Are you trying to qualify? If not, can we have feedback? :)

Hey Everyone!

We've had hundreds of people sign up and pay to try and qualify for the first ever FRWCC, but with this post I'm wondering how many more people might have considered signing up. but simply chose not to in the end... and if so, why? 

Obviously this is the first event of its kind in many ways. FIDE's first ever "official" Fischer Random WCC, the first time an online chess community has the chance to qualify for a WCC (and in theory play Magnus  ) -- AND even if you don't make it to Norway  you still get to play in a prestigious prize-money event vs titled players -- BUT it's also our first time ever offering "paid entry" tournaments.  

If I'm being presumptuous and you didn't even KNOW about this event, then please comment that! If you did know, but don't have the time, I'd love to hear that too... but assuming neither of those is true (i.e., you knew about the event and have the time to play!), then I'd love any other thoughts, comments, feedback, etc you have for our team here. 

Thank you for the feedback in advance. 

Much love. 

Danny

PS -- This is an update to any and all of those interested in playing: https://www.chess.com/news/view/qualified-players-world-fischer-random-championship of those who've qualified already! Congrats to them on the accomplishment. 

It's exciting how you're putting this on, Danny. I actually paid the entry fee for all of the events, though I couldn't play because of my schedule (is there a way to get a refund lol!)

Thank you!

There are so many events on this website- to the credit of chess.com- that there is sometimes a feeling for me of oversaturation. This didn't feel any more special than some of the other events on the website, so I just didn't really feel like paying more money to play in it.

I nearly didn't sign up because the paying was on a different website. Giving a website which isn't chess.com our bank details was a hard choice. It would be nice to increase the number of payment options and maybe make it possible to pay on chess.com next time.

If not it was great.

Great feedback! Thank you!

That's fair. We do have a lot going on. 

BUT the fact that YOU could play in this one makes it different than the Speed Chess Championship, right? Was that just lost in translation somewhere? What can we do better to help people feel motivated that THEY can play this one?

Haha! Sorry to hear that. You're too busy

I’m signing up if that guy called Danny Rensch is playing! Without him being able to bore me with his Scotch Game, the path to Nakamura and Carlsen looks like a gimme!

In all seriousness it’s a great initiative and I hope to be able to support it if my schedule permits. 

I had no clue about the event.

More notice and more payment options seem to be a universal consensus.  I competed in two of the qualifiers and felt it was a positive experience. Was able to report an engine user during the tournament and the arbiters took immediate action and expelled the offender forthwith. 

Side note. For all the time that Fischer spent promoting his variant, do we have even a single game recorded of him playing anyone? I have never seen one. I think some of claimed to have played him privately, but there is no record of it. 

Is the diamond membership for signing up for all qualifiers or single one? 

I didn't sign up till now cause I know I won't qualify any further so it will be like a normal tournament for me. 🏆💪

I am still a kid I can not pay for it. and I do not likw 960

I had not heard of the event.  But I don't care for 960 chess anyway.

I didn't know about it (or forgot if I did!), but I do like playing 960.

Didn't know. But wouldn't have signed in anyways because already to busy with other things.

I am interested in watching these games on chess tv live or rebroadcast / I have never played in a tournament and get beaten within ten minutes every time I play here. It's painful enough to always lose for free - I have no intention of paying to lose. I am new to this - never played online before. Maybe after I have some lessons. Do others feel as I do? Being a beginner is exciting as there is much to learn. Being destroyed in every game is discouraging though, so it's better to learn and practice first. Let real games come later 

I have no idea what 960 is

i honestly wished there were more events like this, i had thought about signing up but thought the field was too strong for me until next year. But i hope there are more events like this, and i look forward to lpaying next year hopefully.

I think it is a great idea to organize an event like this. The real downside for me that it looks like a ponzi scheme, where the weaker players create the prize fund for the stronger players. If it where possible to play in a rating pool with players below 2000 ELO it would be a lot more attractive for me.

Also, as posted in an earlier comment, handing out private information such as bank details to a third party website doesn’t really go well by me. Why not use my details as stored here on the website? I would be more than happy to identify myself. I do trust you guys to protect my data. So, why make it so “difficult”.

The paying was on a different site