Saturday sparring - Feb 4, 18:00 UTC / 13:00 EST

Hello Everyone!

We will have a sparring match, or possibly more, this weekend. Details about the first one, on Saturday, are below.  

Time and date: 18:00 UTC / 13:00 EST, Saturday, Feb 4.

Time control: 60m+30s (Rated), and you will play 1 game only.

Please register by providing in a comment below this post the following information: chess.com username and current rapid rating.

IMPORTANT NOTES: 

• Registration will close on Saturday, Feb 4, 17:50 UTC / 12:50 EST (10 minutes before start time).
• In order to make sure that everyone attends their game, please be online on chess.com at 17:50 UTC / 12:50 EST - I will only pair registered players who are online at that time.
• I will post the pairings in the comment section around 17:55 UTC / 12:55 EST.

Please register early if you are interested.

As a concrete example of how the sparring match works, you can check out one of the previous matches organized by @fhunfi:
https://www.chess.com/announcements/view/2nd-section-mid-week-sparring-match-45m-45s-wed-dec-28-19-00-est 

Looking forward to a fun chess weekend!

Giovanni