Welcome to International Chess Match on ChessStudy.com
dedicated to Olympic Games-2008 in Beijing which start 08/08/08

Artiom(IM): I wish Good Luck to everyone and thoughtful games as well, because Best Game, Best Positional Idea, Best Striving for Victory, Best Combination,
Best Opening, and Best Ending will be honored on this web-page

Let's Chess wins only!

 #  Flag   ICC finger  Fed.  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   10  11 12 S   P 
 1    wright  NZL  #  0  1  ½  1  1  1  1  1  ½  ½  1  8½ 3
 2    daisuke  JAP  1  #  1  1  1  1  0  1  1  1  ½  1  9½ 1
 3    diams  FRA  0  0  #  1  1  0  0  1  1  0  0  1  5 6
 4    pseudonym  USA  ½  0  0  #  1  ½  ½  ½  0  0  ½  1  4½ 9
 5    JoshWinner  USA  0  0  0  0  #  0  0  0  ½  0  0  0  ½ 12
 6    HeavenlyFractal  GBR  0  0  1  ½  1  #  ½  ½  ½  0  0  0  4 10
 7    danechka  USA  0  1  1  ½  1  ½  #  1  0  0  0  0  5 5
 8    okun  USA  0  0  0  ½  1  ½  0  #  0  0  0  0 2 11
 9    MrShaw  GBR  0  0  0  1  ½  ½  1  1  #  ½  0  0  4½ 8
10    LENI  BEL  ½  0  1  1  1  1  1  1  ½  #  0  1  8 4
11    patternmaster  AUS  ½  ½  1  ½  1  1  1  1  1  1  #  1  9½ 2
12    IvanuvIvanchuk  SAU  0  0  0  0  1  1  1  1  1  0  0  #  5 7
















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Final Standings
Place Name              Feder Rtg  Loc Score Berg.

 1-2  daisuke,          JAP   2202     9.5   46.75
      patternmaster,    AUS   2001     9.5   45.25
  3   wright,           NZL   2051     8.5   37.00
  4   LENI,             BEL   2085     8     32.50
 5-7  danechka,         USA   1620     5     21.25
      diams,            FRA   2035     5     16.50
      IvanuvIvanchuk,   KSA   1809     5     16.00
 8-9  pseudonym,        USA   1735     4.5   20.00
      MrShaw,           ENG   1884     4.5   17.75
 10   HeavenlyFractal,  ENG   1806     4     13.50
 11   okun,             USA   1591     2      4.75
 12   JoshWinner,       USA   1216     0.5    2.25

Technical info:

  • Web-page for results and games: www.chessstudy.com/match
  • In case of equal points at the end of the tournament the tiebreaks are
    (1) the result of the direct encounter; (2) the Sonneborn-Berger system;
    (3) the number of won games.
  • August, 8 - September, 14 2008
  • Time control: 25 minutes per game + 10 sec per move, unrated games
  • Rated game if both players want, otherwise - unrated one
  • Players are marked bold font in the Schedule play with White pieces
  • 2 games per week should be played, Round Robin System
  • For starting game with white against, for example, “write” please type:
    match wright 25 10 white u (u means unrated game)
  • If game starts incorrectly (time control, colour, rated)
    please type: abort, and try again then
  • Time zone = ICC time (New York) EST
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    Schedule:

    Round 1 wright – IvanuvIvanchuk, daisuke – patternmaster, diams – LENI,
    pseudonym – MrShaw, JoshWinner - okun, HeavenlyFractal - danechka

    Round 2 wright – daisuke, diams – patternmaster, LENI – pseudonym,
    MrShaw – JoshWinner, okun - HeavenlyFractal, IvanuvIvanchuk - danechka

    Round 3 diams – wright, daisuke – IvanuvIvanchuk, danechka - okun,
    JoshWinner – LENI, HeavenlyFractal - MrShaw, pseudonym – patternmaster

    Round 4 wright – pseudonym, daisuke – diams, patternmaster – JoshWinner,
    LENI – HeavenlyFractal, MrShaw - danechka, IvanuvIvanchuk - okun

    Round 5 JoshWinner – wright, pseudonym – daisuke, diams – IvanuvIvanchuk,
    HeavenlyFractal – patternmaster, danechka - LENI, okun - MrShaw

    Round 6 wright – HeavenlyFractal, daisuke – JoshWinner, diams – pseudonym,
    patternmaster – danechka, LENI - okun, IvanuvIvanchuk - MrShaw

    Round 7 danechka – wright, HeavenlyFractal – daisuke, JoshWinner – diams,
    pseudonym – IvanuvIvanchuk, okun - patternmaster, MrShaw - LENI

    Round 8 wright – okun, daisuke – danechka, diams – HeavenlyFractal,
    pseudonym – JoshWinner, patternmaster - MrShaw, IvanuvIvanchuk - LENI

    Round 9 MrShaw – wright, okun – daisuke, HeavenlyFractal – pseudonym,
    danechka – diams, JoshWinner - IvanuvIvanchuk, LENI - patternmaster

    Round 10 wright – LENI, JoshWinner - HeavenlyFractal, daisuke – MrShaw,
    IvanuvIvanchuk - patternmaster, diams – okun, pseudonym – danechka

    Round 11 patternmaster – wright, LENI – daisuke, danechka - JoshWinner,
    okun – pseudonym, diams – MrShaw, HeavenlyFractal - IvanuvIvanchuk


    Final results:

    Artiom(IM): Thanks to everybody for playing our International Chess Match!
    I hope you enjoyed it. Positively, these games gave a cause for reflection to all players. Just let me notice that 19 (!) completely winning games were not won in our tournament ...
    See you,

       daisuke  I place in Chess Match  9½ points out of 11
       patternmaster  II place in Chess Match  9½ points out of 11
       wright  III place in Chess Match  8½ points out of 11
       patternmaster  Best Game  vs. LENI
       LENI  Best Combination  vs. IvanuvIvanchuk 20… Rae8!
       pseudonym  Best Positional Idea  vs. daisuke after move 49
       wright  Best Opening  vs. IvanuvIvanchuk
       patternmaster  Best Ending  vs. HeavenlyFractal
       daisuke  Best Striving for Victory  vs. LENI
       IvanuvIvanchuk  King at the center  vs. danechka
       danechka  Best newcomer, 10 y.o.  5 place in Chess Match
















    Participants:

    1. wrgiht - Chris from Christchurch, New Zealand. Best ICC - 2051
    2. daisuke - Daisuke from Tokyo, Japan. Best ICC - 2207
    3. diams - Louis from Rodez in Aveyron, France. Best ICC - 2066 (blitz)
    4. pseudonym - Patrick from West Palm Beach, Florida, USA. Best ICC - 1760
    5. JoshWinner - Josh from Princeton, NJ, USA. Best ICC - new on ICC
    6. HeavenlyFractal - Romalt from Cambridge, Great Britain. Best ICC - 2165
    7. danechka - Daniel from West Windsor, NJ, USA. Best ICC - 1705
    8. okun - Mariya from Cherry Hill, NJ, USA. Best ICC - 1621
    9. MrShaw - Matthew from Westcliff-on-Sea in Essex, GBR. Best ICC - 1975
    10.LENI - Ivan from Ghent, Belgium. Best ICC - 2069
    11.patternmaster - Jeff from from Adelaide, Australia. Best ICC - 2115
    12.IvanuvIvanchuk - Hammam from Makkah, Saudi Arabia. Best ICC - 1894


    You can review all games played so far here:


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