SigmaCamp Chess Club

1. e4 — hypothesis

Think several
moves ahead.

The SigmaCamp Chess Club brings together curious minds who treat every game as an experiment: observe, hypothesize, calculate, test.

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First club tournament

SigmaChess 1

A slow, friendly Swiss tournament played over several months. You set the schedule with your opponent, so it fits around school, camp and everything else.

How a Swiss tournament works

  1. 01
    Everyone plays every round

    No knockouts. One loss doesn't send you home, so you get a full tournament's worth of games.

  2. 02
    Paired by score

    Each round you face someone with the same (or nearly the same) score. Winners meet winners, so games stay close.

  3. 03
    No rematches

    You never play the same opponent twice, and colors alternate as evenly as possible.

  4. 04
    Points decide it

    Win = 1, draw = ½, loss = 0. After the last round, the most points wins. Tiebreaks settle equal scores.

Playing your games

Where
In person or online. You and your opponent decide.
When
Whenever suits you both, as long as the game is played inside the round's window.
Deadline
Each round must be completed within one month.
Contact
Reach your opponent through the SigmaCamp Discord and make a reasonable effort to set a time.