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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clubs -> tournaments?
I live in Maharashtra, India, and can't find any tournaments (that don't take a lot of entry fee) to participate in, and I really want to. There are some clubs near me, though. What I wanted to ask is ...
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Very fast chess games-tournaments between engines
I am wondering if there are chess games or tournaments between engines, with a very small duration, like 10-5 seconds or 10-10 seconds (every game). If not, would it not be interesting?
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What happens if a player dies at the board? What is the ruling?
What happens if a player dies at the board? What is the ruling? I am interested in both FIDE and/or USCF rules.
I seem to recall about 40 years ago, when reading my first copy of the USCF rule book, ...
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Tournaments for adults only?
Are there any over-the-board tournaments open only to persons over 18?
Everywhere I go it's like a school field trip, more than half the players are from some elementary or middle school, all parents ...
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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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Books on old tournaments
I'm interested in books covering the major chess tournaments between 1880 and 1930, roughly speaking. I would prefer the official tournament books, like this one, but translated in English. Can I buy ...
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How to organize a chess tournament
I want to organize an amateur chess tournament inside the company I work for. I am looking for a convenient way of creating groups, keeping the scores, and getting some statistics.
Is there an online ...
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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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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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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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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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What to do if opponent has poor hygiene?
Are there regulations on what to do when your opponent has poor hygiene and it negatively influences your performance?
I do not want to be disrespectful or shame anyone, but bad breath or body odor ...
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Why do players in the past play much longer tournaments than today's top players?
Looking through the history of chess we find tournaments that are significantly longer than today's, e.g.
London 1899 - 15 players, double round robin
New York 1924 - 11 players, double round robin
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Could I get in trouble for insulting an arbiter during a tournament round?
Suppose that, during a round of an official FIDE-rated tournament, I insult the arbiter privately (they notice), without distracting any of the other players. Could I get expelled from the tournament ...
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Why was move-sealing introduced in adjournment?
As some background, in the pre-engine era time-controls were often slower and chess players could adjourn their games, taking a break till the next day and resuming from the same position.
In all turn-...
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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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Where can I find a list of tournaments to participate in?
Where should I look for a list of tournaments in which new players can participate? I know that many players want to play real matches, but don't know how and where.
Also provide list for online ...
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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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Is it possible to get results/crosstables from USCF-rated events before 1990?
In my school days in the early 1980's I played in a few USCF-rated tournaments. Once school was over, I dropped out of tournament play and even dropped my USCF membership.
Now, to support my child ...
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Does the prize distribution in open and women-only competitions incentivize the top women to avoid playing in open competitions?
Recently the Russian superfinal ended. This tournament had an open section and a women's section. One of the top Russian women, Aleksandra Goryachkina, played in the open section where she finished ...
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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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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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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?
Were there armageddons where white gets lower time or ...
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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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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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Why don't these statistics disprove white's supposed larger (practical?) advantage in chess960?
I've read that, at least theoretically, white has a larger advantage in 9LX as compared to chess. (See appendix.) This seems to be assumed in practice to the point that in some 9LX tournaments, such ...
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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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Are there statistics on the results of armageddon games at the GM level?
I've tried finding statistics on the results of competitive armageddon games played at a high level (say, GM level), but to no avail. Evidently, these statistics must exist, as for example FIDE ...
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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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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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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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free alternatives to SwissSys?
I was going to do a tournament recently, and then, I found out just how much $$ SwissSys Tournament software costs...
My question is:
What good alternatives to this expensive mainstream ...
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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?
Let's say your ...
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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.
U11 players play each other; ...
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Tools for automated notation: webcam movie to PGN
Sometimes during blitz games over the board, or when in zeitnot, it gets very difficult to annotate them.
I've seen several software / hardware to help in writing the notation, even one that's FIDE ...
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