Lauttasaari training tournaments have no entry fee, and are not rated (no chess license needed).
Each pair agrees together when and where to play. For example, a match can be played online, at club evenings at the library or church, or at the Oodi library (whose meeting rooms can be booked for 3 hours).
Lauttasaari championship (classical)
In March–October, 5–6 rounds.
Typical time controls (decided by the players):
- 70'+30" + 20 minutes after 40 moves (60-move game may last 4 hours)
- 60'+30" (60-move game may last 3 hours)
The players
- must record the moves during the game, and
- may decide to play Fischer Random.
Cup (rapid)
Schedule:
- Twice a year, starting in January and July.
- The players are divided into 4 preliminary groups where everybody plays a match against each other by the end of April (October).
- Top 2 of each group will qualify for the actual cup of 8 players. The finals should be played by the end of June (December).
Each match of 2 players consists of 2, 4 or 5 games:
- If the result is 1–1 after 2 games, 2 more games are played, reversed colors, time control half of games 1–2.
- If the result is 2–2, the last game is an Armageddon, time control White 6, Black 5 minutes. If it's a draw, Black wins the match.
The players get points from a match as follows:
- 3–0 if the match was decided in 2 games.
- 2–1 if the match required 4 or 5 games.
The games are played according to the Finnish chess rules:
- If a player makes an illegal move, his opponent gets 1 extra minute. The 2nd illegal move by the same player in a game loses.
- In the 5th (blitz) game, the first illegal move loses.
Time control
The rating is the average of the player's classical and blitz rating.
In games 1–2 (based on rating difference):
- 20'+10" (0–199)
- 24'+12" against 16'+08" (200–399)
- 28'+14" against 12'+06" (400–599)
- 32'+16" against 8'+04" (600–799)
- 36'+18" against 4'+02" (800–)
Games 3–4 if needed:
- 10'+05" (0–199)
- 12'+06" against 8'+04" (200–399)
- 14'+07" against 6'+03" (400–599)
- 16'+08" against 4'+02" (600–799)
- 18'+09" against 2'+01" (800–)
Game 5 if needed:
- 6' against 5' (0–199)
- 6' against 4' (200–399)
- 7' against 3' (400–599)
- 8' against 2' (600–799)
- 9' against 1' (800–)
If players do not have a digital chess clock, the mobile app Chess Clock (Chess.com) allows setting a different time control and increment for White and Black.