CHESS TOURNAMENTOkay, if everyone is happy, I suggest we start Wednesday 14th with the following fixtures:
Wednesday 14th to Thursday 15thTomous (TomChess1912) v Pancake (Jonty-Bonty)
Blue Eyes (Jimby2) v Cuttooth (quilatoo)
Cora (username pending) v Dowbocop (Dowbocop)
Super Dragon 64 (Super_Dragon_64 v Curls - (huw22081)
Friday 16th to Saturday 17thPancake (Jonty-Bonty) v Blue Eyes (Jimby2)
Cuttooth (quilatoo) v Cora (username pending)
Dowbocop (Dowbocop) v Super Dragon 64 (Super_Dragon_64)
Curls - (huw22081) v Hypes - (Hypes1)
As we have an odd number of participants, each round of fixtures will have one person sitting out.
I will do a proper fixture list for the full course soon but I wanted to get setup for the first rounds.
Rules> Everyone plays their opponent twice within the 2 day period, alternating black and white.
> 1 point for a win, 1/2 point for a draw
> Use the daily timer format, but both players need to use best efforts to ensure both games are completed. Hopefully this won't be an issue.
> All games on Chess.com app for convenience-I suggest everyone adds their opponent as a friend.
> Submit scores in the thread and I will post the updated league table after each round of fixtures
> As a note as it can sometimes catch people out, if the same board position is reached 3 times (and those 3 times can be at any point in the game), a stalemate is forced. And it is not bad sportsmanship to force a draw if you can because you are in a losing position!