Weekend sparring match 60m+30s, Saturday Jan 07, 15:00 UTC (10:00 am EST)

Hi everyone,

Another sparring match event will be held this weekend.

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

Played on: Saturday, Jan 07, 15:00 UTC (10:00 am EST)

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

NOTE: 
- Registration will be closed on Sat, Jan 07, 14:50 UTC / 09:50 am EST (10 minutes before starting time).
- In order to make sure that everyone attends their game, please be online on chess.com at 14:50 UTC / 09:50 am EST -- I will only pair registered players who are online at that time.

- I will then post the pairings in this comment section around 14:55 UTC / 09:55 am EST

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 manually 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.

Please register early if you are interested.

PS:  An example of how it works, this is link of past event on this format.
https://www.chess.com/announcements/view/2nd-section-mid-week-sparring-match-45m-45s-wed-dec-28-19-00-est 

Have fun, everyone.

Best Regards,
fhunfi