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Greetings, and welcome to the European Chess Federation!
The European Chess Federation is the international regulatory body for high level chess within the world of 1953 Europe. The European Chess Federation is an officially apolitical organization. This organization is open to chess champions of all nationalities, regardless of race, creed, gender, or political ideology.
Historical Background [IC]
The European Chess Federation was officially founded in early 1953, after protracted negotiations between representatives of various national Chess organizations from around the globe. The inspiration for this organization lies with one man, Saami Grandmaster Gaaral Beavrrti. Beavrrti first floated the idea of an international chess federation to his colleagues in the late 1940s, but it was only with considerable difficulty that he was able to find enough international support and funding for this enterprise. In recognition of his leading role in the foundation of the European Chess Federation, current ECF headquarters are located in Aanaari, Saamiland, the city of his birth.
While the constitution of the European Chess Federation opens the organization to members of all ages, genders, nationalities, and creeds, membership in the European Chess Federation requires one to be a recognized member of their respective national chess federation or simmilar body, and to have achieved the rank of Master or Grandmaster in said organization. The European Chess Federation accepts only the best chess players from around the world.
Structure [OOC]
The European Chess Federation is a regulatory body, intended to coordinate matches and tournaments between international players. As such, this thread will serve as a coordinating and logistical thread for signups, friendly/unranked matches, ranking updates, and other announcements. I hope that all OOC discussion will be kept in the OOC thread in General Discussion. The OOC thread can be located here:
The premier event of the European Chess Federation will be the European Chess Championship, which will be held annually, at a date and time to be determined. The championship will be held annually to preserve continuity between roleplay in the ECF and the larger IC world we are helping to create. This does not, however, mean that there will only be one ECF event per year. Rather, I plan to run a series of ECF-sanctioned tournaments as my schedule allows. The results of these tournaments will be factored into a ranking system for all players, to allow nations to evolve their players in the quest for a position as current World Champion. Rankings for all tournaments will be updated after the completion of that tournament, and before the start of another. Exact ranking structure will be developed according to our needs. All players will be informed of the ranking system's mechanics, and are welcome to contribute thoughts and suggestions. Likewise, I will keep players informed of any and all changes to the scorination program, and welcome their feedback.
In addition to a series of tournaments, players are welcome to organize friendly matches between opposing players. Friendly matches will not, however, impact player rankings. All friendly chess matches can be arranged in this thread, and will likewise have their results posted in this thread. Players are also welcome to post RP in this thread either relating to friendly matches, or with general domestic news about their chess players/programs.
Scorination [OOC]
All ECF tournaments and friendly matches will be scorinated impartially, using the excel-based Chessinator v0.2. This program was designed independently by the player behind Saamiland/Boer Republics/Novikov. An overview of the basic coding is located here:
Chessinator v0.2 had the advantage over a basic random number generator, in that it generates the number of points lost by both players, as well as the win/loss/draw result. For those unfamiliar with point scoring in chess, pawns are 1 point each, knights and bishops 3 points each, rooks 5 points each and the queen 9 points, for a grand total of 39 points. Generated results show total points lost, without designating which pieces were lost. This is to provide more substance for roleplay - allowing for results like surprise victories in spite of loosing many pieces, or uncanny draws with several pieces left on the board, rather than just dull win-loss-draw results.
The Chessinator also factors in a player's ranking when generating results, with more ranking points improving the chances of a victory or draw. Players can also generate additional ranking points through roleplay (the RP bonus) for each day of a tournament. RP bonus, however, will not be available to friendly matches, for convenience sake.
Finally, the Chessinator uses a style modifier for each player. The style modifier is any number between 1.0 and -1.0, representing how aggressive or cautious a player is. Players with a positive style modifier play more aggressively. They are willing to trade pieces with their opponent, and thus have an increased rate of point capture and and increased rate of point loss. On the other hand, players with a negative style modifier play more defensive. They are less willing to trade pieces, and this reduces both their point capture and point loss. Because of my imperfect coding, players should know that the highest style modifiers will inadvertently increase their chance of a draw, while extremely low style modifiers will increase the likelihood of unrealistic draws (with low point capture on both sides) and 'stunning' checkmates, achieved while the mated opponent still has the majority of their pieces. No style modifier is favored over any other, and, aside from the marginally increased rate of draws for players with positive modifiers, they should have no impact on the outcome of the match.
Signups [IC]
All nations interested in participating in the European Chess Federation are welcome to sign up players using the form below. For logistical reasons, however, nations are limited to 5 total players per nation. New players may be assigned a starting amount of ranking points between 0 and 10, to indicate their level of skill. However, while these starting points may be distributed according to the whims of the nation, the average rank of all players from a specific nation must be equal to or less than 5. Or to put it another way, each nation gets 5 points per registered player, to distribute as wished, up to the maximum of 25 points (5 total players).
To register a player with the European Chess Federation, please provide the following information:
PLAYER NAME
Age:
Nationality:
Short Bio:
Starting Rank:
Style Modifier:
Please use the above format for all applications, to make my life easier when updating the list of players. A properly formatted application should looks something like this:
GAARAL BEAVRRTI
Age: 52
Nationality: Saami
Short Bio: Gaaral Beavrrti was a chess prodigy from a young age. He gained recognition within the Saami chess community in 1927, after defeating one-time Saami Grandmaster Aappo Buovattjaadi at an invitational tournament hosted by Aanaari University. After this surprise debut onto the national scene, he quickly rose to dominate the Saami chess scene. In 1941, he earned the rank of Grandmaster within the Saami National Chess Council. He is known for a deliberate, positional style of play.
Starting Rank: 9
Style Modifier: -0.5
The European Chess Federation is the international regulatory body for high level chess within the world of 1953 Europe. The European Chess Federation is an officially apolitical organization. This organization is open to chess champions of all nationalities, regardless of race, creed, gender, or political ideology.
Historical Background [IC]
The European Chess Federation was officially founded in early 1953, after protracted negotiations between representatives of various national Chess organizations from around the globe. The inspiration for this organization lies with one man, Saami Grandmaster Gaaral Beavrrti. Beavrrti first floated the idea of an international chess federation to his colleagues in the late 1940s, but it was only with considerable difficulty that he was able to find enough international support and funding for this enterprise. In recognition of his leading role in the foundation of the European Chess Federation, current ECF headquarters are located in Aanaari, Saamiland, the city of his birth.
While the constitution of the European Chess Federation opens the organization to members of all ages, genders, nationalities, and creeds, membership in the European Chess Federation requires one to be a recognized member of their respective national chess federation or simmilar body, and to have achieved the rank of Master or Grandmaster in said organization. The European Chess Federation accepts only the best chess players from around the world.
Structure [OOC]
The European Chess Federation is a regulatory body, intended to coordinate matches and tournaments between international players. As such, this thread will serve as a coordinating and logistical thread for signups, friendly/unranked matches, ranking updates, and other announcements. I hope that all OOC discussion will be kept in the OOC thread in General Discussion. The OOC thread can be located here:
You must be registered for see links
The premier event of the European Chess Federation will be the European Chess Championship, which will be held annually, at a date and time to be determined. The championship will be held annually to preserve continuity between roleplay in the ECF and the larger IC world we are helping to create. This does not, however, mean that there will only be one ECF event per year. Rather, I plan to run a series of ECF-sanctioned tournaments as my schedule allows. The results of these tournaments will be factored into a ranking system for all players, to allow nations to evolve their players in the quest for a position as current World Champion. Rankings for all tournaments will be updated after the completion of that tournament, and before the start of another. Exact ranking structure will be developed according to our needs. All players will be informed of the ranking system's mechanics, and are welcome to contribute thoughts and suggestions. Likewise, I will keep players informed of any and all changes to the scorination program, and welcome their feedback.
In addition to a series of tournaments, players are welcome to organize friendly matches between opposing players. Friendly matches will not, however, impact player rankings. All friendly chess matches can be arranged in this thread, and will likewise have their results posted in this thread. Players are also welcome to post RP in this thread either relating to friendly matches, or with general domestic news about their chess players/programs.
Scorination [OOC]
All ECF tournaments and friendly matches will be scorinated impartially, using the excel-based Chessinator v0.2. This program was designed independently by the player behind Saamiland/Boer Republics/Novikov. An overview of the basic coding is located here:
You must be registered for see links
. A detailed list of changes from v0.1 to v0.2 can be found here:
You must be registered for see links
.Chessinator v0.2 had the advantage over a basic random number generator, in that it generates the number of points lost by both players, as well as the win/loss/draw result. For those unfamiliar with point scoring in chess, pawns are 1 point each, knights and bishops 3 points each, rooks 5 points each and the queen 9 points, for a grand total of 39 points. Generated results show total points lost, without designating which pieces were lost. This is to provide more substance for roleplay - allowing for results like surprise victories in spite of loosing many pieces, or uncanny draws with several pieces left on the board, rather than just dull win-loss-draw results.
The Chessinator also factors in a player's ranking when generating results, with more ranking points improving the chances of a victory or draw. Players can also generate additional ranking points through roleplay (the RP bonus) for each day of a tournament. RP bonus, however, will not be available to friendly matches, for convenience sake.
Finally, the Chessinator uses a style modifier for each player. The style modifier is any number between 1.0 and -1.0, representing how aggressive or cautious a player is. Players with a positive style modifier play more aggressively. They are willing to trade pieces with their opponent, and thus have an increased rate of point capture and and increased rate of point loss. On the other hand, players with a negative style modifier play more defensive. They are less willing to trade pieces, and this reduces both their point capture and point loss. Because of my imperfect coding, players should know that the highest style modifiers will inadvertently increase their chance of a draw, while extremely low style modifiers will increase the likelihood of unrealistic draws (with low point capture on both sides) and 'stunning' checkmates, achieved while the mated opponent still has the majority of their pieces. No style modifier is favored over any other, and, aside from the marginally increased rate of draws for players with positive modifiers, they should have no impact on the outcome of the match.
Signups [IC]
All nations interested in participating in the European Chess Federation are welcome to sign up players using the form below. For logistical reasons, however, nations are limited to 5 total players per nation. New players may be assigned a starting amount of ranking points between 0 and 10, to indicate their level of skill. However, while these starting points may be distributed according to the whims of the nation, the average rank of all players from a specific nation must be equal to or less than 5. Or to put it another way, each nation gets 5 points per registered player, to distribute as wished, up to the maximum of 25 points (5 total players).
To register a player with the European Chess Federation, please provide the following information:
PLAYER NAME
Age:
Nationality:
Short Bio:
Starting Rank:
Style Modifier:
Please use the above format for all applications, to make my life easier when updating the list of players. A properly formatted application should looks something like this:
GAARAL BEAVRRTI
Age: 52
Nationality: Saami
Short Bio: Gaaral Beavrrti was a chess prodigy from a young age. He gained recognition within the Saami chess community in 1927, after defeating one-time Saami Grandmaster Aappo Buovattjaadi at an invitational tournament hosted by Aanaari University. After this surprise debut onto the national scene, he quickly rose to dominate the Saami chess scene. In 1941, he earned the rank of Grandmaster within the Saami National Chess Council. He is known for a deliberate, positional style of play.
Starting Rank: 9
Style Modifier: -0.5
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