VCT 5 Prizes & Hall of Fame
Prizes : A total pool of INR 9600 will be available for prize money from the registration fees. Total number of players in VCT 5 = 32 Registration fees = INR 300
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VCT 5 - Rules & Regulations
VCT 5 – Rules and Regulations All games to be played in the tournament will be 15| 10 Rapid rated games on chess.com. Choice of Black or White colors for VCT 5 matches is different for Group Stages and Knockout Stages as given below. There will be no seeding in VCT 5. All 32 players will be allocated in 8 groups randomly in the Group Allocation ceremony, which will be conducted online on a public forum so that all other players can attend the same and experience the fun! Game timings – The matches for each Gameweek (in Group Stage) will be published upfront in the match schedule and in the Whatsapp group by the Volunteers. Players can mutually agree on a time for that match. Matches can be preponed or postponed within the gameweek, if mutually agreed between the players. Please note, if there is a ‘No Show’ from any player (15 minutes waiting period) on a mutually agreed timeslot, the opponent player gets full 2 points (win points) for 'No-Show'....
VCT 5 Format
Big Bad World We are delighted to announce that we have taken yet another step ahead in the new edition of VCT - Virtual Chess Tournament. Our VCT family will now grow from 24 to 32! Most of the players who have played in VCT 4 have intended to continue in VCT 5 and we have some new players as well. That's the 'Big' part of it. We asked you in VCT 4 Opinion and you said you are fine to play against any player of any rating. So here we go! After VCT 3 and VCT 4, which were seeded tournaments, we will now have VCT 5, which, like VCT 2 will be unseeded. In VCT 5, all the 32 players will be allocated in 8 groups randomly, in the VCT 5 Group Allocation Ceremony and any 4 players can be in a group! That's the 'Bad' part of it! Complete list of players will be shared as soon as the registration process start for VCT 5. Group Allocation will be done in the below format, where Player 1 is the first pla...
VCT 5 - Committee
It is a pleasure to announce that we have formed the VCT 5 Committee for conducting the 5th version of Virtual Chess Tournament, inspired by your support and encouragement. As we aspire to grow our VCT family, we certainly need more help. We have introduced some new roles within VCT committee as given below for the 5th Edition, and we will reconsider the roles again in VCT 6, which will mostly be Clash of Clans 2 and will need Clan Leads. Name of the next tournament will be VCT 5 - Big Bad World and committee will consist of VCT members who have played at least 2 editions of VCT. Coordinators – Jongs (s hayon62 ) Unfortunately, Matcho ( Hopelessindian) had to step down from the VCT Coordinator role, due to personal concerns. So for VCT 5, Jongs will be the only Coordinator, but will be aided by some of the VCT members in the new Volunteer role introduced now in VCT committee. Some core VCT responsibilities of Jongs (aided by Avik) will help be -...