Hello, I am in!
It is great that tournament becomes more interesting for the players with rating less then 2000 ELO but it's a pity that high level players move to next stage only after 6 rounds, when normal chess ends (I suppose the rest of games will be Crazyhouse or something like that).
No, all 9 rounds are completely regular. The tournament goes over 9 rounds for most of the players.
Ah! Thank you for explanation!