NICE
Announcing the 2021 (Third) Online World 4 Player Chess SOLO Championship! (DISCUSSION)
![ChessMasterGS](https://images.chesscomfiles.com/uploads/v1/user/47901080.18efee0a.50x50o.989d6462bc0a.png)
HOLD UP
bruh I'm not even going to qualify to play in the arenas I've played 8 games and have a pathetic rating of 1527
![Indipendenza](https://images.chesscomfiles.com/uploads/v1/user/47849094.32f5bce8.50x50o.040fdd75ff19.jpeg)
"is declared will be declared the Champion" : language.
"Replacements will have their scores set to match the withdrawing player's score in the event that a player withdraws mid-match." OUCH. But fair probably. (But what if there is a technical issue, for instance a general power supply failure which happens in South Africa p.ex., and the leading player is replaced, and then someone else comes and wins the only remaining game?... Could be weird.
16h, 20h UTC: that makes it unplayable for most players from Australia, Japan, New Zealand, Nauru, Korea, Eastern Russia, and about 25 other countries... I am not concerned personally, but it doesn't look extremely fair. I suggest to put it at 16h in different time zones, as per statistical presence here. It's pretty easy to take countries of the top 1000 Solo players and to optimise it as for all 8 arenas, like: 3 for Western Europe, 3 for Americas, 1 for Asia (many Indian players...), 1 for Extreme East, etc. And you do it at 16h in the middle of the concerned area. Or give me the data and I can do it for you within 30 min. once I'm given the stats.
![N4sse](https://images.chesscomfiles.com/uploads/v1/user/72486822.b8792b54.50x50o.d358ce57c3a4.jpeg)
This must be big joke every all teamers collusion must be thrown out like this indipendenza. Only tournaments where blocked players are unable to join your games so make blocking inluding these villains con mans.
![ChessMasterGS](https://images.chesscomfiles.com/uploads/v1/user/47901080.18efee0a.50x50o.989d6462bc0a.png)
This must be big joke every all teamers collusion must be thrown out like this indipendenza. Only tournaments where blocked players are unable to join your games so make blocking inluding these villains con mans.
Then I will take the time to personally block every single Solo player so that the arena is unable to progress.
(sarcastic)
JUST THINK WITH YOUR FEET
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N4sse, that's precisely why you have only 1691 in Solo bullet. After so many games you still do not know how to play Solo. You shouldn't take part in this competition, as it could create negative emotions for you again.
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I suck too much to play, but looking forward to watch!
Same here, but who is the Defending World Champion?
![ChessMasterGS](https://images.chesscomfiles.com/uploads/v1/user/47901080.18efee0a.50x50o.989d6462bc0a.png)
Because he is so popular chess.com has disguised him, which is why it says the last time he's been online is 2008.
1) Defending World Champion
The Defending World Champion (the winner of the previous World 4PC Solo Championships) will be selected to play in the Preliminaries at a time he/she and the Tournament Director agree upon, and the finals will be scheduled in advance based on the agreements as well. In the event that the Defending World Champion declines to participate or withdraws, the next player on the Standard Solo Rapid/Blitz Top 20 Leaderboard on May 30th 18:00 UTC will be selected. The Defending World Champion agrees that if he/she participates in a Qualifier Arena, he/she will lose the spot as a Defending World Champion and must qualify through Arenas, and the next person on the May 30th 18:00 UTC Leaderboard will be selected. Should not enough players from the Leaderboard be able to participate, the next players in Top 100 Performance will be selected. Should not enough from Performance, then, be able to participate, the next highest rated player online will be selected.
This year's Defending World Champion will play in the Preliminaries at 16:00 UTC Saturday, June 12, 2021 versus the Top 3 in the Leaderboard, and the Finals are scheduled Saturday, June 26, 2021 and Sunday, June 27, 2021 at 18:00 UTC. The Defending World Champion must continue to meet basic eligibility requirements.
2) Arenas:
This championship will consist of anonymous, 1-point queen, 1 minute with 5 second increment (1|5) Solo games. There will be 8 Qualifier Arenas, duration 2 hours each. The minimum rating requirement for these arenas is 1600. Arena times are as follows (UTC):
May 16 - 16:00, 20:00
May 23 - 16:00, 20:00
Formula for selection: [(total opponents’ ratings) + 400 * (wins - [non-first-places divided by 3]) ] / 36 ; based on Performance Rating formula, which can be found on Wikipedia. Playing tough opponents (1900+ for example) and winning 70% of the time will favor a player over another who wins 100% of the time against only 1500's.
In a rare tiebreak for the last spot available, the higher rated of the two players will be selected.
The Bracket in which the Performance Category takes place takes place at 20:00 UTC Saturday, June 12, 2021.Players with the lowest Rating Deviations from the Leaderboard will be selected in the event that Performance Calculations cannot be taken.
Preliminaries are in a Best-of-5 (first to 1.25) anonymous, rated, 1|5, 1 point Queen Solo game. The winner will receive 1 whole point; the rest will receive zero. First place ties will be split amongst game-winning players. Here is the overview of when these preliminaries will take place:
Bracket 1: Champion/Leaderboard Bracket: Saturday, 06/12 at 16:00 UTC.
Bracket 2: Performance Bracket: Saturday, 06/12 at 20:00 UTC.
Bracket 3: Winners of 16 UTC times: Sunday, 06/13 at 16:00 UTC.
Bracket 4: Winners of 20 UTC times: Sunday, 06/13 at 20:00 UTC.
Prize Money: The 2021 Solo W4PCC World Champion will provisionally be awarded $1000 from chess.com. Please understand this may take days to process. Only one player will be awarded prize money, and that player must agree to use the email directly linked to his/her chess.com account to find the link to the Prize Money when Awarded. Please note that the link may appear in your junk/trash/spam folder, so be sure to check those soon after you win the Championship!