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Chess Played Quick - Duolingo Bot Battles: All The Information

Chess Played Quick - Duolingo Bot Battles: All The Information

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Chess Played Quick (CPQ) is Chess.com's series of events where top chess streamers complete bounties for prizes.

Chess Played Quick-Duolingo Bot Battles happens on November 16 at 12 p.m. ET/18:00 CET/22:30 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 bingos awards extra points. The event features 2000 Twitch/Kick subs 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). 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. All games must be played in challenge mode.

Bingo Card

Challenges And Proof

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.

Challenges

Free (1 point)
- Play against Duo in another language - The language has to be one of the 11 supported languages. No need to win.

Easy (1 point)
- Overpowered by Oscar - Get beaten by Oscar
- Beat 3 bots from Spanish-speaking countries - It should be the main language of the country
- Beat 3 bots from English-speaking countries - It should be the main language of the country
- Jolt Junior - Just beat Junior
- Zap Zari - Just beat Zari
- Draw David - Get a draw against David
- Beat Filip with the Polish - Use the Polish opening to beat Filip
- Skewer Sven - No need to beat the bot to get the challenge. Any skewer works! https://www.chess.com/terms/skewer-chess
- Beat 5 bots with head coverings - Bots with head coverings: Zari, Oliver, Mina, Hans, Pierre, Arthur, Fatima, Noam, MrBeast, Tectone, Canty
- Beat 5 bots with beards - Bots with beards (stubbles count!): Coach David, Devon, Martin, Juan, Filip, Santiago, Emir, Hans, Azeez, Sven, Nelson, Pablo, Jonas, Lorenzo, Wally, Charles, Noam, Ahmed, Arjun, Alexander, Larry Fitzgerald Jr., Jaylen Brown, Gordon Hayward, Chidobe Awuzie, Christian Pulisic, Daryl Morey, Luk.AI, Mr. Beast, Harry Mack, Tectone, Aman, Samay, Canty, Voyboy, Hikaru, Aronian, Agadmator, Krikor, Fundy, Ian, Gotham Chess, Kevin, Luison, Dawid

Normal (2 points)
- Beat the level 12 engine - The level 12 engine is rated 1600
- Beat 5 Athletes - All the bots from the "athletes" section count
- Beat 5 creators from 5 different countries - All the bots from the "creators" section count (top players who are also creators, like Hikaru, count as well)
- Playing Black, beat Lorenzo with the Sicilian Defense
- Stalemate Sardoche
- Beat 4 adaptive bots - All the bots from the "adaptive" section count
- Beat 4 coaches - All the bots from the "coaches" section count (not actual coaches)
- Beat 5 bots from contiguous countries in a row - Each bot you beat should come from a country contiguous to the previous one. (Ex: France > Belgium > Germany > Denmark > Sweden)
- Beat bots from 10 different countries
- Level Lily - Just beat Lily

Hard (3 points)
- Delay Duo - Last 40 moves after playing a language themed opening against Duo
- Beat a world champion - Past or current - any category
- Playing Black, beat Nora with the Scandinavian Defense
- Playing White, beat Charles with the London

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 are 2000 Twitch/Kick subs at stake this month as the prize fund. The amount of subs for each point is determined by dividing the total prize fund (2,000 subs) by the number of total points earned by all participants.

Schedule

The event happens on November 16 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. Note that only active streamers who are eligible to receive Twitch or Kick subs can win prizes.

Claiming Challenges

Use the form below to claim the challenges you managed to complete during the event.

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