Please join us this Saturday at 2 pm ET as we liveblog a big semi-final match between Sharkmeister vs. Albanius. You can either visit the liveblog on Daily Kos, or watch the game in real time following these instructions:
- Register for a free account on www.chess.com to watch the match (registration link here).
- After registering and logging in, you can observe live chess matches in the Live Chess window, which you can find under the green Play tab at the top of the page. Live Chess works best with Firefox, Safari, or Chrome.
- In the menu called "Room - Main Hall", click on the Games tab. There, you can sort the list of matches by name of the player. Since Albanius is Black, sort the list by Black and you'll find this match near the top.
- Click on the "Observe" link next to the game, and you're all set.
Also, tonight will feature another top-tier match between 4th-place players i know and dov12348 on chess.com at 8 pm ET. While this is not a semi-final, it is still a top-level match pitting two expert-level players against one another.
HELP! If you would like to liveblog this match for me, I'd greatly appreciate it. I'd do it myself, except I have my own match against ericledford immediately afterwards.
Finally, a tip of the hat to AndrewMC, who posted an open thread yesterday in my place.
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DKOS CHESS TOURNAMENT 2009: ROUND 7 (August 5-August 11)
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UPCOMING MATCHES
White | Black | Match Time | Match Site |
i know (chess.com username notpaulmorphy) | dov12348 | Thursday, August 6, 2009 08:00 PM ET | chess.com |
ericledford (FICS username ericbenjamin) | SuperBowlXX | Thursday, August 6, 2009 09:00 PM ET | FICS |
thereisnospoon | FWIW (chess.com username cdhg) | Friday, August 7, 2009 09:00 PM ET | chess.com |
papicek | Seneca Doane | Saturday, August 8, 2009 01:00 PM ET | chess.com |
Sharkmeister | Albanius | Saturday, August 8, 2009 02:00 PM ET | chess.com |
Bold indicates a semi-final.
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.
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 | Grey Paladin |
writerkirk | vs. | Andrew Lazarus | . |
high5 | vs. | sharris0512 | . |
Dvd Avins | vs. | PedsNeuro | . |
thereisnospoon | vs. | FWIW | . |
stlbucket | vs. | Bill White | . |
lostboyjim | vs. | Dbug | lostboyjim |
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 | 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 | . |
3 of 48 Round 7 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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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 |
Grey Paladin | 5 | 7 | 3 | 4 |
mquander | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
Abelian | 4.5 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
dov12348 | 4.5 | 6 | 4 | 2 |
i know | 4.5 | 6 | 2 | 4 |
lostboyjim | 4.5 | 7 | 4 | 3 |
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 | 7 | 3 | 4 |
Dvd Avins | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
FWIW | 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 | 7 | 4 | 3 |
thereisnospoon | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
Thutmose V | 4 | 7 | 3 | 4 |
writerkirk | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
dnta | 3.5 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
Gangster Octopus | 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 | 4 | 2 | 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 |
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.