Purple was an enthusiastic Checkers player, founder of one of the first checkers clubs on Goldtoken.

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Please check the following wikis:
[ 2025 Winter Games Schedule with Links ] : All the regular tournaments with the starting dates.
[ 2025 Winter Mystery Games Sign-up ] : Subscription form to participate in the mystery games tournament due to start on 1 March 2026.
For player's convenience I copy the Games Schedule with Links wiki here.

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Indicators to signal potential long games, to help you judge your pacing. They are based on the longest games in previous Olympics.

No stars: no hurry, but...
: at least a move per day
: move often
: don't leave the keyboard for too long

The 2025 Winter Olympics Group 1 Tournament - starting 4 January 2026

1. Animosity
2. Nackgammon (3 Point)
3. Backgammon (3 Point)
4. Barricade
5. Camelot
6. Cromagnon Holdum
7. Dominoes
8. Hangman
9. Ludodecarte
10. Mahjong
11. Senet
12. Senet (Bell's variant)
13. Pitstop Senet
14. Loco Ochos
15. Officer's Skat
16. TrioTiles

The 2025 Winter Olympics Group 2 Tournament - starting 11 January 2026

1. Acey Deucey
2. River Camelot
3. Checkers
4. Chess
5. Giveaway Cribbage
6. Large Diagonal Duel (3-point)
7. Go 13x13
8. Go Moku
9. Large GoldDots
10. Thematic Executioner
11. Kickback Thematic Hangman
12. Imperium
13. Ludocarte
14. Mancala
15. Shogi
16. Janggi

The 2025 Winter Olympics Group 3 Tournament - starting 18 January 2026

1. Hypergammon (3 Point)
2. Moultezim
3. Cribbage
4. Any Which Way Duel (3-point)
5. Dipole
6. Double Twelve Fives and Threes
7. Gami
8. GoldDots
9. Ludocrous
10. Dragon's Breath
11. Nine Men Morris
12. Outbreak
13. Relic Rush
14. Salvo
15. Short 1-4-5 Senet
16. Xiphiastrey

The 2025 Winter Olympics Group 4 Tournament - starting 25 January 2026

1. All Aboard
2. African-American Straight Checkers
3. Thai Checkers
4. Argentinian Checkers
5. Chinese Checkers
6. Fast Chinese Checkers
7. Connect Six
8. Diagonal Duel (3-point)
9. Fives and Threes
10. Muggins
11. Hex
12. Konane 12x12
13. Mentalis
14. Twelve Men Morris
15. Paper Football
16. Mau Mau

The 2025 Winter Olympics Group 5 Tournament - starting 1 February 2026

1. Jabberwocky Chess
2. Stacking Word O'Rama Race-Around
3. Triple Shake
4. Golden Pente
5. RandomDots
6. Grabble Scatter
7. Halma
8. Marked Halma
9. Tournament Halma
10. Chameleon Hex
11. Ordo
12. Outbreak Ataxx
13. Dice Paper Basketball
14. Simple Paper Basketball
15. Pipes
16. Xiphiasyn

The 2025 Winter Olympics Group 6 Tournament - starting 8 February 2026

1. Four In a Row
2. Cylindrical Four (Only) In A Row
3. Amazons
4. That Short Baseball Game
5. Grand Dice Chess
6. Extinction Chess
7. Small Chinese Checkers
8. Domination
9. Pente
10. Renju: Tarannikov
11. Group Rummikub
12. Straight Rummikub
13. Multi-Hit Salvo
14. Salvo Plus
15. Loop Trax
16. Trax

The 2025 Winter Olympics Group 7 Tournament - starting 15 February 2026

1. Wormhole Four In A Row
2. Zero G Four In a Row
3. Benedict Chess
4. Grabble
5. Grabble Race
6. Stacking Grabble
7. Konane
8. Lines of Action
9. Parachute
10. Large Dice Pipes
11. Plateau
12. Polar Poultry
13. Renju: Taraguchi
14. Slingshot Reversi
15. Reversi
16. American Rummikub
17. Whist

The 2025 Winter Olympics Group 8 Tournament - starting 22 February 2026

1. CrossDowns
2. Small CrossDowns
3. Square CrossDowns
4. Shake Rattle & Roll
5. Maxi Shake
6. Neapolitan Shake
7. Euro Domination
8. Tiny Havannah
9. High Seas
10. Lines of Action 6x6
11. Gemma 6x6
12. Wrench It
13. Quarto
14. Rock Paper Scissors: Seven
15. Hasami Shogi
16. 8x8 Trax
17. Lucky Trax

The mystery tournament - starting 1 March 2026

[ 2025 Winter Mystery Games Sign-up ]