The 81 square universe shogi league

81 SQUARE UNIVERSE RANKING LEAGUE

PURPOSE: To provide participating members of The 81 Square Universe a standard ranking system.

PROCEDURE:
*Games between participating players will be held weekly.
*Sente and Gote shall be decided by furigoma (pawn toss) by the organizer who drafts the matchings. If the organizer does not have a shogi set with which to perform furigoma, he or she may use 5 coins to determine Sente and Gote. Heads will be regarded as the Fuhyou side, and Tails will be regarded as the Tokin side.
*In order to save time, ranking league games are to have a time limit of 7 minutes with 30 second byoyomi after time has been consumed.
*Ranking games are to be played on www.PlayOK.com, and shall be a RATED game, so that participants can verify the accuracy of games.
*Participants are to record their results on the forums, including who won and how the game ended (resignation, checkmate, time consumed, repetition, impasse).
*In the event that a player will not be able to show up for a scheduled ranked game, provided he or she notifies the organizers at least two days before the game, the game may be postponed.
*If prior notification is not given and a participant does not show up for his or her game, he or she will forfeit the game.
*If neither player shows up for their rated game, provided they have a reasonable excuse, the game will be postponed. If no reasonable excuse is given, it will result in a draw for both players.
*A win will be worth 1 point, a loss will be worth 0 points, and a draw will be worth 0.5 points.

hirohiigo wrote:I can do a spreadsheet, but we would need someone to create and organize a rating system (ELO and dan system) so that the 81SU Ranking League does its job in actually creating ranks.