4th annual FBG chess tourney- Congrats to Kasparov! 1st place (1 Viewer)

[Otis]

In, what the hell: KingOtis

 

[timschochet]

Last day to sign up for round 1

 

[timschochet]

OK, we are set at 22 players:

1. timschochet

2. joffer (joffer8079)

3. Kutta

4. McGarnicle

5. UniAlias (chasec)

6. ragincajun (Ragincajun)

7. NajehHejan (ChessMaster90210)

8. AAABatteries

9. Abraham

10. jamny

11. Juxtatarot (Juxtat)

12. nysfl2 (jweldy)

13. Dentist (zam88)

14. Psychopav

15. Eminence (molten rock man)

16. andyjayhawker

17. RdRunner (RdRunner)

18. shuke

19. Aerial Assault

20. tommyboy (Tommyboy222)

21. Kasparov (FBGKaspy)

22. Otis (KingOtis)

grateful zed and Nero can still join up by posting their Chess Time names. Otherwise, Round 1 is closed. If you sign up now, you will be signing up for round 2. I will post round 1 matchups shortly. Official start time is tommorow. All round 1 matchups will be chose randomly using Research Randomizer.

 

[timschochet]

OK, here are the round 1 matchups:

Round 1 (left side WHITE)

nysfl2 vs. Dentist

joffer vs. shuke

Abraham vs. Psychopav

Eminence vs. Aerial Assault

McGarnicle vs. jamny

NajehHejan vs. ragincajun

Juxtatarot vs. AAABatteries

timschochet vs. Kasparov

Otis vs. Kutta

tommyboy vs. UniAlias

RDRunner vs. andyjayhawker

Left side is White. If you are White, you have to challenge black. Please refer to the OP for Chess Time nicknames. Please start your game ASAP and post here once your game has begun. If your game has not begun by Wednesday, I will probably remove whoever has been negligent from the tourney and reschedule you against somebody else.

Good luck everyone! (Can't believe my first game is against somebody named Kasparov. Just my luck.)

 

[timschochet]

tim vs. Kasparov started.

 

[joffer]

pm invite shuke

 

[AAABatteries]

Tim, can we swap Juxt and I - having me play white?

 

[timschochet]

Tim, can we swap Juxt and I - having me play white?

No. Everything was randomly set, sorry.

 

[AAABatteries]

Tim, can we swap Juxt and I - having me play white?

No. Everything was randomly set, sorry.

Ok - we've started

 

[kutta]

tim vs. Kasparov started.

That's a hell of a first round battle. Good luck guys.

 

[Mr. Pickles]

tim vs. Kasparov started.

Hopefully he's playing you as part of a blindfold simul.

 

[timschochet]

tim vs. Kasparov started.

Hopefully he's playing you as part of a blindfold simul.

IT'S NOT THE REAL KASPAROV!

I hope.

 

[Eminence]

Invite sent to Aerial Assault.

 

[SacramentoBob]

You should probably make a ruling on the analysis board so people don't get confused about that again.

 

[timschochet]

You should probably make a ruling on the analysis board so people don't get confused about that again.

Thanks good point. You are allowed to use the Chess Time analysis board so long as it's just use and no other person or computer is helping you.

 

[Kasparov]

tim vs. Kasparov started.

Hopefully he's playing you as part of a blindfold simul.

Not a blindfold simul but I am drinking spiked eggnog and playing Tim at the same time (no disrespect intended btw, it's just the season!)

 

[Kasparov]

tim vs. Kasparov started.

That's a hell of a first round battle. Good luck guys.

Thanks. Would be nice to seed everyone by their rating first then pair up as is usually done in chess tourneys.

 

[timschochet]

tim vs. Kasparov started.

That's a hell of a first round battle. Good luck guys.

Thanks. Would be nice to seed everyone by their rating first then pair up as is usually done in chess tourneys.

Too much work, too many new people, and the Chess Time ratings are inaccurate.

 

[Otis]

Invite sent to my GB Kutta

 

[Zegras11]

I'll play. Getzlaf15. Will wait til rd 2 or if you get one more for rd 1

 

[kutta]

Invite sent to my GB Kutta

Accepted.

I might be a little slow as I'm on the road all next week. But I'll do my best to keep up.

 

[timschochet]

I'll play. Getzlaf15. Will wait til rd 2 or if you get one more for rd 1

OK. Let's see if we can get one more for round 1 and you can start.

 

[John Bender]

I'll play Getz if it's round one

shawnwn on chesstime

 

[jamny]

My name on the app is JamesL13

 

[Zegras11]

I'll play Getz if it's round one

shawnwn on chesstime

invited

 

[McGarnicle]

My name on the app is JamesL13

Pretty annihilated tonight but will send invite tomorrow morning.

 

[timschochet]

I'll play Getz if it's round one

shawnwn on chesstime

invited

Great! Getz is white. I'll post on Op later.

 

[Aerial Assault]

Invite sent to Aerial Assault.

Accepted and game begun . . .

 

[John Bender]

Getz GB - I move slow because I drink a lot and don't like to think while drinking, but I will try to keep it sped up for you.

 

[Eminence]

Invite sent to Aerial Assault.

Accepted and game begun . . .

You're going down, pal

 

[McGarnicle]

Invite sent to Aerial Assault.

Accepted and game begun . . .

GOOD LUCK AERIAL ASSAULT

 

[Zegras11]

Getz GB - I move slow because I drink a lot and don't like to think while drinking, but I will try to keep it sped up for you.

take your time.... I'm in no hurry

 

[nysfl2]

Game with dentist has started

 

[Mr. Pickles]

Invite sent to Aerial Assault.

Accepted and game begun . . .

You're going down, pal

1. a4 enthusiast?

 

[Psychopav]

Correspondence rules means databases and books etc are fair game yes?

No. And it's not correspondence. Everyone will be playing on Chess Time. Please don't use outside sources for help.

I thought it was ok to use help through standard opening book moves. I guess I'm confused on this. Can I, for example, consult Chess Tempo's openings database? I certainly did last year and thought most players were doing something similar.

 

[timschochet]

Correspondence rules means databases and books etc are fair game yes?

No. And it's not correspondence. Everyone will be playing on Chess Time. Please don't use outside sources for help.

I thought it was ok to use help through standard opening book moves. I guess I'm confused on this. Can I, for example, consult Chess Tempo's openings database? I certainly did last year and thought most players were doing something similar.

You shouldn't consult any books or websites. You can do it before the game and after the game, but during the game you should be on your own. Naturally I can't enforce this on anyone; we take you at your word. But your opponent should be playing YOU and not the Chess Tempo database. I don't recall this coming up last year but I'm sorry if you were confused about it.

 

[Nero]

Created an account. I'm nero997 if you have room for another.

 

[Mr. Pickles]

Correspondence rules means databases and books etc are fair game yes?

No. And it's not correspondence. Everyone will be playing on Chess Time. Please don't use outside sources for help.

I thought it was ok to use help through standard opening book moves. I guess I'm confused on this. Can I, for example, consult Chess Tempo's openings database? I certainly did last year and thought most players were doing something similar.

 

[Aerial Assault]

Invite sent to Aerial Assault.

Accepted and game begun . . .

You're going down, pal

1. a4 enthusiast?

Nope, standard opening, e4 I believe.

 

[timschochet]

Created an account. I'm nero997 if you have room for another.

If somebody else joins up within the next day or so you can play them in round one. Otherwise you'll have to wait until next round.

 

[AAABatteries]

Correspondence rules means databases and books etc are fair game yes?

No. And it's not correspondence. Everyone will be playing on Chess Time. Please don't use outside sources for help.

I thought it was ok to use help through standard opening book moves. I guess I'm confused on this. Can I, for example, consult Chess Tempo's openings database? I certainly did last year and thought most players were doing something similar.

This must explain why I keep getting my ### kicked!

 

[kutta]

Correspondence rules means databases and books etc are fair game yes?

No. And it's not correspondence. Everyone will be playing on Chess Time. Please don't use outside sources for help.

I thought it was ok to use help through standard opening book moves. I guess I'm confused on this. Can I, for example, consult Chess Tempo's openings database? I certainly did last year and thought most players were doing something similar.

You shouldn't consult any books or websites. You can do it before the game and after the game, but during the game you should be on your own. Naturally I can't enforce this on anyone; we take you at your word. But your opponent should be playing YOU and not the Chess Tempo database. I don't recall this coming up last year but I'm sorry if you were confused about it.

I think it came up during the group game because we were all discussing different opening lines. I think for the group game we said it was ok to use a database for standard openings. I don't think we said it was ok for the tournament.

 

[Aerial Assault]

Do we post results here? (I'm new to Chesstime.) Anyway, if so, gg by Eminence, but I did prevail.

 

[John Bender]

Ya. No go on database usage. That's silly.

I know Getz is clean as he opened with 1. F3 as white and completely confused me.

 

[timschochet]

Do we post results here? (I'm new to Chesstime.) Anyway, if so, gg by Eminence, but I did prevail.

Yes, thank you. Please post results here. I willupdate the OP a little later this morning.

 

[timschochet]

Created an account. I'm nero997 if you have room for another.

If somebody else joins up within the next day or so you can play them in round one. Otherwise you'll have to wait until next round.

Bump. Anyone else want to join right now? Nero is waiting to play you.

 

[Abraham]

I sent an invite to Psycho last night. I think he won't accept because he is scared.

 

[McGarnicle]

Just mated jamny, good game dude.

 

[spOOfy]

if you need a sub or something, i'll play

 

[spOOfy]

my chesstime id is spOOfy