2025 Chess.com Crazyhouse Championship: Official Discussion Thread

Why is it on the variants server

Wow....

How do I watch the games. If only the championship is streaming, why not make that clear?

I'm impressed by how ill-conceived this is for a "championship".

One day of qualifiers is pretty absurd, especially on a weekday. If you have gainful employment and are in the wrong time zone, you're pretty much automatically out.

Arenas are pretty much the worst tournament format for qualifiers. Swiss or elimination are much more reasonable because they don't depend on simply playing the most games - you have to actually consistently beat opponents to qualify in those formats.

I hope you have managed to fix your repetition draw bug before the finals. It was a factor in last year's finals where a game incorrectly ended in a draw and the player who was in the winning position ended up losing a 4-game match 2.5-1.5 where a correctly assessed game would have resulted in a 2-2 tie and the match would have gone to tiebreakers. I was pretty shocked but not entirely surprised that you let the incorrect enforcement of the rules of the game stand. Insisting upon fair play without knowing the rules is patently absurd.