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I would like to make all enthusiasts of Omegachess aware of the fact that I am currently organizing a new Omegachess tournament by email. This tournament will be conducted on Richard's Play By Email server, and to play in this event you must have a current Richard's PBM userid. http://www.gamerz.net/pbmserv/ is the link for the front page to Richard's PBM server. http://www.gamerz.net/pbmserv/tutorial.html tells you how you can sign up for a free userid and password, if you don't have one already. http://www.gamerz.net/pbmserv/commands.html teaches you how play is conducted on the server. The key thing to remember is that all moves are sent in the subject line of an email sent to pbmserv@gamerz.net using a precise syntax. The body of the email is used for sending comments to your opponent. Every time a player sends a move, the server sends out an email to both players with an ASCII diagram of the up-to-date position and a list of the last few moves played. The syntax is usually something like so for instance, if my userid were 'jsmith' and my password was '27train' and I were playing on Omegachess Board 227 and I wanted to play Wi5 (short-hand algebraic is used) then I would send an email to pbmserv@gamerz.net with the following in the subject line: Omegachess Board 227 jsmith 27train Wi5 It's that simple. My tournament will be a single-round-robin event in 2 rounds. First a preliminary round and then section winners and a few wild card players advancing to a finals section. How many wild cards I make eligible for the finals and how many sections I create depend upon the number of entries received. There will also likely be some kind of total time cap on reflection time limits for the tournament but I haven't decided yet what that will be. If you are interested in playing in my new Omegachess tournament then please email me at davidnyjfan2006@hotmail.com and don't forget to tell me what your userid on Richard's PBM Server is.