2003 Chicago Open and Singles Update

• From: suby10 <no_reply_at_yahoogroups.com>
• Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2003 03:51:09 -0000
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Just a reminder to those who might not know,

The 2003 edition of the Chicago Open and accompanying singles 
tournament will be held on Saturday and Sunday, July 26th and 27th.

The team tournament will consist of rounds of 20 tossups and 
accompanying bonuses in the ACF distribution with trash thrown in for 
good measure and will be written by me with much appreciated help 
from Seth Teitler and Paul Lujan on the science.  As of this moment, 
I have 9 teams registered and would really like 10 (The cap is 14 but 
that's not happening), so if you're thinking about it you should come 
on out.  The questions should be challenging and solid, and there 
will be some great competition.  My sources, being me, tell me that 
some of the game's all time greats will be playing (excepting Jason 
Mueller that is).  The base fee is $95 with buzzer discounts involved.

The singles tournament held on Sunday will follow the Hillemann 
format of three preliminary seeding rounds, followed by a bracketed 
double elim.  The distribution will be like NAQT sans current events 
and general knowledge.  The questions will be written by myself with 
much needed science help from Seth Teitler.  The entry fee is $10 and 
there will be prizes, mostly in the form of books awarded.  This is 
usually a pretty fun event with very accessible questions.  You'll 
also have some great competition.  Right now I have about 25 players, 
and won't go any higher than 32, possibly 36.  

Please e-mail me at suby10 at yahoo dot com or subash at uchicago dot 
edu 

Thanks,
Subash