Home Membership, Regulations and the Golden Points System
(Recommended for foreigners living in São Paulo, Brazil)
WELCOME!
Now that you’ve decided to play LOCKING CHESS and delve into the exciting world of MIND SPORTS, schedule a visit to the LOCKING CHESS CLUB (CONTACT) to sign up and become a ROYAL PIONEER MEMBER!
Come on the scheduled day and time and, after completing your registration form and paying the chosen monthly fee (Monthly, Bimonthly or Quarterly), sign your name on the official list of ROYAL PIONEERS MEMBERS of the CLUB, where your due credits to play with the date they were received (whose duration expires at the end of the chosen tuition plan), and you will already be authorized to play LOCKING CHESS on our boards on the same day with the other associated members.
We do not accept registrations from minors. Only adult men and women over 18 years old.
ROYAL MEMBERS can bring two guests at a time to experience the CLUB.
Visitors need to schedule their visit to the CLUB in advance through the CONTACT section, email PLAY@LOCKINGCHESS.COM or WhatsApp +55 11 97454-9111.
IMPORTANT:
Before starting to play the GOLD tournaments and Duels held weekly at the CLUB, we recommend that you follow this sequence of learning/studying and read the matches rules:
1. Play “SPARRING” matches at home and at the CLUB, without prizes or rewards.
It is an excellent way for beginners, intermediate and advanced players to perfect themselves before enrolling in the PRIZE POOL tournaments held in person at LOCKING CHESS CLUB in São Paulo and at affiliated clubs.
At home, players recreationally practice LOCKING CHESS with their friends and any results of their training matches, whether wins, draws or losses, will NOT count towards the official LOCKING CHESS rating.
If tables with chessboards are available in the CLUB, ROYAL MEMBERS can play “sparring” games.
It is recommended to apply the CHESS BEYOND DIMENSIONS theory of the International Master Andrzej Szypulski in choosing the best moves, writing them down in the official score sheets and carefully studying your “sparring” games. Winning, losing, or drawing, every move of your “sparring” match should become a lesson to be learned and never forgotten. It is also very important to memorize the best of these games in order to recover the stored information in the future (for this we indicate the mnemonic technique of the MENTAL CHESSBOARD).
2. Participate in GOLD private tournaments with cash prizes (PRIZE POOL).
GOLD tournaments are held at the LOCKING CHESS CLUB exclusively for ROYAL MEMBERS with experience in several sparring matches.
At LOCKING CHESS CLUB, there are two GOLD tournaments per weekend, with three rounds per day.
Drawn matches do not add any rating points to the players. The losers in the tournament will also not have any points removed from their rating. Only the player who wins most rounds will receive the prize amount transferred to their bank account registered with the CLUB within 48 hours and converted into points to be added to their rating (in the GOLDEN POINTS system, each credit unit is worth 1 dollar and 10 credits are worth 1 point).
EXAMPLE: a player signs up for the CLUB by purchasing 150 credits to participate in a GOLD tournament with four players. The winning player of the tournament will win 300 credits and the CLUB will convert these credits into cash and deposit this amount in your previously registered bank account within 48 hours.
This value of the prize won by the champion of a GOLD tournament will be converted into 30 points added to his/her rating on the official CLUB leaderboard and his/her name will appear on the ranked list available on the LOCKINGCHESS.COM website.
GOLD tournaments are rapid games of LOCKING CHESS, with a time of 45 minutes without extra time. There is no ranking division and adult men and women compete together.
TIE BREAKING: if two players win the same number of points in the tournament, the winner will be declared who played more times as Black.
WARNING:
GOLD Tournaments are open to ROYAL MEMBERSHIPS ADULT MEN AND WOMEN 18 years of age or older only.
3. DUEL MATCHES
Any ROYAL MEMBER can challenge another member to a series of three consecutive matches played on the same day in the CLUB, with a time limit of 60 minutes without extra time and a maximum break of 15 minutes of interval. It will normally be a match between champions of tournaments, but any player can challenge another player and the challenged player has the right to refuse the DUEL.
Guests and visitors will not be accepted in these DUELS.
At the LOCKING CHESS CLUB, two DUELS are held per weekend to be scheduled in advance by the challenging members.
Minimum amount to DUEL: 100 credits for each player.
Maximum amount to DUEL: 500 credits for each player.
NOTE: it is up to the players to define the amount of the reward together with the CLUB.
DUEL REFEREE FEE and intermediation of the CLUB reward: 100 credits (50 credits per player).
If each player registers with 100 credits + 50 credits from the CLUB fee, the total of 200 dollars of reward credits will be transferred in full to the winner’s bank account within 48 hours and this value will be converted into 20 points that will be added to the rating of this winner.
When the three games of the DUEL end in a draw, the winner will be declared who played with the black pieces in the first and third match.
After these 3 steps, from technical preparation by playing “sparring” matches to participating in GOLD tournaments and scheduling DUELS, most players will be experienced and fit enough to compete in LEAGUE events between chess clubs affiliated with the LOCKING CHESS CLUB, in which the champions of each club will also be able to participate in the ANNUAL LOCKING CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP and fight for the title of GRIFFON MASTER!
OFFICIAL SCORE SHEET FOR LOCKING CHESS MATCH NOTATION
The seed-idea came from the most famous and lucrative card game, Poker!
The list of the best poker players on the planet could follow a single mathematical criterion: their annual earnings. Similarly, the values of prizes and rewards won by each player will define their strength in LOCKING CHESS.
This system is calculated on the value of rewards and cash prizes that a player wins, after all, to win prizes and rewards you must first participate in the official tournaments, duels and championships organized by the LOCKING CHESS CLUB and win the highest number of matches.
The fun and excitement of games with prize pool and cash rewards adds a new flavor to the LOCKING CHESS experience!
And it can even help you finance your passion for chess!
In the past, all currencies were backed by their equivalent in gold bullion bars protected as reserves in government vaults. In LOCKING CHESS, rating points are based on the total amount of money earned in GOLD tournaments and DUELS matches.
This LOCKING CHESS rating system was called GOLDEN POINTS: the more a player participates in GOLD tournaments, DUELS and championships in the LOCKING CHESS CLUB, and wins matches and receives prizes and rewards, the higher his/her rating will be compared to other players. The amount a player has earned will dictate the number of points in their rating. And, just like the value of gold, your rating will tend to inflate over the period you’re in business.
Similar to poker pros, a LOCKING CHESS pro will also have his/her strength and skill measured in the total amount s/he has earned during a year. This makes the assessment simple and accurate, after all, “the numbers don’t lie”: a player who earns 10 credits more than another player over the course of a year will be ahead of him/her in the ranking (in the GOLDEN POINTS system, each credit is worth 1 dollar and 10 credits are worth 1 point).
In LOCKING CHESS, a player does not need to compete in every weekly GOLD tournament to reach the top of the leaderboard. It will be the value of prizes and rewards reinvested and multiplied with each match won that will reveal its strength. If you and your opponent compete in a DUEL with a reward of 400 credits, the winner will increase his/her rating by 40 points. And the value of 400 dollars can be reused in the purchase of new credits to compete in other DUELS and GOLD tournaments and exceed 10,000 credits (1,000 points), depending on the value of the prizes and rewards in these matches. Consequently, your rating will be a sample and proof of your level.
In the GOLDEN POINTS system, the “gold” you accumulate with each victory officially playing LOCKING CHESS in the CLUB will be the ballast of your chess strength!
All the rounds of the weekly GOLD tournaments are held in a weekend at the headquarters of LOCKING CHESS BRAZIL CLUB in São Paulo city. Spaces are limited and registration is reserved exclusively for ROYAL MEMBERS.
Guests and visitors will not be accepted to participate in these tournaments.
GOLD LOCKING CHESS tournaments at the CLUB are in the SCHURING pairing system with even numbers of four, six and a maximum of eight players registered per tournament. Players will play three to four rounds per day, depending on the number of participants and the duration of the matches.
After these steps, from technical preparation by playing “Sparring” matches to participating in GOLD tournaments and scheduling Duels, most LOCKING CHESS players will be experienced and fit enough to compete in LEAGUE events between chess clubs affiliated with the LOCKING CHESS CLUB , in which the champions of each club will also be able to participate in the ANNUAL LOCKING CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP and fight for the title of GRIFFON MASTER!
NOTE: LOCKING CHESS CLUB reserves the right to postpone or cancel GOLD Tournaments and DUELS until the scheduled start date.
I – PLACE OF GOLD TOURNAMENTS AND DUELS
LOCKING CHESS CLUB – Rua Jorge Tibiriçá, 251 – Vila Mariana – São Paulo – SP – BRAZIL – ZIP CODE 04126-000 – Phone: 55 (11) 5083-3825.
II – PARTICIPATION
GOLD tournaments and DUELS at the CLUB are on weekends and private.
Guests and visitors will not be accepted to register and compete in these events held at the CLUB.
Only ROYAL MEMBER chess players can register and participate in the GOLD tournaments and DUELS held at the CLUB.
It is necessary to register in advance with the CLUB and be even with the monthly plans of the CLUB.
GOLD tournaments are limited to 04, 06 or 08 (eight) players, and can be expanded. There will be a waiting list.
III – REGISTRATION FEE
No member is exempt from paying the registration fee.
Limited vacancies.
Minors under the age of 18 are not allowed to register and participate.
Registration fee: 150 credits.
Entries are personal and non-transferable.
ATTENTION! No refunds will be made.
It is necessary to correctly fill in the registration form with the requested data, participant’s full name, identity document, date of birth, affiliated club, address, telephone numbers and bank account for eventual transfers of the values of the prizes of the GOLD tournaments and/or the rewards of the DUELS by the CLUB.
Registration deadline closes 30 minutes before the start of the GOLD tournament. DUELS must be scheduled a week in advance. There will be a waiting list.
Registration will only be accepted after the CLUB proves that the interested party is a ROYAL MEMBER and over 18 years old.
Enrollment will only be confirmed after the CLUB confirms payment has been made by the interested party or proof of payment has been sent/presented by the interested party.
IV – AWARDS
The prize pool in GOLD tournaments will be as follows:
There are no trophies and medals in the weekly GOLD tournaments and DUELS, except in the LEAGUE competitions with the participation of chess clubs and schools affiliated to the LOCKING CHESS CLUB and in the ANNUAL LOCKING CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP for the title of “GRIFFON MASTER”.
V – PROGRAMMING
The GOLD tournaments and DUELS take place EXCLUSIVELY at the LOCKING CHESS CLUB every Saturday, from 2 pm to 6 pm, and Sunday, from 10 am to 2 pm.
Other days and times to be determined.
VI – BYE and NO PAIRING
Will not be admitted Bye: requests for non-pairing will NOT be accepted.
The pairing program used in the CLUB will be SCHURING and only with an even number of registered players, with no appeal or exceptions.
VII – TIEBREAKER CRITERIA
The following tiebreaker criteria will be adopted:
1) The competitor who played the most times with Black wins the GOLD tournament or DUEL.
2) Only in the LOCKING CHESS LEAGUE and ANNUAL championships will there be “Armageddon” to define the champion.
In LOCKING CHESS, “Armageddon” is a 10-minute blitz match. White has to win and Black just needs to draw.
VIII – TIME OF W.O.
The time of W.O. will be 15 minutes after the CLUB referee announces the start of the round.
IX – MATERIAL
There will be chessboards, clocks and pieces set available at all the CLUB’s numbered tables and, for this reason, the player will not be able to exchange them for any other materials, except in the case of visually impaired people.
X – GENERAL INFORMATION
Bulletins, official coverage, ranking and leaderboard on the “MATCH OF THE MONTH” page of the LOCKINGCHESS.COM website.
The pairing of the 1st round will be released up to 15 minutes before the official start of the GOLD tournament scheduled on the day.
XI – WARNINGS AND PENALTIES
If any device produces sound, the player owning the device will lose the match and his/her opponent will be declared the winner.
XII – ARBITRATION TEAM
Technical Director: Luciano Imoto.
Chief Referees: Imoto, Oliveira and team.
XIII – RESOURCES
1) Appeals against this regulation will not be accepted after the start of the first round.
2) GOLD Tournaments and DUELS will be governed by the updated LOCKING CHESS rules and regulations contained in the current year’s edition of the LOCKING CHESS TECHNICAL MANUAL.
3) Omissions will be resolved by the Arbitration and Management of the CLUB.
Any questions can be clarified via email:
04 PLAYERS
Registration: 150 credits.
PRIZE POOL: 300 credits / +30 GOLDEN POINTS
Bonus of 10 credits / +1 point per win with Royal Mate.
Round Pairing
1 1-4 2-3
2 4-3 1-2
3 2-4 3-1
06 PLAYERS
Registration: 150 credits.
PRIZE POOL: 500 credits / +50 GOLDEN POINTS
Bonus of 10 credits / +1 point per win with Royal Mate.
Round Pairing
1 1-6 2-5 3-4
2 6-4 5-3 1-2
3 2-6 3-1 4-5
4 6-5 1-4 2-3
5 3-6 4-2 5-1
08 PLAYERS
Registration: 150 credits.
PRIZE POOL: 700 credits / +70 GOLDEN POINTS
Bonus of 10 credits / +1 point per win with Royal Mate.
Round Pairing
1 1-8 2-7 3-6 4-5
2 8-5 6-4 7-3 1-2
3 2-8 3-1 4-7 5-6
4 8-6 7-5 1-4 2-3
5 3-8 4-2 5-1 6-7
6 8-7 1-6 2-5 3-4
7 4-8 5-3 6-2 7-1