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1 Description 1.1. The Phoenix Chess League Super Bingo (PCL-SB) is a perpetual competition between chess teams of Chess.com. The games is inspired by traditional games such as the bingo (or loto, lotto, quine, rifle, etc.). Participating teams play matches against each other to try to fill a bingo card assigned to them when they register. Points are scored by winning matches, and bonus points are given for filling the bingo card. 2 Bingo cards 2.1. Bingo cards given to each team are a 5 by 5 grid with one joker square and 24 challenge squares. 2.2. Winning a match corresponding to a specific challenge clears the square with that challenge's code. 2.3. Bonus points are earned by clearing full rows, columns and diagonals. 2.4. The joker square counts as an already cleared square. 2.5. A team can ask for a new bingo card once per quarter. Example of an empty bingo card Example bingo card with one row and one column cleared Example of a full bingo card   Challenge codes: Challenge type Players Rating Time control Setup A1 3-10 Open 3 days Classic A2 10+ Open 3 days Classic A3 3-10 U1400 3 days Classic A4 10+ U1400 3 days Classic B1 3-10 Open 1 day Classic B2 10+ Open 1 day Classic B3 3-10 U1400 1 day Classic B4 10+ U1400 1 day Classic C1 3-10 Open 3 days Book opening C2 10+ Open 3 days Book opening C3 3-10 U1400 3 days Book opening C4 10+ U1400 3 days Book opening D1 3-10 Open 1 day Book opening D2 10+ Open 1 day Book opening D3 3-10 U1400 1 day Book opening D4 10+ U1400 1 day Book opening E1 3-10 Open 3 days Chess960 E2 10+ Open 3 days Chess960 E3 3-10 U1400 3 days Chess960 E4 10+ U1400 3 days Chess960 F1 3-10 Open 1 day Chess960 F2 10+ Open 1 day Chess960 F3 3-10 U1400 1 day Chess960 F4 10+ U1400 1 day Chess960 3 Scoring points 3.1. Winning a match: 5 points & validate the associated challenge on the team's bingo card.  3.2. Draw: 2 points. 3.3. Successful registration but opponent couldn't start the match; match canceled by opponent: 1 point. 3.4. Clearing a line, a row or a diagonal from the bingo card: 10 points. 3.5. Clearing the full card: 30 points (in addition to the points due for line/column/row completion, therefore a card is worth 150 points in total: 5 rows, 5 columns, 2 diagonal and the full card itself). Note that a validated challenge can't be removed from a card, if a match with the same challenge is lost it will not remove a previously validated square.  4 Awards 4.1. Each team filling a full bingo card will get an award from the Phoenix Chess League. 4.2. Awards will begin being distributed once at least one of the playing team reaches 50 points.. 4.3. Then, three times a year (April 1st, July 1st and October 1st), a quarterly award will be given to the team on top of the leaderboard. 4.4. On January 1st, an award will be given to the top three teams of the leaderboard.