FFRs 1st Ultimate Chess Tournament!!!

[krunkykai22]

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Why not do double elimination since it's so short?

[L_eMo_N]

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acct on chess.com: hurrdurp

[DarknessXoXLight]

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looks like i can play so im in ^^ username eeumi

I need a post of your 5k buy in.

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Also, the entrant list is all up to date along with the credit pool. ;]

[iironiic]

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Tempted to join. How would matches work? Will you be given a day to make each move? Will everyone receive a prize?

[One Winged Angel]

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also slightly tempted to join, played a few matches earlier today and I have the chess bug again, hmmm...

[TC_Halogen]

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Considering entering, but I'm pretty bad.

[nois-or-e]

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Tempted to join. How would matches work? Will you be given a day to make each move? Will everyone receive a prize?

It would be live games mate. If we went a move a day, some games could last a month :l

Read through the posts on the previous page, emerald posed a similair question ;D

[DarknessXoXLight]

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If you're tempted, just give it a shot for fun. 5k isn't hard to earn back in like a few days.

[igotrhythm]

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I misread about the time format. I thought you meant to play by correspondence.

In this case, since the rounds are pretty quick, shouldn't we use the swiss format? It gives the chance to everyone to play the same number of games. Since there seem to be a huge range of skill, that should be more fun to everyone.

And chess.com account is: emerald3x0.

This is exactly what I was saying in prochat. Swiss System works with any number of players, unlike brackets, which get ugly if you don't have anything close to a power of 2.

Swiss System, which is used for most chess tournaments in the US, works as follows: The list of players is sorted by approximate rating, with unranked players being listed alphabetically below the ranked list. The list is split in half, then the top player of the top half is paired against the top player of the bottom half, and so on. In the case of an odd number of players, the bottommost player is usually given a half-point bye, which means that in the next round they are paired up as if they had drawn. Winners get one point, drawers get one-half point, losers get zero points.

After this initial round, a list of people that won, lost and drew are drawn up, then each list is subjected to the same procedure: Dividing the list in half and matching up accordingly. The idea is that you eventually begin to play players of your skill level. After a set number of rounds, whoever has the most points wins.

(shamelessly stolen from Chess for Dummies by James Eade)

[ChessWizard]

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Innnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn

and uh, yeah Swiss system seems like it would make the most sense for this type of thing

[DarknessXoXLight]

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ChessWizard, I need your user nameee.

[lumphoboextreme]

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I'm going to lose so hard. D:

[nois-or-e]

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I'm going to lose so hard. D:

Not before I do! xD

[ChessWizard]

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ChessWizard, I need your user nameee.

;D taken, sorry. You could try Chess Wizard, that one's still available

[DarknessXoXLight]

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;D taken, sorry. You could try Chess Wizard, that one's still available

Lol no no tell me what your user name on chess.com is so people know who to challenge when rounds start.


Edit: lumpho, just try. it'll be fun and who knows, it can only increase your chess skills~