The DKos Chess Tournament 2009 open thread is now open! Updated standings and results through Round 5 are posted below.
Good grief, has the summer really gone by this quickly? I feel like just yesterday it was the beginning of June when I first dangled the idea of a chess tourney out there for the DKos community. Ah, the joys of being a working stiff -- you don't even get to enjoy such beautiful weather when it happens.
Tomorrow, please be sure to check out my diary on the 1993 film Searching for Bobby Fischer. I will be reviewing the endgame of the final match in the movie -- the result might surprise you! But if nothing else, I hope it entertains and enlightens you.
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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 |
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 |
papicek | FWIW (chess.com username cdhg) | Saturday, July 25, 2009 01:00 PM ET | chess.com |
Abelian | cschess | Saturday, July 25, 2009 04:00 PM ET | chess.com |
cmorrison chess.com username clm) | Marcion | Tuesday, July 28, 2009 12:00 AM (midnight) ET
(Monday, July 27, 2009 @ 9 PM Pacific) | 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 | MakeChessNotWar |
PsiFighter37 | vs. | Cobbler | . |
mquander | vs. | Albanius | . |
Sharkmeister | vs. | i know | DRAW |
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 | dov12348 |
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 | Seneca Doane |
Keith Pickering | vs. | SuperBowlXX | Keith Pickering |
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 | LaughingPlanet |
hekebolos | vs. | dpinzow | dpinzow |
Elvis Vader | vs. | zamrzla | . |
musicalhair | vs. | mconvente | musicalhair |
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 | . |
11 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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MakeChessNotWar | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
i know | 4.5 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
Sharkmeister | 4.5 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
Abelian | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
Albanius | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
Cobbler | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
cschess | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
louisedkos | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
mquander | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
PsiFighter37 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
dov12348 | 3.5 | 5 | 3 | 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 |
Keith Pickering | 3 | 5 | 3 | 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 |
Seneca Doane | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
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 |
FightingRegistrar | 2.5 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
Gangster Octopus | 2.5 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
Jumpin J | 2.5 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
LaughingPlanet | 2.5 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
rhutcheson | 2.5 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
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 |
dpinzow | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
ericledford | 2 | 5 | 3 | 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 |
kto9 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
Melanchthon | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
mnguy66 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
Mo | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
musicalhair | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
nargel | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
PinkFreud | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
RageKage | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
Robert Naiman | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
Spud1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
SuperBowlXX | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
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 | 5 | 3 | 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 |
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 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
Odysseus | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Pym | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
rteeter | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
TheCid | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
ThyrsiodB | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
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.