I spent the evening playing in a 15 0 elimination tournament on Internet Chess Club . In an elimination tournament if you lose you are out. Most tournaments these days are Swiss Style where you play every round win or lose and like scores are paired each round. There are also round robins where you play every other player in the tournament. 15 0 means that each player gets 15 minutes for the entire game. I am a 'tomato manager' on ICC tomato is the program that does pairings for a tournament. The manager just makes sure it goes smoothly taking care of any problems that come up. It's nice to be able to run a tournament when you want to play. In the first round I played a player rated 2190 using the handle GroovyChick she (?) dropped a queen on about move 10 and resigned. The second round I had the black pieces a Caro Kann and was fortunate enough to win Click here for the game. The final round it was my turn to drop a piece, a rook, oh well second place and a satisfying second round.