2026 Improvers Sunday Rapids -- Winners and other announcements

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Hi everyone,
I am starting this thread to post the winners of our weekly Sunday Rapid tournaments.
Read more about the event here and perhaps join your fellow Improvers on one of the upcoming Sundays!

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Winners of the Sunday Rapids held on January 18.

Random-1 (1200+) Early: @EejRickert
Random-2 (1200+) Early: @Best250Rated
Random-3 (1200+) Early: @Nyima11
Random-1 (U1200) Early: @JohnAP
Random-2 (U1200) Early: @Fire-Blade-27
Random-3 (U1200) Early: @whleigger4242
Random-1 (1200+) Late: @thiago_cdb
Random-2 (1200+) Late: @HiJakobjaja
Random-1 (1200+) Late: @miaouh3105
Random-1 (U1200) Late: @pangolinEchse
Random-2 (U1200) Late: @GattoGrigio
Random-3 (U1200) Late: @brunomspinheiro

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cool

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 I thought there were only 6 winners 3 for the early tournament and 3 for the late

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there are 3 for the late 1200+ and three for the early 1200+ and three for the late u1200 and three for the early u1200

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wait is 1200 the rating and waht does u1200 mean

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At u1200 you can only compete when your rating is under 1200

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banana-goat123 wrote:

wait is 1200 the rating and waht does u1200 mean

u1200 stands for under 1200

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okay

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Congrats for to the winners

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Why only those people choose who already have membership ???

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The results are different from those shown on the tournament pages.

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In the first tournament, @EejRickert finished 5th, @Best250Rated finished 47th, and @Nyima11 finished 53rd.
What could this mean?

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5tronciy wrote:

In the first tournament, @EejRickert finished 5th, @Best250Rated finished 47th, and @Nyima11 finished 53rd.
What could this mean?

The winners are selected "randomly". This means if you are lucky, you can win membership in future tournaments.

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Nibir2 написал:
5tronciy wrote:

In the first tournament, @EejRickert finished 5th, @Best250Rated finished 47th, and @Nyima11 finished 53rd.
What could this mean?

The winners are selected "randomly". This means if you are lucky, you can win membership in future tournaments.

Thanks, I missed that in the tournament rules.
So the prize doesn’t motivate players to win, only to participate. That also explains why most participants just register and don’t actually play.

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Is it rated or unrated?

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why is the 1st place a 2050 rapid rating

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5tronciy wrote:
Nibir2 написал:
5tronciy wrote:

In the first tournament, @EejRickert finished 5th, @Best250Rated finished 47th, and @Nyima11 finished 53rd.
What could this mean?

The winners are selected "randomly". This means if you are lucky, you can win membership in future tournaments.

Thanks, I missed that in the tournament rules.
So the prize doesn’t motivate players to win, only to participate. That also explains why most participants just register and don’t actually play.

Also, this will reduce cheating, hopefully.

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Can you do a combination of the winners get some memberships and some are random? Thus incentivizing competition and participation?

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cangratulations today i waant t win