The DKos Chess Tournament 2009 open thread has returned!
The tournament was put on a brief hiatus when I, the tournament director, took an extended weekend off to visit some family in Chicago. While several matches have been completed in the interim, multiple players had also e-mailed me to let me know that last week was impossible for scheduling their Round 4 match. So to accommodate these various scheduling conflicts, the deadline for Round 4 has been extended to the evening of Monday, July 20.
The updated schedule of the tournament is as follows:
Round 4: July 7-20.
Round 5: July 20-27.
Round 6: July 27-August 3.
Round 7: August 3-10.
Following a break for Netroots Nation '09,
Round 8: August 17-24
Championship Match: August 25, Tuesday night
To chess players:
Round 4 will last from now until the evening of Monday, July 20. It is your responsibility to contact your opponent so that you can complete your match before the end of Round 4. When you and your opponent have agreed to a schedule and chess website for your match, enter the information here.
To the community:
If you would like to watch an upcoming match, you will first need to register for an account on the website where the game is taking place, then log in. You can observe the games on Chess.com by opening Live Chess (under the Play tab at the top of the main page) and finding the user of your choice. On FICS, type "observe [INSERT USER'S NAME HERE]" into the command console. On Chess Cube, add the user you're looking for as a friend, click on that user's profile, and observe the game he/she is playing. On Yahoo! Games, you will need to know which room/lounge the user is playing in -- then just enter it and sit at the table.
See more information about using these websites here.
ROUND 4 MATCH-UPS
The match-ups for Round 4 have been selected by the Tournament Director based on the results of Rounds 1-3 and the approximate skill rating of each player. All matches will have a 30-minute time limit per player, 0 bonus time. Every effort is being ensured to maintain color balance. In other words, every player will have ample opportunity to play as both White and Black throughout the tournament.
WHITE | vs. | BLACK | WINNER |
cschess | vs. | dov12348 | cschess |
MakeChessNotWar | vs. | Gangster Octopus | MakeChessNotWar |
RickMassimo | vs. | PsiFighter37 | PsiFighter37 |
wmorriss | vs. | vets74 | DRAW |
ben masel | vs. | Albanius | Albanius |
Sharkmeister | vs. | DoomsdayShark | . |
Jumpin J | vs. | Abelian | Abelian |
Cobbler | vs. | FightingRegistrar | Cobbler |
spider441 | vs. | mquander | . |
i know | vs. | Twin Planets | i know |
cavebird | vs. | dnta | dnta |
brendanm98 | vs. | dissonantharmony | brendanm98 |
BTP | vs. | Andrew Lazarus | Andrew Lazarus |
thereisnospoon | vs. | high5 | high5 |
ferrisbueller | vs. | TeacherRyan | . |
papicek | vs. | nargel | papicek |
sharris0512 | vs. | jerseycorn | sharris0512 |
bgblcklab1 | vs. | stlbucket | stlbucket |
Dvd Avins | vs. | cskendrick | Dvd Avins |
Seneca Doane | vs. | Kimball | Kimball |
mnguy66 | vs. | cmorrison | cmorrison |
Thutmose V | vs. | evilstorm | . |
Anderson Republican | vs. | RageKage | . |
Dan Morris | vs. | PedsNeuro | PedsNeuro |
black2thefuture | vs. | writerkirk | black2thefuture |
PinkFreud | vs. | BaxKen | . |
rhutcheson | vs. | Keith Pickering | . |
Free Radical | vs. | M31 | M31 |
montrealdan | vs. | hekebolos | montrealdan |
FWIW | vs. | LaughingPlanet | FWIW |
Marcion | vs. | Geenius at Wrok | Marcion |
louisedkos | vs. | ThyrsiodB | louisedkos |
Ignacio Magaloni | vs. | Robert Naiman | . |
zamrzla | vs. | Spud1 | Spud1 |
Grey Paladin | vs. | TheCid | Grey Paladin |
dpinzow | vs. | hanswall | hanswall |
mconvente | vs. | ericledford | ericledford |
AndrewMC | vs. | Elvis Vader | AndrewMC |
DeadB0y | vs. | Chicagoa | . |
Guy Fawkes | vs. | ActivistGuy | . |
vescis | vs. | kto9 | kto9 |
eztempo | vs. | lostboyjim | . |
Blue Wind | vs. | debedb | debedb |
Joffan | vs. | ZaBlanc | ZaBlanc |
Celtic Merlin | vs. | Melanchthon | Melanchthon |
neilliebus | vs. | Bill White | . |
Unlabled | vs. | Dbug | Dbug |
foodmetaphors | vs. | cartwrightdale | . |
USArmyParatrooper | vs. | JeffLieber | . |
DynamicUno | vs. | Blue Intrigue | . |
mattc129 | vs. | drache | . |
Mo | vs. | rmonroe | Mo |
Something the Dog Said | vs. | Odysseus | . |
dmet | vs. | Kevin in Long Beach | . |
Jimdotz | vs. | SuperBowlXX | SuperBowlXX |
37 of 55 Round 4 matches have been completed.
NOTE: zamrzla and Spud1 agreed to switch colors this round.
STANDINGS
Note: Standings are sorted first by points, then by alphabetical order. Color balance is included.
Player | Points | # Matches | # White | # Black |
Abelian | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
Albanius | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
Cobbler | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
cschess | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
i know | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
MakeChessNotWar | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
PsiFighter37 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
vets74 | 3.5 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
wmorriss | 3.5 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
Andrew Lazarus | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
black2thefuture | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
brendanm98 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
cmorrison | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
dnta | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
Dvd Avins | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
FWIW | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
high5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
Kimball | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
M31 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
Marcion | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
montrealdan | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
mquander | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
papicek | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
PedsNeuro | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
Sharkmeister | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
sharris0512 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
stlbucket | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
ben masel | 2.5 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
DoomsdayShark | 2.5 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
dov12348 | 2.5 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
FightingRegistrar | 2.5 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
Gangster Octopus | 2.5 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
Jumpin J | 2.5 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
RickMassimo | 2.5 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
spider441 | 2.5 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
Twin Planets | 2.5 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
Anderson Republican | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
AndrewMC | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
BaxKen | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
bgblcklab1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
BTP | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
cavebird | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
cskendrick | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
Dan Morris | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
Dbug | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
debedb | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
dissonantharmony | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
ericledford | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
evilstorm | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
ferrisbueller | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
Geenius at Wrok | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
Grey Paladin | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
hanswall | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
jerseycorn | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
Keith Pickering | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
kto9 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
louisedkos | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Melanchthon | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
mnguy66 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
Mo | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
nargel | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
PinkFreud | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
RageKage | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Seneca Doane | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
Spud1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
SuperBowlXX | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
TeacherRyan | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
thereisnospoon | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
Thutmose V | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
writerkirk | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
ZaBlanc | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
Free Radical | 1.5 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
hekebolos | 1.5 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
LaughingPlanet | 1.5 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
rhutcheson | 1.5 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
ActivistGuy | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Bill White | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Blue Wind | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
Celtic Merlin | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
Chicagoa | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
DeadB0y | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
dmet | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
dpinzow | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
drache | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
DynamicUno | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
eddiem86 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Elvis Vader | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
eztempo | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
foodmetaphors | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
Guy Fawkes | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Ignacio Magaloni | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
JeffLieber | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Joffan | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
KStreetProjector | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
lostboyjim | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
mconvente | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
Odysseus | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Robert Naiman | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
rteeter | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
TheCid | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
ThyrsiodB | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
USArmyParatrooper | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
vescis | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
zamrzla | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
cartwrightdale | 0.5 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
Unlabled | 0.5 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
ajsuited | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Blue Intrigue | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Crawdaddy | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
filmgeek83 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Jimdotz | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
kentuckydave | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Kevin in Long Beach | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
KillerKoala | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
lexington1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
matador | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
mattc129 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
neilliebus | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
Patch Adam | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Pym | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
rmonroe | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
sjohntucson | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Something the Dog Said | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
aaraujo | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Uncle Cosmo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
valislav stein | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
KEY:
Points = 1 point for a win, 0 points for a loss, 0.5 points for a draw.
# White = Number of times played as White.
# Black = Number of times played as Black.
# Matches = Number of matches played.
Note: At the suggestion of high5, the Points and # Matches columns have switched so that Points are listed first.