Narz
keeping it real
Players so far :
Anyone down for a "lightning" tournament? Lightning chess is a time control under three minutes per side, basically the utter & complete opposite of correspondence. My preference is for 2 1 matches which means two minutes starting time with one addition second added to your clock for each move you make. This is useful for endgames where you're totally one but hopelessly behind on time, if you can figure out the checkmate within 1/second per move you can still win.
I'm aiming to get eight players. My idea is (feel free to offer better ones!) we split into two groups of four & play a sextuple-round robin (six games against each player in your group). Each game will last at most a bit over 5 minutes so at most you're playing each player for half-an hour (so 60-90 minutes total against all three of your opponents).
After everyone finishes their games we play round II. Unlike the correspondence tourney this one won't be elimination. Instead the #1 player from team one plays the #1 from team two, #2 plays #2, etc.
The winner of the #1 vs. #1 match is awarded the title of Lighting Ace! The loser is Lightning Ace Jr. Then King Ace, Queen Ace, Jack Ace. Round two will be ten games vs. your nemesis on the opposite team.
You have no excuse not to join, even Lightning Jack Jr. is a pretty cool name.
Note : this will be a tiny bit more effort than correspondence cause you actually have to be online for at least half-hour at the same time as your three opponents (and 30-50 minutes vs. your final opponent) but it should be totally doable & the chess.com buddy list helps.
Any interest?
- Narz
- Tomoyo (Tenna)
Anyone down for a "lightning" tournament? Lightning chess is a time control under three minutes per side, basically the utter & complete opposite of correspondence. My preference is for 2 1 matches which means two minutes starting time with one addition second added to your clock for each move you make. This is useful for endgames where you're totally one but hopelessly behind on time, if you can figure out the checkmate within 1/second per move you can still win.
I'm aiming to get eight players. My idea is (feel free to offer better ones!) we split into two groups of four & play a sextuple-round robin (six games against each player in your group). Each game will last at most a bit over 5 minutes so at most you're playing each player for half-an hour (so 60-90 minutes total against all three of your opponents).
After everyone finishes their games we play round II. Unlike the correspondence tourney this one won't be elimination. Instead the #1 player from team one plays the #1 from team two, #2 plays #2, etc.
The winner of the #1 vs. #1 match is awarded the title of Lighting Ace! The loser is Lightning Ace Jr. Then King Ace, Queen Ace, Jack Ace. Round two will be ten games vs. your nemesis on the opposite team.
You have no excuse not to join, even Lightning Jack Jr. is a pretty cool name.
Note : this will be a tiny bit more effort than correspondence cause you actually have to be online for at least half-hour at the same time as your three opponents (and 30-50 minutes vs. your final opponent) but it should be totally doable & the chess.com buddy list helps.
Any interest?
