Format & Rules
Time control is: 45m+45s
All games should be played Rated
Grace period (waiting opponent to come) is 20 minutes
Step by step instruction to contact your opponent & play the game
(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.
* 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 EST 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 3 days before deadline, they can let me know by sending copy of their chess com message/ conversation, then I will declare forfeit win.
SEASON 09 of Swiss 45m+45s ended on Sun, Feb 15, 2026
https://www.chess.com/clubs/forum/view/season-09-swiss-45m-45s-1-round-every-2-weeks-start-on-mon-nov-24-2025
The archive of all past tourneys at: https://www.chess.com/clubs/forum/90m-30s
We had run 9 Seasons of Swiss 45m+45s tourney continuously and consistently since May 2022
(1 game/ Round for every 2 weeks).
If you want to know more about the history of our club, pls visit https://www.chess.com/blog/fhunfi/reasons-to-join-90m-30s-chess-com-online-chess-club
I thank you all for the support. We have a small but solid community of Classical Time Control enthusiasts. I will try my best to conduct the regular tourneys continuously from time to time.
Hereby I open invitation / registration for new Season of Swiss 45m+45s.
SEASON 10: SWISS 45m+45s will start on Mon, Feb 16, 2026 (Round-1)
Number of Rounds: 6
14 days (2 weeks) 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: Mon, Feb 16 - Sun, Mar 01
Round 2: Mon, Mar 02 - Sun, Mar 15
Round 3: Mon, Mar 16 - Sun, Mar 29
Round 4: Mon, Mar 30 - Sun, Apr 12
Round 5: Mon, Apr 13 - Sun, Apr 26
Round 6: Mon, Apr 27 - Sun, May 10
Date/time to play: considering the players are from various Continent, we will never use a fixed time, but instead: you will have 14 days (2 weeks), to negotiate with your opponent, to find the best time to play the game within that 14 days timeframe.
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 Rating that I will use as reference when generating 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
* End of Registration date: Sat, Feb 14, 23:59 UTC *