Brief interim results.

So, the good news is that in less than a week, we have almost reached the initially planned number of participants, and that's great!
Applications are still being accepted; if the number of players for the qualifiers exceeds 64, either additional qualifying rounds will be held (playoff matches) or the bracket will be expanded by one round to 1/128. In the first two rounds, games will be played until one victory is achieved, and in the 1/32 round, until two victories, using an Olympic system.

Several players from other resources have joined, which is very good and perfectly aligns with the spirit of the Champions League!

Five people haven't yet used their champion status:

1. Ayauhteotl - champion of tournament m200 No. 6.
2. Pit for LM - champion of the SOD competition held in Moscow in spring 2013.
3. Champion of the Diamond Monsters tournament – waiting for the winner.
4. vysokiy - champion of the Novichok winter 2013 tournament.
5. AlexTheGreat - champion of the only XL tournament.

(data taken from the consolidated table compiled by Roger DAltavilla /topic/10655/; if I missed anyone, please feel free to correct me :))
There are 15 days left until the end of registration.

The first of the mini-contests for the future prize for the tournament winner has started; there isn't much activity yet, but I hope it will increase. All conditions and deadlines are described in the topic header.

Other contests will be announced soon, so stay tuned ;)