10th Annual Chess Tournament: Joffer wins 1st place (1 Viewer)

[Psychopav]

If the psycho doesn't open with the grob or similar I'm going to be sorely disappointed

I don't even know what this means lol

 

[Sand]

I don't even know what this means lol

Look up the grob opening - it's a chess joke.  

 

[scoobus]

Tim destroys me as always.

 

[Zow]

Woz loses to Brownsfan. He had a nice tactic that I just didn’t see. 
 

Not my finest tournament here. 
 

ETA: I played as black. Not sure if that matters as I keep getting the sides screwed up. 

 

[Dezbelief]

Nick wins, the crowd goes wild!

 

[Sand]

Pav wins.  I played like dog poop in this one.

 

[joffer]

joffer beats cash

 

[AAABatteries]

AAA beats juxt.  Really interesting match. 

 

[Nick Vermeil]

Nick wins, the crowd goes wild!

It was a fun game.  Dez had me on the ropes for the majority of it and made one blunder.  

 

[Juxtatarot]

Is @timschochet suspended again?

 

[Zow]

Is @timschochet suspended again?

Seems like this happens once a tournament.  

 

[Juxtatarot]

Seems like this happens once a tournament.  

If he is, it’s at least the third time. 

 

[Zow]

Frankly given how badly I'm playing this tournament I'd welcome a small break. Get mouthy Tim!

 

[AAABatteries]

Is @timschochet suspended again?

I'm checking with him.

 

[AAABatteries]

I'm checking with him.

Round 5 will get posted Saturday - just so people aren't left wondering.

 

[Bogart]

Bogart beat @bigjim 

@BigJim® even.

Really fun match.

 

[nysfl2]

nys defeats shuke

He started out with a strong attack and really had me on my heels, then a blunder completely flipped the game

 

[timschochet]

Sorry for the delay…

Round 5 

@joffer vs @Psychopav

@cashman88 vs @Bogart

@AAABatteries vs @BigJim®

@Sand vs @Juxtatarot

timschochet vs @Brownsfan

@nysfl2 vs @scoobus

@Zow vs @Dezbelief

@shuke vs @Nick Vermeil

 

[Nick Vermeil]

Sorry for the delay…

Round 5 

@joffer vs @Psychopav

@cashman88 vs @Bogart

@AAABatteries vs @BigJim®

@Sand vs @Juxtatarot

timschochet vs @Brownsfan

@nysfl2 vs @scoobus

@Zow vs @Dezbelief

@shuke vs @Nick Vermeil

Finally. A match with @shuke 

 

[AAABatteries]

Invite sent to @BigJim®

 

[joffer]

joffer beats Psychopav

 

[Psychopav]

joffer beats Psychopav

He easily dismantled my amateurish Scandinavian defense.

 

[Zow]

Woz beats dezbelief

 

[Bogart]

Cashman88 beat Bogart.

I blundered a knight midgame and never recovered.

 

[BigJim®]

BigJim over AAA in a good match.

 

[Sand]

Juxt and I drew our match.

 

[scoobus]

I beat nysfl

 

[Psychopav]

I beat nysfl

Don't beat yourself up.

Oh, wait...

 

[nysfl2]

I beat nysfl

No major gaffes, but several small ones early on, which put me on the defensive the entire game.

 

[timschochet]

Last game in round 5: 

@shuke vs @Nick Vermeil

Update? 

 

[Nick Vermeil]

Last game in round 5: 

@shuke vs @Nick Vermeil

Update? 

Vermeil over shuke in a heart breaker. 

 

[timschochet]

Round 6

@BigJim® vs @joffer

@Psychopav vs @cashman88

@Bogart vs timschochet 

@AAABatteries vs @Sand

@Juxtatarot vs @Brownsfan

@scoobus vs @Nick Vermeil

@Zow vs @shuke

@Dezbelief vs @nysfl2

 

[timschochet]

Standings going into Round 6: 

Joffer (5)

Cashman88 (4)

AAA Batteries (3)

Bigjim (3) 

Bogart (3)

Psychopav (3)

timschochet (3)

Sand (2.5)

Juxtatarot (2.5) 

Brownsfan (2) 

Nick Vermeil (2) 

nysfl2 (2) 

Scoobus (2)

Zow (2) 

Shuke (1) 

Dezbelief (0) 

 

[Zow]

Nice job @joffer bring it him. 
 

@shuke invite sent 

 

[timschochet]

@Bogart defeated me. He played a brilliant game. 
 

3 wins, 3 losses. My worst tournament by far. But that’s OK because the competition has gotten stronger which is great. 

 

[Bogart]

@Bogart defeated me. He played a brilliant game. 
 

3 wins, 3 losses. My worst tournament by far. But that’s OK because the competition has gotten stronger which is great. 

Really appreciate it. That was an enjoyable game and a rare time that I was seeing moves/lines actually going backwards to defend and not just attack. 

Watching a ton of Hikaru and GothamChess on YouTube and I guess some of that stuff is rubbing off on me.

 

[Maggot Brain]

Watching a ton of Hikaru and GothamChess on YouTube and I guess some of that stuff is rubbing off on me.

Levi has helped my game, as well.

 

[Dezbelief]

Nysfl2 wins, great game!

 

[nysfl2]

Nysfl2 wins, great game!

 

[Sand]

Levi has helped my game, as well.

I don't know how much I learn from him, but the guy can make me laugh about chess.  That's talent.  I learn the most from John Bartholomew.

Hikaru is a supercomputer masquerading as human.

 

[Juxtatarot]

Juxtatarot beats Brownsfan

 

[Maggot Brain]

I don't know how much I learn from him, but the guy can make me laugh about chess.  That's talent.  I learn the most from John Bartholomew.

Hikaru is a supercomputer masquerading as human.

Agree wholeheartedly about Bartholomew....Hikaru blows me away with his speed.  I usually have to watch ...pause...rewind....watch again .  These days chessable is my best friend.

 

[scoobus]

I beat Nick Vermeil.

 

[Bogart]

I don't know how much I learn from him, but the guy can make me laugh about chess.  That's talent.  I learn the most from John Bartholomew.

Hikaru is a supercomputer masquerading as human.

Agree wholeheartedly about Bartholomew....Hikaru blows me away with his speed.  I usually have to watch ...pause...rewind....watch again .  These days chessable is my best friend.

I will have to check out Bartholomew and chessable, have missed out on those.

Magnus isn't fun to watch on YT unless he is drunk. Levy I watch almost daily and he does entertain and teach, for my level at least. And I miss the days of Hikaru when everything was a "juicer". 

Have been giving Coffee Chess, chessbrah and Botez some of my attention lately. chessbrah has some great challenges like "win a game without moving a piece backwards" or "win a game against 1500 with losing pawns only". 

EDIT: Forgot to mention Eric Rosen. His content is good, but he's become Chess ASMR for me and I will go to sleep to one of his videos.

 

[Sand]

 will have to check out Bartholomew 

He makes it look easy - mostly because he's incredibly clear with explanations.  He's also the most sanguine person I've ever seen about the clock.  "Yes, I am looking at Bb7 here and there is 10 seconds on the clock to respond to GM Hikaru.  Maybe I should go ahead and play this move here..."  Blows me away.

I believe he's the most watched chess person on Youtube.  For good reason - he really excels at teaching.

 

[cashman88]

Cashman beats @Psychopav

 

[timschochet]

3 games left in last round. 

 

[BigJim®]

Joffer defeated BigJim. 

 

[Zow]

I will have to check out Bartholomew and chessable, have missed out on those.

Magnus isn't fun to watch on YT unless he is drunk. Levy I watch almost daily and he does entertain and teach, for my level at least. And I miss the days of Hikaru when everything was a "juicer". 

Have been giving Coffee Chess, chessbrah and Botez some of my attention lately. chessbrah has some great challenges like "win a game without moving a piece backwards" or "win a game against 1500 with losing pawns only". 

EDIT: Forgot to mention Eric Rosen. His content is good, but he's become Chess ASMR for me and I will go to sleep to one of his videos.

You're missing out on Ben Finegold. Easily the most entertaining. Bartholomew the best for learning. 

 

[Zow]

3 games left in last round. 

@shuke and I are playing a pretty steady few moves per day and are nearing the end game.