Whilst I appreciate the sentiment, Miss Couture, I'd rather you didn't bandy it around the streets that you're calling me a queen. There'll be a lot of schmucks wearing wooden overcoats if people start accusing me of being a transvestie mobster. I'm a businessman and fan of intellectual pursuits, that's all.

Turning towards the door, MrBrick carefully positions his tiara on his head, and skips out into the street

Hello!

Karma-Couture with the latest updates!

First of all, it appears since earlier this morning we've no longer just one queen on the board but two queen!
Please let me introduce you to our second queen, Jade! "Queen Jade" was kind enough to tribute the sum of $3,000,000 into the chess pot!
This easily pushes us over 12 million! Amazing.

Secondly, a total of 21 people have so far signed up for the tournament. If you want to participate please make sure to let me know today before 22:00 or you might lose out!

Thank you all.

Cadoras, how about you put your money where your mouth is

Walking into Karma's office as she prepares for the Chess tourment, he sets a bag down on her desk, nods and walks out

Have a good day Ms.Couture

Is that a sign up there Stallion? If so that's excellent!

It looks like New York is not only getting involved by entering but also by making an extremely generous donation!

Moments ago I had a visit from godfather Premeir, it was a swift but very pleasant visit. The godfather surprised me with a very very large donation of $7,000,000!!!!
Needless to say, besides the already impressive rank of godfather I here by declare him "King Premeir"

It's the first donation I've received from a city other than my own and I can't express how thankful I am and how happy I am to see such a great city as New York supporting our event!

And if that news isn't great enough, there's more!
With Premeirs donation the total pot had become; 19,200,005

Well ladies and gentlemen, turns out "Queen MrBrick" isn't wearing that tiara just because it's in fashion... his accountant just dropped of another $5,000,000 making the total prize pool $24,200,005!

This is truly amazing!

Aldo_Capratrini walks in and sees the flyer. Its been a while since he played chess but he decides to give it shot and sees if he stills has it.

Registration is now closed. A total of 24 people have signed up!
Shortly I'll announce the playing schedule :)

Well well, ladies and gentlemen, I ment to announce this player schedule a bit sooner but here we go.

We're going to start playing in 8 Poule's for round 1.

ROUND 1

Poule A:
AlabamaWorley
DonnieBrasco
ParisO

Poule B:
Aldo_Capatrini
EasyApproach
Paul_Trabotti

Poule C:
BananaBender
Hogan
PerpetuumMobile

Poule D:
Cadoras
Karma-Couture
Raptor

Poule E:
Caius
Kimble
SpuffWaffle

Poule F:
Chuckie
LastManStanding
Stamina

Poule G:
Crawford
Miss-Q
Turtleneck

Poule H:
DanK
MrBrick
Vincent_Gigante


ROUND 2

I: Winner A - Winner B
J: Winner C - Winner D
K: Winner E - Winner F
L: Winner G - Winner H


ROUND 3

M: Winner I - Winner J
N: Winner K - Winner L


ROUND 4

O: Loser M - Loser N
P: Winner M - Winner N

Now listen up people, for ROUND 1 some rules need to be explained.
You will all play once the two people in your poule. So in total you play 2 matches in round 1.
A win is 1 point, in theory this can result in everyone in the same poule all getting 1 point (if everybody wins one match)
If this is the case, the winner will be determined by the amount of moves that had to be made to win the match.
The amount of moves is recorded in the chess window, you don't have to count yourself.

Aside from these specific rules the set of rules below here always apply to each round;
If the match turns into a draw, you'll have to play again.
Make sure your internet is stable during the match, if you ping out you've lost.
Make sure the timer is DISABLED, you can do this by selecting "No time" in the left corner menu BEFORE inviting your opponent.
Make a screenshot of the result! This is very important, send me the screenshot in mobmail + result.
Use your IGN to play.
Players should contact eachother to set a time and date for the matches, make sure you have the results to me before the rounds end.
If you have trouble organising a match let me know.

Prizes will be announced shortly. We have almost 25 million to give away!
Signing up is no longer possible.

Calculator in hand Karma-Couture appears...

Jul 25, '11 01:13 Your accountant has received payment of $799,995 from MrBrick.

Right, so I allready had $24,200,005 ... that makes the total prize pool... $25,000,000 if my Dutch math is correct!
Some people are saying that my Dutch Math is just as good as my Dutch Chess!

But nevermind that, how to divide 25 million in prizes?

Well! Here we go!

1st place: $8,000,000 (Winner of match P)
2nd place: $6,000,000 (Loser of match P)
3rd place: $4,000,000 (Winner of match O)
4th place: $2,000,000 (Loser of match O)

5th place: $1,250,000 (Loser of Match I)
5th place: $1,250,000 (Loser of Match J)
5th place: $1,250,000 (Loser of Match K)
5th place: $1,250,000 (Loser of Match L)

Total: $25,000,000 !

Karma patiently is now awaiting for the results of the first round!

And the tournament has begun! I officially received a few results in so far!
Stamina, SpuffWaffle and DanK have all won their first matches... soon more results to come.

In total the first round exist out of 24 matches to be played all over the country! So the status right now is 3/24.

Then for more exciting news!

From a country far far away a noble man approached Karma-Couture on his horse!

Karma, I heard you're hosting a chess tournament. Please accept these tokens as my gift to your event.
When Karma opened the bag she noticed 10CD's being in it.

Karma turned to the noble man and thanked him.

She would always remember his as "Knight PerpetuumMobile"


1st place: 4 CD's
2nd place: 3 CD's
3rd place: 2 CD's
4th place: 1 CD

DanK gets out a black board and chalk. You go closer to see what he has written

Odds on chess tournament

Karma-Couture - 1/4

LastManStanding - 5/6

DanK - Evens

MrBrick - 11/10

SpuffWaffle - 6/4

Please request odds for other players

No minimum bet

Maximum bet £10,000

DanK gets his rubber out and changes £ to $

Dank Dude can i know the odds of my outcome brother!?

Hogan, I will place you at 10/1. You have a chance, and with a little luck and a good draw, can go all the way. How much do you want to place? 10k will give you a nice profit!

Now im not a gambling man dude so can you tell me what ten to one means brother!? Sure lets throw in tenk since you reccomend it!

The hulkster smiles as he hands DanK the money

Paul hearing Hogan getting his odds gets curious and walks up to danK.

I would like to know what odds you will set for me aswell.

He then starts searching his pockets for his money clip.

Jul 26, '11 18:15 Your accountant has made payment of $10,000 to Dank.

I like to place a bet on Hogan for victory.

DanK returns with his notepad and pen, one page already filled with bets.

Hogan, 10/1 means for every $1 you put on, you get $10 + your stake back. So if you bet the full $10,000, and win, you pocklet $100,000 + $10,000 stake, giving you a nice $110,000.

DanK scribbles on the blackboard

Crawford - 10/1

Hogan - 10/1

Paul_Trabotti - 10/1

Place your bets please!

After securing a path through to the next round, Stamina strolls in to see the odds displayed on a board

Well, I like the confidence of asking for your own odds.

He throws an envelope containing $10,000 to DanK

I'll place that on Hogan to win please.

DanK gets his board rubber out and changes Hogans odds

Hogan - 1/3, new favourite

All bets placed on Hogan before this point will be paid out at 10/1