It's time for Round 7 of the Daily Kos Chess Tournament! Match-ups, updated standings, and statistics through Rounds 1-6, can be found in the tables after the jump.
We have now reached the semi-finals! Please join us as we will be liveblogging the semi-final matches this week. The times and dates for these matches are TBA, so stay tuned.
PsiFighter37 and MakeChessNotWar are tied for 1st, and will be playing against each other this week. Three others (cschess, Sharkmeister, and vets74) are tied for 2nd. Four others (Albanius, brendanm95, Cobbler, and mquander) are tied for 3rd. Please take the poll at the end of this diary to predict whom you think will win it all.
Anything can happen, folks. Let the madness begin!
To chess players:
Round 7 will last from now until the evening of Tuesday, August 11. It is your responsibility to contact your opponent so that you can complete your match before the end of Round 7. 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 JOCK JAM: The Monday Night Football theme
ROUND 7 MATCH-UPS
The match-ups for Round 7 have been selected by the Tournament Director based on the results of Rounds 1-6 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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PsiFighter37 | vs. | MakeChessNotWar | . |
vets74 | vs. | cschess | . |
Sharkmeister | vs. | Albanius | . |
Cobbler | vs. | brendanm98 | . |
Abelian | vs. | mquander | . |
wmorriss | vs. | Twin Planets | . |
i know | vs. | dov12348 | . |
Kimball | vs. | louisedkos | . |
TeacherRyan | vs. | Grey Paladin | . |
writerkirk | vs. | Andrew Lazarus | . |
high5 | vs. | sharris0512 | . |
Dvd Avins | vs. | PedsNeuro | . |
thereisnospoon | vs. | FWIW | . |
stlbucket | vs. | Bill White | . |
lostboyjim | vs. | Dbug | . |
dnta | vs. | RickMassimo | . |
Robert Naiman | vs. | rhutcheson | . |
Keith Pickering | vs. | Gangster Octopus | . |
DynamicUno | vs. | nargel | . |
papicek | vs. | Seneca Doane | . |
hanswall | vs. | foodmetaphors | . |
musicalhair | vs. | Thutmose V | . |
ferrisbueller | vs. | Guy Fawkes | . |
ericledford | vs. | SuperBowlXX | . |
debedb | vs. | Dan Morris | . |
Joffan | vs. | AndrewMC | . |
Spud1 | vs. | ActivistGuy | . |
Melanchthon | vs. | M31 | . |
ZaBlanc | vs. | BaxKen | . |
ben masel | vs. | spider441 | . |
Free Radical | vs. | LaughingPlanet | . |
terrapin station84 | vs. | Jumpin J | . |
FightingRegistrar | vs. | Mo | . |
jerseycorn | vs. | mnguy66 | . |
DeadB0y | vs. | TheCid | . |
BTP | vs. | dpinzow | . |
USArmyParatrooper | vs. | RageKage | . |
Elvis Vader | vs. | Pym | . |
vescis | vs. | dissonantharmony | . |
Blue Wind | vs. | cskendrick | . |
bgblcklab1 | vs. | Geenius at Wrok | . |
hekebolos | vs. | mconvente | . |
Ignacio Magaloni | vs. | rmonroe | . |
zamrzla | vs. | eztempo | . |
Odysseus | vs. | JeffLieber | . |
Unlabled | vs. | ThyrsiodB | . |
neilliebus | vs. | Something the Dog Said | . |
Chicagoa | vs. | drache | . |
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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MakeChessNotWar | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
PsiFighter37 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
cschess | 5.5 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
Sharkmeister | 5.5 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
vets74 | 5.5 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
Albanius | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
brendanm98 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
Cobbler | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
mquander | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
Abelian | 4.5 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
dov12348 | 4.5 | 6 | 4 | 2 |
i know | 4.5 | 6 | 2 | 4 |
Twin Planets | 4.5 | 6 | 4 | 2 |
wmorriss | 4.5 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
Anderson Republican | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
Andrew Lazarus | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
Bill White | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
cmorrison | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
Dbug | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
Dvd Avins | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
FWIW | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
Grey Paladin | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
high5 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
Kimball | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
louisedkos | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
Marcion | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
PedsNeuro | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 |
sharris0512 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
stlbucket | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
TeacherRyan | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
thereisnospoon | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
writerkirk | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
dnta | 3.5 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
Gangster Octopus | 3.5 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
lostboyjim | 3.5 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
rhutcheson | 3.5 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
RickMassimo | 3.5 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
Robert Naiman | 3.5 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
ActivistGuy | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
AndrewMC | 3 | 6 | 4 | 2 |
BaxKen | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
black2thefuture | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
cavebird | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
Dan Morris | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
debedb | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
DynamicUno | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
ericledford | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
ferrisbueller | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
foodmetaphors | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
Guy Fawkes | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
hanswall | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
Joffan | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
Keith Pickering | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
M31 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
Melanchthon | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
montrealdan | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
musicalhair | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
nargel | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
papicek | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
Seneca Doane | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
Spud1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
SuperBowlXX | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
Thutmose V | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
ZaBlanc | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
ben masel | 2.5 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
DoomsdayShark | 2.5 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
Free Radical | 2.5 | 6 | 2 | 4 |
FightingRegistrar | 2.5 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
Jumpin J | 2.5 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
LaughingPlanet | 2.5 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
spider441 | 2.5 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
terrapin station84 | 2.5 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
bgblcklab1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
Blue Wind | 2 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
BTP | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
Celtic Merlin | 2 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
cskendrick | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
DeadB0y | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
dissonantharmony | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
dpinzow | 2 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
Elvis Vader | 2 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
evilstorm | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Geenius at Wrok | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
jerseycorn | 2 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
kto9 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
mnguy66 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
Mo | 2 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
PinkFreud | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
Pym | 2 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
RageKage | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
TheCid | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 |
USArmyParatrooper | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
vescis | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
hekebolos | 1.5 | 6 | 3 | 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 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
JeffLieber | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
KStreetProjector | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
mconvente | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
Odysseus | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
rmonroe | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
rteeter | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Something the Dog Said | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
ThyrsiodB | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
zamrzla | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
aaraujo | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
cartwrightdale | 0.5 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
Unlabled | 0.5 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
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 |
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 6 STATISTICS
Number of players signed up in Round 6 = 104
Number of players signed up in Round 7 = 96 (92.3% retention)
Number of matches = 42
White Win % = 57.1%
Black Win % = 40.5%
Draw % = 2.4%
OVERALL TOURNAMENT STATISTICS
Number of players signed up in Round 1 = 140
Number of players signed up in Round 7 = 96 (68.6% retention)
Number of matches = 319
White Win % = 48.0%
Black Win % = 47.3%
Draw % = 4.7%
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Good luck, Kossacks! May the best chess player win.