Announcing the 2022 (Fourth) Online World 4 Player Chess FFA/Solo Championship (DISCUSSION)

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neoserbian wrote:

So ... what is the weather like in London these days?

 

No pants kinda weather

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NightLoveRaver hat geschrieben:

I declare myself the winner of Q7. If Radon was disqualified from Q7 for possessing the information on the names of anonymous players and informed by the Director of this tournament that he will be allowed to play until he qualifies "cleanly", what happens with his performance during Q7. I assume that all his points gained in the games during Q7 should be erased . My last game in Q7 ended like this: Radon 78p. , NightLoveRaver 65p., Laris 33p., Riba 28p., If all the points from Radon would be erased I would be the winner of my last game with 65 points and also the winner of Q7 with 10 points. In 2 games Laris also ended in second place behind Radon so this player would end Q7 with 10 points as well, but with worse total amount of games played than me. 

I request the explanation from the Director of the tournament why a player who is disqualified is allowed to keep his points in the games he played, which is directly affecting the performance of other players, who didn't break the rules and played fairly?

If my appeal will not be answered officially I will disqualify myself from further participation of this championship due to unclear rules and compromised management.

 

I think the rules are quite clear when it comes to disqualification.

In case of disqualification of the winner, the 2nd place qualifies.

 

And as I would prefer an entry barrier of at least 2500 elo, I would highly appreciate it if you and other low elo players would not play further qualifier tournaments.

There are some other strong players I'd like to see in the championship, and I would be really sad if their spot would be denied by bad quality of qualifier games.

 

@fourplayerchess

Maybe you can write an inofficial answer to @NightLoveRaver so that the situation is clarified, but he still disqualifies himself from further participation.

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Could somebody repost the schedules of the qualifiers 9 to 16 please? I can't see them.

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Indipendenza wrote:

Could somebody repost the schedules of the qualifiers 9 to 16 please? I can't see them.

I gotchu, this took me a while to find too

Arena times are as follows (UTC):
June 11 - 00:00, 12:00, 16:00, 20:00
*June 12 - 00:00, 12:00, 16:00, 20:00

*One of the Sunday June 12 Arenas will be deleted depending on the return of the Defending World Champion, @icystun .

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Q9: Jcrossover_14 Q10: Radon Q11: Suneth Q12: Darksquareman

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fourplayerchess wrote:

Q9: Jcrossover_14 Q10: Radon Q11: Suneth Q12: Darksquareman

Radon bounces back quickly, no surprise at all

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LosChessquire wrote:
Indipendenza wrote:

Could somebody repost the schedules of the qualifiers 9 to 16 please? I can't see them.

I gotchu, this took me a while to find too

Arena times are as follows (UTC):
June 11 - 00:00, 12:00, 16:00, 20:00
*June 12 - 00:00, 12:00, 16:00, 20:00

*One of the Sunday June 12 Arenas will be deleted depending on the return of the Defending World Champion, @icystun .

 

Just a question: WHICH ONE will be deleted happy.png ?

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Lars will be playing at 12 UTC. A player is withdrew 12 UTC as a result of time conflicts so no arenas will be deleted after all.

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So who is qualified so far?

 

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fourplayerchess wrote:

Lars will be playing at 12 UTC. A player is withdrew 12 UTC as a result of time conflicts so no arenas will be deleted after all.

 

Sorry, I don't get it. I thought he was qualified automatically as the incumbent champion and that you would organise only 15 arenas in case he confirms his participation at the 16 players stage?... How come will he have to play a qualifier?

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The 16 Participants of the 4th W4PCC will be:

Bracket 1
Sat. 18. Jun 0:00 UTC

@neoserbian
@jbolea
@JCrossover_14
@vrdtmr

Bracket 2
Sat. 18. Jun 12:00 UTC
@yasmin-er-vatar
@icystun
@Radon
@carlosgabriel1234

Bracket 3
Sat. 18. Jun 16:00 UTC

@rojitto
@empty_K3
@Suneth
@Grathieben

Bracket 4
Sat. 18. Jun 20:00 UTC

@MoreMao
@Cha_ChaRealSmooth
@Darksquareman
@Indipendenza

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My guesses for each bracket:

I think the favorite in Bracket 1 is @jbolea, but I bet on @neoserbian winning this.

Bracket 2 @icystun is of course favorite and I think he will win this.

In Bracket 3 the favorite is @rojitto for sure, but having a huge ego and wanting to be in the final again I gonna bet on myself @empty_K3

And for Bracket 4 I think @Cha_ChaRealSmooth is the favorite and I also think he's gonna be the winner of this bracket.

So my predicted championship final is:
Billy @neoserbian
Lars @icystun
Michael @empty_K3
Vahan @Cha_ChaRealSmooth 

I'd really like to see this final but I'd actually prefer Henrik @hest1805 instead of Vahan to have the battle of the OGs, but sadly Henrik did again not try to qualify for the championship.

Maybe we can arrange the battle of the OGs after the championship.

Cheers Michael

Ps.:
Lars @icystun, Billy @neoserbian, and Michael @empty_K3 are the only 3 players to play all 3 W4PCC so far, and we are all in again for the 4th. Another reason why I'd love to see all of us in the final.

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due to LazyImp forfeiting, it's decided to launch all 16 qualifier arenas, so the winner of Qualifier #6 @LazyImp will be swapped with the world champion @icystun

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My prediction:

@neoserbian

@Radon

@rojitto

@Cha_ChaRealSmooth

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All are capable to win dream prediction is not good for health. 😂😂

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At_d0sA_fNLt_Laris wrote:

due to LazyImp forfeiting, it's decided to launch all 16 qualifier arenas, so the winner of Qualifier #6 @LazyImp will be swapped with the world champion @icystun

 

Quite strange. It should've been the Nr. 2 in the relevant arena! I.e. a1t19.

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Indipendenza hat geschrieben:
At_d0sA_fNLt_Laris wrote:

due to LazyImp forfeiting, it's decided to launch all 16 qualifier arenas, so the winner of Qualifier #6 @LazyImp will be swapped with the world champion @icystun

 

Quite strange. It should've been the Nr. 2 in the relevant arena! I.e. a1t19.

Yeah I guess this would be the official rules, but I guess that falls in the typical last note that is in the rules of every tournament: "the tournament director might adjust the rules if necessary"

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No, it's 15 Qualifiers + last year's world champion, unless the world champion decides not to play.

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Lol, I'm with the current world N°3, N°4 and N°12, LFMAO. It'll be funny. It has to be rated now BTW! People have to risk their nuts or they don't deserve to be in this semifinal.

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And there are 15 Qualifiers + last year's world champion.

And there were 16 Qualifiers planned and stated one will be canceled if Lars decides to play.

The change that was made was that all 16 were played and Lars took the place of someone who withdrew instead of a canceled tournament.

You might state that it's unfair because other 2nd places (e.g. me) did qualify but the one of Qualifier #6 (heard it's @a1t19) did not.  But the difference is that he never knew that he would qualify, so I guess no big harm done there.