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This is a "No Vacation" tournament!
Open to all scholastic members of The Kraken, the online club for K-12 chessplayers in Northwest Washington. Tournament starts at 5:00 am April 1, 2020. Invitations will be sent automatically to all Kraken members periodically, so parents, don't join please.
Making your moves in all games, once a day, is a recommended pattern. You must move within 72 hours (3 days) of your opponent's move, or it's a loss.
Chess.com settings are "Concurrent Games per Opponent: 2" "Group Size: 10" "Advance per Group: 1". So I expect you'll be in groups of 6 to 10 players, placed in whatever group chess.com assigns you, playing two games against everyone else in your group, one with white, one with black. TD reserves the right to modify this setting depending on number of players entered.
Prizes include: 1) Custom Kraken virtual medals to 1st, 2nd, 3rd 2) Free fun 3) Daily connection with local chessplayers 4) Increased chess skill from activating your chess neurons daily 5) Tales of unbridled glory and ignominious defeat that you can retell to your grandchildren.
If you haven't already, please put an image by your name -- don't leave the boring gray pawn there. Books and online information can be used to select opening moves. Computers (computer "engines") are prohibited in all normal chess.com daily chess tournaments. So don't use a computer to help you select a move. If chess.com detects computer engine assistance, you'll be disqualified, no appeal.
Questions: email Mr. Kaech at kaechster@gmail.com or message MooseMouse at chess.com.
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Kraken Deep Dive I has Begun!
It's started! We had eleven players join! The computer put us in two groups. One group has five players, one group has six players. You are playing one game with White, and one with Black, against each player in your group. So, make your first moves as White against every single player in your group. And try to move once a day. If you don't respond to a move in three days, you lose on time.
So, I think the top three in each group will earn the Kraken Virtual Medals. (Or will it just be the winner of each group? Hmmm.)
To see the players, pairings, and all games in progress, here's the link, bookmark it! https://www.chess.com/tournament/kraken-deep-dive-i Good luck and have fun!