Chess Played Quick - Discord Bot Battles
Chess Played Quick (CPQ) is Chess.com's series of events where top chess streamers complete bounties for prizes.
Chess Played Quick - Discord Bot Battles happens on September 19 at 12 p.m. ET/18:00 CET/21:30 p.m. IST. Top streamers have two hours to beat as many bots as possible. Players will be ranked according to the amount of different bots they have beaten at the end of the allocated two hours. They can earn points based on their placement and by completing different challenges. Challenges are presented in the form of a bingo grid and getting bingo awards extra points. The event features $5000 as the prize fund.
Format
Players have two hours to beat as many bots as they can on our Play Computer page. Players get points based on the number of different bots they have beaten at the end of the event and via extra challenges (beating the engine does not count as beating a bot). All games must be played in challenge mode (random color).
The extra challenges are presented in the form of a bingo card. If players manage to get bingos (full horizontal, vertical, or diagonal lines), they earn 5 bonus points per bingo.
Every 30 minutes, a special poll will be posted on the main Chess.com Discord server. Members will have the opportunity to vote for the next Nitro Challenge(s) impacted by special fun rules using emojis. Overall, three polls will be posted throughout the event.
Challenges And Proof
| Title | Difficulty | Points | Description |
| Flag Magnus | Free | 1 | For this challenge you can select the time control of your choosing |
| Whoop Wumpus | Easy | 1 | Just beat Wumpus |
| Negate Nelly | Easy | 1 | Just beat Nelly |
| Mated by Martin | Easy | 1 | Get mated by Martin |
| Draw David | Easy | 1 | Draw Against David |
| Beat the level 10 engine (rated 1400) | Easy | 1 | - |
| Beat 4 Creators | Easy | 1 | - |
| Beat a bot without losing a piece | Easy | 1 | Pawns aren't pieces |
| Beat 5 bots with head coverings | Easy | 1 | - |
| Vanquish Wirtual | Easy | 1 | Beat Wirtual |
| Stalemate Sapnap | Easy | 1 | Stalemate against Sapnap |
| Beat both musician bots | Normal | 2 | - |
| Randomize Rober | Normal | 2 | Beat Mark Rober in a 960 game |
| Beat 5 bots from EU countries | Normal | 2 | EU = European Union |
| Beat all 5 PogChamps winners | Normal | 2 | - |
| Last 50 moves against Professor Doctor Wumpus | Normal | 2 | You don't need to win! |
| Beat 4 adaptive bots | Normal | 2 | - |
| Beat 4 coaches | Normal | 2 | - |
| Beat 5 athletes | Normal | 2 | - |
| Beat Alexandra in a "Friendly" Game | Normal | 2 | - |
| Checkmate Clyde | Normal | 2 | Beat Clyde by checkmate |
| Beat Ben Finegold while playing F3 | Hard | 3 | You can play F3 at any point in the game, you are allowed to pick white for this challenge |
| Beat a chess world champion | Hard | 3 | Any variant / year |
| Checkmate with a knight and bishop | Hard | 3 | Only the knight, bishop, and king can participate in the mate |
| Beat Anna Cramling with the cow | Hard | 3 | Use the Cow opening to win (e3-d3-Ne2-Ng3-Nd2-Nb3) |
Each completed challenge awards a different amount of points depending on its difficulty on a scale of one to three:
- Easy challenges (green background in the bingo grid) give one point
- Normal challenges (yellow background in the bingo grid) give two points
- Hard challenges (red background in the bingo grid) give three points
Proof of completion must be sent for each successful challenge, with any proof working as long as it's clear. Examples of clear proof include:
- Screenshots
- Clips
- VODs with timestamps
The challenges and the bingo grid will be sent to the participants via email and Discord an hour before the event starts and will also be listed in this article.
Placement Points
| Placement | CPQ Points |
| 1st | 25 |
| 2nd | 20 |
| 3rd | 15 |
| 4th | 10 |
| 5th | 10 |
| 6th | 5 |
| 7th | 5 |
| 8th | 5 |
| 9th | 5 |
| 10th | 5 |
Prizes
There is $5000 at stake this month as the prize fund. The top 20 participants will be rewarded as indicated in the table below. In the case of a tie, we will use the amount of bots beaten as a tie breaker.
| Rank | Prize |
| 1 | $1,000 |
| 2 | $750 |
| 3 | $500 |
| 4 | $250 |
| 5 | $250 |
| 6 | $200 |
| 7 | $200 |
| 8 | $200 |
| 9 | $200 |
| 10 | $200 |
| 11 | $150 |
| 12 | $150 |
| 13 | $150 |
| 14 | $150 |
| 15 | $150 |
| 16 | $100 |
| 17 | $100 |
| 18 | $100 |
| 19 | $100 |
| 20 | $100 |
Schedule
The event happens on September 19 at 12 p.m. ET/18:00 CET/22:30 p.m. IST and lasts two hours.
How To Participate
Fill out the official application form below if you would like to participate in this edition of CPQ. Please make sure the account you register to play with has no progress at all on our Play Computer page. You can either use a new account or reset your crowns here.
Claiming Challenges
Use the form below to claim the challenges you managed to complete during the event.
