Talossan chess tournament 2024

[Glüc]

Anyone up for a Talossan chess tournament, to be held over the course of 2024?

Participating is more important than winning - being good at chess not required.

Time format: 15 minutes with 10 second increment (maybe?)

More details to follow.

[Breneir Tzaracomprada]

I'm interested. Not a good player but will have fun.

[Bråneu Excelsio, UrN]

Very interested.

[þerxh Sant-Enogat]

I'll never miss an opportunity to be ridiculous, of course I'm in !

[Sir Ian Plätschisch]

Count me in.

My problem with time-controlled games is that I panic and can't think. My problem with daily games is that it takes so long that I stop caring.

So I'm pretty much bad no matter what.

[Marcel Eðo Pairescu Tafial, UrGP]

I'd be interested, though I honestly think 15+10 is way too slow...

[Bentxamì Puntmasleu]

I'm a patzer myself, but I'm trying to improve. I'd probably join in.

[Glüc]

Nice to see so much interest.

Deadline for registering will be February 11th!!!

Plenty of time will be provided for players to plan and have their match, so expect this to go on for a while, even if we only do 5 rounds.

The preferred platform will be lichess (because its free, doesnt do ads and doesnt sell your data), but players can agree on any alternative. Instructions to create a lichess account will be provided.

The tournament setup will depend on the number of players, but if we have more than 6-8 I will probably use an app to set up a swiss tournament. (Don't worry too much about the details. I will just say who has to play who and with what colour.)

Time control tbd

[Glüc]

I'd be interested, though I honestly think 15+10 is way too slow...

Why is that?

My worry is that for players who only know the rules and not much else, faster time controls may be intimidating and not result in interesting games because people might just make random moves in panic.

[Iason Taiwos]

I absolutely suck at chess. My five year old nephew taught himself to play from watching cartoons, and beat me on our first match. Me, who had studied Bobby Fisher's book and "the Complete Idiots Guide to Chess", got beat by a self-taught five year old. Anyhow, count me in. (The only game I'm good at is Othello. If you could create an Othello tournament, I'd probably beat you all!) (Maybe not, but I'd love the challenge!)

[Breneir Tzaracomprada]

Just registered as btzara on lichess.
Looking forward to showing just how bad I am in chess soon...

[Bentxamì Puntmasleu]

I'm on Lichess now too. BenPuntmasleu is my username.

[Glüc]

Three more weeks to register. I'm gonna assume everyone who expressed interest here is participating (other than Braneu sadly) unless told otherwise.

[xpb]

I will join in, just registered with lichess as xpbcz

[þerxh Sant-Enogat]

Just done also for me (and my cat), user : tgerxh

[Iason Taiwos]

Registered, user name is Taiwos. (And apparently I made an account on lichess back in 2017, and have absolutely no memory of doing so, or why)

[Barclamïu da Miéletz]

I could try. I absolutely suck in chess but the tournament seems like fun. Please keep my timezone in mind (CET/CEST | Central European Time/Central European Summer Time)

[Gjermund Higraff]

I haven't played against humans since the 80s (and against Mittens a few times recently just to make a fool of myself), so of course I'm in. Username gjehigra.

[Barclamïu da Miéletz]

I could try. I absolutely suck in chess but the tournament seems like fun. Please keep my timezone in mind (CET/CEST | Central European Time/Central European Summer Time)

My user is BarclamiudaMieletz

[Glüc]

So if I get this right the players are

@Breneir Tzaracomprada
@þerxh Sant-Enogat
@Ian Plätschisch
@Marcel Eðo Pairescu Tafial, UrGP
@Bentxamì Puntmasleu
@Iason Taiwos
@xpb
@Barclamïu da Miéletz
@Gjermund Higraff
and myself

I will post the first pairings and some additional instructions on thursday probably