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 EST / 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.
The 15th cycle of Swiss Open 90m+30s (Total 6 Rounds) will end soon on Sun, Feb 22, 2026.
https://www.chess.com/clubs/forum/view/15th-cycle-of-swiss-90m-30s-1-rd-every-2-weeks-start-on-dec-01-2005
The archive of all past tourneys at: https://www.chess.com/clubs/forum/90m-30s
We had run 15 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 (16th cycle) of Swiss 90m+30s
The new (16th cycle) of SWISS 90m+30s will start on Mon, Feb 23, 2026
Number of Rounds: 6 (for total 3 months)
14 days (2 weeks) time frame between a Round and next Round.
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: Mon, Feb 23 - Sun, Mar 08
Round 2: Mon, Mar 09 - Sun, Mar 22
Round 3: Mon, Mar 23 - Sun, Apr 05
Round 4: Mon, Apr 06 - Sun, Apr 19
Round 5: Mon, Apr 20 - Sun, May 03
Round 6: Mon, May 04 - Sun, May 17
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, Feb 21, 2026 at 23:59 UTC