ctcl 6

Dear classical chess friends,
Round 9 of the CTCL had 131 participants yesterday:
lichess.org/tournament/823EpUAd

C3 – Classical Chess Club is once more the great winner, congratulations!
Todo Mundo Masters finished in 2nd place and is now 11 points clear in the overall standings.
90m30s finished in 3rd rank.

Rank/ Team/ Total 1st game/ Number of players / Avg Score / Point for Standing
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1. C3 – Classical Chess Club / 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 0 (13) 8 / 1.63 (perf 1906) / 10
2. Todo Mundo Masters / 2 2 2 2 0 0 (8) 6 / 1.33 (perf 2035) / 9
3. 90m+30s / 0 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 (10) 9 / 1.11 (perf 1964) / 8
4. Chess Champions (Never Give Up) / 2 2 2 0 0 (6) 5 / 1 (perf 1658) / 7
5. Échecs & amateurs / 2 2 2 2 0 2 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 (17) 18 / 0.94 (1733) / 6
6. Царское Село / 2 2 (4) 2 / 0.67 (perf 2033) / 5
7. Roman Classic Chess / 0 2 2 0 0 (4) 5 / 0.67 (perf 1787) / 4
8. Chessmasterpro-Tatarstan-Elabuga / 2 0 2 (4) 3 / 0.67 (perf 1748) / 3
9. Fight for Win / 0 2 2 0 (4) 4 / 0.67 (1653) / 2
10. Hardcore Swiss / 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 (4) 8 / 0.5 (perf 1587) / 1
11. Elite Chess Players' Union / 2 (2) 1 / 0.33 (perf 2082)
12. Lightning's Flash Team / 2 (2) 1 / 0.33 (perf 2066)
13. Indicheck _hu / 1 0 (1) 2 / 0.17 (perf 1394)
14. Chess hummer / 0 0 (0) 2 / 0 (perf 1650)
15. Club Virsan / 0 (0) 1 / 0 (perf 1625)
16. Black Swans / 0 0 (0) 2 / 0 (perf 1578)
17. Club de Pascal / 0 0 (0) 2 / 0 (perf 1513)
18. Rochade Europa - Schachzeitung / 0 (0) 1 / 0 (perf 1454)
19. World Chess Lover / 0 0 (0) 2 / 0 (perf 1418)
20. Todo Mundo / 0 (0) 1 / 0 (perf 1391)

Overall Standings after Round 9 of 12:
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1. Todo Mundo Masters / 9+9+9+8+10+10+7+8+9 (79)
2. C3 – Classical Chess Club / 7+8+5+6+6+7+9+10+10 (68)
3. Échecs & amateurs / 6+10+8+4+9+8+3+7+6 (61)
4. 90m+30s / 6+10+8+3+10+9+8 (54)
5. Chess Champions (Never Give Up) / 1+6+7+3+1+9+4+4+7 (42)
6. Chessmasterpro-Tatarstan-Elabuga / 5+4+5+4+8+5+3 (34)
7. Царское Село / 4+2+9+7+1+6+5 (34)
8. Roman Classic Chess/ 8+7+2+1+4 (22)
9. Rochade Europa - Schachzeitung / 7+6+5 (18)
10. Fight for Win / 3+5+5+2+2 (17)
11. Lightning's Flash Team / 5+4+1+2+3 (15)
12. Todo Mundo / 10+1+1 (12)
13. Lance5500 Chess Coach / 6
14. Club Virsan / 2+3 (5)
15-16. Elite Chess Players' Union / 2+2 (4)
15-16. Black Swans / 4
17-18. Club de Pascal / 3
17-18. THINK / 3
19. Club d'échecs de Hemmingford Chess Club / 2
20-21. Hardcore Swiss / 1
20-21. BS Academy / 1

CTCL 6 Round 10 Saturday October 5:
lichess.org/tournament/OytMV7KR

Have a wonderful Sunday!
Kurt and Chien

Dear classical chess friends,
Round 10 of the CTCL had 119 participants on Saturday.
lichess.org/tournament/OytMV7KR

Most teams were very close together.
Suddenly the race for the champion is totally open again!
Chess Champions (Never Give Up) is the great winner, congratulations!
Time Waterfall is the runner up, congratulations!
C3 – Classical Chess Club finished in 3rd place decided only by the Tie-Break ahead of 90m+30s.
Todo Mundo Masters is still leading, having lost most of their advantage though.
The last 2 rounds will be a thriller for sure!

Rank/ Team/ Total 1st game/ Number of players / Avg Score / Point for Standing
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1. Chess Champions (Never Give Up) / 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 0 (13) 8 / 13:8 = 1.63 (perf 1600) / 10
2. Time Waterfall / 2 2 2 2 0 0 (8) 6 / 8:6 = 1.33 (perf 1858) / 9
3. C3 – Classical Chess Club / 2 2 0 2 2 2 1 0 0 (11) 9 / 11:9 = 1.22 (perf 1811) / 8
4. 90m+30s / 2 2 2 2 1 2 0 0 0 (11) 9 / 11:9 = 1.22 (perf 1762) / 7
5. Échecs & amateurs / 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 (17) 14 / 17:14 = 1.21 (perf 1977) / 6
6. Chessmasterpro-Tatarstan-Elabuga / 2 2 0 1 0 0 (5) 6 / 5:6 = 0.83 (perf 1850) / 5
7. Fight for Win / 2 0 1 0 0 0 (3) 6 / 3:6 = 0.5 (perf 1647) / 4
8. Roman Classic Chess / 2 0 (2) 2 / 2:6 = 0.33 (perf 2056)/ 3
9. Black Swans / 2 (2) 1 / 2:6 = 0.33 (perf 1886) / 2
10. Todo Mundo Masters / 2 0 0 0 (2) 4 / 2:6 = 0.33 (perf 1830) / 1
11. chess Ille-et-Vilaine35 / 2 (2) 1 / 2:6 = 0.33 (perf 1793)
12. TEAM Pacomarqueschess / 2 (2) 1 / 2:6 = 0.33 (perf 1668)
13. Царское Село / 0 2 0 (2) 3 / 2:6 = 0.33 (perf 1649)
14. Club de Pascal / 1 (1) 1 / 1:6 = 0.17 (perf 1556)
15. Lance5500 Chess Coach / 0 (0) 1 / 0:6 = 0 (perf 1813)
16. Elite Chess Players' Union / 0 0 (0) 2 / 0:6 = 0 (perf 1654)
17. Chess hummer / 0 (0) 1 / 0:6 = 0 (perf 1632)
18. Rochade Europa - Schachzeitung / 0 0 0 (0) 3 / 0:6 = 0 (perf 1590)
19. magnus karsel takımı / 0 (0) 1 / 0:6 = 0 (perf 1410)

Standings after Round 10 of 12:
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1. Todo Mundo Masters / 9+9+9+8+10+10+7+8+9 +1 (80)
2. C3 – Classical Chess Club / 7+8+5+6+6+7+9+10+10 +8 (76)
3. Échecs & amateurs / 6+10+8+4+9+8+3+7+6 +6 (67)
4. 90m+30s / 6+10+8+3+10+9+8 +7 (61)
5. Chess Champions (Never Give Up) / 1+6+7+3+1+9+4+4+7 +10 (52)
6. Chessmasterpro-Tatarstan-Elabuga / 5+4+5+4+8+5+3 +5 (39)
7. Царское Село / 4+2+9+7+1+6+5 (34)
8. Roman Classic Chess/ 8+7+2+1+4 +3 (25)
9. Fight for Win / 3+5+5+2+2 +4 (21)
10. Rochade Europa - Schachzeitung / 7+6+5 (18)
11. Lightning's Flash Team / 5+4+1+2+3 (15)
12. Todo Mundo / 10+1+1 (12)
13. Time Waterfall (9)
14-15. Lance5500 Chess Coach / 6
14-15. Black Swans / 4 + 2 (6)
16. Club Virsan / 2+3 (5)
17. Elite Chess Players' Union / 2+2 (4)
18-19. Club de Pascal / 3
18-19. THINK / 3
20. Club d'échecs de Hemmingford Chess Club / 2
21-22. Hardcore Swiss / 1
21-22. BS Academy / 1

These are the links for the last 2 rounds.
CTCL 6 Round 11 Saturday October 19:
lichess.org/tournament/VIOkiSTC

CTCL 6 Round 12 Saturday November 2:
lichess.org/tournament/GlmaMsK6

Take care!

Kurt and Chien

The second to last round of the CTCL had 119 participants and was very tough:
lichess.org/tournament/VIOkiSTC

C3 – Classical Chess Club is the great winner of the round, congratulations!
As a result they closed the gap in the overall standings.
Time Waterfall followed very close and 90m+30s finished in 3rd place, congratulations!

The Final Round will be a thriller in 2 weeks!

Rank/ Team/ Total 1st game/ Number of players / Avg Score / Point for Standing
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1. C3 – Classical Chess Club / 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 0 0 (15) 10 / 15:10 = 1.5 (perf 2118) / 10
2. Time Waterfall / 2 2 0 2 0 2 2 (10) 7 / 8:7 / 1.43 (perf 1981) / 9
3. 90m+30s / 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 (16) 13 / 16:13 = 1.23 (perf 1906) / 8
4. Todo Mundo Masters / 2 2 0 2 1 0 (7) 6 / 7:6 = 1.17 (perf 1985) / 7
5. Chessmasterpro-Tatarstan-Elabuga / 0 1 2 0 1 2 (6) 6 / 6:6 = 1 (perf 1867) / 6
6. Chess Champions (Never Give Up) / 2 2 2 0 (6) 4 / 6:6 = 1 (perf 1655) / 5
7. Échecs & amateurs / 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 (4) 7 / 0.57 (perf 1769) / 4
8. Царское Село / 2 1 (3) 2 / 3:6 = 0.5 (perf 1950) / 3
9. Rochade Europa - Schachzeitung / 2 0 (2) 2 / 2:6 = 0.33 (perf 1828) / 2
10 . Secret Life [SL] / 2 0 0 (2) 3 / 2:6 = 0.33 (perf 1603) / 1
11. Todo Mundo / 1 (1) 1 / 1:6 = 0.17 (perf 1854)
12. Fight for Win / 0 (0) 1 / 0:6 = 0 (perf 1799)
13. Club de Pascal / 0 (1) 1 / 0:6 = 0 (perf 1723)
14. Lance5500 Chess Coach / 0 (0) 1 / 0:6 = 0 (perf 1691)
15. Roman Chess Classic / 0 0 0 0 (0) 4 / 0:6 = 0 (perf 1603)
16. TEAM Pacomarqueschess / 0 (0) 1 / 0:6 = 0 (perf 1549)
17. SióSakk / 0 (0) 1 / 0:6 = 0 (perf 1504)
18. Club Virsan / 0 (0) 1 / 0:6 = 0 (perf 1239)
19. CL(Chess Lovers) / 0 (0) 1 / 0:6 = 0 (perf 1116)

Overall Standings after 11 Rounds of 12:
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1. Todo Mundo Masters / 9+9+9+8+10+10+7+8+9+1 +7 (87)
2. C3 – Classical Chess Club / 7+8+5+6+6+7+9+10+10+8 +10 (86)
3. Échecs & amateurs / 6+10+8+4+9+8+3+7+6+6 +4 (71)
4. 90m+30s / 6+10+8+3+10+9+8+7 +8 (67)
5. Chess Champions (Never Give Up) / 1+6+7+3+1+9+4+4+7+10 +5 (57)
6. Chessmasterpro-Tatarstan-Elabuga / 5+4+5+4+8+5+3+5 +6 (45)
7. Царское Село / 4+2+9+7+1+6+5 +3 (37)
8. Roman Classic Chess/ 8+7+2+1+4+3 (25)
9. Fight for Win / 3+5+5+2+2 +4 (21)
10. Rochade Europa - Schachzeitung / 7+6+5 +2 (20)
11. Time Waterfall / 9 +9 (18)
12. Lightning's Flash Team / 5+4+1+2+3 (15)
13. Todo Mundo / 10+1+1 (12)
14-15. Lance5500 Chess Coach / 6
14-15. Black Swans / 4+2 (6)
16. Club Virsan / 2+3 (5)
17. Elite Chess Players' Union / 2+2 (4)
18-19. Club de Pascal / 3
18-19. THINK / 3
20. Club d'échecs de Hemmingford Chess Club / 2
21-23. Secret Life [SL] / 1
21-23. Hardcore Swiss / 1
21-23. BS Academy / 1

CTCL 6 Round 12 Saturday November 2:
lichess.org/tournament/GlmaMsK6

Dear classical chess friends,
A record crowd of 196 players enjoyed the final round of CTCL 6 yesterday:

lichess.org/tournament/GlmaMsK6

That’s truly amazing for a serious 60+30 arena competition.
Classical online chess is very much alive, thank you all!
The final round was a thriller.
All players fought hard for their team.
Todo Mundo Masters won the round and managed to defend their narrow lead.

A 6 months long epic battle has ended.
Congratulations to the great champion Todo Mundo!
It’s their 4th title in 6 editions besides a 2nd and a 3rd place!

Congratulations to the runner up C3 – Classical Chess Club!
They were brilliant and almost managed to defend their title.

Congratulations to the 3rd place Échecs & amateurs!
It’s a fantastic result in their 1st participation.

We’d like to thank you all for having made it such a wonderful championship.
A special thanks to the team leaders for their awesome support.

Result of Round 12
Rank/ Team/ Total 1st game/ Number of players / Avg Score / Point for Standing
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1. Todo Mundo Masters / 2 2 2 2 0 2 (10) 6 / 10:6 = 1.67 (perf 2121) / 10
2. Time Waterfall / 2 2 2 0 2 2 2 2 0 2 2 2 0 (20) 13 / 20:13 = 1.54 (perf 2060) / 9
3. C3 – Classical Chess Club / 2 0 1 2 2 2 2 0 0(11) 9 / 11:9 = 1.22 (perf 1891) / 8
4. Secret Life [SL] / 2 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 2 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 (22) 19 / 22:19 = 1.16 (perf 1720) / 7
5. Царское Село / 2 2 2 (6) 3 / 6:6 = 1 (perf 1927) / 6
6. Chess Champions (Never Give Up) / 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0(8) 8 / 8:8 = 1 (perf 1640)/ 5
7. Chessmasterpro-Tatarstan-Elabuga / 1 2 2 1 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 (12) 13 / 12:13 = 0.92 (perf 1646) / 4
8. Club de Pascal / 2 2 (4) 2 / 4:6 = 0.67 (perf 2121) / 3
9. 90m+30s / 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 (4) 7 / 4:7 = 0.57 (perf 1669) / 2
10. Échecs & amateurs / 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 (6) 12 / 6:12 = 0.5 (perf 1746) / 1
11. Indicheck _hu / 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 (4) 11 / 4:11 = 0.36 (perf 1494)
12. Lightning's Flash Team / 2 (2) 1 / 2:6 = 0.33 (perf 2113)
13. Super Classical Champions / 2 (2) 1 / 2:6 = 0.33 (perf 2065)
14. World Chess Lovers / 2 (2) 1 / 2:6 = 0.33 (perf 1996)
15. Elite Chess Players' Union / 2 (2) 1 / 2:6 = 0.33 (perf 1907)
16. Fight for Win / 2 (2) 1 / 2:6 = 0.33 (perf 1828)
17. Roman Classic Chess / 0 2 0 0 0 0(2) 6 / 2:6 = 0.33 = (perf 1716)
18. Chess hummer / 2 (2) 1 / 2:6 = 0.33 (perf 1709)
19. Lance5500 Chess Coach / 2 0 0(2) 3 / 2:6 = 0.33 (perf 1669)
20. Rochade Europa - Schachzeitung / 0 2 0 0(2) 4 / 2:6 = 0.33 (perf 1634)
21. Neighbor of Magnus Carlsen Fan Club / 2 0(2) 2 / 2:6 = 0.33 (perf 1568)
22. rapid 8+0 / 2 0(2) 2 / 2:6 = 0.33 (perf 1421)
23. Harry Potters 07 Team / 2 0 0 0(2) 4 / 2:6 = 0.33 (perf 1295)
24. Club d'échecs de Hemmingford Chess Club / 1 (1) 1 / 1:6 = 0.17 (perf 1777)
25. Club Virsan / 1 0(1) 2 / 1:6 = 0.17 (perf 1565)
26. Chess warriors lead / 0 (0) 1 / 0:6 = 0 (perf 1524)
27. Todo Mundo / 0 0(0) 2 / 0:6 = 0 (perf 1471)

Final standings:
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1. Todo Mundo Masters / 9+9+9+8+10+10+7+8+9+1+7 +10 (97)
2. C3 – Classical Chess Club / 7+8+5+6+6+7+9+10+10+8+10 +8 (94)
3. Échecs & amateurs / 6+10+8+4+9+8+3+7+6+6+4 +1 (72)
4. 90m+30s / 6+10+8+3+10+9+8+7+8 +2 (69)
5. Chess Champions (Never Give Up) / 1+6+7+3+1+9+4+4+7+10+5 +5 (62)
6. Chessmasterpro-Tatarstan-Elabuga / 5+4+5+4+8+5+3+5+6 +4(49)
7. Царское Село / 4+2+9+7+1+6+5+3 +6 (43)
8. Time Waterfall / 9+9 +9 (27)
9. Roman Classic Chess/ 8+7+2+1+4+3 (25)
10. Fight for Win / 3+5+5+2+2 +4 (21)
11. Rochade Europa - Schachzeitung / 7+6+5+2 (20)
12. Lightning's Flash Team / 5+4+1+2+3 (15)
13. Todo Mundo / 10+1+1 (12)
14. Secret Life [SL] / 1 +7 (8)
15-17. Club de Pascal / 3 +3 (6)
15-17. Lance5500 Chess Coach / 6
15-17. Black Swans / 4+2 (6)
18. Club Virsan / 2+3 (5)
19. Elite Chess Players' Union / 2+2 (4)
20. THINK / 3
21. Club d'échecs de Hemmingford Chess Club / 2
22-23. Hardcore Swiss / 1
22-23. BS Academy / 1

Season 7 will start in January.
Meanwhile let’s celebrate the end of a great classical chess year together in a Swiss:
https:// lichess.org/swiss/LxvFTtiz

Take care!

Kurt and Chien