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2022 RK1440 Open Championship

Hi All,

The 2022 Racing Kings 1440 Open Championship is currently being planned out. The tournament will likely be a two-stage tournament with the first stage to seed the players into the second stage single elimination bracket. The tournament will likely be 4-6 weeks and start in early March ending in early to mid April (hopefully before the Yearly).

If you are interested stay tuned to this forum as more information and rules will come out within the week with registration opening up in about a week!

If you want or need to know more about Racing Kings 1440 check out these websites:
https://chessvariants.training/Variant960
https://sites.google.com/view/rexrk/main
https://sites.google.com/view/rexrk/2021-rk1440-oc

Other good things to know:

  • We will likely need more TDs so message @Positions1440 if you'd like to help!
  • You will need an account on CVT to participate (https://chessvariants.training/Variant960)
  • You will need to have an established Racing Kings rating to participate!
  • The bracket will be made through Challonge, but you will still be notified through forums of your pairings
  • Check your privacy settings and make sure all people can message you to make match scheduling easier!
  • Several high level Racing Kings players including @RoyalManiac , @CyberShredder , @IMakeManyMistakes , @seth_7777777 , and @Francis920 have already stated their interest in this event so you may get a chance to play them!
Hi All, The 2022 Racing Kings 1440 Open Championship is currently being planned out. The tournament will likely be a two-stage tournament with the first stage to seed the players into the second stage single elimination bracket. The tournament will likely be 4-6 weeks and start in early March ending in early to mid April (hopefully before the Yearly). If you are interested stay tuned to this forum as more information and rules will come out within the week with registration opening up in about a week! If you want or need to know more about Racing Kings 1440 check out these websites: https://chessvariants.training/Variant960 https://sites.google.com/view/rexrk/main https://sites.google.com/view/rexrk/2021-rk1440-oc Other good things to know: - We will likely need more TDs so message @Positions1440 if you'd like to help! - You will need an account on CVT to participate (https://chessvariants.training/Variant960) - You will need to have an established Racing Kings rating to participate! - The bracket will be made through Challonge, but you will still be notified through forums of your pairings - Check your privacy settings and make sure all people can message you to make match scheduling easier! - Several high level Racing Kings players including @RoyalManiac , @CyberShredder , @IMakeManyMistakes , @seth_7777777 , and @Francis920 have already stated their interest in this event so you may get a chance to play them!

Update on the 2022 RK1440 OC!

The overall format is set in stone and will not change. Read below for the quick details. Full rules and registration forum will be made within the next couple of days so stay tuned!

---THE TOURNAMENT FORMAT---
This tournament will be a two-stage tournament with the first stage being a single round of random pairings and the second stage being a single elimination bracket. The first stage will have all players randomly paired to play a match to determine their seeding in the single elimination bracket. The winners of each pair will be seeded as the top half of the seeds and the losers of each pair will be the lower half of the seeds. Each half will then be ranked by their tournament rating (the average between peak racing kings rating and racing kings rating at the start of the tournament).

--THE MATCH FORMAT--
Each match leading up to the final will be 6 games of 3 + 2 Racing Kings 1440. The 6 games will have each player play as black and white of 3 random positions. All games are to be played on CVT (https://chessvariants.training/Variant960). A tutorial video of how to send and accept challenges as well as the overall look of the game and site will be provided. The final match will be 10 games in 5 positions.

--PRIZES--
Currently, there are no tangible prizes or prize funds. A virtual trophy will have the winner's name place on it and the imgur link to such image will be provided to the winner. That image will also remain on the 2022 RK1440 OC once the winner is decided. As for other prizes, there will be flower rewards (In The House Discord Server) based on performance in the tournament. Later details are to come out on that topic within the discord server itself. This is solely meant to encourage those in the discord server to play, not to encourage those outside the discord server to join, but feel free to if you wish to do so.

--IMPORTANT DATES--
Registration will open up some date between February 23rd and February 28th presumably around either 4 UTC or 16 UTC. The registration period will last about two weeks ending as early as March 7th and as late as March 14th. The tournament will start as soon as the registration period ends. The pairings of the first round will be released shortly after the registration period ends. A video will be provided to show that the pairings were decided entirely randomly. With an expected amount of between 16 and 32 registrants, the tournament will last 6 weeks ending some time in mid-April!

--HELP IS STILL APPRECIATED--
If you would like to help in any fashion please message @Positions1440! This includes but is not limited to helping direct the tournament, helping players understand the rules, helping players sign up and use CVT, providing prizes, spreading word of the tournament, creating studies for the games played on CVT so they're available on lichess, streaming commentary for the matches, and giving any suggestions for the tournament!

Update on the 2022 RK1440 OC! The overall format is set in stone and will not change. Read below for the quick details. Full rules and registration forum will be made within the next couple of days so stay tuned! ---THE TOURNAMENT FORMAT--- This tournament will be a two-stage tournament with the first stage being a single round of random pairings and the second stage being a single elimination bracket. The first stage will have all players randomly paired to play a match to determine their seeding in the single elimination bracket. The winners of each pair will be seeded as the top half of the seeds and the losers of each pair will be the lower half of the seeds. Each half will then be ranked by their tournament rating (the average between peak racing kings rating and racing kings rating at the start of the tournament). --THE MATCH FORMAT-- Each match leading up to the final will be 6 games of 3 + 2 Racing Kings 1440. The 6 games will have each player play as black and white of 3 random positions. All games are to be played on CVT (https://chessvariants.training/Variant960). A tutorial video of how to send and accept challenges as well as the overall look of the game and site will be provided. The final match will be 10 games in 5 positions. --PRIZES-- Currently, there are no tangible prizes or prize funds. A virtual trophy will have the winner's name place on it and the imgur link to such image will be provided to the winner. That image will also remain on the 2022 RK1440 OC once the winner is decided. As for other prizes, there will be flower rewards (In The House Discord Server) based on performance in the tournament. Later details are to come out on that topic within the discord server itself. This is solely meant to encourage those in the discord server to play, not to encourage those outside the discord server to join, but feel free to if you wish to do so. --IMPORTANT DATES-- Registration will open up some date between February 23rd and February 28th presumably around either 4 UTC or 16 UTC. The registration period will last about two weeks ending as early as March 7th and as late as March 14th. The tournament will start as soon as the registration period ends. The pairings of the first round will be released shortly after the registration period ends. A video will be provided to show that the pairings were decided entirely randomly. With an expected amount of between 16 and 32 registrants, the tournament will last 6 weeks ending some time in mid-April! --HELP IS STILL APPRECIATED-- If you would like to help in any fashion please message @Positions1440! This includes but is not limited to helping direct the tournament, helping players understand the rules, helping players sign up and use CVT, providing prizes, spreading word of the tournament, creating studies for the games played on CVT so they're available on lichess, streaming commentary for the matches, and giving any suggestions for the tournament!

Registration is now open for the 2022 RK1440 OC! Check out this forum: https://lichess.org/forum/team-lovers_of_rk/2022-racing-kings-1440-open-championship-registration-forum

Rules document and summary as well as registration process can be found there as well!

Registration is now open for the 2022 RK1440 OC! Check out this forum: https://lichess.org/forum/team-lovers_of_rk/2022-racing-kings-1440-open-championship-registration-forum Rules document and summary as well as registration process can be found there as well!

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