(1st section) Mid-week sparring match 45m+45s, Wed, Dec 28, 10:00 am EST (15:00 UTC)

Hi everyone,

Hope you all have enjoyable holiday season.

A sparring match event in the mid-week, with manual pairing system.

Time control: 45m+45s (Rated), and you will play 1 game only.

Played on: Wed, Dec 28, 10:00 am EST (15:00 UTC)

You will register by writing down in comment section: Your chess.com nick, your current Rapid Rating when registered.

On Wed 09:30 am EST / 14:30 UTC (which is 30 minutes before the starting time) the registration will be closed, and I will post the pairing at comment section. (I will not send the message to your Inbox, so please check this page regularly before the starting time).

I will list the players from highest rating to lowest rating.

For example: if there are 6 players 

Player#1 (highest rating)
Player#2 (2nd rank)
Player#3 (3rd rank)
Player#4 (4th rank)
Player#5 (5th rank)
Player#6 (6th rank)

Then I will set the pairing as follow:

Player#1 (White) vs Player#2 (Black) or Player#2 (White) vs Player#1 (Black).
Player#3 (White) vs Player#4 (Black) or Player#4 (White) vs Player#3 (Black).
Player#5 (White) vs Player#6 (Black) or Player#6 (White) vs Player#5 (Black).
.. and so on

This way, the 2 players with closest rating with play each other.

NOTE:
- If there are odd number of players, then 1 player will have BYE- he/she will wait to be paired with the closer player whose opponent did not show up.

- If your opponent did not show up, please Inbox Message me asap, then I will try my best to pair you with the other closer player whose opponent did not show up as well.

Please register early if you are interested.

PS: To give you an idea of how it works, this link of past event of this format.
https://www.chess.com/announcements/view/mid-week-sparring-match-wednesday-dec-21-17-00-est-22-00-utc 

Have fun, everyone.

Best Regards,
fhunfi