The tournament began in late August, 2017.
The last games of the bracket wrapped up in late February, 2018.
The last game of the final ended June 17, 2018.
Tournament Rules
Summary of Results
The first phase was a round robin, in which all participants played one game with each of the others.
Several players needed to withdraw, and wins against those players are not counted.
The scores from the round robin phase were
8 wins: mneme
6 wins: Babamots, bhorner, and Felix
4 wins: wil
3 wins: ts52
1 wins: eliscinsky
2 wins: Remneb
0 wins: shoejitsu
The round robin results were used to seed an elimination bracket.
The players with the top four scores began in the upper bracket. Two losses were required to eliminate these players.
The four players with the next highest scores began in the lower bracket. These players were eliminated after their first loss.
Within each bracket section, the first round matched the middle two players together and highest and lowest seeded players together.
The three-way tie for second place was resolved randomly. Babamots was selected to be matched against mneme (the highest seed).
Felix and Babamots met in the final phase.
After three games, Babamots had scored the two wins required for tournament victory.