The DKos Chess Tournament 2009 open thread is now open! Updated standings and results through Round 4 are posted below.
This will unfortunately be a hit-and-run diary, as I have a lot of work I need to finish up before my match with Keith Pickering tonight. Best of luck, Keith.
Chess players, please remember to schedule your match and complete it ASAP. I'd like to release the match-ups for Round 6 on Monday night or early Tuesday morning. As of right now, only 3 matches have been completed for Round 5, and I have information on only 7 upcoming matches. I'd rather not postpone the deadline again, as I've already done it twice.
So, get in touch with your opponent as soon as you can! I'd strongly recommend watching the Sharkmeister v. i know and louisedkos v. MakeChessNotWar matches (details below), as they are matches in the top bracket.
***********************************
DKOS CHESS TOURNAMENT 2009: ROUND 5 (July 21-July 27)
***********************************
UPCOMING MATCHES
White | Black | Match Time | Match Site |
Sharkmeister | i know (Chess Cube username notpaulmorphy) | Thursday, July 23, 2009 08:00 PM ET | Chess Cube |
Keith Pickering | SuperBowlXX | Thursday, July 23, 2009 10:00 PM ET | chess.com |
louisedkos (chess.com username jjohnson29) | MakeChessNotWar (chess.com username FM_Eric_Schiller) | Thursday, July 23, 2009 11:00 PM ET | chess.com |
cmorrison chess.com username clm) | Marcion | Friday, July 24, 2009 12:00 AM (midnight) ET
(Thursday, July 23, 2009 @ 9 PM Pacific) | chess.com |
musicalhair | mconvente | Friday, July 24, 2009 04:15 PM ET | chess.com |
nargel | Dbug (chess.com username ToddH) | Friday, July 24, 2009 07:00 PM ET | chess.com |
high5 (chess.com username high5104) | sharris0512 | Friday, July 24, 2009 11:00 PM ET | chess.com |
To chess players:
Round 5 will last from now until the evening of Monday, July 27. It is your responsibility to contact your opponent so that you can complete your match before the end of Round 5. 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 5 MATCH-UPS
The match-ups for Round 5 have been selected by the Tournament Director based on the results of Rounds 1-4 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 |
---|
Abelian | vs. | cschess | . |
louisedkos | vs. | MakeChessNotWar | . |
PsiFighter37 | vs. | Cobbler | . |
mquander | vs. | Albanius | . |
Sharkmeister | vs. | i know | . |
M31 | vs. | vets74 | . |
TeacherRyan | vs. | wmorriss | . |
PedsNeuro | vs. | brendanm98 | . |
Andrew Lazarus | vs. | Kimball | . |
high5 | vs. | sharris0512 | . |
dnta | vs. | Dvd Avins | . |
papicek | vs. | FWIW | . |
cmorrison | vs. | Marcion | . |
stlbucket | vs. | black2thefuture | . |
BaxKen | vs. | Anderson Republican | . |
Twin Planets | vs. | ben masel | . |
RickMassimo | vs. | spider441 | . |
dov12348 | vs. | rhutcheson | . |
Gangster Octopus | vs. | DoomsdayShark | . |
FightingRegistrar | vs. | Jumpin J | . |
ferrisbueller | vs. | Grey Paladin | . |
ZaBlanc | vs. | Robert Naiman | . |
Melanchthon | vs. | PinkFreud | . |
nargel | vs. | Dbug | . |
Bill White | vs. | jerseycorn | Bill White |
cskendrick | vs. | Thutmose V | . |
ericledford | vs. | Seneca Doane | . |
Keith Pickering | vs. | SuperBowlXX | . |
writerkirk | vs. | mnguy66 | . |
hanswall | vs. | Mo | hanswall |
AndrewMC | vs. | foodmetaphors | . |
Spud1 | vs. | DeadB0y | . |
thereisnospoon | vs. | Dan Morris | thereisnospoon |
RageKage | vs. | BTP | . |
dissonantharmony | vs. | kto9 | . |
debedb | vs. | bgblcklab1 | . |
Geenius at Wrok | vs. | ActivistGuy | . |
Ignacio Magaloni | vs. | Free Radical | . |
TheCid | vs. | lostboyjim | . |
LaughingPlanet | vs. | ThyrsiodB | . |
hekebolos | vs. | dpinzow | . |
Elvis Vader | vs. | zamrzla | . |
musicalhair | vs. | mconvente | . |
Chicagoa | vs. | Odysseus | . |
dmet | vs. | vescis | . |
eztempo | vs. | Guy Fawkes | . |
USArmyParatrooper | vs. | Blue Wind | . |
Pym | vs. | Joffan | . |
drache | vs. | Celtic Merlin | . |
DynamicUno | vs. | JeffLieber | . |
Blue Intrigue | vs. | terrapin station84 | . |
Unlabled | vs. | neilliebus | . |
rmonroe | vs. | cartwrightdale | . |
Something the Dog Said | vs. | Jimdotz | . |
mattc129 | vs. | Kevin in Long Beach | . |
3 of 55 Round 5 matches have been completed.
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 |
louisedkos | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
MakeChessNotWar | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
mquander | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
PsiFighter37 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
Sharkmeister | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
vets74 | 3.5 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
wmorriss | 3.5 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
Anderson Republican | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
Andrew Lazarus | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
BaxKen | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
Bill White | 3 | 5 | 3 | 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 |
hanswall | 3 | 5 | 3 | 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 |
papicek | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
PedsNeuro | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
sharris0512 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
stlbucket | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
TeacherRyan | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
thereisnospoon | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
ben masel | 2.5 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
DoomsdayShark | 2.5 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
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 |
rhutcheson | 2.5 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
RickMassimo | 2.5 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
spider441 | 2.5 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
Twin Planets | 2.5 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
ActivistGuy | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
AndrewMC | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
bgblcklab1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
BTP | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
cavebird | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
cskendrick | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
Dan Morris | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
Dbug | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
DeadB0y | 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 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
foodmetaphors | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
Geenius at Wrok | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
Grey Paladin | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
jerseycorn | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
Keith Pickering | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
kto9 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
Melanchthon | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
mnguy66 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
Mo | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
nargel | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
PinkFreud | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
RageKage | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
Robert Naiman | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
Seneca Doane | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
Spud1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
SuperBowlXX | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
Thutmose V | 2 | 4 | 2 | 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 |
lostboyjim | 1.5 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
Blue Wind | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
Celtic Merlin | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
Chicagoa | 1 | 4 | 2 | 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 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
Guy Fawkes | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Ignacio Magaloni | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
JeffLieber | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Joffan | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
KStreetProjector | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
mconvente | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
musicalhair | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Odysseus | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Pym | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
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 |
aaraujo | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
cartwrightdale | 0.5 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
terrapin station84 | 0.5 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
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 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
Patch Adam | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
rmonroe | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
sjohntucson | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Something the Dog Said | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
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.