SWA World Championship Puns

As far as I understood, Syuri's Japanese-Filipino, so therefore she is allowed to defend her title against wrestlers from Japan?

For those who aren’t aware, the SWA World Championship is a title in Stardom, where you can only challenge for the title if you’re from a different country than wherever the reigning champion is from. For example, the current champion is Jamie Hayter. She is from Hampshire, England. Nobody else from the UK can challenge for the title. If a Japanese woman were to beat her for the title, no other Japanese women can challenge for it anymore.

I think this is a unique, interesting idea that could lead to some really fun matchups in WWE or AEW. Let’s say AEW introduces a midcard title and does this, and MJF wins it first. He could then be challenged by someone like Pentagon, or Kip Sabian, or Kenny Omega, and then you go on from there.

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The 2021 World Rapid & Blitz Championship and Women's Rapid & Blitz Championship are elite events organized by FIDE to determine the best players in fast time controls in the world. The championship gathers national champions and grandmaster-level players from around the globe to compete in two Swiss tournaments for their piece of the $1 million prize fund. The event runs from December 26 through December 30, starting at 6:00 a.m. Pacific time/15:00 Central Europe.

Schedule

Open

Rapid - 13 round swiss system with a time control of 15 minutes plus 10-second increments per move.

• December 26: Rounds 1-5
• December 27: Rounds 6-9
• December 28: Rounds 10-13

Blitz - 21 round swiss system with a time control of 3 minutes plus 2-second increments per move.

• December 29: Rounds 1-12
• December 30: Rounds 13-21

#####Women’s

Rapid - 11 rounds with a time control of 15 minutes plus 10-second increments per move.

• December 26: Rounds 1-4
• December 27: Rounds 5-8
• December 28: Rounds 9-11

Blitz - 17 rounds with a time control of 3 minutes plus 2-second increments per move.

• December 29: Rounds 1-9
• December 30: Rounds 10-17

####Top Competitors in Open

####Top Competitors in Women's

Alexndra Koste

Did I just do something wildly wrong? Like I get that match rating appears to be more important than whether or not you win or lose, but I've literally never won a match since the SWA chapter started for this first character. (BTW, this is my first go at any Fire Pro title)

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Rant: The atrocious abomination of having white- and "blue belt World Championships has infected the BJJ community and sandbagging is becoming a cancer almost as bad as McDojos.

Like what, a White Belt "World Champion" is the guy who is the best JiuJitseiro amongst people who don't know JiuJitsu? The most advanced beginner? The best trained of those who have very little training? Or just the guy who most shamelessly sandbags and avoids competition with the big dogs?

White belt tournaments, and even tournament classes strictly restricted to blue, purple or brown belts are meant for these athletes to gain experience against equally skilled/experienced Fighters, instead of getting squashed by Blackbelts or other experienced Fighters.

Occasionally there is the prodigy that is just outlandishly good after 2, 3 or 4 years of training. But you do NOT just keep somebody a white for 5 or blue for 10 years, when he is already good, just to have him win some restricted competitions against people who train for 5 months.

You are either a White Belt OR good at Jiu-Jitsu. Sorry bro. If you are that good at Jiu-Jitsu, get ranked and get up against your actual competition.

And a World Championships should be about who is the most skilled and best trained. A blue belt can be World Champion - but only, if he beats the Black Belts too.

There is no glory in being the best White Belt, if that means you stayed White Belt for 10 years. And as an instructor, having strong White, Blue or Purples is honorable - but not, if you achieve that by sandbagging and simply not grading your Students.

2022 PDC World Darts Championship

Schedule of Play

Monday January 3 (2000 GMT)

Final

Michael Smith 5-7 Peter Wright

Peter Wright becomes the 2022 PDC World Darts Champion

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Carlsen 1-0 Nepomniachtchi

[pgn] [Event "FIDE World Chess Championship 2021"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2021.12.03"] [Round "06"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2855"] [BlackElo "2782"] [TimeControl "5400+30"]

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###WORLDS 2021 GROUP STAGE
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###Cloud9 1-0 Rogue
-C9 advance to the knockout stage!

-For the first time a LCS team has won a tiebreaker at worlds group stage

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###MATCH 1: C9 vs. RGE
Winner: Cloud9 in 53m

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####Scoreboard

####Format/Time Controls

• The match will be played over 14 standard games. The first player to reach 7½ points will be the World Champion of Chess.

• At the opening ceremony, a drawing of colors determines who will start with the white pieces.

• The time control is 120 minutes for the first 40 moves, followed by 60 minutes for the next 20 moves and then 15 minutes for the rest of the game with an increment of 30 seconds per move starting from move 61.

• If the scores are level after the regular 14 games, four tie-break games will be played. These are rapid games with 25 minutes for each player with an increment of 10 seconds after each move.

• If it's still equal, two blitz games will be played (5 minutes plus 3 seconds increment), followed by another pair of blitz games if needed. If there is still no winner after five such matches, one sudden-death game will be played. The player who wins the drawing of lots may choose the color. The player with the white pieces shall receive 5 minutes, the player with the black pieces shall receive 4 minutes whereupon, after the 60th move, both players shall receive an increment of 3 seconds starting from move 61. In case of a draw, the player with the black pieces is declared the winner.

• The players cannot draw a game by agreement before Black's 40th move. A claim for a draw before Black's 40th move is permitted only through one of the arbiters in the cases of a threefold repetition.

####Schedule

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2022 PDC World Darts Championship

Schedule of Play

Saturday January 1

Afternoon Session (1230 GMT)

2x Quarter-Finals

James Wade v Mervyn King

Luke Humphries v Gary Anderson

Evening Session (1930 GMT)

2x Quarter-Finals

Peter Wright v Callan Rydz

Gerwyn Price v Michael Smith

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###WORLDS 2021 KNOCKOUT STAGE
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###DWG KIA 3-2 T1
DWG KIA move on to the Finals and will face the winner of EDward Gaming vs. Gen.G!

- T1 have been eliminated from the tournament.

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###MATCH 1: DK vs. T1
Winner: DWG KIA in 29m
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###Gen.G 3-0 Cloud9
- Gen.G move on to the Semifinals and will face EDward Gaming!

- Cloud9 have been eliminated from the tournament.

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###MATCH 1: GEN vs. C9
Winner: Gen.G in 41m
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2022 PDC World Darts Championship

Schedule of Play

Sunday January 2 (1930 GMT)

2x Semi-Finals

Michael Smith v James Wade

Peter Wright v Gary Anderson

Prediction Series picks and breakdown

How to Watch

Prediction Series standings after Day 14

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Official Website

Follow the games here: Chess.com | Chess24 | Lichess

####Scoreboard

####Format/Time Controls

• The match will be played over 14 standard games. The first player to reach 7½ points will be the World Champion of Chess.

• At the opening ceremony, a drawing of colors determines who will start with the white pieces.

• The time control is 120 minutes for the first 40 moves, followed by 60 minutes for the next 20 moves and then 15 minutes for the rest of the game with an increment of 30 seconds per move starting from move 61.

• If the scores are level after the regular 14 games, four tie-break games will be played. These are rapid games with 25 minutes for each player with an increment of 10 seconds after each move.

• If it's still equal, two blitz games will be played (5 minutes plus 3 seconds increment), followed by another pair of blitz games if needed. If there is still no winner after five such matches, one sudden-death game will be played. The player who wins the drawing of lots may choose the color. The player with the white pieces shall receive 5 minutes, the player with the black pieces shall receive 4 minutes whereupon, after the 60th move, both players shall receive an increment of 3 seconds starting from move 61. In case of a draw, the player with the black pieces is declared the winner.

• The players cannot draw a game by agreement before Black's 40th move. A claim for a draw before Black's 40th move is permitted only through one of the arbiters in the cases of a threefold repetition.

####Schedule