The XMädn Board has announced that the Holiday Masters has been rescheduled to start this coming weekend, a week earlier than originally planned.

Predating of the first “Holiday” tournament of the year was made possible when “Queen” Sissy won the Winter Masters prematurely after the minimum of two games.

In the course of this development, the World Masters has been rescheduled as well and will also start a week earlier than originally planned.

According to the Board, it is rather unlikely that the first “Major” of the season will be predated even further should the Holiday Masters end before Game 5, thus freeing another weekend.

“We really appreciate the planning flexibility we have gained,” Board spokesman Harry said. “But when it comes to ‘Majors’, we have to provide planning security for the players. Therefore, the World Masters shall remain scheduled to begin on 8 February.”