The DKos Chess Tournament 2009 open thread is now open! Updated standings and results through Round 4 are posted below.
Chess.com seems to think I do a good job at referrals. Here's what they plastered on the front of their Members Page at the beginning of July:
The real credit belongs to the players in the community. This tournament has brought progressive thinkers of all stripes to the table. Even some lurkers who had been reading diaries for years were inspired to sign up and jump in.
Who knows, maybe the next tournament will get some real famous names. In fact, I'm offering a challenge to a well-known personality on DKos.
If Stephen Colbert can demand that Keith Olbermann name him the Worst Person in the World, I demand that Keith Olbermann play me in chess. Sure, I may not be as "famous" as Mr. Colbert, and I may not "win" the chess match to which I'm challenging KO, but....the ball's in your court, sir!
UPCOMING MATCHES
White | Black | Match Time | Match Site |
spider441 (FICS username avkrishna) | mquander | Saturday, July 18, 2009 11:30 PM ET | FICS |
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 |
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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 | Anderson Republican |
Dan Morris | vs. | PedsNeuro | PedsNeuro |
black2thefuture | vs. | writerkirk | black2thefuture |
PinkFreud | vs. | BaxKen | . |
rhutcheson | vs. | Keith Pickering | rhutcheson |
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 | 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 |
40 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 |
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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 |
Anderson Republican | 3 | 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 |
rhutcheson | 2.5 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
RickMassimo | 2.5 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
spider441 | 2.5 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
Twin Planets | 2.5 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
ActivistGuy | 2 | 4 | 2 | 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 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
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 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
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 |
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 | 3 | 2 | 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.