Open Chess Grand Prix Series on Chess.com Season 2 Starts this Weekend

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This weekend will be the beginning of the second season of the Chess Grand Prix Club. There will be several changes this season in order to improve the series of events.

The details are as follows:

1. The season will run for all of 2019, so buckle up and look to get your points early on as the group is only going to grow this year. The first event is this Saturday night, Feb. 2nd.

2. Each week there will be 2 events, a change from last season. This will allow us to focus on these events and increase the size and making it easier for players to participate in a higher percentage of events. Events are a 90 min arena, you are welcome to join them at any point, and play in them for any amount of time, so there is no reason to block out a whole 90 min if you have a full schedule. 

Event "A" will take place place each Saturday night at 9 PM US Central time and run for 90 min. Event "A" will have a time control of 3/0

Event "B" will take place each Sunday morning at 9 AM US Central time and run for 90 min. Event "B" will have a time control of 5/0

These time controls were chosen because in an arena format we want to minimize the amount of wait time between games. If you are interested in longer time controls or increment time controls then the best way to make that happen is to participate this season as is, and help the club row to a size which will support more time controls. 

3. The scoring in season 1 worked well and so it will remain the same. Everyone in the arena will score points equal to the arena points they earned, plus an added bonus depending on your place. The bonus points awarded are as follows : 1st=25 bonus points, 2nd = 20, 3rd = 15, 4th = 12, 5th = 10, 6th = 7, 7th = 5, 8th =3, 9th = 2, 10th = 1.

(Ex. If you scored 20 points in the arena and came in 3rd place then you would receive 20+15 = 35 points in the grand Prix standings. )

4. This season will also feature prizes for the overall standing for the year

1st = 1 year Diamond Membership

2nd = 1 year Platinum Membership

3rd = 1 year Gold Membership

4th = 1 month Diamond Membership

5th = 1 month Diamond Membership

6th = 1 month Platinum Membership

7th = 1 month Platinum Membership

8th = 1 month Gold Membership

9th = 1 Month Gold Membership

10th = 1 month Gold Membership

you can join the club here - https://www.chess.com/club/chess-grand-prix-club

Please feel free to post or message me with any questions or concerns 

-Michael

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Great, welcome back!

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First event starts in just over 9.5 hours!