Dear chess friends!


the 7th round will be played IN LESS THAN 1 hour at 20 GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) as usual. The original announcement with more information about this Hivechess tournament you can find [here](https://peakd.com/hive-157286/@stayoutoftherz/announcing-the-hive-chess-blitz-tournament-fr-20h-utc-and-logo-contest).

But this time we will try out the newly in Lichess available [Swiss Tournament mode](https://lichess.org/swiss). More details about it further down this post.

ATTENTION: In order to participate in Swiss tournaments, you have to be part of a team! Please join [here](https://lichess.org/team/steemit-steem-chess-tournamants) the Steem/Hive chess tournaments team on Lichess or check, if you are alreay there!

[Current Standing](https://peakd.com/chess/@stayoutoftherz/hivechess-tournament-round-6-yet-another-winner-iceblue) after 6 rounds.

Mode: **5+0** (5 minutes per game, no increment), 6 rounds Swiss tournament

## Tournament Link: https://lichess.org/swiss/rEn56zGg


Price pool so far already **>200 Hive**!

![hivechess swiss.gif](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/stayoutoftherz/QGViMZvp-hivechess20swiss.gif)



##### Time zones:

Time difference from Greenwich Mean Time GMT 20.00 
(Let me know in comments, if you want a different day).

||||
|-|-|-|
|Los Angeles|-7 hours|13.00|
|New York, Venezuela	|−4 hours	|16.00
|UTC, GMT, Reykjavik, Bamako, Freetown	|0	|20.00
|London	|+1 hour	|21.00
|Paris, Munich, Madrid, Nigeria, Vienna	|+2 hours	|22.00
|Moscow,  Les'ky, Istanbul	|+3 hours	|23.00
|Beijing, Singapore|+8 hours	|04.00
|Tokyo|+9 hours|05.00
|Sidney|+10 hours|06.00

GMT time converter: https://time.is/en/GMT


#### RULES
- Players of all skill levels are welcome, from newbie to expert!
- Every Friday 20 to 21 GMT is one round (*with few exceptions*), season 1 goes over 10 rounds
- Time mode is varying (5+0, 5+1, 3+2, 10+0,...), rated, berserking allowed (exc. in Swiss mode)
- PAYOUT: The Season 1 will go for 10 rounds and points are summed up. All Hivechess-related post rewards are pooled and 90% go to the price pool. The winner will get 30% of that price pool, the second 20%, the third 10%, the rest is divided equally among the other players active on Hive or Steem, according to the rounds they have played. So everyone has a chance to get something!
- If I don´t know your Hive username, I can´t consider you in the rankings, so please let me know your name in the comments

#### Swiss Tournament

There are several differences between the "normal" arena mode and the Swiss mode which needs to be considered:
||**Arena tournaments**|**Swiss tournaments**
|-|-|-|
|Duration of the tournament|Predefined duration in minutes|Predefined max rounds, but duration unknown
|Number of games|As many as can be played in the allotted duration|Decided in advance, same for all players
|Pairing system|Any available opponent with similar ranking|Best pairing based on points and tie breaks
|Pairing wait time|Fast: doesn't wait for all players|Slow: waits for all players
|Identical pairing|Possible|Forbidden
|Streaks & Berserk|Yes|No
|Points|Win:2 Draw 1 doubled if on fire|Win:1 Draw: 1/2 Not paired: 1
|Late joiners|get no points| get 1/2 point gift

Of note, the number of rounds is limited by the rule that no identical pairings are allowed. In other words you will play only once against a specific opponent - this is maybe the biggest difference compared to arena tournaments. So if e.g. only 6 players are participating, 5 rounds will be played despite I aim to go for 6 rounds.

Please share this announcement among your (chess) friends and colleagues!
The more participate, the more fun! And maybe some are even interested to join Hive and it´s [Chess Community](https://peakd.com/c/hive-157286/created)?

potentially of interest for 
@anadello @anli @arsenal49 @behiver @bitsignal @cerati @chesthetica @elprofe62 @eniolw @evgsk @foxconnmars @gingerbyna @hierro21 @iceblue @jaki01 @jkms @juanmi96 @kintokris @marcusantoniu26 @maciejficek @meedo @mstafford @pereu4ivatel @rafaelaquino @renerondon @rodrook @samostically @schamangerbert @the01crow @walner

![image.png](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/stayoutoftherz/HDltfCmz-image.png)