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Hello! I still consider the possibility of a Swiss tournament this year, but honestly, I don't see how it can fit with WCL, WCL960 and ECL, where teams get 4-5 matches every month till July. I myself think that adding any more matches in that period before August would overburden most of the teams. Matches that count for 2 or even 3 tournaments that existed in our 2 previous seasons were not a good thing because they potentially caused some disagreement and were a matter of my choice (I tried to be objective and I thank the team managers for not blaming me, but still it was a deviation from the "pairing by the software" principle). Then we have August, September and October (and probably early November) with only 4 matches in WCL 960 planned - and I think that would be a good time to organize some event, although no "normal" Swiss tournament would fit in just 4 months with 3days/move control. I fancy some kind of what is played in Pro Chess League (see https://www.chess.com/article/view/pro-chess-league-guide) - 4 big regional divisions with preset 6 or 7 rounds, (not all teams in the same division should necessarily play each other) and then some best-standing teams continue in match elimination format. This would be much easier to manage than a Swiss competition, but we'll need some objective criterion ranking teams. But this format is just an idea. What I wish to absolutely avoid is promotions, demotions and multi-tier divisions - this is all stress and no fun. If anyone can add anything, they are welcome.

Player list (by 26.02.2016) ParticipantsPower1 Team Moscow 1997 2 Yerevan 1950 3 Sao Paulo 1914 4 Team St. Petersburg 1860 5 Team Zagreb 1856 6 Team Kyiv 1853 7 Team Buenos Aires 1834 8 Equipe Quebec 1829 9 Team Tabriz 1826 10 Team Toronto 1819 11 Twente, Enschede 1792 12 Team of Budapest 1780 13 Team Beograd 1778 14 Team Babylon 1761 15 Team Bucharest 1755 16 Team Toulouse Occitanie 1749 17 Team Prague 1730 18 Team Krakow 1722 19 London 1719 20 Team Sevastopol 1708 21 Grad Nis 1707 22 Minsk 1699 23 Sydney NSW 1696 24 Bordeaux 1682 25 Team Berlin 1633 26 Kuda Hitam, Malang 1626 27 Drujba, Ekaterinburg 1618 28 Team Burgas 1605 29 Melbourne VIC 1588 30 Hastings Chess Club 1575 31 Team Milano 1560 32 Bruxelles 1556 33 Metz, the Chess TT TEAM 1516 34 KBS, Bandung 1357

A. Participation To participate a team should meet the folllowing criteria: a) Its name or Location field in the Settings should clearly state which city it represents. b) Meet the requirements to the minimum number of players per match. B. Tournament Format The tournament is played by the Swiss system in 9 rounds. C. Schedule The Swiss rounds are anounced based on the current standings from February till October at the last Friday of each month. The challenges should be accepted iimediately and matches started within 10 days. Swiss pairing principles 1. The pairing for the new round takes place at the scheduled date. The Swiss pairing is provided AUTOMATICALLY by the program stChess 2.20. The following provisions are inidicated ONLY in case it will fail for some reason and manual pairing will be necessary. The following criteria are taken into account for pairing:a) Provisional team score for the date of pairing. Recalculation for the closed accounts is applied. If the score difference is 2 points and less, and the match is not won mathematically (>50% points), it is considered drawn. b) Provisional Buchholz coefficient (sum of team scores of all opponent teams)c) Power (nb of players + average rating) The procedure of pairing is transparent. The provisional team scores and additional criteria (if needed) are published together with the schedule 2. In general, teams are paired to others with the same team score. 3. Pairing for the first round The Team's list is arranged by Power and divided into two equal parts: The teams from the upper part of the list are placed on the left and those from the lower part, on the right. The first player from the left-hand list plays the first player from the right-hand list, the second plays the second, etc. 4. Pairing procedure for the remaining rounds. Teams are divided into groups based on their provisional team score from highest to lowest. Each group including an even number of teams. Within the score group teams are arranged by Buchholtz and Power and their pairing proceeds as above (#3). 5. If the number of teams of the score group is odd, a team from the next possible lower score group shall be transferred to the score group to be paired, who has not yet played with at least one of the players of the higher score group. If there is a choice, then the team with the highest Power is to be transferred. 6. Any two participating teams scheduled to play in WCL playoffs or CWC Participation round can be forced-paired to play each other in WCOS to avoid excess match load if: a) Their match by CWC/WCL schedule is set close to WSOS schedule; b) There is no more than 1 point difference between their current standings; c) Admins of both teams do not object to such suggestion. The player eligibility issues in these matches will be ruled by the provisions of WCL or CWC correspondingly.The recalculations and final results for the purposes of WCOS will be defined by the rules of WCOS. D. Matches. At the indicated Challenge date the team admins should issue challenges as follows: Match name: Open Cities Swiss 2015 R(n): Team 1 vs Team 2 Starting Position: Standard Days per move: 3 Rating range: Open Min Players: 5 Concurrent games per opponent: 2 Auto Start: No (Match start date) Rated: Yes All challenges should be sent and accepted within 48 hours from the Challenge date of the round. If a team has issued a challenge, but it was not accepted on time the team admin should a) try to contact the admin of the opposite team, and if unanswered; b) post a link to the challenge or the match in the dedicated Match Problems topic. The matter will be adressed by the TD to establish the reason of the delay and to start the match as soon as possible to the interest of the league and both teams. If a team cannot play temporarily for an excusable reason, the match can be rescheduled. Any teams that have forfeited their matches in a round (through no-show or low participation) will be forced-paired in the next round to minimize negative impact on active teams. Any team that forfeits two matches in WSOS is suspended from the competition and thus not included in the pairings for the next round. E. Scores Win = 1 point; Draw = 0.5 Lose = 0. F. Standings The final results and standings of the season in the 1st division are published when all matches are finished. The results and standings of the season in what concerns the promotions and relegations are fixed at the new season day. The match score by chess.com is taken into account together with fairplay penalties and bonuses. If the teams equal to the number of points the supplementary criteria are applied to determine standings: a) Buchholtz coefficient and if it is equal, then b) Summary percentage of points taken in all matches All matches, which are not finished at the new season day, are declared won if a team: a) has scored more than 50% possible points in the match (won mathematically), and if not, then: b) all unfinished games in that match are adjudged by the TD using top computer engines and common sense and considered won if there is a clear advantage and drawn otherwise. G. Fairplay If a player account is closed, all of his matches will be declared lost. Each player can play only for one team in the league during the same season. If he plays for several teams by mistake, he can declare, which team is his "home team". By default, the team whose team match with his participation was opened earler is considered "home team". All wins and draws scored by him for other teams are deducted from match scores. In any league match it is not allowed to have more than 1 foreign flag (mercenary) in the first 10 tables and 2 mercenaries for every following 10 tables in the match. If such case occurs in a match, all wins and draws of extra mercenaries will be subtracted from match score. The following flags are not considered mutually foreign: all flags on the British Isles; all flags of the former Yugoslavian republics and Albania; all flags of Spain and its provinces; Swedish and Danish; Azeri and Iranian; Canadian and Martinicain; Russian and Ukrainian (for team Sevastopol only); Greek and Cyprus - the list can be expanded whenever it is well-founded and concerns many players. It is presumed that a player flag is constant during the season. No manipulations with flags and locations to bypass the rules are allowed. All players involved in such manipulations will be treated as mercenaries if their manipulations are reported. Under no circumstaces shall admins discourage low rated players to join their Team or remove any players, especially low rated, from their roster - unless they are mercenaries, multiteamers, or have above 25% of timeouts. The team admins shall inform their teammates about the rules content, especially in what concerns the fairplay rules. H. Disputes and claims Any disputes and claims connected to the above rules, their application, match results, player eligibility, any decisions of the TD, and other issues in connection with this tournament should be ruled by the Referee Committee basing on the rules above, best practices and common sence. Its ruling shall be final and definite both for the TD and the participants. In season 2016 the Referee Committee consists personally of: adriano81 bobi184 chesvik esmaralda82 KOJER NOVERIO_PRATAMA

Player list by Friday 24.04.2015 + 2 late teams: Bristol and Queretaro World Cities Open Swiss ParticipantsELO1 Team Rasht 2371 2 Team Moscow 1955 3 Team Singapore 1935 4 Yerevan 1897 5 Equipe Quebec 1860 6 Team St. Petersburg 1858 7 Team Zagreb 1847 8 Team Banskobystricky kraj 1836 9 Team Kyiv 1818 10 Babylon City Team 1809 11 Team Beograd 1795 12 Team Paris 1790 13 Bordeaux 1779 14 Team Toronto 1754 15 Sao Paulo 1723 16 Team Bucharest 1719 17 Team Sydney NSW 1714 18 Grad Nis 1708 19 Novossibirsk 1706 20 Team Budapest 1705 21 Team Tirana 1703 22 Team Barcelona 1699 23 Fenerbahce SK, Istanbul 1695 24 Team Sevastopol 1694 25 Kuda Hitam, Malang 1680 26 Minsk 1678 27 Team Berlin 1661 28 Team Burgas 1641 29 Team Izmir 1638 30 Team Prague 1624 31 Team Toulouse Occitanie 1620 32 Bangkok Chess Club 1618 33 Team Phoenix 1616 34 Team Brisbane OLD 1596 35 Team Melbourne VIC 1591 36 Team Perth WA 1585 37 Team Pittsburgh 1535 38 Drujba, Ekaterinburg 1454 39 Metz, the Chess Team 1394 40 Team Bristol 1611 41 Team Queretaro 1574

efraim77 #46 1 hr ago Россия - Украина? Лучше не надо! Слишком горячо.... Marignon #47 46 min ago А я считаю, что если Киев или Одесса захочет сыграть, это будет только интересно. efraim77 #48 13 min ago Но не надо страна на страну. Вот этого сейчас не надо..... IMHO

Dear coleagues, please, feel free to share your thoughts on the subject.

Anastasakis 5th Cities World Cup 2015 - 1/8 FINAL - RESULTS (soon) Players 8+, Challenges on 29- 30 March 2015, matches on 7-9 April Rasht vs Thessaloniki: Moscow vs Beograd: Singapore vs Istanbul: St. Petersburg vs London: Yerevan vs Bordeaux: Zagreb vs Bucharest: Tabriz vs Budapest: Kyiv vs Bangkok: Waiting for final confirmation in the next days Marignon Could you explain in detail why Istanbul wins? I don't think so. 1. Actual score 8 - 7 2. Score recounted for cheating 6.5 - 8.5 3. Score recounted for flags 6.5 - 6.5 4. Who has more individual victories (in first ten tables) Istanbul - 1(T2) + 2(T5) + 1(T7) + 2(T8) = 6 Phoenix - 2 (T1) + 2 (T3) + 2 (T6) = 6 5. Who has more individual victories with black pieces (in first ten tables) Istanbul - T5 + T7 + T8 = 3 Phoenix - T1 + T3 + T6 = 3 6 Who has more individual victories with black pieces (in all tables except the 5 last tables) Istanbul = 0 Phoenix T1 + T3 = 2 Phoenix wins Cutoff rules are somewhat absurd, but even such absurd rule need to be applied properly. FORAA so let's come back to the rules. for the third table our cheater has a draw and a win. the win is just deleted and the draw is counted as lost. so opponent gets a half point extra. the score comes to 6,5-7,5. for the fourth table our player has timeouted and doesn't get any point. the opponents points are deleted due flag rule. so the score comes to 6,5-5,5 in this way. Marignon Yet, it seems that I am right Please, look here. http://www.chess.com/groups/forumview/5th-cities-cup-2015---participation-round?page=10 My post #189, where I quote rules applicable 4 months ago: One player will not be able to play for two different teams in the cup for the same year, but he can belong to several teams and play other games. If such case occurs in amatch, the winning games of that player will be annulled. In case a player is disqualified by chess.com or closed acount he loses all his games. In case though the opponent is on timeout the opponent does not get any winning points. You see? It is not my own statement. If it were mine, I would not have quoted the statement about timeouts exempt, which I don't support. Anastasakis Hi Marignon, your contribution to this tournament has till now be only raising problems. More, I trusted you ro run Vote Chess and you kicked out Teams Athens from Vote Chess by yourself without any reason. Do you think you can continue running the Vote Chess? Another person will be soon in charge. You had your chance and you spoiled it. According to the actual rule, Istanbul is the winner Marignon "you kicked out Teams Athens from Vote Chess by yourself without any reason." Anyone can look at this game http://www.chess.com/votechess/game?id=60176, see how it was "discussed" in your group and understand why I did that. "Do you think you can continue running the Vote Chess? Another person will be soon in charge." I stated many times in Vote Chess thread that I will not run the next season, because to stop vote chess cheating is nearly impossible in this situation, especially with such city admins as you. Anastasakis The pairings of the 1/8 final are under final confirmation due to the draw of the match Istanbul - Team Phoenix. Since the rule is not very clear on this point (does it counts as blacks victory the points due to an account closed by chess.com player?), I have to consider that these points finally count and the match is a draw. In that case the rule is: "If a draw again, each team assigns a player of the specific match. They play 2 live chess games within a week. If draw again, the teams assign a different player and they play live chess within 5 days etc." The 2 teams must assign here the latest on March 21 the players and their 2 games will take place on Sunday March 22. Good luck! Marignon So, I was right. Any excuse from the TD? PS. The extra match is an OK decision in this case. Marignon Anastasakis написал: Hi Marignon, your contribution to this tournament has till now be only raising problems. By the way, this statement is extremely rude and false. Among other things, I have personally invited more than 10 teams that currently play in WCL and CWC in these competitions. My concern is that every team plays in good conditions. This means accurate post-match calculations, which you can't do. This means timely messaging and publishing schedule, which you don't do. This means openly discussing concerns and rules, which you obstruct. I now see the "compromise" for the flag rule From 2016: A foreign country flag (intl flag counts as a foreign flag) can not be more than 25% in all tables. If more flags, all of extra flags matches will be declared as lost. However, a game lost by time won't gain a point. Who has voted for 25%? Nobody. Who supported that? Nobody. You mock at team admins who participated at the voting. So, I start thinking that you are hopeless and I have invited people in a wrong competition.

Dear Colleagues, I think that everyone who has anything to say about the new tournament has already expressed his views in this topic http://www.chess.com/groups/forumview/opinion-poll-questions-about-tournament-format. Now it is time to see how many teams actually wish to play regularly. Let me remind what is at stake - the chance to play competitively against other city teams, to get the place be among 12 best teams at the outcome of this tournament and to play in a regular round-robin tournament as it is done in all top leagues: World League, European League, Champions League, etc. This tournament is a qualifying Swiss open for participation by any city teams and other teams representing a clearly defined locality. The rules of the tournament are avilable here: http://www.chess.com/groups/forumview/world-cities-open-swiss---rules. Please, feel free to comment upon them and ask for clarifications. The project shedule of the competition (provisionally) is: R1 - 24.04 - 04.05 R2 - 22.05 - 02.06 R3 - 19.06 - 29.06 R4 - 17.07 - 27.07 R5 - 14.08 - 24.08 R6 - 11.09 - 19.09 R7 - 02.10 - 10.10 R8 - 30.10 - 08.11 Deadline for the definition of TOP-12 : 20th of February 2016 Deadline for the definition of winners : 24th of April 2016 As you see, the matches will be played regularly once a month, somewhat speeding up to the end (when WL and EL are already finished). The Swiss competition does not mean to create difficulties to the teams also playing in WCL playoffs and CWC 6, so if both teams paricipate in our competition and in WCL playoffs and CWC 6, these teams will be forced-paired in the Swiss tournjament and the match scheduled in this events will also count for our Swiss. Namely: In round 1 CWC6 Round 1 or 2; WCL 2014 3rd place match In round 2 WCL Div1 Phase 2 round 1 or 2; CWC6 Round 3 or 4; In round 3 - WCL Div1 Phase 2 round 3 or 4; WCL playoffs Div 2 and Div 3; CWC6 Round 5. Please, encourage your opponent team's participation in our tournament to avoid stacking matches. Please, submit entries in format: Team name; admin. The registration continues till 24.04.

Open City Swiss 2016 Standings after Round 8Rank Participant Score BH 1 Team Toulouse Occitanie 7.5 39.5 2 Team Zagreb 7.0 38.5 3 Kuda Hitam, Malang 7.0 32.0 4 Team Buenos Aires 6.0 30.5 5 Metz, the Chess TT TEAM 6.0 28.5 6 Team of Budapest 5.5 41.5 7 Team Babylon 5.0 41.0 8 Team Kyiv 5.0 37.0 9 Team Beograd 5.0 37.0 10 Team Krakow 5.0 36.0 11 Team St. Petersburg 4.5 40.0 12 Sao Paulo 4.5 37.5 13 Team Moscow 4.5 35.5 14 Team Tabriz 4.5 35.0 15 Yerevan 4.5 28.0 16 Equipe Quebec 4.0 36.0 17 Team Toronto 4.0 30.5 18 Minsk 4.0 28.5 19 Hastings Chess Club 4.0 28.0 20 Team Milano 4.0 24.0 21 Team Bucharest 3.5 35.5 22 Grad Nis 3.5 32.5 23 Sydney NSW 3.5 26.0 24 Team Prague 3.0 30.5 25 Drujba, Ekaterinburg 3.0 30.0 26 London 3.0 28.0 27 Melbourne VIC 2.5 28.0 28 Team Sevastopol 2.5 26.5 29 Bordeaux 2.5 26.0 30 Team Burgas 2.0 28.5 31 Team Berlin 1.5 21.5 32 KBS, Bandung 1.0 26.5 33 Twente, Enschede 1.0 18.0 34 Bruxelles 0.0 20.5

Open City Swiss 2016 Standings after Round 7RankParticipantScoreBH1 Team Toulouse Occitanie 6.5 31.5 2 Kuda Hitam, Malang 6.5 21.5 3 Team Babylon 6.0 31.0 4 Team Zagreb 5.5 28.0 5 Team Bucharest 5.0 24.5 6 Team Beograd 5.0 24.5 7 Team St. Petersburg 4.5 30.0 8 Team of Budapest 4.5 28.5 9 Metz, the Chess TT TEAM 4.5 23.5 10 Team Kyiv 4.0 30.5 11 Sao Paulo 4.0 30.0 12 Team Krakow 4.0 27.0 13 Team Tabriz 4.0 26.5 14 Team Buenos Aires 4.0 26.0 15 Hastings Chess Club 4.0 21.5 16 Team Milano 4.0 16.5 17 Equipe Quebec 3.5 29.0 18 Grad Nis 3.5 23.5 19 Team Prague 3.5 23.0 20 Minsk 3.5 22.5 21 Team Moscow 3.0 30.0 22 Team Toronto 3.0 25.5 23 Yerevan 3.0 22.5 24 Team Sevastopol 3.0 19.0 25 Sydney NSW 3.0 19.0 26 Melbourne VIC 2.5 23.0 27 Drujba, Ekaterinburg 2.0 22.5 28 Bordeaux 2.0 18.5 29 London 1.5 23.0 30 Team Burgas 1.5 22.5 31 Team Berlin 1.5 17.5 32 KBS, Bandung 1.0 20.5 33 Twente, Enschede 1.0 16.0 34 Bruxelles 0.0 19.0

Open City Swiss 2016 Standings after Round 6RankParticipantScoreBH1 Team Toulouse Occitanie 6.0 25.5 2 Kuda Hitam, Malang 6.0 21.0 3 Team Zagreb 4.5 26.0 4 Sao Paulo 4.5 25.5 5 Team Kyiv 4.0 26.0 6 Team Babylon 4.0 25.5 7 Team Beograd 4.0 25.0 8 Team of Budapest 4.0 24.0 9 Team St. Petersburg 4.0 23.5 10 Team Krakow 4.0 23.0 11 Team Bucharest 4.0 21.0 12 Metz, the Chess TT TEAM 4.0 19.5 13 Minsk 4.0 18.5 14 Team Buenos Aires 3.5 23.5 15 Equipe Quebec 3.5 23.5 16 Team Tabriz 3.0 22.5 17 Team Toronto 3.0 22.0 18 Team Prague 3.0 20.5 19 Grad Nis 2.5 20.5 20 Yerevan 2.5 20.0 21 Melbourne VIC 2.5 17.5 22 Team Milano 2.5 17.0 23 Sydney NSW 2.5 16.0 24 Team Sevastopol 2.0 17.5 25 Hastings Chess Club 2.0 17.5 26 Bordeaux 2.5 17.0 27 Team Berlin 2.0 14.0 28 Team Moscow 1.5 24.5 29 London 1.5 20.5 30 Drujba, Ekaterinburg 1.5 18.5 31 KBS, Bandung 1.5 16.5 32 Team Burgas 1.0 22.0 33 Twente, Enschede 1.0 14.0 34 Bruxelles 0.5 17.5

A thread for claims and appeals.

Standings after Round 5RankParticipantScoreBHrBH1 Team Zagreb 4.0 11.5 53.0 2 Team Kyiv 3.5 12.0 55.5 3 Team Toulouse Occitanie 3.5 10.5 59.5 4 Team Beograd 3.0 12.5 49.0 5 Team of Budapest 3.0 11.5 56.0 6 Team Babylon 3.0 11.0 54.5 7 Equipe Quebec 3.0 10.0 58.0 8 Team Tabriz 3.0 9.5 53.0 9 Kuda Hitam, Malang 3.0 9.5 50.5 10 Team Bucharest 3.0 9.0 55.5 11 Sao Paulo 2.0 13.0 50.5 12 Team Buenos Aires 2.0 12.5 46.0 13 Team Prague 2.0 10.0 48.0 13 Metz, the Chess TT TEAM 2.0 10.0 48.0 15 Team Krakow 2.0 9.5 49.5 16 Yerevan 2.0 9.0 53.0 17 London 2.0 9.0 52.5 18 Team Toronto 2.0 9.0 47.0 19 Team Milano 2.0 9.0 45.0 20 Team Sevastopol 2.0 8.0 53.0 21 Minsk 2.0 8.0 52.5 22 Grad Nis 2.0 7.0 51.5 23 Melbourne VIC 2.0 6.0 54.5 24 Team St. Petersburg 1.5 14.0 53.0 25 Team Moscow 1.5 12.0 55.5 26 Team Burgas 1.5 11.5 49.5 27 KBS, Bandung 1.5 8.5 51.5 28 Bordeaux 1.0 11.5 44.0 29 Hastings Chess Club 1.0 11.0 36.5 30 Drujba, Ekaterinburg 1.0 10.5 50.0 31 Bruxelles 0.5 10.0 45.5 32 Team Berlin 0.5 10.0 39.0 33 Sydney NSW 0.5 9.5 41.5 34 Twente, Enschede 0.5 8.0 37.0

A topic for questions and concerns.

Open City Swiss 2016 Standings after Round 5RankParticipantScoreBH1 Team Zagreb 5.0 19.0 2 Team Toulouse Occitanie 5.0 15.0 3 Sao Paulo 4.0 18.5 4 Team of Budapest 4.0 18.5 5 Team Bucharest 4.0 15.5 6 Team Krakow 4.0 15.0 7 Kuda Hitam, Malang 4.0 15.0 8 Team Prague 3.5 13.5 9 Minsk 3.5 11.5 10 Team Beograd 3.0 18.5 11 Equipe Quebec 3.0 18.0 12 Team Buenos Aires 3.0 17.5 13 Team Tabriz 3.0 17.5 14 Team Kyiv 3.0 16.5 15 Team Toronto 3.0 15.5 16 Metz, the Chess TT TEAM 3.0 12.0 17 Grad Nis 2.5 15.0 18 Hastings Chess Club 2.5 12.5 19 Team Milano 2.5 12.0 20 Team Babylon 2.0 18.5 21 Team Moscow 2.0 18.0 22 Team St. Petersburg 2.0 17.5 23 London 2.0 14.0 24 Melbourne VIC 2.0 11.5 25 Yerevan 1.5 16.0 26 Sydney NSW 1.5 13.0 27 Team Sevastopol 1.5 11.5 28 Drujba, Ekaterinburg 1.0 15.0 29 Bruxelles 1.0 13.0 30 Bordeaux 1.0 13.0 31 Team Berlin 1.0 11.0 32 Twente, Enschede 1.0 11.0 33 Team Burgas 0.5 17.5 34 KBS, Bandung 0.5 13.5

Open City Swiss 2016 Standings after Round 3RankParticipantScoreBH1 Sao Paulo 2.0 3.5 2 Team Kyiv 2.0 3.5 3 Kuda Hitam, Malang 2.0 2.5 4 Team Beograd 2.0 2.5 5 Team Zagreb 2.0 2.5 6 Team Toulouse Occitanie 2.0 2.0 7 Equipe Quebec 2.0 2.0 8 Team Buenos Aires 1.5 4.0 9 Team of Budapest 1.5 3.0 10 Team Prague 1.5 2.0 11 Team Bucharest 1.5 1.5 12 Drujba, Ekaterinburg 1.0 4.0 13 Team St. Petersburg 1.0 4.0 14 Team Tabriz 1.0 3.5 15 Team Toronto 1.0 3.0 15 Metz, the Chess TT TEAM 1.0 3.0 17 Team Babylon 1.0 2.5 18 Bordeaux 1.0 2.5 19 Team Sevastopol 1.0 2.0 20 Sydney NSW 1.0 1.5 21 Hastings Chess Club 0.5 4.0 22 Twente, Enschede 0.5 3.5 23 Team Krakow 0.5 3.0 23 Team Burgas 0.5 3.0 25 Minsk 0.5 3.0 26 Grad Nis 0.5 3.0 27 KBS, Bandung 0.5 2.5 28 Yerevan 0.5 2.5 29 Team Moscow 0.0 5.0 30 Bruxelles 0.0 3.5 31 London 0.0 3.0 31 Melbourne VIC 0.0 3.0 33 Team Milano 0.0 2.5 33 Team Berlin 0.0 2.5

Open City Swiss 2016 Standings after Round 3RankParticipantScoreBHrBH1 Team Zagreb 3.0 6.5 29.0 2 Team Kyiv 3.0 6.5 24.0 3 Team Beograd 3.0 6.0 25.5 4 Team Bucharest 2.5 6.0 26.5 5 Team Toulouse Occitanie 2.5 5.5 29.0 6 Team Babylon 2.5 5.0 31.0 7 Team Prague 2.5 4.0 20.5 8 Sao Paulo 2.0 8.5 21.5 9 Team Buenos Aires 2.0 7.0 22.0 10 Team of Budapest 2.0 6.5 27.0 11 Kuda Hitam, Malang 2.0 6.0 22.5 12 Equipe Quebec 2.0 4.0 23.5 13 Team St. Petersburg 1.5 9.5 23.0 14 London 1.5 6.5 24.5 15 Team Toronto 1.5 6.5 20.5 16 Team Sevastopol 1.5 6.0 24.0 17 Team Tabriz 1.5 6.0 23.0 18 Team Krakow 1.5 4.5 24.5 19 Sydney NSW 1.5 4.0 23.5 20 Metz, the Chess TT TEAM 1.0 6.5 18.5 21 Team Burgas 1.0 6.0 22.5 22 Bruxelles 1.0* 6.0 18.5 23 Drujba, Ekaterinburg 1.0 5.5 23.5 24 Yerevan 1.0 4.5 18.5 25 Team Moscow 0.5 8.0 23.5 26 Hastings Chess Club 0.5 6.5 20.5 27 Bordeaux 0.5 6.0 22.5 28 Melbourne VIC 0.5 5.5 20.5 29 Grad Nis 0.5 5.5 19.5 30 Minsk 0.5 5.0 21.5 31 Team Berlin 0.5 4.0 23.5 32 Twente, Enschede 0.5 3.5 20.5 33 KBS, Bandung 0.5 3.5 14.5 34 Team Milano 0.0 4.0 15.5

Open City Swiss 2016 Standings after Round 1RankParticipantScoreBHrBH1 Sao Paulo 1.0 0.0 1.0 1 Team St. Petersburg 1.0 0.0 1.0 1 Team Zagreb 1.0 0.0 1.0 1 Team Kyiv 1.0 0.0 1.0 1 Team Buenos Aires 1.0 0.0 1.0 1 Team Tabriz 1.0 0.0 1.0 1 Team Toronto 1.0 0.0 1.0 1 Team Beograd 1.0 0.0 1.0 1 Team Bucharest 1.0 0.0 1.0 1 Team Toulouse Occitanie 1.0 0.0 1.0 1 Team Burgas 1.0 0.0 1.0 12 Yerevan 0.5 0.5 0.5 12 Team Babylon 0.5 0.5 0.5 12 Equipe Quebec 0.5 0.5 0.5 12 Twente, Enschede 0.5 0.5 0.5 12 Team Prague 0.5 0.5 0.5 12 Kuda Hitam, Malang 0.5 0.5 0.5 12 Drujba, Ekaterinburg 0.5 0.5 0.5 12 Team of Budapest 0.5 0.5 0.5 12 Hastings Chess Club 0.5 0.5 0.5 12 Team Milano 0.5 0.5 0.5 12 Metz, the Chess TT TEAM 0.5 0.5 0.5 12 KBS, Bandung 0.5 0.5 0.5 24 Bordeaux 0.0 1.0 0.0 24 Team Berlin 0.0 1.0 0.0 24 Team Moscow 0.0 1.0 0.0 24 Team Krakow 0.0 1.0 0.0 24 London 0.0 1.0 0.0 24 Melbourne VIC 0.0 1.0 0.0 24 Team Sevastopol 0.0 1.0 0.0 24 Grad Nis 0.0 1.0 0.0 24 Bruxelles 0.0 1.0 0.0 24 Minsk 0.0 1.0 0.0 24 Sydney NSW 0.0 1.0 0.0

This is the topic to report those who play for multiple teams in the same competition. Playing for multiple teams can become a very serious issue in this competition. I remind the rules: One player is not able to play for two different teams in the league for the same season (multi-teamer). If such case occurs in a match, all wins and draws scored by the multiteamer will be subtracted from match score. The organisers have no responsibility for combatting multiteam play. Only those cases of multiteaming that are explicitely reported are taken into account for score recalculation. For the lack of time I cannot check and report multiteamers in a constant manner. However, I know that there are home-made software tools checking the presence of players in matches of multiple teams. If anyone can share it or take the responsibility for checking the matches of the competition, I will be very much obliged.