Saturday sparring - Jan 14, 19:00 UTC / 14:00 EST

Hello Everyone!

As anticipated by @fhunfi, we will have a sparring match this Saturday, with more planned for the weekend, so watch for further announcements.  

Time and date: 19:00 UTC / 14:00 EST, Saturday, Jan 14.

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, Jan 14, 18:50 UTC / 13:50 EST (10 minutes before start time).
• In order to make sure that everyone attends their game, please be online on chess.com at 18:50 UTC / 13:50 EST - I will only pair registered players who are online at that time.
• I will post the pairings in the comment section around 18:55 UTC / 13:55 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