At last!
Chess960 WCL 2017 - Match Links and Problems
Such extreme cheating really deserves some repraisal: team placement in division 3, for example.
Only one round was played, so it is not too late.
almost all Kuda Hitam team has banned, predicted
Awfully!
I suggest this because only 2 ways are possible :
1. The team will not be able to play (fill the line-up) without all these cheats. We'll have to open matches and then close them. Or play on 5 boards when 40 players register in my team. Idiocy.
2. Much worse. The cheats will re-register and we'll have to play against them. It is possible. There is a well known cheat-team https://www.chess.com/club/chess-lovers-amp-chesscom-internationaleurope, where all admins and 50 active accounts are banned twice a year. It does not stop them from re-registering.
That is a really crazy situation. I am quite curious if it was one person hiding behind multiple accounts or more players.
Still there will be no special handling inside one season. They will be penalized for closed accounts and for unfilled boards. If they will not be able to fill consequently at least 8 players, than further matches will be forfeited automatically so you dont need to schedule them.
Team situation will be considered at the end of the season if there is any responsible admin, who will be able to explain and justify what has just now happened.
ROUND 2 Unopened matches:
St.Petersbourg - Moscow
Prague - Thessaloniki / Thessaloniki to accept the challenge
Mexico City - Odesa
Gdansk - Vancouver
Plovdiv - Bangkok
Bristol - Hong-Kong
https://www.chess.com/club/matches/team-barcelona/779444 WCL R2 Chess960 Team Barcelona vs Novosibirsk
This match is open since 5 days and nobody from Bandung has registered.
https://www.chess.com/club/matches/team-buenos-aires/778786
There isn't a minimum number of players, what happens if they put just one very high ranked player the last day? is that fair play? I'm a little concerned about it. I have writting to admin ulisimbolon and there is no answer.
Ok. Then I have nothing to concern. I set the match without the minimum number of players. Shuld I do it next time?
palivec: thanks for explanations
pancho: no - minimum players are counted automatically on the tournament webpage. the opponent will get 2 default points for any unfilled board.
ROUND 2 Unopened matches:
Prague - Thessaloniki / Thessaloniki to accept the challenge
Mexico City - Odesa / Mexico City to accept the challenge
Plovdiv - Bangkok
Bristol - Hong-Kong / Bristol to accept the challenge
Tabriz-st.peterzburg(challenge sent by Tabriz on 4 days ago)No answer from st.peterzburg https://www.chess.com/clubs/match_challenge/1351362
soohrab: you need to report it to WCL forum and not Chess960 WCL - thanks
https://www.chess.com/clubs/forum/view/2017-wcl-division-1
"The minimum number of players allowed is below, but games can be started will less players. Scoring rules are described in Scoring section.
Division 1 - 15 boards, Division 2 - 8 boards, Division 3 - 5 boards"
And what happens with the scores if a team couldn't show 15 members in the Div.1?
OK, thanks, Dale, we claim the 12 points then:
https://www.chess.com/club/matches/team-of-budapest/779426

Yes - it will appear on the web wcl.tode.cz shortly - number of players is tracked automatically, so you dont need to claim, but still it is safer to capture the screenshot in case of any technical problem.
Chess960 WCL2017 R2: Team Kyiv vs Minsk