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beyondMate Shortest

Inspired by Mapademic, source on GitHub

How to play

Shortest: Fewest players in between.

  • Link the two players through teammates: each player you name must have played alongside the last one in your chain.
  • Use as few players as you can. Par is the fewest needed. Reach a teammate of the target and the chain completes itself.
  • You score up to 1,000 points: full marks at par, less the further you are from it.
  • A wrong name costs 150 points. Three wrong names end the game.
  • Stuck? A club hint (−100) names the next player's club; a player hint (−250) names the player.
  • Signed in, every daily is rated: you get an Elo in each mode, and so does every puzzle.

Chains use matches we've rated since 2009/10.