Daily Fantasy Prizes |
By J.Shahade/A.Sharma | |
May 12, 2008 | |
Check out the 25+ books that will serve as daily prizes for Fantasy Chess 2008. Even if you don't win the grand prizes (Monroi PCMs, a signed board by all the participants, etc.), you have nine chances to win the daily prize, the book of your choice from the list below. if your team improves more than any other team on a given round. If you win a book prize, you will be e-mailed at the end of the tournament so that you can select your title; early winners will get their first choice for titles. This is your last chance to enter a fantasy team! Registration closes at 3:30 EST tomorrow when round 1 of the The Frank Berry U.S. Championship (May 13-21) kicks off. Be sure to login to monroi.com tomorrow to watch the games live each round. Book Prize List Play The Grunfeld by Yelena Dembo Beating Unusual Chess Openings by Richard Palliser Beating The Fianchetto Defences by Efstratios Grivas Understanding the King's Indian by Mikhail Golubev Secrets of Pawn Endings by Karsten Muller and Frank Lamprecht Play the Ruy Lopez by Andrew Greet Starting Out: The Sicilian Schveningen by Craig Pritchett Chess Explained: The French by Viacheslav Eingorn and Valentin Bogdanov Starting Out: The Closed Sicilian by Richard Palliser Secrets of Opening Surprises, Volume 7 by Jeroen Bosch Beating the King's Indian and Grunfeld by Timothy Taylor Starting Out: The Sicilian Najdorf by Richard Palliser The French Advance by Sam Collins The Taimanov Sicilian by James Rizzitano Chess Explained: The Classical Sicilian by Alex Yermolinsky Chess Explained: The Modern Benoni by Zenon Franco White Repertoire for Tournament Players: French Advance Volume I by Evegny Sveshnikov White Repertoire for Tournament Players: French Advance Volume II by Evgeny Sveshnikov 50 Ways to Win at Chess by Steve Giddins The Fabulous Budapest Gambit by Viktor Moskalenko Starting Out: Classical Sicilian by Alexander Raetsky and Maxim Chetverik Play The English by Craig Pritchett Chess Bitch: Women in the Ultimate Intellectual Sport by Jennifer Shahade The Samisch King's Indian Uncovered by Alexander Cherniaev and Eduard Prokuronov The Queen's Gambit Declined by James Rizzitano Dangerous Weapons: 1.e4 e5 by John Emms, Glenn Flear and Andrew Greet Dangerous Weapons: The Queen's Gambit by Richard Palliser, Glenn Flear and Chris Ward The Pirc in Black and White by James Vigus Tiebreaks In the event of a tie for a daily prize, the tiebreaks will be: 1. Whose fantasy team has the higher overall score in the competition will win the daily prize 2. The team with the lower average rating will win the daily prize 3. If #1 and #2 still leaves a tie, CLO will award up to three book prizes. In the case of a larger tie, the overall competition tiebreaks that you guessed when selecting your team (1. Guessing your overall team score 2. number of moves for the longest game of the tournament) will determine the two book winners. |