The DKos Chess Tournament 2009 open thread is now open! Updated standings and results through Round 6 are posted below.
Tomorrow, I will take a brief departure from the chess tournament diaries. I will instead be publishing a diary for "Komposers for Kossacks," a new series started by droogie6655321. My composer of choice: Sergei Rachmaninoff.
That will make it the first non-chess diary I have published in about two months! I've wondered what it would be like if other Kossacks with a regular series took a day to write about something else:
What if jotter took time off the High Impact Diaries and posted a Pootie diary?
What if triciawyse of Pootie diary fame wrote a rant about Lou Dobbs?
What if TiaRachel of the TDS/TCR open threads wrote about fantasy football?
What if The Red Pen stepped away from RedState to write a review of the latest Harry Potter film?
The possibilities are endless. And possibly pointless.
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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 |
Dvd Avins | Sharkmeister | Thursday, July 30, 2009 09:00 PM ET | Chess Cube |
black2thefuture | AndrewMC | Thursday, July 30, 2009 09:00 PM ET | chess.com |
louisedkos (chess.com username jjohnson29) | cmorrison (chess.com username clm) | Thursday, July 30, 2009 10:30 PM ET | chess.com |
Dan Morris (chess.com username WaterPoloDan) | DeadB0y | Thursday, July 30, 2009 11:00 PM ET | chess.com |
Chicagoa | eztempo | Friday, July 31, 2009 07:00 PM ET | chess.com |
MakeChessNotWar (chess.com username FM_Eric_Schiller) | Abelian | Friday, July 31, 2009 10:00 PM ET | chess.com |
Dbug (chess.com username ToddH) | hanswall | Saturday, August 1, 2009 09:00 PM ET | chess.com |
ActivistGuy | TeacherRyan (chess.com username RyanQ) | Sunday, August 2, 2009 07:00 PM ET | chess.com |
Bold indicates a top-tier match.
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.
UPDATE: There appears to be errors with accessing papicek's scheduling website, so I'm no doubt missing some upcoming match info. Please either e-mail me the schedule info or post it as a comment on this open thread.
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 | 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 | Marcion |
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 | Spud1 |
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 | . |
4 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 |
Cobbler | 5 | 6 | 3 | 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 |
Dvd Avins | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
FWIW | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
louisedkos | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
Marcion | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
mquander | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
sharris0512 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 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 |
Melanchthon | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
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 |
Spud1 | 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 |
SuperBowlXX | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
TheCid | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 |
USArmyParatrooper | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
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.