As part of the many festivities lined up for this summer's annual Chicago Open weekend, July 1-3, I would like to announce the Jacopo Pontormo Tournament of Manners fine arts singles tournament. The tournament will take place on the evening of Friday, July 1. All question writing and tournament directing will be done by Chris Frankel. Eligibility: This is an open tournament. Anyone who wishes will be able to play. However, for considerations of space, I am putting a 24 player cap on the field, so please register as soon as you can if you would like to play. Cost: The entry fee will be $20 per player. Everyone will be guaranteed to play in all three seeding rounds and at least two playoff rounds. In addition, every participant will receive a copy of the full question set after the Chicago Open weekend. Entry fee will also cover the cost of providing prizes and compensating staff. Distribution: The tournament will consist of 400 tossups drawn from various fine arts categories, distributed according to following percentages: 30% (120 tossups): Painting and drawing *20% (80 tossups): Classical instrumental and choral music *20% (80 tossups): Opera and dance 10% (40 tossups): Architecture 10% (40 tossups): Sculpture 5% (20 tossups): Film 5% (20 tossups): Jazz *Having not completely finished writing the question set, I have been considering changing the distribution to accommodate 25% (100 tossups) classical music and 15% (60 tossups) opera and dance. This is the only potential revision in the distribution, and should it be made, I will confirm it. As far as subject matter goes, the canon for the tournament will be relatively in line with that of past ACF and packet submission tournaments, for the sake of accessibility. The focus will be on creators and creative works rather than on technical terminology, and the cultural and temporal distribution will emphasize commonly studied areas rather than esoteric ones (e.g. Italian opera and French painting, yes; medieval sub-Saharan architecture and advanced counterpoint theory, no). Difficulty: As it is Chicago Open weekend, and the field looks strong, I am setting the difficulty at ACF Regionals-Nationals level, with the difficulty to ascend gradually as the playoff rounds progress. Format: The tournament layout is still tentative, but will most likely play out as follows. There will be three preliminary seeding rounds of roughly 50-60 questions each, with the field broken down into three rooms, followed by a seeded double elimination bracket. Playoff rounds will consist of one-on-one matches of 24 questions each. Play will continue until all but one player has received two losses. Thus, the winner of the consolation bracket and the runner-up on the championship side of the bracket will play each other after the bracket is completed, and the winner will get a chance to play the bracket winner in a finals game to determine the overall champion (with the runner-up being the first player to accumulate two overall losses). Current field (list of players who have expressed interest directly or indirectly): Billy Beyer Chris Borglum Eric Douglass Nathan Freeburg Amy Harvey Seth Kendall Eric Kwartler Matt Lafer Subash Maddipoti Dan Passner Chris Romero Mike Sorice Seth Teitler Kelly Tourdot Matt Weiner Ryan Westbrook Leo Wolpert Andrew Yaphe Schedule: The Jacopo Pontormo Tournament of Manners is scheduled to start play on the evening of Friday, July 1st at 6:00 p.m. at a to-be-announced building on the University of Chicago campus. All staffers and entrants should aim to arrive between 5:00-5:30 p.m. to allow the tournament to begin on time. The target ending time is 11:00 p.m. Contact: Please e-mail Chris Frankel (cfrankel (at) princeton.edu) to register or ask any questions related to the tournament. Staff and buzzers are still in need, so please e-mail me if you are not interested in playing, but would be willing to help out with one of those arrangements. Likewise, anyone interested in mirroring the tournament is welcome to contact me. (Announcement can also be viewed at http://www.princeton.edu/~cfrankel/artsingles.html) -Chris Frankel
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