Dear chess friends!
the 8th round will be played tomorrow Friday at 20 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 try the new Swiss Tournament mode, but with 7 rounds of 4+0 games. It should take slightly less than an hour.
If you have not yet joined our team in Lichess, please do it here, so that you can participate.
Current Standing after 7 rounds.
Mode: 4+0 (4 minutes per game, no increment), 7 rounds Swiss tournament
Tournament Link: https://lichess.org/swiss/1Xz0CYnJ
Price pool so far already >200 Hive!
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, Munich, Madrid, Nigeria, Vienna | +2 hours | 22.00 |
| Moscow, Les'ky, Istanbul | +3 hours | 23.00 |
| Beijing, Singapore | +8 hours | 04.00 |
| Tokyo | +9 hours | 05.00 |
| Sidney | +10 hours | 06.00 |
GMT time converter: https://time.is/en/GMT
RULES
- Players of all skill levels are welcome, from newbie to expert!
- Every Friday 20 to 21 GMT is one round (with few exceptions), season 1 goes over 10 rounds
- Time mode is varying (5+0, 5+1, 3+2, 10+0,...), rated, berserking allowed (exc. in Swiss mode)
- 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, so please let me know your name in the comments
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 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 |
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?
