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Members of The Blunder Wizards, it will be important for you to know the timings and fixed dates and days when we [@Yeshwanth1402 and me(@Rifleman7)] will be organising events in the clubs. Yes, I know that you might have not enjoyed the club yet, due to the lack of tournaments and arenas being hosted by admins and Super Admins. The sole reason for this was- Examinations going on: My school exams will get over on 13th, and Yeshwanth's Board exams will end on the 10th of March. We apologise for not conducting these enjoyable tournaments, but definitely have a genuine reason for that.  To make an organised, fixed, and non-stressful plan, I have meticulously planned everything. If you have any doubts/queries/suggestions regarding the timings, and seek to adjust, just message me (@Rifleman7). The Final Draft is here, hope you like it:  15th March(Saturday): 3+2 Blitz Swiss Tournament  22nd March(Saturday): 3+0 Blitz Arena 29th March(Saturday): 1+0 Bullet Arena 4th April(Saturday): 10+0 Swiss Tournament 5th April(Sunday): 5+0 Swiss Tournament.  Timings: Every Swiss/Arena Tournament will be held on 5:30 p.m IST (Indian Standard Time) which is UTC+5:30. So in UTC it will be 12 noon. This format will be followed throughout the year, i.e. every 7 days, no matter the month, an event will be organised. After every 4th Saturday, on a Sunday, an additional event will be organised.  If you have queries regarding the timings, and suppose if you live in countries like the USA, which does not correspond with IST(as morning in US is night in India and morning in India is night in US), you can just reply on this forum, and if there are multiple people demanding, I shall look into the matter on organising tournaments at intervals of 12 hours (i.e 2 tournaments in a day) to compensate for the time. If you can't understand this, I mean to say that (for example) an arena is hosted at 15th March, 5:30 p.m IST. I will also set an arena for 5:30 a.m IST, that is 12 hours later, so that if you are sleeping/not available during 5:30 p.m IST (due to time differences), you can always play in the arena that will be hosted 12 hours later. For this, please message me, as no messages will mean only standard dates which are mentioned in green. If a sufficient amount of people want the 12-hour format, they should reply, on this forum itself. The Pattern is: *Every Saturday (weekend) there will be an arena/swiss tournament. I have picked this slot as Saturday is an optimum day for people since most people are free/not working/have spare time during Saturdays.  *After every fourth Saturday, an additional Swiss Tournament will be hosted, which will be of mostly 5+0 Time Control. It will be hosted on Sundays.  *This ensures that there are neither too many events, nor too less/deficit events in a month. Vote Chess, Daily Matches. and invitational Club Matches will be played regularly without a schedule, whenever we create or accept a challenge from another team, or whenever we are invited (for example: 3+0 THES tournament on March 7 is a tournament in which we were invited by The High Elo Society, no admin had the authority to accept/decline it. Whenever a club is invited to a Multi-Club Arena, that club, on that exact moment, gains entry to the entry.) *ANY DOUBTS, please comment and feel free to ask anything.  I hoped you liked the format. The timings are standard, acceptable, and good too. Daily Matches and Vote Chess will always be going on. Every seven days, a new arena/Swiss tournament will be hosted, and that too of different time controls- Bullet, Blitz and Rapid Chess. The division is shared among Swiss Tournaments and Arenas. Through this format, a month can have have a maximum of 6 events. For instance, the 1st Day of a month is Saturday, then an event will be organised on 1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd, 23rd(after fourth saturday), and 30th. Hope you liked it. Enjoy!

Welp. You saw the title...  I will be way more inactive from Chess.com in an effort to pursue more efficient learning in my education. In doing so, I need to accomplish a lot of work to reach my goals. As a result, I will be taking more time off of Chess.com. I would get off Chess.com completely, however, I recognized one important detail... All the people that look up to me would be deserted! I do not ever want to do that. I am a part of this gracious community whether I like it or not. I have also made a lot of connections through the OTF community and its social branches, it would be completely unfair if I completely abandoned them. I say all of this in light of a more pressing event that may occur. Which is that I might be blocked from Chess.com. MAYBE... I am in negotiations with higher authorities to rectify this. But if I disappear completely... Now you know why. 😞 I don't want anybody to feel as though I just disappeared for no reason. I would like to use this announcement for bidding any potential adieus that may not occur if I get blocked. TOODLES! (maybe)...