Dear chess fans!
Round 6 of season 18 is played this Friday, 24th May 2024, at the usual time.
The current standings after 5 rounds you can find here.
This round we will feature our first Chess960 Swiss tournament! So far we had either Swiss or Chess960, so why not combine both??
Mode: 4+0 (4 minutes per game, 0 sec. increment), 9 rounds Chess960 Swiss tournament!
Tournament Link: https://lichess.org/swiss/4MCAORaT
The prize pool contains already app. 312 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 20), 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 (75%) and the number of rounds played (25%). In order to qualify for a prize you have to participate in at least six 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.
- 500 LEO will be again sponsored by @leofinance, details to be determined
- If I don´t know your Hive username, you won´t be considered for prizes, so please let me know your Hive name in the comments! Community or badge accounts can participate but are not qualified for rewards! Only individuals can get prizes.
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 @castm2 @cerati @chessbrotherspro @chesthetica @clixmoney @cryptogee @cryptoniusraptor @cryptoph0823 @ctrpch @dhilan04 @darruiz @diegofitness92 @digitalis @djbravo @dovycola @ebingo @eliaschess333 @elprofe62 @emeka4 @emerald09551 @eenriquerivas @elcholitosanto @engilhramn @eniolw @evgsk @fcastro177 @fiona777 @flaws @foxconnmars @franciscomarval @franu @gabotask @giacomone @gingerbyna @good-karma @grafo07 @hannes-stoffel @heimindanger @heathbadger @hierro21 @hirohurl @hivetrader @iamchessguy @iammanythings1 @ibizaki @iceblue @idksamad78699 @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 @odic3o1 @officialrosh1 @og-gamershub @olujay @omonomo @onthewayout @orlanzavala @oshiokhenhoya @pamboy27 @parung76 @perpz @petreius @philipp87 @phoennix09 @pokerarema @pokermaria @pravesh0 @precab @purapapita @rafaelaquino @ram9612 @razzor @reiseamateur @renerondon @rexplanet @rheda @rodrook @ropavejero @rosmarly @salomijale @samostically @sanjamkapoors @sawko @schamangerbert @schnitte @soluce07 @solymi @spacetoon @stranger27 @syndmitrij @the01crow @thedoc07 @therealflaws @timix648 @timofey @tomasguitar @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)
Posted Using InLeo Alpha
new combination, why not?
since I have no opening repertoire at all a Chess960 is most welcome
with some nice parings it my look good
Ohh yeah, here we go again :D
Very excited :) This will be my very 1st tournament :)
What is your user name in lichess? So far you didn´t join the tournament.
I just joined. my Lichess is: Dovycola
Also join the Lichess team and the tournament!
you are in
@Stayoutoftherz, thanks for the reminder about Round 6 of the HiveChess tournament. For real It's exciting to see the competition heat up like that. Looking forward to the matches on Friday at 19h GMT but I will be checking the time in my own time zone
sanjeev021
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I am looking to start playing tournaments
You can join anytime.
Éxitos a todos los participantes, extendindo la invitación a toda la comunidad en español a que se anime a jugar. Nos vemos mañana en el torneo.
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STOPBest of luck everyone.