Chess games within Esportovnia are conducted on the chess.com platform. Each player must have their own account there.

The tournament starts with qualifiers, which will take place in 2 rounds, so there are 2 chances to advance. Top 2 players from each round will advance to the Polish-Czech final.
You can take part in each qualification but already qualified players do not take part in subsequent rounds.

For each duel there are 5 minutes per player and eliminations are played over 9 rounds in Swiss system .

In order to take part in the competition, you must first join a chess club and then the qualifying tournament of your choice. You can do it any time but not later then an hour before the event. After that, you will see the prepared qualifications. Possibility to join them will be unlocked one hour before the event starts. Fifteen minutes before the start of a given qualifying round, you must join the chess club and the tournament.

We encourage you to join the Discord server at: http://tiny.cc/esportovnia-discord. This is where communication with the administration and other players will be conducted.

Both chess.com and discord can run in your browser on PC and there is no need to install additional software. Discord can be used that way also on smartphones. If you are using Chess.com on mobile, there is a special application for it.

To participate in the game it is necessary to have a permanent internet connection.
To sum up – you need acces to Chess.com (a tournament platform of choice) and Discord ( text and voice messenger).

All issues and suspicious behavior should be reported on Discord: http://tiny.cc/esportovnia-discord, which is the only channel of communication with the tournament administration. 

Please note that we are not responsible for your internet connection and we won’t be able to do much about it. We encourage you to play the tournament on devices connected to the Internet via a cable.