Anyone up for the second SD.net Chess Tourney?

Straha · Post by **Straha** » 2005-06-20 03:46pm

Actually 1 1/2-1 1/2

Aieeeeee! Nerves.... First game today sucked, second game was just nerve racking... Good games though, I feel sorry for whoever gets Cosmosicus in the next round...

Comosicus · Post by **Comosicus** » 2005-06-20 03:58pm

Straha, my man, first time I forgave you. Second time I will be mercyfull again. But the third time there will be no mercy. I will have something others have wished for a long time on this board (I'm sure you know what I am talking about

)

The name is COMOSICUS.

The Dark · Post by **The Dark** » 2005-06-20 05:53pm

Oh, it's five games against each opponent? I thought it was five games total, one against each opponent. D'oh!

Comosicus · Post by **Comosicus** » 2005-06-21 12:34am

The Dark wrote:Oh, it's five games against each opponent? I thought it was five games total, one against each opponent. D'oh!

I had the same opinion myself in the beginning. Heck ... First game was a draw ... I said "don't worry". Next game I win and I take the third one too lightly, thinking it is out of the contest and just a friendly game with Straha to cure his hurt ego.

And I lost

Noble Ire · Post by **Noble Ire** » 2005-06-21 01:11am

Crap, I guess I need to play few more games myself....

Soontir C'boath · Post by **Soontir C'boath** » 2005-06-21 01:15pm

The Dark wrote:Oh, it's five games against each opponent? I thought it was five games total, one against each opponent. D'oh!

Indeed, it sounds like it's going to be a long week...

Destruct got me cornered 2-0

We're playing one more game now to see if he wins straight!

Soontir C'boath · Post by **Soontir C'boath** » 2005-06-21 02:34pm

He got me like a rusty knife. Very painful.

3-0

Noble Ire · Post by **Noble Ire** » 2005-06-23 02:34am

I lost in my second round with Guy.

I....ran out of time.

Guy N. Cognito · Post by **Guy N. Cognito** » 2005-06-23 02:35am

Well, PureSabacc had me in the corner, and I played the cheating type of card. I ensured his clock ran out before mine. Guy 1 Pure 1

PureSab GuyNC0gnit0
1 Pc2-c4 Pe7-e6
2 Qd1-c2 Qd8-f6
3 Ng1-f3 Nb8-c6
4 Nb1-a3 Bf8-c5
5 Na3-b5 Bc5-b6
6 Ph2-h4 Pa7-a6
7 Nb5-c3 Pd7-d6
8 Rh1-h3 Ph7-h5
9 Rh3-g3 Pg7-g6
10 Rg3-g5 Nc6-e5
11 Nc3-a4 Bc8-d7
12 Na4xb6 Pc7xb6
13 Qc2-c3 Ng8-h6
14 Qc3-b4 Ke8-e7
15 Qb4xb6 Ne5xc4
16 Qb6xb7 Rh8-c8
17 Pe2-e3 Nc4-a5
18 Rg5xa5 Nh6-g4
19 Bf1xa6 Ng4-e5
20 Nf3-g1 Qf6-f5
21 Ng1-h3 Pg6-g5
22 Ph4xg5 Ke7-d8
23 Ra5-b5 Bd7-c6
24 Qb7-b6+ Rc8-c7
25 Rb5-b4 Bc6xg2
26 Nh3-f4 Ne5-f3+
27 Ke1-e2 Qf5xg5
28 Qb6xd6+ Rc7-d7
29 Qd6-c6 Ra8-a7
30 Rb4-b8+ Kd8-e7
31 Qc6-c8 Ke7-d6
32 Qc8-f8+ Kd6-e5
33 Rb8-b5+ Rd7-d5
34 Nf4xd5 Pe6xd5
35 Qf8-a3 Ra7-e7
36 Qa3-c3+ Ke5-d6
37 Qc3-c5+ Kd6-d7
38 Ba6-c8+ Kd7-e8
39 Qc5-c6+ Ke8-f8
40 Rb5xd5 Nf3-g1+
41 Ke2-d3 Bg2xd5
42 Qc6-c5 Qg5-g6+
43 Kd3-d4 Bd5-c4
44 Kd4xc4 Qg6-e4+
45 Qc5-d4 Ng1-e2
46 Qd4xe4 Re7xe4+

Noble Ire · Post by **Noble Ire** » 2005-06-24 12:45am

Me:1
Guy:2

I was soundly creamed in our last match. Unfortunately, it seems the move list was lost in the mail.

Edited to make Straha's message more prominent:

Found it:
GuyNC0gnit0 PureSab
1 Pe2-e3 Pg7-g6
2 Ng1-h3 Pb7-b6
3 Nb1-c3 Ng8-f6
4 Pd2-d4 Nb8-c6
5 Pe3-e4 Bf8-g7
6 Pf2-f3 Nf6-h5
7 Pg2-g4 Nh5-f6
8 Pe4-e5 Nf6-g8
9 Bf1-c4 Ng8-h6
10 Qd1-d3 Nc6-b4
11 Qd3-e2 Ra8-b8
12 Pa2-a3 Nb4-c6
13 Nh3-g5 Ko-o
14 Ph2-h4 Pe7-e6
15 Qe2-d3 Qd8-e7
16 Ph4-h5 Qe7xg5
17 Bc1xg5 Nh6-f5
18 Pg4xf5 Pg6xf5
19 Ph5-h6 Bg7xe5
20 Nc3-b5 Be5-g3+
21 Ke1-f1 Pf5-f4
22 Qd3-c3 Pf7-f6
23 Pd4-d5 Nc6-e5
24 Ra1-e1 Ne5-g4
25 Pf3xg4 Pd7-d6
26 Kf1-g2 Rf8-f7
27 Pd5xe6 Rf7-e7
28 Bg5xf6 Re7-d7
29 Pe6xd7+ Kg8-f8
30 Pd7-d8(Q)++

Straha · Post by **Straha** » 2005-06-24 12:46am

Right, I'm going to be going away for a while, as such I wont be around to whoop all your sorry asses so I'm conceding my current match and all future matches I play in untill I get back (when I'll come back with LEET CHESS FURY for a come from behind win.) That also means someone else has to pick up running the tournament, I'm sending the Matchup Data to Comosicus (happy now?). The data comes from the Program "Splendid City" which is pretty easy to use and is freeware.

EDIT: For the curious ones, the program can be found here.

Comosicus · Post by **Comosicus** » 2005-06-24 01:24am

Straha wrote:Right, I'm going to be going away for a while, as such I wont be around to whoop all your sorry asses so I'm conceding my current match and all future matches I play in untill I get back (when I'll come back with LEET CHESS FURY for a come from behind win.) That also means someone else has to pick up running the tournament, I'm sending the Matchup Data to Comosicus (happy now?). The data comes from the Program "Splendid City" which is pretty easy to use and is freeware.

"My first decision will be to create a Grand Army of the ..." ... wrong line

I would like to ask the players to send me the results by PM too. I do check the tournament thread, but I don't think it is a bad ideea to have a backup plan in case I miss something

Raptor 597 · Post by **Raptor 597** » 2005-06-25 12:14am

Wow, I missed the whole tournament damn, no one informed me. Damn you badme!

Anyways, I don't mind playing games though it would probably be correpondence without engines or somewhere of your your choosing. PM me or e-mail at dpj3322@louisiana.edu

Comosicus · Post by **Comosicus** » 2005-06-25 03:25am

As far as I can see, we have 2 matches finished till this very moment:

Comosicus - Straha (3-1) due to Straha's forfait
Destructionator XIII - Soontir C'boath (3-0)

Anything I missed?

EDIT:
I've disregarded the draw match between me and Straha, because I couldn't make the program to accept half points as score. Anyone could help me with this?

Another option would be to count victories as 2 points and draws as one point for each player.

Comosicus · Post by **Comosicus** » 2005-06-25 04:10am

I don't know if I got it right, but now I have the feeling that everybody should play all the 5 games with the partner and the winner would be decided upon final points (much like a soccer league would go). In this case all the points should be necessary to be awarded, because even half a point can make the difference. So perhaps 2 points victory, 1 point draw and 0 points defeat could serve the purpose well (and we can half the final scores to get back to the international scoring)

Please correct me if I got anything wrong.

mauldooku · Post by **mauldooku** » 2005-06-25 09:54am

Captain Lennox wrote:Wow, I missed the whole tournament damn, no one informed me. Damn you badme! Anyways, I don't mind playing games though it would probably be correpondence without engines or somewhere of your your choosing. PM me or e-mail at dpj3322@louisiana.edu

I'm actually heading away for several weeks this Sunday, and while I will definately have access to a computer, I don't know how much time I'll have to play games. You can take my spot, Lenny, since you'll have a much better shot at winning the thing, anyway.

And yeah, I should've AIMed you about this. Mea culpa

Comosicus · Post by **Comosicus** » 2005-06-29 05:07pm

Any new games? C'mon guys, don't let it die.

Soontir C'boath · Post by **Soontir C'boath** » 2005-06-29 06:10pm

Yea, it would help if Round 2 gets started already!

Noble Ire · Post by **Noble Ire** » 2005-06-29 09:36pm

Well, right now, I am fleeing Guy's encroching armies, and unless I can pull off a major victory tonight, it will be over.

Guy N. Cognito · Post by **Guy N. Cognito** » 2005-06-30 12:42am

Noble Ire won, here's the move history. Our final match is tomorrow.
Move History:
PureSab GuyNC0gnit0
1 Pe2-e3 Pe7-e6
2 Nb1-c3 Qd8-f6
3 Ng1-h3 Pd7-d5
4 Ke1-e2 Pc7-c6
5 Ke2-e1 Pb7-b5
6 Qd1-f3 Pb5-b4
7 Nc3-a4 Pa7-a5
8 Nh3-f4 Bc8-b7
9 Pg2-g3 Pg7-g5
10 Qf3-g4 Ng8-h6
11 Qg4-h3 Pg5xf4
12 Pg3xf4 Nb8-d7
13 Bf1-d3 Nd7-c5
14 Na4xc5 Bf8xc5
15 Rh1-g1 Ko-o-o
16 Qh3-h5 Pa5-a4
17 Rg1-g5 Pa4-a3
18 Ph2-h3 Pa3xb2
19 Bc1xb2 Qf6xb2
20 Ra1-d1 Pb4-b3
21 Pa2xb3 Bc5-f8
22 Ph3-h4 Pf7-f6
23 Rg5-g3 Pc6-c5
24 Ke1-f1 Pc5-c4
25 Pb3xc4 Pd5xc4
26 Bd3xc4 Qb2xc2
27 Bc4xe6+ Kc8-c7
28 Rd1-e1 Qc2-e4
29 Be6-b3 Bb7-a6+
30 Kf1-g1 Qe4-b1
31 Re1xb1 Rd8xd2
32 Kg1-h2 Rd2xf2+
33 Kh2-h3 Ba6-f1+
34 Rg3-g2 Bf1xg2+
35 Kh3-g3 Rf2-d2
36 Qh5-a5+ Kc7-c6
37 Qa5xd2 Bg2-e4
38 Rb1-c1+ Kc6-b6
39 Bb3-a4 Rh8-g8+
40 Kg3-h2 Nh6-g4+
41 Kh2-g1 Bf8-c5
42 Qd2-b2+ Kb6-c7
43 Rc1xc5+ Kc7-d6
44 Qb2-b6+ Kd6-e7
45 Ba4-b3 Ng4xe3+
46 Bb3xg8 Ph7-h5
47 Qb6-e6+ Ke7-f8
48 Qe6-f7++

Jaepheth · Post by **Jaepheth** » 2005-06-30 02:10am

For the multitude of time zones and schedules involved, I think 3 of 5 games is really pushing it.

1 game or 2 of 3 would be sufficient, I would think. (just to keep things moving)

Noble Ire · Post by **Noble Ire** » 2005-07-01 12:52am

Well, my round with Guy is over. He won, 3 to 2. It was a good game.
GuyNC0gnit0 PureSab
1 Pe2-e3 Pc7-c6
2 Pd2-d4 Qd8-a5+
3 Pc2-c3 Pb7-b6
4 Pb2-b4 Qa5-g5
5 Pf2-f4 Qg5-g6
6 Ng1-h3 Ph7-h5
7 Nh3-g5 Ng8-h6
8 Ph2-h4 Bc8-b7
9 Bf1-d3 Qg6-f6
10 Qd1xh5 Nb8-a6
11 Nb1-a3 Ko-o-o
12 Ng5-e4 Qf6-f5
13 Qh5-f3 Qf5-g4
14 Ne4-f2 Qg4xf3
15 Pg2xf3 Pd7-d6
16 Pf4-f5 Na6-c7
17 Pe3-e4 Rh8-h7
18 Ph4-h5 Pf7-f6
19 Nf2-h3 Bb7-a6
20 Pb4-b5 Pc6xb5
21 Nh3-f4 Rd8-d7
22 Nf4-e6 Rh7-h8
23 Pd4-d5 Pb5-b4
24 Bd3xa6+ Nc7xa6
25 Pc3xb4 Na6xb4
26 Bc1-d2 Nb4-d3+
27 Ke1-e2 Nd3-e5
28 Ra1-c1+ Kc8-b7
29 Na3-b5 Kb7-a6
30 Rc1-b1 Rd7-b7
31 Rh1-c1 Ne5-c4
32 Nb5-c7+ Rb7xc7
33 Ne6xc7+ Ka6-b7
34 Rc1xc4 Kb7-b8
35 Nc7-a6+ Kb8-b7
36 Na6-b4 Pa7-a5
37 Nb4-c6 Kb7-a6
38 Nc6-d8 Pb6-b5
39 Rc4-c6+ Ka6-a7
40 Rb1xb5 Ka7-a8
41 Rc6-a6++

Noble Ire · Post by **Noble Ire** » 2005-07-10 11:28pm

Bump.

So, has everyone finished this round, or is it just dead?

Shinova · Post by **Shinova** » 2005-07-10 11:32pm

Gandalf and I haven't played yet. Assuming this tournament isn't dead.

Comosicus · Post by **Comosicus** » 2005-07-11 12:21am

I am still waiting ofr people to announce their score, but it seems some have lost their interest or they are far too busy for this.