Last Modified: December 29, 2020.
These rules are subject to change at the administrator’s discretion. If rules should change, all captains will be notified accordingly.
The Handbook’s General Rules apply to all CEA games, please read them first!
Last Modified: December 29, 2020.
These rules are subject to change at the administrator’s discretion. If rules should change, all captains will be notified accordingly.
The Handbook’s General Rules apply to all CEA games, please read them first!
Weekly Structure:
The format of Elimination is determined by the total amount of teams participating in this tournament.
January 14 2021 |
“Hype Tournament” by WCF |
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February 6 2021 |
Registration End |
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February 13 2021 |
Pre-season |
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February 20 2021 |
Week 1 |
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February 27 2021 |
Week 2 |
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March 06 2021 |
Week 3 |
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March 13 2021 |
Week 4 |
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March 20 2021 |
Week 5 |
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March 27 2021 |
Week 6 |
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April 03 2021 |
OFF week - Easter |
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April 10 2021 |
Week 7 |
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Playoff Type |
<32 teams* (Double Elimination Playoffs) |
32-64 (Single Elimination Playoffs) |
>64 (Single Elimination Playoffs) |
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April 17 2021 |
Playoffs 1: |
Matches 1-8 + 9-12 |
Round of Top 32 (Top 8 have BYE) |
Round of Top 32 |
April 24 2021 |
Playoffs 2: |
Matches 13-16 + 17-18 |
Round of Top 16 |
Round of Top 16 |
May 01 2021 |
Playoffs 3: |
19-20 |
Quarterfinals |
Quarterfinals |
May 08 2021 |
Playoffs 4: |
Finals 21 (Finals Loser Bracket) |
Semifinals |
Semifinals |
May 15 2021 |
Playoffs 5: |
22: Finals |
Finals |
Finals |
* Losing teams of the winner bracket and winning teams of the loser bracket will play two matches per week during playoffs.
Match format: A match between two teams is run in the Scheveningen system in which every player of one team players every player of the opposing team.
For Team A and Team B with each players 1-4 this results in following games in which the first named player will receive the white pieces:
Round 1: B4-A1 B3-A2 A3-B2 A4-B1
Round 2: A1-B3 A2-B4 B1-A3 B2-A4
Round 3: B2-A1 B1-A2 A3-B4 A4-B3
Round 4: A1-B1 A2-B2 B3-A3 B4-A4
The player with the white pieces is required to send their opponent a challenge (see VI.3 Match Challenge). Exception to this is if the match is part of the weekly broadcast. (see VI.4 Broadcast matches.
A team has a 15 min grace period from the scheduled match time to arrive for a match. If a team does not arrive within this grace period, the match will be counted as forfeited and the offending team will receive a warning.
Players are given a minimum break of 2 minutes and a maximum break of 5 minutes between games.
This section will grow with more technical information and FAQ until the start of the tournament.
Any national ratings will be converted by the Tournament Direction into USCF ratings which will be used as tournament ratings. Such ratings are only used for pairings and team order purposes. The tournament itself is not rated with FIDE or any national rating system.
USCF |
FIDE |
FQE (Quebec) |
DWZ/NCFP |
ECF (English) |
Chinese Rating |
>2300 |
>2250 |
>2060 |
>2180 |
>206 |
>1970 → USCF = Chinese Rating + 300 |
2250 |
2190-2249 |
2110-2179 |
198-205 |
1900-1970 → USCF = Chinese Rating + 270 |
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2200 |
2130-2189 |
2040-2109 |
190-197 |
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2150 |
2070-2129 |
1970-2039 |
182-189 |
1800-1899 → USCF = Chinese Rating + 210 |
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2100 |
2000-2069 |
2020-2059 |
1900-1969 |
174-181 |
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2050 |
1930-1999 |
1620 - 2019 |
1830-1899 |
166-173 |
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2000 |
1860-1929 |
1750-1829 |
158-165 |
1700-1799 → USCF = Chinese Rating + 175 |
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1950 |
1790-1859 |
1670-1749 |
150-157 |
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1900 |
1720-1789 |
1590-1669 |
142-149 |
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1850 |
1650-1719 |
1510-1589 |
134-141 |
1600-1699 |
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1800 |
1580-1649 |
1430-1509 |
126-133 |
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1750 |
1510-1579 |
1350-1429 |
118-125 |
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1700 |
1440-1509 |
1270-1349 |
110-117 |
1500-1599 |
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1650 |
1370-1439 |
1560-1619 |
1190-1269 |
102-109 |
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1600 |
1300-1369 |
1500-1559 |
1110-1189 |
94-101 |
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1550 |
1240-1299 |
1440-1499 |
1030-1109 |
86-93 |
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1500 |
1180-1239 |
1380-1439 |
950-1029 |
78-85 |
1400-1499 |
1450 |
1120-1179 |
1320-1379 |
870-949 |
70-77 |
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1400 |
1060-1119 |
1200-1319 |
800-869 |
56-69 |
<1400 |
<1350 |
<1060 → FIDE+300 |
<1200 → FQE+200 |
<800 |
30-55 |
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<30 |
USCF |
Chess.com Blitz |
Lichess Blitz |
>2300 |
>2350 → USCF = chess.com - 120 |
>2300 → USCF = lichess - 120 |
2250 |
2150-2349 → USCF = chess.com - 75 |
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2200 |
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2150 |
2000-2300 → USCF = lichess - 70 |
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2100 |
1800-2149 → USCF = chess.com - 50 |
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2050 |
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2000 |
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1950 |
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1900 |
1850-1999 → USCF = lichess -150 |
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1850 |
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1800 |
1500-1799 → USCF = chess.com |
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1750 |
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1700 |
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1650 |
<1850 → USCF = lichess - 200 |
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1600 |
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1550 |
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1500 |
1350-1499 → USCF = chess.com - 50 |
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1450 |
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1400 |
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<1350 |
<1350 → USCF = chess.com - 100 |