The 2023 Atomic World Championship

The list of participants (and their ratings/calculations) are listed below. Week 1 matches (officially) begin on Monday, September 11, 2023. You may play ahead if your opponent is known. Round 1 Deadline is games must be completed by/on Sunday, September 18, 2023. https://challonge.com/2023awc Players with a * on their name had their AWC Seeding Rating […]

The 2023 Atomic WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP RULES

The 2023 Lichess Atomic Chess World Championship 1. Scope 1.1 The Lichess Atomic Chess World Championship for 2023 is to open the registration period on 1 August 2023. The registration period will end at 00:00 UTC on 1 September 2023. The first round of matches will commence at 00:00 UTC on 11 September 2023 and continue […]

The 2022 Atomic World CHAMPIONSHIP

The list of participants (and their ratings/calculations) are listed below. Week 1 matches (officially) begin on Monday, September 12, 2022. You may play ahead if your opponent is known. https://challonge.com/2022awc Seed Players Perf Rating Perf Link Best Rating Game Link Seeding Rating 1 vlad_00 2651 https://lichess.org/tournament/g2YveawB 2563 https://lichess.org/fMywdPxn 2607 2 fast-tsunami 2436 https://lichess.org/tournament/dpEktlDj 2516 https://lichess.org/w1Rf3fsi […]

The 2022 Atomic WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP RULES

The 2022 Lichess Atomic Chess World Championship 1. Scope 1.1 The Lichess Atomic Chess World Championship for 2022 is to open the registration period on 1 August 2022. The registration period will end at 00:00 UTC on 1 September 2022. The first round of matches will commence at 00:00 UTC on 12 September 2022 and continue […]

The 2021 Atomic World Championship

The list of participants (and their ratings/calculations) are listed below. Week 1 matches (officially) begin on Monday, September 13, 2021. You may play ahead if your opponent is known. https://challonge.com/2021awc Name Peak Rating Peak Link Performance Rating Tournament Link Seeding Rating vlad_00 2589 https://lichess.org/u1r1iXlo 2642 https://lichess.org/tournament/SqY6YizN 2615.5 fast-tsunami 2528 https://lichess.org/hEpLEYTw 2454 https://lichess.org/tournament/UE8lzORF 2491 pashpash 2377 […]

The 2021 Atomar World Championship

You can play Atomar on https://chessvariants.training. The rules for Atomar are attached here. Challonge: https://challonge.com/2021atomarwc Name Atomic Blitz Atomar CVT ID fast-tsunami 2528 2575 2551.5 https://chessvariants.training/User/Profile/155 VariantsOnly 2249 2746 2497.5 https://chessvariants.training/User/Profile/994 vlad_00 2589 2390 2489.5 https://chessvariants.training/User/Profile/725 CalmWaters 2355 2465 2410 https://chessvariants.training/User/Profile/542 Astavakra 2336 2402 2369 https://chessvariants.training/User/Profile/1298  lesha2002 2366 2350 2358 https://chessvariants.training/User/Profile/652 two64brocc 2072 2643 2357.5 […]

THE 2021 ATOMIC WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP RULES

Special Announcement for 2021 Note: To celebrate the 25th anniversary of Atomic Chess, I’ve decided to run two separate tournaments to celebrate this chess variant and community. Many players today may have never experienced the early days of a brand new variant. The thrill of discovery. Everybody on a level playing field. No opening book […]

The 2020 Atomic World Championship Rules

The 2020 Lichess Atomic Chess World Championship 1. Scope 1.1. The Lichess Atomic Chess World Championship for 2020 is to open the registration period on 1 August 2020. The registration period will end at 00:00 UTC on 1 September 2020. The first round of matches will commence at 00:00 UTC on 7 September 2020 and […]

Rules Template for Running Online World Championships

After the 2019 Atomic World Championships concluded – I wanted to write up a standard, easily editable template for rules in general. This is the end result of all of that time and work. The 2020 Atomic World Championship is coming up again soon as well. The specific rules for this year’s edition will be […]