The DKos Chess Tournament 2009 open thread is now open! Updated standings and results through Round 6 are posted below.
There are now only two users left with perfect 6-0 records through six rounds: PsiFighter37 and MakeChessNotWar. Both were victorious in their respective matches this week, and will face off against each other in Round 7, sometime between Aug. 4-11.
This is NOT the championship match -- at least, not yet. There will be an 8th and final round during and after Netroots Nation. But, depending on the outcome of the other top-tier matches this round and next round, it is possible that the winner of PsiFighter vs. MakeChessNotWar will have an insurmountable point lead going into Round 8, and would therefore be the de facto champion.
When this match is scheduled, I will let everyone know the time and place, and encourage you to watch the game AND join the liveblog on Daily Kos, to be posted either by myself or Albanius.
At the suggestion of Blue Wind, I have included the matches between Albanius vs. PsiFighter37 and MakeChessNotWar vs. Abelian. I don't have time to analyze them in detail right now, but enjoy.
Albanius (WHITE) vs. PsiFighter37 (Black)
MakeChessNotWar (WHITE) vs. Abelian (BLACK)
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DKOS CHESS TOURNAMENT 2009: ROUND 6 (July 28-August 4)
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UPCOMING MATCHES
White | Black | Match Time | Match Site |
FWIW (chess.com username cdhg) | mquander | Sunday, August 2, 2009 05:00 PM ET | chess.com |
vets74 | i know | Sunday, August 2, 2009 07:00 PM ET | Yahoo! Games |
ActivistGuy | TeacherRyan (chess.com username RyanQ) | Sunday, August 2, 2009 07:00 PM ET | chess.com |
jerseycorn | nargel | Monday, August 3, 2009 12:30 PM ET | chess.com |
ThyrsiodB | vescis | Monday, August 3, 2009 05:00 PM ET | chess.com |
M31 (chess.com username ticktockM31) | high5 (chess.com username high5104) | Monday, August 3, 2009 11:00 PM ET | chess.com |
Bold indicates a top-tier match.
To chess players:
Round 6 will last from now until the evening of Tuesday, August 4. It is your responsibility to contact your opponent so that you can complete your match before the end of Round 6. When you and your opponent have agreed to a schedule and chess website for your match, e-mail me and papicek the time and place, and enter the information at this webpage.
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 6 MATCH-UPS
The match-ups for Round 6 have been selected by the Tournament Director based on the results of Rounds 1-5 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 |
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Albanius | vs. | PsiFighter37 | PsiFighter37 |
MakeChessNotWar | vs. | Abelian | MakeChessNotWar |
cschess | vs. | wmorriss | . |
vets74 | vs. | i know | . |
Dvd Avins | vs. | Sharkmeister | Sharkmeister |
brendanm98 | vs. | Andrew Lazarus | . |
louisedkos | vs. | cmorrison | . |
sharris0512 | vs. | Cobbler | Cobbler |
FWIW | vs. | mquander | . |
Anderson Republican | vs. | stlbucket | . |
Twin Planets | vs. | RickMassimo | Twin Planets |
dov12348 | vs. | Gangster Octopus | dov12348 |
Grey Paladin | vs. | debedb | Grey Paladin |
ActivistGuy | vs. | TeacherRyan | . |
M31 | vs. | high5 | . |
Thutmose V | vs. | Bill White | Bill White |
Dbug | vs. | hanswall | Dbug |
Robert Naiman | vs. | dnta | . |
Kimball | vs. | Keith Pickering | Kimball |
PedsNeuro | vs. | papicek | PedsNeuro |
Seneca Doane | vs. | writerkirk | writerkirk |
black2thefuture | vs. | AndrewMC | . |
BaxKen | vs. | thereisnospoon | . |
Marcion | vs. | Melanchthon | Marcion |
ben masel | vs. | FightingRegistrar | . |
rhutcheson | vs. | Free Radical | . |
spider441 | vs. | LaughingPlanet | . |
bgblcklab1 | vs. | musicalhair | musicalhair |
Guy Fawkes | vs. | Jumpin J | Guy Fawkes |
mnguy66 | vs. | ericledford | . |
Mo | vs. | ferrisbueller | . |
SuperBowlXX | vs. | BTP | . |
Dan Morris | vs. | DeadB0y | Dan Morris |
dpinzow | vs. | ZaBlanc | ZaBlanc |
kto9 | vs. | RageKage | . |
Spud1 | vs. | USArmyParatrooper | Spud1 |
dissonantharmony | vs. | DynamicUno | . |
foodmetaphors | vs. | Elvis Vader | . |
Geenius at Wrok | vs. | cskendrick | . |
jerseycorn | vs. | nargel | . |
Celtic Merlin | vs. | terrapin station84 | . |
lostboyjim | vs. | hekebolos | . |
Blue Wind | vs. | zamrzla | Blue Wind |
Pym | vs. | Odysseus | Pym |
ThyrsiodB | vs. | vescis | . |
mconvente | vs. | drache | . |
Joffan | vs. | Ignacio Magaloni | Joffan |
TheCid | vs. | Something the Dog Said | TheCid |
Chicagoa | vs. | eztempo | . |
Jimdotz | vs. | neilliebus | . |
rmonroe | vs. | Unlabled | . |
cartwrightdale | vs. | mattc129 | . |
22 of 52 Round 6 matches have been completed.
STANDINGS
Note: Standings are sorted first by points, then by alphabetical order. Color balance is included.
Expanded standings can be found here.
Player | Points | # Matches | # White | # Black |
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MakeChessNotWar | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
PsiFighter37 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
Sharkmeister | 5.5 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
Albanius | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
Cobbler | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
Abelian | 4.5 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
cschess | 4.5 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
dov12348 | 4.5 | 6 | 4 | 2 |
i know | 4.5 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
Twin Planets | 4.5 | 6 | 4 | 2 |
vets74 | 4.5 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
wmorriss | 4.5 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
Anderson Republican | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
Andrew Lazarus | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
Bill White | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
brendanm98 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
cmorrison | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
Dbug | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
Dvd Avins | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
FWIW | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
Grey Paladin | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
Kimball | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
louisedkos | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
Marcion | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
mquander | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
PedsNeuro | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 |
sharris0512 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
stlbucket | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
writerkirk | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
Gangster Octopus | 3.5 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
RickMassimo | 3.5 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
ActivistGuy | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
AndrewMC | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
BaxKen | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
black2thefuture | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
Dan Morris | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
debedb | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
dnta | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
Guy Fawkes | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
hanswall | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
high5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
Joffan | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
Keith Pickering | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
M31 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
Melanchthon | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
montrealdan | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
musicalhair | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
papicek | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
Robert Naiman | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
Seneca Doane | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
Spud1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
TeacherRyan | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
thereisnospoon | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
Thutmose V | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
ZaBlanc | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
ben masel | 2.5 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
DoomsdayShark | 2.5 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
Free Radical | 2.5 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
FightingRegistrar | 2.5 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
Jumpin J | 2.5 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
LaughingPlanet | 2.5 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
lostboyjim | 2.5 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
rhutcheson | 2.5 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
spider441 | 2.5 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
bgblcklab1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
Blue Wind | 2 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
BTP | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
cavebird | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
Celtic Merlin | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
cskendrick | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
DeadB0y | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
dissonantharmony | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
dpinzow | 2 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
DynamicUno | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
Elvis Vader | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
ericledford | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
evilstorm | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
ferrisbueller | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
foodmetaphors | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
Geenius at Wrok | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
jerseycorn | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
kto9 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
mnguy66 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
Mo | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
nargel | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
PinkFreud | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
Pym | 2 | 6 | 2 | 3 |
RageKage | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
SuperBowlXX | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
TheCid | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 |
USArmyParatrooper | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
hekebolos | 1.5 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
terrapin station84 | 1.5 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Chicagoa | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
dmet | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
drache | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
eddiem86 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
eztempo | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
Ignacio Magaloni | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
JeffLieber | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
KStreetProjector | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
mconvente | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
Odysseus | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
rteeter | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Something the Dog Said | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
ThyrsiodB | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
vescis | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
zamrzla | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
aaraujo | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
cartwrightdale | 0.5 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
Unlabled | 0.5 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
ajsuited | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Blue Intrigue | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
Crawdaddy | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
filmgeek83 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Jimdotz | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
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 |
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 #1: lostboyjim won a make-up match for Round 5 against TheCid.
Note #2: Joffan won a make-up match for Round 5 against Pym.