Saturday Checkmate 15:00 UTC: R1 Tomorrow!
Greetings everyone!
The very first "Saturday Checkmate 45/45" (July 12 - August 9) is about to begin. R1 is going to be played tomorrow, Saturday July 12 at 15:00 UTC. This is the link to enter the Tournament Club: https://www.chess.com/club/saturday-checkmate-from-july-12-to-august-9/join/1f2f68
Thus, every Saturday from July 12 to August 9 2025 at ±15:00 UTC, the players registered in the Membership of the Tournament Club will be paired. See the instructions below.

- You enter the Tournament Club each Saturday between 14:40 UTC and 14:55 UTC precisely to be paired.
- Anyone not in the Membership of the Tournament Club at 14:55 UTC shall not be paired.
- The link that leads to the Tournament Club will be posted below tomorrow, July the 12th at 14:40 UTC precisely.
- The Pairings will be posted in the ONE and ONLY Forum in the Tournament Club.
- You will challenge your opponent in accordance with Time Control and Color Assignment, or...
- ...you will accept their challenge.
- I will be the JOKER in case we have an odd number of participants.
- After all the games of R1 are finished, I will post the Standings in a 2nd Forum, in the Tournament Club.
- You then will have to leave* the Tournament Club 24 hours or less after R1 is over. Thus, you will need to download the Standings and / or the Pairings if you wish to look at them later.
- If anyone remains in the Tournament Club, I will kick them out.*
- The same process will be used for the subsequent rounds.
- The name of the Tournament Club is "Saturday Checkmate - From July 12 To August 9"