A chess tournament will start on 21st March, 2010 at UTC 00:01.

The rules are simple. You pick up a chess piece with 'g' and drop it at the desired place with 'd'. You will have to moderate on your own as not many dev team members can be present online for the whole time. It is highly recommended that you should take a screenshot of every move you or your opponent make to avoid any inconvenience caused by disputes.

There are two discard piles on opposite sides of the board. We advise players to discard their pieces there after they are killed.

We request players to put the pieces back where they were after they finish their game. We also request that no chess piece should be taken by player outside the event. Please help us in helping you and follow the guidelines.

We do not have arches of chess pieces as b4 has reached its limit for new arches so we are using non-conventional chess pieces. They are as follows:
Rook: Shield.
Knight: Sword.
Bishop: Wand.
Queen: Scepter.
King: Armour.
Pawns: Boots.

Extra pieces for promotion of pawns can be taken from an unused field or found on chess_0000 (only map safe for reset) by a DM.

The prizes are on display... they are currently un-identified so that novelty should be present while distribution of prizes.

The winner will get a special crown ( which is unique ) and the runner-up will get a ring (which is also unique).

The prizes will be provided by Ankit later in the game after the tournament has finished.

We sincerely hope that you like this event and enrol yourself to join the chess tournament.

Good luck and have fun.

Everyone has a potential winner in them

P.S.: Please take a look at game event column in the right side panel of the site

no kings and queens line up

this is because the queen sits on her own color and they match up on opposite sides.

oh wait duh. haha, my mistake... Seems i was taught wrong by my father (no wonder he wins so easy..) hmm, odd, it was easier for me when it was set up correctly

Too bad I didn't make it
Maybe next time
~Kiana~