Zow 8,755 Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 Anybody know the current standings? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Psychopav 1,172 Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 7 hours ago, Nick Vermeil said: I played pretty well in the last tournament but I'm really stinking it up this time around! Good game Dez. I'm not doing great myself. At least we have the makings for a good final game... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Steeler 2,999 Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 3 hours ago, Aerial Assault said: @Steeler hit me up invite sent Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Juxtatarot 11,522 Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 3 hours ago, Zow said: Anybody know the current standings? It's in the first post. If Tim wins this round, he's the champ. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
timschochet 35,003 Posted February 17 Author Share Posted February 17 I beat scoobus 1-0. Fun game. I enjoyed the tournament. I’ll post final standings after the last round. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
scoobus 1,435 Posted February 17 Share Posted February 17 Congrats Tim! Thanks for putting this together. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dezbelief 804 Posted February 17 Share Posted February 17 Boston Fred beats Dezbelief, with a relentless attack. I thoroughly enjoyed. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
grateful zed 1,502 Posted February 17 Share Posted February 17 🍿 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Murph 1,340 Posted February 17 Share Posted February 17 Murph defeats Juxtatarot (1-0) Thanks to Tim for organizing and thanks to all the players. This was really fun. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mister CIA 8,611 Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 @Freak Showdefeats me, easily. 0-1. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Freak Show 96 Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 Thank you for the game Mister CIA. I look forward to playing you in the next tournament. Thank you Tim for organizing this tournament. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Zow 8,755 Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 @fatguyinalittlecoat you’re gonna move timeout... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Steeler 2,999 Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 I beat Aerial Assault. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Psychopav 1,172 Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 I beat Nick Vermeil. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
grateful zed 1,502 Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 I beat Hugh G Ricshuawn. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Zow 8,755 Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 I beat fat guy. I lost to chocolate boy. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AAABatteries 25,248 Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 AAA beats nysfl2 (0-1) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fatguyinalittlecoat 11,994 Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 1 hour ago, Zow said: I beat fat guy. This was a crushing loss. There was a point in the game where I literally thought I had won. Like, “it is impossible for Woz to stop this checkmate that’s coming in two moves” thinking. And then he escaped somehow and just took over the game. Brutal. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nysfl2 198 Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 2 hours ago, AAABatteries said: AAA beats nysfl2 (0-1) Great game 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
timschochet 35,003 Posted February 21 Author Share Posted February 21 Last game left: @shuke vs @ragincajun Once we know the winner I will post the final standings Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Zow 8,755 Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 3 hours ago, fatguyinalittlecoat said: This was a crushing loss. There was a point in the game where I literally thought I had won. Like, “it is impossible for Woz to stop this checkmate that’s coming in two moves” thinking. And then he escaped somehow and just took over the game. Brutal. Yeah you had a nice attack there built up. I will first say that I’ve spent the last few days playing in a golf tournament so I didn’t play much of our match sober, but my memory is I knew I had to take out your knight to permit my king a safe square. So, I thought by taking your knight with my bishop you’d take back with a pawn, but I could safely maneuver my king to relative safety but would be down at least my H pawn. But then you took the pawn first allowing me to both move my bishop to safety with the double benefit of buffering the king. Then you essentially semi-hung your queen in the sense that you allowed me to take it for the cost of a rook and my bishop - a trade I was happy to make already up a knight and the fact that the trade essentially eliminated your attack. If you don’t mind me asking - and assuming my memory is correct (thanks az voters for prop 207!) - why didn’t you take the bishop after I took your knight? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fatguyinalittlecoat 11,994 Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 7 minutes ago, Zow said: If you don’t mind me asking - and assuming my memory is correct (thanks az voters for prop 207!) - why didn’t you take the bishop after I took your knight? Yeah I just went back and looked and that's the exact moment when I was certain that I had won the game. I didn't take your bishop because I didn't think I needed to. Instead I moved my rook into place so that the following turn I could take your pawn and checkmate you with my queen. But I obviously failed to take into account that you would be able to stick your bishop in the way and ruin my finishing move. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
shuke 22,915 Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 3 hours ago, timschochet said: Last game left: @shuke vs @ragincajun Once we know the winner I will post the final standings ragincajun wins Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Zow 8,755 Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 1 hour ago, fatguyinalittlecoat said: Yeah I just went back and looked and that's the exact moment when I was certain that I had won the game. I didn't take your bishop because I didn't think I needed to. Instead I moved my rook into place so that the following turn I could take your pawn and checkmate you with my queen. But I obviously failed to take into account that you would be able to stick your bishop in the way and ruin my finishing move. Yeah that makes sense. Well, it was a good attack. Just a bit of a blunder I suppose not seeing what I was doing with the bishop. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
timschochet 35,003 Posted February 22 Author Share Posted February 22 FINAL RANKINGS 5.5 Pts timschochet 5 Pts @Murph 4 Pts @AAABatteries, @Juxtatarot, @scoobus, @Zow 3.5 @Freak Show 3 Pts @fatguyinalittlecoat, @nysfl2, @Psychopav, @Steeler 2.5 Pts @bostonfred 2 Pts @Aerial Assault @Mister CIA, @ragincajun 1.5 Pts @shuke 1 Pt @Dezbelief, @Nick Vermeil Congratulations to the high scores, and thanks to everyone for playing. We’ll do this again soon. 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
timschochet 35,003 Posted February 22 Author Share Posted February 22 @Murph I didn’t get the chance to play you so I’m challenging you to a game. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Steeler 2,999 Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 1 hour ago, timschochet said: FINAL RANKINGS 5.5 Pts timschochet 5 Pts @Murph 4 Pts @AAABatteries, @Juxtatarot, @scoobus, @Zow 3.5 @Freak Show 3 Pts @fatguyinalittlecoat, @nysfl2, @Psychopav, @Steeler 2.5 Pts @bostonfred 2 Pts @Aerial Assault @Mister CIA, @ragincajun 1.5 Pts @shuke 1 Pt @Dezbelief, @Nick Vermeil Congratulations to the high scores, and thanks to everyone for playing. We’ll do this again soon. Thanks Tim! First time playing and had fun. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aerial Assault 2,397 Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 Thanks, tim. I'm always playing like crap when your tourneys roll around (10 straight losses on CT currently) but I enjoyed it. And beat fred 4 out of 6 times. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Psychopav 1,172 Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 Appreciate you putting this together again this year Tim. I fear a mid tournament timeout has become a bit of a tradition now, so that makes it even nicer that you press on and organize again each year. Kudos! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Harris 693 Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 Didn't catch wind of this in time. Would be in for the next one. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Murph 1,340 Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 (edited) 19 hours ago, timschochet said: @Murph I didn’t get the chance to play you so I’m challenging you to a game. Let the record show Tim is the undisputed champ. Good game. I immediately regretted 11. Ng5. I'll be curious what the engine says. I don't know that it was an outright blunder, but from that point it felt like you were always one step ahead. Edited February 22 by Murph 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bostonfred 30,972 Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 17 hours ago, Aerial Assault said: Thanks, tim. I'm always playing like crap when your tourneys roll around (10 straight losses on CT currently) but I enjoyed it. And beat fred 4 out of 6 times. You crushed me, but I had a super exciting win against you that I'll never forget. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
timschochet 35,003 Posted February 22 Author Share Posted February 22 49 minutes ago, Murph said: Let the record show Tim is the undisputed champ. Good game. I immediately regretted 11. Ng5. I'll be curious what the engine says. I don't know that it was an outright blunder, but from that point it felt like you were always one step ahead. Ng5 is actually all right IF you follow it up immediately with f4- locking up the center and then you can retreat the night back to f3 and then Ne5. When you didn’t play f4 that allowed me to play e5 opening up the center for my troops. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AAABatteries 25,248 Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 1 hour ago, timschochet said: Ng5 is actually all right IF you follow it up immediately with f4- locking up the center and then you can retreat the night back to f3 and then Ne5. When you didn’t play f4 that allowed me to play e5 opening up the center for my troops. Post the game? I’m always intrigued to view the games if you better players. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Murph 1,340 Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 (edited) 26 minutes ago, AAABatteries said: Post the game? I’m always intrigued to view the games if you better players. Tried to put it in a spoiler box to keep post size down. But I'm dumb. 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 f5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Bd6 7. Bxd6 Qxd6 8. c5 Qc7 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. O-O O-O 11. Ng5 Re8 12. b4 e5 13. f3 Nf8 14. e4 h6 15. Nh3 fxe4 16. fxe4 Bxh3 17. gxh3 exd4 18. Qxd4 Nxe4 19. Nxd5 cxd5 20. Qxd5+ Kh8 21. Rf7 Qc6 22. Qd4 Qg6+ 23. Kh1 Qxf7 24. Rf1 Qg6 25. Bf3 Ng5 26. Bxb7 Rad8 27. Qxd8 Rxd8 28. c6 Qe4+ 29. Kg1 Nxh3# 0-1 Edited February 23 by Murph 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
joffer 12,478 Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 9. Bd3 instead of Be2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mister CIA 8,611 Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 Let's do this again soon. I'm used to killing time with the combine results about now, but Covid protocols say no/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Murph 1,340 Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 27 minutes ago, joffer said: 9. Bd3 instead of Be2 Yeah, considered both. Having gone through the experience, this is correct. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
timschochet 35,003 Posted February 23 Author Share Posted February 23 53 minutes ago, Murph said: Tried to put it in a spoiler box to keep post size down. But I'm dumb. 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 f5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Bd6 7. Bxd6 Qxd6 8. c5 Qc7 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. O-O O-O 11. Ng5 Re8 12. b4 e5 13. f3 Nf8 14. e4 h6 15. Nh3 fxe4 16. fxe4 Bxh3 17. gxh3 exd4 18. Qxd4 Nxe4 19. Nxd5 cxd5 20. Qxd5+ Kh8 21. Rf7 Qc6 22. Qd4 Qg6+ 23. Kh1 Qxf7 24. Rf1 Qg6 25. Bf3 Ng5 26. Bxb7 Rad8 27. Qxd8 Rxd8 28. c6 Qe4+ 29. Kg1 Nxh3# 0-1 If Black plays 21...Qe5, Rxf8+! I nearly fell into that trap. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Zow 8,755 Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 13 hours ago, Mister CIA said: Let's do this again soon. I'm used to killing time with the combine results about now, but Covid protocols say no/ I'm always down. Most days I have a few minutes here and there and chess fills it nicely. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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