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ONE PAGE MEMORY IS THE CHAMPION!
Check out my blog:
http://www.teamliquid.net/blog/wizard
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Finals
[s][b]One Page Memory[s][b] VS. Sr18
3rd/4th place Match
chilfutz VS. jkillashark
Taken from my blog:
Hello,
3.5-2.5. 6 games. 6 epic battles. In the end, only one winner.
Congratulations to One Page Memory who defeated Sr18 in a narrow and tight series, with a final score of 3.5-2.5. He is the first TL chess champion: I sincerely wish him the best of luck in this next tournament, the TL Chess Championship.
However, with that in mind, we do have to realize that it all came down to game 6: and we all now, that it could be possible that if this was just another day, Sr18 would be in the same position as OPM. So to be honest, congratulations to both of them for showing they are currently (as we know) the best chess players on TL.
The final bracket for the TL Chess Tournament:
Finals
One Page Memory VS. Sr18 (3.5-2.5)
3rd/4th place Match
chilfutz VS. jkillashark
[losers final is to be played]
But with that in mind, will we find a better chess player, a person who can reach the top, someone who can defeat our current champion OPM? Well, I am proud to announce that the 2nd TL Chess Championships (as it is now called) is underway, in the round of 32 (single-elimination bracket). Good luck to all, and especially to the defending champion! The bracket is as follows:
RouND oF 32:
Sr18 VS. IH4t3z3rg
NeverEndingStory VS. Schones_Chaos
garoth VS. icafe.moto
ChoboCup VS.Naib
UT-atma VS. Jkillashark
Unforgiven_ve VS. I-Emerge
5HITCOMBO VS. Payt
Victor VS. browny
JensOfSweden VS. samso.
LegendaryDreams VS. Try
One Page Memory VS. kdog3683
GarlicPepper VS. Byyk
GrandInquisitor VS. Ido
Kraekkling VS. Quint
RandomKo_Orean VS. Wizard
Chiflutz VS. 123bangbang
One Page Memory/Sr18 have promised that they will post their games, and I will update this blog asap when that happens. Furthermore, I’ll update the losers final when that is played.
Thank you,
Wizard
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Lolz, this it the only way to spark interest. I added a summary + bolded/underlined some stuff.
Oh, and I just realized something: there is a 99% chance that some idiot will come strolling in here and say a combination of things about the cash prize such as and including stuff like 'he will never pay us', etc., etc....so for the record, AT THIS MOMENT, simply sign up, later on, I will probably arrange some sort of way to transfer the money to a PP account of some well-known person on here.
Thanks.
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Created a list of players who have signed up.
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For now sign me up. I keep my right to withdraw if I don't like the conditions.
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Same as One Page Memory.
I would advice against a cash prize though. Cash prize tournaments have a tendency to lure out the computer assistance users amongst the chess players.
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Hm....well put it this way, if I get a large amount of people who would want to play WITHOUT a cash prize, I'll go with the flow and say no to that. But then again, how hard is it for me, or some other person I might ask to analyze the games to find computer assistance? Seeing as most players here are probably averege, with some above-averege (generalization of course) it would be blatantly obvious. For the time being, I'll let it stay, but who knows.
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Oh and sorry for double post, but something useful to me would be for example, from both you Sr18 and One Page Memory, what would be conditions that you wouldn't like? (Well the money I understand from Sr18, anything else?). What would you like? I need a lot of feedback and suggestions.
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Okay, guys one more thing, should I just take the first 16 names (that would easy :D: I'm a bit lazy hehe) or should I wait a while and then randomly pick names?
Edit: I've decided to do the first 16 names. Why? Well if all goes well, we might do another, so it's not like everybody has missed out on it. Plus, this way, we can start very quickly.
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infinity21
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I'd like to play. I'll be free as long as you give me a notice beforehand.
Honestly, cash prize doesn't matter to me. All I really care about is for people to play, not just say that they will and disappear.
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Okay, that's fine. We only need 11 more players, so at this pace, we'll have the match-ups probably figured out in like 1-2 days. Most people don't really care about the prize anymore, so I might drop that: I'll still give it a thought. (for the time being, I will remove it).
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Cash prizes only inspire people to cheat.
unfortunate I can't participate, due to other commitments in the next little bit.
gl organizing though.
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Okay, so fine, it's settled: no cash prize. Is there anyway to change the topic title? (or maybe I will leave it there to attract attention lolz  )), and thanks mikeymoo.
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Sign me up. But cheating at chess? o_O
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using software he means chi
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Chifultz, people just use some computer chess program..input move, etc...I signed you up.
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I added a horrible banner. -_- MSWord Font, Copy+Paste, Imageshack = Win :D
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On July 23 2007 14:21 wizardpl wrote:
So now, we have 16 players. I randomly assign opponents. Obviously, there would be 4 stages to the tournament: round of 16, quarterfinals, semi-finals, and finals. What I am wondering, is for example, in SC…typically they have a BO3 up to semi-finals, where they do BO5. But in chess, obviously, there are ties. What would you guys recommend?
Well, I´m not sure if you are familiar with chess tournaments. The large grandmaster tournaments are either (double) round robin style (everbody plays eachother twice, once with black and once with white) or elimination style. Each elimination round consists of several matches (2, 4, 6 etc. As long as both players have the same amount of games with the white pieces it´s ok) where a win is 1 point, a daw a half point. Should the score be tied after all the games have been played, a new series of games will start, but this time with a faster time control. If this series is tied again, a final series of games will start with even faster time controls. If this final series also ends up being tied, a single decisive match will be played where a draw will be considered a win for black and a loss for white. To compensate, the player with the white pieces gets more time on his clock (considering we are already in very fast time control, you could be thinking about 5 minutes for black and 6 minutes for white). Smaller tournaments generally don´t use a knockout formula, but it´s by no means impossible.
With regards to time controls, I would suggest something fast like 15 minutes each without an increment (15-0) with four games per round. For a tie, I would suggest to bring the time controls to 5-0 for the first extra series and 3-0 for the second. You could obviously opt for standard time but I highly doubt that all the players have 4 hours of free time for each game.
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Well, I understand what you are saying. What I would for the time control is 15-0 (like you said). For the format, I'd really want to cut down on the number of games (of course, I want everybody to play, but that being said, I want to find a fine balance between time and games). 4 games does seem a good number, but in my opinion, if the games are tied, we should continue game 5,(etc.) with the 15-0. I understand the reason for lowering the time, but that being said, I have witnessed dramatic changes in the quality of play when you lower the time from 15 to 5, and for the most part, I don't want a tightly contested match at 3-2 to end up being won because someone blundered on time...
So...if nobody protests, we will have for each match-up:
- 15-0 time limit = 15 minutes per player, no increments after every move
- 4 game series (1 point for win, 0.5 for draw)
- If series is tied after 4, we continue playing additional games until one player wins regular 15-0 time limit. So instead of starting a whole new series with a different time control we keep on adding games with the same time control.
Everybody thank Sr18 for his contribution.
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How many additional games do you suggest after the original series of 4 games ends up being tied? Just two games or another batch of four games? Remember that it has to be an even number of games so that both players get the same amount of games with the white pieces.
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Add me to the list please! Thanks =] let's make every game a GG~
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I would like to participate
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United States5262 Posts
I would like to also participate.
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infinity21
Canada6683 Posts
If you're still considering giving a cash prize, how about you donate that money to charity under the name of the winner? (assuming the winner consents)
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sign me up if theres still room
French defense fighting!
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sign me up if theres room
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Sing me up. 
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any spots left?
if so, add me please.
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There is room for all of you , 2 more players needed. Infinity, nice idea, I'll think about it
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On July 23 2007 16:55 Sr18 wrote:
How many additional games do you suggest after the original series of 4 games ends up being tied? Just two games or another batch of four games? Remember that it has to be an even number of games so that both players get the same amount of games with the white pieces.
Oh..sorry, haha, I forgot about the fact that both of the players need to play white...so I'd say start with adding 2, and if it's still tied after that, play another 2, etc.
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If there is by some chance 1 spot left, would any of you object to me filling it in? , I'd love to also play.
Edit: Sorry for triple post.
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If there's still room, I'd like to be in as well.
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PMed you, but signing up here too ^^
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Please add me if there's room 
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I agree with all Sr18 said, especially the cash prize.
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sign me up if theres room
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if there's a spot still, sign me up thx.
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Sign me up please, play this at 3 min so no hacks
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i wanna paly too!
though i haven't played for a while.
which chess programm do we use?
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I'll play if theres still a spot available :D
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Hi count me in, could be fun.
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Okay, we have 16 players. Unfourtantly, the 10 above posters (above this post) will not be able to play as we have reached the limit. However, what I will do is place those players (in order based on post) in an 'extra' list, if, for some reason some player has to drop-out, etc. -> So for example, if a player drops-out right at this minute, the person who would substitute him/her would be Naib, etc.
Thanks. I will be making the bracket (I will randomly pair up opponents) and post it here as soon as possible.
Wizardpl
P.s. Thanks for the great support.
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There are no spots left, so please do not spam this thread anymore. Thank you.
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I have added a bracket, information about the tourney, where to play (recommendations), rules, and a bunch of other stuff. Took a while...phew. -_-;;;;
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Created Hamachi network.
TLchess//1
(has to be exact capitalization for the name)
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GL HF all!
And don't be surprised if I try to use a Danish Gambit as white .
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Lolz, danish gambit -_-, I have trouble against that as Black;;; 
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Oh and another thing, everybody who is playing in the tournament, you guys have 1 week (until August 1st) to play your games.
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Where is the first person that drops in the towel due to being unable to play? 
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Lol, but even if nobody does drop out, those people who didn't make it (10, including you) will automatically be in for the next one if all goes well.
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Who has the balls to play the Halloween Attack?
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That's a cool gambit, never knew about it until now, thanks.
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Wow
I missed being in the brackets. I would like to be added as an extra. Thanks for making somehting like this.
---I-Emerge
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Okay, I will add you. If we do make another one, you will automatically be included in it.
Wiz
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infinity let's get our games going either tonight or tomorrow night. Maybe 23:00 or 0:00 TL.net time.
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infinity21
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On July 25 2007 17:28 jkillashark wrote:
infinity let's get our games going either tonight or tomorrow night. Maybe 23:00 or 0:00 TL.net time.
can't we do it earlier? =ㅅ=
23:00 TL net time is 2:00 AM in my time
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Lol, get that brain working
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Any way I can play it too?
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Too late. But I put you on the extras list for next time around.
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Just a random thought: If we get 16 on the reserve panel, maybe we could be the other side of the brackets?
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My opponent fails to respond to PM and has yet to respond to this thread. :-(.
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Naib, good idea, I'll think about it.
Sr18, give it about 2 more days, I'll also send a PM, if nothing, we'll bring in Naib to subsitute.
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computer chess is fucking Wacked. with a capitol W
Wish I could play along on my IRL board
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nAi.CyrAx, you had the option of playing on with your IRL board, stop making excuses. You play like 1000, say you won the NE Junior Championship(which, in your opinion, was not USCF rated), and you say that between 18 and 21, you lost your ability to play that well. Shutup. I play chess for fun, and on a good day I'm 1800 tops, and I dominated you without trying.
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On July 26 2007 17:26 PJA wrote:
nAi.CyrAx, you had the option of playing on with your IRL board, stop making excuses. You play like 1000, say you won the NE Junior Championship(which, in your opinion, was not USCF rated), and you say that between 18 and 21, you lost your ability to play that well. Shutup. I play chess for fun, and on a good day I'm 1800 tops, and I dominated you without trying.
lol @ drama
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On July 26 2007 17:26 PJA wrote:
nAi.CyrAx, you had the option of playing on with your IRL board, stop making excuses. You play like 1000, say you won the NE Junior Championship(which, in your opinion, was not USCF rated), and you say that between 18 and 21, you lost your ability to play that well. Shutup. I play chess for fun, and on a good day I'm 1800 tops, and I dominated you without trying.
I played nai.cyrax a couple games on yahoo too. He is no where near where he claims to be considering I myself am not good yet i was able to take 3 games from him.
His excuse : the interface
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Lol^^the drama. Well, good job PJA, and thanks for taking part Cyrax, I'll update the results.
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LeoTheLion defeats Owl 3-0.
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jkillasharks defeats infinity21 3-0.
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infinity21
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On July 26 2007 22:50 jkillashark wrote:
jkillasharks defeats infinity21 3-0.
confirmed X_x
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On July 25 2007 16:16 wizardpl wrote:
Okay, I will add you. If we do make another one, you will automatically be included in it.
Wiz
Sup WizKid,
Thanks for adding me as a substitue. I just hope that I can get set up to even play. I will let you know when I try to set up if I have any issues doing so.
---I-Emerge
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Me vs oshibori_probe: 2.5 - 0.5
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On July 26 2007 11:26 wizardpl wrote:
Naib, good idea, I'll think about it.
Sr18, give it about 2 more days, I'll also send a PM, if nothing, we'll bring in Naib to subsitute.
I'm eager to pwn Sr18's ass (<3, just kidding)
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Okay, guys thanks for all the recent results:
- Jkillashark defeats infinity21 3-0
- Chiflutz defeats oshibori_probe 2.5-0.5 (our FIRST series which DIDN'T end up in a sweep -_-)
Oh, and emerge, don't call me WizKid. -_-;;
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Okay, updated the results/standings.
I would ask for jkillashark and LeoTheLion to NOT play their Quarterfinal games (and this applies to anyone in a similar situation later on) UNTIL the present round is complete.
Oh btw, has anybody noticed that all the winners have been on the right side of the VS.? Lolz -_-
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3-0 for me over chobopeon, ggs.
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infinity21
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D: right side?
no wonder I lost
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agreed, it was fixed!
gl combo
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Good job 5HITCOMBO, and thanks for participating chobopeon.
Right side dominance continues, with all but one (it was close, 0.5) victory 3-0.
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we had one good game! i swear.
i, of course, totally fell apart. oh well! ive only just started to play chess a little while ago, thats my excuse and im keeping to it.
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2-1 vs quint.
Last game he didn't want to play.
Overall ggs, was equal level for both.
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On July 27 2007 14:41 choboPEon wrote:
we had one good game! i swear.
i, of course, totally fell apart. oh well! ive only just started to play chess a little while ago, thats my excuse and im keeping to it.
You had me on the run for two of the games, and your one game as white you almost mated me a few times. I got lucky with my bishop sacrifice on your castled king, it let me set up a fork with your king and bishop that was about to let your queen mate me .
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kdog, thanks for the update
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2 more matches to go, I sent out a PM to parapsyche and he should be playing his games soon, maybe I better send PMs to One Page Memory and his opponent.
Props to everybody so far for making this is very active.
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Me and paraspyche will probably be playing monday or tuesday. He is currently on vacation.
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Okay, I've contacted the remaining 4 players, and all the games should be played by august 1st/2nd (monday/tuesday).
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infinity21
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kdog3683, you make us lefties look bad
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Lolz, infinity, get on Hamachi, I want to play you lolz :D
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Okay, everybody who has an opponent in the quarterfinals may now being their games, so if the following players would like to start their quarterfinals series ahead of time, it's okay:
LeoTheLion VS. jkillashark
5HITCOMBO VS. chiflutz
Same rules/time regulation/series length applies as in Ro16.
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That includes me and chiflutz, right?
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Wtf, I made a mistake. Yeah, edited it out. -_- ^^You and chiflutz.
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Okay, everybody, I'm going to have to say that today is the last day to send in your result If I don't get the result by today evening (6:00 pm MST), I'm going to subsitute the inactive players.
Thank you.
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Chiflutz has some family things he has to attend to, so we're gonna play our games around Thursday when he gets back. When do we have until to play our quarterfinals?
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Well, the round of 16 should be done by today/tommorow, so I'd say you have a few days. There are only 4 matches, so it shouldn't take that long.
I'm hoping we can have the finals before August 20th (so ~3 weeks) cause I have to fly over to Vancouver, can for a week. -_-
edit: nm, the hotel I'm staying at has internet, but still, I'd want to finish it before then
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One Page Memory vs BuGzIToOnl - 3-0 for me
gg's
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Thank you for the result.
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Okay, I have decided to make one last final extension for Sr18 and parascyhpe (or however you spell it, sorry ). Sr18 told me he would complete his games on either Monday or Tuesday (today). That being said, I sent him a PM and to his opponent, and have set a deadline for the results to be sent in/posted here at 3:00 PM MST August 1st (tommorow).
If I do not get the results, I will have to disqualify both players, and the replacement will be Naib VS. GarlicPepper.
Thank you.
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The game is still scheduled for tonight. It's kinda hard to set up a good time though as there is a 9 hour time difference.
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Scrap that. I've waited the entire night for him to come online as we agreed, but for some reason he never showed up. I'm tired and furious at the same time, a bad combination -_-,.
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Well just hope no one is pulling the he puts in your move and copys chessmaster's move
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After this chess tournement will there be another?
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On July 31 2007 22:36 IzzyCraft wrote:
Well just hope no one is pulling the he puts in your move and copys chessmaster's move
Was discussed already.
wizardpl, I think it would be unfair to DQ. Sr18, he's pretty active and posts on this topic all the time
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Okay, everybody, sorry to keep you waiting, but we have officially ended the Round of 16. Paraschype (god I can never spell it without copy pasting) has PM'ed me (a few hours ago, I wasn't on) that he has forfeited his match to Sr18. He applogizes for the inconvenience to Sr18 and all the other players. Of course, since it are his games, this is fully allowable.
So, Sr18 VS. Paraschype = forfeit by Paraschype, Sr18 moves on to the Quarterfinals.
I would like to thank all players who participated in the tournament/championship, but who unfourtantly did not make it through, and 'special' kudos to oshibori_probe and Quint for being the only players who were not defeated in a straight 3-0 sweep.
On the other hand, congratulations to all players who did make it through, and good luck in your Quarterfinal matches.
Today is the beginning of all Quarterfinal matches if you have not started them yet, and once again, the matchups for the Quarterfinals will be as posted on the main page.
The Quarterfinal matches will be conducted in the same 4 game series as used in the Round of 16 (just for clarification).
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Okay I updated the the main thread, and currently we are starting the Quarterfinals.
However, I am also wondering what you guys think about something: as of now, I am reserving one spot in the next tournament for the winner of this one ('defending champion'), and then have a bunch of players who signed up including me (lolz ). I'm thinking, should we only have one player be automatically entered as the defending champion, or should we have top 2, 3, or 4? I'm not sure what the right way to go about doing this would be.
Thanks, and someone reply.
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Good to see this tournament is working well. But i guess, to support Sr18 , you should allow only players with a certain number of posts to play in this kind of event. It is always frustrating to see forfeits in tournament.
Anyway, good luck to all
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Boo, woulda loved to jump in if Parparparphsyche forfeit  Ah well, there will be more of this it seems (gets hopes up)!
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Why not make the next 1 a 32 person tourney considering there's @ least 25+ people interested.
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On August 01 2007 11:10 Naib wrote:Boo, woulda loved to jump in if Parparparphsyche forfeit Ah well, there will be more of this it seems (gets hopes up)!
Lolz, don't get your hopes up, I think nobody wants to go inactive at this point
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Good idea to the guy above me.
Edit: Wtf is Parparparphsyche?? Haha, that's even worst then my spelling. -___-
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Consider me signed up for the next tournement
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Okay, I've added Schones_Chaos to the player list for the next tournament. (Sigh, 32 players = 16 matches in the first round T_T, I'm going to have fun with PM'ing all the people...)
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Okay, I decided I'm going to let only the winner of the tournament be automatically entered into the next one. Sort of like a defending champion honour. -_- OR, we could have something like a huge bracket of 32 players, and the finalist (so the 'winner') would play the defending champion (so the bracket would be like a qualifier for the championship final).
What do you think guys?
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I like it
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Kk, but, another question, should the defending champion only have to play a match at the end to defend his title, or should he have to play from the bottom up. I think the old idea is better, because he/she could get knocked out very early, or w/e...I don't know. I guess I'll stick with the original idea.
700th post! W00t!
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I want to participate in the following tourney if possible, maybe we can get another reserve-draft or something.
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Okay, so what we're going to do, since I want to make the next one a lot bigger and better.
We currently have 16 players in this tourney: the winner will have a spot reserved in the final of the next tournament. Simply said, the next tournament will have 32 players, in a similar format as this one, except that there will be additional round (the 'round of 32'). Once it is complete, the 'winner' of the bracket will face off against the defending champion of this tournament.
Since we have 16 players in this tournament, I think it'd be fair to say that we should allow the #2, #3, (so basically, the loser of the final, and the winner of the 3rd/4th place match) to be automatically qualified for the next tournament.
Then, that leaves us 30 spots. Right now we have 14 players for the next tournament, so we need 16 more. We will wait for more people to join, and if there are any spots left I will add players from this tournament based on their ending position/score.
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Okay sent out PM's to all quarterfinalists, except 5hitcombo and chiflutz as they have posted here that they have a date arranged.
Thanks. Everybody has a few days to complete their matches. (half a week to a week)
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How many games will be played to determine the winner. Like one math or 2 out of 3 or how many?
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Well in this tournament and in the next (including round of 32), the round of 16 and quarterfinals are a 4 game series. It's like a best out of 3, but gives the opportunity for both players to play white. However at the same time, logic dictates that if it's an obvious win, then there is no need to keep on playing. The semi-finals and finals will most likely be a 6 game series, although I am considering 8 games for the finals.
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Okay, guys, to all people in the quarterfinals, you guys have until August 7th to finish your games (Tuesday). Thanks.
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On August 02 2007 13:32 Schones_Chaos wrote:
How many games will be played to determine the winner. Like one math or 2 out of 3 or how many?
Read the first post.
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hey buddies, count me in... Im an official expert at chess in the USCF with a rating over 2000. Good Luck and Have Fun XD
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Well, whenever the next tourney is at least
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On August 02 2007 19:15 Try wrote:
hey buddies, count me in... Im an official expert at chess in the USCF with a rating over 2000. Good Luck and Have Fun XD
whats the USCF?
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^^
Google is your friend. -_- Us chess Federation >_>
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On August 02 2007 19:15 Try wrote:
hey buddies, count me in... Im an official expert at chess in the USCF with a rating over 2000. Good Luck and Have Fun XD
AS was nai.cyrax...
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count moi in as well for the next one. I like chess.
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On August 02 2007 22:20 kdog3683 wrote:Show nested quote +On August 02 2007 19:15 Try wrote:
hey buddies, count me in... Im an official expert at chess in the USCF with a rating over 2000. Good Luck and Have Fun XD AS was nai.cyrax...
RIFK
I mean, I'll probably lose, but that shit is funny.
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Where do you play chess, playchess.com or others? When will be next tournament?
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I play on yahoo, playchess, and alittle bit of ICC. Mainly yahoo, ull find me on there most of the time.
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On August 02 2007 22:20 kdog3683 wrote:Show nested quote +On August 02 2007 19:15 Try wrote:
hey buddies, count me in... Im an official expert at chess in the USCF with a rating over 2000. Good Luck and Have Fun XD AS was nai.cyrax...
Haha lolz..-_- good one
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On August 03 2007 04:35 Byyk wrote:
Where do you play chess, playchess.com or others? When will be next tournament?
I'd take that as you wanting to play? I'll put you on the list.
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Wow, guys, great response, already 20 people signed up, 12 more to go! Sign up now!
(play your games quarterfinalists >_> the sooner the better)
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Just bumping this up to remind everybody to play the games. -_-
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jkillashark 3-0 LeoTheLion
Good games. Should've been 2.5-0.5 but LeoTheLion is so badass.
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Lol, badass -_-, k posted result
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I'm starting to think that maybe group stages would be good..I mean all results so far have been 3-0, 2.5-0.5, 2-1 T_T...
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Chiflutz and I are playing tomorrow .
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Okay, awesome, get back to me as soon as you have result.
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Still no word from my opponent :-(.
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ill join
edit: put me as icafe.moto
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I just played a great series with chiflutz, and he came out 2-0.
Best of luck, man!
JUST JOKING, I HAVE ONE CHANCE
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Final Score:
3-1, Chiflutz's favor.
That was the best 4 games of chess I've played in my entire life.
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Awesome series. I'm up for playing you in-between chapters. :D
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whens the next one? i wanna join :D
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On August 05 2007 16:02 5HITCOMBO wrote:
Final Score:
3-1, Chiflutz's favor.
That was the best 4 games of chess I've played in my entire life.
Hmm, glad that my idea has given all of you guys so many good games!
Posted the result, and updated the thread with the list and matches.
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Okay guys, 10 more players needed for the next tournament, chiflutz and 5HITCOMBO you guys interested in playing next time?
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I'll be there if there are any slots .
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can i join the next one too?
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-________-;;;look at the original post.
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One Page Memory VS. kdog3683 - 2:0 for me and forfeit from kdog3683.
gg's, those two games kdog3683 stretched me to the edge
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sign me up 4 next
nxt time i will beat u xD
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Sure, sign me up for the next one, and the one after that, and... You get the picture.
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PJA vs SR18 0.5 / 2.5 (0-1, 0-1, .5/.5)
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Please sign me up for the next tournament.
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United States5262 Posts
Please sign me up for the next tournament. That is unless I get 3rd or above.
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Okay, thanks for the results. Jkillashark, I'll put you in if you are defeated, for now, we will assume that you might take one of the reserved spots (same goes for any of the remaining players).
That means for the next tournament, we already have 26/32 players, 6 more!
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Okay guys, here we are in the semifinals matches. Thank you to all who participated and had to exit before reaching this important stage of the competition. Truly, this is where it matters.
The two winners of the semi-finals will go on to play the final to win the title of TL Chess Champion. To those who don't make it, there is a last hope to regain their honor (lol); the 3rd place match.
We wish good luck to all 4 contestants who are in the semi-finals: Sr18, jkillashark, chilfutz, and One Page Memory.
[poll+question removed]
The semifinal matches will be played as a 6 game series.
Let the games begin!
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4 more people needed for the next tournament!
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Okay, so I updated the player list for the next tournament. I've decided that we will have a standard elimination bracket with [u[32[/u] players, with the 4 top players from this tournament (#1, #2, #3, #4) automatically qualified to play. Those 4 players will be our semi-finalists, Sr18, chilfutz, jkillashark, and One Page Memory.
Okay, guys, I need your semi-final games asap please, so please play them as soon as you can.
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PMed chilfutz more than 2 days ago. Not a sign yet.
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Okay well hopefully he will PM you back soon.
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sign me up please
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Well it's been a few days since I posted about the semis, let's make the deadline 5 days from now, August 15th!
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Oh and we need 2 more people!
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I am here and ready to play.
Wanna play some blitz games Wizard[pl]?
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sign me up
could some1 collect ELO of the players in the tournament?
or i dunno how it is called in USA :D
my ELO is ~2100
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It'd be too complicated, since a lot of players don't have an ELO rating. But I'll sign you up.
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Sorry, it's been hectic. I'll play my games as quickly as possible.
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No problem man, also, good luck.
[edit] Oh and only one more person needed for the tournament!
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Oh and I noticed, happy bday jkillashark :D
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We had an agreement with chiflutz to play tonight.
I waited for an hour and PMed him - no responce.
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sign me up and what are we using to play the games?
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O rly? T_T, maybe the new KST messed one of you up! Haha, but seriously, um, I dunno. Just keep waiting I guess, maybe he'll PM you back. -_-;
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On August 12 2007 07:11 garoth wrote:
sign me up and what are we using to play the games?
Whatever you and your opponent decide to use. But preferably through mail, you have about a week to mail your move to your opponent. Kthxbye.
No but seriously, use whatever you and your opponent want to use: FICS, yahoo, playchess, ICC, etc.
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Um, okay so we have 32/32 players, however if anybody still wants to sign up then they can as we have 4 spots occupied from the previous tournament -> hehe guys, not that I don't want you to play, but if there are other people who do well then..-_-you get the idea
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One Page Memory VS. chiflutz - 4-0 for me.
GG's
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Good luck to the man who has to beat OPM.
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That would be either Jkillashark or me, but we are having trouble scheduling our match. Jkillashark hasn't responded to my latest PM, which was sent several days ago :-(.
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Wow, OPM, that's deadly. -_-;;;but after you schooling me in those matches we played the other day I was like woah chilfutz have better be pro;; (no offense to you chilfutz...but OPM is ridiculously good compared to me lol).
Okay, I put up the result.
Sr18, um,...thanks for letting me know, um, hopefully he'll respond soon enough.
Thanks.
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It shows that you don't get my name since you put 'chobocup.'
If you're asian and seen robocop *raise your hand*.
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I'm really salty that I wasn't around to sign up for the first tournament. I plan on a good showing for T2!
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No offence to Jkillashark, but Sr18 I am training for you already, analyzing all our 3/0 games.
You'd better come prepared for a good showdown.
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I got a wicked idea, maybe haji can livereport this tournament?!
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"5HITCOMBO opens e4
chiflutz counters with e5
BUT WAIT it looks like 5HITCOMBO is going to fianchetto his queen's bishop, playing b3..."
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On August 13 2007 18:01 Storchen wrote:
I got a wicked idea, maybe haji can livereport this tournament?!
We can announce day/time of the final and play it on playchess, so everyone can watch it.
And since haji desperately needs more posts he can report it too
Also we can post final games here and discuss them
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I am making this announce early in order to give you time to prepare :
If anyone wants to play 3/0 or 5/0 games in 8 hours from now (thats 11 old TL.net time) - PM me.
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I'm no good at blitz, I can't keep up with the timer without blundering .
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so where can i get the program to play chess?
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Wiz, I'm not pro, OPM and Sr18 are. Dunno about jkilla, but I'll most likely find out in the loser's final, huh. Chess live reports?
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I used to play in an online tournament or two. What program or website do you guys use to play? Yahoo? ICC?
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I'm wondering if anybody is interetsed in a live shoutcast/stream (w/e it's called) so that I or anybody else who wants could commentate on the final games. I'd also like to make the finals a set date so that people could come and observe. I'll update the main thread later, need to go now. -_-;;
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Okay guys so the cut off date for the signups for next tournament are the second when I get the result from Sr18+Jkillshark (I'll have the bracket made by the time the finals take place).
Thanks.
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OPM just devoured me, at the end it was kinda depressing :D I am looking forward towards the game between him and Sr18, it will be chess on a very high level.
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GG's, some really close games, and some lost positions for me too.
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hallo, im bored anyone up for a few games PM me
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Hihi, hopefully we can get the semis done by tommorow, so that we can schedule the final to be played before the 18th cause I have to leave for vancouver T_T...then that can neatly fit so that the round of 32 (16 series') can be finished in 10 days for when I get back.
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I can play the final on 18th/19th in the interval 18-24h new TL.net time.
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Hello, this is a live report of Sr18 Vs. Jkillashark semifinal match. Game 1 is being played (and I couldn't find the game in the match list on FICS, so I came in late, so I won't bother live reporting this...), I'll update it when it's finished, and then start out with game 2.
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Game 1 is over. Sr18 black, Jkillshark white, alternate.
Jkillashark > Sr18 (resigns) 1-0
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Game 2:
1. e4 c5
2. Nf3 d6
3. Bb5+ Bd7
4. Bxd7 Qxd7
5. c4 e5
6. Nc3 Nc6
7. 0-0 Nf6
8. d3 Be7
9. Kd5 0-0
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10. Be3 Nd5
11. exd5 Nd4
12. Nxd4 cxd4
13. Bd2 f5
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14. f3 b5
15. b4 bxc4
16. dxc4 Rac8
17. Rc1 Rc7
18. Re1 Rfc8
19. Qb3 Bf6
20. Rc2 Bh4
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21. g3 Bf6
22. c5 dxc5
23. Rec1 Qd6
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24. bxc5 Rxc5
25. Rxc5 Rxc5
26. Rxc5 Qxc5
27. d6+ Kf8
28. Qb8+ [looking dangerous] Kf7 [only viable move]
29. Qc7+
30. dxc7 [Jkillashark resigns]
1-0
Jkillashark<Sr18 -> 1-1
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Game 3
Jkillashark white, Sr18 black
1. c4 Nf6
2. Nc3 c5
3. g3 Nc6
4. Bg2 g6
5. Nf3 Bg7
6. 0-0 0-0
7. d3 d6
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8. h3 Bd7
[interesting opening with c4, translates into semi-open position I'd say]
9. Nd5 e6
10. Nxf6+ Bxf6
11. Bf4 Qc7
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12. Qb3 [shifts momentum from center and threatens pawn at b7] Rad8
13. Bh6 [interesting pressure] Rfe8
14. e3 b6 [takes away the threat of b7]
15. Ng5 [more pressure on the right side] Ne7 [brings in support]
16. Ne4 [moves away, threatening unguarded bishop] Bg7 [only viable move]
17. Bxg7 Kxg7 [vulnerable position, but on immediate harm]
18. Qc3+ e5 [only allows for black center control]
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19. f4 Nf5
20. fxe5 dxe5
21. Rae1 Bc6 [attack on knight, opens up rook file]
22. g4 [counter attack on other knight] Bxe4
23. Bxe4 Ng3
24. Rf3 Nxe4
25. dxe4 Qc6 [unguarded pawn]
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26. Qc2 Rd7 [probably makes way for double up rook]
27. Ref1 [counter double up rook] Red8 [double up]
28. b3 Kg8 [takes the king from future danger]
29. Rf6 [takes the opportunity of the unguarded square+queen] Qb7 [still holding onto the threat of the center pawn]
30. Qg2 [shifts to the focus of attack while guarding center pawn] Rd1
31. Rxd1 Rxd1+ [smartly Sr18 decides to counterattack instead of being passive]
32. Rf1 Qd7
33. Rxd1 Qxd1+ [very even material, pawn unguarded near the king]
34. Kf2 [goes to protect the unguarded pawn] Kg7
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35. g5 [prevents king movement, and could lead to an open king for Black if he wants to open up with right-side pawns] h6 [exactly as predicted, if white accepts, king is thrust into the open]
36. gxh6+ [good move] Kxh6
37. Qf3 [preparing attack while threat on Queen/exchange, 6 minutes left for each player] Qxf3+
38. Kxf3 Kg5
39. Kg3 f5 [lots of movement, trying to exchange some pieces/open up position]
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40. Kf3 [protects center, dosen't want the immediate exchange] Kh4
41. exf5 gxf5
42. e4 f4
43. Kg2 [protects pawn] a6
44. a3 a5
45. a4 [equal position, draw prehaps?] f3+ [no]
46. Kf2 Kxh3
47. Kxf3 Kh4
48. Ke2 Kg4
49. Ke3 Kg3
50. Ke2 Kf4
51. Kd3 Kf3
52. Kd2 Kxe4
53. Ke2 Kd4
54. Kd2 e4
55. Ke2 e3
56. Ke1 Kd3 [Jkillashark resigns]
Wow what a game. Nice, I will actually upload the PGN, it's very interesting.
They will continue their series (game 4+) at a later time.
Current result:
Sr18 VS. Jkillashark (2-1)
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Just played some blitz games with Sr18, and he taught me so much in between the moves, thanks once again.
Hopefully they can finish up their games soon, and we'll be into the finals -_-
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JkillasharkVs.Sr18 (recap):
So far interesting games, game 1 there was a certain blunder (I can't remember :S) that pretty much gave away the game as far as I remember. Game 2 was nice once again, but I hadn't gotten used to the live reporting, hehe...Finally, game 3 I'd say was the best, very even position, apparently, draws were offered several times (as I hinted in the notation), with the position swaying between both players, constantly a switch of attack and defense, nicely played, in my opinion.
Here is game 3 (Sr18/Jkillashark 1-0):
http://rapidshare.com/files/49033471/jkillashark_TiredOfTheWar_2007_8_14_16_41.pgn.html
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Question for the players (don't have Fritz with this computer so I can't check that way and I only briefly scanned it) for game #3:
Why not 14... d5? The obvious 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Qxd5 just looks bad because of the sheer number of tempi black can get by attacking the queen and Bf4 move tricks don't seem to work because of black's pressure on the a file and the long diagonal. Then it seems that white misses 23... Ng3 (preventable probably by playing 22. Kh2), after which the white pawns are ruined, though the pawn ending should be even.
And in the king and pawn endgame: 42. Kg2 should hold the draw, as white will be able to trade the h pawn for the f pawn (after the eventually forced ...f4 exf4 exf4) if black gets too ambitious or just be able to head off the black king in time. Don't forget that white still has the passed h pawn, which means that black must keep an eye on it and as long as white can keep black from getting the protected passed pawn (key idea in this position), he should be fine.
Now glancing through game #2... (btw, the game notation is
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 e5 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. O-O Nf6 8. d3 Be7 9. Nd5 O-O 10. Be3 Nxd5 11. exd5 Nd4 12. Nxd4 cxd4 13. Bd2 f5 14. f3 b5 15. b4 bxc4 16. dxc4 Rac8 17. Rc1 Rc7 18. Re1 Rfc8 19. Qb3 Bf6 20. Rc2 Bh4 21. g3 Bf6 22. c5 dxc5 23. Rec1 Qd6 24. bxc5 Rxc5 25. Rxc5 Rxc5 26. Rxc5 Qxc5 27. d6+ Kf8 28. Qb8+ Kf7 29. Qc7+ for those who are too lazy to copy and paste by pieces)
Is there a reason why not 17... e4? It seems to give black a decent initiative and at the very least, cause some disorder in the white camp. The final combination seems to be very neat, but I'm not sure if it's entirely sound. ...c4 seems to also be a decent try to stop the dangerous discovered check (around move 23 and in a few variations), though I'm not sure if I'd be able to find taht idea over the board and I'd need to check it with the computer first, but the c pawn is doomed anyways. The plan is to gang up on the white d-pawn while white spends some time on capturing the c-pawn and if not capturing it, at least giving black some time slow down the d pawn by capturing with a rook rather than the c pawn.
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Well we know how it is under time pressure, but thanks for the input/analysis.
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is there a way to watch "chess replays" ?
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No, not in real-time. Then again would you want to? I mean it is turn-based strategy lol
download PGN files into a chess viewer and you can go through the game, so I guess that's the equivalent
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On August 15 2007 15:27 Wizard[pl] wrote:No, not in real-time. Then again would you want to? I mean it is turn-based strategy lol download PGN files into a chess viewer and you can go through the game, so I guess that's the equivalent
download PGN files into a chess viewer and you can go through the game, so I guess that's the equivalent
Are there any websites which host chess viewers?
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On August 15 2007 15:07 kdog3683 wrote:
is there a way to watch "chess replays" ?
Actually there is a way.
Go to playchess.com, download the client and install it. Connect to the server, log on the main area and you can always watch very very high standart blitz games between IM and often GMs. Also chessbase everyday is live translating events so if you want you can watch very high standart "slow" (like 1.5 h or 2 hours per person) games.
And thanks for the live games wizard. They will help me prepare for the final.
As it is unfair to the other finalist if issued I will sent him my semifinal match games.
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what i meant was take for instance jkillashark vs sr18, take that "replay" and load it somewhere and watch it.
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Yup, there is a way, but the game must be uploaded in one of the most common formats, as for instance .pgn. All chess programs maintain the .pgn format. Then download the game and open with program you have.
If you don't have any program (Fritz, Junior, Hydra, ChessBase, whatever) then download free ChesBase Light here:
http://fritzserver.org/download/CBLightEnglishSetup.exe
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On August 15 2007 09:18 goldrush wrote:
Question for the players (don't have Fritz with this computer so I can't check that way and I only briefly scanned it) for game #3:
1. Why not 14... d5? The obvious 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Qxd5 just looks bad because of the sheer number of tempi black can get by attacking the queen and Bf4 move tricks don't seem to work because of black's pressure on the a file and the long diagonal. Then it seems that white misses 23... Ng3 (preventable probably by playing 22. Kh2), after which the white pawns are ruined, though the pawn ending should be even.
2. And in the king and pawn endgame: 42. Kg2 should hold the draw, as white will be able to trade the h pawn for the f pawn (after the eventually forced ...f4 exf4 exf4) if black gets too ambitious or just be able to head off the black king in time. Don't forget that white still has the passed h pawn, which means that black must keep an eye on it and as long as white can keep black from getting the protected passed pawn (key idea in this position), he should be fine.
1. After 14. ... d5 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Bf4 Qc1 17. Kh2, White is fine. Blacks queen is out of place and white still has both central pawns. You are right about Qxd5 not working (Bxh3 for example), but I am not sure what 14. ... d5 is supposed to achieve, other than being tactically sound.
2. You are right, 42. Kg2 forces the draw. There are still some ways for black to create play, but if white responds properly none of these should lead to anything other than a draw.
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hey wizard, do u have any idea who has the highest ELO in the tourney? and personally, whats your ELO?
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On August 15 2007 20:17 Sr18 wrote:
1. After 14. ... d5 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Bf4 Qc1 17. Kh2, White is fine. Blacks queen is out of place and white still has both central pawns. You are right about Qxd5 not working (Bxh3 for example), but I am not sure what 14. ... d5 is supposed to achieve, other than being tactically sound.
2. You are right, 42. Kg2 forces the draw. There are still some ways for black to create play, but if white responds properly none of these should lead to anything other than a draw.
1. Well, there's always 16... Qb6 17. Qxb6 axb6 18. Bc7 Ra8 19. Bxb6 Bxb2 20. Rab1 Ba3 Though it's a bit of a long variation, most of the moves are forced, and the final position seems to be very equal. The main point is to gain a bit more space is all. The continuation in the game isn't bad, but I think black could use a little bit more space than what he got in the game.
2. How can black create more play? Shut down the queenside, prevent the black king from penetrating and know that black can't do anything because of the h-pawn and the trade of h for f pawns is a win for white. Seems like a fairly straightforward draw to me. Just keep the g3 square under wraps and white's good to go.
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On August 15 2007 16:03 One Page Memory wrote:Show nested quote +On August 15 2007 15:07 kdog3683 wrote:
is there a way to watch "chess replays" ? Actually there is a way. Go to playchess.com, download the client and install it. Connect to the server, log on the main area and you can always watch very very high standart blitz games between IM and often GMs. Also chessbase everyday is live translating events so if you want you can watch very high standart "slow" (like 1.5 h or 2 hours per person) games. And thanks for the live games wizard. They will help me prepare for the final. As it is unfair to the other finalist if issued I will sent him my semifinal match games.
Heh, that's what I thought also, and I was going to ask if you'd mind sending your games over, keke
But of course, if you want to watch high level games, then you can pretty much watch live games on any server: I thought you meant something like watching the games in real-time after they are done. :S [edit] oh i see, if your going to be playing on FICS, then download BabasChess, it's pretty good, or Chessbase like OPM recommended, it's also good
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On August 15 2007 21:33 Try wrote:
hey wizard, do u have any idea who has the highest ELO in the tourney? and personally, whats your ELO?
I don't know 100%, but I can swear I saw someone mention (probably the player himeself) that OPM has 2200 ELO, and I think I know what I heard Sr18 say, but for the sake of not messing up stats/etc.., if he wants he can post it. I'd say I have an ELO rating around 1600-1700: not to be boasting or anything, but it seems that since I play mostly blitz games (as OPM and Sr18 probably noticed when the played me) I constantly blunder because of the time, while if I play something like 30-0 or 60-0 (which I have played quite a few of in the last few days) I'd say my ELO would be around 1900. Just guesses since I mostly play on guest accounts, but maybe I'll get the motivation later today to sign up for FICS
Thanks guys for all the comments, this tournament is doing great, so much active people (not only now, but there was only 1 forfeited game in the earlier rounds) so I'd just like to thank everybody so far for keeping this active and fun.
Thanks,
Wiz
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United States5262 Posts
T_T Endgame suxorz to the maxorz.
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? did you finish your games?
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No, we are going to do that now, starting in 15 minutes from now.
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Sr18 are you playing on FICS w/ same handle?
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Okay, guys, live report of Sr18 vs. Jkillashark. Unfourtantly, they started already game 4, but I'll quickly copy the moves.
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game 4: Sr18 (white) vs. Jkillashark (black)
1. e4 e5
2. Nf3 d6
3. Bd3 Nf6
4. c4 Nc6
5. a3 g5
6. Nxg5 Rg8
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7. Nf3 Rxg2 [rook deep in White territory :S, balances out the material]
8. Nc3 [rook ignored] Nd4 [increased pressure on the kingside]
9. Nxd4 [exchange] cxd4 [must move the knight that was moved in move 7]
10. Qf3 [nice move, counterattacks the open rook] Rg7 [moves rook back]
11. Nd5 [attacks the black knight] Ng4 [somewhat 'uncomftorable' position, only guarded by the rook in the back]
12. Be2 [nice, allows for a sort of pin] e6 [opens up the bishop/queen]
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(I'll be posting every 3 moves now)
13. Nf4 [takes it away from danger, 2 viable spots, to be honest, although this one is less safe then b4, it's more inside the action] Qh4 [increases the threat on f2 square]
14. Qg3 [looking for an exchange which would come out beneficial to white in terms of positioning, but he might still accept it] Qxg3 [yes he does, pawn retakes, opened rook, threatened knight]
15. hxg3 Nf6
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16. d3 [lots of pressure on black, slow 'push' by white to contain him] Nd7
17. b4 Be7
18. Bb2 [threat on the open d4 pawn] Nf6? [I don't know what this is...he's allowing white to take the pawn and pretty much take over the center]
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19. Kd2 [opening up the bottom row for the rooks, dosen't take the pawn] e5 [threat on knight, while protecting the d4 pawn]
20. Nh5 Nxh5
21. Rxh5 [instead of retaking pawn with bishop putting pressure on f7, takes it with the rook, and no real threat on the rook] Bg5+ [somewhat logical move]
22. Kc2 f5
23. Rah1 [double up] h6
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24. f4 exf4
25. Bxd4! [threat on rook+pawn] Rf7 [moves it to safety]
{both players with around 5 minutes of time left}
26. gxf4 Bxf4
27. Bf3 fxe4
28. Bxe4 [regains equality in material] Re7
29. Rf1 [good move, bishop left out in the open, g6 is unguarded for the check] Bg5
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30. Bg6+ [unguarded g6 taken advantage off (see previous move)] Kd7
31. Rh2 Kc7
32. Bf6 Re6
33. Bxg5 hxg5
34. Rf7+ [really dangerous here] Kb8 [even if the ruse to move to a different square didn't work, Jkillashark's development is poor at the minute]
35. Bf5 Re8
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{1.5 minutes left for each player}
36. Bxc8 Kxc8
37. Rhh7 a5
38. Rc7+ Kb8
39. Rxb7+ Kc8
40. Rbg7 axb4
41. axb4 Ra2+
42. Kb3 Rd2
43. Kc3 Rg2
44. b5 g4
45. b6 Kb8
46. Rh4 g3
47. Rh3 Re3
48. Rh8+ Re8
49. Rxe8++
1-0
(will post comments later on)
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alright, so the current score is 3-1 in Sr18's favour, all he needs is one more win to seal the deal: can Jkillashark come back with 2 wins?
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game 5 (current score, Sr18 vs. Jkillashark 3-1):
Jkillashark (white), Sr18 (black)
1. d4 Nf6
2. c4 e6
3. Nf3 c5
4. d5 exd5
5. cxd5 d6
6. Nc3 a6
7. e4 b5
8. Bd3 g6
9. 0-0 Bg7
10. Bg5 h6
11. Bxf6 Qxf6
12. Re1 Nd7
13. Rb1 0-0
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14. Qd2 Re8
15. Ne2 Bb7
16. Bc2 Re7
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17. b4 [looking to open up the rook if exchanged] Rae8 [doubles up, knowing if white tries to exchange it will come out in his favor]
18. bxc5 Nxc5
19. Ng3 [building up defense on kingside] Qc3 [looking for the queen exchange]
20. Qxc3 [get's it] Bxc3
21. Re3 b4 [nice protection, another reason why not to exchange earlier]
22. a3 a5
23. axb4 axb4
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24. Ne2 [looks for a different way to exchange, black will most likely pull back] Ba6! [nice idea, on second thought pulling back wouldn't be the best option]
25. Nxc3 bxc3
26. Rb6 [double threat!
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24. Ne2 [looks for a different way to exchange, black will most likely pull back] Ba6! [nice idea, on second thought pulling back wouldn't be the best option]
25. Nxc3 bxc3
26. Rb6 [double threat!, black will lose some material here no matter what, but I must say if black can think of some sort of penetration, white's king is in trouble, as he has no way out] Bb7
27. Nd4 [black has two pawns at risk, let's see how he responds next move] Ra8 [exactly what I meant, checkmate in 1 move, but of course, it's basic to avoid]
28. f3 [of course] Ra1+ [attacks anyways]
29. Kf2 Ra2[keeps on adding pressure]
30. Kg3 [very vulnerable position] Bxd5
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31. Rxc3 [finally takes the pawn, but that simply evens out the material advantage (see last move), right now white is in a somewhat better situation postionally] Bxe4 [good idea, now there will be two black rooks in enemy territory]
32. fxe4 [white gains material advantage] Rxe4
33. Rxd6 [two points material advantage!] Re5
34. Rc6 Rg5+
35. Kf4 [if white can hold onto the advantage, I think he'll be able to win this one] Ra5
36. Nf3 [attacks the rook] Ne6+
37. Rxe6 Rgf5+
38. Bxf5 Rxf5+
39. Ke4 fxe6
40. Nd4 Rg5
41. Rg3 Rh5
42. Rh3 Rxh3
43. gxh3 Kf7
44. Ke5 g5
45. Nxe6 Kg6
46. Nd8 Kh5
47. Kf5 Kh4 [draw offered]
48. [draw accepted!] -
Sr18 WINS! 3.5-1.5!
Gg to both players, a fantastic series, with Sr18 coming out on top in what I would say was a very close game. Gg to Jkillashark for being a great opponent.
I look forward to the finals, with Sr18 and One Page Memory battling it out for the title of champion.
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United States5262 Posts
DRAW! Blargh.
Sr18 wins 3.5-1.5 against me.
Loser's final here I come!
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Well, gg. It was a nice series, closest one so far. -__-;;
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im trying to follow your notation but i think you're missing some spots t_t. Can you upload the pgn file?
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I believe I made one mistake, and I'm editing it out. I'm fairly certain it's correct, as after the game, I went over the game with Sr18 and I followed the notation, and it came our correctly.
[edit] damn, can't remember now: well, if some place near the end, I wrote down K (king) instead of N (knight).
I don't have the PGN file for this, sorry.
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wizard lets play 10min game rgiht now? o_o gogo?
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The move list is faulty on two occasions.
1. Move 36 for black should be Ne6+ and not Re6+.
2. Move 40 for white should be Nd4 and not Kd4.
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GrandInquisitor
New York City13113 Posts
crap, i didn't see this topic all this time!
it's too late to sign up for this, right, but when is the next one? i want to sign up for it =D
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On August 16 2007 08:00 Sr18 wrote:
The move list is faulty on two occasions.
1. Move 36 for black should be Ne6+ and not Re6+.
2. Move 40 for white should be Nd4 and not Kd4.
Thank you I'll edit asap.
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On August 16 2007 08:59 GrandInquisitor wrote:
crap, i didn't see this topic all this time!
it's too late to sign up for this, right, but when is the next one? i want to sign up for it =D
nope, just in time, added
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One Page Memory and me have arranged a date and time for the upcoming finals. The games will start on next sunday 17:00 new TL time.
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Wait so do you mean this Sunday (19th) or the next sunday (26th)?
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Ugh, that's like 2 in the morning.
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On August 17 2007 05:02 Wizard[pl] wrote:
Ugh, that's like 2 in the morning.
Wizard, if you're from Poland, as your profile states, it can't be 2 in the morning when its 11 AM here in Bulgaria
Yup, I must thank Sr18 for understanding.
It will be this Sunday (19) in 17 h new TL.net time on playchess.
Most probably we will be in children's room, but details will be given short before match, so if anyone wants to watch - stay tuned.
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^^
Haha, well I guess I should update that, because right now I'm in Canada for a few months under the timezone MST (mountain standard time, which is currenly -6 GMT, while KST is +9 GMT).
So I guess I won't be able to watch, but that's okay, after all, it is your series.
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Just want to remind everybody that the finals are taking place in two days.
Also, check out my blog for two interesting articles I've written up, both on the 'The Halloween Gambit'. The first part is a guide, while in the second part I show some games in which I play this gambit (and win of course).
http://www.teamliquid.net/blog/wizard
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Oh and of course, finish the 3rd/4th place match!
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After huge problems (last night Sr18(couldn't resist ) some evil people cut the internet wires so I have no ineternet at home) I am here, and ready to play the final.
We will play on the playchess server in the children's room
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Then let us get the games underway. Bo6 right?
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Oh, if you want to, I guess I have no other choice.
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Good games. I have no idea how many games we were supposed to play, and I guess we played too many. I think you have won, but by how much will depend on how many games we should have played. GGs.
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3,5-2,5 for me
GGs
Later if you don't mind I will post the games to discuss them.
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So it was 6 games after all? Feel free to post the games for analysis.
Congrats.
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Wow, nice guys, must have been close -_-;;
FINAL: One Page Memory>Sr18 (3.5-2.5)
THE CHAMPION: ONE PAGE MEMORY!
Gg to both participants.
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On August 19 2007 19:14 Sr18 wrote:
So it was 6 games after all? Feel free to post the games for analysis.
Congrats.
Oops, yeah, should have said: 4 games for the round of 16, quarterfinals. 6 games for semifinals and finals.
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Ok, here are the final games:
[Event "Friendly Game, 15m + 0s"]
[Site "Children's Room"]
[Date "2007.08.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "SR20"]
[Black "OnePageMemory"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A42"]
[BlackElo "2086"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2007.08.19"]
[TimeControl "900"]
1. e4 g6
2. d4 c6
3. c4 d6
4. Nc3 Bg7
5. Be3 a6
5. Qd2 Nf6
7. Bd3 O-O
8. h3 b5
9. b3 e5
10. Nf3 Nbd7
11. Rd1 Qe7
12. d5 cxd5
13. cxd5 Bb7
14. O-O Rfc8
15. Ne1 Nc5
16. b4 Nxd3
17. Nxd3 Rc4
18. Nb2 Nxe4
19. Nxe4 Rxe4
20. f3 Rxe3
21. Qxe3 e4
22. Rf2 Re8
23. Re2 f5
24. a3 Qe5
25. fxe4 fxe4
26. Qb3 Rc8
27. Nd3 Qxd5
28. Qxd5+ Bxd5
29. Nf4 Bc4
30. Rxe4 Be5
31. Nd5 Kg7
32. Nb6 Rc7
33. Nxc4 bxc4
34. Rc1 c3
35. Rc2 Kf6
36. b5 axb5
37. Rb4 Ra7
38. Rb3 d5
39. Kf2 d4
40. Ke2 Ra5
41. Kd3 Ke6
42. Re2 Kd5
43. g4 g5
44. Re1 Bd6
45. Re8 Bxa3
46. Rh8 b4
47. Rxh7 Rc5
48. Rg7 Ke6
49. Kc2 d3+
50. Kxd3 c2
51. Rg6+ Kf7
52. Rd6 c1=Q
SR20 resigns
0-1
[Event "Friendly Game, 15m + 0s"]
[Site "Children's Room"]
[Date "2007.08.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "OnePageMemory"]
[Black "SR20"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2086"]
[PlyCount "173"]
[EventDate "2007.08.19"]
[TimeControl "900"]
1. d4 Nf6
2. Nf3 e6
3. Bg5 c5
4. e3 Be7
5. Nbd2 O-O
6. c3 b6
7. Bd3 Bb7
8. Qe2 d5
9. Ne5 Nbd7
10. f4 h6
11. Nxd7 Qxd7
12. Bxf6 Bxf6
13. Nf3 Be7
14. O-O Rac8
15. Ne5 Qc7
16. Rae1 Bf6
17. Bb1 g6
18. Rf3 Rcd8
19. Ref1 Qc8
20. Bd3 a6
21. Rh3 Kh7
22. Ng4 Bg7
23. Nxh6 Bxh6
24. Qh5 Kg7
25. Qxh6+ Kf6
26. Qg5+ Kg7
27. Rh6 Rh8
28. Rxh8 Rxh8
29. Rf3 Rh5
30. Qe7 cxd4
31. exd4 a5
32. Re3 Bc6
33. Rg3 Rh6
34. Qd6 Qd7
35. Qe5+ f6
36. Qe2 Qd6
37. Rf3 Rh8
38. g3 Re8
39. Re3 a4
40. a3 Kf7
41. Qg4 f5
42. Qg5 Rh8
43. g4 Qd7
44. Rg3 Rg8
45. h4 Bb5
46. Bc2 Be2
47. gxf5 exf5
48. Re3 Bg4
49. Re5 Rh8
50. Bxa4 Qd6
51. Bc6 Bf3
52. Qg3 Bg4
53. Bb5 Qd8
54. Qe1 Qxh4
55. Qxh4 Rxh4
56. Rxd5 Bf3
57. Rd6 Be4
58. Rxb6 Kg7
59. a4 Rh1+
60. Kf2 Rh2+
61. Ke3 Rxb2
62. a5 Rh2
63. a6 Rh3+
64. Kd2 Rh2+
65. Kd1 Ra2
66. Bc6 Bd3
67. Bb7 Kh6
68. d5 Kh5
69. d6 Be2+
70. Kc1 Ra1+
71. Kb2 Rd1
72. a7 Rd2+
73. Ka3 Kg4
74. a8=Q Bc4
75. Kb4 Bf1
76. Qh8 Kxf4
77. Qh6+ g5
78. d7 Rxd7
79. Rg6 Rxb7+
80. Kc5 Rb5+
81. Kd4 Kf3
82. Qxg5 f4
83. Qg1 Be2
84. Rh6 Bd1
85. Rh3+ Ke2
86. Qg2+ Ke1
87. Rh1#
1-0
[Event "Friendly Game, 15m + 0s"]
[Site "Children's Room"]
[Date "2007.08.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "SR20"]
[Black "OnePageMemory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[BlackElo "2086"]
[PlyCount "15"]
[EventDate "2007.08.19"]
[TimeControl "900"]
1. e4 g6
2. d4 Bg7
3. Nf3 d6
4. Bc4 c6
5. Be3 Nd7
6. Bxf7+ Kxf7
7. Ng5+ Kf6
8. Qf3#
1-0
[Event "Friendly Game, 15m + 0s"]
[Site "Children's Room"]
[Date "2007.08.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "OnePageMemory"]
[Black "SR20"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2086"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2007.08.19"]
[TimeControl "900"]
1. d4 Nf6
2. Nf3 c5
3. e3 Nc6
4. Bd3 cxd4
5. exd4 d5
6. h3 Nb4
7. Be2 Bf5
8. Na3 Rc8
9. c3 Nc6
10. O-O e6
11. Nc2 Bd6
12. Re1 O-O
13. Ne3 Bg6
14. Nf1 Ne4
15. Bd3 a6
16. Be3 Re8
17. Rc1 b5
18. a4 Qb6
19. axb5 axb5
20. Qb3 b4
21. Bxe4 Bxe4
22. N1d2 Na5
23. Qd1 b3
24. Nxe4 dxe4
25. Ng5 Nc4
26. Qh5 f6
27. Qxh7+ Kf8
28. Qh8+ Ke7
29. Qxg7+ Kd8
30. Qxf6+ Kd7
31. d5 Nxe3
32. dxe6+ Kc7
33. Rxe3 Re7
34. Nxe4 Rxe6
35. Qd4 Bf4
36. Qxb6+ Kxb6
37. Rce1 Bxe3
38. Rxe3 Kb5
39. f3 Ra8
40. Rd3 Ra1+
41. Kf2 Rb1
42. Rd2 Kc4
43. g4 Ra6
44. h4 Ra2
45. Rd4+ Kb5
46. Rb4+ Kc6
47. Rxb3 Rbxb2+
48. Rxb2 Rxb2+
49. Kg3 Kd5
50. h5 Ke6
51. Kf4 Kf7
52. Kf5 Rf2
53. f4 Rf3
54. g5 Kg7
55. h6+ Kh7
56. Nf6+ Kh8
57. g6 Rxf4+
58. Kg5 Rf5+
59. Kxf5
1/2-1/2
[Event "Friendly Game, 15m + 0s"]
[Site "Children's Room"]
[Date "2007.08.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "SR20"]
[Black "OnePageMemory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[BlackElo "2086"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2007.08.19"]
[TimeControl "900"]
1. e4 g6
2. d4 c6
3. Nc3 Bg7
4. Bc4 d6
5. Nf3 Nf6
6. Be3 O-O
7. Qd2 b5
8. Bd3 b4
9. Ne2 a5
10. h3 Ba6
11. Bh6 Bxd3
12. cxd3 c5
13. Bxg7 Kxg7
14. O-O Qb6
15. Rac1 Na6
16. Qg5 cxd4
17. Nexd4 Kh8
18. Rc6 Qb7
19. Rfc1 Rfc8
20. e5 dxe5
21. Nxe5 Kg8
22. Nf5 Rf8
23. R1c4 Qb8
24. Nxe7+
OnePageMemory resigns
1-0
[Event "Friendly Game, 15m + 0s"]
[Site "Children's Room"]
[Date "2007.08.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "OnePageMemory"]
[Black "SR20"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2086"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2007.08.19"]
[TimeControl "900"]
1. d4 Nf6
2. Nf3 c5
3. e3 Nc6
4. Nbd2 d5
5. b3 Bg4
6. Bb2 cxd4
7. exd4 e6
8. a3 Rc8
9. Bd3 Qb6
10. h3 Bh5
11. O-O Be7
12. Qe2 O-O
13. Qe3 Qc7
14. Rae1 Bd6
15. Ne5 Nd7
16. f4 f6
17. Nxd7 Qxd7
18. Qxe6+ Qxe6
19. Rxe6 Rcd8
20. g4 Bf7
21. Re2 Rfe8
22. f5 Rxe2
23. Bxe2 Re8
24. Kf2 Bf4
25. Nf3 Be3+
26. Ke1 Kf8
27. Kd1 Ke7
28. Bd3 Kd6
29. Re1 h6
30. c3 a6
31. Bc1 Bf2
32. Rxe8 Bxe8
33. Bf4+ Ke7
34. Ke2 g5
35. fxg6 Na5
36. Bc2
SR20 resigns
1-0
First thoughts:
At the end one blunder in game 6 decided the match.
I can't remember in near past someone to have beaten me so convincigly as Sr18 in game 5.
About game 3 - that's the risk to play not very well known opening, but in our 3/0 games Sr18 beat me with ease in French, so I prepared new opening.
Game 4 - Stalemate!
EDIT:
Here are all 9 games with Sr18 (we played 3 additional games) in .pgn format, viewable with all chess programs.
http://download.yousendit.com/97E7CC326DF1CB2B
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On August 20 2007 19:32 browny wrote:
Victor, when can u play?
Well, since I got no internet for now at home (the internet provider will fix it in 7 (SEVEN fucking work days)), nor I can play from work I don't really know.
Also I don't want to be insolent to the friend who let me play the final from his PC.
What time control do you want to play?
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And here are the 3 additional games we played with Sr18, check out the second one :
[Event "Friendly Game, 15m + 0s"]
[Site "Children's Room"]
[Date "2007.08.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "SR20"]
[Black "OnePageMemory"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[BlackElo "2086"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2007.08.19"]
[TimeControl "900"]
1. e4 g6
2. d4 Bg7
3. Bc4 c6
4. Nc3 d6
5. Nf3 Nf6
6. h3 O-O
7. Be3 b5
8. Bd3 a6
9. Qd2 Nfd7
10. Bh6 c5
11. Bxg7 Kxg7
12. O-O-O cxd4
13. Nxd4 Bb7
14. h4 Nf6
15. g4 e5
16. Nf5+ gxf5
17. gxf5 Kh8
18. Qh6 Nbd7
19. f3 Rg8
20. Rhg1 Qf8
21. Qe3 Nh5
22. Rg5 Nf4
23. Rdg1 Qh6
24. Nd5 Bxd5
25. exd5 Qxh4
26. R5g4 Qh6
27. Kd1 Nf6
28. Rxg8+ Rxg8
29. Rxg8+ Kxg8
30. Qa7 Qh1+
31. Kd2 Qg2+
32. Kc3 N6xd5+
33. Kb3 Nxd3
34. Qa8+ Kg7
35. Qxd5 Nc5+
36. Kb4 Qxc2
37. f6+ Kxf6
38. Qxd6+ Ne6
39. Qxa6
SR20 resigns
0-1
[Event "Friendly Game, 15m + 0s"]
[Site "Children's Room"]
[Date "2007.08.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "OnePageMemory"]
[Black "SR20"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2086"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "2007.08.19"]
[TimeControl "900"]
1. c4 b5
2. cxb5 a6
3. bxa6 Bxa6
4. Nc3 Nf6
5. Nf3 d5
6. d4 c5
7. Bg5 cxd4
8. Nxd4 e5
9. Nf3 d4
10. Ne4 Nxe4
11. Bxd8 Bb4+
12. Qd2 Nxd2
13. Nxd2 Kxd8
OnePageMemory resigns
0-1
[Event "Friendly Game, 15m + 0s"]
[Site "Children's Room"]
[Date "2007.08.19"]
[Round "9"]
[White "SR20"]
[Black "OnePageMemory"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B27"]
[BlackElo "2086"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2007.08.19"]
[TimeControl "900"]
1. e4 c5
2. Nf3 b6
3. d4 cxd4
4. c3 Bb7
5. Bc4 e6
6. Qxd4 Nc6
7. Qd1 d6
8. O-O Nf6
9. Ng5 Qd7
10. Bf4 Be7
11. Nd2 O-O
12. Qc2 Na5
13. Bd3 h6
14. Ngf3 e5
15. Bg3 Nh5
16. Rad1 Rac8
17. Be2 Qe6
18. Nd4 exd4
19. Bxh5 dxc3
20. bxc3 Bf6
21. c4 Nxc4
22. Nxc4 Qxc4
23. Qxc4 Rxc4
24. Bxd6 Re8
25. e5 Bg5
26. f4 Rxf4
27. Rxf4 Bxf4
28. Rf1 Be3+
29. Kh1 g6
30. Bd1 Bd5
31. Ba4 Rc8
32. Bd7 Rc2
33. Bh3 Rxa2
34. Be7 g5
35. Bf6 g4
SR20 resigns
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They are included in the .pgn I linked earlier.
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A lot of interesting games indeed. Very conflicting styles of chess too.
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One Page Memory = Victor?
nice 8)
i can play always i think, but i prefer playing between 18:00 and 23:00.
just say a date and i will (hopefully) agree
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Nice indeed. I'll update the blog.
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for some reason the pgn is not working for me. The games are only up to the third move. Can you please check again the file or the problem is in me.
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On August 21 2007 02:20 mdb wrote:
for some reason the pgn is not working for me. The games are only up to the third move. Can you please check again the file or the problem is in me.
Checked, all works fine for me.
What client do you use to open the .pgn file?
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On August 21 2007 02:59 One Page Memory wrote:Show nested quote +On August 21 2007 02:20 mdb wrote:
for some reason the pgn is not working for me. The games are only up to the third move. Can you please check again the file or the problem is in me. Checked, all works fine for me. What client do you use to open the .pgn file?
I use shredder.
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Don't know, never used it. Try to download the .pgn file again or to use another client.
Anyone have the same problem?
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