Chess marathon tournament

Yeah it would be fun to have some streaming of the marathon as well.

You should also give awards to the people that played the most games at least 10 moves or whatever.. it would be a shame to stay up for 24 hours to not win anything

Streaming, check! ChessWhiz TV will cast the final 15 minutes as a spectator, to cheer for the players who are still alive and awake. See http://chesswhiz.tv for details on the stream.

Excited!!

chesswhiz, will you be playing at all?

I don't plan to play in this tournament, but that doesn't mean I don't think it isn't the worst idea never conceived.

Update to the blog post:

"- What are the prizes? The winner takes the unique blue globe trophy home. Top ten players and top fifty also receive a trophy."

http://en.lichess.org/blog/VXF45yYAAPQgLH4d/chess-marathon-1

Are the prizes just for that tournament or will be the chance of getting them also in the next tournaments?

There will probably be more in a month, for the marathon #2

When you say it starts at midnight GMT, you are aware that we're on BST now in the UK?

YES! MORE TROPHYS FOR MORE PLAYERS! *HYPED*