Rules and scoring
The system rewards both reliable picks and bold round-specific bets. Base points are easy to understand, while bonus rules help separate a good result from a truly outstanding performance.
Roster and budget
- Состав: 4 игрока.
- Бюджет: 92 price‑очков.
- Ограничение: не больше 2 игроков из одной федерации.
- Капитан: выбираешь одного игрока — его очки за тур умножаются на 2.
- A player's price depends not only on rating, but also on realistic chances of delivering a strong tournament.
Base points per round
Win
10
Draw
4
Loss
0
- Бонус за победу чёрными: +2.
- Upset bonus: if a player beats a higher-rated opponent, they get an extra bonus based on the rating gap.
- Every 50 rating points of difference are worth an additional +1 point.
- Maximum upset bonus: +6.
- Example: a win over an opponent rated 140 points higher gives +2 bonus points. If the gap is 320 points, the bonus is still capped at +6.
- Капитан: очки выбранного игрока удваиваются.
- Трансферы: 1 бесплатный на тур, далее `-5` за каждый дополнительный.
Bonus points
These bonuses are already part of the current scoring system and make the fantasy game more interesting across the full tournament.
- Quick win: +3 for a win before move 30.
- Long squeeze: +2 for a win in a long game of 80+ plies.
- Marathon draw: +2 за ничью в партии от 120 полуходов.
- Queenless win: +2 for a win after an early queen trade.
- Preparation 10: +1 if the first 10 own moves are played almost without pauses.
- Preparation 15: +2 if the first 15 own moves are played almost without pauses.
- Preparation 20: +4 if the first 20 own moves are played almost without pauses.
- Time scramble survival: +3 for a positive result after severe clock pressure.
- Advantage conversion: +3 for converting a large advantage.
- Comeback win: +4 for a win after being worse during the game.
- Fortress save: +2 for drawing from a difficult position.
- Clean game: +2 if the player got through the game without a major positional collapse.
What could come next
The next step for a deeper version of the game is to add a few more rewards for game quality, accuracy, and time management.
Game quality
- High accuracy: bonus for a very clean game.
- Perfect accuracy: a bigger bonus for almost flawless play.
- Opening novelty: a reward for a strong new idea in the opening.
- Growing pressure: bonus if the advantage kept increasing with almost no setbacks.
- Positional squeeze: reward for winning without allowing serious counterplay.
Time management
- Time trouble hunter: bonus if the opponent cracked under clock pressure.
- Steel nerves: reward for winning after a sequence of moves in the final seconds.
- Deep preparation: reward for a long opening stretch played at high speed.
- Critical decision: bonus if the winning plan appears after one especially important long think.
How to play the long game
- Keep one reliable player for steady points and one high-risk player for win upside.
- Adjust your captain before each round based on color and matchup.
- When chasing quality-of-play bonuses, it can pay off to back sharper players in key rounds.
- Before long technical rounds, strong endgame specialists can be a smart choice.
How points are counted
After a round ends, the system updates player results, assigns base points, and adds all active bonuses. The leaderboard updates as soon as the round is recalculated.