Dear chess friends!
2 of 10 rounds of the first season are over already, tomorrow Friday at 20 GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) will be the third round of the Hive Blitz Chess Tournament (original announcement with some more details here).
Mode this time: 3+2 (3 minutes per game plus extra 2 seconds per move)
Tournament Link: https://lichess.org/tournament/RbwMigo9
(will be posted 1h before start)
Price pool so far already >80 Hive!
Free for all to join! Since it is played on lichess, you need a lichess-account in order to participate! Registration is done in no time (you just need a valid email address for verification).
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, Berlin, Madrid, Nigeria, Vienna | +2 hours | 22.00 |
| Athens, Moscow, Istanbul | +3 hours | 23.00 |
| Beijing, Singapore | +8 hours | 4.00 |
| Tokyo | +9 hours | 5.00 |
| Sidney | +10 hours | 6.00 |
GMT time converter: https://time.is/en/GMT
Current Ranking after two rounds
RULES (updated)
- Free for players of all skill levels, from newbie to expert!
- Every Friday 20 to 21 GMT is one round, season 1 goes over 10 rounds
- Time mode is varying (5+0, 5+1, 3+2, open for ideas), rated, berserking allowed
- The tournament is open (for all, not only Hivers or Steemians)
- 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
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?
potentially of interest for
@anadello @anli @arsenal49 @bitsignal @cerati @chesthetica @elprofe62 @eniolw @evgsk @foxconnmars @hierro21 @jaki01 @jkms @juanmi96 @kintokris @marcusantoniu26 @maciejficek @meedo @mstafford @pereu4ivatel @rafaelaquino @renerondon @rodrook @samostically @schamangerbert @the01crow @walner
