Abraham
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3rd Official Free For All Chess Tournament- Round 6 Posted (1 Viewer)
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shuke
Black Ice Skeptic
Steve Tasker
Footballguy
FWIW, I'm in the middle of a friendly game with him, 3 days/move, and he's 2 hours away from timing out against me. Not sure where he went, but this disappearance seems unusual given how quickly he was playing moves earlier on.
Sand
Footballguy
Sent. Prepare to win another game against a lesser talent!
Race to the bottom has started!
AAABatteries
Footballguy
He lost to me - my guess is he immediately realized what this meant and uninstalled the app and then cancelled his internet access.
timschochet
Footballguy
timschochet vs. Psychopav (1-0)
I will reassess tomorrow. Any games that have not yet been started at that point, I will consolidate.
I will reassess tomorrow. Any games that have not yet been started at that point, I will consolidate.
kutta
Footballguy
I made a horrible blunder thinking I was in Analyze mode and as my finger was hitting the "yes" button to accept the move my brain was screaming "NO!" But it was too late and jweldy jumped on it. I then was in a horrible mood and screwed up again the very next move when I had a chance to make a game of it. We are still battling but I need a miracle now.
Abraham
Footballguy
Abe defeats Sand.
Sand resigned when I got in a fortunate position, mostly out of deciding not to move my queen at the exact point I normally do. I was in position to trade two pawns for a knight and a pawn and then be in a good spot. But as anyone who has ever played me knows, a "good spot" tends to turn in to a dumpster fire in short order much of the time.
AnywAy, gg.
Sand resigned when I got in a fortunate position, mostly out of deciding not to move my queen at the exact point I normally do. I was in position to trade two pawns for a knight and a pawn and then be in a good spot. But as anyone who has ever played me knows, a "good spot" tends to turn in to a dumpster fire in short order much of the time.
AnywAy, gg.
AAABatteries
Footballguy
AAABatteries
Footballguy
BTW Tim, JoeT and I are getting close to an end game in our match.
Abraham
Footballguy
Chess time could make a mint if there was an add on that allowed you to buy "undo" tokens.
timschochet
Footballguy
Regarding take backs, here's something I've always wondered about:
I'm a "B" player, somewhere between 1600-1700. Suppose I played a highly ranked grandmaster, but I had unlimited take backs, whenever I wanted, as many as I wanted at a time: could I eventually beat the grandmaster? Or is the best I could achieve a draw?
I'm a "B" player, somewhere between 1600-1700. Suppose I played a highly ranked grandmaster, but I had unlimited take backs, whenever I wanted, as many as I wanted at a time: could I eventually beat the grandmaster? Or is the best I could achieve a draw?
kutta
Footballguy
If you could only take back one move at a time, I'd say you have no chance to win and a very small chance to even draw. By the time you realize you are going to lose it will probably be too late. With as many takebacks as you wanted, as far back as you want to go, I think the game would go on forever. You would never lose because you would always just rewind until you didn't lose.
Back in my glory days I was a pretty darn good player - rated over 1800 in the USCF. I lost to a Grandmaster who was playing 24 games at a time and spent about 10 seconds at each board. It was really embarrassing. He killed me.
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timschochet
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timschochet (2) vs. Psychopav (2) (1-0)
charvik (2) vs. joffer (2) ??
Ragincajun (1) vs.andyjaywalker (1.5) waiting for invite?
Kutta (1.5) vs. nysfl2 (1.5) in progress
Abraham (1) vs. Sand (1) (1-0)
Bogart (1) vs. Unialias (1) (0-1)
Joe T (1) vs. AAA Batteries (1) In progress
Dancing Bones (1) vs. VA703 (.5) (0-1)
Wyld Stallyns (0) vs. Shuke (0) waiting for invite?
Eddie Spaghetti One Point Bye
1. Joffer and Charvik, please confirm that your game is in progress.
2. andyjayhawker, please confirm that you have received no invitation yet.
3. Shuke, please confirm that you have received no invitation yet.
Depending on the answers I get here, I might have andy play Shuke, or one of you play Eddie, and remove whoever has made no challenge from the tournament. Let me know ASAP and I will decide, thanks.
charvik (2) vs. joffer (2) ??
Ragincajun (1) vs.andyjaywalker (1.5) waiting for invite?
Kutta (1.5) vs. nysfl2 (1.5) in progress
Abraham (1) vs. Sand (1) (1-0)
Bogart (1) vs. Unialias (1) (0-1)
Joe T (1) vs. AAA Batteries (1) In progress
Dancing Bones (1) vs. VA703 (.5) (0-1)
Wyld Stallyns (0) vs. Shuke (0) waiting for invite?
Eddie Spaghetti One Point Bye
1. Joffer and Charvik, please confirm that your game is in progress.
2. andyjayhawker, please confirm that you have received no invitation yet.
3. Shuke, please confirm that you have received no invitation yet.
Depending on the answers I get here, I might have andy play Shuke, or one of you play Eddie, and remove whoever has made no challenge from the tournament. Let me know ASAP and I will decide, thanks.
AAABatteries
Footballguy
For the entertainment of all, please compare and contrast playing the GM vs. playing me.kutta said:
ragincajun
Footballguy
Invite sent for him to wipe the floor with me.timschochet said:
charvik
Footballguy
I am?
Sorry for being slow the last day. I've been on the road for 18 hours and my internet access wasn't as good as I anticipated.
dancingbones
Footballguy
The match between VA703 & I went (0-1), but I played as black.timschochet said:
kutta
Footballguy
Lol. You are really underselling yourself. I think all our games can be traced to one goof by you. Overall you play very solidly. This game we have going now is very tight.But the grandmaster was really good...
timschochet
Footballguy
Looks like Shuke is the only one who never got an invite.
Shuke, you need to decide: I can pair you with Eddie Spaghetti this round, or give you a forfeit win. If I don't hear from you before the final game for this round has been completed, it will be a forfeit win.
Shuke, you need to decide: I can pair you with Eddie Spaghetti this round, or give you a forfeit win. If I don't hear from you before the final game for this round has been completed, it will be a forfeit win.
AAABatteries
Footballguy
Ok, I'm not 100% certain what happened but JoeT and I drew.
What's the rule about it being an auto-draw if you get in the same position 3 times? Because that's apparently what happened.
It was a comedy of errors all match.
What's the rule about it being an auto-draw if you get in the same position 3 times? Because that's apparently what happened.
It was a comedy of errors all match.
Steve Tasker
Footballguy
If the same exact position occurs three times, the player with the move can, but is not forced to, claim a draw without the agreement of the other player.Ok, I'm not 100% certain what happened but JoeT and I drew.
What's the rule about it being an auto-draw if you get in the same position 3 times? Because that's apparently what happened.
It was a comedy of errors all match.
Threefold repetition
AAABatteries
Footballguy
Thanks Tasker.If the same exact position occurs three times, the player with the move can, but is not forced to, claim a draw without the agreement of the other player.Threefold repetitionOk, I'm not 100% certain what happened but JoeT and I drew.
What's the rule about it being an auto-draw if you get in the same position 3 times? Because that's apparently what happened.
It was a comedy of errors all match.
Joe T
Footballguy
I think Chess Time forces a draw. I wasn't given any option either way.If the same exact position occurs three times, the player with the move can, but is not forced to, claim a draw without the agreement of the other player.Threefold repetitionOk, I'm not 100% certain what happened but JoeT and I drew.
What's the rule about it being an auto-draw if you get in the same position 3 times? Because that's apparently what happened.
It was a comedy of errors all match.
AAABatteries
Footballguy
Do you want to try and play it out?I think Chess Time forces a draw. I wasn't given any option either way.If the same exact position occurs three times, the player with the move can, but is not forced to, claim a draw without the agreement of the other player.Threefold repetitionOk, I'm not 100% certain what happened but JoeT and I drew.
What's the rule about it being an auto-draw if you get in the same position 3 times? Because that's apparently what happened.
It was a comedy of errors all match.
Joe T
Footballguy
No, it was a draw unless one of us hits a button wrong or something. There was nothing left to do.Do you want to try and play it out?I think Chess Time forces a draw. I wasn't given any option either way.If the same exact position occurs three times, the player with the move can, but is not forced to, claim a draw without the agreement of the other player.Threefold repetitionOk, I'm not 100% certain what happened but JoeT and I drew.
What's the rule about it being an auto-draw if you get in the same position 3 times? Because that's apparently what happened.
It was a comedy of errors all match.
timschochet
Footballguy
I'm going to go ahead and give Shuke a forfeit win because we're nearing the end of the round. Wyld Stallyns is out of the tournament. So long as everybody else sticks around, we won't have any more byes in the second half.
timschochet
Footballguy
Update:
timschochet (2) vs. Psychopav (2) (1-0)
charvik (2) vs. joffer (2) in progress
Ragincajun (1) vs.andyjaywalker (1.5) in progress
Kutta (1.5) vs. nysfl2 (1.5) in progress
Abraham (1) vs. Sand (1) (1-0)
Bogart (1) vs. Unialias (1) (0-1)
Joe T (1) vs. AAA Batteries (1) (1/2-1/20
VA703 (.5) vs.Dancing Bones (1) (0-1)
Shuke (0) One Point Bye
Eddie Spaghetti (0) One Point Bye
timschochet (2) vs. Psychopav (2) (1-0)
charvik (2) vs. joffer (2) in progress
Ragincajun (1) vs.andyjaywalker (1.5) in progress
Kutta (1.5) vs. nysfl2 (1.5) in progress
Abraham (1) vs. Sand (1) (1-0)
Bogart (1) vs. Unialias (1) (0-1)
Joe T (1) vs. AAA Batteries (1) (1/2-1/20
VA703 (.5) vs.Dancing Bones (1) (0-1)
Shuke (0) One Point Bye
Eddie Spaghetti (0) One Point Bye
kutta pretty much outplayed me throughout except for that one blunder, but chess is an cruel, unforgiving game.
kutta vs nysfl2 (0-1)
andyjayhawker
Footballguy
timschochet
Footballguy
OK, we're just waiting for charvik and joffer to conclude.
timschochet
Footballguy
joffer
Footballguy
Trying to pick up the pace. Critical spot right now, we're getting there.
timschochet
Footballguy
No problem. Didn't mean to rush you, just wanted to know.
You do realize the winner plays me, right?
charvik
Footballguy
I'm not looking too good at the moment. Joffer is damn good.
timschochet
Footballguy
charvik
Footballguy
Not really, just good at taking advantage of people when they are drinking while avoiding to play (mostly) while I drink myself. /grandmastertactics
AAABatteries
Footballguy
If my calculations are correct, I'll play Kutta - YOU GOT TO BE KIDDING ME!!!!
*If my calculations are incorrect then please ignore me.
*If my calculations are incorrect then please ignore me.
timschochet
Footballguy
This will have to wait until I get home; about an hour from now.
timschochet
Footballguy
Round 4
timschochet (3) vs. joffer (3)
nysfl2 (2.5) vs. andyjaywalker (2.5)
Psychopav (2) vs. charvik (2)
Abraham (2) vs. Unialias (2)
Dancing Bones (2) vs. Joe T (1.5)
AAA Batteries (1.5) vs. Kutta (1.5)
Rajincajun (1) vs. Sand (1)
Bogart (1) vs. Shuke (1)
EddieSpaghetti (1) vs. VA703 (.5)
timschochet (3) vs. joffer (3)
nysfl2 (2.5) vs. andyjaywalker (2.5)
Psychopav (2) vs. charvik (2)
Abraham (2) vs. Unialias (2)
Dancing Bones (2) vs. Joe T (1.5)
AAA Batteries (1.5) vs. Kutta (1.5)
Rajincajun (1) vs. Sand (1)
Bogart (1) vs. Shuke (1)
EddieSpaghetti (1) vs. VA703 (.5)
AAABatteries
Footballguy
Tim, Kutta and I have been playing a game for over a week with me as white. Assuming he is ok with using this game are you ok with it or should we start a new one?
I'm not sure if it benefits one of us or not - I should know but don't.
I'm not sure if it benefits one of us or not - I should know but don't.
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