Chess.com Fog of War Championship 2024: Official Discussion Thread

It's the spookiest month of the year, and with it comes the sixth and scariest event of the 2024 Chess.com Community Championships: The Fog of War Championship will be happening October 17-18 and will treat a $2,000 prize fund to the trickiest ones who make it to the Finals.

Fog of War is a chess variant where a fog takes over the chessboard, and players can only see the squares to which their pieces can move. This variant went viral in 2020 after it first came to Chess.com, with creators like GM Hikaru Nakamura, IM Levy Rozman, and IM Eric Rosen publishing multiple videos playing it. Since then, it has remained a fan favorite.

Now, it's your turn to embrace the unknown and prove that you're not scared to play in the dark. Join any of the eight arena qualifiers on October 17 to overcome the shadows and try to claim your spot in the Finals happening the day after!

Each qualifier is a 75-minute arena with a blitz time control. Make sure you're a member of the Chess.com Community club to take part in the event, and note that registrations open one hour before the event starts.

Players of all levels are welcome to participate. Last month, IM Nhat Minh To defeated Rosen to claim the title of Chess.com Duck Chess Champion. Can you join him and other players like GMs Andrew Tang, Vladimir Fedoseev, Luca Moroni, Awonder Liang, and Jeffery Xiong to become a Chess.com Community Champion? 

Watch the live finals broadcast on our Twitch and YouTube community channels.
Find all relevant info in the Fog of War Announcement and on our Events Page.
Below a quick summary:

• Variant: Fog of War
• Prize Fund: $2,000
• Qualifiers Format: 75 min arena, 3+2 blitz, rated. Winner advances to Knockout Finals.
• Qualifiers Date: October 17, eight total arenas. Full Schedule 
• Finals Format: 8 Players double-elimination knockout, best of 4 games, 3+2 blitz, rated.
• Finals Tiebreaks: 1+2 games until a decisive result determines the winner.
• Finals Date & Time: October 18 at 12 p.m. ET/18:00 CEST with live broadcast.

Are you excited for the Chess.com Fog of War Championship? What other variants would you like to play in this championship series? Let us know in the comments below! 🎃

Yeehaw

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why dont they just advertise this in the official titled players club

Well GMs are pretty strong indeed, there's no denying!

What I like about playing in the community championships is the opportunity to face both equal but also strong opponents. It's always nice to get paired vs a super player, to have the opportunity of playing someone pretty strong, albeit in a setup which even dim allows for odds of an upset that is playing such variants, and not the usual chess where obviously I'd get undoubtedly demolished.

But then again that's just me! My personal opinion hehe

About the advertisement I agree you have a point though!

Nonetheless it's a bliss watching variants experts at play, for example you have tons of GMs which do specialize in one or another variant, and then you have @DragonB70 which is an absolute monster in mostly all of them!

One point for playing and having fun, plus opportunity to face great chess names, and as a bonus even if you don't qualify you get to witness such variants mastery unfold in all chaotic yet entertaining games.

The arenas are open for everyone!

Ok

Looks like it's easy, but we know it isn't

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