Dear Kossacks:
Yes, the Daily Kos Chess Tournament 2009 (DKCT09) is still going. We're into Round 3! See below for standings and upcoming match information, courtesy of a neat new website by papicek.
Quick announcement #1: DKCT09 diaries will be posted each day at or around 2 pm ET.
Quick announcement #2: As the number of players in the field has dropped to 116, we may be shortening the tournament from 8 rounds to 7. More to come on this at a later date.
Also, to wrap up Round 2....the Black Knight always triumphs! Of 61 matches in Round 2, Black was victorious 54.1% of the time. Considering that Black wins less than half the time when White opens with the King's Pawn to e4, this is pretty remarkable. An aberration? A trend? We shall see.
Oh, alright. In case you clicked over here thinking you'd see the Monty Python video, here you go:
A belated hat tip to FWIW for posting a tournament open thread in my stead yesterday. Cheers, man.
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DKOS CHESS TOURNAMENT 2009: ROUND 3 (June 29-July 6)
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UPCOMING MATCHES
White | Black | Match Time | Match Site |
Gangster Octopus | ben masel | Tuesday, June 30, 2009 07:00 PM ET | Chess.com |
mquander | montrealdan | Tuesday, June 30, 2009 07:00 PM ET | Chess Cube |
Cobbler | M31 | Tuesday, June 30, 2009 10:30 PM ET | Chess.com |
Elvis Vader | papicek | Tuesday, June 30, 2009 11:00 PM ET | Chess.com |
high5 | cschess | Wednesday, July 01, 2009 01:00 PM ET | Chess.com |
TeacherRyan | i know | Wednesday, July 01, 2009 08:00 PM ET | Chess.com |
ActivistGuy | cavebird | Wednesday, July 01, 2009 09:00 PM ET | Chess.com |
Nargel | MakeChessNotWar | Wednesday, July 01, 2009 10:30 PM ET | Chess.com |
Dbug | Dan Morris | Thursday, July 02, 2009 06:00 PM ET | Chess.com |
Blue Wind | Spud1 | Friday, July 03, 2009 11:00 PM ET | Chess Cube |
To chess players: When you have agreed to a schedule and chess website with your opponent, enter your match information at
this webpage. Confirm your match schedule
here.
To the community: If you would like to watch an upcoming match, you will first need to register for an account on the website where the game is taking place, then log in. You can observe the games on Chess.com by opening Live Chess (under the Play tab at the top of the main page) and finding the user of your choice. On FICS, type "observe [INSERT USER'S NAME HERE]" into the command console. On Chess Cube, add the user you're looking for as a friend, click on that user's profile, and observe the game he/she is playing. On Yahoo! Games, you will need to know which room/lounge the user is playing in -- then just enter it and sit at the table.
See more information about using these websites here.
MATCH-UPS
The match-ups for Round 3 have been selected by the Tournament Director based on the results of Rounds 1-2 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 ample opportunity to play as both White and Black throughout the tournament.
WHITE | vs. | BLACK | WINNER |
high5 | vs. | cschess | . |
nargel | vs. | MakeChessNotWar | . |
PsiFighter37 | vs. | Anderson Republican | . |
vets74 | vs. | Dvd Avins | . |
Albanius | vs. | FWIW | . |
Gangster Octopus | vs. | ben masel | . |
jerseycorn | vs. | Sharkmeister | . |
Abelian | vs. | Thutmose V | . |
Cobbler | vs. | M31 | . |
mquander | vs. | montrealdan | . |
TeacherRyan | vs. | i know | . |
DoomsdayShark | vs. | RickMassimo | . |
Keith Pickering | vs. | wmorriss | . |
dov12348 | vs. | Twin Planets | . |
FightingRegistrar | vs. | Andrew Lazarus | . |
Jumpin J | vs. | AndrewMC | . |
ericledford | vs. | spider441 | . |
PedsNeuro | vs. | rhutcheson | . |
LaughingPlanet | vs. | thereisnospoon | . |
hekebolos | vs. | BTP | . |
Kimball | vs. | Grey Paladin | . |
ActivistGuy | vs. | cavebird | . |
debedb | vs. | brendanm98 | . |
Robert Naiman | vs. | ferrisbueller | . |
kto9 | vs. | PinkFreud | . |
lostboyjim | vs. | Marcion | . |
sharris0512 | vs. | hanswall | . |
stlbucket | vs. | Melanchthon | . |
Bill White | vs. | writerkirk | . |
Dbug | vs. | Dan Morris | . |
RageKage | vs. | dmet | . |
dnta | vs. | dpinzow | . |
cmorrison | vs. | DynamicUno | . |
dissonantharmony | vs. | USArmyParatrooper | . |
Elvis Vader | vs. | papicek | . |
cskendrick | vs. | mconvente | . |
Chicagoa | vs. | Seneca Doane | . |
drache | vs. | black2thefuture | . |
Guy Fawkes | vs. | eddiem86 | . |
BaxKen | vs. | Mo | . |
SuperBowlXX | vs. | bgblcklab1 | . |
mnguy66 | vs. | eztempo | . |
evilstorm | vs. | Ignacio Magaloni | . |
Blue Wind | vs. | Spud1 | . |
Blue Intrigue | vs. | Geenius at Wrok | . |
ThyrsiodB | vs. | Free Radical | . |
KillerKoala | vs. | Odysseus | . |
TheCid | vs. | Unlabled | . |
vescis | vs. | ajsuited | . |
cartwrightdale | vs. | lexington1 | . |
zamrzla | vs. | filmgeek83 | . |
DeadB0y | vs. | rmonroe | . |
ZaBlanc | vs. | Something the Dog Said | . |
Joffan | vs. | Jimdotz | . |
mattc129 | vs. | Patch Adam | . |
JeffLieber | vs. | Pym | . |
Kevin in Long Beach | vs. | foodmetaphors | . |
Celtic Merlin | vs. | neilliebus | . |
STANDINGS
Note: Standings are sorted first by number of matches, then by points, then by alphabetical order. Color balance is included.
Player | # Matches | Points | # White | # Black |
Abelian | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Albanius | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Anderson Republican | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Andrew Lazarus | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
ben masel | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Cobbler | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
cschess | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
DoomsdayShark | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
dov12348 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Dvd Avins | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
FWIW | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Gangster Octopus | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
high5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
i know | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
jerseycorn | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Keith Pickering | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
M31 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
MakeChessNotWar | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
montrealdan | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
mquander | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
nargel | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
PsiFighter37 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
RickMassimo | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Sharkmeister | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
TeacherRyan | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Thutmose V | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Twin Planets | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
vets74 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
wmorriss | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
FightingRegistrar | 2 | 1.5 | 1 | 1 |
hekebolos | 2 | 1.5 | 1 | 1 |
Jumpin J | 2 | 1.5 | 1 | 1 |
LaughingPlanet | 2 | 1.5 | 1 | 1 |
rhutcheson | 2 | 1.5 | 1 | 1 |
spider441 | 2 | 1.5 | 1 | 1 |
ActivistGuy | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
AndrewMC | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
BaxKen | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
bgblcklab1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Bill White | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
black2thefuture | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Blue Wind | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
brendanm98 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
BTP | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
cavebird | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Chicagoa | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
cmorrison | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
cskendrick | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Dan Morris | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Dbug | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
debedb | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
dissonantharmony | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
dmet | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
dnta | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
dpinzow | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
drache | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
DynamicUno | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
eddiem86 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Elvis Vader | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
ericledford | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
evilstorm | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
eztempo | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
ferrisbueller | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Guy Fawkes | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Geenius at Wrok | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Grey Paladin | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
hanswall | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Ignacio Magaloni | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Kimball | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
KStreetProjector | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
kto9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
lostboyjim | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Marcion | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
mconvente | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Melanchthon | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
mnguy66 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Mo | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
papicek | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
PedsNeuro | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
PinkFreud | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
RageKage | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Robert Naiman | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
rteeter | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Seneca Doane | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
sharris0512 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
stlbucket | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
SuperBowlXX | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
thereisnospoon | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
ThyrsiodB | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
USArmyParatrooper | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
writerkirk | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
cartwrightdale | 2 | 0.5 | 1 | 1 |
Free Radical | 2 | 0.5 | 1 | 1 |
TheCid | 2 | 0.5 | 1 | 1 |
ajsuited | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Blue Intrigue | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Celtic Merlin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Crawdaddy | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
DeadB0y | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
filmgeek83 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
foodmetaphors | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
JeffLieber | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Jimdotz | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Joffan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
kentuckydave | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Kevin in Long Beach | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
KillerKoala | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
lexington1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
matador | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
mattc129 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
neilliebus | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Odysseus | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Patch Adam | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Pym | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
rmonroe | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
sjohntucson | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Something the Dog Said | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Spud1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Unlabled | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
vescis | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
ZaBlanc | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
zamrzla | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
aaraujo | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 |
Uncle Cosmo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
valislav stein | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
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.