The Chess Thread - NEW TOURNAMENT SIGNUPS

[Dowbocop]

I downloaded the Chess.com app and the lessons have really helped me (hit the weekly limit yesterday which was a bit annoying). I understand a bit about controlling the centre and opening up diagonals, and have managed to engineer a few pawn promotions against one of their bots. Also managed to salvage a stalemate from a terrible game which I had no idea about this time last week. A lot of my moves are blunders and I don't always understand why yet!

I'm up for a tournament if someone wants an effective bye to the next round!

[Pancake]

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Tomous
Pancake (chess.com username is Jonty-Bonty)

[Tomous]

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Tomous (TomChess1912)
Pancake (Jonty-Bonty)

Good idea on adding usernames

[Blue Eyes]

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Tomous (TomChess1912)
Pancake (Jonty-Bonty)
Blue Eyes (Jimby2)

Good idea on adding usernames

[Cuttooth]

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Tomous (TomChess1912)
Pancake (Jonty-Bonty)
Blue Eyes (Jimby2)
Cuttooth (quilatoo)

[Dowbocop]

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Tomous (TomChess1912)
Pancake (Jonty-Bonty)
Blue Eyes (Jimby2)
Cuttooth (quilatoo)
Dowbocop (Dowbocop)

[Corazon de Leon]

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Cora
Tomous

[Corazon de Leon]

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Tomous (TomChess1912)
Pancake (Jonty-Bonty)
Blue Eyes (Jimby2)
Cuttooth (quilatoo)
Cora (username pending)

[Tomous]

Current:

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Tomous (TomChess1912)
Pancake (Jonty-Bonty)
Blue Eyes (Jimby2)
Cuttooth (quilatoo)
Cora (username pending)
Dowbocop (Dowbocop)

A couple more would be good to get to 8

[Corazon de Leon]

Username is RetroCora.

[Super Dragon 64]

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Tomous (TomChess1912)
Pancake (Jonty-Bonty)
Blue Eyes (Jimby2)
Cuttooth (quilatoo)
Cora (username pending)
Dowbocop (Dowbocop)
Super Dragon 64 (Super_Dragon_64)

[Tomous]

What are people's thoughts on a format?

I was thinking we do 10 minute matches and give people 48 hour windows to arrange a game between themselves.


Alternatively, you can allow max time per turn and give people 48 hours to complete a game so they can take it at their own pace?

[Pancake]

I'm happy with either really. Timed games are more stressful and might be more complicated to arrange but equally there is a benefit to getting it over with in one go. Having said that, have you thought about a best of 3 format to mitigate the slight white advantage? Or are we all too pants to worry about that?

Also, round robin or knock out style?

[Blue Eyes]

Round robin might be a bit more interesting. Knockouts would just mean it's over in no time. Having said that, I'm cool with either.

[Tomous]

I think numbers permitting, round robin will be preferable so everyone can play everyone.

Rather than best of 3, we could just do 2 matches versus everyone, with one black and one white? Then you get 3 points for a win and 1 point for a draw.

[Pancake]

Sounds good to me. Although usual chess scoring would be 1 for a win and 0.5 for a draw, none of this football nonsense.

[Tomous]

Yeah, but I think we should encourage more attacking chess

[Super Dragon 64]

What are people's thoughts on a format?

I was thinking we do 10 minute matches and give people 48 hour windows to arrange a game between themselves.


Alternatively, you can allow max time per turn and give people 48 hours to complete a game so they can take it at their own pace?

I'd be up for max time per turn instead of a 10 minute match but happy to go with the majority.

[Dowbocop]

Seeing as I'm now playing far more matches than I thought I would I'd go for ten minutes per game!

[Hypes]

Might join in, would prefer like 48hrs to finish a game rather than dedicating a 10 minute slot