Welcome
Welcome to the new AUSOnline Games – Chess Tournament
The AUSOnline Games-Chess Challenge Tournament shall be run annually and be completed through the website chess.com
Summary
Each player are to visit the site and set up an account. Please message your username to AUSonline Games to assist with results. Once set up, you can practice against the computer and do training to improve your game and strategies in the lead up to the tournament games.
When the tournament begins, one play shall be invited to challenge their allocated opponent and begin their first game. Games will be on a 30minute time limit. This is to be chosen when setting up the game. More on this later >>
The tournament shall consist of three rounds –
- The Knockout;
- Round Robin and;
- Final Series.
In the knockout, players will play a randomly drawn competitor in three games. They can be played within the timeframe and determined by each other as to their availability. This will be a best of three games against the same person.
All results are to be posted with a screen shot to that rounds thread in our AUSOnline Members Group . You can discuss the game and partake in general banter.
At the end of the knockout the winners of each Pool (A-F) shall duke it out in a round robin series. This will mean the losers are knocked out and the 6 winners play single games against each other. Losers are free to view games of the remaining players through the website.
At the end of the round robin series the two players who have won the most points ( Win – 2 points, stalemate/draw 1 point, loss 0 points) shall go head to head in the final series of 5 games. The winner is our Chess Challenge winner for 2020 and will maintain bragging rights for the next year!
Round 1 – Knockout
Players are pooled in groups from A through F.
In the knockout round the random draw has allocated these games:
- Grady vs Daniel
- James vs Mark
- Catherine vs Sean
- Tara vs Kyle D
- Alisha vs Banfield
- Kegan vs Gemma
Players are to create the games by challenging their opponents. Starting colour is randomly drawn. Choose rematch for the second game to swap starting colours.
If you are unsure please contact AUSOnline Games production
Round 2 – ROUND ROBIN
The round robin will see each player play each other once in a single game. Ensure you post your outcomes and verify it, to enable score to be kept.
Points will be allocated as such:
- Win – 2 points,
- Stalemate/Draw – 1 point
- Loss – 0 Points
How to Start a game
Once you have created an account, and the tournament begins follow these steps to create a game.
Step 1.
Click to create a new game.
Step 2.
Change the length of game to 30 minutes. This is above the play button.
Step 3.
Click the “Play a friend” button.
Step 4.
Copy the challenge link to your game thread in the Members Group Thread.
Step 5.
Check the game is 30mins and begin. Upon completion you can choose to organise the next game or choose rematch.
Step 6.
Upon completion of each of the three games paste the outcome for all to see. Losers of the Knockout are free to play amongst each other and practice for next years tournament.
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