Checkmate Live

🎊 Huge congratulations to all our U2000 and U2300 winners who qualified for Regional Finals! 🏆

🔥 OPEN Qualifiers LIVE NOW for all skill levels!
💰 USDC prizes
✈️ Trip to UAE
🤑 Share of $25K Final prize pool
🆓 Free entry
⚡ Multiple sessions today & tomorrow

Login & join the action, legend! checkmate.live 🚀

https://www.checkmate.live/

Hey 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗲

We're stoked to announce that the early release of Checkmate Live is now open for play!

🔗 https://www.checkmate.live/

We have some tournaments on today and tomorrow.

This weekend's tournaments are to test our Swiss mode and platform. Next weekend we will be testing Swiss and Knockout tournaments

🎭 Throughout August and September, we're hosting a smorgasbord of test tournaments. It's your chance to help us iron out the kinks and score some sweet, sweet loot and fill your bags. Consider it a warm-up before we start dishing out the big bucks!

Your feedback during early release will help us perfect the ultimate chess battleground. Ready to co-create chess history? Get ready to play and profit from your skills! 🔥🏆

🆕 What's New:

🛡️ Our anti-cheat system, Sixth-i, has been fully implemented
⚡ Compete this weekend in blitz, bullet, and rapid tournaments at any skill level
💰 In-game currency and avatars are up for grabs

Think of it as a dress rehearsal where you're the star. You're getting an exclusive backstage pass to help forge the future of competitive chess!

🌟 What's waiting for you:

🏷️ Claim Your Gamertag: Stake your claim on the Checkmate Live leaderboard
🤼 Challenge Your Mates: Settle rivalries or forge new alliances
⚖️ Play Fair, Play Hard: Experience Sixth-i, our AI anti-cheat co-pilot (it's a game-changer!)
🤖 Bot Battles: Level up against our AI opponents
🆔 FIDE ID Sync: Flex your pro status with one-click FIDE ID integration

🚀 How to Get Started:

📝 Register: 🔗 https://www.checkmate.live/
♟️ Play a game to unlock your profile and level up
🏅 Join a tournament, rock up on the day to play and win some loot
🌟 Go pro by syncing your FIDE ID

📅 Mark your Calendar:

🎉Today: Early Access kicks off
📊 September: We drop our competitive calendar and some news about our token
🎁 October: Alpha Pack, Mystery Box
🏆 November: Season One launches with a bang!

Whether you're a casual pawn pusher or a grandmaster in the making, we've got tournaments and rewards that'll make your head spin. It's time to earn those bragging rights (and that sweet, sweet USDC)! 💸

🔮 Coming Soon:

🗣️ Feature testing before the Alpha Pack drop
📺 We are hosting some streamers and guests over the next couple of months and will be hosting AMAs
📚 Updated user docs and new features including Battle Mode, Marketplace for trading
🎮 Preparation for our first Arcade and Pro seasons
🌏 Official Asian Chess Federation rated tournaments will be coming online

🚀 Upcoming Features before Season One:

🗡️ Battle Mode
🏆 Ladders and Leagues
👥 Squad Play
🎨 UI Selection
📡 Broadcast Mode
🛒 Marketplace
🎭 Next Gen Avatars

🗺️ Check out our roadmap to see what features are coming when:
https://playbook.checkmate.live/roadmap

We're eager to hear your feedback and suggestions as we continue to improve the Checkmate Live experience.

Let's play some chess! ♟️🏁

ICYMI: Checkmate Acquires Innovative AI Anti-Cheat Technology, SzuperChess, for the Checkmate.live Platform 🤝

👉 t.ly/wncra

We are thrilled to announce that Checkmate has integrated Szuperchess's cutting-edge AI anti-cheat technology into our Checkmate.live platform.

With the addition of Szuperchess founder Joan Buch Prades, the Checkmate Live Fair Play Innovation Lab is set to lead the way in fair play and innovation. This collaboration with the Australian Artificial Intelligence Institute (AAII), Szuperchess, and Tencent Cloud is not just about today; the lab is focused on protecting the play of today and tomorrow, ensuring a fair and competitive environment for all our players.

ICYMI: Checkmate is thrilled to announce our partnership with the Asian Chess Federation as the exclusive online data, broadcast, and tournament partner. 🤝

👉 t.ly/-5ce7

The Asian Chess Federation, the esteemed international chess governing body for the Asian Continent, boasts a membership of 53 national associations spanning across Asia, the Middle East, and Oceania.

Proud members include chess powerhouses like China, India, and Russia. The federation is headquartered in Abu Dhabi, which is set to host the prestigious FIDE Olympiad in 2028.

ICYM: Checkmate partners with the Arab Esports Federation as its official data, broadcast and tournament partner.

Founded in 2017 to emulate the Arab Olympic Federation, the Arab Esport Federation consists of 18 countries across the Middle East and Gulf countries.

👉 Read more: t.ly/o1Fcs

VADR Media inks alliance to combat cheating in online chess This collaboration follows VADR Media's acquisition of Szuperchess, known for developing disruptive computer vision anti-cheat technology