This list shows the properties of a tournament.
Tournament properties: Meaning of the columns | |
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League |
Determines the player type.
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Computers | Indicates if chess engines are allowed. (A chess engine is a computer or program that calculates moves) |
Class |
The class of this tournament.
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P / D | Can you be promoted or demoted in this tournament? |
Variant | The starting position of all games of this tournament. Here, Standard denotes the "normal" setup of the chess board. You can click here to see this ground position. |
Type |
The type of this tournament:
Robin = round robin tournament
Swiss = swiss tournament
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Access |
Access restrictions:
all = open for everybody
established = you need more than 2 valid games "under your belt"
members = paying members only
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State |
open = still open for new players
running = seats are taken, games are still running
finished = all games are over
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Players | The number of free seats and the maximum number of players. |
Rounds |
This term has a double meaning, depending on the tournament type.
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Games | The total number of games you have to play in this tournament. Your game limit must allow for this number of games. |
Clock | The pace of the games. The first number is the number of days you get on your clock when the game starts (as a security buffer). The second number is the time per move (in hours) you have on average. |
The average rating of all players. | |
Finished | The number of finished games and the total number of games played in this tournament. |
Start | The time the tournament started. |
End | The time the tournament ended. |