List of registered players / their rating when registered:
To make the tournament as competitive as possible for all players, I divide players into 3 Sections (Top / Middle / Bottom), sorted by Rating.
Top Section (Above 1600)
1. @Yxberra 2122
2. @NicholasOssine 2082
3. @DreamLearnBe 2019
4. @Bestyears 1958
5. @TGUD 1956
6. @F5iscoming 1955
7. @Karpov1A 1889
8. @FiverRabbit 1837
9. @RookCrookRook 1837
10. @fhunfi 1826
11. @opto_007 1818
12. @bshoot 1786
13. @Whiggi 1761
14. @CornerPawn 1761
15. @MikeCenteno41 1738
16. @rookinrock 1727
17. @eight_x_eight 1726
18. @drjekyll80 1720
19. @Leaksi 1707
20. @counterfactual_bagel 1678
21. @Redman 1656
22. @BeamOnChess 1650
Middle Section (1300 - 1600)
1. @e_rider 1598
2. @jamesnyman 1584
3. @Withano 1582
4. @Studentsteve 1577
5. @jmb27 1558
6. @Capa_a 1537
7. @Proculus1 1523
8. @Gorgonops 1520 (request Pause/ BYE in Rd-1)
9. @garyTD 1490
10. @AlexVasyl 1470
11. @Michal_1403 1458
12. @wmakos 1441
13. @JabotScrob 1420
14. @Slugman92 1418
15. @maremala 1417
16. @bobby-nn 1416
17. @mdgroof 1412
18. @SHF 1411
19. @DRK123India 1387
20. @MaceWindup 1374
21. @LaconicApathie 1351
22. @qualitychess1 1316
Bottom Section (Under 1300)
1. @Ippon22 1299
2. @Grandpa-MaxII 1298
3. @Metuka2004 1297
4. @DachsieSlave 1257
5. @Sergeledan 1245
6. @gpetris 1242
7. @greekindian 1225
8. @Robert_chessplayer 1223
9. @kxypr 1222 (request Pause/ BYE in Rd-1)
10. @padre 1190
11. @sbreen 1188
12. @hreedwork 1179
13. @MartinBrookes 1172
14. @manassasguy 1126
15. @zaccrites 1098
16. @rjhoro1950 1082
17. @Power2Pawns 1080
18. @JRIsea 1040
19. @nicalvarez 1000
20. @decentchessplayer89 951
21. @chavezo 910
22. @Mangoalo 877
23. @dano2104 864
24. @whitenoise012 700
25. @NoemiS05 428
26. @BigEsdras 394
I wish you & family a very Happy New Year 2024!
May the peace of the season be with you and your family, and may it be filled with new adventures and good fortunes.
The 6th cycle of Swiss Open 90m+30s (Total 6 Rounds) has just ended on Dec 30, with report at link: https://www.chess.com/clubs/forum/view/6th-cycle-of-swiss-open-90m-30s-1-rd-every-2-weeks-start-on-oct-01-open-for-registration?newCommentCount=1&page=1
The archive of all past tourneys at: https://www.chess.com/clubs/forum/90m-30s
We had run 6 cycles of Swiss 90m+30s tourney continuously and consistently since Jun 2022 (1 game/ Round for every 2 weeks), with only 2 weeks break for registration between end of a cycle & starting of new next cycle.
I thank you all for the commitment and support. The number of withdraw / Forfeit game are relatively fair, and most of you are doing great in negotiating and scheduling the game with your opponent in promptly time. 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.
The new (7th) cycle of SWISS OPEN 90m+30s will start on Jan 15
Number of Rounds: 5 (for total 2.5 months)
3 Sections (Top / Middle / Bottom) sorted by Rating.
2 weeks frame between a Round and next Round.
Schedule:
Round 1: Jan 15 - Jan 31
Round 2: Feb 01 - Feb 18
Round 3: Feb 19 - Mar 03
Round 4: Mar 04 - Mar 17
Round 5: Mar 18 - Mar 31
Date/time to play: considering the players are from various Continent, we will never use a fixed time, but instead: you will have 2 weeks time frame, to negotiate with your opponent, to find the best time to play the game within that 2 weeks time frame.
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 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 then I will approve it right away.
Kind Regards and Gens Una Sumus!
Chien aka fhunfi https://tjauwchienming.blogspot.com/2013/12/about-me-my-services-and-analysis.html