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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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Who is eligible to play in the 2017 FIDE Asian Zonal 3.3 in Tagaytay, Philippines?
That tournament is for federations in zone 3.3 (basically SE-Asia and Japan). Australia is in zone 3.6. So you could only play at the Asian zonal 3.6 in Auckland. …
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Recover lost passion
If this only concerns playing in tournaments just play casual non-tournament games. …
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clubs -> tournaments?
Yes, even if the club does not formally inform you of tournaments, you would most likely learn about them by talking to other players.
Also most clubs would organize club only tournaments and other s …
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How to play against higher rated (much stronger) players
Objectively speaking there is nothing special you can do.
Just do the regular preparation:
refresh your opening repertoires or specifically the opening you expect to have on the board
analyze you …
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Tournament (After 10 year hiatus...)
Might be worth playing some games at the longer time control prior to the tournament.
I'd ask questions 2 or 3 to the organizer unless it is specifically stated in the tournament regulations. …
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Writing of moves in a tournament game
There are several reasons having to write down the moves in standard chess games:
as a document, proof of the game and result (in some cases but not always the players also have to sign)
in order to …
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Stretching the tournament rules, re: capturing pieces
I don't think it is regulated how much time you can spend performing a move. In this sense it is legal, but might still violate some general fair play rules.
In any case you'd lose 15 minutes on the …