It's time for the final round of the Daily Kos Chess Tournament! Match-ups, updated standings, and statistics through Rounds 1-7, can be found in the tables after the jump.
Three players are tied for 1st place:
MakeChessNotWar
PsiFighter37
Sharkmeister
A win by any one of these players in their respective matches will automatically put that player into contention for winning the championship.
Five players are tied for 2nd:
brendanm98
cschess
louisedkos
mquander
vets74
These players need to win and get some help in order to stay alive. A draw will not cut it for them. They will undoubtedly be watching the MakeChessNotWar vs. Sharkmeister match very closely, as this one needs to be drawn in order to give them a shot at the title.
If there is a tie for 1st place after the final round, there will be a blitz playoff. More details to come on that at a later time.
Remember to vote in today's poll!
This round will overlap with Netroots Nation, so players will have an extra week to complete their games. I unfortunately will not be at NN09, but I encourage any and all tournament players to meet up while there. Feel free to challenge your Congressmen and Senators to a match in Pittsburgh, or hell, tell them to sign up for next year's tournament! I'm sure it'd be easier for them to agree to play a few chess games than to get them to pledge for the public option.....
To chess players:
Round 8 will last from now until the evening of Monday, August 24. It is your responsibility to contact your opponent so that you can complete your match before the end of Round 8. 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 8 (August 12-August 24)
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MUSIC: "Olympics Theme" by John Williams
ROUND 8 MATCH-UPS
The match-ups for Round 8 have been selected by the Tournament Director based on the results of Rounds 1-7 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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MakeChessNotWar | vs. | Sharkmeister | . |
cschess | vs. | PsiFighter37 | . |
mquander | vs. | vets74 | . |
brendanm98 | vs. | louisedkos | . |
FWIW | vs. | Twin Planets | . |
i know | vs. | Cobbler | . |
Albanius | vs. | Abelian | . |
Grey Paladin | vs. | PedsNeuro | . |
Bill White | vs. | high5 | . |
RickMassimo | vs. | Robert Naiman | . |
wmorriss | vs. | lostboyjim | . |
dov12348 | vs. | Spud1 | . |
Andrew Lazarus | vs. | thereisnospoon | . |
sharris0512 | vs. | Kimball | . |
stlbucket | vs. | Dvd Avins | . |
Thutmose V | vs. | ZaBlanc | . |
nargel | vs. | ferrisbueller | . |
M31 | vs. | writerkirk | . |
Dbug | vs. | TeacherRyan | . |
Dan Morris | vs. | ericledford | . |
hanswall | vs. | papicek | . |
Gangster Octopus | vs. | dnta | . |
rhutcheson | vs. | AndrewMC | . |
Free Radical | vs. | Joffan | . |
Guy Fawkes | vs. | jerseycorn | . |
montrealdan | vs. | musicalhair | . |
foodmetaphors | vs. | bgblcklab1 | . |
BaxKen | vs. | debedb | . |
ActivistGuy | vs. | Blue Wind | . |
Seneca Doane | vs. | Melanchthon | . |
SuperBowlXX | vs. | DynamicUno | . |
vescis | vs. | TheCid | . |
Keith Pickering | vs. | ben masel | . |
LaughingPlanet | vs. | terrapin station84 | . |
DeadB0y | vs. | hekebolos | . |
Jumpin J | vs. | spider441 | . |
Pym | vs. | BTP | . |
Elvis Vader | vs. | USArmyParatrooper | . |
dpinzow | vs. | dissonantharmony | . |
cskendrick | vs. | mnguy66 | . |
Something the Dog Said | vs. | Chicagoa | . |
RageKage | vs. | rmonroe | . |
mconvente | vs. | eztempo | . |
drache | vs. | zamrzla | . |
ThyrsiodB | vs. | JeffLieber | . |
Odysseus | vs. | Unlabled | . |
neilliebus | vs. | Ignacio Magaloni | . |
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 |
louisedkos | 6 | 7 | 4 | 3 |
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 |
Bill White | 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 |
PedsNeuro | 5 | 7 | 4 | 3 |
Abelian | 4.5 | 7 | 4 | 3 |
dov12348 | 4.5 | 7 | 4 | 3 |
lostboyjim | 4.5 | 7 | 4 | 3 |
RickMassimo | 4.5 | 7 | 3 | 4 |
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 |
cmorrison | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
Dan Morris | 4 | 7 | 3 | 4 |
Dbug | 4 | 7 | 3 | 4 |
Dvd Avins | 4 | 7 | 4 | 3 |
ericledford | 4 | 7 | 3 | 4 |
ferrisbueller | 4 | 7 | 4 | 3 |
hanswall | 4 | 7 | 4 | 3 |
Kimball | 4 | 7 | 4 | 3 |
M31 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 4 |
Marcion | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
nargel | 4 | 7 | 3 | 4 |
papicek | 4 | 7 | 4 | 3 |
sharris0512 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 4 |
stlbucket | 4 | 7 | 4 | 3 |
TeacherRyan | 4 | 7 | 4 | 3 |
thereisnospoon | 4 | 7 | 4 | 3 |
Thutmose V | 4 | 7 | 3 | 4 |
writerkirk | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
ZaBlanc | 4 | 7 | 4 | 3 |
AndrewMC | 3.5 | 7 | 4 | 3 |
dnta | 3.5 | 7 | 4 | 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 |
ActivistGuy | 3 | 7 | 3 | 4 |
BaxKen | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
bgblcklab1 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 3 |
black2thefuture | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
Blue Wind | 3 | 7 | 4 | 3 |
cavebird | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
debedb | 3 | 7 | 4 | 3 |
DynamicUno | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
foodmetaphors | 3 | 7 | 3 | 4 |
Guy Fawkes | 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 |
Seneca Doane | 3 | 7 | 3 | 4 |
SuperBowlXX | 3 | 7 | 3 | 4 |
TheCid | 3 | 7 | 4 | 3 |
vescis | 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 |
hekebolos | 2.5 | 7 | 4 | 3 |
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 |
BTP | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
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 |
eztempo | 2 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
Geenius at Wrok | 2 | 6 | 2 | 4 |
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 |
rmonroe | 2 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
Something the Dog Said | 2 | 7 | 3 | 4 |
USArmyParatrooper | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
dmet | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
drache | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
eddiem86 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Ignacio Magaloni | 1 | 7 | 3 | 3 |
JeffLieber | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
KStreetProjector | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
mconvente | 1 | 6 | 2 | 4 |
Odysseus | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
rteeter | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
ThyrsiodB | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
zamrzla | 1 | 7 | 4 | 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.
ROUND 7 STATISTICS
Number of players signed up in Round 7 = 96
Number of players signed up in Round 8 = 94 (97.9% retention)
Number of matches = 38
White Win % = 47.4%
Black Win % = 44.7%
Draw % = 7.9%
OVERALL TOURNAMENT STATISTICS
Number of players signed up in Round 1 = 140
Number of players signed up in Round 8 = 94 (67.1% retention)
Number of matches = 357
White Win % = 47.9%
Black Win % = 47.1%
Draw % = 5.0%
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Good luck, Kossacks! May the best chess player win.