The DKos Chess Tournament 2009 open thread is now open! Updated standings and results through Round 2 are posted below.
To the chess players: Please post your match info (time and place) so I can update the diary.
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DKOS CHESS TOURNAMENT 2009: ROUND 2 (June 21-28)
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PUMP-UP JOCK JAM: "Superfreak" by Rick James
UPCOMING MATCHES
BTP vs. mquander on Chess.com, Tuesday 6/23 @ 9 PM ET. BTP's Chess.com username is BTPHartford.
Abelian vs. Kimball on Chess.com, Tuesday 6/23 @ 10 PM ET.
Something the Dog Said vs. SuperBowlXX (website TBA), Wednesday 6/24 @ 9 PM ET.
hanswall vs. cschess on Chess.com, date & time TBA.
rhutcheson vs. hekebolos on Chess.com, Thursday 6/25 @ 10 PM ET.
MATCH-UPS AND RESULTS
Note: The match-ups for Round 2 have been selected by the Tournament Director based on the results of Round 1 and the approximate skill rating of each player. All matches will have a 30-minute time limit per player, 0 bonus time. Every effort is being ensured to maintain color balance. In other words, every player will have the opportunity to play as both White and Black throughout the tournament.
WHITE | vs. | BLACK | WINNER |
hanswall | vs. | cschess | . |
MakeChessNotWar | vs. | PedsNeuro | . |
writerkirk | vs. | PsiFighter37 | . |
AndrewMC | vs. | vets74 | . |
ericledford | vs. | Albanius | . |
ben masel | vs. | thereisnospoon | . |
montrealdan | vs. | cavebird | . |
DynamicUno | vs. | Sharkmeister | . |
Abelian | vs. | Kimball | . |
brendanm98 | vs. | TeacherRyan | . |
dmet | vs. | Cobbler | . |
BTP | vs. | mquander | . |
i know | vs. | ActivistGuy | . |
RickMassimo | vs. | lostboyjim | . |
Twin Planets | vs. | kto9 | . |
ferrisbueller | vs. | wmorriss | . |
Andrew Lazarus | vs. | Robert Naiman | . |
Melanchthon | vs. | dov12348 | . |
Seneca Doane | vs. | high5 | high5 |
PinkFreud | vs. | Keith Pickering | . |
Chicagoa | vs. | Anderson Republican | . |
Dan Morris | vs. | jerseycorn | . |
FightingRegistrar | vs. | stlbucket | . |
Dvd Avins | vs. | rteeter | . |
FWIW | vs. | cskendrick | . |
Gangster Octopus | vs. | Free Radical | . |
Marcion | vs. | nargel | . |
rhutcheson | vs. | hekebolos | . |
Thutmose V | vs. | RageKage | . |
KStreetProjector | vs. | M31 | . |
Geenius at Wrok | vs. | DoomsdayShark | . |
foodmetaphors | vs. | Jumpin J | . |
Ignacio Magaloni | vs. | cartwrightdale | . |
spider441 | vs. | neilliebus | . |
ajsuited | vs. | LaughingPlanet | . |
dpinzow | vs. | TheCid | DRAW |
aaraujo | vs. | ThyrsiodB | . |
zamrzla | vs. | Guy Fawkes | . |
Grey Paladin | vs. | vescis | . |
dissonantharmony | vs. | kentuckydave | . |
mconvente | vs. | DeadB0y | . |
black2thefuture | vs. | Pym | . |
Blue Intrigue | vs. | USArmyParatrooper | . |
cmorrison | vs. | ZaBlanc | . |
KillerKoala | vs. | Dbug | . |
sjohntucson | vs. | dnta | . |
eddiem86 | vs. | Jimdotz | . |
sharris0512 | vs. | BaxKen | . |
Patch Adam | vs. | bgblcklab1 | . |
debedb | vs. | matador | . |
Spud1 | vs. | eztempo | . |
Crawdaddy | vs. | Blue Wind | . |
papicek | vs. | Celtic Merlin | . |
Kevin in Long Beach | vs. | Bill White | . |
lexington1 | vs. | Mo | . |
rmonroe | vs. | drache | . |
Unlabled | vs. | filmgeek83 | . |
Elvis Vader | vs. | mattc129 | Elvis Vader |
Something the Dog Said | vs. | SuperBowlXX | . |
evilstorm | vs. | Joffan | . |
JeffLieber | vs. | mnguy66 | . |
UPDATED STANDINGS
Note: Standings are sorted first by points, then by alphabetical order. Color balance is included. Players who won their matches by forfeit had randomly selected colors for Round 1.
Player | # Matches | Points | # White | # Black |
high5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Abelian | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
ActivistGuy | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Albanius | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Anderson Republican | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Andrew Lazarus | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
AndrewMC | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
ben masel | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
brendanm98 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
BTP | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
cavebird | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Chicagoa | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Cobbler | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
cschess | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
cskendrick | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Dan Morris | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
dmet | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
DoomsdayShark | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
dov12348 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
dpinzow | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Dvd Avins | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
DynamicUno | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Elvis Vader | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
ericledford | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
ferrisbueller | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
FWIW | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Gangster Octopus | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Geenius at Wrok | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
hanswall | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
hekebolos | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
i know | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
jerseycorn | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Keith Pickering | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Kimball | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
KStreetProjector | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
kto9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
lostboyjim | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
M31 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
MakeChessNotWar | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Marcion | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Melanchthon | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
montrealdan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
mquander | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
nargel | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
PedsNeuro | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
PinkFreud | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
PsiFighter37 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
RageKage | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
rhutcheson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
RickMassimo | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Robert Naiman | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
rteeter | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Seneca Doane | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Sharkmeister | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
stlbucket | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
TeacherRyan | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
thereisnospoon | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Thutmose V | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Twin Planets | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
vets74 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
wmorriss | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
writerkirk | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
aaraujo | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 |
cartwrightdale | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 |
FightingRegistrar | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 |
Free Radical | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 |
Jumpin J | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 |
LaughingPlanet | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 |
spider441 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 |
TheCid | 2 | 0.5 | 1 | 1 |
ajsuited | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
BaxKen | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
bgblcklab1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Bill White | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
black2thefuture | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Blue Intrigue | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Blue Wind | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Celtic Merlin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
cmorrison | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Crawdaddy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Dbug | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
DeadB0y | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
debedb | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
dissonantharmony | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
dnta | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
drache | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
eddiem86 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
evilstorm | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
eztempo | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
filmgeek83 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
foodmetaphors | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Grey Paladin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Guy Fawkes | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Ignacio Magaloni | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
JeffLieber | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Jimdotz | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Joffan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
kentuckydave | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Kevin in Long Beach | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
KillerKoala | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
lexington1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
matador | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
mattc129 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
mconvente | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
mnguy66 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Mo | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
neilliebus | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Odysseus | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
papicek | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Patch Adam | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Pym | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
rmonroe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
sharris0512 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
sjohntucson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Something the Dog Said | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Spud1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
SuperBowlXX | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
ThyrsiodB | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Uncle Cosmo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Unlabled | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
USArmyParatrooper | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
valislav stein | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
vescis | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
ZaBlanc | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
zamrzla | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
KEY:
Points = 1 point for a win, 0 points for a loss, 0.5 points for a draw.
# White = Number of times played as White.
# Black = Number of times played as Black.
# Matches = Number of matches played.