Gameroom Chess Tournament

[Csargo]

Hello all,

I got the okay from the man upstairs to see if we could have another chess tournament. We had one previously(it can be found here (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?107602-Gameroom-Chess-Tourney&highlight=Chess+Tournament)) but it was never finished sadly. I would like to do a bracket tournament with two out of three wins moves on, if there's enough players. Any comments or suggestions on a better way of structuring it are welcome. If you are interested please post in the thread. :bow:


how much time will a player be given ?

4 days for three games sounds like a good amount of time, and can be extended if RL intervenes. I'd like it to move at a semi-decent pace, so I would not want it to be more than a week at most. If people think that isn't enough time then we can discuss it further.

Sign-ups: 9

Csargo
TheLastDays
God Emperor
Diamondeye
Skullheadhq
Believer
classical_hero
Romanic
issaikhaan

[TheLastDays]

I suck at chess... I'll still play ^^

[God Emperor]

Romanic wins :(

how much time will a player be given ?

[Csargo]

Romanic wins :(

how much time will a player be given ?

4 days for three games sounds like a good amount of time, and can be extended if RL intervenes. I'd like it to move at a semi-decent pace, so I would not want it to be more than a week at most. If people think that isn't enough time then we can discuss it further.

[Diamondeye]

Sure, I'll play, even if Romanic is going to kick my behind if I draw him :tongue:

I think 4 days for three days are a bit short but I can understand the pace argument... It just pressures the players to sit down and play entire sessions in a row instead of correspondance, that might stress some players.

Nevertheless, CHESS!

[God Emperor]

But yeah, sign me up :)

[Skullheadhq]

Sign me up, but how do we play this?

[Romanic]

Gah, I don't know if I have time for this. I work every day. And don't write me off as the winner yet, I'm far from invincible, sadly. :embarassed:

How will we be playing our games, and what would be the clock time? 30 mins per game etc?

I'm not signing up yet, I want details since my time is limited and I don't want to be a burden.

[TinCow]

I would like to do a bracket tournament with two out of three wins moves on, if there's enough players.

You're welcome to use the automated Tournament utility (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/competitions.php?) to create the bracket, if you would like. A tutorial to the system can be found here (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?134740-Tournament-Utility-Tutorial).

[Csargo]

Gah, I don't know if I have time for this. I work every day. And don't write me off as the winner yet, I'm far from invincible, sadly. :embarassed:

How will we be playing our games, and what would be the clock time? 30 mins per game etc?

I'm not signing up yet, I want details since my time is limited and I don't want to be a burden.

This (http://www.chess.com/home/) site was good last time around, so I was thinking it. Unless you or someone else knows of a better site. This site doesn't seem to have a time setting that is under 1 day. I was sure it did before. If anyone knows of somewhere that does that would be nice.

I wasn't thinking of a clock time. 30 minutes sounds good though.

[Csargo]

You're welcome to use the automated Tournament utility (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/competitions.php?) to create the bracket, if you would like. A tutorial to the system can be found here (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?134740-Tournament-Utility-Tutorial).

Thanks that will be useful. Would you like to play?

[Romanic]

I'm in if we're playing timed games, 30 mins or such. What I don't want is to play games with unlimited time, my current free time won't allow it.

[TinCow]

Thanks that will be useful. Would you like to play?

I have given you the ability to create and edit competitions with the system. Let me know if you need any help using it.

Don't have time to play, sorry.

[Diamondeye]

This (http://www.chess.com/home/) site was good last time around, so I was thinking it. Unless you or someone else knows of a better site. This site doesn't seem to have a time setting that is under 1 day. I was sure it did before. If anyone knows of somewhere that does that would be nice.

I wasn't thinking of a clock time. 30 minutes sounds good though.

Correspondance Chess doesn't go lower than one day. It has a "Live Chess" function for shorter games.

[Believer]

I usually play my games at www.chesscube.com. It's pretty easy to use if you want that.

I'm in if the time control is less than 1 hour and with no increment.

[Csargo]

That's how I figured it. Need to find a way to get more people to sign-up. At the rate it's going we probably won't get enough people.

[classical_hero]

I most probably will lose in three moves, but I will give it a go.

[seireikhaan]

Well, I'm awful at chess, but I'll give it a shot.

[Romanic]

Csargo, you haven't added me to the list yet. As I said, I'm willing to play if the games don't take hours (30 mins, or 1h max, would be fine).

[Believer]

If anyone wants to practice or just play for fun, PM me and we'll play.

[Romanic]

Don't play blitzes against him, he just beat me 2.5 - 1.5. Not happy. :laugh4:

[Believer]

Don't play blitzes against him, he just beat me 2.5 - 1.5. Not happy. :laugh4:

Pft! You had me all games, just not enough time. :p

(I prefer 10+1 or 1 minute. Pwetty pweez?)

[Csargo]

Csargo, you haven't added me to the list yet. As I said, I'm willing to play if the games don't take hours (30 mins, or 1h max, would be fine).

Sorry thought I did. :sorry:

[Choxorn]

I'll play if you still need more players.

[Believer]

Are we doing this?

[Csargo]

Not enough people, I don't think.