Clash of Clubs: All The Information
Clash of Clubs is a new event pitting creators' clubs against one another in a two-hour multi-club arena. It takes place on May 8 and features a $2,500 prize pool. Everyone can participate and try to get the win for their favorite creator's community!
Format
Clash of Clubs is a two-hour 3+0 multi-club arena, which will be available at go.chess.com/clashofclubs on the day of the event. Any Chess.com member can join (if they have played at least 25 games on the website), but only streamers can compete for cash prizes. The scores of the top 30 players of each club will count toward their club's score.
Prizes
The creator prize pool for Clash of Clubs is $2,500. The prize distribution is as follows:
- Club Leaderboard ($1,250)
- 1st: $600
- 2nd:$350
- 3rd: $200
- 4th-5th:$100
- Creator Leaderboard ($1,250)
- 1st: $600
- 2nd:$350
- 3rd: $200
- 4th-5th:$100
- Community Prizes
- The top five scorers in each team will receive a one-month Diamond membership.
- One random player per club with more than 15 points will receive a one-month Diamond membership.
Schedule
Clash of Clubs happens on May 8, starting at 9 a.m. PT/18:00 CEST and ending at 11 a.m. PT/20:00 CEST.
Streaming And Identification Requirements
Clash of Clubs is open to all Chess.com members, but only content creators registering their clubs and streaming the event are eligible for prizes. All streaming platforms are allowed.
Creators must meet the following criteria to be prize-eligible:
- Anonymous players cannot earn prizes. All accounts must be labeled with the player's real name.
- All streamers must play using accounts that properly reflect their playing strength as measured by rating. All forms of rating manipulation are against site rules.
- The player must stream their games with their board and themselves visible on stream, and their video and audio must be clear.
- The player must stream at least 100 minutes of the event.
- The player must save their VODs and be able to provide them to staff upon request to be prize-eligible. It is recommended that they be stored publicly to avoid disqualification.
- Verbal commentary and chat engagement are required. We are specifically discouraging players from streaming simply to be eligible for prizes while not providing any streaming "value."
- No short or unnatural draws without playing an authentic game of chess are permitted. We expect players to abide by the spirit of the competition and play normally at all times. A draw may be offered before time expires in your final game to "beat the buzzer," but only if this game was played in the authentic manner we expect throughout the whole of the tournament, and beyond a minimum of 30 moves.
How To Participate
Creators can fill out the following form to register for their clubs. Our staff will confirm your application has been approved and provide further instructions.
