Chess Played Quick Bullet Edition 2023
Chess Played Quick is Chess.com's series of events where top chess streamers complete bounties for prizes.
The 2023 Chess Played Quick Bullet Edition happens on April 27 at 9 a.m. PT/18:00 CEST. Top streamers do a bullet speedrun to reach the highest rating possible and complete multiple bounties for two hours. The event features 2000 Twitch/Kick subs as the prize fund.
Format
Streamers do a bullet speedrun with a 1+0 time control. Participants earn points by finishing in the top 10 of the event's rating leaderboard, reaching rating thresholds, or according to their performance (based on their Insights page). Streamers then get awarded according to the total points they gathered.
- All games use the 1+0 time control.
- Players can't adjust seeking parameters.
- Streamers play in a new account, starting with an 800 bullet rating.
- Players can earn points by finishing among the top 10 highest-rated participants.
- Streamers gain 1 point for every 100 rating points they attain above the starting 800 rating mark.
- Players can also win points by completing bounties based on their performance, indicated by their Insights page.
- Insights-based bounties feature single bounties that only one player can claim, as well as bounties that more than one player can claim.
- The Insights-based bounties have three difficulty levels.
Points And Bounties
Participants must earn points during the event to collect prizes. All bounties require 50 games played. There are three ways in which players can earn points:
- Finishing among the event's top-10 rated players.
- Reaching rating barriers, based on peak rating (1 point for every 100 rating points above 800).
- Completing Insights-based bounties.
Insights-based bounties
Easy (1 point per bounty)
- Less than 5% of your moves are blunders
- Have at least a 70% accuracy average
- Win 20 games without castling
- Find at least 60% of mate-in-ones
- Win 10 games in a row
Medium (1 point per bounty)
- Less than 4% of your moves are blunders
- Have at least a 75% accuracy average
- Win 40 games without castling
- Find at least 70% of mate-in-ones
- Win 20 games in a row
Hard (1 point per bounty)
- Less than 3% of your moves are blunders
- Have at least an 80% accuracy average
- Win 60 games without castling
- Find at least 80% of mate-in-ones
- Win 30 games in a row
Single-player (5 points per bounty)*
- Least amount of blunders
- Highest accuracy
- Win the most games without castling
- Highest percentage of mate-in-ones found
- Longest winning streak
*Only one player can claim these bounties.
Points according to standings
- 1st: 10
- 2nd: 9
- 3rd: 8
- 4th: 7
- 5th: 6
- 6th: 5
- 7th: 4
- 8th: 3
- 9th: 2
- 10th: 1
Prizes
The event features 2000 Twitch/Kick subs as the prize fund. Players earn subs according to how many points they scored during the event. The sub-value of each point is determined by dividing the event's prize fund (2000 subs) by the total points awarded to all participants.
Schedule
The event starts on April 27 at 9 a.m. PT/18:00 CEST and runs for two hours.
Results
We will publish the results here.
How To Participate
Fill out the official application form below if you're interested in participating. Please note that only Twitch/Kick affiliate or partnered streamers are eligible to win prizes.
