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Celebrate the Summer Solstice with the Atticus Blues Brothers 20/6/20
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- Category: Club News
Celebrate the Summer Solstice
with the
Atticus Blues Brothers
Encore from Atticus Blues Brothers
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10. Atticus Open Championship / Summer Tournament 2020
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- Written by Martin Blasczyk
- Category: Atticus Open Championship 2020
In this extraordinary times we can not play this tournament face-to-face over the board. As we don't want to cancel this tournament, we decided to play the games online at Lichess.org. This gives everyone the opportunity to join our tournament.
For the 10th consecutive year Atticus Chess Club invites all chess-players to enter the
10th Atticus Open Championship
- Summer Tournament 2020 -
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15/06/2020 - 10/08/2020
| Participants: | Open to all chess players |
| Entry Fee: | no fees |
| Registration: | Register on our website or per e-mail to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Requirements for registration: Name, surname, grade, e-mail address, phone or mobile, Lichess-Nick Registration ends on Sunday, 14/06/2020, 7.00 p.m. |
| Venue: | Online Tournament on Lichess.org |
| Tournament Mode: | 9 rounds swiss system, computer-pairing (Sevilla 18.3.1 or later) White challenges his opponent on Lichess. |
| Rounds | round 1: 15/06/2020, 7.30 p.m. round 2: 22/06/2020, 7.30 p.m. round 3: 29/06/2020, 7.30 p.m. round 4: 06/07/2020, 7.30 p.m. round 5: 13/07/2020, 7.30 p.m. round 6: 20/07/2020, 7.30 p.m. round 7: 27/07/2020, 7.30 p.m. round 8: 03/08/2020, 7.30 p.m. round 9: 10/08/2020, 7.30 p.m. |
| Time Control: | 60 minutes plus 30 seconds per move |
| Grading: | This tournament will be reported for grading (online-chess), if possible |
| Prizes | no prizes |
| Tournament Controller: | Luke Boumphrey, Stephen Kee, Martin Blasczyk |
| FAQ: | 1. What happens in the event of a dispute? The decision of the tournament controller Martin Blasczyk will be final. His decision will be made in good faith. 2. Will the club make any profit from this tournament? No. 3. I know before entering I will not be able to play every week. Can I take a bye in advance? Yes to a maximum of three half point byes. There will be no byes allowed in the last round unless notified on entry. 4. When will I know my opponent of the next round? Every Monday, when all matches had been played, latest at 11 p.m., all pairings of the next round will be generated immediately. All pairings will be published on the Atticus website latest on the following Tuesday. You may play your game in the days before the next round, if your opponent agrees. 5. I cannot play every Monday. Is it nevertheless possible for me to join this tournament? Yes, you can join this tournament. Knowing your opponent one week in advance you may contact him/her to arrange another time to play your game. You would then submit the result (pgn-file) by e-mail to the tournament controller. 6. Is there a limit on the number of entrants? No. Everyone can register for this tournament. 7. Any other question? Please e-mail This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
Testers for chess24
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- Written by Sanjoy Banerjee
- Category: Club News
The chess24 website is currently redesigning its playzone for playing chess games online. The new playzone is still in development, but we would like to invite testers to try it out and feed back on their experience.
Anyone who is chosen to participate will receive a free 12-month Premium subscription to the website (or an extension of 12 months for existing Premium members).
For anyone who is interesting in taking part, please drop me a line at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Cheers,
Sanjoy
Our Tournaments on Lichess.org
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- Written by Martin Blasczyk
- Category: Atticus @ Lichess.org
Lichess-Apps are available for Smartphones and iPhones too. Simple search for "Lichess" at Google Play Store or Apple App Store.
Our tournaments on Lichess are successful. We are co-operating with FS 98 Dortmund.
This are our next tournaments:
Thursday, 14/05/2020, 6:30 p.m., Lothar Schmid Arena
Organiser: Michael Schulz-Runge, FS 98 Dortmund
URL: https://lichess.org/team/fs98
direct link: ogy.de/Lothar-Schmid-Arena
Type: individual rapid chess tournament
Time: 7 Minutes + 6 Seconds per move
Duration: 2 hours
See you there!
Martin
Keep Atticus active!
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- Written by Martin Blasczyk
- Category: Club News
Let's play online against each other!
Become a member of Atticus at Lichess.org!
A few words at the beginning
Lichess is a French charity, non-commercial, without ads. It keeps your privacy, does no data-mining and does not transfer data to third parties. You may read their Terms of Service and their Privacy Policy to check for yourself. It is free and costs nothing.
lichess.org is a free/libre, open-source chess server powered by volunteers and donations. Most “free” websites subsist by selling ads or selling user data. Others do it by putting all the good stuff behind paywalls.
Lichess does none of these things and never will. With no investors demanding profits, Lichess staff can focus on improving the site as their only goal.
4. Disclosing your information.Your information will only be disclosed if it is legally necessary to do so. For example, if Lichess is ordered to hand over a certain user’s information, or if someone hacks Lichess.
Lichess is a registered French charity. Lichess is open source, non-profit, mainly operated by volunteers, and funded by donations. A full breakdown of costs and expenses is publicised monthly, and can be viewed here.
Please read the "Fair Play and Community Guidelines", they are part of the Terms of Service.
How to become a member of Atticus at Lichess:
Register yourself at https://lichess.org/signup (Username, Password, e-mail). I would like to suggest that you register with your real name to enable everyone to recognise you.
Join the team "Atticus". Click on this link https://lichess.org/team/atticus or click on "COMMUNITY, Teams", search for "Atticus" (see the magnifier-icon at the top-right) and click on the green button "Join team" at the top-left. As I am the Team Leader I will activate your membership.
Edit your profile: login at https://lichess.org/login, click on your name, then on "profile". On the top-right click on the tool-icon ("Edit profile"), enter "Given Name", "Surname" and your ECF-grade/rating. This is important for generating the pairings in a tournament.
Our first tournament:
Let's have a try and test it, let's play a blitz chess tournament on Monday, 23/03/2020 at 8:00 PM. Please register at the latest by 7:30 p.m., to enable me to activate your membership in this team so that you can play.
See you there next Monday!
Cheers,
Martin
MCA STATEMENT 18/3/20
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- Written by sjb
- Category: Club News
MCA announces the suspension of the Liverpool Chess league.
- Published: Wednesday, 18 March 2020 11:38
- Written by Dave Pearcey