14th Cycle of Swiss 90m+30s (1 Rd every 2 weeks) start on Sep 08, 2025

The 13th cycle of Swiss Open 90m+30s (Total 6 Rounds) ended on Sun, Sep 07, 2025.

https://www.chess.com/clubs/forum/view/13th-cycle-of-swiss-90m-30s-1-rd-every-2-weeks-start-on-jun-16-2025 

The archive of all past tourneys at: https://www.chess.com/clubs/forum/90m-30s

We had run 13 cycles of Swiss 90m+30s tourney continuously and consistently since Jun 2022 (1 game/ Round for every 2 weeks).

I thank you all for the support. We have a small but solid community of Classical Time Control enthusiasts. I will try my best to conduct the regular tourneys continuously from time to time.

Hereby I open invitation / registration for new cycle (13th cycle) of Swiss 90m+30s

The new (14th cycle) of SWISS 90m+30s will start on Sun, Sep 08, 2025

Number of Rounds: 6 (for total 3 months)

14 days (2 weeks) time frame between a Round and next Round.

1 big Open Section only, unless total of participants exceeded 60.

RULES:

* 0 pt starting point for Late Join

* 0 pt given for PAUSE / request for not playing in any Round.

* When odd number of players during pairing, 0.5 pt BYE is given to a player who's not paired.

Schedule:

Round 1: Sep 08 - Sep 21

Round 2: Sep 22 - Oct 05

Round 3: Oct 06 - Oct 19

Round 4: Oct 20 - Nov 02

Round 5: Nov 03 - Nov 16

Round 6: Nov 17 - Nov 30

Date/time to play: considering the players are from various Continent, we will never use a fixed time, but instead: you will have 14 days (2 weeks), to negotiate with your opponent, to find the best time to play the game within that 14 days timeframe.

For anyone who's interested to join: please write your chess.com username and current Rapid Rating in comment section (your Rating when registered is what I will use as reference when generated Rd-1 pairing)

or you can also send me (@fhunfi) direct message via chess.com Inbox, then I will add you to the list of participants.

* If you cannot post at this forum page when registering, firstly you need to join the club main page: https://www.chess.com/club/90m-30s

End of Registration date: Sat, Sep 06, at 23:59 UTC

List of Registered Players:

1 @DreamLearnBe 2101
2 @rofl07 2071
3 @Mellsea 2052
4 @Marra2000 2024
5 @PaulRichardTX 1978
6 @Casantini 1879
7 @fhunfi 1828
8 @RookCrookRook 1813
9 @fiverRabbit 1806
10 @dalbright9 1753
11 @loseoften 1712
12 @chekmet2 1694
13 @elmaestro1967 1676
14 @MrAbendroth 1655
15 @platolag 1647
16 @Dompi04 1621
17 @Yuriy_Leonidov 1603
18 @IsadorOpen 1601
19 @KnCheck 1582
20 @Slugman92 1580
21 @shravee 1577
22 @cap78red 1556 / @CardiffBlues
23 @Obsesen 1549
24 @apzaleiski 1542
25 @Jmb27 1532
26 @Mr_Chess_Cat 1520
27 @mdgroof 1503
28 @8bells 1478
29 @ChessChiefX 1473
30 @wmakos 1379
31 @Magyar1949 1364
32 @ZenBear101 1336
33 @SHF 1323
34 @yairjazz 1315
35 @Sriaravindh-A 1266
36 @sdcohle 1251
37 @Na4olean 1224
38 @rjhoro1950 1237
39 @JonasW1967 1231
40 @thorappan_01 1207
41 @JohnnyErasmic 1207
42 @greekindian 1205
43 @Mauritzvaari2 1181
44 @Condor34 1173
45 @Proculus1 960

Registration is closed.

Anyone who would like to join later, will be put as Late-join (0 starting pt) in Rd-2 (Sep 22)

Late Join:

@garyTD 1467 (in Rd-2)

@Rob_Willmann 1127 (in Rd-2)

@Upsalla8 1824 (in Rd-2)

Format & Rules

Time control is: 90m+30s

All games should be played Rated.

Grace period (waiting opponent to come) is 20 minutes.

Step by step instruction to contact your opponent & play the game

(Step 1) You will negotiate (privately via chess.com inbox message) with your opponent for the agreed date/time for playing the game.

(Step 2) After both of you agreed, then please write at comment section in this forum page about date/time you will play it.

(Step 3) Once game finished, please write at comment section in this forum page with format: "player1 (W) vs player2 (B), result, and game link"

then I will update the Pairing table from time to time.

* https://www.worldtimebuddy.com

is good tool for time converter between countries.

For universal reference, pls always refer to UTC time when writing date/time in the page, especially for 2 countries in different continent.

If you & your opponent are US players, it's fine to write date/time in EDT reference.

*** If a player is forfeited, due to zero communication with opponent, or fail to show up in agreed schedule (without explanation afterward), they will be put on Hold in next Round until they contact back TD (Tournament Director) explaining.

**** For smooth and successful negotiation, please send offer to your opponent as early as you can. That way both of you will find the maximum flexibility, even more if both of you are in different continent with difficult time zone to deal with.

If 1 side had sent multiple offers but their opponent never replied until 3 days before deadline, they can let me know by sending copy of their chess com message/ conversation, then I will declare forfeit win.

Round-1 Pairing / schedule / result (Sep 08 - Sep 21)

* The player on left side in the pairing is playing the White side.

1 @Obsesen vs @DreamLearnBe / Wed, Sep 17, 17:00 UTC / 0-1
2 @rofl07 vs @apzaleiski / Sat, Sep 20 17:00 UTC / 1-0
3 @Jmb27 vs @Mellsea / Wed, Sep 17, 20:00 UTC / 1-0
4 @Marra2000 vs @Mr_Chess_Cat / Sun, Sep 14, 16:00 UTC / 1-0
5 @mdgroof vs @PaulRichardTX / Fri, Sep 19, 18:00 UTC / Draw
6 @Casantini vs @8bells / Sun, Sep 14, 12:00 UTC / 1-0
7 @ChessChiefX vs @fhunfi / Fri, Sep 19, 17:00 EDT (21:00 UTC) / 0-1
8 @RookCrookRook vs @wmakos / Thurs, Sep 11, 18:00 UTC (14:00 EDT) / 1-0
9 @Magyar1949 vs @fiverRabbit / Fri, Sep 12, 22:00 UTC / 1-0
10 @dalbright9 vs @ZenBear101 / Sat, Sep 20, 10:15 EDT (14:15 UTC) / 1-0
11 @SHF vs @loseoften / Sun, Sep 14, 13:00 UTC / 0-1
12 @chekmet2 vs @yairjazz / Sun, Sep 14, 16:00 UTC (12:00 noon EDT) / 1-0
13 @Sriaravindh-A vs @elmaestro1967 / Sun, Sep 14, 15:30 UTC / 0-1
14 @MrAbendroth vs @sdcohle / Sat, Sep 20, at 11:30 EDT (15:30 UTC) / 1-0
15 @Na4olean vs @platolag / Mon, Sep 08, 21:00 UTC / 1-0
16 @Dompi04 vs @rjhoro1950 / Fri, Sep 19, 21:00 UTC / Un-played Draw
17 @JonasW1967 vs @Yuriy_Leonidov / Fri, Sep 12, 17:30 UTC / 0-1 
18 @IsadorOpen vs @thorappan_01 / Tue, Sep 16, 14:00 UTC (10:00 EDT) / 1-0 Forfeit Win
19 @JohnnyErasmic vs @KnCheck / Fri, Sep 12, 14:30 UTC / 0-1
20 @Slugman92 vs @greekindian / Sun, Sep 14, 14:00 UTC / 1-0
21 @Mauritzvaari2 vs @shravee / Wed, Sep 17, 03:00 UTC / 1-0
22 @cap78red vs @Condor34 / Thurs, Sep 11, 11:00 UTC / 1-0

@Proculus1 had BYE (0.5 pt given) due to odd number of players in Rd-1 pairing

Standing after Round-1

Round-2 Pairing / schedule / result (Sep 22 - Oct 05)

* The player on left side in the pairing is playing the White side.

1 @DreamLearnBe (1) vs @MrAbendroth (1) / Wed, Oct 01, 11:00 UTC / 1-0
2 @Yuriy_Leonidov (1) vs @rofl07 (1) / Fri, Sep 26, 17:00 UTC / Draw
3 @IsadorOpen (1) vs @Marra2000 (1) / Sat, Sep 27, 12:00 UTC (08:00 EDT) / 1-0
4 @KnCheck (1) vs @Casantini (1) / Fri, Sep 26, 19:00 UTC / 0-1
5 @fhunfi (1) vs @Slugman92 (1) / Fri, Oct 03, 21:00 UTC (17:00 EDT) / 1-0
6 @CardiffBlues (1) vs @RookCrookRook (1) / Sat, Sep 27, 12:00 EDT (16.00 UTC) / 1-0
7 @Jmb27 (1) vs @dalbright9 (1) / Sat, Oct 04, 14:00 UTC
8 @loseoften (1) vs @Magyar1949 (1) / Fri, Sep 26, 18:00 UTC / 1-0
9 @Na4olean (1) vs @chekmet2 (1) / Sun, Sep 28, 16:00 EDT / 0-1
10 @elmaestro1967 (1) vs @Mauritzvaari2 (1) / Thurs, Oct 02, 03:00 UTC / 1-0
11 @PaulRichardTX (0.5) vs @Dompi04 (0.5) / Wed, Sep 24, 17:00 UTC / 1-0
12 @Proculus1 (0.5) vs @mdgroof (0.5) / Sun, Oct 05, 18:00 UTC
13 @rjhoro1950 (0.5) vs @Mellsea (0) / 1-0 Forfeit Win
14 @fiverRabbit (0) vs @yairjazz (0) / Sat, Oct 04, 06:00 UTC / 1-0
15 @platolag (0) vs @Sriaravindh-A (0) / Draw by Agreement
16 @shravee (0) vs @sdcohle (0) / Tue, Sep 30, 23:15 UTC / 1-0
17 @thorappan_01 vs @Obsesen (0) / Wed, Sep 24, 14:00 UTC / 0-1
18 @apzaleiski (0) vs @JonasW1967 (0) / Fri, Oct 03, 13:00 EDT / Draw
19 @Mr_Chess_Cat (0) vs @JohnnyErasmic (0) / Sat, Oct 04, 17:00 UTC / 1-0 Forfeit Win
20 @8bells (0) vs @Upsalla8 (0) / Fri, Sep 26, 13:00 UTC / 0-1
21 @greekindian (0) vs @ChessChiefX (0) / Sat, Sep 27, 16:00 UTC / 1-0
22 @wmakos (0) vs @garyTD (0) / Sun, Sep 28, 19:00 UTC / Draw
23 @ZenBear101 (0) vs @Rob_Willmann (0) / Sun, Oct 05, 13:00 EDT
24 @Condor34 (0) vs @SHF (0) / Wed, Oct 01, 11.00 UTC / 1-0

* @loseoften will take Pause in Rd-3 and Rd-4, and will play again in Rd-5

* @Sriaravindh-A will take Pause in Rd-3 and will play again in Rd-4

* To make this forum page short (only 1 page), once you posted the agreed date/time/Result, I will delete it & move / update the info to Pairing Table from time to time.

Our 90m+30s club's motto:

Club's history, review, and past tourney archive:

https://www.chess.com/blog/fhunfi/reasons-to-join-90m-30s-chess-com-online-chess-club

* If anyone need to take Pause in Rd-3, pls let me know soon few days before end of Rd-2 (Oct 05)