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Tournament of Lepers, Final week

Week 8 Results

White	Black	Result
drunknknite	Tacticus	1-0
chessloser	Polly	0-1
gorckat	Rocky Rook	bye
Tom	LEP	0-1
l3rucewayne	Wahrheit	1-0

Week 9 Matchups

White	Black
Wahrheit	drunknknite
LEP	l3rucewayne
Rocky Rook	Tom
Polly	gorckat
Tacticus	chessloser

Standings

		 dnk Pol Whr LEP Tac l3r Tom cl  RR
1  drunknknite   xxx 1.0 --- 1.0 1.0 --- 1.0 1.0 1.0  6.0
2  Polly         0.0 xxx 1.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 1.0  5.0
3  Wahrheit      --- 0.0 xxx 1.0 1.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 1.0  5.0
4  Liquid Egg    0.0 0.0 0.0 xxx 1.0 --- 1.0 1.0 1.0  4.0
5  Tacticus      0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 xxx 1.0 1.0 --- 1.0  4.0
6  l3rucewayne   --- 1.0 1.0 --- 0.0 xxx 0.0 0.0 1.0  3.0
7  Tom           0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 xxx 1.0 ---  2.0
8  chessloser    0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- 1.0 0.0 xxx ---  1.0
9  Rocky Rook    0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- xxx  0.0

Are there any more Week 7 results?

As I calculate it, drunknknite only needs a draw in his last two matches (counting the week 7 match) to clinch victory. Wahrheit is still mathematically alive; he’d win based on head-to-head victory if drunknknite loses his final two. EDIT: Polly is too, I think. If she can beat Tacticus and chessloser AND drunknknite loses his next two, Polly, Wahrheit, and drunknknite will all have 6 points. I’m not sure how to do that tiebreaker yet, since drunknknite beat Polly, Polly beat Wahrheit, and Wahrheit will have beaten drunknknite.

Unfortunately, gorckat’s disappearance means the original “big prize” is not going to be distributed. I’ll have alternative arrangements ready for the coronation next week.

l3rucewayne got the better of Wahrheit in a tactical match when they were both rather tired, going to sleep immediately after finishing. There were a couple interesting puzzle-like positions which I’ll extract and post for your consideration.

I was going to post the Tom-l3ruce match but don’t have the pgn. Do either of you guys have it?

As far as my match, I sacrificed an Exchange for an unclear attack, but with better results. Crafty actually agreed with all my moves after the sac, but Fritz (which I finally retrieved this weekend) found some White resources. Both computers still had the position as =/+ even after the sac, which was surprising. But neither thought the sac was worth it.

April 7th, 2008 18 comments
Posted by Donnie Filed under Chess, Tournament of Lepers

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chessloser posted the following on 7 April 2008 at 11:58 am.
oh crap, was i supposed to play polly? i’ve not been around, i need to catch up on the playing…
Reply to chessloser
Tom posted the following on 7 April 2008 at 4:43 pm.
I don’t have the game in PGN format but here is the move list. Maybe you can use it instead.

Rhuiden (1525) vs. TheDarkKnightTwo (1699) — Tue Mar 18, 18:02 PDT 2008
Rated standard match, initial time: 15 minutes, increment: 30 seconds.

Move Rhuiden TheDarkKnightTwo
—- ——————— ———————
1. d4 (0:00.000) d5 (0:00.000)
2. Nf3 (0:02.273) Nd7 (0:59.045)
3. Bf4 (0:08.602) e6 (0:27.200)
4. e3 (0:06.189) Ngf6 (0:30.784)
5. Nbd2 (0:08.472) Be7 (0:53.898)
6. Be2 (0:02.634) Nh5 (0:16.644)
7. Be5 (1:10.942) f6 (1:46.373)
8. Bg3 (1:32.673) Nxg3 (0:03.475)
9. fxg3 (0:04.367) c6 (1:17.792)
10. O-O (0:09.104) Qc7 (0:24.235)
11. c4 (1:38.051) Nf8 (0:44.164)
12. cxd5 (0:55.951) exd5 (0:03.635)
13. Nh4 (0:05.889) Bd7 (0:57.462)
14. Nf5 (0:04.266) Bxf5 (2:48.452)
15. Rxf5 (0:03.886) O-O-O (0:14.381)
16. Qa4 (2:03.968) g6 (0:41.800)
17. Rff1 (0:31.696) Kb8 (0:35.341)
18. Nb3 (2:00.313) f5 (1:27.395)
19. Nc5 (1:09.620) Bg5 (0:40.027)
20. Rf3 (1:11.713) Re8 (0:14.270)
21. Ba6 (0:17.044) Bxe3+ (0:31.255)
22. Rxe3 (0:07.030) Rxe3 (0:06.670)
23. Bxb7 (0:40.909) Qxb7 (1:19.595)
24. Nxb7 (0:13.680) Kxb7 (0:01.432)
25. Qb4+ (0:06.779) Kc7 (0:14.881)
26. Rc1 (0:46.948) Nd7 (0:15.883)
27. Qa5+ (0:12.728) Kd6 (0:40.879)
28. Qa6 (1:04.162) Nb8 (1:22.709)
29. Qxa7 (0:41.930) Rhe8 (0:18.146)
30. Qxh7 (2:21.333) Re1+ (0:04.496)
31. Rxe1 (0:02.293) Rxe1+ (0:01.753)
32. Kf2 (0:02.263) Re6 (0:12.138)
33. Qg8 (0:24.895) Nd7 (0:51.975)
34. a4 (0:07.871) c5 (0:44.394)
35. dxc5+ (0:09.954) Nxc5 (0:03.174)
36. Qb8+ (0:27.199) Kd7 (0:20.650)
37. h3 (1:26.804) Nd3+ (2:02.646)
38. Kg1 (0:12.208) Ke7 (1:48.095)
39. Qb7+ (1:04.503) Kf8 (0:59.586)
40. Qxd5 (0:48.810) Re3 (1:08.359)
41. Qd6+ (0:40.858) Kf7 (0:21.901)
42. Qd7+ (0:40.248) Kf8 (0:34.209)
43. Qd8+ (1:16.059) Kf7 (0:17.986)
44. Qc7+ (0:08.001) Ke8 (0:30.884)
45. Qb8+ (0:07.241) Kf7 (0:38.836)
46. Qa7+ (0:11.617) Re7 (0:05.387)
47. Qd4 (0:27.760) Ne5 (0:45.395)
48. a5 (0:27.950) Ke8 (1:14.126)
49. a6 (0:07.982) Nc6 (0:08.102)
50. Qh8+ (0:36.052) Kd7 (0:04.376)
51. Qa8 (0:18.376) Kd6 (0:10.525)
52. Qg8 (0:38.886) Re6 (0:37.985)
53. b4 (1:11.783) Kc7 (1:39.272)
54. Qxe6 (0:20.470)
{Black resigns} 1-0
Reply to Tom
Polly posted the following on 7 April 2008 at 5:22 pm.
I need to play chessloser and tact. I’m available tonight or tomorrow knight. Are either you available. Gimme a shout.
Reply to Polly
Tacticus Maximus posted the following on 7 April 2008 at 5:58 pm.
Polly – I can play tonight. I can start anytime from now (6pm eastern) until 9pm eastern, but preferably the earlier the better. Does that work?
Reply to Tacticus Maximus
l3rucewayne posted the following on 7 April 2008 at 8:17 pm.
I looked the wahrheit game over the next day with the computer and we both missed chances to gain material. One chance in particular made me want to kick myself for being hasty, but I might have missed it anyway.

The match with tom you can get the pgn by examining it with babas and then saving it to (b)pgn from the file tab. I put it in my journal as game 11 so it wont disappear till you have it.

As to the drunknknite match, we are working on catching each other at the right time, I’ve let him know I’ll be on at 17:00 server time each day so when he can make it it will happen. Thanks for mentioning how he needs only 2 more draws to clench it, maybe he actually will go through with our “prearranged draw” now, but it is unlikely I think. As to our match, It will need to be before the weekend as I’m going to be traveling again soon and I probably wont be bringing my computer with me. So when is good for you?
Reply to l3rucewayne
Tacticus Maximus posted the following on 7 April 2008 at 9:04 pm.
Polly – Or, how about tomorrow with a start time between 6pm eastern and 9pm eastern…
Reply to Tacticus Maximus
Polly posted the following on 7 April 2008 at 11:15 pm.
Tact: Would it be okay to sart around 9 pm? I’m probbably gonna do 6:30 TDK class. By the time I get home and eat I’d be ready at 9.

LEP: Polly 1 Chessloser 0
Reply to Polly
Tacticus Maximus posted the following on 8 April 2008 at 6:59 am.
Polly – Yes. Tonight around 9pm eastern.
Reply to Tacticus Maximus
drunknknite posted the following on 8 April 2008 at 1:46 pm.
Hm… That prearranged draw isn’t sounding so bad since it would clinch the tournament, but I really want a Big Mac…
Reply to drunknknite
l3rucewayne posted the following on 8 April 2008 at 6:40 pm.
Foiled by McDonalds! Another reason to boycott the place.
Reply to l3rucewayne
Tacticus Maximus posted the following on 8 April 2008 at 10:09 pm.
I beat Polly. If Warheit loses to drunknknite; I beat chessloser; LEP beats 13ucewayne I think we have a 4-way tie for second.
Reply to Tacticus Maximus
Donnie posted the following on 9 April 2008 at 12:02 am.
@Everyone: Thanks for the results. I know some of you were on the road, and it’s no problem being late!

@l3rucewayne: Any night this week should be fine. Let me know the time, and I’ll be there.

And thanks for the journal tip! I’ll get the game score.

@drunknknite: I hope you win out, if only to make Allen pay for his foolish promise.

@Tacticus: I mentioned to someone else at some point that there were 4 of us that seemed real close in playing strength…not that this was the 4 I was expecting, but it would validate the hypothesis…
Reply to Donnie
l3rucewayne posted the following on 9 April 2008 at 12:48 am.
Hey I may not be able to make second outside of a miracle but if I win the last round ill have won against a majority of the second placers, so there! (admittedly luck may have been a key factor in the games so far, but still…)

How about 15:00 server time tomorrow/Wednesday for our game?
Reply to l3rucewayne
Donnie posted the following on 9 April 2008 at 2:53 am.
At 15:00, there’s no guarantee I’d be on time. 16:00 is no problem (barring a complete meltdown at work).
Reply to Donnie
l3rucewayne posted the following on 9 April 2008 at 6:00 pm.
If we got done in thirty minutes that might work, or we could try for 21:00 by which time I will hopefully be home from Bible study. Which would you prefer? Or we could try for late night Thursday. I’ll be on for a little while at 15:00 (on now in fact) in case you are able to make it.
Reply to l3rucewayne
Tacticus Maximus posted the following on 10 April 2008 at 7:47 pm.
Chessloser,

When do you want to play our game? I can play Friday and most weekdays with a start time between 7pm eastern and 9pm eastern and I’m available during the day on the weekends (and during the week after April 15).
Reply to Tacticus Maximus
l3rucewayne posted the following on 10 April 2008 at 9:06 pm.
sister I won I won I WON!!!! WON!!! WON!!!!! I won. Its like a miracle!!! I beat drunknknite!!! who wooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

He made a big error with a winning game, then i made some smaller errors and went from largely ahead to just a minor piece ahead. then i offered a draw and he refused, then later he offered a draw and i decided to go ahead and try for it and I won!!!!
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drunknknite posted the following on 11 April 2008 at 1:11 pm.
l3rucewayne beat me.
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