Imchesspro's Prized Variants Tournament

[CGA Note]: This event is hosted by a member of the Custom Variants club, and is supported but not organized by the CGAs!

See this forum topic's cross-post in the Variants club:
https://www.chess.com/clubs/forum/view/i-am-planning-to-make-a-prized-tournament-1

To join this tournament and receive further notice about this event, you can join this club:
https://www.chess.com/club/chess-variants-tournament

This tournament will be primarily made to shine the unpopular variants, thus it will not have variants in Featured, Common, and Most Popular. Please leave a comment if you are interested, and what variants you would like to see in the tournament. This tournament will only be made if at least 20 people are interested in it. Just leave a comment for suggestions, questions, etc. 

You do not have to play everything in the tournament, only the ones you are competent at. If you only play 1 variant, your scores from the variants you did play on will be multiplied by 2. If you play 2, your scores will be multiplied by 1.25. Playing 3 or 4 variants will not have any amplifiers being applied.

There is planned be 4 variants that will be featured in this tournament, Acheron WILL be one of them, and there will be a really good chance Chaturdrez will be another. The others will solely be decided by voting. This tournament is meant to give shoutouts to unpopular variants, thus please be genuine about your voting. The variant you vote may not be your own variant, unless you thoroughly explain why your variant deserves better popularity than what it currently proclaims. I will confirm it using BN1208's spreadsheet.

The scoring will be as follows:

In 2P Variants:

• • Wins are 3 points
  • Draws are 1 point
  • Losses will be tallied as 0
  • Matches will be played a in best of 3 if the players decide to play in a blitz time control, and a single game if players decide to play on a rapid time control. This is fully up to the players to decide
  • Rapid time controls selected may not be any slower than 10|0
  • Blitz time controls selected may not be any slower than 4|3

In 4P variants (if we do get them):

• • 1st place will be 3 points
  • 2nd place will be 2 points
  • 3rd place will be 1 point
  • 4th place will be 0 points
  • If one decides to abort a game (less than 5 moves), the whole game will need to be replayed. Repeated abort offenses will lead to a ban in this tournament. 

The players you will play against will be 7 random opponents in the timezone you select in the poll below, and this will be subject to change depending on interest. You will play 7 games in 4P variants, selected using a random wheel. You may ask for a reroll, if at least 4 of your opponents have either 200 or higher composed or pure rating of that respective variant. Teams variants will be decided by vote to be played in Self-Partner or not. 

There will be 4 timezones play will be available in. There will be a link towards the poll in the club, where this tournament is organized.

So, now, what will be the prizes? This tournament is planned to have:

• 1 month Diamond membership for 1st place
• 1 month Platinum for 2nd place
• 1 month Gold for 3rd place

The amount of Platinum and Gold could potentially increase, depending on interest. If the prizes are not paid, you may ban me from this club as punishment. I will guarantee the prizes will be paid within a week of the tournament's ending. 

(Accounts must be made before Dec 22nd, 2024 to be eligible for a prize for all participants.)

This tournament is subjected to start at January 4th or 5th, Further polls will be made to confirm dates and time-zones. 

Again, leave comments for either participation (Just say I will join or something like that), questions, or the variants you would like to see on this tourney!

Happy playing!

I will join or something like that.

1 month Diamond membership for 1st place, 1 month Platinum membership for 2nd, and 1 month Gold membership for 3rd place. Since all scores from all different matches are merged, you are only eligible for 1 prize maximum.

3 Months gold is slightly more expensive, but I will take it if you promise me to do a little VC coaching. 2 Months gold for platinum will not be alotted.

Also, your confidence is insane.

who is that friend of mine? Just curious

Since I think this is a really cool opportunity and I appreciate your efforts here, this forum will be pinned for a few weeks until the event is over.

I was not prepared for this. I will make a poll to vote for variants.

https://www.chess.com/club/chess-variants-tournament Please join this club if you are planning to join. Further notice about the events will be written here.

Edited the original post to include this, as some people will not read the comments.

Thanks!

Further scheduling and variant selection will be done over to the club.

I would like to join, but I am a beginner so is that ok if I still join?

when is the tournament

also add rubicon

I am available 3:00 pm - 5:30 pm EST or 20:00-22:30 GMT. That is not a listed option on the poll.

I'd be potentially interested.

Please join the club listed below for more information.

That is still completely fine. Assuming this is your time on Jan 4th, this is the perfect alotted time to play Chaturdrez!

When's the tournament

Jan 4th and 5th.