It's time for Round 5 of the Daily Kos Chess Tournament! Match-ups, updated standings, and statistics through Rounds 1-4, can be found in the tables after the jump.
Next week will be the quarterfinals in the top tier. There are now 12 players who remain undefeated through 4 rounds. They are:
Abelian
Albanius
Cobbler
cschess
i know
louisedkos
MakeChessNotWar
mquander
PsiFighter37
Sharkmeister
vets74
wmorriss
If you have the chance, I strongly recommend observing the tournament matches of these 12 players. It is likely that one of them will emerge as the 2009 Daily Kos Chess Champion.
Also, for the third straight round....THE BLACK KNIGHT ALWAYS TRIUMPHS! Black won an impressive 55.8% of Round 4 matches, and now has won a plurality of matches for the entire tournament. This may simply be an artifact of the match-ups I've set and the players involved. But, perhaps it speaks to the strength of our chess players' abilities to play successful defense.
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, e-mail me and papicek the information. A link to papicek's scheduling page will go up once it is ready.
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.
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DKOS CHESS TOURNAMENT 2009: ROUND 5 (July 21-July 27)
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MUSIC: "Lucky" by Radiohead
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 |
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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 | . |
cskendrick | vs. | Thutmose V | . |
ericledford | vs. | Seneca Doane | . |
Keith Pickering | vs. | SuperBowlXX | . |
writerkirk | vs. | mnguy66 | . |
hanswall | vs. | Mo | . |
AndrewMC | vs. | foodmetaphors | . |
Spud1 | vs. | DeadB0y | . |
thereisnospoon | vs. | Dan Morris | . |
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 | . |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
Bill White | 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 |
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 |
hanswall | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
jerseycorn | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
Keith Pickering | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
kto9 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
Melanchthon | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
mnguy66 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
Mo | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
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 |
thereisnospoon | 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.
ROUND 4 STATISTICS
Number of players signed up in Round 4 = 112
Number of players signed up in Round 5 = 110 (98.2% retention)
Number of matches = 52
White Win % = 40.4%
Black Win % = 55.8%
Draw % = 3.8%
OVERALL TOURNAMENT STATISTICS
Number of players signed up in Round 1 = 140
Number of players signed up in Round 5 = 110 (78.6% retention)
Number of matches = 233
White Win % = 45.9%
Black Win % = 48.9%
Draw % = 5.2%
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Good luck, Kossacks! May the best chess player win.