Questions tagged [tournament]
A series of chess games between a number of player, who compete for a set of prizes. Chess tournaments are of different formats and categories, and they can be open or by invitation only
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Where can I find past Titled Tuesday data
I'm hoping to create a dataset with Chess.com Titled Tuesday results.
I have found this link which has the tournaments https://www.chess.com/tournament/live/titled-tuesdays?&page=7 but for some ...
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FIDE vs naive vs delete1-Buchholz (Danger, Math)
FIDE-Buchholz BF: the one that is used in "official" tournaments
and defined in the FIDE rules, somewhat complicated. Considers
bye, forfeit and other not played games.
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Can one make a deal with their opponent over what opening to play?
In official tournaments, are the two players allowed to talk (before or at the start) of a match to compromise on openings, eg.
If white is good at the Sicilian but bad at the Caro-Kann and black is ...
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Rating decreased suddenly without reason, FIDE rating displayed wrongly in the website can anyone have such Problems
My son's rating opened when he played international match during August 2023. The rating was displayed in FIDE website on the last date of August, and it was 1156.
Later on September he played another ...
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Why do boys become better than girls?
From my experience in tournaments until the age of 11-12, the playing strength of boys and girls is pretty similar but after 13 the difference becomes noticeable. Why is that?
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I would like to make engine play specific openings
I would like to organize an engine tournament on Arena and restrict it only to one opening. How do I do that?
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Why is a win better than 2 draws in the tiebreaks
When I play chess tournaments and I have 5/2/2 in the tiebreaks I always lose to players with 6/3/0. So why is a win better than 2 draws? Which is the logic behind it?
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Minimum break between rounds
I am an assistant arbiter in an open tournament which is happening over the weekend, with 1 round on Friday, and 2 rounds on Saturday and Sunday.
There were 5.5 hours between the two rounds on ...
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Weekly pairings in a non repetitive way?
I'm part of a local chess club and we play once a week, 4 or 5 games.
The way pairings are done is by Swiss style pairings where in the first round the top half is paired against the bottom half. ...
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How to calculate USCF's Modified Median (with or without byes)?
The calculation is described in the "USCF Chess Rule Book", chapter 34E1,
34E1. Modified Median
The Median system, also known as the Harkness system for inventor Kenneth Harkness, evaluates ...
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Noisy opponent -- your responsibility?
My opponent seemed to me (then a teenager) an elderly guy but I think he was just in his 50s or 60s.
Anyway, he literally was audibly and somewhat loudly talking to himself, saying, "If I go ...
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How are the quads divided up in a quad tournament?
It was always my understanding that quad tournaments are divided up with an eye toward minimizing rating ranges within the quads. This (hopefully) lets everyone play against people of roughly the same ...
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Real reason tournament director of Teplice Open in Czechia tried to ban Ukrainian players?
I have just seen that FIDE has stepped in and told the organisers of the Teplice Open that they may not ban Ukrainian players from the tournament. Searching for more information as to why a tournament ...
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Fritz 18 Position Setup For Engine Match
The other day, I saw a GothamChess on two engines playing the King's Gambit. I thought to myself that it would be interesting to do the same thing, so I tried it in Fritz 18. I know that I have to ...
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What does FIDE rating 1800 entail?
I have a classical rating of around 2000 on Lichess. I’m aware that FIDE Classical time control is much longer than Lichess classical, so I just made it as some kind of reference point.
I’m mainly ...
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Can Nepo and Ding receive computer analysis from teammates between tiebreak rounds?
In round 4 of the tiebreaks for the 2023 world championship (LiChess), Nepo played the surprise 13.Bb1. I'm wondering if Nepo's teammates may have done a computer analysis of this position, which ...
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Tournament dropout probability
Is there any concrete data about the probability than a random person will not end a tournament? (Obviously, the data can be further tallied with regard to age, Elo, rounds, prizes :-) and whatnot...)
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How does a player's fide rating change calculated for previous month's rating even in the next month
This is a follow-up question to this asked some time back to which I didn't quite understand the given answer.
I'll take an example
A certain player had rating 2422 on Sep 2022 according to the chart
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Why did Garry Kasparov retire?
I have heard that he was rather upset at the establishment, but I don't know why? What this the only reason, or were there others?
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What are the [authentic] scientific studies conducted, which suggest that playing chess can cause weight loss by burning calories?
A video which conveys that playing a [classical] Chess game is equivalent to playing a singles lawn tennis when it comes to burning calories! [It also suggests that] Brain consumes a lot of glucose ...
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Is Titled Tuesday now 2x week still 2x a day? [closed]
It says last week Wesley So Becomes 2nd Player To Sweep Titled Tuesday
On a day when he played a match in the Champions Chess Tour, GM Wesley So also found the time to win both Titled Tuesday events ...
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Example of 60 minute tournament that FIDE considers classical
For the sake of having an example re Why was the 2019 WFRCC called 'slow rapid' when it's actually classical (45+15=60)? where 60 minutes is exactly the border between rapid and classical:
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Why would I bid for white in armageddon (in regular chess)?
Related:
Regular chess: Why would I bid for white in armageddon (in regular chess)?
Chess960: Why would I bid for white in armageddon in chess960?
Were there armageddons where white gets lower time or ...
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Why would I bid for white in armageddon in chess960?
Related:
Regular chess: Why would I bid for white in armageddon (in regular chess)?
Chess960: Why would I bid for white in armageddon in chess960?
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In armageddon bidding, what happens if the bid is drawn?
Re armageddon, there is sometimes bidding ("how much time they're willing to give up to play with their desired color") instead of pre-determined 5min vs 4min.
What happens if the bid is ...
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Armageddon: Does / Should White have a lower advantage in chess960 compared to chess?
I'm not (necessarily) asking which colour is more favoured in armageddon chess960. I'm asking that given however much or little white has an advantage of armageddon chess, is this advantage lower in ...
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How is Armageddon in chess like fair cake-cutting in game theory? [closed]
It says on Wikipedia:
Some tournaments utilise a bidding system for individual players of each match to decide how little time they would be willing to play with as black. The player with the lowest ...
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Why didn't Wesley So get full championship privilege in the 2022 WFRCC unlike Magnus and Vishy did since 2008?
Wesley So didn't get full championship privilege in the 2022 WFRCC unlike Magnus and Vishy did from 2008 to 2021. They got only 1 opponent to defend against, namely the unique winner of a candidates ...
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Time control conversion when it comes to bonus time after eg 40 moves
I read that for increment games the way to convert them to non-increment games for the purpose of classification by time control goes as follows:
Original time + Increment x 40 = Time used to ...
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Can I ask to see other players' score sheets between tournament rounds?
Suppose I'm in the middle of a multi-day tournament, and pairings have been posted for the next round. Can I request (i.e. request from a TD) to see the submitted score sheets of my opponent from his ...
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Wrong name and FIDE ID in rated classical tournament
I am play in a classical, FIDE rated event. I entered via my coach. I just gave him my name and said I don't have a FIDE id. When I was playing my first game I noticed that my name is wrong. They ...
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Can a non-rated tournament having all categories play in a single group and then the ranking decided based on overall performance?
Let's say there are 4 categories playing Chess: U11, U17, Ladies & Open.
In India, I have witnessed 2 types of category based Swiss tournaments, which are non-rated.
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Tournaments with not-everyone-treated-equal
Less "radical": see also this question.
Usually, in tournaments rules hold uniformly for each participant. Here are some examples that might violate the rule:
A: Those who can't notate (...
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Overruling last round color check in Swiss
Spinoff from here
FIDE Swiss pairing rules state that last round color check in Swiss may be overruled by the organizer. They don't state what overrules. Probably it is not in the whim of the ...
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Who receives a bye when there are an odd number of participants?
Who receives the second round full point bye, if there are an odd number of people scheduled to play in round two?
The lowest rated player who has not received a bye.
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Is it possible to play all games with white pieces in a team tournament?
Let's say there's a team tournament like European Club Cup. We have one player who can win games with white pieces(called Player A). And another player who can hold for a draw with black pieces(called ...
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What is a good approach to conduct a round robin event for 20 players in order to select top 6?
I need to have a selection event for 20 players to select 6 players for a team. Plan is to have a round robin event since it is fairer compared to a swiss event. Then each player will have to play 19 ...
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Is it possible to obtain the GM title directly without going through norm process in 2022?
I have seen people get direct GM titles especially in Zonal tournaments.
Here for an example achieved the GM title after winning the 2016 African Chess Championship.
Wikipedia page for the Grandmaster ...
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How strong should the evidence for cheating be, before you reveal it?
This is an extension of a question I asked previously here.
Somebody who can prove cheating beyond reasonable doubt might easily decide to tell the public about it all.
The main question is, what if ...
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In which tournament did Karpov play his first move with white pieces and offer a draw?
It had to have happened in the 90s, but I can't remember either the tournament or Karpov's opponent (probably some Spanish tournament, like Linares or Dos Hermanas). Karpov was upset with the ...
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Chess etiquette: Carlsen withdrawing from the tournament
Ben Finegold made this point during his streams, that even if Magnus Carlsen suspects either cheating on Hans Niemann's part or sabotage on the part of a member of his team, he should not have ...
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Do you lose/gain rating if you withdraw in the middle of an OTB tournament?
Magnus just withdrew from the Sinquefield Cup. Does that affect his rating at the end of the tournament? Will he gain or lose rating based on at the time he left the tournament in the next fide update?...
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Do I have to make a move on a DGT board at the start of the game when opponent is not present?
In a situation when you are playing on a DGT board as white and your opponent has not yet arrived at the board, should we still make the move on the board after the game has started?
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If players are not writing their moves, can they claim a draw using the threefold repetition rule in an USCF or FIDE 30+0 chess tournament?
It is my understanding that the USCF expresses that if a player has less than 5 minutes in a 30+0 game, neither the player nor his/her opponent have the obligation to continue with chess notation.
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Quick rating higher than normal?
I recently bought a USCF membership and played in my second tournament. The first one I played without a membership. I looked at my ratings, but noticed my quick rating was 1521, which is over 200 ...
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How are categories A, B, C, D, and E decided in the Chess Olympiad?
I have seen that there is a separate category prize in the Chess Olympiad.
How are categories A, B, C, D, and E are decided? Is it the average rating of the team?
For example in the 2022 Olympiad I ...
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At the Candidates, are players allowed to discuss the tournament situation with each other?
As I write this question, Ian Nepomniachtchi is leading the ongoing Candidates tournament by a substantial margin. Since it's a winner-takes-all tournament, everyone else needs Nepomniachtchi to lose.
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What do you do when an opponent asks for a score sheet after a game in which recording is not compulsory?
I wish to know how to handle a certain situation regarding chess etiquette. Consider the following:
I went for an OTB tournament recently - rapid 15 + 10 time control. Organizers stated that recording ...
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can players continue the game on mutual agreement in case of mobile ringing and arbiter noticing
In a situation where a mobile phone rings in the middle of the game should the offender's opponent call the arbiter and claim the win.
If claiming is not needed and if the arbiter decides to mark the ...
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How does a single player have 2 different FIDE accounts
When searched Yu, Yangyi you get 2 results. One is the top Chinese super GM. The other is an unrated player with Blitz rating 2544. Both have different Birth days according to FIDE but when I checked ...
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