Let's do a small Fediverse chess tournament! Everyone is welcome to join!

We will play 10-minute games (10+0) on lichess, a free and open-source chess website. You will be assigned an opponent and will have 2 days to schedule and play your match.

I will decide on the structure of the tournament (brackets, groups etc.) based on the number of sign-ups here :)

Sign up by commenting here with your lichess account name.

Signup deadline is Wednesday, 2pm UTC. Shortly after, I'll announce the first pairings :)

Looking forward to some nice matches ❤️

Update:

Active round: 2

eulheim - vincenius 0 - 1

BabaDuda - /

Coolbootyjames - Fabiozeh

library_patron - CrazyMerlyn

mycowan - Caboose12000

Table

edit: I don't see most of the comments in this thread anymore - I hope this will be fixed until end of next round, so I can add the results

Hi, I created a chess beginners community on discuss.tchncs.de as a replacement on lemmy for r/chessbeginners

Since discoverability of communities across lemmy is not very good at the moment, maybe it makes sense to cross-reference between chess communities so that they are more easily found (reminds me a bit of the old days of the internet).

So I added a link from chessbeginners' description to !chess@lemmy.ml and would hope to see a backlink :-)

Which one do people prefer? I've personally found the chess.com UI to be a lot warmer and more inviting than lichess, but I'm interested to hear people's opinions

Hey everyone :) I'd like to organize a small tournament for lemmy users. Would anyone be interested in joining? And would you be interested in a specific time format or format? Like would you prefer a one time event or a league format etc

Cheers

https://youtu.be/jgjnuHeTVsM Scotch gambit explained by thechesswebsite https://youtu.be/Y-c3WDEIQvw the scotch opening explained by Jonathan St Louis club.

https://youtu.be/fnQejEK8pT8 the best variation against the scotch, check it out. Make sure to read Starting out: The scotch game by Emm

Hope this helps

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.perthchat.org/post/133518

1st place wintermute

2nd; liwott

3rd; straight peach

4th; sexy peach

5th; michael

6th; me

(Sorry about delay, been busy)

Until proven otherwise, wintermute is the strongest chess player on the fediverse :p

I learnt a lot of stuff about running an e-tournament. Biggest factor is needing a lot of substitutes for when people drop out. Which would make the results weird, because say wintermute drops out and I sub in for him, then i'd lose the finals.

combah text, by david revoy the pepper and carrot author

background: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlsen%E2%80%93Niemann_cheating_controversy

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.perthchat.org/post/81639

tournament note for self; liwott won in 21 moves

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.perthchat.org/post/67533

Roses are red

Violets are blue

You're gonna sign up for this chess tournament

How to play:

0. Most important! Share this event as widely as possible! Post on the fediverse and even on your Facebook, Reddit, tiktok etc

1. Sign up in the comments here. Just say your signing up.

2. I'll arrange brackets. Or if you particularly want to play someone, mention it in the comments and I'll pair you guys up

3. I'm open to suggestions, but lichess seems like the easiest way to set up matches, but really, if you can get your opponent to agree to use like Minetest chess, go for it!

4. If someone off the fediverse wants to play, have them contact me somehow. You could even relay their messages to me.

prizes:

• once the fedizens enquirer news paper is up and running, you'll be featured there.

• myself, @sexy_peach@feddit.de, Michael from Perthchat and/or @Helix@feddit.de will simp for you

• paid tournament will follow later on, if enough interest

Has this ever been attempted before?

I'm partially memeing bc i get that it's a game from like 3000 yrs ago, but its a very easy modification.

Is there a reason why this isn't done? Or changing the colors to something else? (Blue vs red, which seems to be video game standard)

I have aphantasia but managed to follow the moves in the video and notice the pin.

Aphantasia is the inability to create mental images in one's mind. You can check for yourself if you have aphantasia by imaging a ball on a table.

Do you have aphantasia? Can you play blind chess?