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- About Search Contest
American Internet Search Contest powered by Yandex will be held for the first time this year for Russian-speaking residents of the USA and Canada. Anyone who reads Russian and has Internet access is welcome to participate in the competition. In 2001 Yandex, the leading Russian Internet resource, was the first to recognize potential of the Web search as a competitive sport. Thousands of contestants and tens of thousands of spectators of the past five Russian Open Yandex Cups as well as many regional competitions saw for themselves that Internet search may be an exciting game to play and to watch. North America has always been widely represented at Yandex Cups, all the way to the very finals. Each Yandex Cup attracts arounf hundred participants from USA and Canada. The American Search Contest is a three-round event, where the first two rounds are on-line and the final one is on location. The first two rounds offer a challenging and fun set of questions that should be answered in real time using any on-line or off-line resources. For instance, one would have three minutes to find when Emma Lazarus's poem appeared in full on the Statue of Liberty's pedestal (answer: 1945). The final round is a face-off event to be held in Silicon Valley, where the winners of the previous round will find out who is the best Russian-speaking web-searcher in North America.
1. American Internet Search Contest is powered and licensed by Yandex. 2. Any Russian-speaking residents of the USA and Canada can become a participant of Search Contest. Residents of other countries and regions, including Russia, can not participate in any round of Search Contest either preliminary or final. (*) 3. The American Internet Search Contest is a three-round event. The first two rounds are on-line. The final face-off event will be held in Menlo Park, California. (**) Only the winners of each round are allowed to participate in the following round of Search Contest. 4. Any person compliant with the paragraph 2 of this document can participate in any or all three games of the First Round of Search Contest. The winners of the first round are the players in the top 50 places of the score-table. 5. Second Round will consist of just one game. Only the winners of the first round can participate in this game. Players with top 5-8 score will be declared finalists and the winners of the second round. 6. Final Round will be held in California. Finalists should appear in person at the final game to be eligible for competition. (***) 7. The winner of American Internet Search Contest will receive The Internet Search Cup and will be titled «The Man Who Found Everything». Top three finalists will receive Contest Medals. Search Contest Administration is preparing special prizes and gifts for finalists. 8. Search Contest Administration will reimburse the travel expenses for finalists, up to amount defined by Search Contest Budget Committee. Exact compensation will be discussed with finalists on case by case basis. _______________________________________ * Search Contest Administration is strictly enforcing this in an attempt to facilitate fair and equal play for all participants from USA and Canada. ** Detailed games schedule is located at Schedule Page. *** Detailed rules of the competition are located at Rules Page.
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