Sciforums Chess Tournament

[Prince_James]

I myself would personally love to start up a forum-wide chess tournament to take place in November. We could use a simple, easy-to-use online chess server, such as those found at http://games.yahoo.com and organize games and the tournament structure here in the thread, in Sciforums PMs, and in off-site IM services.

Might anyone else be interested? I am thinking if we get at least 8 people interested, we could start up the tournament.

The tournament:

Prince James
Absane
Imaplanck.
Oniw17
phonetic
Draqon
Voodoo Child


As suggested by Voodoo Child:

White
Prince James
Absane
Enterprise-D
Voodoo Child

Black
Roman
Oniw17
phonetic
Imaplanck.


TOURNAMENT STRUCTURE:

Editted for error. Check!

Round 1: Opening: 8 players - 4 winners, 4 losers.
Round 2: Quarter finals: 4 players - 2 winners, 2 losers.
Round 3: Semi-finals: 2 players - 1 winner, 1 loser.
Round 4: Loser's Bracket Opening: The losers of round 1. 4 players - 2 winners, 2 losers. Losers are eliminated.
Round 5: Loser's Bracket II: The winners of round 4. 2 players - 1 winner, 1 loser. Loser is eliminated.
Round 6: Loser's Bracket III: Losers of round 2. 2 players - 1 winner, 1 loser.
Round 7: Loser's Bracket Quarter-finals: Winner of round 5 and loser of round 6. 2 players - 1 winner, 1 loser. Loser is eliminated.
Round 8: Loser's Bracket Semi-finals: Winner of round 7 and winner of round 6. 2 players - 1 winner, 1 loser. Loser is eliminated.
Round 9: Loser's Bracket Finals: Winner of round 8 and loser of round 3. 2 players - 1 winner, 1 loser. Loser is eliminated.
Round 10: Championship Round I: Winner of round 3 and winner of round 9. 2 players - 1 winner, 1 loser. If loser is winner of round 3, move onto round 10. If not, the champion is crowned.
Round 11: Championship Round II: Self-explanatory from the above.



http://games.yahoo.com has two advantages over pretty much everything: 1. It is free and easy. 2. It sends results of the games to your e-mail. We'll be playing there

ROUND 1

Prince James - Oniw17. Winner: Prince James

Absane - Roman. Winner: Absane.

Draqon - Phonetic Winner: Phonetic, by forfeit.

Voodoo Child - Imaplanck. Winner: Voodoo Child

Round 2:

Prince James v. Absane. Winner: Absane.

Voodoo Child v. Phonetic. Winner: Voodoo Child

Round 3:

Absane v. Voodoo Child. Winner: Absane.

Round 4:

Oniw17 v. Roman. Double forfeit. The first to post, if any, is included. Otherwise, either both will be replaced or the tournament will just go on.

Imaplanck v. Enterprise D. Winner: Enterprise D., by forfeit.

Round 6:

Prince James v. Phonetic. Winner: Phonetic

Round 5

Enterprise D. Winner by forfeit.

Round 7:

Enterprise D v. Prince James. Winner: Enterprise D. Prince James is eliminated.
Round 8:

Phonetic v. Enterprise D. Winner: Enterprise D. Phonetic is eliminated.

Round 9:

Voodochild v. Enterprise D. Winner: Enterprise D. Voodoochild is eliminated.

Round 10 CHAMPIONSHIP:

Absane v. Enterprise D.







Don't forget to post the results WITH the moves if possible!

Start pairing up and seeing what time would be best for you guys. Once everyone has played their game and reported the win/loss, we'll go to the next round.

Note: Draws and stalemates result in a second game played between those players, colours switched. This will continue till there is a winner of that matchup.

Please disregard Lixluke. He is being a bother and purposefully attempting to confuse those in the thread.

[Absane]

I am really bad at chess, but I am up for it.

[lixluke]

I'm in. I play there sometimes. Haven't been on there in a month though.

[Fraggle Rocker]

Sorry, I'm not left-brained enough to play chess decently. If anyone wants to set up a go tournament I'll play.

[Absane]

Sorry, I'm not left-brained enough to play chess decently. If anyone wants to set up a go tournament I'll play.

Actually, very good chess players don't really think as much as we, well think. They actually rely more on memories of similar situations from the past to guide them on the best moves to make.

[Oniw17]

I'll play a tournament, but I'm not all that great at it.

[phonetic]

Count me in. I usually make silly mistakes and lose my queen fairly quickly.

[Absane]

Count me in. I usually make silly mistakes and lose my queen fairly quickly.

The queen is not the end-all... however, you shouldn't be bringing your queen out in the opening.

There is an exception.. I saw a game played by a grandmaster versus grandmaster. The guy playing white "gave up" his queen within 15 moves or so. The other guy took the bait and within another 8 or so, he won

[Prince_James]

Excellent. Anyone else up for it?

[draqon]

well I am...but when?

[sderenzi]

Take a look at this, it somewhat resembles your idea in that it goes beyond the mere posting of text.

http://www.sciforums.com/showthread.php?t=59152

James is pretty scary there ehh?

Here's what he says that freaks me

James R,

"sciforums is not a matchmaking forum. It is not a porn site. It is not a chat forum.
It is a science forum. If you're not here for science or other intelligent discussion, then you're not in the right place. Find somewhere more suitable. Please."

In relation to your post it might say

"sciforums is not a gaming forum. It is not a play forum. It is not a chat forum.
It is a science forum. If you're not here for science or other intelligent discussion, then you're not in the right place. Find somewhere more suitable. Please."

[draqon]

Take a look at this, it somewhat resembles your idea in that it goes beyond the mere posting of text.

http://www.sciforums.com/showthread.php?t=59152

James is pretty scary there ehh?

he holds power above us, James that is. We shall bow to that which he considers is wrong. However if there was an instant were James would loose such power...retaliation for the evil done, will come. But for now...let James rule.

[draqon]

Take a look at this, it somewhat resembles your idea in that it goes beyond the mere posting of text.

http://www.sciforums.com/showthread.php?t=59152

James is pretty scary there ehh?

Here's what he says that freaks me

James R,

"sciforums is not a matchmaking forum. It is not a porn site. It is not a chat forum.
It is a science forum. If you're not here for science or other intelligent discussion, then you're not in the right place. Find somewhere more suitable. Please."

In relation to your post it might say

"sciforums is not a gaming forum. It is not a play forum. It is not a chat forum.
It is a science forum. If you're not here for science or other intelligent discussion, then you're not in the right place. Find somewhere more suitable. Please."

And this too

this is not a psychology discussion forum as well...as he states

I'd suggest that sciforums is not the best place to seek psychiatric advice. Very few people here are mental health professionals.

The best person to talk to is a doctor or psychologist. But if you insist on using the internet, then there are plenty of online support groups for people with all kinds of mental illness. Why not contact them instead? They'll be more helpful than most people here.

My...o My...our options are limited all to a narrow path...looks like science in here is shaped according to anti-Darwinism progression of thinking.

[Absane]

Dragon.. it won't work because games can be thought of as an intellectual challange. Dating/sex.. well it rarely leads to anything intelligent unless the nature of it is called upon.

[draqon]

Dragon.. it won't work because games can be thought of as an intellectual challange. Dating/sex.. well it rarely leads to anything intelligent unless the nature of it is called upon.

oh...poor James...will not have us this time.

[Prince_James]

I strongly doubt that James R. shall object to this thread.

[draqon]

I strongly doubt that James R. shall object to this thread.

...but he shall mark the beasts that rose against his power, to later kill and smother in the vain.

[leopold]

i would be interested in a chess forum.

[Prince_James]

This thread is about chess, not whether James R. is a good mod or not.

So far then we have these people for the tournament:

Prince James
Absane
Dragon
Lixluke
Oniw17
phonetic

We should try to get at least two more people involved so we can do a three round tournament with or without a loser's bracket.

[draqon]

This thread is about chess, not whether James R. is a good mod or not.

So far then we have these people for the tournament:

Prince James
Absane
Dragon
Lixluke
Oniw17
phonetic

We should try to get at least two more people involved so we can do a three round tournament with or without a loser's bracket.

leopold99 just said he is interested why isnt he on the list? and...ummm...I am draqon w/ a q... please correct...thank you...