It's unfortunate that the name, when searched on Google, gets automatically changed to that of a certain female mammal. Perhaps a name change is in order. I don't have a lot of good suggestions off the top of my head, but maybe "ChessBit" is a reasonable option.
One way to combat cheating is to introduce novel variants that are revealed at the time of the tournament, as we did with the first ChessWhiz Cup for Episode 120. Its variant, Horde Chess, was not available on Lichess ahead of time, and was kept a secret until the event. It would take a bit of programming on the Lichess side to make the variants possible, though. I have some ideas for surprise variant rules. :-)
Of course, the question on everyone's mind is that all the prize money is too good to be true. I'm as curious as everyone else what the broader plans are, because free money cannot last forever. I'm personally a big bitcoin enthusiast, so it's a lot of fun to see a growing partnership between the chess and bitcoin communities.
Big thanks to DasKaninchen for making these exciting tournaments possible!
One way to combat cheating is to introduce novel variants that are revealed at the time of the tournament, as we did with the first ChessWhiz Cup for Episode 120. Its variant, Horde Chess, was not available on Lichess ahead of time, and was kept a secret until the event. It would take a bit of programming on the Lichess side to make the variants possible, though. I have some ideas for surprise variant rules. :-)
Of course, the question on everyone's mind is that all the prize money is too good to be true. I'm as curious as everyone else what the broader plans are, because free money cannot last forever. I'm personally a big bitcoin enthusiast, so it's a lot of fun to see a growing partnership between the chess and bitcoin communities.
Big thanks to DasKaninchen for making these exciting tournaments possible!