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Okay I said I'd host a chess tournament but I've been putting it off because I've never done something like this before and I need some feedback on how it should be done. Here's what I've got planned, please let me know if you find any problems with it OR tell me what you think would be a better way to set this whole thing up. Before I get into that though, let's talk about sign ups. I'll make a new topic dedicated to that similar to how the ETPro club handled the 1o1 tournament they held, mostly because I'm not expecting a lot of people to sign up and it's quicker than making a google docs sign up form. I'll be making the bracket on Challonge with a random seed and the tournament will likely be running for a week but it can be extended if needed. During that time you should PM whoever your opponent is and set a time and date to have your match/matches (depending on what we all decide on in this thread). Ideally, games should be held on Lichess.org using the 'Play with a friend' button on the right. Now here's what I've been thinking: A round robin where each player plays against every other player once. The bracket will look something like this. Time control will be 15 minute + 15 seconds per move. Each match will be a best of 3 games all with the same time control. The player appearing on the top in the bracket will start with white, for example in this image: player 6 will start as white. Starting colour will alternate until 3 games have been played. If all games end in a draw, we will move onto tie breaking matches which are timed with 5 minutes + 5 seconds increment and then alternating starting colour until a game has been won. The player appearing on the bottom of the bracket will start as white in the first tie breaker game. It shouldn't matter who you play first as the bracket is just for keeping score and choosing who starts as white. You can play your opponents in any order you choose. If after the tournament has ended and the winner comes down to a tie, those two players will have another set of 3 matches at 15+15 with another tie break at 5+5 if needed. There's also the matter of takebacks, ultimately it's up to the other player to decide whether or not to accept the takeback but this is all for fun so if it's clear they meant to make a different move and they accidentally clicked the wrong square or something please be fair. After you've had all of your games with a player and a winner is decided please PM me on Discord or on the forums with links to all the games you've played and also the winner of the match so I can put it in the bracket. If there's anything you'd like me to clear up in this post please let me know. I'll put the rules as clear as I can in the sign up topic. @Mordecai @CheepHeep @Rolan001 Mentioning you guys since you were the ones who I saw expressed interest in this. Also please spread the word, I'd rather not just have the 4 of us play. I'll create the sign up topic on Sunday if we decide everything I've got planned is okay or we've found a better way to host it. If this goes well and we get a good number of people interested then I'll put a few more of these together in the future, maybe with a couple changes to time control and game type since there's a few variations out there.
