IAAPA Tournament Information

In addition to regular Association sanctionned games, the IAAPA runs several tournaments during the year. Here is a list of all tournaments our Association has held to date:

1995 Spring Classic Champion - EnemyThine
1995 Fall Classic Champion - JimB614
1996 Spring Classic Champion - Rewstr
1996 Fall Classic Champion - mheinz@
1997 Invitational Champion - EnemyThine
1997 Spring Classic Champion - zwoof@bellsouth.net
1997 Summer Open - Rewstr
War In the Desert I
1997 Fall Open Round 5 in progress
1998 Invitational Champion - EDavid@
1998 Spring Open Round 3 in progress
Battle in the Bayou I
1998 Summer Open Round 2
Fury in Fredricksburg

Click on the tournament you are interested in for more information, or contact our Minister of Tournaments, highcmmdr@aol.com.

Games that are not completed within the time alotted for the round in question will be handled by the IAAPA's Guidelines for Adjudication.

Here are the 3 general types of tournaments that our Association sanctions.

GUIDELINES:

1) FALL CLASSIC and SPRING CLASSIC

REQUIREMENTS
--i--First 32 players to sign-up; all others on alternate list
--ii-Must have completed 2 full IAAPA sanctionned games
-iii-Must be committed to fast-paced games

FORMAT
--i--Five (5) Single Elimination ROUNDS
--ii-Standard Association Rules
-iii-First two rounds, Quarterfinals (QF) & Semifinals (SF) rounds will run 60 days each.
--iv-Champion Round (CH) has NO time limit
--v--GM's from all rounds chosen from active tournament players except the Champion Round which is designated an Government Member

2) THE INVITATIONAL

REQUIREMENTS
--i--Top 16 players in the previous 12 months receive an invitation
--ii-Rank determined 2 weeks prior to the Invitational
-iii-When/If a top-ranked player declines, the #17 ranked player (and down the list) is invited until the tourney fills.

FORMAT
--i--Four (4) Single Eliminations (called Eliminations 1,2, & 3)
--ii-Standard Association Rules
-iii-Each Elimination is 2 months
--iv-Champion Round has NO time limit
--v--GM's from all rounds chosen from active tournament players except the Champion Round which is designated an Government Member.

3) THE OPEN

REQUIREMENTS
-i-Any active IAAPA Club Member
-ii-Must sign-up within a strict deadline

FORMAT
--i--The top 16 ranking players will be 'seeded'
--ii-Seeded players may get a bye
-iii-All others will be matched randomly
--iv-Standard Association Rules
--v--Each Round has a 2 month time limit
--vi-Champion Round has NO time limit
-vii-GM's from all rounds chosen from active tournament players except the Champion Round which is designated an Government Member.