> Would you prefer everyone playing against each other in this first phase

I think that should depend on a number of participants. If the number is small, each can play against each, if it's big, then it's better to decide for a number of games each player should play and then do some random draw who plays against who.

> Yes

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> I would prefer 15+10 rapid or something like that. People could be given some x days of time to arrange time suitable for both to play the match.

I like this! For some reason, I thought it would be too much commitment to arrange times for such matches but I actually don't know why I thought so. I would prefer this because it means we're going to have a winner faster and can iterate sooner on the system.

Would you prefer everyone playing against each other in this first phase or brackets?[^1]

> Normally in chess tournaments win is +1, draw is +1/2, loss is 0.

Oh, I didn't know that. We can also do that then :)

[^1]: Btw, you finally made me look up what the +10 means, lol. This is how much of a chess noob I am.

everyone plays correspondence games against everyone else. A correspondence game is a game where you have a long time to make your moves, so no need to schedule a specific block of time with your opponent. We could set a time limit of 1 day per turn to not draw out the games for too long

I would prefer 15+10 rapid or something like that. People could be given some x days of time to arrange time suitable for both to play the match.

A win is +1, a draw is +0 and a loss is -1

Normally in chess tournaments win is +1, draw is +1/2, loss is 0.

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> Are there more chess players here?

Yes

> everyone plays correspondence games against everyone else. A correspondence game is a game where you have a long time to make your moves, so no need to schedule a specific block of time with your opponent. We could set a time limit of 1 day per turn to not draw out the games for too long

I would prefer 15+10 rapid or something like that. People could be given some x days of time to arrange time suitable for both to play the match.

> A win is +1, a draw is +0 and a loss is -1

Normally in chess tournaments win is +1, draw is +1/2, loss is 0.