IMAGES KNOCKOUT

48 hour sign up deadline!

So we have 43 competitors signed up already for the images knockout tournament.
The deadline to add your name is Wed 9th at 9pm GMT

This tournament will be played on the Memory League software and as the name suggests, it will be images only.
Players will be seeded based on their leaderboard ranking at the close of sign up.

Signed up so far …
Jan Zoń
Clay Knight
Boris Nikolai Konrad
Alex Mullen
Lars Christiansen
Katie Kermode
Shijir-Erdene Bat-Enkh
Nikolay Ershov
Lahcen Oulhadj
Johannes Mallow
John Graham
Marlo Knight
Preeda Hongpimolmas
Ben Pridmore
YeBo
Simon Orton
Jan-Hendrik Büscher
Kevin Schulz
Андрей Савицкий
Bartłomiej Boral
Zhèng hóng jiān
Nelson Charles Dellis
Omkar Kibe
Darren Michalczuk
Niklas Hendrik
Sebastien Memory
Sanchit Sharma
Sylle Arvidieu
Tobiasz Boral
Egor Dubrovin
Lance Tschirhart
Anna Chen
Konsti Skudler
Javier Moreno
Luis Angel
Tracy Shawn Miller
Daniel Evans
Jake Klassen
Frank Grube
Josh
Kenneth Tan
Chris Forde
Dietmar Pelinka

IMAGES KNOCKOUT
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The Draw

Round 1 sees seeds 25 to 44 battle each other in 10, first to 3 wins matches.
Here are the matches for round 1.
The full draw is below, as each round, new seeds enter the battle, to allow for closer, more exciting matches throughout the rounds.

Match 1 #32 Anna Chen v #37 Jake Klassen
Match 2 #25 Kevin Schulz v #44 Chris Forde
Match 3 #29 Darren Michalczuk v #40 Frank Grube
Match 4 #28 Egor Dubrovin v #41 Dietmar Pelinka
Match 5 #31 Sylle Arvidieu v #38 Marius Ihlar
Match 6 #26 Sanchit Sharma v #43 Kenneth Tan
Match 7 #30 Niklas Hendrik v #39 Tracy Shawn Miller
Match 8 #27 Omkar Kibe v #42 Josh
Match 9 #34 Javier Moreno v #35 Luis Angel
Match 10 #33 Konsti Skudler v #36 Daniel Evans

This is how future rounds will look, each time, the qualifiers move on to the next round and new seeds enter the tournament …

Round 2 - 3 wins required

Match 1 #17 Андрей Савицкий v Winner of Match 1
Match 2 #24 Nelson Charles Dellis v Winner of Match 2
Match 3 #20 Lance Tschirhart v Winner of Match 3
Match 4 #21 Sebastien Memory v Winner of Match 4
Match 5 #18 Jan-Hendrik Büscher v Winner of Match 5
Match 6 #23 郑宏坚 (Zhèng hóng jiān) v Winner of Match 6
Match 7 #19 Simon Orton v Winner of Match 7
Match 8 #22 John Graham v Winner of Match 8
Match 9 #15 Katie Kermode v Winner of Match 9
Match 10 #16 叶博 (YeBo) v Winner of Match 10

Round 3 - 3 wins required

Match 1 Winner of match 10 v Winner of Match 1
Match 2 #9 Johannes Mallow v Winner of Match 2
Match 3 #13 Tobiasz Boral v Winner of Match 3
Match 4 #12 Ben Pridmore v Winner of Match 4
Match 5 Winner of match 9 v Winner of Match 5
Match 6 #10 Bartłomiej Boral v Winner of Match 6
Match 7 #14 Nikolay Ershov v Winner of Match 7
Match 8 #11 Preeda Hongpimolmas v Winner of Match 8

Round 4 - 4 wins required

Match 1 #1 Jan Zoń v Winner of Match 1
Match 2 #8 Marlo Knight v Winner of Match 2
Match 3 #4 Alex Mullen v Winner of Match 3
Match 4 #5 Lars Christiansen v Winner of Match 4
Match 5 #2 Clay Knight v Winner of Match 5
Match 6 #7 Shijir-Erdene Bat-Enkh v Winner of Match 6
Match 7 #3 Boris Nikolai Konrad v Winner of Match 7
Match 8 #6 Lahcen Oulhadj v Winner of Match 8

Round 5 - Quarter Final - 4 wins required

Match 1 Winner of Match 1 v Winner of Match 2
Match 2 Winner of Match 3 v Winner of Match 4
Match 3 Winner of Match 5 v Winner of Match 6
Match 4 Winner of Match 7 v Winner of Match 8

Round 6 - Semi Final - 5 wins required

Match 1 Winner of Match 1 v Winner of Match 2
Match 2 Winner of Match 3 v Winner of Match 4

3rd place play off - 5 wins required
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Round 7 - FINAL - 6 wins required
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CHAMPION …

This is how the tournament is worked out, round by round …
Round 1 … 44 players left … Seeds 25 to 44 play
10 matches … 3 wins … Reduces list to 34
Round 2 … 34 players left … Seeds 15 to 24 enter
10 matches … 3 wins … Reduces list to 24
Round 3 … 24 players left … Seeds 9 to 14 enter
8 matches … 3 wins … Reduces list to 16
Round 4 … 16 players left … Seeds 1 to 8 enter
8 matches … 4 wins … Reduces list to 8
Round 5 … 8 players left … Quarter Final
4 matches … 4 wins … Reduces list to 4
Round 6 … 4 players left … Semi Final
2 matches … 5 wins … Reduces list to 2
Round 7 … Final to 6 wins and 3rd place play off to 5 wins

Round 1 players can start their matches as soon as they like!

Thanks Clay- this is (another) great tournament idea.
Me and Kevin Schulz played our match today. He won 3-0 and progresses to round 2 to face Nelson
good luck everyone with the rest of the tournament

Thanks Chris :slight_smile: