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NathanHoover
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Sep 23, 2020
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I will be organizing these events to start on the first of every month with invites going out around the 15th of the prior month. Here is the description:

This is the MSCA Chess.com Daily Tournament! Only players who play their games QUICKLY (who have a low Avg. Time per Move) and who have completed 3 games already can register. Games have a 1 day time control and the games in the round start immediately! (That could be up to 22 games starting right away and going fast!!) Vacation is allowed.

Here are the links for current, and upcoming events. For past events, you can click on the Event # in the Leaderboard.

Rating Ranges: Novice (U1200), Amateur (1000-1699), Premier (1500+). If you want to play, but you have no join option, please message me. If you are registered for a section and your rating changes beyond the range for that section, I will have to remove you. In this case, you may want to join another section before the tournament begins. You may participate in more than one section if eligible by rating. Please message me if you have any questions.

Here are some useful links regarding rules and vacation, also please see next post on useful tips for vacation...
* https://www.chess.com/legal/fair-play.
* https://support.chess.com/article/317-what-counts-as-cheating-on-chess-com.
* https://support.chess.com/article/624-how-does-vacation-work-how-much-time-do-i-get.

2025 Leaderboard

Rank Name Rating Wins Event #
 1 NMNathanHoover 2082 1 1
 2 CO2N2R 1697 1 2
 3 paulmorphyfisher 1574 1 1
 4 bahank3761 1415 1 3
 5 lakf 1327 1 2
 6 Akash22  984 1 3
 7 mwmorris10  961 1 4
 7 zemigotti  903 1 2
 8 Adhrit_M  713 1 1

(Event #: Premier = Gold font, Amateur = Silver, Novice = Bronze)
(For previous Leaderboards, scroll down.)

NathanHoover
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Dec 2, 2020
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Vacation is precious, especially for these events because of the fast 1-day time control, and the timeout threshold is 10% for future invitations. As such, please see the chess.com article on vacation: https://support.chess.com/article/624-how-does-vacation-work-how-much-time-do-i-get

I've learned a few tips about vacation that I'd like to share. It's possible to burn up more than one day in a 24-hour period if not used carefully. For example, as soon as you move, you are taken off vacation, but it will deduct 24 hours minimum from your vacation balance; therefore, if you make a move on a game, and are put back on vacation, say within 4 hours, you will get another 24 hours deducted from your vacation balance.

Personally, when I'm on vacation, I plan to take the day off and ponder my positions, so when I am ready to move, I can move on most of my games if not all of them. I will make moves on my games where my time is the lowest, so I don't get put on vacation right away again.

Hope this helps, and let me know if you have any questions.

NathanHoover
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Feb 14, 2021
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2024 Leaderboard

Rank Name Rating Wins Event #
 1 NMNathanHoover 2077 5 4, 9, 10, 11, 12
 2 paulmorphyfisher 1572 4 2, 6, 7, 7
 3 Themightygopher 1694 2 1, 2
 4 Chess_CTO 1653 2 6, 8
 5 nickyzman21 1004 2 1, 6
 6 jrobbb  997 2 2, 4
 7 NikoMKVLI  942 2 7, 9
 8 Zildjian_Graham 1828 1 3
 9 Talsmyhero 1673 1 3
10 MichaelMarmorstein 1662 1 5
11 BaseballNut 1632 1 7
12 CJF101 1534 1 1
13 bahank3761 1518 1 10
14 PBK_Studio 1460 1 12
15 Abraham_Payton 1434 1 4
16 vikes420 1416 1 4
17 Yung_Scantron 1402 1 9
18 JammyScribbler 1385 1 11
19 figbert 1360 1 5
20 agebchamp71 1184 1 12
21 FrankieCass 1013 1 5
22 TallerMoose  958 1 10
23 mwmorris10  934 1 3
24 spogooter565  881 1 7
25 dthoekstra  744 1 8
26 Pancavalier41  703 1 3
27 bizjank  604 1 11

(Event #: Premier = Gold font, Amateur = Silver, Novice = Bronze)

NathanHoover
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Jan 21, 2024
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2023 Leaderboard

Rank Name Rating Wins Event #
 1 NMNathanHoover 2066 8 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12
 2 jdf137 1864 2 1, 9
 3 Talsmyhero 1746 2 1, 6
 4 CJF101 1545 2 5, 9
 5 bahank3761 1528 2 6, 12
 6 ThinkPiece 1412 2 2, 3
 7 Traxler 1786 1 3
 8 JammyScribbler 1575 1 1
 9 paulmorphyfisher 1501 1 11
10 RajaBabulus 1484 1 11
11 glorf-a-dorf 1412 1 10
12 devore217 1374 1 4
13 Yung_Scantron 1331 1 7
14 schwheaties 1298 1 8
15 mkoppelman 1163 1 5
16 liem90 1109 1 1
17 codeman303 1002 1 2
18 Wolffangjeff 1000 1 11
19 SuperJediMaster  994 1 10
20 nickyzman21  978 1 6
21 SrikanthChes  955 1 9
22 ActorAaronBooth  928 1 8
23 jrobbb  909 1 4
24 Basilrudi  886 1 11
25 CaiusVarrus  721 1 5
26 ActorAaronBooth  692 1 7
27 joeynormz-218  691 1 12
28 keeruchess123  400 1 3

(Event #: Premier = Gold font, Amateur = Silver, Novice = Bronze)

NathanHoover
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Mar 23, 2025
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2022 Leaderboard

Rank Name Rating Wins Event #
1 NMNathanHoover 2172 10 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
2 MasterMatthew52 1774 6 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 11
3 ethangonko 1017 3 3, 4, 5
4 tjscott 1642 2 6, 8
5 glorf-a-dorf 1591 2 5, 6
6 BranLaudy 1268 2 10, 11
7 mkoppelman 1170 2 8, 9
8 Wolffangjeff  963 2 11, 12
9 jrobbb  938 2 1, 7
10 Chess_CTO 1785 1 12
11 MichaelMarmorstein 1724 1 12
12 mrnobody1231 1711 1 11
13 MinnesotaDude 1588 1 9
14 JammyScribbler 1553 1 12
15 CJF101 1448 1 7
16 InternalCode9 1293 1 10
17 adam54880 1148 1 11
18 mill3558 1032 1 2
19 MACINCHEEZE  585 1 7
20 coolbugga  400 1 6

(Event #: Premier = Gold font, Amateur = Silver, Novice = Bronze)

NathanHoover
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Mar 23, 2025
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#6
2021 Leaderboard
Rank Name Rating Wins Event #
1 NMNathanHoover 2236 9 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
2 kinda-geeky 1192 3 4, 5, 7
3 mrnobody1231 1653 2 5, 8
4 MichaelMarmorstein 1623 2 1, 4
5 figbert 1568 2 8, 11
6 Basilrudi 1102 2 1, 6
7 NM NefariousNebula 2128 1 5
8 BikePumpBishop 2038 1 3
9 DaneZagar 1847 1 1
10 JammyScribbler 1666 1 2
11 PolarBearKiller 1626 1 12
12 AnketellBrewer 1608 1 9
13 MasterMatthew52 1553 1 3
14 christopher22869 1387 1 7
15 maximilianrisdall 1198 1 10
16 midwestj 1189 1 12
17 mrvnoble 1186 1 2
18 bobdor 1132 1 8
19 mill3558 1053 1 10
20 gauravuppal11  937 1 9
21 stormball9  924 1 3
22 MrEchess  852 1 11
23 MyronBerdahl  400 1 6

(Event #: Premier = Bold font, Amateur = Regular, Novice = Italics)

 

2020 Leaderboard

Rank Name Rating Wins Event #
1 NMNefariousNebula 2183 4 5, 6, 7, 9
2 NMNathanHoover 2109 2 8, 10
3 JammyScribbler 1574 2 9, 12
4 IWK 2076 1 4
5 Bleak9032 1988 1 11
6 tyro_100 1986 1 12
7 MichaelMarmorstein 1682 1 8
8 Paul-Morphys-Ghost 1654 1 7
9 MinnesotaDude 1567 1 10
10 JuicyJ72 1551 1 9
11 figbert 1540 1 6
12 jsanger123 1371 1 5
13 midwestj 1142 1 12
14 JasonCross 1030 1 11
15 stormball9  942 1 12
16 Tack_5  800 1 11
17 gauravuppal11  800 1 12

 

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