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Can I ask to see other players' score sheets between tournament rounds?
Can I request (i.e. request from a TD) to see the submitted score sheets of my opponent from his past rounds during the tournament, for example to refresh my memory of the openings he's likely to play?...
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Why did Garry Kasparov retire?
From his Wikipedia article:
After winning the prestigious Linares tournament for the ninth time, Kasparov announced on 10 March 2005 that he would retire from regular competitive chess. He cited as ...
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Can Nepo and Ding receive computer analysis from teammates between tiebreak rounds?
Very likely no, notwithstanding any fairness issues of allowing communication after the round starts, the regulations of the 2023 FIDE World Championship state:
4. 10. 2. Except with the permission ...
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Why is a win better than 2 draws in the tiebreaks
The criteria used for tiebreaks is indicated prior to the tournament and figures in the tournament's reglementation that is supposed to be available to all participants.
There are many systems used ...
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Why do boys become better than girls?
Hou Yifan did an interview with Chess.com where she answered some questions about why there has been such a persistent gap between men and women when it comes to top-level chess.
Chess.com - Hou Yifan ...
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Why do boys become better than girls?
There was a study on this a few years ago, where researchers concluded that the number of women that were represented in the top players correlated with the number of women that participated at a ...
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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?
Actually, I am somewhat surprised with the original answer given. I am an International Arbiter, Category A, and have been arbiter at many top-level events and with many world-class players, including ...
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Tournaments for adults only?
Yes, playing kids can be quite annoying, and I've suffered through some such games. Fortunately, I can say it isn't always that way, as some younger players know courteous tournament behavior.
OTOH, ...
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Wrong name and FIDE ID in rated classical tournament
when I was in the game I noticed that my name is wrong, they added third name with my first and second name and there was FIDE id also whereas I don't have any FIDE ID yet (that was another person's ...
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Minimum break between rounds
I couldn't find anything in the FIDE handbook either.
The USCF has rule 17A:
All games must be played in the tournament rooms at the times designated by the organizers unless the director specifies ...
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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 classify
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Noisy opponent -- your responsibility?
Noisy opponent -- your responsibility?
Of course not!
You may be deaf and totally unaware.
You may also be playing somebody with mental health issues and you choose to show some understanding and ...
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How are the quads divided up in a quad tournament?
Is this sort of grouping for a quad tournament allowed?
The quad tournament format is not subject to governing body legislation in the same way as Swiss and, to a certain extent, all-play-all. So, ...
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Is Titled Tuesday now 2x week still 2x a day?
According to chess.com's article "Titled Tuesday: All The Information":
Titled Tuesday is Chess.com's weekly 11-round Swiss tournament for titled players, occurring twice each Tuesday since ...
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In armageddon bidding, what happens if the bid is drawn?
Depends on the rules being used. A likely scenario is that an additional tie-break would be used.
For example, in the regulations for the 2016 US Championships:
If both Players bid exactly the same ...
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How is Armageddon in chess like fair cake-cutting in game theory?
I have to admit I found the Wikipedia article on fair cake-cutting pretentious in the extreme. Why Lebesque Measure needs to be dragged into cutting a cake is beyond me despite being a mathematician ...
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What are the [authentic] scientific studies conducted, which suggest that playing chess can cause weight loss by burning calories?
There are none. Exercise is a poor way of losing weight. You have to use large muscle groups for extended periods of time to achieve any significant weight loss. There are no muscles in the brain and ...
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Example of 60 minute tournament that FIDE considers classical
According to the FIDE Laws of Chess:
Appendix A. Rapid Chess
A.1 A ‘Rapid chess’ game is one where either all the moves must be completed in a fixed time of more than 10 minutes but less than 60 ...
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Why would I bid for white in armageddon in chess960?
Why would I bid for white in Armageddon in chess960?
There is great variability in the engine evaluations for the different starting positions. According to this answer:
the position that gives the ...
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How does a player's fide rating change calculated for previous month's rating even in the next month
This tournament started on August 26th, so August ratings were used to calculate rating changes. Since the event was still ongoing by September 1st, the results weren't taken into account until the ...
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Weekly pairings in a non repetitive way?
The effect you are seeing is a result of the initial ranking which is done automatically on ratings. When you set up the new tournament you can choose either to have the players sorted by rating or to ...
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How to calculate USCF's Modified Median (with or without byes)?
It would be nice to see an example where this rule is applied. Just to be sure.
Here's a small 5 round Swiss.
Pair | Player Name |Total|Round|Round|Round|Round|Round|
Num | ...
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How to calculate USCF's Modified Median (with or without byes)?
What is unclear to me is the term: the least significant opponents’ scores
As described in the text:
If the tied players have a plus score then for each tied player their lowest scoring opponent is ...
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Where can I find past Titled Tuesday data
I have started on the dataset
https://github.com/cmgchess/Titled-Tuesday-Data
With the help of Wayback Machine, I managed to access the tournaments up until March 1, 2016. Beyond that, I have no clue ...
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I would like to make engine play specific openings
When you set up a tournament in Arena, there should be a tab "Options" and within that a selection thing for Starting position. There you can select to load the starting position from a pgn ...
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Why didn't Wesley So get full championship privilege in the 2022 WFRCC unlike Magnus and Vishy did since 2008?
The simple answer is "tradition". Even before FIDE the regular chess world championship was organised on a champion vs challenger basis. The exceptions to this were in 1948 when Alekhine's ...
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What to do if opponent has poor hygiene?
I played live tournament chess for maybe 15 years and I never encountered this directly or indirectly.
The good thing about most chess players (in contrast to poker) is most people play chess not for ...
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free alternatives to SwissSys?
You can try my program VinczeSwiss. Freeware! Now (25.12.2022) in 7 languages! ... Websites: http://vincze.euweb.cz OR https://sachy-hb.cz/vinczeswiss_eng/
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How to organize a chess tournament
I use Eniblo Tournament Maker:
https://www.eniblo.org/en/apps/all_leagues
There is no option for Swiss tournament but you can choose for Round-Robin ore Double Round-Robin.
The Android app works great,...
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