The DKos Chess Tournament 2009 open thread is now open! Updated standings and results through Round 6 are posted below.
A belated h/t to AndrewMC who posted an open thread last week for me.
We are now in the 6th of 8 rounds for the first ever Daily Kos chess tournament. Shown in the standings below, 3 players have 5 points, 6 others have 4.5 points, and 11 others have 4 points heading into the home stretch. The player with the most points through 8 rounds will be crowned champ.
It is conceivable (albeit unlikely) that the winner will be decided as early as Round 7. Regardless, I will do my best to watch and liveblog these final top-tier matches as they happen. When the schedule for semi-final and championship matches are finalized, I will let you all know -- and I invite any and all from the community to watch with me.
Remember to vote for whom you think will be champion!
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DKOS CHESS TOURNAMENT 2009: ROUND 6 (July 28-August 4)
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UPCOMING MATCHES
White | Black | Match Time | Match Site |
TheCid | Something the Dog Said (Chess Cube username sthedogsaid) | Wednesday, July 29, 2009 04:00 PM ET | Chess Cube |
sharris0512 | Cobbler | Wednesday, July 29, 2009 09:00 PM ET | Chess Cube |
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.
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 | TheCid |
Chicagoa | vs. | eztempo | . |
Jimdotz | vs. | neilliebus | . |
rmonroe | vs. | Unlabled | . |
cartwrightdale | vs. | mattc129 | . |
1 of 52 Round 6 matches have been completed.
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 |
lostboyjim | 2.5 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
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 |
TheCid | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 |
USArmyParatrooper | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
ZaBlanc | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
hekebolos | 1.5 | 5 | 3 | 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 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
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.
Note: lostboyjim won a make-up match for Round 5 against TheCid.