Dear chess friends and "quarantainees"!
In lockdown times, is there a good reason to not play chess?
Last week we were off to a good start, tomorrow Friday at 20 GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) will be the second round of the Hive Blitz Chess Tournament (original announcement with some more details here!
Mode this time: 5+1 (5 minutes per game plus one second per move)
Tournament Link: https://lichess.org/tournament/4gSRi2UY
(will be posted 1h before start)
Logo: the number of contributions was not overwhelming, in fact it was 0 (zero). I hope the Hive Chess Community can do better! I increase my offer to 5 Hive plus 5 100% Upvotes for the user with the most convincing design!
Free for all to join! Since it is played on lichess, you need a lichess-account in order to participate! Registration is done in no time (you just need a valid email address for verification).
Time zones:
Time difference from Greenwich Mean Time GMT 20.00
(Let me know in comments, if you want a different day).
| Los Angeles | -7 hours | 13.00 |
| New York, Venezuela | −4 hours | 16.00 |
| UTC, GMT, Reykjavik, Bamako, Freetown | 0 | 20.00 |
| London | +1 hour | 21.00 |
| Paris, Berlin, Madrid, Nigeria, Vienna | +2 hours | 22.00 |
| Athens, Moscow, Istanbul | +3 hours | 23.00 |
| Beijing, Singapore | +8 hours | 4.00 |
| Tokyo | +9 hours | 5.00 |
| Sidney | +10 hours | 6.00 |
GMT time converter: https://time.is/en/GMT
RULES (updated)
- Free for players of all skill levels, from newbie to expert!
- Every Friday 20 to 21 GMT is one round, season 1 goes over 10 rounds
- Time mode is varying (5+0, 5+1, 3+2, open for ideas), rated, berserking allowed
- The tournament is open (for all, not only Hivers or Steemians)
- PAYOUT: The Season 1 will go for 10 rounds and points are summed up. All Hivechess-related post rewards are pooled and 90% go to the price pool. The winner will get 30% of that price pool, the second 20%, the third 10%, the rest is divided equally among the other players active on Hive or Steem, according to the rounds they have played. So everyone has a chance to get something!
- If I don´t know your Hive username, I can´t consider you in the rankings which are posted here (after first round), so please let me know your name in the comments (yes, I mean you, doc-holliday)
- The rules may adapt depending on your feedback, let´s see how it evolves
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?
