player takes 30 days more to finish the game, his opponent
may call referee another time, then the game will be adjudicated. An analysis
submitted by a player should contain sufficient information so that no doubt
is possible. This may include a sequence of moves, but in some circumstances
it may be sufficient to claim a win or a draw on the basis of material or
positional advantage. Final decision belongs to referee.
If time control is inferior to 1 day and if a player doesn't want to resign
(or accept draw) and obviously last the game, his opponent may report to referee.
As it is not possible to referee all advanced games (blitz, lightning, bullet)
in real time, it is asked to the players to discuss the result, eventually
with other players in the chat bar. Finally, if players do not agree the result,
please let the clock run out of time, a referee will confirm or correct the
result later. If there's an entry fee for the game, it is strictly forbidden
to play other games with an entry fee before the referee confirm or correct
the result. All games played in such conditions will be canceled and the member
could be banned from the site.
There are no time limit for games else but the clocks, but it may be announced
that certain multi-stages tournaments will have one. At the end of this time
limit, a referee committee will adjudicate games.
11. 6. Withdrawals
There is no withdrawal, from any tournament or multi-stages tournament (next
stages included, however games won't be rated if a player warns the referee
before the start of the games), unless a player forfeits rated games in any
tournament without a reason between two stages, in this case his qualification
for next stages is cancelled). All games are played until a player resign,
accept draw, or lose on time. Games are not rated for the winner if less than
10 moves have been played by his opponent (most probably forfeit, silent withdrawal
or obvious cheating) or in global forfeit cases against the same opponent,
ie. 8-games matches, but games where an advantage is obvious.
Any player who forfeits (by resignation or silent withdrawal) his games in
an equal or winning position, without giving an explanation to referee in
a rated chess tournament could get a limited access to the server and couldn't
enter waiting lists anymore during a period of 2 months, at the referee's
discretion.
A special case could occur in the multi-stages tournaments (ie. FICGS chess
world championship), a player who did not play any move in 15 days (at his
clock) could be replaced. Games wouldn't be rated as a loss for him in this
case.
11. 7. Rating rules
a) Correspondence chess rating
The correspondence chess rating list takes account of rated chess games played
at a time control superior to 1 day, usually rapid (30 days + 1 day / move)
and standard (40 days + 40 days / 10 moves) time controls.
The established rating list displays players who finished at least 9 rated
games (or who obtained an established rating in another organization) and
who connected during the last 2 years. The preliminary rating list displays
players who finished at least 1 rated game, less than 9 rated games and who
connected during the last 2 years. The complete rating list displays all registered
players. The active players list displays players who connected during the
last 2 months.
The FICGS rating scheme is a numerical scheme, in which percentage results
can be exchanged into rating differences, and rating differences into percentage
performance probabilities. It is mainly based on the principles of rating
calculations of prof. Arpad Elo.
The rating formula :
New Elo = ((Coef x Elo) + (Games x Performance)) / (Coef + Games)
Coef = 16 - (9 - P)
P is the number of rated games played at FICGS, P=9 (max) if rating is established.
Performance = Average Elo (TER) opponents + Bonus
Bonus is given by the Percentage (100 * Points / Games) obtained :
%
Bonus
%
Bonus
%
Bonus
%
Bonus
--
87
322
74
184
61
80
99
677
86
309
73
175
60
72
98
589
85
296
72
166
59
65
97
538
84
284
71
158
58
57
96
501
83
273
70
149
57
50
95
470
82
262
69
141
56
43
94
444
81
251
68
133
55
36
93
422
80
240
67
125
54
29
92
401
79
230
66
117
53
21
91
383
78
220
65
110
52
14
90
366
77
211
64
102
51
7
89
351
76
202
63
95
50
0
88
336
75
193
62
87
--
If the percentage is < 50, just replace % by (100-%) and Bonus by (-Bonus)
Please note that Bonus is limited to 470 points.
The rating calculation does not take account of wins obtained by a stronger
player when the Elo difference is superior to 350 points, the same with losses
by a weaker player.
In case of a loss or draw against a player rated more than 200 points less,
the opponent's rating considered in calculation is : Elo - 200.
The rating period is 2 months. The first period of a year starts on January
1st. For rating calculation, the opponents' Tournament Entry Rating (TER),
which are valid on the day of the rating run, are used.
A player has an established rating if he finished at least 9 rated games before
the last rating calculation, otherwise his rating is called provisional. A
new player with an established rating (and title) from ICCF or IECG automatically
gets an established equal rating (and title) on FICGS. A new player with an
established rating (and title) from FIDE gets a provisional equal rating (and
title). Titles recognized by FICGS not from FIDE / ICCF will be renamed as
FICGS titles. A new player with a rating > 1800 from other organizations
gets a 1800 provisional rating. (up to 2000 in case of official established
ratings - verified)
b) Advanced
chess rating
The advanced chess rating list takes account of rated chess games played at
a time control inferior to 1 day, usually bullet (10 minutes + 20 seconds
/ move), lightning (30 minutes + 1 minute / move) and blitz (2 hours + 2 hours
/ 40 moves) time controls.
You have to play at least one rated advanced chess game to appear in the rating
list. Advanced chess ratings are first estimated from current correspondence
chess ratings (current rating), then adjusted in real time after each result
:
Performance = Opponent Current Rating if the game is drawn, + 350 if the game
is won, -350 if the game is lost.
The following bonus / malus applied to White and to Black makes ratings fair,
as it is not possible to force a player to take White or Black before a game
:
New Rating = ((9 x Current Rating) + (1 x Performance)) / 10
The rating calculation does not take account of wins obtained by a stronger
player when the Elo difference is superior to 350 points, the same with losses
by a weaker player.
In case of a draw or loss against a player rated more than 200 points less,
the opponent's rating considered in calculation is : Current Rating - 200.
Tournament Entry Ratings (TER) are displayed in an informative way only.
c) Big chess rating
The big chess rating list takes account of rated big chess games played at
any time control, usually rapid (30 days + 1 day / move) time control.
You have to play at least one rated big chess game to appear in the rating
list. Big chess ratings are first estimated from current correspondence chess
ratings (current rating -300 points, with at least 1400), then adjusted in
real time after each result :
Performance = Opponent Current Rating is the game is drawn, + 350 if the game
is won, -350 if the game is lost.
New Rating = ((9 x Current Rating) + (1 x Performance)) / 10
The rating calculation does not take account of wins obtained by a stronger
player when the Elo difference is superior to 350 points, the same with losses
by a weaker player.
In case of a draw or loss against a player rated more than 200 points less,
the opponent's rating considered in calculation is : Current Rating - 200.
Tournament Entry Ratings (TER) are displayed in an informative way only.
d) Go ranks
The Go rating list takes account of rated Go games played at any time control,
usually rapid (30 days + 1 day / move) time control.
It is possible to specify your Go rank in order to appear in the Go ranking
list. Only official Go ranks (ie. from EGF, AGA, Zhongguo Qiyuan, Hankook
Kiwon, Nihon Ki-in, Kansai Ki-in...) will be taken in account if superior
to 10 kyu. Other ranks (from servers DragonGo, IGS, KGS or self-estimated...)
will be limited to 10 kyu.
Go ratings are first estimated from Go ranks (n kyu give a 2100 - 100 * n
rating, n dan give a 2000 + 100 * n rating, n dan pro give a 2630 + 30 * n
rating), then adjusted in real time after each result :
Performance = Opponent Current Rating + 350 if the game is won, -350 if the
game is lost.
Case of a win : New Rating = ((8 x Current Rating) + (2 x Performance)) /
10
Case of a loss : New Rating = ((9 x Current Rating) + (1 x Performance)) /
10
The rating calculation does not take account of wins obtained by a stronger
player when the Elo difference is superior to 350 points, the same with losses
by a weaker player.
In case of a loss against a player rated more than 350 points less, the opponent's
rating considered in calculation is : Current Rating - 350.
Tournament Entry Ratings (TER) are displayed in an informative way only. A
player who did not enter a Go rank when subscribing starts with a minimal
rating of 0 (21 kyu). There's no negative elo rating (22 kyu and under).
11. 8. Titles
Chess titles, like ratings are calculated by FICGS. Titles are obtained with
3 title norms. Titles are :
FICGS Grand Master (FGM)
FICGS Senior International Master (FSM)
FICGS International Master (FIM)
FICGS Email Master (FEM)
It is possible to update the best title obtained from FIDE, ICCF or IECG just
by sending an email to
There can't be any confusion between FICGS titles, that begin with F letter,
and official titles delivered by the chess and correspondence chess federations.
Titles are displayed in the rating list only for players with a rating >
2200 points.
A title norm (FEM, FIM, FSM, FGM) can be achieved in a chess tournament (time
control > 1 day) with at least 7 players and 6 games played per player.
This table shows the required percentage to gain a title norm in a tournament
according to the rating average :
Average rating
Category
FEM
FIM
FSM
FGM
2201 - 2225
-1
73
2226 - 2250
0
70
2251 - 2275
1
67
76
2276 - 2300
2
64
73
2301 - 2325
3
60
70
2326 - 2350
4
56
67
76
2351 - 2375
5
53
64
73
2376 - 2400
6
50
60
70
2401 - 2425
7
47
56
67
76
2426 - 2450
8
44
53
64
73
2451 - 2475
9
40
50
60
70
2476 - 2500
10
36
47
56
67
2501 - 2525
11
33
44
53
64
2526 - 2550
12
30
40
50
60
2551 - 2575
13
36
47
56
2576 - 2600
14
33
44
53
2601 - 2625
15
30
40
50
2626 - 2650
16
36
47
12. Tournament rules
All tournaments created automatically follow the same algorithm for the selection
of colours. The first player in the waiting list plays first against the second
one. Then colors are alternated.
Groups (round-robin tournaments) of the FICGS chess world championship are
built by an algorithm in order to obtain similar elo averages : Players are
ordered by rating, then placed in groups following a linear distribution,
ie. if there are 5 groups to build : #player-#group , 1-1 , 2-2 , 3-3 , 4-4
, 5-5 , 6-5 , 7-4 , 8-3 , 9-2 , 10-1 , 11-1 , 12-2 ... and so on.
If a player forfeits without playing a single move in a tournament, a replacement
may occur.
FICGS CHESS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP :
FICGS world chess championship is a 5 stages tournament. The 8 players
with the strongest established ratings at the start of the tournament play first
a 3 stages (quarter-final, semi-final, final) knockout tournament. The others
play a 3 stages single round-robin tournament. All games during the whole cycle
are played in 30 days + 1 day / move. Norms are only possible in the round-robin
tournaments.
Round-robin tournaments are groups of 5, 7, 9, 11 or 13 players. The winner of each
group is qualified for the next stage. In case of equality, the player with the
strongest tournament entry rating (TER) is qualified for the next stage. If tournament
entry ratings are equal, ratings when the next stage begins will be taken in account.
Groups are built grading all players by rating and distributing them to obtain
similar elo averages. Players with a rating superior or equal to 2300 will play
1st stage in high rated groups if possible. Winners of these groups will be directly
qualified for stage 3, others will play stage 2. If necessary, a player could
be invited to complete a group or to replace a forfeiting player.
The knockout tournament is played into 8 games matches. The special rule (avoiding
short draws) is that in case of equality (4-4), the winner is the player with
the strongest tournament entry rating if all games are draw, the player with
the lowest tournament entry rating if not all games are draw. The winner is qualified
for the next stage.
Knockout tournament winner will play round-robin cycle winner in a 8 games candidates
final match (stage 4). In case of equality (4-4), the knockout tournament winner is qualified
for stage 5 if all games are draw, the round-robin cycle winner if not all games are draw.
At last, the player qualified is the challenger for FICGS world champion title. If current world
champion defends his title, they will play a 12 games match. In case of equality (6-6),
the winner is the former world champion.
FICGS CHESS FREESTYLE CUP :
FICGS advanced chess "freestyle" cup is a 6 rounds swiss tournament with entry fee and prize,
played in a single day. Entry fees are
E-Points that you can buy in 'My account'.
Read carefully terms and conditions,
particularly Entry fees & Prize money sections before to play tournaments with entry fees.
All games are played in 30 minutes + 15 seconds / move. Norms are not possible.
The first round will start at the date and hour (13:00 server time) indicated as "deadline".
Next rounds will start at 15:00, 17:00, 19:00, 21:00 and 23:00 server time. Please register
carefully as it is not possible to retire from the waiting list. It is strongly recommended
to display the chat bar to communicate with the tournament director.
If several players obtain the best score and the best Sonnenborn-Berger, they will share
the prize. It is possible to forfeit all next games (that will be unrated for the advanced
chess rating list) during the tournament.
FIDE GM & IM, FICGS / ICCF GM, SM & IM are invited to enter the waiting list for free.
Please just send a message to webmaster through My account page to register. You may be
asked to send a copy of your passport or ID card. The tournament might be cancelled if less
than 7 players registered before the deadline, in this case entry fees will be given back to
the players.
An extra fee, usually 30% of the entry fee, will be added to the entry fee 2 days
before the start of the tournament.
FICGS CHESS STANDARD TOURNAMENTS :
FICGS correspondence chess standard tournaments are single round-robin tournaments
involving 7 players or 2 games matches involving 2 players. Entry fees are
E-Points
that you can buy in 'My account'. Read carefully
terms and conditions, particularly
Entry fees & Prize money sections before to play tournaments with entry fees.
All games are played in 40 days + 40 days / 10 moves. Norms are possible in round-robin
tournaments.
If there's a prize :
Round-robin tournaments - In case of equality, the prize is equally shared by the winners,
rounded to the superior number if needed.
2 games matches - The prize for each game is half the total prize. In case of
a draw, prize is divided, however player Black will fully get back his E-points
whereas player White will get the rest (ie. standard gold, if game one is a draw
player Black wins 50 E-Points whereas player White wins 48 E-Points, then if game
two is a win for White, player White wins 98 E-Points).
FICGS CHESS RAPID TOURNAMENTS :
FICGS correspondence chess rapid tournaments are single round-robin tournaments
involving 7 players or 2 games matches involving 2 players. Entry fees are
E-Points
that you can buy in 'My account'. Read carefully
terms and conditions, particularly
Entry fees & Prize money sections before to play tournaments with entry fees.
All games are played in 30 days + 1 day / move. Norms are possible in round-robin tournaments.
If there's a prize :
Round-robin tournaments - In case of equality, the prize is equally shared by the winners,
rounded to the superior number if needed.
2 games matches - The prize for each game is half the total prize. In case of
a draw, the prize is divided, however player Black will fully get back his E-points
whereas player White will get the rest (ie. rapid gold, if game one is a draw
player Black wins 50 E-Points whereas player White wins 48 E-Points, then if game
two is a win for White, player White wins 98 E-Points).
FICGS CHESS BLITZ TOURNAMENTS :
FICGS advanced chess blitz games with entry fee are 1 game matches, involving 2 players.
Entry fees are E-Points
that you can buy in 'My account'. Read carefully
terms and conditions, particularly
Entry fees & Prize money sections before to play tournaments with entry fees.
All games are played in 2 hours + 2 hours / 40 moves. Title norms are not possible.
The player who entered the waiting list first will play White, it is possible for him to
withdraw his entry by clicking on the arrow beside his name on the tournament waiting list
page.
Do not forget to retire from the waiting list if needed as the game will begin as soon as there are
2 players in the waiting list. It is no more possible to withdraw once the game
started.
If there's a prize :
1 game match - In case of a draw the prize is divided, however player Black will
fully get back his E-Points whereas player White will get the rest (ie. blitz
gold, player Black wins 100 E-Points whereas player White wins 98 E-Points - blitz
silver, player Black wins 10 E-Points whereas player White wins 9,5 E-Points).
FICGS CHESS LIGHTNING TOURNAMENTS :
FICGS advanced chess lightning games with entry fee are 1 game matches, involving 2 players.
Entry fees are E-Points
that you can buy in 'My account'. Read carefully
terms and conditions, particularly
Entry fees & Prize money sections before to play tournaments with entry fees.
All games are played in 30 minutes + 1 minute / move. Titles norms are not possible.
The player who entered the waiting list first will play White, it is possible for him to
withdraw his entry by clicking on the arrow beside his name on the tournament waiting list
page.
Do not forget to retire from the waiting list if needed as the game will begin as soon as there are
2 players in the waiting list. It is no more possible to withdraw once the game
started.
If there's a prize :
1 game match (regular) - In case of a draw, the prize is divided, however player
Black will fully get back his E-Points whereas player White will get the rest
(ie. lightning gold, player Black wins 100 E-Points whereas player White wins
98 E-Points - lightning silver, player Black wins 10 E-Points whereas player White
wins 9,5 E-Points).
1 game match (thematic) - In case of a draw, the side for which the opening is
not favourable will win the whole prize (see examples below). Consequently the
prize will never be divided. Opening may change from time to time, so please look
at the opening carefully before to enter the waiting list :
In case of a draw, White will win the whole prize if the opening is :
1) e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 Bc4 Bc5 b4
2) Nf3 d5 Ng1 e5
In case of a draw, Black will win the whole prize if the opening is :
FICGS advanced chess bullet games with entry fee are 1 game matches, involving
2 players. Entry fees are E-Points
that you can buy in 'My account'. Read carefully
terms and conditions, particularly
Entry fees & Prize money sections before to play tournaments with entry fees.
All games are played in 10 minutes + 20 seconds / move. Titles norms are not possible.
The player who entered the waiting list first will play White, it is possible for him to
withdraw his entry by clicking on the arrow beside his name on the tournament waiting list
page.
Do not forget to retire from the waiting list if needed as the game will begin as soon as there are
2 players in the waiting list. It is no more possible to withdraw once the game
started.
If there's a prize :
1 game match (regular) - In case of a draw, the prize is divided, however player
Black will fully get back his E-Points whereas player White will get the rest
(ie. lightning gold, player Black wins 100 E-Points whereas player White wins
98 E-Points - lightning silver, player Black wins 10 E-Points whereas player White
wins 9,5 E-Points).
FICGS SPECIAL BIG CHESS TOURNAMENTS :
FICGS big chess tournaments are rated single round-robin tournaments, involving
7 players.
FICGS big chess is a chess variant, on a chessboard 16 x 16. Coordinates are a1
to q16 (no letter i). Please use only 'xy-xy' notation generated by the graphical
interface. The special rule is no castling is possible. See rules for more information.
All games are played in 30 days + 1 day / move. Norms are not possible.
FICGS SPECIAL CHESS 960 TOURNAMENTS :
FICGS chess 960 tournaments are unrated single round-robin tournaments, involving
7 players. Start position for all games is given by the board 'chess 960' showed
in help section.
All games are played in 40 days + 40 days / 10 moves. Norms are
not possible.
FICGS SPECIAL THEMATIC CHESS TOURNAMENTS :
FICGS correspondence chess thematic tournaments are unrated single round-robin tournaments,
involving 7 players. The first moves are announced.
All games are played in 40 days + 40 days / 10 moves. Norms are not possible.
FICGS SPECIAL CHESS NO ENGINES TOURNAMENTS :
FICGS chess no engines tournaments are unrated single round-robin tournaments, involving
7 players. The special rule for these tournaments is that chess engines, databases and
opening books are strictly forbidden.
All games are played in 40 days + 40 days / 10 moves. Norms are
not possible.
FICGS GO WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP :
FICGS world Go championship is a 2 stages tournament. First stage is a single round-robin
tournament, involving the 9 highest rated players (3 kyu and higher) who entered the waiting
list. The winner of this tournament is the challenger for FICGS world champion title.
In case of equality, the player with the strongest tournament entry rating (TER) is qualified
for the next stage. If tournament entry ratings are equal, ratings when the next stage begins
will be taken in account. If current world champion defends his title, he will play a
5 games match (3 games with Black, 2 games with White) against his challenger.
All games are played in 30 days + 1 day / move. Komi is 7.5 points. Rules for
Go are chinese rules, as defined by the Chinese Weiqi Association. Both players must play
until one resign, both players pass (then resign or call referee) or game is adjudicated.
It's up to the players to discuss the score at the end of the game, so calling
referee should be exceptional. Scoring method is area scoring with chinese counting.
Positional superko rule applies, it's impossible to repeat a previous board position
('incorrect move' message would be displayed).
Please note that you can pass, just entering 'pass', but one player has to resign or
call referee to end the game.
FICGS GO FREESTYLE CUP :
FICGS advanced Go "freestyle" cup is a 6 rounds swiss tournament with entry fee and prize,
played in a single day. Entry fees are
E-Points that you can buy in 'My account'.
Read carefully terms and conditions,
particularly Entry fees & Prize money sections before to play tournaments with entry fees.
All games are played in 30 minutes + 10 seconds / move. Komi is 7.5 points.
The first round will start at the date and hour (13:00 server time) indicated as "deadline".
Next rounds will start at 15:00, 17:00, 19:00, 21:00 and 23:00 server time. Please register
carefully as it is not possible to retire from the waiting list. It is strongly recommended
to display the chat bar to communicate with the tournament director.
If several players obtain the best score and the best Sonnenborn-Berger, they will share
the prize. It is possible to forfeit all next games (that will be unrated for the Go
rating list) during the tournament.
Players ranked 3 dan or higher are invited to enter the waiting list for free.
Please just send a message to webmaster through My account page to register. The tournament
might be cancelled if less than 7 players registered before the deadline, in this case entry
fees will be given back to the players.
An extra fee, usually 30% of the entry fee, will be added to the entry fee 2 days
before the start of the tournament.
Rules for Go are chinese rules, as defined by the Chinese Weiqi Association. Both
players must play until one resign, both players pass (then resign or call referee)
or game is adjudicated. It's up to the players to discuss the score at the end
of the game, so calling referee should be exceptional. Scoring method
is area scoring with chinese counting. Positional superko rule applies, it's impossible
to repeat a previous board position ('incorrect move' message would be displayed).
Please note that you can pass, just entering 'pass' but one player has to
resign or call referee to end the game.
FICGS GO STANDARD TOURNAMENTS :
FICGS Go standard tournaments are single round-robin tournaments involving
7 players or 2 games matches, involving 2 players. Entry fees
are E-Points
that you can buy in 'My account'. Read carefully
terms and conditions, particularly
Entry fees & Prize money sections before to play tournaments with entry fees.
All games are played in 30 days + 1 day / move. Komi is 7.5 points.
Rules for Go are chinese rules, as defined by the Chinese Weiqi Association.
Both players must play until one resign, both players pass (then resign or call referee)
or game is adjudicated. It's up to the players to discuss the score at the end
of the game, so calling referee should be exceptional. Scoring method is area
scoring with chinese counting. Positional superko rule applies, it's impossible
to repeat a previous board position ('incorrect move' message would be displayed).
Please note that you can pass, just entering 'pass' but one player has to
resign or call referee to end the game.
If there's a prize :
Round-robin tournaments - In case of equality, the prize is equally shared by the winners,
rounded to the superior number if needed.
2 games matches - The prize for each game is half the total prize.
FICGS GO LIGHTNING TOURNAMENTS :
FICGS Go lightning games with entry fee are 1 game matches, involving
2 players. Entry fees are E-Points
that you can buy in 'My account'. Read carefully
terms and conditions, particularly
Entry fees & Prize money sections before to play tournaments with entry fees.
All games are played in 30 minutes + 1 minute / move. Komi is 7.5 points.
The player who entered the waiting list first will play Black, it is possible for him to
withdraw his entry by clicking on the arrow beside his name on the tournament waiting list
page.
Do not forget to retire from the waiting list if needed as the game will begin as soon as there are
2 players in the waiting list. It is no more possible to withdraw once the game
started.
Rules for Go are chinese rules, as defined by the Chinese Weiqi Association. Both
players must play until one resign, both players pass (then resign or call referee)
or game is adjudicated. It's up to the players to discuss the score at the end
of the game, so calling referee should be exceptional. Scoring method
is area scoring with chinese counting. Positional superko rule applies, it's impossible
to repeat a previous board position ('incorrect move' message would be displayed).
As it is not possible to referee all Go lightning games in real time, results and accounts
may be corrected after the game ended if players don't agree the result, in this case please
let the clock run out of time, it is strictly forbidden to start another game with
an entry fee before the referee confirms or corrects the result.
Please note that you can pass, just entering 'pass' but one player has to
resign or call referee to end the game.
FICGS GO BULLET TOURNAMENTS :
FICGS Go lightning games with entry fee are 1 game matches, involving
2 players. Entry fees are E-Points
that you can buy in 'My account'. Read carefully
terms and conditions, particularly
Entry fees & Prize money sections before to play tournaments with entry fees.
All games are played in 10 minutes + 20 seconds / move. Komi is 7.5 points.
The player who entered the waiting list first will play Black, it is possible for him to
withdraw his entry by clicking on the arrow beside his name on the tournament waiting list
page.
Do not forget to retire from the waiting list if needed as the game will begin as soon as there are
2 players in the waiting list. It is no more possible to withdraw once the game
started.
Rules for Go are chinese rules, as defined by the Chinese Weiqi Association. Both
players must play until one resign, both players pass (then resign or call referee)
or game is adjudicated. It's up to the players to discuss the score at the end
of the game, so calling referee should be exceptional. Scoring method
is area scoring with chinese counting. Positional superko rule applies, it's impossible
to repeat a previous board position ('incorrect move' message would be displayed).
As it is not possible to referee all Go lightning games in real time, results and accounts
may be corrected after the game ended if players don't agree the result, in this case please
let the clock run out of time, it is strictly forbidden to start another game with
an entry fee before the referee confirms or corrects the result.
Please note that you can pass, just entering 'pass' but one player has to
resign or call referee to end the game.
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