It's time for Round 6 of the Daily Kos Chess Tournament! Match-ups, updated standings, and statistics through Rounds 1-5, can be found in the tables after the jump.
We now approach endgame. Through five rounds, only three players have perfect 5-0 records (5 points):
Albanius
MakeChessNotWar
PsiFighter37
Six others have 4-0-1 records (4.5 points):
Abelian
cschess
i know
Sharkmeister
vets74
wmorriss
And eleven other players have 4-1-0 records (4 points). If you get the chance this week, I highly recommend watching these 21 players' matches, as they represent the best of the best in this tournament.
The player with the most points through eight rounds will be crowned as the 2009 Daily Kos Chess Champion. Who will it be? Take the poll at the end of this diary and start placing your bets!
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.
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DKOS CHESS TOURNAMENT 2009: ROUND 6 (July 28-August 4)
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PUMP-UP SONG: "Time is Running Out" by Muse
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 | . |
MakeChessNotWar | vs. | Abelian | . |
cschess | vs. | wmorriss | . |
vets74 | vs. | i know | . |
Dvd Avins | vs. | Sharkmeister | . |
brendanm98 | vs. | Andrew Lazarus | . |
louisedkos | vs. | cmorrison | . |
sharris0512 | vs. | Cobbler | . |
FWIW | vs. | mquander | . |
Anderson Republican | vs. | stlbucket | . |
Twin Planets | vs. | RickMassimo | . |
dov12348 | vs. | Gangster Octopus | . |
Grey Paladin | vs. | debedb | . |
ActivistGuy | vs. | TeacherRyan | . |
M31 | vs. | high5 | . |
Thutmose V | vs. | Bill White | . |
Dbug | vs. | hanswall | . |
Robert Naiman | vs. | dnta | . |
Kimball | vs. | Keith Pickering | . |
PedsNeuro | vs. | papicek | . |
Seneca Doane | vs. | writerkirk | . |
black2thefuture | vs. | AndrewMC | . |
BaxKen | vs. | thereisnospoon | . |
Marcion | vs. | Melanchthon | . |
ben masel | vs. | FightingRegistrar | . |
rhutcheson | vs. | Free Radical | . |
spider441 | vs. | LaughingPlanet | . |
bgblcklab1 | vs. | musicalhair | . |
Guy Fawkes | vs. | Jumpin J | . |
mnguy66 | vs. | ericledford | . |
Mo | vs. | ferrisbueller | . |
SuperBowlXX | vs. | BTP | . |
Dan Morris | vs. | DeadB0y | . |
dpinzow | vs. | ZaBlanc | . |
kto9 | vs. | RageKage | . |
Spud1 | vs. | USArmyParatrooper | . |
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 | . |
Pym | vs. | Odysseus | . |
ThyrsiodB | vs. | vescis | . |
mconvente | vs. | drache | . |
Joffan | vs. | Ignacio Magaloni | . |
TheCid | vs. | Something the Dog Said | . |
Chicagoa | vs. | eztempo | . |
Jimdotz | vs. | neilliebus | . |
rmonroe | vs. | Unlabled | . |
cartwrightdale | vs. | mattc129 | . |
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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Albanius | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
MakeChessNotWar | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
PsiFighter37 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
Abelian | 4.5 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
cschess | 4.5 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
i know | 4.5 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
Sharkmeister | 4.5 | 5 | 3 | 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 |
brendanm98 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
cmorrison | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
Cobbler | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
Dvd Avins | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
FWIW | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
louisedkos | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
mquander | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
sharris0512 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
stlbucket | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
dov12348 | 3.5 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
Gangster Octopus | 3.5 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
RickMassimo | 3.5 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
Twin Planets | 3.5 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
ActivistGuy | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
AndrewMC | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
BaxKen | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
Bill White | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
black2thefuture | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
Dbug | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
debedb | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
dnta | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
Grey Paladin | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
hanswall | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
high5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
Keith Pickering | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
Kimball | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
M31 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
Marcion | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
Melanchthon | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
montrealdan | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
papicek | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
PedsNeuro | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
Robert Naiman | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
Seneca Doane | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
TeacherRyan | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
thereisnospoon | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
Thutmose V | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
writerkirk | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
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 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
LaughingPlanet | 2.5 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
rhutcheson | 2.5 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
spider441 | 2.5 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
bgblcklab1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
BTP | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
cavebird | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
Celtic Merlin | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
cskendrick | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
Dan Morris | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
DeadB0y | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
dissonantharmony | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
dpinzow | 2 | 5 | 2 | 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 |
Guy Fawkes | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
jerseycorn | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
kto9 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
mnguy66 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
Mo | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
musicalhair | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
nargel | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
PinkFreud | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
RageKage | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
Spud1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
SuperBowlXX | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
USArmyParatrooper | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
ZaBlanc | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
hekebolos | 1.5 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
lostboyjim | 1.5 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
terrapin station84 | 1.5 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Blue Wind | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
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 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
JeffLieber | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
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 |
Something the Dog Said | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
TheCid | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
ThyrsiodB | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
vescis | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
zamrzla | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
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.
ROUND 5 STATISTICS
Number of players signed up in Round 5 = 110
Number of players signed up in Round 6 = 104 (94.5% retention)
Number of matches = 44
White Win % = 50.0%
Black Win % = 45.5%
Draw % = 4.5%
OVERALL TOURNAMENT STATISTICS
Number of players signed up in Round 1 = 140
Number of players signed up in Round 6 = 104 (74.3% retention)
Number of matches = 277
White Win % = 46.6%
Black Win % = 48.4%
Draw % = 5.1%
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Good luck, Kossacks! May the best chess player win.