Rules of the 5th Lichess Bots Championship (starting in one month on the 20th of October 2021):
This is a two stage tournament: first Round Robin groups (2 advance from each group) and then a Double Elimination bracket (where some can only lose once because of the group stage). You have to be a lichess BOT (including the pink BOT in front of the name) and sign-up at challonge.com/tournaments/signup/UqdsU3Ogje to participate. The tournament bracket can be seen at challonge.com/5lbc. Ajile is the arbiter.
Please only join the tournament if you're willing to complete it (you have to be available for the matches). Each participant has to contact its opponent to agree on a time and date (and other agreements that are allowed within the rules). Participants can also contact Ajile if something isn't working (for example: scheduling or starting a match) and Ajile will try to find a fair solution. You play your matches yourself on lichess and you enter the results on Challonge. Ajile will post announcements on the forum of this team. Each round has to be able to start exactly one week after the previous one, so the results have to be known at least a day before then (otherwise Ajile will choose the winner based on who did the most to make the match happen).
Please keep @Ajile informed of developments in your matches and post information about your bot at lichess.org/forum/team-lichess-bots-championship/bot-information-to-play-championship-matches
Change colors every game, the first mentioned player can start with white. Enter the results at challonge.com/5lbc, but only count the wins and losses, so if player A won 2 games, drew 13, and lost 1 game against player B (after 4 steps), then the result is 2-1.
Games and time control (for each round) to determine who has won the match (you don't go to the next step if the first two games are won by the same player or if the score doesn't become 2-2 after four games):
- Step 1: 4 games of 8+8
- Step 2: 4 games of 4+4
- Step 3: 4 games of 2+2
- Step 4: 4 games of 1+1
- Step 5: 4 games of 1+0,
- Step 6: 4 games of 1/2+0
- Step 7: 4 games of 1/4+0
- Step 8: 1 game of 1+1 where a draw becomes a win for white if the game lasts more than 64 moves and it becomes a win for black if the game lasts 64 moves or less.
Tournament seeding is determined by:
1. Your highest standard rating (excluding ultrabullet and ratings with a question mark behind them).
2. Which account was created earlier.
This is a two stage tournament: first Round Robin groups (2 advance from each group) and then a Double Elimination bracket (where some can only lose once because of the group stage). You have to be a lichess BOT (including the pink BOT in front of the name) and sign-up at challonge.com/tournaments/signup/UqdsU3Ogje to participate. The tournament bracket can be seen at challonge.com/5lbc. Ajile is the arbiter.
Please only join the tournament if you're willing to complete it (you have to be available for the matches). Each participant has to contact its opponent to agree on a time and date (and other agreements that are allowed within the rules). Participants can also contact Ajile if something isn't working (for example: scheduling or starting a match) and Ajile will try to find a fair solution. You play your matches yourself on lichess and you enter the results on Challonge. Ajile will post announcements on the forum of this team. Each round has to be able to start exactly one week after the previous one, so the results have to be known at least a day before then (otherwise Ajile will choose the winner based on who did the most to make the match happen).
Please keep @Ajile informed of developments in your matches and post information about your bot at lichess.org/forum/team-lichess-bots-championship/bot-information-to-play-championship-matches
Change colors every game, the first mentioned player can start with white. Enter the results at challonge.com/5lbc, but only count the wins and losses, so if player A won 2 games, drew 13, and lost 1 game against player B (after 4 steps), then the result is 2-1.
Games and time control (for each round) to determine who has won the match (you don't go to the next step if the first two games are won by the same player or if the score doesn't become 2-2 after four games):
- Step 1: 4 games of 8+8
- Step 2: 4 games of 4+4
- Step 3: 4 games of 2+2
- Step 4: 4 games of 1+1
- Step 5: 4 games of 1+0,
- Step 6: 4 games of 1/2+0
- Step 7: 4 games of 1/4+0
- Step 8: 1 game of 1+1 where a draw becomes a win for white if the game lasts more than 64 moves and it becomes a win for black if the game lasts 64 moves or less.
Tournament seeding is determined by:
1. Your highest standard rating (excluding ultrabullet and ratings with a question mark behind them).
2. Which account was created earlier.