Welcome to the first of several exciting semi-final matches for the DKos Chess Tournament! Today's match will feature PsiFighter37 (in White) vs. MakeChessNotWar (in Black). The live match will be beneath the fold.
Instructions for watching PsiFighter37 vs. MakeChessNotWar in real time:
- Register for a free account on www.chess.com (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. Sort the list of matches by name of the player. Since PsiFighter37 is White, sort the list by White and you'll find his name down by P. (MakeChessNotWar's chess.com username is FM_Eric_Schiller)
- Click on the "Observe" link next to the game.
By the way, here's the schedule for the remaining semi-final matches:
vets74 vs. cschess
Sunday, August 9 at 7 p.m. Eastern Time on Yahoo! Games
Cobbler vs. brendanm98
Sunday, August 9 at 9 p.m. Eastern Time
(Cobbler's username on chess.com is djbrown)
PsiFighter37 vs. MakeChessNotWar
Quick observations:
At move 14, both Bishops have been removed.
Neither player has established full control of the middle, though at move 16, PsiFighter37 arguably has a slight development advantage.
Interesting note by i know:
Anatoly Karpov played Bb4 [at move 12] in 2002 vs Morovic Fernandez, Ivan
At move 19, both Knights have been removed.
UPDATE: Game has been drawn. Symmetrical pawns and two rooks for both sides. The players know each other too well and are too good to force blunders.
With the draw, Sharkmeister has now moved into a tie for first place. All three have 6.5 points through 7 rounds. Now we will await the winner (if any) of vets74 and cschess.
Another semi-final update: mquander has defeated Abelian. Here is their game, played on FICS:
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 | DRAW |
vets74 | vs. | cschess | . |
Sharkmeister | vs. | Albanius | Sharkmeister |
Cobbler | vs. | brendanm98 | . |
Abelian | vs. | mquander | mquander |
wmorriss | vs. | Twin Planets | Twin Planets |
i know | vs. | dov12348 | i know |
Kimball | vs. | louisedkos | . |
TeacherRyan | vs. | Grey Paladin | Grey Paladin |
writerkirk | vs. | Andrew Lazarus | . |
high5 | vs. | sharris0512 | high5 |
Dvd Avins | vs. | PedsNeuro | . |
thereisnospoon | vs. | FWIW | FWIW |
stlbucket | vs. | Bill White | . |
lostboyjim | vs. | Dbug | lostboyjim |
dnta | vs. | RickMassimo | . |
Robert Naiman | vs. | rhutcheson | Robert Naiman |
Keith Pickering | vs. | Gangster Octopus | . |
DynamicUno | vs. | nargel | . |
papicek | vs. | Seneca Doane | papicek |
hanswall | vs. | foodmetaphors | . |
musicalhair | vs. | Thutmose V | Thutmose V |
ferrisbueller | vs. | Guy Fawkes | . |
ericledford | vs. | SuperBowlXX | ericledford |
debedb | vs. | Dan Morris | . |
Joffan | vs. | AndrewMC | DRAW |
Spud1 | vs. | ActivistGuy | Spud1 |
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 | TheCid |
BTP | vs. | dpinzow | . |
USArmyParatrooper | vs. | RageKage | . |
Elvis Vader | vs. | Pym | . |
vescis | vs. | dissonantharmony | . |
Blue Wind | vs. | cskendrick | Blue Wind |
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 | . |
17 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 | 6.5 | 7 | 3 | 4 |
PsiFighter37 | 6.5 | 7 | 4 | 3 |
Sharkmeister | 6.5 | 7 | 4 | 3 |
mquander | 6 | 7 | 3 | 4 |
cschess | 5.5 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
i know | 5.5 | 7 | 3 | 4 |
Twin Planets | 5.5 | 7 | 4 | 3 |
vets74 | 5.5 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
Albanius | 5 | 7 | 3 | 4 |
brendanm98 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
Cobbler | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
FWIW | 5 | 7 | 3 | 4 |
Grey Paladin | 5 | 7 | 3 | 4 |
Abelian | 4.5 | 7 | 4 | 3 |
dov12348 | 4.5 | 7 | 4 | 3 |
lostboyjim | 4.5 | 7 | 4 | 3 |
Robert Naiman | 4.5 | 7 | 4 | 3 |
Spud1 | 4.5 | 7 | 4 | 3 |
wmorriss | 4.5 | 7 | 4 | 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 |
ericledford | 4 | 7 | 3 | 4 |
high5 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 3 |
Kimball | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
louisedkos | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
Marcion | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
papicek | 4 | 7 | 4 | 3 |
PedsNeuro | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 |
sharris0512 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 4 |
stlbucket | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
TeacherRyan | 4 | 7 | 4 | 3 |
thereisnospoon | 4 | 7 | 4 | 3 |
Thutmose V | 4 | 7 | 3 | 4 |
writerkirk | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
AndrewMC | 3.5 | 7 | 4 | 3 |
dnta | 3.5 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
Gangster Octopus | 3.5 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
Joffan | 3.5 | 7 | 4 | 3 |
rhutcheson | 3.5 | 7 | 3 | 4 |
RickMassimo | 3.5 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
ActivistGuy | 3 | 7 | 3 | 4 |
BaxKen | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
black2thefuture | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
Blue Wind | 3 | 7 | 4 | 3 |
cavebird | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
Dan Morris | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
debedb | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
DynamicUno | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
ferrisbueller | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
foodmetaphors | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
Guy Fawkes | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
hanswall | 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 |
Seneca Doane | 3 | 7 | 3 | 4 |
SuperBowlXX | 3 | 7 | 3 | 4 |
TheCid | 3 | 7 | 4 | 3 |
ZaBlanc | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
ben masel | 2.5 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
DeadB0y | 2.5 | 7 | 3 | 4 |
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 |
BTP | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
Celtic Merlin | 2 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
cskendrick | 2 | 6 | 3 | 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 |
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.