Play for your city, build your club

Choose your city

Everything starts with choosing your city. The moment you do, you automatically join your city's club; there's nothing else to do.

• Every rated game you play counts towards your city's ranking and the City League.
• You can change your city once every 90 days, so nobody hops between cities for points.
• Student accounts created by teachers don't appear in city rankings; they compete in the school rankings.

Your city club

Each of the 81 cities has a club page: the city's symbol, its strongest players, newest members, recent games, and the clubs and schools in the city.

• A city's strength is the average of its 5 highest-rated players.
• A city needs at least 3 rated players to enter the intercity ranking. If it's short, the page shows how many are missing: invite your friends.
• Members who haven't played yet are listed too; they enter the ranking after their first games.

City League: 81 cities every week

Every week, from Monday 00:00 to Sunday 23:59 (Turkey time), all cities compete. No sign-up: if you've chosen a city, every game you play earns it points.

• A city's score is the total of its 10 best scorers, so small cities can win too.
• Up to 3 games against the same opponent count each week.
• On Sunday afternoon you get a "last day" notification; on Monday morning the results and the new week arrive by email (never sent to student accounts; you can turn it off in Settings).

City and intercity tournaments

Tournaments are Arenas: during the event, as soon as you finish a game you're paired with a new opponent near your rating. Win 2, draw 1; after two wins in a row you're on a streak and your points double.

• When a new tournament opens, players from the cities involved get a notification.
• Your email must be verified to join (to keep fake accounts out).
• The top three get a trophy on their profile.

Set up your own club

Set up a club for your friends, your neighbourhood, your workplace or your chess course. Clubs are independent of cities: members can come from anywhere.

1. Pick a name (at least 3 letters) and, if you like, a city.
2. In “Manage club” at the bottom of the club page, choose your emblem (a piece) and colour and write a short description: what the club is for and when you play.
3. Send the club link to your friends; anyone who opens it can join with one tap.

Keep your club active

• Announcements: The founder can post up to 3 announcements a day; each one reaches members as a notification. Share meetups, tournaments and congratulations here.
• Club tournament: Open an Arena just for members: up to 180 minutes, at most 14 days ahead. One tournament can be open at a time. Members are notified.
• Challenge: Use ⚔ 3+2 next to any member to ask for a game with one tap.
• Club strength and rank: Club strength is the average rating of the best 5 members; the clubs page shows the Turkey and city rank.
• City League together: Club members may be from different cities; every game between you earns points for both cities, and the winner gets +1 if you're from different cities.

Schools

Teachers open classes and create accounts for their students, who compete in the school rankings. The student list is visible only inside the school, and student accounts never show photos.