Well, sorta.
Last week I challenged KO to a chess game. I figured that I had the chess chops to take him on and not lose in 6 moves. I also figured that I had as much right to demand his participation in my pet project as Stephen Colbert does in his.
Little did I know that KO would actually respond. Here's what he had to say:
No offense meant... (10+ / 0-)
...but I don't play chess.
Good luck to all.
"If you're going through hell - keep going!" -- Winston Churchill
by Keith Olbermann on Sun Jul 19, 2009 at 04:25:23 PM EST
None taken, sir. It was all in good fun. I got at least ONE celebrity to say no to me, and he wished us all luck. So I got that going for me, which is nice. I'm calling that a win for me.
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DKOS CHESS TOURNAMENT 2009: ROUND 5 (July 21-July 27)
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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 |
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 |
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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 | 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 | . |
1 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 |
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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 |
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 |
Bill White | 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 |
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 |
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.