Season 02: Swiss 45m+45s (1 Round every 10 days, start on May 01, 2024)

Hi everyone.

I created this 90m+30s Team mainly and initially for practicing 90m+30s and I will not change that.

Recently a lot of members are asking me for the popular 45m+45s time control.

Back in May 2022, 2 years ago, I have organized Season 01 of Swiss 45m+45, archive is at:
https://www.chess.com/clubs/forum/view/special-invitation-swiss-open-45m-45s-4-5-round-1-round-every-2-weeks

For some who are not able to spend 3 - 4 hours for 90m+30s game, here I open invitation for Swiss with time control 45m+45s.

SEASON 02: SWISS 45m+45s will start on May 01 (Round-1).

Number of Rounds: 6

10 days time frame between a Round and next Round.

RULES

* 0 pt starting point for Late Join

* 0 pt given for PAUSE / request for not playing in any Round.

* When odd number of players during pairing, 0.5 pt BYE is given to a player who's not paired.

Schedule:

Round 1: May 01 - May 10

Round 2: May 11 - May 20

Round 3: May 21 - May 31

Round 4: Jun 01 - Jun 10

Round 5: Jun 11 - Jun 20 

Round 6: Jun 21 - Jun 30 

Date/time to play: considering the players are from various Continent, we will never use a fixed time, but instead: you will have 10 days, to negotiate with your opponent, to find the best time to play the game within that 10 days time frame.

For anyone who's interested to join, please write your chess.com username and current Rapid Rating in comment section (your Rating when registered is what I will use as reference when generated Rd-1 pairing)

or you can also send me (@fhunfi) direct message via chess.com Inbox, then I will add you to the list of participants.

* If you cannot post at this forum page when registering, firstly you need to join the club main page: https://www.chess.com/club/90m-30s then I will approve it right away.

Kind Regards and Gens Una Sumus!
Chien aka @fhunfi

List of Registered players so far:

1 @Ethereal 2301
2 @mattis1012 2157
3 @BERSERK 2135
4 @DreamLearnBe 2031
5 @DavidGaming08 1907
6 @OmarVahidov 1884
7 @KnightsIndianDefense 1855
8 @devil_crow 1843
9 @bshoot 1843
10 @fhunfi 1821
11 @RookCrookRook 1813
12 @JPDeathstroke 1768
13 @ChiefSeaDevil 1763
14 @eight_x_eight 1761
15 @Sergey_752 1652
16 @macdek68 1637
17 @Redman 1562
18 @pondering_64 1521
19 @qualitychess1 1429
20 @wmakos 1424
21 @Grandpa-MaxII 1346
22 @cheeseplayer17 1306
23 @Poksi87 1275
24 @chs980 1273
25 @Ippon22 1270
26 @KevinOSh 1239
27 @SocratesFTW 1233
28 @zaccrites 1201
29 @TrajkovicChess1984 1198
30 @Rsava 1181
31 @neilgd 1167
32 @greekindian 1146
33 @nicalvarez 1077
34 @rjhoro1950 1061
35 @chanelno5x 949
36 @Papalazarou 930

Round-1 schedule / Pairing: Apr 29 - May 10

@SocratesFTW @OmarVahidov withdraw from tourney

Updated Rd-1 Result and game link

* The player on left side is always playing the White side.

Board 1: @qualitychess1 vs @Ethereal / 0-1 / Forfeit Win
Board 2: @mattis1012 vs @wmakos / 1-0 / https://www.chess.com/game/live/108322308419
Board 3: @Grandpa-MaxII vs @BERSERK / 0-1 / https://www.chess.com/game/live/108400293255 
Board 4: @DreamLearnBe vs @cheeseplayer17 / 1-0 / https://www.chess.com/game/live/108329402731
Board 5: @Poksi87 vs @DavidGaming08 / 0-1 / https://www.chess.com/game/live/108310765359 
Board 6: @OmarVahidov vs @chs980 / Draw Without Play
Board 7: @Ippon22 vs @KnightsIndianDefense / 1-0 / Forfeit Win
Board 8: @bshoot vs @KevinOSh / 1-0 / https://www.chess.com/game/live/108570093333 
Board 9: @SocratesFTW vs @devil_crow / 0-1 / https://www.chess.com/game/live/108595811977 
Board 10: @fhunfi vs @zaccrites / 1-0 / https://www.chess.com/game/live/108079875817 
Board 11: @TrajkovicChess1984 vs @RookCrookRook/ 0-1 / https://www.chess.com/game/live/108429657663 
Board 12: @JPDeathstroke vs @Rsava / 1-0 / https://www.chess.com/game/live/109035018281 
Board 13: @neilgd vs @ChiefSeaDevil / 0-1 / https://www.chess.com/game/live/108559250823 
Board 14: @eight_x_eight vs @greekindian / 1-0 / https://www.chess.com/game/live/108221401493
Board 15: @nicalvarez vs @Sergey_752 / 1-0 / Forfeit Win
Board 16: @macdek68 vs @rjhoro1950 / 1-0 / Forfeit Win
Board 17: @chanelno5x vs @Redman / 0-1 / https://www.chess.com/game/live/108498099521
Board 18: @pondering_64 vs @Papalazarou / 1-0 / Forfeit Win

Round-2 schedule / Pairing: May 11 - May 20

@Sergey_752 @KnightsIndianDefense @Papalazarou are on Hold.

@bshoot @TrajkovicChess1984 withdraw from tourney

Updated Rd-2 Result and game link

* The player on left side is always playing the White side.

Board 1 @Ethereal vs @JPDeathstroke / 1-0 / https://www.chess.com/game/live/109466997471
Board 2 @RookCrookRook vs @mattis1012 / 1-0 / https://www.chess.com/game/live/109441792475
Board 3 @BERSERK vs @eight_x_eight / 1-0 / https://www.chess.com/game/live/109183922253
Board 4 @ChiefSeaDevil vs @DreamLearnBe / 0-1 / https://www.chess.com/game/live/109776152671
Board 5 @DavidGaming08 vs @macdek68 / 0-1 / https://www.chess.com/game/live/109241434449 
Board 6 @Redman vs @bshoot / 1-0 / https://www.chess.com/game/live/109261904297
Board 7 @devil_crow vs @pondering_64 / 1-0 / https://www.chess.com/game/live/109444908639
Board 8 @Ippon22 vs @fhunfi / 1-0 / https://www.chess.com/game/live/109781555785
Board 9 @Chris_Rochester vs @nicalvarez / Draw / https://www.chess.com/game/live/109186215061
Board 10 @chs980 vs @qualitychess1 / 0-1 / https://www.chess.com/game/live/109709535569 
Board 11 @wmakos vs @TrajkovicChess1984 / 1-0 / Forfeit Win
Board 12 @Rsava vs @Grandpa-MaxII / 1-0 / https://www.chess.com/game/live/109258326151 
Board 13 @cheeseplayer17 vs @neilgd / 1-0 / https://www.chess.com/game/live/109448553803
Board 14 @greekindian vs @Poksi87 / 0-1 / https://www.chess.com/game/live/109347589541 
Board 15 @KevinOSh vs @rjhoro1950 / 1-0 / https://www.chess.com/game/live/109804862535
Board 16 @zaccrites vs @chanelno5x / 1-0 / https://www.chess.com/game/live/109891316205

Round-3 schedule / Pairing: May 20 - May 31

Updated Rd-3 Result and game link

Board 1 @RookCrookRook vs @Ethereal / 0-1 / https://www.chess.com/game/live/110294556769
Board 2 @macdek68 vs @BERSERK / 0-1 / https://www.chess.com/game/live/109955551453
Board 3 @DreamLearnBe vs @Redman / 1-0 / https://www.chess.com/game/live/110226086125
Board 4 @devil_crow vs @Ippon22 / 1-0 / https://www.chess.com/game/live/110820148809
Board 5 @nicalvarez vs @DavidGaming08 / 1-0 / Forfeit Win
Board 6 @mattis1012 vs @cheeseplayer17 / 1-0 / https://www.chess.com/game/live/110464944379
Board 7 @fhunfi vs @wmakos / 1-0 / https://www.chess.com/game/live/110060523645
Board 8 @JPDeathstroke vs @KevinOSh / 0-1 / Forfeit Win
Board 9 @qualitychess1 vs @ChiefSeaDevil / Draw without play
Board 10 @eight_x_eight vs @zaccrites / 1-0 / https://www.chess.com/game/live/110812949973
Board 11 @pondering_64 vs @Rsava / 0-1 / https://www.chess.com/game/live/110470963245
Board 12 @Poksi87 vs @chs980 / 0-1 / https://www.chess.com/game/live/110312534699
Board 13 @Grandpa-MaxII vs @Chris_Rochester / 0-1 / https://www.chess.com/game/live/110730670757
Board 14 @rjhoro1950 vs @neilgd / 0-1 / https://www.chess.com/game/live/110643770377
Board 15 @chanelno5x vs @greekindian / Draw/ https://www.chess.com/game/live/110218890289

Standing After Rd-3

Round-4 schedule / Pairing: Jun 01 - Jun 10

Time control is: 45m+45s

All games should be played Rated.

Grace period (waiting opponent to come) is 20 minutes.

Deadline of Rd-4 is Jun 10

Step by step instruction:

(Step 1) You will negotiate (privately via chess.com inbox message) with your opponent for the agreed date/time for playing the game.

(Step 2) After both of you agreed, then please write at comment section in this forum page about date/time you will play it.

(Step 3) Once game finished, please write at comment section in this forum page with format: "player1 (W) vs player2 (B), result, and game link"

then I will update the Pairing table from time to time.

@JPDeathstroke take Pause (0 pt given)

@rjhoro1950 had BYE (0.5 pt given) due to odd number of players in pairing

@DavidGaming08 @BERSERK withdraw from tourney

* https://www.worldtimebuddy.com is good tool for time converter between countries.

For universal reference, pls always refer to UTC time when writing date/time in the page, especially for 2 countries in different continent.

If you & your opponent are US players, then it's fine to write date/time in EDT reference.

*** If a player is forfeited, due to zero communication with opponent, or fail to show up in agreed schedule (without explanation afterward), they will be put on HOLD in next Round until they contact back TD (Tournament Director) explaining.

**** For smooth and successful negotiation, please send offer to your opponent as early as you can. That way both of you will find the maximum flexibility, even more if both of you are in different continent with difficult time zone to deal with.

If 1 side had sent multiple offers but their opponent never replied until Sat Jun 08 (which is 3 days before deadline), they can let me know by sending copy of their chess com message/ conversation, then I will declare forfeit win.

Updated Rd-4 Result and game link

Board 1 @Ethereal vs @DreamLearnBe / 1-0 / https://www.chess.com/game/live/111151261645
Board 2 @BERSERK vs @devil_crow / 0-1 / Forfeit Win
Board 3 @mattis1012 vs @nicalvarez
Board 4 @Redman vs @fhunfi / Draw / https://www.chess.com/game/live/111228618593
Board 5 @Ippon22 vs @RookCrookRook
Board 6 @KevinOSh vs @eight_x_eight
Board 7 @Rsava vs @macdek68
Board 8 @chs980 vs @Chris_Rochester
Board 9 @ChiefSeaDevil vs @pondering_64
Board 10 @DavidGaming08 vs @qualitychess1 / 0-1 / Forfeit Win
Board 11 @wmakos vs @Poksi87
Board 12 @cheeseplayer17 vs @zaccrites / Draw / https://www.chess.com/game/live/111245451747
Board 13 @neilgd vs @chanelno5x / 1-0 / https://www.chess.com/game/live/111177132655
Board 14 @greekindian vs @Grandpa-MaxII / 1-0 / https://www.chess.com/game/live/111147020341

* To make this forum page shorter (only 1 page), once you posted the agreed date/time/Result, I will delete it & move / update the info to Pairing Table from time to time.

At Pairing Table, the new updated info is marked by yellow color on field.

For all happy participants, you can please support by visiting & writing brief comment on this link on forum post, title:

"If you search for active community to practice classical slow time control 90m+30s/45m+45s/60m+30s"

https://www.chess.com/forum/view/clubs-and-teams/if-1-of-your-new-years-resolution-is-to-play-more-serious-games-at-slow-time-controls

This will let more people know our classical chess community.

We will be moving forward for many new features as improvement in near future

Thanks a million.

Sincerely from your buddy,

Chien aka @fhunfi

We are almost approaching halfway of Rd-4

There remains 3 board that had not been scheduled

Board 3 @mattis1012 vs @nicalvarez
Board 5 @Ippon22 vs @RookCrookRook
Board 11 @wmakos vs @Poksi87

If you hadn't, pls start contacting each other for negotiation best date/time to play your game before deadline Jun 10.

and if any difficulty, pls inform me early, so I can help. Thanks.