Hello! It's finally time to conclude the first stage of the 4PC Festival!

I carefully reviewed all the participants who took the top places in the qualifying arenas, and compiled the results, which you can see in the table below (click to open in full size).

Congratulations to everyone who won the prizes and earned their spot in Semifinals!

Who receive prizes?

All prizes are accumulated, so here is the list of players who may receive the Diamond Membership (1st place = 3 months, 2nd place = 2 months, 3rd place = 1 month).

@HSCCCB (17 months), @Prathu_19 (33 months), @fourplayerchess (6 months), @rojitto (6 months), @Cha_ChaRealSmooth (6 months), @ChessMasterGS (1 month), @KUGELRUNDI (16 months), @EyeoftheTiger1204 (8 months), @gunball (8 months), @DreamConqueror (4 months), @Puzzles (5 months), @LaMikk (1 month), @Slayer950 (5 months), @torreXtorre (4 months), @neoserbian (1 month), @NightLoveRaver (4 months), @MuppetRobin (2 months), @Godly-Minded (1 month), @visor_sarge (3 months), @JonasRath (4 months), @icystun (4 months), @Pixel_Venture (7 months), @roadrunner18 (3 months), @Land-owners (3 months), @flappydayo (1 month), @N-a-v-a (2 months), @MalburySoapPinkSoap (3 months), @LosChess (6 months), @Legend-007 (1 month), @moonyy12 (1 month), @RealMoxile (3 months), @pknm (3 months), @GMeddiewendler (2 months), @jbolea (3 months), @jss_99 (1 month), @KhazeKamal (2 months).

Who qualified to Semifinals?

FFA Semifinals

[Thu, June 20, 22:00 UTC] Festival Modern Qualifier #1
- Modern setup, 1 | 7, anonymous, 2200+
- Qualified contestant: @HSCCCB
- Alternate: @neoserbian, @vrdtmr
[Wed, June 26, 14:00 UTC] Festival Modern Qualifier #2
- Modern setup, 4 min, anonymous
- Qualified contestant: @rojitto
- Alternate: @ChessMasterGS
[Thu, June 27, 18:00 UTC] Festival Modern Qualifier #3
- Modern setup, 1 | 1, anonymous
- Qualified contestant: @KUGELRUNDI
- Alternate: @CretanGR, @salsaton
[Wed, July 17, 22:00 UTC] Festival BY Qualifier #1
- BY setup, 4 min, anonymous
- Qualified contestant: @EyeoftheTiger1204
- Alternate: @LaMikk
[Fri, July 19, 18:00 UTC] Festival BY Qualifier #2
- BY setup, 1 | 7, anonymous
- Qualified contestant: @Slayer950
- Alternate: @neoserbian, @MuppetRobin
[Fri, July 26, 14:00 UTC] Festival BY Qualifier #3
- BY setup, 1 | 1, anonymous
- Qualified contestant: @NightLoveRaver
- Alternate: @MuppetRobin, @Clock_bht
[Wed, August 21, 14:00 UTC] Festival BYG Qualifier #1
- BYG setup, 1 | 1, anonymous
- Qualified contestant: @visor_sarge
- Alternate: @CretanGR
[Thu, August 29, 22:00 UTC] Festival BYG Qualifier #2
- BYG setup, 1 | 7, anonymous, 2400+
- Qualified contestant: @Prathu_19
- Alternate: @Puzzles
[Fri, August 30, 18:00 UTC] Festival BYG Qualifier #3
- BYG setup, 4 min, anonymous
- Qualified contestant: @torreXtorre
- Alternate: @neoserbian
[Thu, September 19, 22:00 UTC] Festival Classic Qualifier #1
- Classic setup, 1 | 1, anonymous
- Qualified contestant: @JonasRath
- Alternate: @LucianoBonfico
[Wed, September 25, 18:00 UTC] Festival Classic Qualifier #2
- Classic setup, 1 | 7, anonymous, 2400+
- Qualified contestant: @Cha_ChaRealSmooth
- Alternate: @flappydayo
[Thu, September 26, 14:00 UTC] Festival Classic Qualifier #3
- Classic setup, 4 min, anonymous
- Qualified contestant: @fourplayerchess
- Alternate: @N-a-v-a
[Fri, October 18, 18:00 UTC] Festival RG Qualifier #1
- RG setup, 4 min, anonymous
- Qualified contestant: @pknm
- Alternate: @LosChess, @carlosgabriel1234
[Wed, October 23, 22:00 UTC] Festival RG Qualifier #2
- RG setup, 1 | 1, anonymous
- Qualified contestant: @GMeddiewendler
- Alternate: @aldosmv
[Fri, October 25, 14:00 UTC] Festival RG Qualifier #3
- RG setup, 1 | 7, anonymous, 2100+
- Qualified contestant: @jbolea
- Alternate: @LosChess

Teams Semifinals

[Wed, June 19, 18:00 UTC] Festival Modern Teams Qualifier #1
- Modern setup, 2 | 1, anonymous
- Qualified contestant: @KUGELRUNDI
- Alternate: @fourplayerchess
[Fri, June 21, 14:00 UTC] Festival Modern Teams Qualifier #2
- Modern setup, 1 | 15D, anonymous
- Qualified contestant: @Prathu_19
- Alternate: @Prathu_19 (please, please)
[Fri, June 28, 22:00 UTC] Festival Modern Teams Qualifier #3
- Modern setup, 4 min, anonymous
- Qualified contestant: @rojitto
- Alternate: @pknm
[Thu, July 18, 14:00 UTC] Festival BY Teams Qualifier #1
- BY setup, 2 | 1, anonymous
- Qualified contestant: @EyeoftheTiger1204
- Alternate: @MuppetRobin
[Wed, July 24, 18:00 UTC] Festival BY Teams Qualifier #2
- BY setup, 4 min, anonymous
- Qualified contestant: @DreamConqueror
- Alternate: @NightLoveRaver
[Thu, July 25, 22:00 UTC] Festival BY Teams Qualifier #3
- BY setup, 1 | 15D, anonymous
- Qualified contestant: @HSCCCB
- Alternate: @torreXtorre
[Thu, August 22, 18:00 UTC] Festival BYG Teams Qualifier #1
- BYG setup, 1 | 15D, anonymous
- Qualified contestant: @icystun
- Alternate: @soulischess
[Fri, August 23, 14:00 UTC] Festival BYG Teams Qualifier #2
- BYG setup, 4 min, anonymous
- Qualified contestant: @roadrunner18
- Alternate: @Land-owners
[Wed, August 28, 22:00 UTC] Festival BYG Teams Qualifier #3
- BYG setup, 2 | 1, anonymous
- Qualified contestant: @Pixel_Venture
- Alternate: @soulischess, @anurag_b
[Wed, September 18, 18:00 UTC] Festival Classic Teams Qualifier #1
- Classic setup, 4 min, anonymous
- Qualified contestant: @MalburySoapPinkSoap
- Alternate: @LosChess, @Legend-007
[Fri, September 20, 22:00 UTC] Festival Classic Teams Qualifier #2
- Classic setup, 2 | 1, anonymous
- Qualified contestant: @Puzzles
- Alternate: @moonyy12
[Fri, September 27, 14:00 UTC] Festival Classic Teams Qualifier #3
- Classic setup, 1 | 15D, anonymous
- Qualified contestant: @RealMoxile
- Alternate: @Land-owners
[Wed, October 23, 14:00 UTC] Festival RG Teams Qualifier #2
- RG setup, 4 min, anonymous
- Qualified contestant: @gunball
- Alternate: @LosChess, @carlosgabriel1234
[Thu, October 24, 18:00 UTC] Festival RG Teams Qualifier #3
- RG setup, 2 | 1, anonymous
- Qualified contestant: @Sarvesh_2111
- Alternate: @BSAE
[Fri, October 25, 22:00 UTC] Festival RG Teams Qualifier #1
- RG setup, 1 | 15D, anonymous
- Qualified contestant: @KhazeKamal
- Alternate: @LosChess

Additionally, in order to pick the 16th players, we collected the data from all practice arenas and are happy to invite the absolute winners @godpawn and @mikrotonic to FFA and Teams Semifinals respectively!

Semifinals Regulations

FFA Semifinals

The FFA Semifinals will have a total of 16 participants and will be split into 4 days. The participants will play a total of 15 games: one game of each setup under each time control (1|7, 4 min, 1|1). The one who wins a game gains 1 point, and 2nd-4th places gain 0 (WTA). By the end, 4 players with the most points will be invited to the finals.

Teams Semifinals

The participants will play 10 Self-Partner games in a single day, with one game of each setup under 3min and 2|10 time controls. Points are awarded as follows: 2 points for a win, 0 points for a loss, and 1 point each for a draw.

Schedule (2nd week, November 11-17)
Day 1:

Classic 3min
Classic 2|10
BY 2|10
BY 3min
BYG 3min
BYG 2|10
Modern 2|10
Modern 3min
RG 3min
RG 2|10

First, all participants will be divided into two groups.

Group A: a1, a2, a3, a4, a5, a6, a7, a8.
Group B: b1, b2, b3, b4, b5, b6, b7, b8.

Group A will play against group B.
Initially, Group A will play for Red & Yellow, and Group B will play for Blue & Green.
After each game, the colors of the groups will be switched (alternated) AND the group B will be rotated clockwise.

See the below example of the first 3 games (RY<>BG):

Game 1: a1<>b1, a2<>b2, a3<>b3, a4<>b4, a5<>b5, a6<>b6, a7<>b7, a8<>b8.
Game 2: b8<>a1, b1<>a2, b2<>a3, b3<>a4, b4<>a5, b5<>a6, b6<>a7, b7<>a8.
Game 3: a1<>b7, a2<>b8, a3<>b1, a4<>b2, a5<>b3, a6<>b4, a7<>b5, a8<>b6.

What's next?

All who participated in the 4PC Festival and are going to play in the Semifinals, or who are the first replacement in case someone doesn't show up (that is, those who are the alternate qualified contestants), or who are the winners of the diamond memberships, have received a special email (to the address associated with the chess.com account) with a link to the form required to fill out in order to enter the Semifinals or/and receive the membership prizes.

This form includes questions about day and time preferences of the participants, so it should be filled out by November 3rd. On November 3rd (or earlier if enough responses are provided) we will decide and announce the date and time for the Semifinals, that would be the most convenient to the majority of participants. Please take your time carefully to answer the questions related to 4PC setups, and be aware that there may be additional benefits provided for the valuable responses and that your responses will play a crucial role in further decision-making.

If you found your username tagged in this message but have not received an email, please contact me asap.

If you have any questions left, feel free to ask them here!

Thank you for being a part of this exciting event! I look forward to seeing you all in the Semifinals both as participants, spectators, and streamers ✌️

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