Tournament
Welcome to International Online Tournament 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 |
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 2.25Technical info:
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Web-page for results and games: www.chessstudy.com/match
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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.
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August, 8 – September, 14 2008
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Time control: 25 minutes per game + 10 sec per move, unrated games
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Rated game if both players want, otherwise – unrated one
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Players are marked bold font in the Schedule play with White pieces
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2 games per week should be played, Round Robin System
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For starting game with white against, for example, “write” please type:match wright 25 10 white u (u means unrated game)
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If game starts incorrectly (time control, colour, rated)please type: abort, and try again then
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Time zone = ICC time (New York) EST
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Tech support – chessstudy@gmail.com
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,
IvanuvIvanchuk: Hey Artiom! Well I would like to thank you for taking the time and effort to arrange this beautiful tournament! Really appreciated! It was a great tourney! Thank you very much for arranging it 🙂 See you later!
patternmaster: you are doing a good job of organising the tournament, can’t be easy with the time differences. thanks for arranging the times for my games, you ran and organised the tournament well.
pseudonym : Thank you for the tournament. I learned quite a lot and got a chance to play much stronger players. I also made a friend with Wright! All was good. Thanks!
wright: again, thank you for the offer 🙂
| | 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 |