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🪓 2025 Modern FFA World 4 Player Chess Championships 🏆 ⚔️ (DISCUSSION)
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Feb 17, 2025
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#3
Great to see this, Luke! I suggest the brackets to be anonymous, with the classic pinned admin message of who is in the game. In semi-anon the player who gets eliminated can be seen by the other 3 unless he spectates anonymously. And the main reason, there will always be someone who speaks in the chat during the game..
Feb 17, 2025
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#4
rojitto wrote:
Great to see this, Luke! I suggest the brackets to be anonymous, with the classic pinned admin message of who is in the game. In semi-anon the player who gets eliminated can be seen by the other 3 unless he spectates anonymously. And the main reason, there will always be someone who speaks in the chat during the game..
agree
Feb 17, 2025
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#5
Y'all got me sold quite quickly. Changelog #1 Ctrl+F and deleted "semi-" three times. Pinned messages shall include usernames and say the following:
2025 FFA W4PCC R1B#
Welcome to the 2025 FFA World 4 Player Chess Championships Round 1 Bracket #! This is a best of 5 between [Contestant #1 First, Last, @username], [Contestant #2 First, Last, @username], [Contestant #3 First, Last, @username], and [Contestant #4 First, Last, @username]. The first to 1 + 1/4 wins or more will advance to Round 2 best of 5 to be played on March 30 at XX:00 UTC. The winner of that bracket will then advance to the Final best of 9 to be played on April 5-6 at 18:00 UTC. All non-contestants are free to watch the live coverage at XXXX. Best of luck, contestants!
2025 FFA W4PCC R2B#
Welcome to the 2025 FFA World 4 Player Chess Championships Round 2! This is a best of 5 between [Contestant #1 First, Last, @username], [Contestant #2 First, Last, @username], [Contestant #3 First, Last, @username], and [Contestant #4 First, Last, @username]. The first to 1 + 1/4 wins or more will advance to the Final best of 9 to be played on April 5-6 at 18:00 UTC. All non-contestants are free to watch the live coverage at XXXX [fourplayerchess, chuckmoulton, etc. - chuckmoulton provided coverage during prelims].
2025 FFA W4PCC Final
Welcome to the 2025 FFA World 4 Player Chess Championships Finals! This is a best of 9 between [Contestant #1 First, Last, @username], [Contestant #2 First, Last, @username], [Contestant #3 First, Last, @username], and [Contestant #4 First, Last, @username]. The first to 2 + 1/4 wins or more will be declared the 2025 FFA W4PCC Champion! All non-contestants are free to watch the live coverage at https://www.twitch.tv/fourplayerchess Best of luck, contestants!
Feb 17, 2025
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#7
Lez go Luke! Thank you for taking initiative and organizing these championships all these years
1+5 is consider blitz, is it then that the arena are 1+7 or that you need 2400+ in blitz and not rapid ?
Nice :D
Feb 18, 2025
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#11
the-2goat wrote:
1+5 is consider blitz, is it then that the arena are 1+7 or that you need 2400+ in blitz and not rapid ?
For the 1|5, it’s rated rapid and qualification for the arena is based on your rapid rating, and so blitz is mentioned because this is typically a blitz time control, not rapid
Thank you Luke for organizing the World Championship again.
The conditions for qualifying for the Championship are ok. I have, as in previous years, some complaints about the Championship, but now I would like to highlight only one that seems unfair to me: the top 12 on the Leaderboard should, in my opinion, be counted for the entire previous year (as an average) and not just take the cut-off on a certain date. Why? Because there are a lot of players who remember the FFA only before the Championship and don't play it all year round and thus preserve their rating and thus (in my opinion completely undeservedly) participate in such an event. If all the top players played 4PC only once a year, this game would become a joke. In my opinion, this way of selecting the TOP 12 is unfair to regular players.
Anyway, I'm looking forward to the Championship.
One question, how long can you be inactive before you disappear from the top? I understand it was 2 weeks, has that changed?
Hey Everyone,
Thank you all once again for participating and watching the World 4 Player Chess Championships (W4PCC)!
Chess.com will be hosting the second Modern Solo/FFA W4PCC commencing Wednesday, March 19, 2025.
Schedule of the 2025 Modern FFA W4PCC:
March 19 00:00 UTC: The top 12 from FFA rapid leaderboard are selected as the first 12 candidates. Those candidates will qualify for Round 2 and play in any of the March 30 time slots (0:00, 12:00, 16:00, or 20:00 UTC) on a first come first serve basis. Only the top 3 will be guaranteed their first choice. Players on the leaderboard will be messaged and expected to reply prior to March 20 00:00 UTC with their preferences of times they would like to compete on March 29, in order. Replacements will be #13-20 in order from that leaderboard, and then the highest rated player following* the Tournament Director (TD) or referee in charge.
March 22-23 00:00, 12:00, 16:00, and 20:00 UTC: 8x 3-hour 1+5 Rapid 2400+ qualifier arenas, top 2 each arena qualify. Games will be rated and anonymous. Players that fall below 2400 Rapid during the Arena can still complete the arena. While the arenas are 1+5 (normally a blitz time control), they are treated as Rapid Ratings for these arenas. Arena scoring will be 3-1-1-0. Streak bonuses will be removed.
March 29 (Round 1) 00:00, 12:00, 16:00, and 20:00 UTC: 16 players that qualified from the arenas (or substitutes thereof) will battle to 4 in first-to-1.25. 4 on March 29 00:00 UTC, 4 on March 29 12:00 UTC, 4 on March 29 16:00 UTC, and 4 on March 29, 20:00 UTC. Replacements will be #3 through last place from the arena the no-show player qualified from, and then the highest rated player following* the TD or referee. Games will be rated, anonymous, and 1+7.
March 30 (Round 2) 00:00, 12:00, 16:00, and 20:00 UTC: The 4 that advance (1 per time slot) will join the 12 leaderboard candidates (3 each time slot) in a first-to-1.25. Replacements from the leaderboard were discussed above, but replacements from March 29 will be in order from #2-4 from that time slot, and then the highest rated player following* the TD or referee. Games will be rated, anonymous, and 1+7.
April 5-6 (Finals) 18:00 UTC: The final four will play for the Championship in a best-of-9 (first-to-2.25) with a maximum of 5 games per day. Games will be rated, anonymous, and 1+7.
See the following diagrams to hopefully clear up confusion:
For all games, pawns promote on the 8th to a 1-point queen, and the en passant and dead king walk modes will be enabled.
*following is defined as in the same spectator/game chat as the TD/referee on duty at the 15th minute after the hour of the match time. Players may be disqualified and replaced upon failure to arrive before the 15th minute after the hour of the match time. To find the spectator/game chat that the TD (fourplayerchess) or referee is in, please click their profile in the Variants Server (either through the Archive or friends list) and then click "Observing".
Prize Money Disclaimer: Currently pending is a funding of $1000 from chess.com for the 2025 Modern FFA World Champion. Please understand this may take days, weeks, or a month or two to process. The tournament director may refer questions regarding prize money to staff/support. Only one player will be awarded prize money, and that player must agree to use the email directly linked to his/her chess.com account to find the link to the Prize Money when Awarded. Please note that the link may appear in your junk/trash/spam folder, so be sure to check those soon after you win the Championship!
A detailed handbook may be organized and updated for this championship; however, as this is currently categorized as a 2025 Event, rules and eligibility may be superseded by the 2025 Event Rulebook ( https://www.chess.com/article/view/chesscom-event-rulebook ), the Competitive Events Policy ( https://www.chess.com/legal/events ), the Fair Play Policy ( https://www.chess.com/legal/fair-play ), or other chess.com community guidelines, each on a case-by-case basis, and Staff/Support may have final authority of a player's eligibility! The previous FFA championship appeared to have positive feedback; however, the upcoming championship is subject to some possible changes and minor modifications. Discussion feedback may be taken into consideration but is not guaranteed. Staff and Variants Admins may be referees.
Some additional rules to be more clear:
Etiquette Rules
1a.- Please do not resign at the start of the game because of your color or who you think your opposite is.
1b.- (Prelims + Finals) You are encouraged to abort the game if you see an incorrect ruleset, and you will not be penalized.
2.- Do not stall. Waiting 5 minutes before flagging or claiming win benefits nobody and does not make you look cool either.
5b.- Do not refresh your page multiple times to make the messages “[player color] disconnected” and “[player color] reconnected” spam the chat.
6.- You are allowed to spam arrows and use them appropriately as you please to help you play, but please do not spell out inappropriate words or symbols using arrows.
7.- (Prelims + Finals) Please state in chat if you will need a break (up to 5 minutes max ideally) in-between Game 1 and Game 2 in a round. Do not keep everyone waiting or go offline.
8.- Please do not enable blindfold to taunt your opponents or to reveal your identity.
9.- Do not prearrange/match-fix. Report any prearranged teaming/match-fixing. Upon becoming aware that a player communicates that he is planning to throw to make you win, please report this behavior to the tournament director immediately.
Twitch Rules
1a.- Streamer Rule - During a game, change your chat type to emote-only, or instruct your chat moderators to delete any messages that suggest moves.
1b.- Enabling a stream delay to counter stream sniping for the duration of the games would be encouraged.
2.- Streamer / Player Rule - During a game, please do not join calls or talk in direct messages with anybody discussing moves. This is blatant cheating, frowned upon, and will lead to your disqualification from the W4PCC. Even if you are muted or have others on the call muted/are not discussing your game. Do not interact with any 3rd parties during your game.
3.- Viewer Rule - In the case that a player streaming W4PCC does not have their chat restricted to emote-only, do NOT under any circumstance suggest moves. In other words, don’t kibitz.
4.- Player / Viewer Rule - Do not attempt to gain an advantage by viewing a player’s stream during your game. In other words, don’t stream snipe.
Other rules:
If you are qualified via the top two of the arenas or were notified of qualification via leaderboard selection or alternative selection, you must refrain from playing other Qualifier Arenas for this Championship. Failure to do so may result in forfeiture of qualification for the arena previously selected from. As a standard, the 1st offense is a disqualification from arena qualified in 2nd offense is a disqualification from the 2025 FFA W4PCC itself.
Failure to read and adhere to any applicable rules may result in disciplinary action, up to and including disqualification, and violation of core policies (Fair Play, Community Guidelines, etc.) during this tournament may result in account closure. In addition, accounts must have been created 28 days before the start of this tournament (February 19, 2025, or earlier). Furthermore, play-bans, sitewide mutes, and account closures may result in disqualification if in effect during the time of play; chat-bans may be evaluated on a case-by-case basis and may not be removed for the convenience of communicating during the matches.
Preliminaries and Finals are planned to be broadcasted on https://www.twitch.tv/fourplayerchess . We look forward to seeing you play in the championship! Best of luck to all players trying out!
Luke Romanko
W4PCC Tournament Director