Ladies and gentlemen, today Betman has breaking news: He has the honor to present to you – the new World Chess Champion! No, you didn’t read that wrong: the current World Champion, Magnus Carlsen has given up on defending his title!

So who is the new world chess champion? It will be Ian Nepomniachtchi! Or Ding Liren! Or one of you, if you don’t give up your tournament preparations! Because if the Chinese government declares a viral hoaxdown… a lockdown, you too could have someone from FIDE knocking on your door with an offer to play a title match. Therefore, you must not be unprepared. Take the first step by attending tomorrow’s Betman’s 1972 Memorial:

Rules

Oh, how Betman hates rules! Therefore, only the minimum possible rules will be used in this tournament:

1. The tournament is open to all members of the Betman’s Blitz Blunder Barrons club – so you must register as a member of the club. I’m sorry, but it’s a Lichess rule that can’t be circumvented.

2. Anyone who wants to be included in the prize distribution must leave a notice of their name on Hive and Lichess in the comments, so that you can be paid after the tournament is over. So far, we have seven registered competitors from Hive, who shared the points in the first round.

3. You have to play at least three games in a round to be considered for ranking.

Rewards

The entire liquid part of the prize (in HBD) is intended for the contestants and will be distributed according to Lighteye’s Scoring & Reward system explained here. But since Betman doesn’t have much Hive support yet, then his most annoying alter-ego will set aside 10 HBD, which will be distributed equally to all Hive tournament participants, as our Hive account@schamangerbert is doing.

What if you’re not strong at chess? You can join us anyway, because here, thanks to Lighteye’s Scoring & Reward system, every participant can win at least one point per round – the current value of which is around 0.25 HBD.

For those who don’t know how to play chess at all, Betman has a pleasant surprise: Fischer's Chess Crash Course (with his favorite Dubrovnik chess set) that can make you a Champion in no time!

You don’t believe Betman? But of course you can, just like Mila Jovovich can learn to kill giant monsters on unknown planets in two days tops!

Summary

• The tournament is held on Lichess.org and will have 4 rounds with 7 games each.

• Date and time: Thursday, July 21st 2022 at 21:00 CET.

• Format and time control: Fischer Random (Chess960) 3+2 Swiss

• The standings will be decided with Lighteye’s Scoring & Reward system explained here.

• All liquid HBD will be distributed to the Hive member contestants according to placement criteria, and further 10 HBD will be distributed equal to all Hive member contestants. Three games minimum.

• Since the greatest name ‘Rabid Rabbit Rapid’ was already taken, you will have to join Betman’s Blitz Blunder Barrons team, and announce their Hive and Lichess names in the comments.

Join and have a nice stress… time!

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