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4 Rd. Swiss OPEN

4 Rd. Swiss OPEN

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Originally posted by hammster21
what! don't drop out, use the vacation like I did. If it's only a week it's not going to kill anyone to wait. Just try to get more moves in when you and your opponent are online.
Too late. My morning was a bit stressed, and HeyDreza evoked a bit spite in me. I feel the same way; it's correspondence chess, afterall, and it's not like I'm going on friggin holiday here. So, I resigned my game out of annoyance (which was barely out of the opening). I would have liked to continue, but I would never be able to come back from the game I gave away. I wish you the best of luck hammster, as well as all gentlemanly players. Perhaps you would like to do the pairings for the last round? Someone better 😛.

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Sure, when my game with sometimes7 is finished with, I'll post the last round games. Thanks for hosting the tourney, I liked the fact that no one gets knocked out after each round, it keeps interest from dying off at the end when theres only two people left.

P.S. How did you choose the pairings for the other rounds?

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Originally posted by hammster21
Sure, when my game with sometimes7 is finished with, I'll post the last round games. Thanks for hosting the tourney, I liked the fact that no one gets knocked out after each round, it keeps interest from dying off at the end when theres only two people left.

P.S. How did you choose the pairings for the other rounds?
Well, since I'm gone, you don't have to worry about byes for anyone. Just take all winners from this round and pair them with each other in the last round. Likewise with losers. Since it is the final round, try to pair the two best scoring players together (provided they haven't already played in a previous round). That's pretty much it. It will be helpful to look at the pairings for all the other rounds to give you an idea. Thanks for taking over, and good luck to you and everyone.

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It's too bad that you are leaving, I'm sure most of us wouldn't have minded waiting a week. Perhaps we can have another tourney when you get back.

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hammster21 vs sometimes7 1-0 - Game 3610614

It was an interesting endgame as sometimes7 had three pawns for my bishop, but all of his pawns were on the wrong color squares. The final round postings and current standings will be posted later today.

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Standings after Round 3

dpcc ||- 3.0
iluphade ||- 2.5
PaddyB ||- 2.0
hammster21 ||- 2.0
EmLasker ||- 1.5
AlphaAlekhine ||- 1.0
chesskid001 ||- 0.5
sometimes7 ||- 0.5
HeyDreza ||- 0.5

FINAL ROUND GAMES -First player is white

dpcc vs iluphade
PaddyB vs hammster21
chesskid001 vs EmLasker
sometimes7 vs HeyDreza

Good luck to everyone in the final round. AlphaAlekhine will receive a bye this round and finishes with a score of 1.5/4.0

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PaddyB vs hammster21 Game 3728148

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dpcc vs Iluphade Game 3729707

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what are the time controls again?

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Originally posted by HeyDreza
what are the time controls again?
1 day per move, no time bank. I punched the wrong time control. I will edit it back. Tnx.

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Originally posted by iluphade
dpcc vs Iluphade Game 3729707
dpcc vs Iluphade
Game 3732401
Corrected time control.

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still waiting for my opponent to make the first move...

sometimes7 vs heydreza
Game 3732751

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Originally posted by HeyDreza
still waiting for my opponent to make the first move...

sometimes7 vs heydreza
Game 3732751
Iluphade has not make a move yet. Although he has acknowledged our game. Will wait for his first move. Time has expired for the 1 day timebank.
Will wait until the 3 day timebank I originally entered to expire.(which he earlier acknowledged. Thanks.

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Originally posted by dpcc
Iluphade has not make a move yet. Although he has acknowledged our game. Will wait for his first move. Time has expired for the 1 day timebank.
Will wait until the 3 day timebank I originally entered to expire.(which he earlier acknowledged. Thanks.
Give Iluphade a few more days, maybe use it to study your opponent. Let me know if theres no progress. We also have another problem, seems chesskid001 has left the site. He has not moved in 14 days. We'll give him a few more days otherwise EmLasker will win that game by default.

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Originally posted by hammster21
Give Iluphade a few more days, maybe use it to study your opponent. Let me know if theres no progress. We also have another problem, seems chesskid001 has left the site. He has not moved in 14 days. We'll give him a few more days otherwise EmLasker will win that game by default.
Ok, I will wait for Iluphade for several days. He lost recently two games due to timeouts. Tnx.