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Tournament of Lepers, Week 7

Week 6 Results

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

Week 7 Matchups

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

Standings

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

(gorckat's been removed, unless evidence to the contrary indicates he will return)

chessloser and I had an unaesthetic slugfest, where the opening sucked. Then I won a Pawn, then an Exchange, then it was an avalanche after that.

Mr. loser also accused me of cheating, alleging the Mascot ran Fritz and fed the moves to me. This is a slap in the face; chessloser apparently thinks I’m too incompetent to cheat on my own.

I had the opportunity to watch Tom’s victory, which was quite compelling. He sacrificed an Exchange to complete powerful Queenside attack which netted him material. The material imbalance in the endgame was something like a Queen and Pawn versus Rook and Knight. l3ruce’s forces were mostly consolidated in the center and it took a while for Tom to break through. With their permission, I would like to post their game via Chess Publisher on this page.

drunknknite and l3rucewayne have a pre-arranged draw, so that should be exciting.

March 24th, 2008 20 comments
Posted by Donnie Filed under Chess, Tournament of Lepers

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  1. l3rucewayne.wordpress.com posted the following on 24 March 2008 at 2:32 am.

    Sure. I think the game demonstrates the folly of my constant overconfidence when it comes to assaults on my king piece. I had previously informed my opponent of this overconfidence, and so he used it to cheat obviously(just kidding, tom has had an irritating habit even prior to the game of beating me more often than I him. I think God likes him a lot.). This could drastically reduce the odds of that pre-arranged draw being accepted from near nil… to nil.

    On a side note, if the game gets posted I would appreciate opinions on what I now think was a big mistake in moving my knight to the side early to trap the bishop. Also if anyone thinks the response to the bishop’s move to the center could have been better,(like by capturing) let me know. And now all five recent comments are from l3rucewayne. I knew it would happen someday if I kept talking too much.

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  2. l3rucewayne posted the following on 24 March 2008 at 2:34 am.

    l3rucewayne.wordpress.com was me btw, in case you couldn’t tell. its late…

        Reply to l3rucewayne
  3. Grandma posted the following on 24 March 2008 at 4:31 am.

    Donnie, please forgive this intrusion. Check your email.
    Thanks

        Reply to Grandma
  4. Tacticus Maximus posted the following on 24 March 2008 at 6:24 am.

    Happy Birthday, Donnie.

        Reply to Tacticus Maximus
  5. Tom posted the following on 24 March 2008 at 9:02 am.

    LEP,

    I have no objection to your posting the game. I, too, would would be interested in what others thought about it.

        Reply to Tom
  6. Grandma posted the following on 24 March 2008 at 9:37 am.

    How could I forget? Happy Birthday, Donnie, and many, many more. Love always

        Reply to Grandma
  7. Wahrheit posted the following on 24 March 2008 at 1:01 pm.

    Happy Birthday, Donnie! In case you didn’t know. you share your birthday with Clyde “Bonnie and Clyde” Barrow, Steve McQueen and…Star Jones. Oh, and let’s not forget Chip McCaw, “volleyball setter.”

    I wish my Grandma read my blog.

        Reply to Wahrheit
  8. annie posted the following on 24 March 2008 at 1:22 pm.

    i wish I my grandma read english, let alone my blog.

    HAPPY SLAPPY BIRTHDAY TO DONNIE!!!! I am actually doing legitimate work today so I am late posting. Enjoy the last year of your youth. :) I know I did!

    Hurry back so we can do stanky tofu. The Mascot is about to torch your place.

        Reply to annie
  9. l3rucewayne posted the following on 24 March 2008 at 5:33 pm.

    Happy birthday! :-) I made you a present last night over at the blog. I hope things are going wonderfully for you today!

        Reply to l3rucewayne
  10. chessloser posted the following on 24 March 2008 at 9:54 pm.

    happy birthday!!!!!

        Reply to chessloser
  11. Donnie posted the following on 24 March 2008 at 10:56 pm.

    Thanks to the well-wishers. I will properly respond to everyone later. I have not slept consistently or sufficiently for a while now and it’s finally catching up with me.

        Reply to Donnie
  12. drunknknite posted the following on 25 March 2008 at 7:01 pm.

    Tonight! 6 PM PT/9 PM ET LIVE drunknknite-Polly

        Reply to drunknknite
  13. drunknknite posted the following on 25 March 2008 at 8:58 pm.

    Kidding. Started Early. It’s over. I won.

        Reply to drunknknite
  14. Polly posted the following on 25 March 2008 at 10:30 pm.

    Drunkn kicked my sorry ass all over the board :-( I played like dog poop!

        Reply to Polly
  15. Edwin posted the following on 26 March 2008 at 12:04 am.

    For some reason the coin didn’t drop untill now so… Happy birthday!

        Reply to Edwin
  16. drunknknite posted the following on 26 March 2008 at 4:12 am.

    Happy Birthday!

        Reply to drunknknite
  17. Chessaholic posted the following on 26 March 2008 at 5:37 pm.

    Hope you had a happy b-day!

        Reply to Chessaholic
  18. Wahrheit posted the following on 28 March 2008 at 12:55 pm.

    Hey guys and gals, Tom and I are set for 4:30 EDT tomorrow if anybody wants to watch the battle!

        Reply to Wahrheit
  19. The Mascot posted the following on 28 March 2008 at 8:44 pm.

    Re: cheating allegations. I’m not involved, but I’ve caught Donnie in the act, which says a lot. The fact that he’s 3-3 even though he’s cheating says something else.

        Reply to The Mascot
  20. Wahrheit posted the following on 29 March 2008 at 6:33 pm.

    I was able to defeat Tom (Rhuiden) this pm [1-0]

        Reply to Wahrheit

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