Dear chess fans!
Round 6 of Season 17 "x4" is played tomorrow, Friday, 26th Jan. 2024, at the usual time.
The current standings after the season halftime (5/10 rounds) you can find here.
Mode: 4+0 (4 minutes per game, no increment), 9 rounds Swiss tournament!
Tournament Link: https://lichess.org/swiss/1nxfB36f
The prize pool contains already >323 Hive!
Rules
- All players are welcome, also newbies, you just need a free Lichess-account and join our team in Lichess here (password is "Hive")!
- Every Friday is one round.
- Time mode is varying (5+0, 3+2, 2+1,...), sometimes Swiss, sometimes maybe Chess960 (Fischer Random).
- The winner of each round gets the number of points equaling the number of players in that round, the second ranked one point less and so forth until the one on the bottom of the table who gets one point (i.e. the Lighteye-scoring). In order to be counted, at least 3 games must have been played.
- In case two players have the same number of points, the one who played less rounds is first. If that is equal too, then the average tournament performance decides.
- PAYOUT: The tournament points of the 10 rounds are summed up. 65% of all Hivechess-related post rewards go to the prize pool (PP). Each of the 4 rating-tiered tournament winners will get "x" Hive (at least 10), the runner-up "y" and the third "z" Hive (depending on the no. of players in each group). The rest of the PP is divided among all other players according to the number of tournament points achieved (70%) and the number of rounds played (30%). In order to qualify for a prize you have to participate in at least five of the 10 rounds!
- There will be a special prize of 5 Hive for the player with the highest tournament performance in relation to his rating.
- LEO prizes will be funded by @leofinance, detailes to be confirmed
- If I don´t know your Hive username, you won´t be considered for prices, so please let me know your Hive name in the comments! Community or badge accounts can participate but are not qualified for prices! Only individuals can get prices.
Swiss Tournament Rules
As a reminder, there are several differences between the "normal" arena mode and the Swiss mode which needs to be considered:
Arena tournaments | Swiss tournaments | |
---|---|---|
Duration of the tournament | Predefined duration in minutes | Predefined max. rounds, but exact duration unknown |
Number of games | As many as can be played in the allotted duration | Decided in advance, same for all players |
Pairing system | Any available opponent with similar ranking | Best pairing based on points and tie breaks |
Pairing wait time | Fast: doesn't wait for all players | Slow: waits for all players |
Identical pairing | Possible | Forbidden |
Berserk | Yes | No |
Points | Win:2, Draw 1 | Win:1, Draw: 1/2, Not paired: 1 |
Late joiners | get no points | get 1/2 point gift |
Please share this announcement among your (chess) friends and colleagues!
The more participate, the more fun! And maybe some are even interested to join Hive and it´s Chess Community?
See you on Friday and good luck to all!
Mention List
Potentially of interest to:
@aakrist @abimbola753 @acidtiger @agreste @aiuna @amit.pangeni @artsbreezy01 @ajumaa @alberto0607 @alexmag1988 @almightymelon @alpha @ambarvegas @anadello @andzhi @anli @anomadsoul @apy @arsenal49 @artistparthoroy @astrolabio @awesomeintrigue @b0s @behiver @beyondhorizonmm @bitsignal @brijwhiz @burnoutawesome @camiloferrua @cerati @chessbrotherspro @chesthetica @clixmoney @cryptogee @cryptoniusraptor @cryptoph0823 @cryptopi314 @ctrpch @dhilan04 @darruiz @diegofitness92 @digitalis @djbravo @ebingo @eliaschess333 @elprofe62 @emeka4 @emerald09551 @eenriquerivas @elcholitosanto @engilhramn @eniolw @evgsk @fcastro177 @fiona777 @flaws @foxconnmars @franciscomarval @franu @gabotask @giacomone @gingerbyna @grafo07 @hannes-stoffel @heimindanger @heathbadger @hierro21 @hirohurl @hivetrader @iamchessguy @iammanythings1 @ibizaki @iceblue @iobates @ironshield @jaki01 @jesusmgl1995 @jesustiano @jkms @johannfrare @josesmoke @juanmi96 @justfavour @kaungsett8388 @kintokris @kreur @levitant @lighteye @lofone @lucianosky @maciejficek @maestroask @marcusantoniu26 @mario89 @masterswatch @maverieux000 @mdasein @meedo @memess @mrsarri @mstafford @mundharmonika @mundocuriosidad @mypathtofire @nftland1989 @nikoszzz @oadissin @officialrosh1 @og-gamershub @olujay @omonomo @onthewayout @orlanzavala @oshiokhenhoya @pamboy27 @parung76 @perpz @petreius @philipp87 @pokerarema @pokermaria @pravesh0 @primersion @ptmaker @purapapita @rafaelaquino @rafzat @ram9612 @razzor @renerondon @rexplanet @rheda @rodrook @ropavejero @rosmarly @salomijale @samostically @sanjamkapoors @sawko @schamangerbert @schnitte @soluce07 @solymi @spacetoon @steamloled @steemychicken1 @stranger27 @syndmitrij @the01crow @thedoc07 @therealflaws @timix648 @timofey @tin.aung.soe @tony1294 @tungphong @uliseshb @vaipraonde @vasigo @victorbch2 @vjap55 @volkiceper @walner @wegflexor @xoflox @yazp @yf95 @yonnathang @zacherybinx @ziabutt3836
(just let me know if you don´t want to get the mentions)
I love chess!😍 This is very cool! I joined the Hive Chess Community and will be joining next one for sure!🥳
Great, don´t forget to join our also Lichess team:
https://lichess.org/team/the-blockchain-chess-team
Done!🫡
You are in (user ziahadam)!
You cannot see me but I assure you a happy dance is being done!!!
Thanks for organising this chess tournament and I wish good luck to all participants in the contest.
The arena and swiss tournament are really different from each other it is a pity that I don't know how to play chess. Success to all the players.
!WITZ
lolztoken.com
Gott weiß alles, die alte Lehrerin weiß alles besser!
Credit: balte
@stayoutoftherz, ich habe dir im Namen von @thehockeyfan-at einen $LOLZ Token gesendet
Verwende den Befehl !WITZ oder !LOOL, um einen Witz und ein $LOLZ zu teilen.
Farm LOLZ tokens when you Delegate Hive or Hive Tokens.
Click to delegate: 10 - 20 - 50 - 100 HP
.(1/10)
This is a great tournament and thank you so much for always organising things like this
Hi, i'm in a game!
How can one participate in the tournament
Just join our team on Lichess: https://lichess.org/team/the-blockchain-chess-team
and follow the link to the next tournament.
Alright