Dear chess friends!
the 2nd round will be played tomorrow Friday at 19 GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) as usual. The original announcement with more information about this Hivechess tournament you can find here.
This time we will again use the Swiss Tournament mode, with 7 rounds of 4+0 games.
Current Standing after first round.
Tournament Link: https://lichess.org/swiss/7Ti3kfz9
Mode: 4+0 (4 minutes per game, no increment), 7 rounds Swiss, no berserking
Time zones:
Time difference from Greenwich Mean Time GMT 19.00
(Let me know in comments, if you want a different day).
| Los Angeles | -7 hours | 12.00h |
| New York, Venezuela | −4 hours | 15.00h |
| UTC, GMT, Reykjavik, Bamako, Freetown | 0 | 19.00h |
| London | +1 hour | 20.00h |
| Paris, Munich, Madrid, Nigeria, Vienna | +2 hours | 21.00h |
| Moscow, Les'ky, Istanbul | +3 hours | 22.00h |
| Beijing, Singapore | +8 hours | 03.00h |
| Tokyo | +9 hours | 04.00h |
| Sidney | +10 hours | 05.00h |
GMT time converter: https://time.is/en/GMT
RULES
- For Hivers, Steemians and all others!
- Players of all skill levels are welcome, from newbies to experts, you just need a Lichess-account!
- Every Friday 19 to 20 GMT is one round (with few exceptions), a season goes over 10 rounds.
- Time mode is varying (5+0, 5+1, 3+2, 10+0,...), rated, berserking allowed (except in Swiss mode)
- The winner of each round gets 8 points, the second 7,... and the 8th 1 point.
- PAYOUT: A season goes over 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 no. of rounds they have played. So everyone has a chance to get something and the more you play the more you get! Prices are payed out only in Hive Tokens.
- If I don´t know your Hive (or Steem) username, I can´t consider you in the rankings, so if new here, please let me know your user name in the comments.
- If you have not yet joined our team in Lichess, please do it here, so that you can participate (required for Swiss tournaments only).
Swiss Tournament
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 |
| Streaks & Berserk | Yes | No |
| Points | Win:2, Draw 1, doubled if on fire | Win:1, Draw: 1/2, Not paired: 1 |
| Late joiners | get no points | get 1/2 point gift |
| Requirement to be in our team | no | yes |
Of note, the number of rounds is limited by the rule that no identical pairings are allowed. In other words you will play only once against a specific opponent - this is maybe the biggest difference compared to arena tournaments. So if e.g. only 7 players are participating, 6 rounds will be played at best despite I aim to go for 7 rounds.
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?
I am inviting to join specifically
