Serepheon here, (Previously known as CianDoretto, you can call me Sere)
This is the final format regarding for the League that will commence from the 3rd Week of January, 2025. There will be a practice match held for all the registered teams in the 2nd week of January.
The last date of registration for teams are --> 4/1/25
The last date of registration for participants are --> 11/1/25
To Register yourself, you can either fill out the google forms that are given on the PVT. Description or you can Message me on chess.com or you can write it here in the notes of this club or you can message me through insta --> eternio_g ...
Stage - 1 --> League Phase : All teams will be assigned a GROUP --> 'A', 'B', 'C' or 'D' ... Each Team will play against 2 teams from Each Group. Each Game will be of 1 leg. A team should have 5 Players on Each Board ready with an Active Captain. For 4 out of the 8 games --> B1,B3,B5 of a Team shall be using the white pieces and for the other 4 remaining games --> B1,B3,B4 of a Team shall be using the black pieces. Time Control will be of 15|10 . A Win will award the team --> 4 Points. A Draw will award the team --> 2 Points. A Loss will award the team with 0.5 Points. Wins and Losses out of 5 Games will be counted and kept record of, in case of a tie-breaker. A total of 1 Week will be given to negotiate. Failure to Negotiate by any player will result in deduction of 0.5 points from the team to which the player belongs to. If both players of both teams fail to negotiate, 0.5 points will be deducted from both teams. This Phase will take 1.5-2 Months to finish. Only the Top 8 Team Qualify from this Phase.
Stage - 2 --> Knockout Phase [Round 1]--> The advancing 8 teams will play in this phase. The matches in these phases will be of 2 legs each. A Team should be ready with 5 Boards and an Active Captain. For 1 leg, all boards of a team will play white-coloured pieces whilst their opponents play the black-coloured pieces and in Leg 2, the reverse shall occur. Time Control will be of 15|10 . A total of 1 week will be given to play each leg. Failure to negotiate by a player will lead to deduction of points of the team by 0.5 . This phase will take 2 weeks to finish. The winners of this phase will go to the Winners' Bracket while the losers of this phase will go to the Losers' Bracket. In case of a tie in this phase after both legs have been played, one more leg with time limit of 5|0 will be played by 4 players of each team. In result of a further draw, the player with better score in the League Phases shall advance.
The 4 teams that won in Stage 2 shall play in this phase. The matches in these phases will be of 2 legs each. A Team should be ready with 5 Boards and an Active Captain. For 1 leg, all boards of a team will play white-coloured pieces whilst their opponents play the black-coloured pieces and in Leg 2, the reverse shall occur. Time Control will be of 15|10 . A total of 1 week will be given to play each leg. Failure to negotiate by a player will lead to deduction of points of the team by 0.5 . This phase can take up to 1-1.5 Months. The 2 winners of this phase will directly earn a spot in the Final Stage -- Round-Robin Brawl. The 2 losers of this phase will play against each other with similar conditions, but this match will be an Eliminator. The winner of the Losers' match shall play with the winner of the Losers' Bracket in order to secure a final 3rd spot in the Round-Robin Brawl. In case of a tie in this phase after both legs have been played, one more leg with time limit of 5|0 will be played by 4 players of each team. In result of a further draw, the player with better score in the League Phases shall advance.
Stage 3.2 --> Knockout Phase [Losers' Bracket] --> This phase will take place simultaneously with Stage 3.1 . The 4 teams that lost in Stage 2 shall play in this phase. The matches in these phases will be of 2 legs each. All the matches shall be an eliminator. A Team should be ready with 5 Boards and an Active Captain. For 1 leg, all boards of a team will play white-coloured pieces whilst their opponents play the black-coloured pieces and in Leg 2, the reverse shall occur. Time Control will be of 15|10 . A total of 1 week will be given to play each leg. Failure to negotiate by a player will lead to deduction of points of the team by 0.5 . This phase can take up to 1-1.5 Months. The winner of this Losers' Bracket shall play with the winner of the Losers' Match of the Winners' Bracket to secure their spot (3rd Spot) in Stage 4 -- Round-Robin Brawl. In case of a tie in this phase after both legs have been played, one more leg with time limit of 5|0 will be played by 4 players of each team. In result of a further draw, the player with better score in the League Phases shall advance.
Stage 4 --> Round-Robin Brawl (Phase) --> Final Phase -->
The 3 Final teams shall play in this round-robin format. . The matches in these phases will be of 1 leg each. Team should be ready with 5 Boards and an Active Captain. Each team shall play against the other team 2 times. Once while using white-coloured pieces and the second time using Black-coloured pieces. Time Control will be of 15|10 . A total of 1 week will be given to play each leg. Failure to negotiate by a player will lead to deduction of points of the team by 0.5 . A Win will award the team --> 4 Points. A Draw will award the team --> 2 Points. A Loss will award the team with 0.5 Points. Wins and Losses out of 5 Games will be counted and kept record of, in case of a tie-breaker. The team with the highest points after all games are done will be declared the winner for the whole league season and the 2nd and 3rd Place titles shall be given accordingly. This final phase shall take 1-1.5 Months in getting completed.
For any queries -- Please contact -- @Serepheon or any of the Super Admins of this club.
Good Morning Fellow Participants and Captains,
Serepheon here, (Previously known as CianDoretto, you can call me Sere)
This is the final format regarding for the League that will commence from the 3rd Week of January, 2025. There will be a practice match held for all the registered teams in the 2nd week of January.
The last date of registration for teams are --> 4/1/25
The last date of registration for participants are --> 11/1/25
To Register yourself, you can either fill out the google forms that are given on the PVT. Description or you can Message me on chess.com or you can write it here in the notes of this club or you can message me through insta --> eternio_g ...
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FORMAT :
Stage - 1 --> League Phase :
All teams will be assigned a GROUP --> 'A', 'B', 'C' or 'D' ... Each Team will play against 2 teams from Each Group. Each Game will be of 1 leg. A team should have 5 Players on Each Board ready with an Active Captain. For 4 out of the 8 games --> B1,B3,B5 of a Team shall be using the white pieces and for the other 4 remaining games --> B1,B3,B4 of a Team shall be using the black pieces. Time Control will be of 15|10 . A Win will award the team --> 4 Points. A Draw will award the team --> 2 Points. A Loss will award the team with 0.5 Points. Wins and Losses out of 5 Games will be counted and kept record of, in case of a tie-breaker. A total of 1 Week will be given to negotiate. Failure to Negotiate by any player will result in deduction of 0.5 points from the team to which the player belongs to. If both players of both teams fail to negotiate, 0.5 points will be deducted from both teams. This Phase will take 1.5-2 Months to finish. Only the Top 8 Team Qualify from this Phase.
Stage - 2 --> Knockout Phase [Round 1]-->
The advancing 8 teams will play in this phase. The matches in these phases will be of 2 legs each. A Team should be ready with 5 Boards and an Active Captain. For 1 leg, all boards of a team will play white-coloured pieces whilst their opponents play the black-coloured pieces and in Leg 2, the reverse shall occur. Time Control will be of 15|10 . A total of 1 week will be given to play each leg. Failure to negotiate by a player will lead to deduction of points of the team by 0.5 . This phase will take 2 weeks to finish. The winners of this phase will go to the Winners' Bracket while the losers of this phase will go to the Losers' Bracket. In case of a tie in this phase after both legs have been played, one more leg with time limit of 5|0 will be played by 4 players of each team. In result of a further draw, the player with better score in the League Phases shall advance.
Stage 3.1 --> Knockout Phase [Winners' Brackets] -->
The 4 teams that won in Stage 2 shall play in this phase. The matches in these phases will be of 2 legs each. A Team should be ready with 5 Boards and an Active Captain. For 1 leg, all boards of a team will play white-coloured pieces whilst their opponents play the black-coloured pieces and in Leg 2, the reverse shall occur. Time Control will be of 15|10 . A total of 1 week will be given to play each leg. Failure to negotiate by a player will lead to deduction of points of the team by 0.5 . This phase can take up to 1-1.5 Months. The 2 winners of this phase will directly earn a spot in the Final Stage -- Round-Robin Brawl. The 2 losers of this phase will play against each other with similar conditions, but this match will be an Eliminator. The winner of the Losers' match shall play with the winner of the Losers' Bracket in order to secure a final 3rd spot in the Round-Robin Brawl. In case of a tie in this phase after both legs have been played, one more leg with time limit of 5|0 will be played by 4 players of each team. In result of a further draw, the player with better score in the League Phases shall advance.
Stage 3.2 --> Knockout Phase [Losers' Bracket] -->
This phase will take place simultaneously with Stage 3.1 . The 4 teams that lost in Stage 2 shall play in this phase. The matches in these phases will be of 2 legs each. All the matches shall be an eliminator. A Team should be ready with 5 Boards and an Active Captain. For 1 leg, all boards of a team will play white-coloured pieces whilst their opponents play the black-coloured pieces and in Leg 2, the reverse shall occur. Time Control will be of 15|10 . A total of 1 week will be given to play each leg. Failure to negotiate by a player will lead to deduction of points of the team by 0.5 . This phase can take up to 1-1.5 Months. The winner of this Losers' Bracket shall play with the winner of the Losers' Match of the Winners' Bracket to secure their spot (3rd Spot) in Stage 4 -- Round-Robin Brawl. In case of a tie in this phase after both legs have been played, one more leg with time limit of 5|0 will be played by 4 players of each team. In result of a further draw, the player with better score in the League Phases shall advance.
Stage 4 --> Round-Robin Brawl (Phase) --> Final Phase -->
The 3 Final teams shall play in this round-robin format. . The matches in these phases will be of 1 leg each. Team should be ready with 5 Boards and an Active Captain. Each team shall play against the other team 2 times. Once while using white-coloured pieces and the second time using Black-coloured pieces. Time Control will be of 15|10 . A total of 1 week will be given to play each leg. Failure to negotiate by a player will lead to deduction of points of the team by 0.5 . A Win will award the team --> 4 Points. A Draw will award the team --> 2 Points. A Loss will award the team with 0.5 Points. Wins and Losses out of 5 Games will be counted and kept record of, in case of a tie-breaker. The team with the highest points after all games are done will be declared the winner for the whole league season and the 2nd and 3rd Place titles shall be given accordingly. This final phase shall take 1-1.5 Months in getting completed.
For any queries -- Please contact -- @Serepheon or any of the Super Admins of this club.
You can ask your doubts in the forum as well --> https://www.chess.com/clubs/forum/view/doubts-and-faqs
Format written in this forum is subject to change and change will be notified to the players a week before start of the tournament.