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New Swiss tournament
Name
Pick a very safe name for the tournament.
Anything even slightly inappropriate could get your account closed.
Leave empty to name the tournament after a notable chess player.
Number of rounds
An odd number of rounds allows optimal color balance.
Rated
Games are rated
and impact players ratings
Variant
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Crazyhouse
Chess960
King of the Hill
Three-check
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Atomic
Horde
Racing Kings
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Tournament description
Anything special you want to tell the participants? Try to keep it short. Markdown links are available: [name](https://url)
Starting position
Paste a valid FEN to start every game from a given position.
It only works for standard games, not with variants.
You can use the
board editor
to generate a FEN position, then paste it here.
Leave empty to start games from the normal initial position.
Interval between rounds
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Manually schedule each round
Tournament start date
In your own local timezone
Tournament chat
No chat
Only team leaders
Only team members
All Lichess players
Password
Make the tournament private, and restrict access with a password
Minimum rated games
No restriction
5 rated games
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Minimum rating
No restriction
Min rating of 1000
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Maximum weekly rating
No restriction
Max rating of 2200
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Max rating of 900
Max rating of 800
Forbidden pairings
Usernames of players that must not play together (Siblings, for instance). Two usernames per line, separated by a space.
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