The LEAGUE ! New format

Time to try a new format and experience another system for our League.

We keep the same backbone : every registered player is expected to play (at least) 5 games during the 10-weeks round, against different players.

Here is a recap of how the new format works :

• No more divisions, but only one standings table with all the players
• All the registered players are listed in *the entry list*, sorted by ratings (our Stegen 6-months average rating)
• Based on the entry list, every player can play matches against the 6 players ranked above her/him, and the 6 ranked below her/him (except for the top2 and bottom2 who can challenge 9 players above/below). The entry list prevails for the entire round.
• All the players receive at the beginning of the round the list of players (+ phone numbers) who can be contacted, based on their position in the entry list
• Match format will be most of the time a 1-hour match with as many games played as possible. But of course as usual : pick the format you want as long as both you and your opponent agree on it !
• in the standings table, the point system will be : Win=3pts, Tie=2pts, Loss=1pt. And one extra point for each win against a player with a higher rank in the entry list ;-)
• You can play more than 5 games if you want/can, but only your 5 best results are counted in the table

The goal to have a more flexible format that allows anyone to have opportunities to play fun matches against players of similar levels. And to avoid W/Os :)

Some of you may play 10 matches, some only a couple. Everybody can set his/her own goals : being a finisher (playing 5 games), trying to be as high as possible in the standings table, meeting the most opponents, etc.

Here is an example of what could the standings table look like a couple of weeks before the end of the round :