2005 Championship has started...

...but can't be viewed :-(

Hmmm...I wonder when we will be able to take a look!

I expected to play to only very high rated players. Most of my opponents are about my rating, just a few with very high ratings.

Originally posted by Aiko
I expected to play to only very high rated players. Most of my opponents are about my rating, just a few with very high ratings.

Surely you'd expect a spread?

Originally posted by Aiko
I expected to play to only very high rated players. Most of my opponents are about my rating, just a few with very high ratings.

I've got a spread with players from a rating of 950 all the way up to Trackhead (who's games I'll play a few moves for form's sake and then resign I think).

never resign early, always play it out, ya i got one 2120 rated, and 2 1650 rated players, and a strong field of 1400s

i was quite happy with my pairings...i got:

2089
1137
957
1437
1331
p1511
1236
1097
1214
1042
1783

i reckon thats a pretty even spread, maybe a few more players i feel i have a chance against than those that i feel i dont have a hope in hell against! i pleased with it!

fred

Originally posted by ivangrice
Surely you'd expect a spread?

It guess it is a spread, but just anticipated on some 1800+ players, my experience with the 'normal' tournaments. As far as I can tell a lot of 1800+ players entered this tournament.

Originally posted by Freddie2004
i was quite happy with my pairings...i got:

2089
1137
957
1437
1331
p1511
1236
1097
1214
1042
1783

i reckon thats a pretty even spread, maybe a few more players i feel i have a chance against than those that i feel i dont have a hope in hell against! i pleased with it!

fred

substitue the 957 with Freddie's rating and you have what I got 😛

Angie

My group seems more balanced and tougher then you guys, but I like it anyways, should be fun, upsets possible. I have one 2050 rater, one 1800 rater, one 1750 rater, a vast-sea array of 1500's/1600's raters, a couple of 1300 raters, and only one newbie, a 1150 rater. My group average, when I calculated, is about 1600, very high for a 1st round group in any random tourney and extremely high considering how many newbies did join the 2005 championship.

the average rating of my group is 1349 without me included and 1302 with me included which is good for me!

fred

Originally posted by ivangrice
...but can't be viewed :-(

it should read something like:
10010 games in progress for just this tournament!!!!

Originally posted by ivangrice
...but can't be viewed :-(

Russ has posted in the site announcments about it - too many people were trying to view the page and it put a massive load on the server. Shame though.

Originally posted by shortgoth1
Russ has posted in the site announcments about it - too many people were trying to view the page and it put a massive load on the server. Shame though.

What? Russ, come on, do something to fix it, somehow! I mean, this tournament is probably the heart and soul of RHP and could really generate interest across the WWW chess communities. I'm sure players and spectators alike would like to see the results pouring in.

Originally posted by mateulose
What? Russ, come on, do something to fix it, somehow! I mean, this tournament is probably the heart and soul of RHP and could really generate interest across the WWW chess communities. I'm sure players and spectators alike would like to see the results pouring in.

As stated, Russ has already posted a message about it, and has something up his sleeve to allow it to be vieweable eventually. I suggest you check that thread/board for updates.