It's normally 5 days per move.
Can you please count me in!
Jordan_ke
@dannybgoode Yes please. Am rubbish, see me an cannon fodder.
Just set up a chess.com account my username is i_like_more_food
Thanks 🙂
Just clicked and in as- chessron99.I am down as unrated but feel it should read underrated.
@irc. It’s 5 days per move. The entrants will be split into groups of 4 (automagically) and you will play each player in your group concurrently as white and black.
The top 2 from each group will progress to the next round and so on. It won’t be a quick thing, rather something to while away the evenings and gives players the chance to think about their moves 🙂
Latest batch of invites sent. Heading toward 30 players now - think I will l eave registration open until Friday and hit start Saturday so anyone else wanting to join either click the following link or drop me a note of your username on chess.com and I'll send you an invite...
https://www.chess.com/tournament/the-inaugural-stw-chess-championship/join/89301d
I'm rubbish, but why not, in, sounds good!
I’m rubbish, but why not, in, sounds good!
Looking at the ratings of those who have joined... Well let's just say it's more Fool's Mate than Queen's Gambit (myself very much included in that) :D.
Quick little bump on this should anyone want to join in the fun 🙂
Click the link below to join or drop me a note of your username on chess.com and I'll will fire you an invite:
https://www.chess.com/tournament/the-inaugural-stw-chess-championship/join/89301d
I played a couple of 30 minute games last night to get a bit of practice in, I haven't played in a couple of years, won both. This means I'm doomed to failure in this comp, probably in my first game! 😆
btw what's the format for the tourney? Is it just a straight knock out, on 1 day games or something?
@seosamh77 - 5 day per move tourney. Groups of 4 playing all group games concurrently, top 2 from each group progressing. Will take a while to complete but gives everyone the chance of at least playing a few games.
champions league then! cool, looking forward to it! 🙂
Thanks for this OP, just joined, same username as here. Not played since high school (40 years ago)!
Think I've signed up - 2Bitbish
I;m in. Flushthetoilet.
Joined up, looking forward to it (aide46)
Excellent - up to 34 players now so thanks for all the entries so far. Looking good 🙂
Well I wasn't going to bother because there was a round 32 already and I'm shite so would provide no-one with a challenge, but I see a couple of others have signed up so will give it a go anyway 🤣
EDIT: weirdly, seems I actually registered before anyway automatically when I clicked on the link just to check it out!!
because there was a round 32
The chess.com hamsters can work out numbers not divisible by 4 I think :). You ned up in a group of 3 from memory...
4 games simultaneously! 🤯 I'm going to need cooling fans on my head...
@i_like_food. Another reason to have 5 days per move. Means you have plenty of time to concentrate properly on each game 🙂
Followed the link and created an account. *think* I have joined (iancity29).
What now, is something sent from you, from chess.com?
Looking forward to this, although same as most (or so they say) on here, pretty rubbish !
Final call for entries into the tournament. Will be hitting the start button tomorrow morning 🙂
Good stuff! Game on!
I'm hopefully in, pkgelliott. Only ever play chess with the kids, so probably pretty poor... but that seems to fit nicely, unless everyone else is sandbagging!
Candyfromababy is in. (i think). Will be the sacrifice on the alter for all of you. Just spent a day doing the online lessons to learn ho to play.
Brill - we’re up to 41 players so a smashing entry list. I’ll hit start around 9am tomorrow 🙂
Looks like I might be in as well, oh well that’s an easy win for someone 🙂
Hope I haven’t missed the boat
Marmite4u
So how do the games start?
I appear to have joined but I don't really know how! Username - KevinPhilipsBong
Right the play button has been hit and your first games should have appeared :). Good luck everyone and feel free to chat, discuss or otherwise intimidate your opponents here by saying things like Bb4 - hmm, interesting. I think Qc2 would have given better development potential etc 🙂
Three matches. Made my first two moves. Expect to be humiliated tbh.
Looks like i picked an apt username.
My three games are underway. Couple of quick questions though.
Does the 5 day limit mean 5 days for each player ie in theory a game could last 10 days? Can't really see this happening with any of my games, and not in a good way!!
Secondly, is there anything that notifies you your opponent has made a move? Or is it just a case of checking regularly?
And lastly, does the clock count down to show your remaining time? Still showing as 5 days.
Enjoying it so far though. Years and years since I played a human opponent.
I cant help you there @Kennyp. Only learned how the pieces move a couple of days ago after watching the Netflix program. I do seem to be getting notifications though.
@kennyp. No it’s 5 days per move so nice and leisurely. You can turn on notifications if you install the app otherwise just keep checking but at 5 days per move you don’t need to worry if you forget to check one day.
This is a great idea thanks for setting it up. So do we all have 3 games on the go?
@nosedive. Yes, and then everyone will have at least another 3 as the opposite colour (I think!) and then the top 2 from each group progress.
Good fun so far... will have to stop for the day soon though Ive had 3 pints already
Thanks Danny. That could make for some seriously long games though. And thanks for setting it up.
Another wee question for chess.com regulars. At the top and bottom it shows the pieces captured. The white ones show up well but the black ones are very hard to see against the background. Is there a way round this?
You can choose different themes in the settings somewhere.
It has begun! I've made three moves and still have all my pieces. That's a win in my mind.
Now, chess trash talk...? Is it even possible 🤔
grahamwynne on chess.com - add me please! If it's not too late
