Welcome to the first Horde Summer Olympics (HSO)!

The Horde Summer Olympics consists of bullet and hyper horde. The categories you can compete in are:

Bullet: 1+0, 1+1, 30 secs +1, 15secs + 2

Hyper: 15 secs+1, 30 secs+ 0, 15 secs + 0

Each category has a bracket of its own where it will be double elimination.

Rules:

At least 100 rated horde games in any category(hyper, bullet, blitz, rapid) by July 16, 2024.

No cheating.No boosting or sandbagging during or before the tournament.
No registering for the tournament with multiple accounts.
No unsportsmanlike conduct (e.g. letting the clock run).No shaming, harassment, etc. directed at participants.Actions that aim to hinder tournament procedures will result
In a warning and potential disqualification.

Playing the match:

Each Hyper category is 16 rated games of the respective time format; win = 1 point for winner, draw = 0.5 for both;

If a score of 8-8 is reached then players will play in their respective time format's until one player has a 2 point lead.

Each Bullet category is 12 rated games of the respective time format; win = 1 point for winner, draw = 0.5 for both;

If a score of 6-6 is reached then players will play in their respective time format's until one player has a 2 point lead.

Each player may ask for only one 5 min break in between matches.

Refusal to play the said time controls or refusal to play rated qualifies as a refusal to play the match and hence results in a forfeit. Players are allowed to end the match once one player gets enough points.

Note that chess.com variants allows you to only make 1 premove at a time and each premove takes away 0.1 secs of time from your clock.

Match scheduling:

Another forum will be created once registration is over; there, one player will post the agreed upon scheduled time to play matches in Military time along with the time zone. the other player must like the post to confirm the scheduled date. In each round players will have a week to schedule and play a match. The agreed upon date to play matches must be within the given, said time. Exceptions may be made if you speak to @hordecoach.

Pairings will be posted on my youtube channel along with live games if I can commentate them:

https://www.youtube.com/@HordeCoach

Registration:

To register for the first Horde Summer Olympics write in the forum: "I commit to playing and understand the rules along with the formats." and what categories you are participating in.

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