The DKos Chess Tournament 2009 open thread is now open! Updated standings and results through Round 7 are posted below.
The semi-finals are now complete. In case you missed them, I have posted the PGN files of all seven of these matches beneath the fold. Feel free to peruse them.
Three players now sit atop the standings in 1st place:
MakeChessNotWar
PsiFighter37
Sharkmeister
Four others are tied for 2nd:
brendanm98
cschess
mquander
vets74
One of these players will be crowned as champ, but there is no clear championship match just yet. If the players in 1st draw in Round 8, and a 2nd-place player gets a win in the same round, then there could be a four-way tie for the lead. There are tiebreaking procedures which I could apply without needing a tiebreaker match -- but that all depends on how badly the players want me to use them. In other words, if the players want a do-or-die championship match to break a first-place tie, I'm all for it.
SEMI-FINAL MATCHES
PsiFighter37 vs. MakeChessNotWar (liveblog here)
Sharkmeister vs. Albanius (liveblog here)
vets74 vs. cschess (game annotated and recreated from memory by cschess)
Cobbler vs. brendanm98
Abelian vs. mquander
i know vs. dov12348
wmorriss vs. Twin Planets (game annotated by Twin Planets)
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 | DRAW |
Sharkmeister | vs. | Albanius | Sharkmeister |
Cobbler | vs. | brendanm98 | 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 | ferrisbueller |
ericledford | vs. | SuperBowlXX | ericledford |
debedb | vs. | Dan Morris | . |
Joffan | vs. | AndrewMC | DRAW |
Spud1 | vs. | ActivistGuy | Spud1 |
Melanchthon | vs. | M31 | M31 |
ZaBlanc | vs. | BaxKen | . |
ben masel | vs. | spider441 | . |
Free Radical | vs. | LaughingPlanet | Free Radical |
terrapin station84 | vs. | Jumpin J | . |
FightingRegistrar | vs. | Mo | . |
jerseycorn | vs. | mnguy66 | jerseycorn |
DeadB0y | vs. | TheCid | TheCid |
BTP | vs. | dpinzow | . |
USArmyParatrooper | vs. | RageKage | . |
Elvis Vader | vs. | Pym | . |
vescis | vs. | dissonantharmony | vescis |
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 | Something the Dog Said |
Chicagoa | vs. | drache | Chicagoa |
26 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 |
brendanm98 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 4 |
cschess | 6 | 7 | 3 | 4 |
mquander | 6 | 7 | 3 | 4 |
vets74 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 3 |
i know | 5.5 | 7 | 3 | 4 |
Twin Planets | 5.5 | 7 | 4 | 3 |
Albanius | 5 | 7 | 3 | 4 |
Cobbler | 5 | 7 | 4 | 3 |
FWIW | 5 | 7 | 3 | 4 |
Grey Paladin | 5 | 7 | 3 | 4 |
high5 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 3 |
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 |
ferrisbueller | 4 | 7 | 4 | 3 |
Kimball | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
louisedkos | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
M31 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 4 |
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 |
Free Radical | 3.5 | 7 | 3 | 4 |
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 |
foodmetaphors | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
Guy Fawkes | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
hanswall | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
jerseycorn | 3 | 7 | 4 | 3 |
Keith Pickering | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
Melanchthon | 3 | 7 | 4 | 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 |
vescis | 3 | 6 | 3 | 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 |
FightingRegistrar | 2.5 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
Jumpin J | 2.5 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
LaughingPlanet | 2.5 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
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 |
Chicagoa | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
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 |
kto9 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
mnguy66 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 4 |
Mo | 2 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
PinkFreud | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
Pym | 2 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
RageKage | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
Something the Dog Said | 2 | 7 | 3 | 4 |
USArmyParatrooper | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
hekebolos | 1.5 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
dmet | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
drache | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
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 |
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 | 5 | 3 | 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.