Gameroom Chess Tourney?

[Seamus Fermanagh]

Idea would be to get 32 or 64 and then do a tourney. Each pair does a best of three and winner advances. Play by PM, EM, or chat with both players reporting results. Semi's and Finals played in the thread with others allowed to comment -- but not coach.

Thoughts?

Interest?

Tournament Pairings.

Unable to establish single elimination bracketing without a ridiculous number of byes. Therefore, we will proceed in pseudo World Cup format. All assignments were made using random number sequences generated by random.org.

4 Groups will be established and players will play two games against each member of their group. Players will decide the format of their match (web, pbem, pbchat, ftf) between themselves. Both players will report the results of their games to the thread. Players earn 2 points for a win, and 1 point for a draw. The highest two point scorers from each group will then play a "1st to achieve 2 wins" to determine the group winner. The high score takes white in the first game, then players alternate until a conclusion is reached.

The Group A winner will face the Group C winner in a semi-final "1st to achieve 2 wins" match. Initial color determined by coin flip or other mutually acceptable manner. Again both players report results.

The Group B winner will face the Group D winner in a semi-final "1st to achieve 2 wins" match. Rest as for A v C.

The Final will be a "1st to achieve 2 wins" match between the winners of the semi-final round. Finals games will be played in the thread with players submitting moves alternately. The losers of the semi-final rounds can play a "Bronze" match or just skip it and head to the pub at their discretion.


Group Play:

You will have one week to conclude your 2 games with your 1st group opponent (one as each color). Subsequent pairings must complete in 4 days (we'll have our systems down by then and can speed up).

Within each group, the order of play will be as follows:

1st pairing: N1 v N4, N2 v N5, N3 v N6.
2nd pairing: N1 v N5, N2 v N6, N3 v N4.
3rd pairing: N1 v N6, N2 v N3, N4 v N5.
4th pairing: N1 v N2, N3 v N5, N4 v N6.
5th pairing: N1 v N3, N2 v N4, N5 v N6.

Group A: Results

A1 = Cambovenzi (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/member.php?u=) 2-1-0
A2 = Andres (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/member.php?u=17742) 0-1-0
A3 = w&f 1-1-0 (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/member.php?u=25037) 0-2-0
A4 = Horus (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/member.php?u=22509)
A5 = Xiahou (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/member.php?u=6687)
A6 = Pannonian (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/member.php?u=11905) 3-1-0

Group B:

B1 = Martok 0-6-1
B2 = Caius 0-4-1
B3 = Beefy 0-2-0
B4 = Rhy' 2-0-0
B5 = Wasp 4-0-0
B6 = Asen 6-0-0

Group C:

C1 = Arach 5-3-0
C2 = Factionheir 5-1-0
C3 = shlin 0-4-0
C4 = Ichigo 6-0-0
C5 = Makaikhan 0-6-0
C6 = Winter 2-4-0

Group D:

D1 = QJC 2-0-0
D2 = Glyphz 2-0-0
D3 = Seamus 2-0-0
D4 = Aries 0-2-0
D5 = GH 0-2-0
D6 = pevergreen 0-2-0

Play begins by 0001 GMT 22 October 2008; 1st pairings to be completed no later than 7 days after that time. Good Luck!

[seireikhaan]

I would give it a shot. Prolly wouldn't win, not by a long shot, but i'd try.

[FactionHeir]

Sure.

[GeneralHankerchief]

I'd definitely take part in this.

[woad&fangs]

I'd be in.

[Lord Winter]

Sounds fun, count me in.

[Caius]

Must be in.

[Beefy187]

Ill represent my country- Kingdom of Beefness

In!

[Csargo]

sure

[CountArach]

Sure thing.

[Warmaster Horus]

Sure. I'll probably lose quickly too, but why not?

[Quintus.JC]

I'll join so no one would feel bad about themselves.

[Ferret]

I'll join so Quintus doesn't feel bad about himself :wink:

[Csargo]

Are you planning on posting this anywhere else Seamus? I'm sure there are a bunch of people who play chess that don't visit the Gameroom.

[Rhyfelwyr]

Do you have to be very good? I've not played for ages but I know the rules and I played a bit in the past, I'd be interested in joining.

[CountArach]

This is about a boardgame, right? You might want to work things out with the Arena staff, because that is also the place for boardgame discussion.

The Entrance Hall also probably isn't a bad place - it might give some newer members a way to feel as if they are more of the community.

[Caius]

How will be doing this? We should use the Arcade for this, you know, use the Tournament system. Its buggy I know.

EDit.Wont work. It could for other games.

[GeneralHankerchief]

We could play off-site; I used to frequent www.instantchess.com a few years ago. Just pick a nickname that's not taken and go in. I think if we set up a time we could challenge each other.

[Martok]

Do you have to be very good? I've not played for ages but I know the rules and I played a bit in the past, I'd be interested in joining.
I second this question. I love chess, but I've only done so *very* sparsely in the last few years -- and even when I was playing regularly, I was still never more than an average player. :sweatdrop:


That being said, I'm definitely interested. :yes:

[Csargo]

Hello everyone. There's a Hurricane heading this way, as a lot of you probably already know, and depending on how much damage is sustained here I could be without internet access from a week or two to up to or beyond a month. When the last one hit around here in 05 or 06 (Rita) I believe power to this area wasn't fully restored until almost a month later. If that is the case and you guys decide to start before I return then leave me out or whatever you decide is fine Seamus.

Thanks,
Ichigo

[shlin28]

I would join...

But I better warn you, I am very very very very very very...

bad at chess...

[Thermal]

im a bit confused about how this works, but i can play chess....quite roughly....

i'll play,i like chess but i havent played fora while and i just no im going out first...:yes:

[Wasp]

I will most definitely have to defend my honour here!

Hopefully it'll work out with time zones and such.

[TevashSzat]

I'd probably be interested, but I won't be too good at it.....Yeah the hard part would be to find a suitable online chess thing that would allow for this. Also, would we be playing with the timer?

[Lord Winter]

I'd probably be interested, but I won't be too good at it.....Yeah the hard part would be to find a suitable online chess thing that would allow for this. Also, would we be playing with the timer?

We could always just do the old style PBM to if everything falls through.

[Ethelred Unread]

Definitely in, I use www.gameknot.com for my current games, IIRC you have to play at least 5 games before you could setup a tournament so maybe a different site will be better to set up the comp.

usually with correspondence chess you can set the limit for x amount of days, with gameknot each player plays 2 games against everyone else (1 white 1 black obvs) and the scores are totalled so it's more like a league than a cup style game.

If you wanted to use gameknot then I don't mind playing all comers and resigning after 4 moves or so to give people the 5 game minimum.

[TevashSzat]

We could always just do the old style PBM to if everything falls through.

The problem with that is that it would take ages to finish the tournament. Think about it: I would say 3 or 4 days is probably the fastest you can finish a reasonably long game so it would take over a week for 3 games to be played out and if 32 players played, it would take probably at least 2 months at a conservative estimate

[Motep]

I would be more than happy to show you all how rusty I have gotten.

[Thermal]

I'd probably be interested, but I won't be too good at it.....Yeah the hard part would be to find a suitable online chess thing that would allow for this. Also, would we be playing with the timer?

uhhhhhhhhhh! no timer, i cant stand time limits OCD coming on, OCD!

[Caius]

So... is this gonna start?

[Martok]

I second Caius: Any word?

[Thermal]

seamus seems quite active, but isnt checking this at the moment, he hasnt updated the mafia list either, if you see this seamus please do...on the waiting queue assuming the 3 you havent put down yet can go ahead in due time...

[Csargo]

blump

[Beefy187]

I suppose we can discuss how to play each other, rules and time etc while we wait for Seamus. Maybe a practice round or two.

Any ideas?

[Pannonian]

We could play off-site; I used to frequent www.instantchess.com a few years ago. Just pick a nickname that's not taken and go in. I think if we set up a time we could challenge each other.
Just have anyone play anyone, keep records and post games here, and eventually there would be something of a consensus over who's the best. Over at TWC, I and Harry Lime beat everyone until we played each other, and he beat me in both legs.

Instantchess, 25 mins each. Copy into a blank textfile, change the extension to .pgn, then open it with something like Winboard (http://www.tim-mann.org/xboard.html).

[White "Arthur Sandmeier"]
[Black "pannonian"]
[Event "InstantChess"]
[WhiteElo "1186"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCause "2"]
[ICEcause "3"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nc6 4.Nc3 a6 5.Bc4 e6 6.Qe2 Nf6 7.O-O Be7 8.d3 b5 9.Bb3 Bb7 10.d4 c4 11.Rd1 cxb3 12.cxb3 Qc7 13.a4 O-O 14.Ng5 Rfe8 15.Qd3 g6 16.Qg3 Rac8 17.Qh3 Bf8 18.Bf4 e5 19.dxe5 Nxe5 20.Nd5 Bxd5 21.Rxd5 Qd7 22.Rad1 Qxh3 23.Nxh3 Nxd5 24.exd5 Rc2 25.Ng5 Rec8 26.b4 Rxb2 27.g3 Rcc2 28.Be3 Ra2 29.axb5 axb5 30.Bd4 Ng4 31.h3 Nxf2 32.Bxf2 Rxf2 33.Ne4 Rfc2 34.Nf6+ Kh8 35.h4 Re2 36.Rf1 Rg2+ 37.Kh1 Rh2+ 38.Kg1 Rag2# 0-1

[Seamus Fermanagh]

Pan' may have the best answer thus far. My original concept was a PBeM -- but it would seem that others lack patience and perhaps trust in such an approach (which I admit would take some time to resolve).

What say you?

Interested still?

Pan' on track?

I'll put together a list of players soon and we can decide pairings, no pairings or whatever.

[Csargo]

I'm still interested.

[Thermal]

ummm....im still partially interested :beam:


(dont kill me!)

[Lord Winter]

Still here,

[woad&fangs]

still interested

[pevergreen]

I think you organise the pairings, and then the two agree on a method to play it.

[CountArach]

I'm up for anything.

[Wasp]

I like to play chess, so still interested ~:)

[Rhyfelwyr]

I'm still interested, but no less rusty either!

[Csargo]

Makaikhaan 1
FactionHeir 2
GeneralHankerchief 3
woad&fangs 4
Lord Winter 5
Caius 6
Beefy187 7
Ichigo 8
CountArach 9
Warmaster Horus 10
Quintus.JC 11
Elite Ferret 12
Rhyfelwyr 13
Martok 14
shlin28 15
Aries777777 16
Wasp 17
TevashSzat 18
Ethelred Unread 19
Motep 20
Seamus Fermanagh 21
Xiahou 22

Made a list of players

[Beefy187]

I think you organise the pairings, and then the two agree on a method to play it.

I second Pever. Living in school, I dont think most of the chess servers will work for me. So if we can start it and sort those out with the opponent, that will be nice

[Thermal]

i hope shlins bad :sweatdrop:

[Seamus Fermanagh]

Okay. All those listed by Ichigo will be considered to be in and playing.

We'll give it to Saturday at Midnight EDT for signups, then I'll work out pairings using random.org.

Tournament bracketing will be set up and then the players will be responsible for choosing the means of their play (PBem; PBchat; online game). Each pair will be given a set amount of time to complete their best of three match (what amount do you think will do?)

Both opponents must communicate the results to the thread (so that we may see that both concur).

Round 2 may not start until Round 1 is completed, so faster pairs will have some downtime between rounds.

Seem good?

[Csargo]

yes

[shlin28]

Yes

[Pannonian]

Can you take me out from the list? I posted just to let you know how a tourney can be set up, not to join.

[Thermal]

uhh...yeh, kinda

[Beefy187]

Roger that

[CountArach]

Standard affirmative response not previously used by those posters in this thread.

[pevergreen]

SHANT BE NOT IN.

[seireikhaan]

:charge:

[Wasp]

Alrighty.

[GeneralHankerchief]

Roger that.

[seireikhaan]

Roger that.
Roger (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15XlSbGzGTk&feature=related), over.

[Xiahou]

I haven't played in years. Sign me up.

[Prince Cobra]

It seems interested but how are you going to proceed with the time difference and Real Life? Once per week or... :question:

[woad&fangs]

Rook to A5

[Rhyfelwyr]

Here!

[Seamus Fermanagh]

Tournament Pairings.

Unable to establish single elimination bracketing without a ridiculous number of byes. Therefore, we will proceed in pseudo World Cup format. All assignments were made using random number sequences generated by random.org.

4 Groups will be established and players will play two games against each member of their group. Players will decide the format of their match (web, pbem, pbchat, ftf) between themselves. Both players will report the results of their games to the thread. Players earn 2 points for a win, and 1 point for a draw. The highest two point scorers from each group will then play a "1st to achieve 2 wins" to determine the group winner. The high score takes white in the first game, then players alternate until a conclusion is reached.

The Group A winner will face the Group C winner in a semi-final "1st to achieve 2 wins" match. Initial color determined by coin flip or other mutually acceptable manner. Again both players report results.

The Group B winner will face the Group D winner in a semi-final "1st to achieve 2 wins" match. Rest as for A v C.

The Final will be a "1st to achieve 2 wins" match between the winners of the semi-final round. Finals games will be played in the thread with players submitting moves alternately. The losers of the semi-final rounds can play a "Bronze" match or just skip it and head to the pub at their discretion.


Group Play:

You will have one week to conclude your 2 games with your 1st group opponent (one as each color). Subsequent pairings must complete in 4 days (we'll have our systems down by then and can speed up).

Within each group, the order of play will be as follows:

1st pairing: N1 v N4, N2 v N5, N3 v N6.
2nd pairing: N1 v N5, N2 v N6, N3 v N4.
3rd pairing: N1 v N6, N2 v N3, N4 v N5.
4th pairing: N1 v N2, N3 v N5, N4 v N6.
5th pairing: N1 v N3, N2 v N4, N5 v N6.

Group A:

A1 = Tevashszat
A2 = Motep
A3 = w&f
A4 = Horus
A5 = Xiahou
A6 = Ethelred

Group B:

B1 = Martok
B2 = Caius
B3 = Beefy
B4 = Rhy'
B5 = Wasp
B6 = Asen

Group C:

C1 = Arach
C2 = Factionheir
C3 = shlin
C4 = Ichigo
C5 = Makaikhan
C6 = Winter

Group D:

D1 = QJC
D2 = Ferrett
D3 = Seamus
D4 = Aries
D5 = GH
D6 = pevergreen

Play begins by 0001 GMT 22 October 2008; 1st pairings to be completed no later than 7 days after that time. Good Luck!

[Caius]

Ok, I got it.

[Thermal]

im a little confused...so am i facing Quintus J.C first? or have i got the wrong idea :dizzy2:

edit: some people need special group, caius manages with out :laugh4:

[Prince Cobra]

Just a minor objection... we have only one week for 10 games. That's slightly insuffcient time(RLife and time difference ).

[Rhyfelwyr]

Just a minor objection... we have only one week for 10 games. That's slightly insuffcient time(RLife and time difference ).

Didn't he say 1 week for the first game?

[Seamus Fermanagh]

im a little confused...so am i facing Quintus J.C first? or have i got the wrong idea :dizzy2:
:

Correct first opponent.

[Seamus Fermanagh]

Just a minor objection... we have only one week for 10 games. That's slightly insuffcient time(RLife and time difference ).

1 week for two games.

then 4 days for each two game pair.

[Xiahou]

1 week for two games.

then 4 days for each two game pair.

I think 2 games in 4 days is rushing it a bit- it would pretty much rule out PBM and meeting up for live online chess may not always be possible. :shrug:

[TevashSzat]

So...I'm play against Horus right? If thats so, do you have any preferences for any style, Horus?

[Seamus Fermanagh]

I think 2 games in 4 days is rushing it a bit- it would pretty much rule out PBM and meeting up for live online chess may not always be possible. :shrug:

I'd like to keep the pace relatively crisp, but if it's too tight, we'll adjust. It's not as though chess tournies are renowned for their speed.

[pevergreen]

Play has begun!

Sir Pemberton Cheesewagon, the Knight of White has moved forward! CHAAARGE!

[Csargo]

So...I'm play against Horus right? If thats so, do you have any preferences for any style, Horus?

WH hasn't been online since the 3rd, Motep the 16th and Ethelred the 17th.

Also, chess.com (http://www.chess.com/home/) works fairly well.

[Xiahou]

I'd like to keep the pace relatively crisp, but if it's too tight, we'll adjust. It's not as though chess tournies are renowned for their speed.:yes:

This seems like a good site- it supports both offline (taking turns) and online (live) play.
http://www.chess.com/

[CountArach]

Ichi and I are in the middle of a real bloodbath for our first game. I think he probably has it won though.

EDIT: I resigned, Ichi wins.

[Csargo]

Ichi and I are in the middle of a real bloodbath for our first game. I think he probably has it won though.

EDIT: I resigned, Ichi wins.

screenshot:

https://img530.imageshack.us/img530/203/winichigoan7.jpg

[CountArach]

Ichi goes 2-0 against me.

[Csargo]

Ichi goes 2-0 against me.

screenshot:

https://img80.imageshack.us/img80/6936/win2ichigoqt7.jpg

[Wasp]

Obviously, group B is the group of death! And I'll have to face Caius first, too!

[FactionHeir]

Dropped khaan a PM. Lets see when we can get started.
So we got 1 week for the 1st pairings to finish and then 4 days for each subsequent pairing, right?

[Andres]

It's been ages since I played chess, but if you need a replacement for WH, Motep or Ethelred...

[Pannonian]

Can people post their games here so we can have a gander? There should be some way of saving the games, either by Select All and Copy, or by saving to pgn (Portable Game Notation) format.

[Prince Cobra]

:sigh: I will be absent until Sunday and I doubt I'll cope with the subsequent pairs of 4 days. I do not want to slower this brilliant tournament anymore and if there are willing to take my place they are welcomed. If not... I can have some time to reflect on this. But I doubt I'll cope with the deadlines. :embarassed:




Dropped khaan a PM. Lets see when we can get started.
So we got 1 week for the 1st pairings to finish and then 4 days for each subsequent pairing, right?

Edited: However, this does not mean I'll decline occasional meetings on the chess battlefield with enthusiasts. :bow:

[Caius]

I should be playing against Rhy', not Wasp, can someone correct this?

[Rhyfelwyr]

I should be playing against Rhy', not Wasp, can someone correct this?

I've been playing Martok...

[Wasp]

I finally thought I had the schedule figured out!

[Seamus Fermanagh]

Original Post is now location for pairings & results.

Ichigo, congrats on your bloody victories over Arach.

[Csargo]

Original Post is now location for pairings & results.

Ichigo, congrats on your bloody victories over Arach.

Thanks.

I can sub for someone if that's allowed/required.

[seireikhaan]

Congrats Ichi. Just proves that capitalists will always be superior chess players over commies. :jester:

[Csargo]

Congrats Ichi. Just proves that capitalists will always be superior chess players over commies. :jester:

Who said I was a capitalist? :evil:

[Caius]

We seem to be playing.

[Wasp]

We seem to be playing.

Aye, it's your turn, it seems ~:)

[Csargo]

Care to share the link?

[Wasp]

http://www.chess.com/echess/game.html?id=10151785

This, I think?

[Wasp]

Okay, so we finished the first game ~:)

[CountArach]

Congrats Ichi. Just proves that capitalists will always be superior chess players over commies. :jester:
Chess is but a distraction from the global revolution.

Look behind you.

[Caius]

Looks like Im a commie because I've lost two games.

[Wasp]

Ay, but you played good. Definitely got me pretty worried at the endgame of the first match ~:)

[Edit] I can post the notating thingies if anyone wants?

[Csargo]

Sure, if you want too.

[Beefy187]

Beefy vs Stephen Asen: Undecided (Due to Stephen Asens request)

It was too early in the game to decide win or loss so ill just say it was a draw.

Im ready for the next battle as soon as my next opponent is ready

[woad&fangs]

Ethelred, wherefort art thou...

[Caius]

Ethelred, wherefort art thou...
The players who fail to show up should be disqualified.

[Thermal]

aries777777 vs quintus j.c battle commences!

[Csargo]

w00t! link?

[Thermal]

http://www.chess.com/echess/game.html?id=10183022&alert=1

i havent a chance:laugh4:

[Quintus.JC]

Me and Aries' game is coming to an end. Tension...

http://www.chess.com/echess/game.html?id=10183022

[Csargo]

Congrats on the win Quintus

[Quintus.JC]

Bloody close, weren't it? Got really lucky here.

[Quintus.JC]

Aries had the upper hand throughout the game, until the last few moves.

[Thermal]

http://www.chess.com/echess/game.html?id=10183022&alert=1

omg, it was the closest game i ever had, i started with an advantage, but quintus made an amazing recovery, plus im rubbish at chess (he says he is but i disagree :clown: )

well done, though theres still another match for later in the week im not dead in the water yet :yes:

[Rhyfelwyr]

I PMed my first move to Martok two days ago and he hasn't replied...

Obviously it was so amazing it has frightened him off. :clown:

[Pannonian]

Add me if you need a replacement. UK timezone.

[Caius]

I think that there are 3 gamers that are inactive.

[seireikhaan]

FactionHeir vs makaikhaan has started.

[Csargo]

FactionHeir vs makaikhaan has started.

link? I would like to see that

[seireikhaan]

I'd really rather not. Its a slaughter in the first game.

[seireikhaan]

https://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x246/greaterkhaan/buttwhup.jpg

EDIT: FactionHeir wins first match. By a lot. :shame:

[Xiahou]

I PMed my first move to Martok two days ago and he hasn't replied...

Obviously it was so amazing it has frightened him off. :clown:The same, except it was me who PMed Motep. :yes:

[seireikhaan]

owwwwwwww

That was brutal.

FactionHeir massacres makaikhaan 2-0

https://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x246/greaterkhaan/owwie.jpg

This deserves eternal mockery. :shame:

[FactionHeir]

Well played. Especially the second game I was very impressed by your skill!

[seireikhaan]

:wall:

[Pannonian]

Ethelred, wherefort art thou...
I'm replacing Ethelred. My chess.com name is pannonian.

[woad&fangs]

Pann wins game 1 easily:wall:
1. e4 e5
2. Nf3 d6
3. Bc4 Be7
4. O-O f5
5. exf5 Bxf5
6. d4 d5
7. Bb3 exd4
8. Nxd4 Be4
9. Nc3 Bc5
10. Nxe4 b6
11. Nxc5 bxc5
12. Re1+ Kf8
13. Ne6+ Ke8
14. Nxd8+ Kxd8
15. Qxd5+ Nd7
16. Bg5+ Ngf6
17. Bxf6+ gxf6
18. Rad1 Rb8
19. Qxd7#

[Pannonian]

I'm on.

[Wasp]

Seamus, I believe you didn't gave me enough points in the starting post.

[Rhyfelwyr]

When is the absoluted deadline Martok is still not replying?

[Seamus Fermanagh]

Please make a quick report if you have ZERO response from your designated partner.

Provisionally, we will accept Pannonnian replacing Ethelred barring a QUICK reminder from Ethelred that they're playing.

Andres has also offered to replace.


Wasp: We're looking for a full report of results from both players to make sure things are on the up and up.

I'll try to update the 1st post with results tomorrow. Having trouble connecting with pever as my prime work hours are his prime computer hours. I'm suffering from antipodean angst!

[Rhyfelwyr]

I've not had zero response from Martok as I did my opening move by PM, but he's been gone since...

[GeneralHankerchief]

No response from Elite Ferret 38-ish hours after I PM'd him.

[Rhyfelwyr]

Surely the Mafia have been involved in these disappearances...

[shlin28]

Me and Lord Winter's game are gonna start very soon when he gets online. But the turns are gonna be painfully slow as he is 7 hours behind me...

[Xiahou]

Still no response from Motep. :shrug:

[Wasp]

Wasp: We're looking for a full report of results from both players to make sure things are on the up and up.


Well, here are both games in PGN:

[Event "Online Chess"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2008.10.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Waspinator"]
[Black "CaiusF"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1317"]
[BlackElo "950"]
[TimeControl "1 in 3 days"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nc6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. exd5 Nb8 6. Bg5 Nxd5 7. Bd2 Nxc3 8. Bxc3 e6 9. Bd3 c5 10. O-O Nc6 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Bxg7 Rg8 13. Bh6 Rg6 14. Bxg6 fxg6 15. Qxd8+ Kxd8 16. Rad1+ Ke8 17. Ng5 Ne5 18. h3 b6 19. Nxh7 Bb7 20. Nf6+ Kf7 21. Ng4 Nc4 22. Rd7+ Ke8 23. Rxb7 b5 24. Rxb5 Bd6 25. Rd1 Rd8 26. Bg5 Rd7 27. Nf6+ Ke7 28. Nxd7+ Kxd7 29. b3 Nb2 30. Rd4 e5 31. Rdd5 Kc6 32. Bf6 a6 33. Ra5 Bb4 34. Bxe5 Nd1 35. Rxd1 Bxa5 36. c4 Kc5 37. Rd5+ Kb4 38. Bf4 g5 39. Bd2+ Ka3 40. Bxa5 Kxa2 41. Rd3 Kb2 42. c5 Kc2 43. Rg3 Kd1 44. Rxg5 1-0

[Event "Online Chess"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2008.10.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "CaiusF"]
[Black "Waspinator"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "907"]
[BlackElo "1367"]
[TimeControl "1 in 3 days"]

1. e3 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. Be2 Bxf3 5. Bxf3 e6 6. g4 Be7 7. Rg1 O-O 8. Nb5 a6 9. Na3 b5 10. g5 Ne4 11. d3 Nxg5 12. h4 Nxf3+ 13. Qxf3 Bxh4 14. Qg4 g6 15. e4 Qf6 16. Bf4 Qxb2 17. Qxh4 Qxa1+ 18. Ke2 Qxg1 19. f3 Qg2+ 20. Ke3 Nc6 21. Bxc7 Rac8 22. Be5 Nxe5 23. c4 Qxf3+ 24. Kd2 Qxd3+ 25. Ke1 Qxa3 26. Qf4 Nd3+ 27. Ke2 Nxf4+ 28. Ke1 Rxc4 29. Kf1 Rc2 30. Ke1 Qc1# 0-1

[GeneralHankerchief]

Coming up on 72 hours in which Elite Ferret has not read or replied to my PM.

[Rhyfelwyr]

I'm hopefully playing Marok tonight (by GMT), is that OK?

[shlin28]

My game with Lord Winter has started, prepare to see the quickest chess defeat ever!!!

of me...

Edit: Linky: http://www.chess.com/echess/game.html?id=10222181

[TevashSzat]

I pmed Warmaster Horus a few days ago, but he still hasn't gotten on since over three weeks ago

[Lord Winter]

I won the first game against Shlin.


[Event "Online Chess"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2008.10.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "shlin28"]
[Black "LordWinter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1039"]
[BlackElo "1361"]
[TimeControl "1 in 3 days"]

1. e4 d5 2. Bd3 Nf6 3. f3 Nbd7 4. g4 b6 5. Nc3 Bb7 6. Bb5 e6 7. d3 Bb4 8. Qd2 O-O 9. a3 Bxc3 10. bxc3 Ne5 11. c4 c6 12. Ba4 b5 13. cxb5 cxb5 14. Bxb5 a6 15. Ba4 Qc7 16. Ne2 Nxf3+ 17. Kf1 Nxd2+ 18. Bxd2 dxe4 19. Nf4 exd3 20. cxd3 Bxh1 21. g5 Ng4 22. Kg1 Bf3 23. h3 Ne5 24. d4 Nc4 25. Kf2 Nxd2 26. Kg3 f5 27. Re1 Qe7 28. Rxe6 Qxg5+ 29. Kf2 Qxf4 30. Ke1 Qxd4 31. Bc2 Rae8 32. Bxf5 0-1

[Ethelred Unread]

Gah!

Sorry guys been busy with real life!

Anyway I'm back now and have a reliable interweb link so I'll offer to replace anyone who's a no show or will wait out for the next tourney.

Cheers.

[Rhyfelwyr]

I just played my two games with Martok.

The first game was plagued with technical difficulties, in the end I was given the win. The second game was a classic, nearly two hours long and tight all the way, in the end I capitalised on a bit of a defensive blunder.

So, final score 2-0.

[Thermal]

I just played my two games with Martok.

The first game was plagued with technical difficulties, in the end I was given the win. The second game was a classic, nearly two hours long and tight all the way, in the end I capitalised on a bit of a defensive blunder.

So, final score 2-0.

well done :bow:

[GeneralHankerchief]

Anyone online now up for a friendly match? My chess.com account is GeneralHankerchief.

[Csargo]

Anyone online now up for a friendly match? My chess.com account is GeneralHankerchief.

Sure. I can't find you, search function sucks on here. I'm Csargo.

[GeneralHankerchief]

Sure

'Kay, can you start? I just created an account and you know the site better than me.

-edit- nvm, I figured it out.

[Csargo]

Game started

[GeneralHankerchief]

If anyone's interested, Ichi won a good game. :bow:

[Askthepizzaguy]

I'd be interested in a friendly game.

I'm terribly rusty though. And if you're a really good player, tell me before the game so I can prepare for my inevitable death.

[Csargo]

I'd be interested in a friendly game.

I'm terribly rusty though. And if you're a really good player, tell me before the game so I can prepare for my inevitable death.

I can play now. Csargo on the chess.com site, just send me a message.

[Csargo]

ATPG won our game (http://www.chess.com/echess/game.html?id=10297923).

[Askthepizzaguy]

Commentary for the ATPG-Ichigo game, provided by ATPG.

1. e4 e5

Standard opening move,
and a good reply.

2. Nf3 b5

White: Developing move, attacking undefended pawn, prepares kingside castle.

Black: opens room for his bishop, but advances pawn far enough to be captured "with tempo", meaning white can move his bishop, preparing for castling, and take a free pawn. Generally not advisable, but sometimes can be used to harass the bishop and force it to waste time moving again and again, eventually landing on a less useful square. This can be a viable tactic, if there is a plan behind it that is well-thought out in advance. If white is given oppurtunities to develop and capture at the same time, it doesn't waste a move. Avoid allowing white to do this.

3. Bxb5 c6

White: Takes the pawn with tempo, prepares castling. If bishop is harassed, it can be evenly traded away with no real loss for white, and he is up a pawn.

Black: This pawn move does harass the enemy bishop, and prepares pawn to d5, which attacks white's center pawns and opens up a lot of space for Black to move his pieces. White is advised to move his bishop to a useful square, but not move it too many times. White can move it to a4, but it has limited scope from here and doesn't aid white in his attack.

4. Bc4 Ba6

White: Bishop moves to attack central squares, and less obviously, black's kingside bishop pawn at f7. This can be a useful tactic in most games, but black has good chances in the center right now, even though he is down a pawn.

Black: Attacks white's bishop, offering a fair trade and forcing white to waste more time in the process. White, because his bishop is more active in the center and better positioned on the board, declines the trade, because his one pawn advantage is not a large enough advantage to bother pressing with even trades, though he does not fear even trades here.

Useful tip- When not to trade: If you're behind in material and it doesn't give you a real advantage, and also when the piece you are trading away is better than the one you're getting, either in actual value or in positional value. Here, white's bishop is better positioned and is more active in the center and attacking black's position. Trade is acceptible, but not trading is better.

5. d3 Qa5+

White: Defends the good Bishop and frees his black-square bishop, defends center king pawn. If the trade happens, the doubled pawn then on c4 would actually help defend white's center anyway, and is easily defended by the b pawn. Downside: reduces white's bishop's mobility, making it an easier target.

Black: Attacks white's king with check, defends center pawn. Black's queen is in a position of attack, but doesn't have the necessary support of the rest of Black's army. Black's Knight is stuck on it's original square due to the pawns and bishop, and the Queen Rook is trapped because of this. Black's kingside is totally undeveloped, though he's not in immediate danger.

6. Nc3 Be7

White: Blocks the Queen attack and limits the squares she can move to. Defends the center pawn and also the squares being attacked by the bishop, helping to prevent pawn moves. White can safely caste Kingside now, because Black is not developing over there.

Black: Develops his bishop to a good square, although possibly aiding the Queenside attack with Bb4 could be interesting, adding pressure and threatening trades to open up space and force doubled pawns.

7. O-O Bc5

White castles Kingside, and now is in no real danger from Black's attack.

Black moves the Bishop twice, could have saved time by moving here last move.

8. Be3 Bxe3

White develops his Bishop and defends White's kingside formation from attack, counterattacks black's bishop.

Black takes the bishop, which moves the bishop a third time for no gain. Generally not advisable to repeatedly move a piece and then trade it, because all positional gains from moving the piece are then lost, and the even trade means no material advantage was won. The net result is lost time here.

Useful Tip- When not to trade: When moving a piece repeatedly, trading it away causes that time to be lost. Forcing the opponent to waste time taking the piece is more advisable in some situations, avoiding the trade or continuing to develop might be a better idea.

9. fxe3 Qb6

White: Takes the bishop and opens a file on the F file. This file is partially open, because white has no pawns between his rook and the black position. White is unable to exploit this point, because the action takes place elsewhere.

Black: Queen to b6 attacks two undefended pawns. The best move for White is to defend both with his queen, but that forces her into a more passive role, and makes the white rooks remain disconnected from one another for now. White must make his rooks more active than black's rooks, who are both very passive and unable to move.

10. Qc1 Nf6

White defends both pawns, holding the position together.

Black develops his knight, which gains time he lost earlier and prepares castling. Good move.

11. Nxe5 O-O

White gains another pawn unchallenged by black, who is slipping behind in material.

Black Castles, albeit on a side of the board which is open to attack by several white pieces. This position is less safe, and far from blacks' other pieces. White is however unable or unwilling to press the advantage here, preferring a slower game.


12. a4 Qb4

White opens space for his trapped rook, and takes away a square from the black bishop and queen. This pawn is defended by two pieces, and begins to cramp black's queenside game.

Black takes advantage of the hole provided by white's pawn move. However, no real gain was made by moving her here, and she becomes a target inside white's territory, aiding to her downfall.

13. Ra3 d6

White threatens to pin black's queen to one of two squares, both are disastrous for her. Best to retreat here.

Black counters with an attack on white's knight. Since white is ahead, he could in theory risk the entire knight and just go on a queen hunt. This is what white elects to do.

14. Rb3 Qc5

The black queen is forced onto one of two bad squares, and now has only one escape square. Black is in serious danger here. If 14....Qa5, then 15 Rxb8, Raxb8, (or Rfxb8), Nxc6 forking the Queen and Rook.

Advice: check out this position... it's useful in learning to avoid queen traps.


15. d4 Qxc4

White forces the black queen to the a5 square, forcing the above fork combination. Black plays a different move which immediately loses the queen.

Black takes the bishop, losing the queen to the knight.

16. Nxc4 Bxc4

White takes the queen, and then black forks the white rooks. White did not look ahead and see that, and must choose between his rooks. One rook can immediately take a knight, and then take another rook afterward if not immediately captured. The other, if moved, hangs the other rook anyway. So one rook sacrifices for the other.

17. Rxb8 Raxb8

Trading rook for knight is unfortunate, but White is up 3 points, and still has his queen.

18. Rd1 Ng4

White prepares to clear out the center and force his advantage, black is not in position to threaten the white king.

Black advances his knight, possibly attempting to weaken the white position or be ready to fork the rook, or king, or any piece in range. However, the knight attacks nothing which is undefended and can be chased away. Better might be ...Re8, attacking the doubled pawns again.

19. b3 Be6

Chases the black bishop away, and defends the pawn at the same time, limiting the scope of the white square bishop.

The Bishop moves to a square where it can be attacked again for a loss of time.

20. d5 cxd5

Forcing the question on the bishop, who trades pawn for pawn instead of moving back.

21. exd5 Bf5

White undoubles his pawn and attacks the Bishop with tempo, forcing it to move again.

Black chooses a square where it can be attacked again, losing more time.

22. e4 Bg6

White forces the question on the Bishop again, and Black moves to an unfortunate square where it is rather trapped and cannot move effectively, potentially losing more time.

23. h3 Rbc8

White forces the black Knight to retreat with a loss of time, but Black counterattacks instead, offering a trade.

When not to trade: When you're behind in material and it gains you nothing substantial.

24. Qd2 Ne5

White prefers to keep his knight, as it's helping defend the center pawns which are trapping the Bishop. He also develops his queen to a more useful square. Black develops his knight to a strong central fortified position, a good move.

25. Qd4 Rc7

White attacks an undefended pawn and also the black knight, which is defended, continues to defend the e pawn, and relieves the white knight so it can do other duties. A powerful centralized square. White must beware not to move his g pawn away from the g2 square, because a fork of the king and queen loses him the game.

Black defends the pawn and prepares to double his rooks, connecting them on the open c file.

26. Nb5 Rxc2


White forks 3 black pieces with his knight, forcing black to lose material somewhere

The Rook opts to take one of white's undeveloped and inactive pawns, to salvage some material. Better might be... Rd7.

27. Nxd6 Nd7

White regains the material and keeps the a pawn hanging for black. Black's knight is now undefended as well, and this move acts as a fork against Black's pieces. Black moves his knight to a passive square.

28. g4 f6

White is trying to box in the black bishop and advance his pawns to be more useful, but black counters with a space-opening move.

29. Rd2 Rc1+

White offers a bad trade for black, and black declines.

30. Kf2 Rfc8

This king move brings him closer to the center, to help assist in defense of his position. Blacks pieces are uncooperative with one another, and there is no imminent danger.

Black connects his rooks, but misses the white knight was defending the square, preventing any advantage there.

31. Nxc8 Rxc8

This trade forces black into a deeper hole. White has a queen for a passive knight and passive bishop, a large advantage.

32. Ke3 Re8

White defends his position with his king and queen, and black double attacks the e pawn.\

33. h4 Rxe4+

White allows black to force a rook and bishop for queen trade, but the advantage is still white's.

34. Qxe4 Bxe4

Rook versus Knight game, white is up a pawn as well, with better King position. Black's knight needs to move and assert itself.

35. Kxe4 Kf7

Black positions his King more effectively.

36. Rc2 a5

White prepares to pin the knight, takes away a forking square it could have moved to, and puts his rook on an open file.

Black prevents a knight and pawn fork, but is unable to strengthen his position further.

37. Rc7 Ke7

Pins the knight, and black allows the pin to continue, rendering the knight inactive.

38. Ra7 g6

Rook hangs the black a pawn, solidifying an advantage on the queenside which black cannot counter. The game is basically won here.

Black tries to force a kingside advantage to counter.

39. Rxa5 h5

Takes a free pawn, black offers a trade.

40. gxh5 gxh5

Bad trade for black, simplifying the position and reducing his options and fighting strength. To be fair, black cannot do anything here to really win this game or force a draw.

41. Ra7 Kd6

Re-asserting the king pin, and the king unpins the black knight, trying to get better defensive position.

42. Rxd7+ Kxd7

White does a final calculation. He sees that with the rook and knight off of the board, black becomes powerless to stop a queenside advantage and a kingside advantage, pawn-wise. The game is finally over for black.

43. Kf5 Kd6

White simplifies the position. Black grabs a pawn.

44. Kxf6 Kxd5

Black's other pawn is lost, and white's a or h pawn will queen.

45. Kg5 Kc5

Black must try and stop white's queenside pawns, giving white a free hand on the kingside to win the game.

46. Kxh5 Kb4

Black has no more pawns, and cannot win the game.

Black continues to try to grab the queen pawns, but if he takes the b pawn, the a pawn could queen anyway.

47. Kg5 Kxb3

The a pawn could queen itself, too, black's king cannot catch it. But white allows black to finish off his queenside.

48. h5 Kxa4

Advancing to promotion square. Black's last gasp.

49. h6

Black resigns, as the game is a forced win for white.

computer analysis:


1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 b5?? (2... Nc6 3. Bb5) (2... b5 3. Bxb5 c6 4. Be2 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. Nxe5 d6 7. d3 Nxf2 8. Nxf7 Nxd1 9. Nxd8 Kxd8 10. Bxd1) 3. Bxb5 c6 4. Bc4?! (4. Be2 d5 5. Nxe5 dxe4 6. Bc4 Nh6 7. d4 Bd6) (4. Bc4 d5 5. exd5 cxd5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Qe2 Bxb5 8. Qxb5+ Qd7) Ba6? (4... d5 5. exd5 cxd5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Qe2 Bxb5 8. Qxb5+ Qd7 9. Nc3) (4... Ba6 5. Nxe5 Bxc4 6. Nxc4 d5 7. exd5 Qe7+ 8. Ne3 cxd5) 5. d3?! (5. Nxe5 Bxc4 6. Nxc4 d5 7. exd5 cxd5 8. Qe2+ Ne7 9. Ne5) (5. d3 Bxc4 6. dxc4 Nf6 7. O-O Bb4 8. Nxe5 Nxe4) Qa5+ 6. Nc3 Be7 7. O-O Bc5? (7... Bxc4 8. dxc4 Nf6 9. Qd2 Bb4 10. Qe3 O-O 11. Bd2) (7... Bc5 8. Nxe5 Bxc4 9. Nxc4 Qc7 10. d4 Be7 11. Be3) 8. Be3?? (8. Nxe5 Bxc4 9. Nxc4 Qc7 10. Qg4 Bd4 11. Bf4 Nh6) (8. Be3 Bxc4 9. dxc4 Bxe3 10. fxe3 Qc5 11. Qd3 Nf6) Bxe3 9. fxe3 Qb6? (9... Nf6 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. d4 Rb8 12. Nxe5 Rxb2) (9... Qb6 10. Nxe5 Qxe3+ 11. Kh1 Bxc4 12. Nxc4 Qc5 13. Qg4 g5) 10. Qc1?? (10. Bxf7+ Kxf7 11. Nxe5+ Ke7 12. Nf7 Qxb2 13. Qe1 Qxc2 14. Nxh8 Qxd3) (10. Qc1 Bxc4 11. dxc4 Qc5 12. Rd1 Na6 13. Qd2 Nf6) Nf6?? (10... Bxc4 11. dxc4 Qc5 12. Kh1 d6 13. Ng5 Nf6 14. Qd2) (10... Nf6 11. Nxe5 Qc7 12. Nxf7 O-O 13. Nh6+ Kh8 14. Ng4 Bxc4 15. Nxf6) 11. Nxe5 O-O 12. a4?? (12. Bxf7+ Kh8 13. Bb3 d5 14. exd5 Nbd7 15. Nxd7 Nxd7 16. d6) (12. a4 Qc7 13. Bxa6 Nxa6 14. d4 d6 15. Nd3 Rae8) Qb4? (12... Qc7 13. Bxa6 Nxa6 14. Rf5 d6 15. Nc4 Nc5 16. Rg5) (12... Qb4 13. Bxf7+ Kh8 14. Bb3 Qe7 15. Nf3 d6 16. Nd4 Ng4 17. Rxf8+ Qxf8) 13. Ra3? (13. Bxf7+ Kh8 14. Qe1 Qb6 15. Bb3 Qc5 16. Nf7+ Kg8 17. Nd6+ Kh8 18. Qg3) (13. Ra3 Qe7 14. Rf5 Bxc4 15. Nxc4 Na6 16. e5 Qe6) d6? (13... Qe7 14. Rf5 Bc8 15. Nf3 d6 16. Rf4 Be6 17. e5) (13... d6 14. Bxa6 Nxa6 15. Nxc6 Qc5 16. Ne7+ Kh8 17. Rf5 Qc7 18. Ncd5 Nxd5 19. Nxd5) 14. Rb3?! (14. Bxa6 Nxa6 15. Nxc6 Qc5 16. Ne7+ Kh8 17. Rf5 Qc7 18. Ncd5 Nxd5 19. Nxd5) (14. Rb3 Qa5 15. Bxa6 Qxa6 16. Nc4 Rd8 17. e5 dxe5 18. Nxe5) Qc5 15. d4?! (15. Bxa6 Nxa6 16. d4 Qa5 17. Nxc6 Qc7 18. e5 dxe5 19. Nxe5) (15. d4 Qa5 16. Rxb8 Raxb8 17. Nxc6 Qc7 18. Nxb8 Bxc4) Qxc4?? (15... Qa5 16. Bxa6 Qxa6 17. Nd3 Nbd7 18. Rf5 Qc8 19. Qd2) (15... Qxc4 16. Nxc4 Bxc4 17. Rxf6 gxf6 18. Rb7 Na6 19. Kh1) 16. Nxc4 Bxc4 17. Rxb8? (17. Rxf6 gxf6 18. Rb7 Re8 19. d5 a5 20. Kh1 Ra6) (17. Rxb8 Raxb8 18. Rf4 Rfe8 19. b3 Be6 20. Qd2 Bg4) Raxb8 18. Rd1?! (18. Rf4 Be6 19. b3 Bg4 20. Qd2 Rfe8 21. Qd3 a5) (18. Rd1 Rfe8 19. b3 Ba6 20. Kf2 Nxe4+ 21. Nxe4 Rxe4 22. Kf3) Ng4 19. b3 Be6 20. d5 cxd5 21. exd5 Bf5 22. e4 Bg6 23. h3 Rbc8 24. Qd2?! (24. Nb5 Bxe4 25. c4 Ne5 26. Nxd6 Nd3 27. Rxd3 Bxd3 28. Nxc8 Rxc8) (24. Qd2 Ne5 25. Qd4 f5 26. Nb5 Rxc2 27. Nxd6 Bh5) Ne5 25. Qd4 Rc7 26. Nb5 Rxc2 27. Nxd6 Nd7 28. g4? (28. Qxa7 Ne5 29. Qe3 Rb8 30. Nf5 Bxf5 31. exf5 f6) (28. g4 Nc5 29. a5 Nxb3 30. Qxa7 f6 31. Qb6 Nc5) f6? (28... Nc5 29. a5 Nxb3 30. Qxa7 Rc3 31. Qe7 Rxh3 32. a6) (28... f6 29. Qxa7 Ne5 30. Qe3 Rb8 31. Nf5 Bf7 32. g5) 29. Rd2? (29. Qxa7 Ne5 30. Qe3 Rb8 31. Nf5 Bf7 32. Nd4 Rb2) (29. Rd2 Rc1+ 30. Kg2 a5 31. Qb2 Rc7 32. Rc2 Rc5 33. Rxc5 Nxc5) Rc1+ 30. Kf2 Rfc8?? (30... Nc5 31. Qe3 Rd8 32. Nf5 Re8 33. Rd4 Rc2+ 34. Kg3 a5) (30... Rfc8 31. Nxc8 Rxc8 32. Qxa7 Nc5 33. Ke3 Bxe4 34. Qb6) 31. Nxc8 Rxc8 32. Ke3? (32. d6 a6 33. Qd5+ Kf8 34. Qb7 Rd8 35. Qxa6 Bxe4 36. Qc4) (32. Ke3 Ne5 33. d6 Bf7 34. d7 Rd8 35. Qxa7 Bxb3) Re8 33. h4?? (33. Qxa7 Rxe4+ 34. Kf2 Ne5 35. Qb8+ Kf7 36. Qc7+ Kg8 37. d6 Be8 38. a5) (33. h4 Rxe4+ 34. Qxe4 Bxe4 35. Kxe4 Nc5+ 36. Kf5 g6+ 37. Kf4 Nxb3 38. Re2) Rxe4+ 34. Qxe4 Bxe4 35. Kxe4 Kf7 36. Rc2 a5 37. Rc7 Ke7 38. Ra7 g6 39. Rxa5 h5 40. gxh5 gxh5 41. Ra7? (41. b4 Ne5 42. Ra7+ Nd7 43. Ra6 Kd8 44. Kf5 Kc7 45. Rc6+ Kb7) (41. Ra7 Kd6 42. b4 Nb8 43. Ra8 Nd7 44. Ra6+ Ke7 45. Re6+ Kf7) Kd6 42. Rxd7+? (42. b4 Nb8 43. Ra8 Nd7 44. Ra6+ Kc7 45. Rc6+ Kb7 46. Kf5 Nb6) (42. Rxd7+ Kxd7 43. a5 Kc7 44. a6 Kb6 45. d6 f5+ 46. Kxf5 Kc6) Kxd7 43. Kf5? (43. a5 Kd6 44. a6 Kc7 45. d6+ Kb6 46. a7 Kb7 47. a8=Q+ Kxa8) (43. Kf5 Kd6 44. Kxf6 Kc5 45. Ke6 Kb6 46. d6 Kc6) Kd6?? (43... Ke7 44. Kg6 f5 45. Kxh5 Kd6 46. Kg5 Ke5) (43... Kd6 44. Kxf6 Kc5 45. Kg6 Kb4 46. Kxh5 Kc5 47. Kg6 Kxd5) 44. Kxf6 Kxd5 45. Kg5 Kc5 46. Kxh5 Kb4 47. Kg5 Kxb3 48. h5 Kxa4 49. h6 (49. h6)

[Thermal]

i'd of gave a friendly match! before i knew you were good :shame: any beginners at chess that want to play come to me, im a very poor player lol

[shlin28]

CHOOSE ME!!!

I think from my performance yesterday you can see how sucky I am :smash:

[Csargo]

I'll play either one of you, or both.

[Thermal]

CHOOSE ME!!!

I think from my performance yesterday you can see how sucky I am :smash:

i didnt think you did that bad, but ok then, ill prospone ichi's offer because i want the game to last longer than 3 turns :laugh4:

[Prince Cobra]

There's a a world (time) conspiration whenever I'm free, the people in my group are absent and vice versa... Not that I have decided to stay 100%, though this percentage is over 50%

Anybody for friendly game? Now. Prince_StephenAssen is waiting.

[Csargo]

Game started Stephen. Anyone else want to play just send me a challenge. I'll check it periodically.

[Csargo]

Utterly crushed by Stephen.

[Prince Cobra]

OOC: http://www.chess.com/echess/game.html?id=10308698

[Thermal]

Utterly crushed by Stephen.

my point exactly lol

[Rhyfelwyr]

I'm going to have to play Stephen at some point as well... *gulps*

[Prince Cobra]

I'm going to have to play Stephen at some point as well... *gulps*

Well, I had the idea of more flexible schedule since it's obvious that with some players a match could be arranged during the weekend because of the huge time difference. With others this could be done far more easily but due to RL reasons certain players appear and disappear for relatively large periods. So in a way the whole pairing thing is slightly useless, at least for me. I wonder what do the other say about that?

[Quintus.JC]

Me and Aries round 2 game coming to an close...

http://www.chess.com/echess/game.html?id=10308872

[Thermal]

well done, 2-0 quintus, does this mean im completely out? or do i and the other loser in my group compete?

[Quintus.JC]

Good game Aries:bow:

What happens to the score board, I'm more than a little bit confused by it.

Edit: who do I play next? I don't really relish playing someone on the other side of the world. Seamus, GH and Pever, do any of you live in Europe?

[Askthepizzaguy]

2 blunders ended my game with Stephen Asen in his favor.


I thought I was doing rather well actually, but he made no errors.

[Pannonian]

Game 2
woad & fangs 0 - 1 pannonian

Match score woad & fangs 0 - 2 pannonian

[Event "Online Chess"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2008.10.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "woad"]
[Black "pannonian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "979"]
[BlackElo "1421"]
[TimeControl "1 in 3 days"]

1. d4 g6 2. e3 d6 3. h3 Nf6 4. Bb5+ Bd7 5. Qd3 Bg7 6. a4 O-O 7. Qc4 a6 8. Ra3 axb5 9. axb5 Rxa3 10. Nxa3 Be6 11. Qa4 c6 12. Nf3 cxb5 13. Qxb5 Qc7 14. Ng5 Bf5 15. g4 Bd7 16. Qb3 Bc6 17. Nb5 Qa5+ 18. Bd2 Qxb5 19. h4 Qxb3 20. cxb3 Bxh1 21. f4 Nxg4 22. Ke2 Nf6 23. Bc3 Ne4 24. Nxe4 Bxe4 25. Ba5 Nc6 26. b4 Nxa5 27. bxa5 Rc8 28. Kd2 Rc2+ 29. Kd1 Rxb2 30. Kc1 Rc2+ 31. Kd1 Kf8 32. Ke1 Ke8 33. Kf1 Kd7 34. Kg1 Kc6 35. Kf1 Kb5 0-1

[Seamus Fermanagh]

Having trouble playing pever. We'll probably split forfeit to finish and move forward.

Please PM me results thus far (1 per pair will do) so I can update things. Threads a little choppy to read with all of the sidebar stuff.

[Beefy187]

Ill have to retire the tournament as chess.com is blocked and pming move takes way too long..

Apologies to Stephen Asen and good luck to all of you

[pevergreen]

I'm in Australia, so its very hard to get it going.

Early afternoon (after i get back from school, where as beefy said, its blocked) is 2am for Seamus, and early morning for him is midnight here.

edit: Actually, scrap that, I should be getting the site unblocked tomorrow.

[CountArach]

I've sent out some random invites to people, none of the games I sent are official ones.

EDIT: Sent to you Seamus.

[Prince Cobra]

Beefy, maybe there is a way... first let's find suitable time for both of us.... But don't give up please :bow:

[Caius]

CaiusF is my account. Those who want to win challenge me.

[Prince Cobra]

After a bloody and highly contested battle full with mistakes from the both sides, I won a victory over Caius. It has been agreed to move our meeting in the tournament sooner. Thus this could progress until I and Beefy meet. :bow:

http://www.chess.com/echess/game.html?id=10352136

Soon: Second game

[Seamus Fermanagh]

After a bloody and highly contested battle full with mistakes from the both sides, I won a victory over Caius. It has been agreed to move our meeting in the tournament sooner. Thus this could progress until I and Beefy meet. :bow:

http://www.chess.com/echess/game.html?id=10352136

Soon: Second game

Perfectly acceptable, but don't go past the Group Games until all results are in.

[glyphz]

Just to say that, I'm okay with 'sparring' with someone when i'm logged in. Just send a PM:duel:

edit: same username BTW

[pevergreen]

Chess.com is unblocked at our school. Beefy187 can play now.

[Thermal]

Chess.com is unblocked at our school. Beefy187 can play now.

ack! everythings blocked at my school, and they monitor your every move! they even block some webites that the school curriculum needs like sites for business studies....

[pevergreen]

I get them unblocked :grin2:

[Pannonian]

ack! everythings blocked at my school, and they monitor your every move! they even block some webites that the school curriculum needs like sites for business studies....
Be pragmatic, and make friends with the IT guys.

[pevergreen]

Yup, thats how I've done it. For any interested, Seamus won our first game

edit: http://www.chess.com/echess/game.html?id=10360877

[Caius]

Link please.

In the other way, I'm willing to play some match against anyone (not tournament)

[CountArach]

I'm interested in just playing people whenever they want. Send me an invite (And a Friend invitation so we can see when we are online). Same Username.

[Ethelred Unread]

I've just created an account on chess.com I'm ethelredunread and I'll play anytime/anyone!

As a jonny no friends could everyone add their chess.com usernames here so I can add you all?

Ta

[Wasp]

If any of my group wish to do our games already, just let me know!

[Rhyfelwyr]

So was the dealine for the first round 00:01 last night (aka this morning)? Will the results be posted?

Also should we start the second round games now?

[Martok]

I just played my two games with Martok.

The first game was plagued with technical difficulties, in the end I was given the win. The second game was a classic, nearly two hours long and tight all the way, in the end I capitalised on a bit of a defensive blunder.

So, final score 2-0.
Yeah, that second game was a blast to play! Unfortunately for myself, I was just a little too focused on capturing your king (to the detriment of my defenses).

In the immortal words of the Unknown Philosopher: "Oops." ~;p



So was the dealine for the first round 00:01 last night (aka this morning)? Will the results be posted?

Also should we start the second round games now?
I was wondering this as well. I'm next scheduled to get my butt kicked by play Wasp, if I'm not mistaken.

[Caius]

We are playing the second game with Stephen.

[Prince Cobra]

And the result:

I win. two victories against Caius. Second pair completed. Still have to confront Beefy but hopefully that will happen during the weekend.

http://www.chess.com/echess/game.html?id=10376563

[GeneralHankerchief]

With the deadline expired, Elite Ferret did not respond to my PM and thus no games were played. Hopefully I'll get a chance to actually get in a game with Quintus.

[Wasp]

Ah, Martok, in which timezone are you? Perhaps we should try to schedule something? Drop me a PM if you read this; I'm looking forward to our game!

[Seamus Fermanagh]

Proceed onto your second opponent if at all possible. If still short of a first opponent, let me know and we'll try to swat up a replacement. Andres and Glyphz have expressed interest, ethelred is here as well, possibly pizza though he's busy.

[Csargo]

PM me when you are ready to play shlin. I'm usually online for a long time, though tomorrow I may be busy for a few hours.

[Prince Cobra]

First game against Beefy: I won

http://www.chess.com/echess/game.html?id=10437042

[Csargo]

Won both games against shlin.

Game 1 (http://www.chess.com/echess/game.html?id=10449099)

Game 2 (http://www.chess.com/echess/game.html?id=10449932)

[shlin28]

Lost both of my games against Ichigo.

First Game (http://www.chess.com/echess/game.html?id=10449099)
Second Game (http://www.chess.com/echess/game.html?id=10449932)

Edited: Ninja-ed by Ichigo

[Seamus Fermanagh]

Glyphz and Andres added in as replacements. Please continue with second pairings and finish any first pairing games as time permits.

[Caius]

I lost 2 games.

[Thermal]

the fact that theres no draws shows how unbalanced the matches are....

[seireikhaan]

CA won vs Khaan, 2-0

edit: that is, CA won both games.

[CountArach]

I confirm khaan, and here are the links:
http://www.chess.com/echess/game.html?id=10456398
http://www.chess.com/echess/game.html?id=10457851

[seireikhaan]

Umm, for those wondering... I got flustered. Badly. :shame:

[shlin28]

Lost second game (http://www.chess.com/echess/game.html?id=10285630) against Lord Winter.

[Seamus Fermanagh]

the fact that theres no draws shows how unbalanced the matches are....

Or that "Total War" chess players are willing to accept horrific casualties to achieve a close victory! :cheesy:

[Martok]

Or that "Total War" chess players are willing to accept horrific casualties to achieve a close victory! :cheesy:
Heh. There may be some truth in that. :beam:


Wasp and I are in the midst of our first game right now, with him currently holding the advantage. Match will hopefully resume when he returns from work tonight.

[Prince Cobra]

Hey,

http://www.chess.com/echess/game.html?id=10468376 a friendly game between me and gylpz tunred out to be a real mcarnage. It was full with mistakes from both sides and twice it was about to finish draw. Few time after my Queen perished, I offered draw... It was declined and the game twisted...

This is a wonderful game, though full of mistakes from the both sides... And yet it was beautiful...:2thumbsup:

gylpz:bow::bow::bow::bow:

[glyphz]

Great game, Stephen Asen. :medievalcheers:
Few time after my Queen perished, I offered draw... It was declined and the game twisted...
:jawdrop: It's too bad I didn't notice the draw offers being presented... I'd be quick to accept. By the time I decided to offer a draw, I just made the last big blunder(50. Rc7):wall:
Computer Analysis
(was interested to see the ?, ??, !, ?!)
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bc4 Bc5 5. d3 h6 6. Be3 Bd4? (6... Bb6) (6... Bd4 7. Bxd4 exd4 8. Nb5 d6 9. Nbxd4 Na5 10. Qe2 Nxc4 11. dxc4 Qe7 12. e5 dxe5 13. Qxe5 Be6 14. Nxe6 Qxe6 15. Qxe6+ fxe6)
7. Qd2 d6 8. O-O-O Nb4?
(8... Bxe3 9. Qxe3 O-O 10. d4 Ng4 11. Qd2 Be6 12. Bxe6 fxe6) (8... Nb4 9. Nxd4 exd4 10. Bxd4 Be6 11. Nd5 Nfxd5 12. exd5)
9. Bxd4?!
(9. Nxd4 exd4 10. Bxd4 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. e5 dxe5 13. Bxe5) (9. Bxd4 exd4 10. Nxd4 O-O 11. Nd5 Nfxd5 12. Bxd5 a5)
exd4 10. Nxd4 c5 11. Nf5 Bxf5 12. exf5 O-O 13. h3 d5 14. Bb3 a6 15. Rde1 d4 16. Ne4 Rc8 17. c3??
(17. Kb1 Nxe4 18. Rxe4 Qf6 19. a3 Nc6 20. g4) (17. c3 dxc3 18. Nxf6+ Kh8 19. Qxc3 Nxd3+ 20. Kc2 Nxe1+ 21. Rxe1 Qxf6 22. Qxf6 gxf6) dxc3 18. Nxf6+ gxf6 19. Qxh6?!
(19. Qxc3 Nxd3+ 20. Kb1 Nxe1 21. Rxe1 Qd4 22. Qg3+ Kh8 23. Re7 c4) (19. Qxh6 cxb2+ 20. Kxb2 Qd4+ 21. Kb1 Qxd3+ 22. Ka1 c4 23. Bd1 Qc3+ 24. Kb1 Qd3+)
Nxd3+ 20. Kb1 c4??
(20... Nxf2 21. Re3 Nxh1 22. Qg6+ Kh8 23. Qh6+ Kg8) (20... c4 21. Re3 Qd6 22. Rg3+ Qxg3 23. fxg3 cxb3 24. bxc3 Nf2 25. Rf1 bxa2+ 26. Kxa2)
21. Re3?? (21. Re4 Nf4 22. Rxf4 Qd2 23. Rg4+ Qg5 24. Rxg5+ fxg5 25. Qxg5+ Kh7 26. Qh4+ Kg8 27. Qg4+ Kh7 28. Bxc4 cxb2 29. Kxb2) (21. Re3 Qd6 22. Rg3+ Qxg3 23. fxg3 cxb3 24. bxc3 Nf2 25. Rf1 bxa2+ 26. Kxa2) Qd6 22. Rg3+?? (22. Re4 Nf4 23. Rxf4 Qxf4 24. Qxf4 cxb3 25. Qg4+ Kh7 26. Qh4+ Kg8 27. Qg3+ Kh8 28. axb3) (22. Rg3+ Qxg3 23. fxg3 cxb3 24. bxc3 Rxc3 25. Qxf6 bxa2+ 26. Kxa2 Nb4+ 27. Kb2 Rxg3)
Qxg3 23. fxg3 cxb3 24. bxc3 bxa2+ 25. Kxa2 Rxc3 26. Qxf6 Rfc8 27. Qg5+ Kf8 28. f6?
(28. Qh6+ Ke7 29. Qh4+ Ke8 30. Qe4+ Kf8 31. Qxb7 Nc1+ 32. Kb2 Rb3+ 33. Qxb3 Nxb3 34. Kxb3) (28. f6 Nc1+ 29. Rxc1 Rxc1 30. Qg7+ Ke8 31. Qg8+ Kd7 32. Qxf7+ Kd6 33. Qe7+ Kc6 34. Qe6+ Kb5 35. Qd5+ Kb6 36. f7)
R8c4?? (28... Nc1+ 29. Rxc1 Rxc1 30. Qg7+ Ke8 31. Qg8+ Kd7 32. Qxf7+ Kc6 33. Qe6+ Kc7 34. f7 Rc2+ 35. Kb3 Rf2 36. Qd5) (28... R8c4 29. Qg7+ Ke8 30. Qg8+ Kd7 31. Qxf7+ Kc6 32. Qe6+ Kc5 33. Qe7+ Kd4 34. Qd6+ Ke3 35. f7 Rc2+ 36. Kb3 R4c3+)
29. Qg7+ Ke8 30. Qg8+ Kd7 31. Qxf7+ Kc6 32. Qxc4+?? (32. Qe8+ Kd5 33. f7 Rc2+ 34. Kb1 Rb2+ 35. Ka1 Rf2 36. f8=Q Rxf8 37. Qxf8 b5) (32. Qxc4+ Rxc4 33. Kb3 Kd5 34. f7 Nc5+ 35. Kb2 Ne6 36. Rd1+ Rd4 37. Rxd4+ Kxd4)
Rxc4 33. f7?? (33. Rf1 Ne5 34. f7 Nxf7 35. Rxf7 Rc2+ 36. Kb3 Rxg2 37. g4) (33. f7 Rc2+ 34. Kb3 Rf2 35. g4 Nc5+ 36. Kc3 b5 37. h4 Rxf7)
Rc2+ 34. Kb3 Rf2 35. Rd1?! (35. Kc3 Nc5 36. Kd4 Rxf7 37. g4 b5 38. Rc1 Rd7+ 39. Ke5) (35. Rd1 Nc5+ 36. Kc4 b5+ 37. Kd4 Rxf7 38. Rc1 Rd7+ 39. Ke5 Rd2 40. Rg1)
Ne5 36. Rc1+ Kd6 37. Rd1+ Ke6 38. Rd2 Rxf7 39. g4 Ng6 40. Ka4 Kf6 41. g3 Kg5 42. Rd5+ Kf6?? (42... Kh6 43. h4 Re7 44. Kb4 Re4+ 45. Kc5 Rxg4 46. h5 Ne7) (42... Kf6 43. Rd2)
43. g5+?? (43. Rd2) (43. g5+ Ke6 44. Rd3 Ke5 45. h4 Ke4 46. Rd8 b5+ 47. Kb4 Rf1)
Ke6 44. Rc5?! (44. Rd2 Rf3 45. Rg2 Kf5 46. h4 Kg4 47. Kb4 Rxg3 48. Rxg3+ Kxg3) (44. Rc5 Rf3 45. h4 Rxg3 46. h5 b5+ 47. Kb4 Rg4+ 48. Kc3 b4+ 49. Kd3) Kd6 45. Rc3 Rh7 46. h4 Nxh4?
(46... b6 47. Kb4 Kd5 48. Rc8 Ke4 49. Re8+ Ne5 50. Ra8 a5+ 51. Kc3) (46... Nxh4 47. gxh4 Rxh4+ 48. Ka5 Rg4 49. Kb6 Rb4+ 50. Ka7 Kd5 51. g6) 47. gxh4 Rxh4+ 48. Ka5 Rh7 49. Kb6 Ke6 50. Rc7?? (50. g6 Rd7 51. Rh3 Rg7 52. Rh7 Kf6 53. Rxg7 Kxg7) (50. Rc7 Rxc7 51. Kxc7) Rxc7 51. Kxc7 b5 (51... b5)Oh, and SA, i think you misspelled my name:7jester:

[Wasp]

Heh. There may be some truth in that. :beam:


Wasp and I are in the midst of our first game right now, with him currently holding the advantage. Match will hopefully resume when he returns from work tonight.

Well, it's really early in the game, so.. it could go any way, really ~:)

[Andres]

I got spanked by Pannonian :shame:

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 Ng4 5. Bxf7+ Ke7 6. Qxg4 h6 7. Bb3 hxg5 8. Qxg5+ Ke8 9. Qg6+ Ke7 10. d3 Rh5 11. Qxh5 Kd6 12. Nc3 Nd4 13. O-O c6 14. f4 Kc7 15. Qxe5+ d6 16. Qxd4 g6 17. Qf2 Qe7 18. Bd2 Bg7 19. f5 gxf5 20. exf5 Be5 21. f6 Bxf6 22. Qxf6 1-0

Well played Pann. Not preparing for the attack on f7 was my fatal mistake.

[Caius]

People. For next competitions (not this one because it has already started) we can use the tournament section of chess.com:

http://www.chess.com/tournaments/

We could create one there and we can keep track of everything there.

[Thermal]

for any twcentre people in the coliseum there starting a chess torunament sign up, sign up there to if your interested!

[GeneralHankerchief]

Match with glyphz started.

[Seamus Fermanagh]

I have been fortunate enough to best pevergreen in both our games.

[Askthepizzaguy]

I'm willing to play as an alternate.

[pevergreen]

I have been fortunate enough to best pevergreen in both our games.

Really? I must be lost..I know I lost the first match with a Suicide King rush...but isnt the second game still in play?

edit:
https://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd350/DJ_Novakain/HA_HA_HA_OH_WOW.jpg

I just got absolutely decimated.

[GeneralHankerchief]

glyphz and I will conclude tomorrow. Game 2 is currently postponed due to chess.com being offline and then me going to sleep.

glyphz is leading 1-0 currently and in a good position to win Game 2.

[CountArach]

People. For next competitions (not this one because it has already started) we can use the tournament section of chess.com:

http://www.chess.com/tournaments/

We could create one there and we can keep track of everything there.
You can only have a max of 7 players, unless someone here is a Premium Member.

[glyphz]

vs. GeneralHankerchief
Links
Game1: http://www.chess.com/echess/game.html?id=10500007
Game2: http://www.chess.com/echess/game.html?id=10529279

[Prince Cobra]

Second game with Beefy ended. This game he fighted well but he made a blunder that costed him the game... Otherwise well done :bow:

http://www.chess.com/echess/game.html?id=10500971&alert=1

[Beefy187]

Nice game indeed Stephen:2thumbsup:

[Wasp]

Martok and I are still on our first game, since we seem to miss each other for a few times in a row. But we'll get there, eventually.

[Martok]

Martok and I are still on our first game, since we seem to miss each other for a few times in a row. But we'll get there, eventually.
Yeah, well you've almost got me cornered now. My defeat isn't more than a few turns away. :sweatdrop:

[Csargo]

If anyone wants to play friendly game I'm bored and looking for something to do...

[Wasp]

Here's the result of the first game between Martok and myself. It had a very interesting midgame!

[Event "Online Chess"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2008.10.31"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Waspinator"]
[Black "Martok"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1443"]
[BlackElo "1085"]
[TimeControl "1 in 1 day"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. d5 Bg4 4. Qxg4 Nf6 5. Qe2 c6 6. dxc6 bxc6 7. b3 Qa5+ 8. Nd2 Bh6 9. Ngf3 Nh5 10. g3 Na6
11. Bb2 O-O 12. Qxa6 Qc5 13. Nd4 Rab8 14. Qxc6 Rfc8 15. Qd7 Qc7 16. Qg4 Nf6 17. Qh4 Nh5 18. Bc4 Qa5 19. O-O Bxd2 20. Qxe7 Qe5
21. Qxf7+ Kh8 22. Qd5 Rc5 23. Qxe5+ Rxe5 24. Nf3 Nf6 25. Nxe5 Rb4 26. Nc6 Rb7 27. Bxf6+ Rg7 28. Bxg7+ Kxg7 29. Rad1 Bc3 30. Rxd6 Kh6
31. e5 Kg7 32. e6 Bb4 33. Rd7+ Kf6 34. e7 Bxe7 35. Nxe7 Kg5 36. h4+ Kg4 37. Kh2 Kf3 38. Re1 Kxf2 39. Re2+ Kf1 40. Rd1#
1-0

[Martok]

Wasp has officially won the first game. :bow: Now I gotta take a break to go clean up and eat something before I play our second match.

EDIT: Yeah, it was pretty balanced there for a while. In the end, though, I couldn't overcome my mistakes in the early game. :oops:

[Askthepizzaguy]

I'm free for games. Except for you, Stephen! :clown:

I need more practice before I challenge you again. :smash:

[Seamus Fermanagh]

Really? I must be lost..I know I lost the first match with a Suicide King rush...but isnt the second game still in play?

edit:
https://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd350/DJ_Novakain/HA_HA_HA_OH_WOW.jpg

I just got absolutely decimated.

Not at all. You just forgot that with the first knight gone I could get to F7 while you were deploying on the other side.

[Pannonian]

Not at all. You just forgot that with the first knight gone I could get to F7 while you were deploying on the other side.
Don't you have an even more impressive game than pever's in your live list?

[Lord Winter]

Any one interested in a game now. My name on chess.com is the same as it is here.

[Seamus Fermanagh]

Don't you have an even more impressive game than pever's in your live list?

Csargo (Ichigo) defeated me in a sidebar game a short while ago, and I have an open game against one PhilT57. This Phil fellow appears to me to be winning. We're in a war of attritition, but he's gained a half move on me as black, not a good sign for my white pieces.

[woad&fangs]

Any one interested in a game now. My name on chess.com is the same as it is here.

sure. My chess name is "woad".

Also, Warmaster Horus is my round 2 but he hasn't been on for a month. Who replaced him?

[Askthepizzaguy]

If theres no one to replace, I'll volunteer. I've defeated Ichigo a few times already, so I believe that should at least qualify me.

[Pannonian]

Csargo (Ichigo) defeated me in a sidebar game a short while ago, and I have an open game against one PhilT57. This Phil fellow appears to me to be winning. We're in a war of attritition, but he's gained a half move on me as black, not a good sign for my white pieces.
I was thinking of your game against the arhi_catalin fellow.

[Seamus Fermanagh]

I was thinking of your game against the arhi_catalin fellow.

That went faster than I expected. I've done a few of the blitz and quick games to try to punch up my VERY rusty skills a bit. My blitz score was down in the low 800s, but I think I've spalled off some of the rust.

Sorry, I just reviewed which one you meant. I resigned in three moves because the wife needed me and blitz doesn't wait. It was a non-score because I resigned so soon after starting.

[Wasp]

Here's the second game between Martok and myself. Martok, thanks for two interesting games! Perhaps we can play again sometime? :bow:

[Event "Online Chess"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2008.11.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Martok"]
[Black "Waspinator"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "942"]
[BlackElo "1467"]
[TimeControl "1 in 1 day"]

1. e3 d5 2. Bb5+ c6 3. Bd3 Nf6 4. b3 g6 5. f3 Bg7 6. c3 O-O 7. Ba3 Nbd7 8. Bb4 a5 9. Ba3 b5 10. Nh3 Ne5
11. Qc2 Bxh3 12. O-O Be6 13. h3 Nxd3 14. Qxd3 Nh5 15. Bc5 Ng3 16. Re1 Bf5 17. Qd4 Bxd4 18. exd4 Re8 19. Re3 e6 20. h4 Qxh4
21. Bd6 Qh1+ 22. Kf2 Nh5 23. d3 Qh4+ 24. Kg1 a4 25. Nd2 Ng3 26. c4 Qh1+ 27. Kf2 Qxa1 28. Kxg3 Qxa2 29. Re2 axb3 30. cxb5 Bxd3
31. Kf2 cxb5 32. f4 b2 33. Re1 Rec8 34. Ke3 Rc3 35. Bb4 Rc1 36. Re2 Bxe2 37. Bd6 b1=Q 38. Nxb1 Qb3+ 39. Kxe2 Rc2+ 40. Kd1 Qxb1#
0-1

[Martok]

Here's the second game between Martok and myself. Martok, thanks for two interesting games! Perhaps we can play again sometime? :bow:

I'd like that very much. :bow:

And in the meantime, maybe, just maybe, I'll learn how to not lose my :daisy: queen so quickly.... ~:rolleyes:

[GeneralHankerchief]

glyphz defeats GH 2-0. :bow:

-edit- I'd like to take this space to advertise Pirate Ship Mafia (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=109369), what promises to be a Huge, epic mafia game with an element of individual competition. Make sure to stop by, you'll have a great time. :yes:

[pevergreen]

Glyphz beat me in the first game, probably the most fun i've ever had in chess, i think i was winning at one point, but then defence, then defence, then stupid move and loss.
http://www.chess.com/echess/game.html?id=10614984

[glyphz]

Game 2 with pevergreen in the works. http://www.chess.com/echess/game.html?id=10616386

Pever played a good solid opening as white, with me trying to keep up in Game 1, leading to a stand-off between the 4 center pawns, with bishop escorts, for center supremacy. :duel:

Also, Game 2 with The General turned into a bloody struggle. I thought I had a fair advantage, after taking the queen, but it actually didn't amount to much as he continued to put pressure on my side of the board, and inflicted more casualties to my men than I would like.

Certainly had my hands full tonight.

[pevergreen]

Truth be told I had no idea what I was doing.

[Prince Cobra]

When the next pairing(3rd) starts???

[Caius]

Martok and Caius have started a bloody slaughter...

http://www.chess.com/echess/game.html?id=10632409

Test match: http://www.chess.com/echess/game.html?id=10570695

[Seamus Fermanagh]

Even with the extra day, we should be in our third pairs as yesterday evening.

[Martok]

Uff da! Caius and I are locked in a tough match right now. Things have been pretty tense throughout (in a good way). :2thumbsup:

[Prince Cobra]

Summoning armies to face Martok... Waiting for answer from my emissaries...

[Wasp]

Seamus, the second game between Martok and myself isn't yet updated in the starting post ~:)

[FactionHeir]

Even with the extra day, we should be in our third pairs as yesterday evening.

Been having some troubles getting on at the same time as Winter since he can only do after 8pm PST (which is 4am my time) so we've been playing the step by step mode and are about mid game on the first one. I guess I'll start challenging the next person in my group?

[Prince Cobra]

Similiar happening here since Martok had started his game with Caius(been in similiar position and I do not want to interrupt them). I do not mind but I'll be on-line about real-time 15GMT tomorrow. Maybe I'll have to push the things (with Wasp or Rhy' dependoing on their wish) since I'm going to be absent in the weekend. Seamus?

Happy Birthday, FH! :bow:

Note: Due to my engagement the time per move should be not less than 5 days per move. I have no habbit to prolong the chess games long so don't worry :bow:

Sorry for the inconcenience :bow:

[Andres]

Update:

I'm in my second game against Pannonian (entering mid game) and first game against Xiahou (early stage).

I'm pretty sure the game with Pannonian will be over tomorrow or the Friday, it'll probably take a bit longer to finish the two games against Xiahou because of different timezones.

I won't be able to play on Saturday and most of Sunday because of RL obligations.