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The South Newlandian Classical Chess Cup is a chess tournament, contested by individual players. Both players have 60 minutes each to play all of their moves. For more information on the game of chess, here is the Wikipedia article on chess. Chess knowledge is absolutely not required for RPing this tournament, though.
66 entrants were placed in six groups with 11 players each. They will play everyone else in their group once, playing a total of 5 games with the white pieces and 5 games with the black pieces. The winners of each group will be playing in a final stage, where they will meet each of the other five group winners twice; once with the white pieces and once with the black pieces. The winner of this group is the SN3C champion.
Tiebreakers:
No tiebreakers will be used after points. If two or more players tie for first, they will play a rapid tiebreaker, in which every tied player will play every other tied player twice; once with white and once with black. If players remain tied, an Armageddon tiebreaker will be played.
Groups
Group A
Noemi Etienne (VFT)
Sevastian Sheshtakovi (CSR)
Norman Heartwell (APH)
Raatrani Czoùhan (NTR)
Vyktor Undersen (EDS)
Rose-Émilie Neveu (UNC)
Ashwin Varkav (VAI)
Adam Esteban (SNL)
Johnny B. Goode (MIR)
Eveline Valeria Annalise Tiêu Xuân Ngọc (VEZ)
Eudoxia Kozlovi (CSR)
Group B
Istvan Bárány (KGY)
Kristian Theiss (NPU)
Spike Wigstan (CRN)
Jazeps Dantekars (RLS)
Jonathan Troutman (EJM)
Sam Hawbret (NKR)
Ziggy Stardust (MIR)
Jason Severn (ESL)
Vladimir von Gaienrath (RLS)
Oskar Lancelot (CRN)
Miefodij Ihnatjew (NPU)
Group C
Sebastian Grob-Coltman (APH)
Richard Pulza Jr. (IMP)
Dave the Hobo (PPT)
Nurgul Zhaksybekova (BKH)
Felix Tremblay (VFT)
Julia Willis (KYP)
Eleanor Rigby (MIR)
Anne Christian-Warren (TJU)
Aydar Rakhmonov (BKH)
Dave McDaverson (PPT)
David Matney (IMP)
Group D
Freya Laitala (SKF)
Tshering Gyeltshen (TJU)
Khanyisa van Lundi (SNL)
Reud der-Wijner (EDS)
Charlene Jeannie N. Marceline Myong Suh-Hyung (VEZ)
Midjima Bahalari (SFL)
Prince Pierre-Alexandre 1er de Saint-Jean-Jacques-sur-Mer (UNC)
John Roach (KYP)
Géza Horváth (KGY)
Mannfred Honwar (RLS)
Klaus Moeller (NPU)
Group E
Yuvraj Kumar (NTR)
Ilona Adam (KGY)
Curt Matthews (HAP)
Linda Woodmere (IMP)
Shavkat Muradov (BKH)
Stephanie Jacobson (ESL)
Jamie Cartwright (ESL)
Pietro Volkov (VAI)
Valerio Hassan (CRN)
Sameul Salucci (VFT)
Parvos Fadahana (SFL)
Group F
Elani Jabulan (SNL)
Zygfryd Zurowski (UNC)
Makkehenst Virgrensteure (EDS)
Rafokeli Nandrasoa (SFL)
Margarita Altamiranda (TJU)
Glacia McDorrey (APH)
Adam Debinf (NKR)
Luka Vasilievi (CSR)
Hannah Thompson (HAP)
Hari Venkatesh (VAI)
Stijn van Dijk (KYP)
Schedule:
The cut-offs for every scorination will be occurring on Sundays, between approximately 19:00 and 21:00 UTC every matchday.
January 5th: 2 v 11 refers to the second listed player in the groups above playing with the white pieces against the eleventh listed player in the group
In-Character Day One: 2 v 11; 3 v 10; 4 v 9; 5 v 8; 6 v 7 | 8 v 6; 9 v 5; 10 v 4; 11 v 3; 1 v 2 | 3 v 1; 4 v 11; 5 v 10; 6 v 9; 7 v 8
In-Character Day Two: 9 v 7; 10 v 6; 11 v 5; 1 v 4; 2 v 3 | 4 v 2; 5 v 1; 6 v 11; 7 v 10; 8 v 9 | 10 v 8; 11 v 7; 1 v 6; 2 v 5; 3 v 4
January 12th:
In-Character Day Three: 5 v 3; 6 v 2; 7 v 1; 8 v 11; 9 v 10 | 11 v 9; 1 v 8; 2 v 7; 3 v 6; 4 v 5 | 6 v 4; 7 v 3; 8 v 2; 9 v 1; 10 v 11
In-Character Day Four: 1 v 10; 2 v 9; 3 v 8; 4 v 7; 5 v 6 | 7 v 5; 8 v 4; 9 v 3; 10 v 2; 11 v 1 | Rapid Tiebreaks if needed
January 19th:
In-Character Day Five: Final Stage Group Games 1-3
In-Character Day Six: Final Stage Group Games 4+5
January 26th:
In-Character Day Seven: Final Stage Group Games 6-8
In-Character Day Eight: Final Stage Group Games 9+10, Rapid Tiebreaks if needed
RP Information:
You may now start posting in this thread. It is recommended, although not required, that you post a Player Overview for your players to let other roleplayers know a little more about what they’re going up against. You can go into further detail about whatever you want (ages, heritage, club team (if any), play style, favourite openings etc. etc.). Otherwise, you can Roleplay about whatever you like; it doesn’t have to be chess, either.
You are also advised to include a Roleplay permissions box in your roster post. An example may look like this:
My opponent, if they RP first, may do the following:
Roleplay about specific moves made: Yes/No
Godmod game events: Yes/No
Godmod other events: Yes/No
This can reduce conflicts between you and your opponent when you both want to RP the same match, but the best plan to do that remains to message your opponent on discord or by telegram. Don’t be intimated by the amount of opponents it may seem like you need to consider simultaneously - you only need to worry about the games you actually want to talk about in-depth.
Otherwise, I, as the host of this competition, ask you to not to inflict any damage to South Newlandian people or property without talking to me first. I generally am okay with stuff like that, but I do not enjoy being blindsided about those things. The same goes for clear proof of an opponent cheating (although accusations and stuff are fine).
If you have any questions, feel free to drop me a telegram or message me on discord - I know some of this stuff is confusing, so please ask if anything is unclear!