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A reminder ... Pairings for this tournament will be announced on Jan 1st. Anyone still wishing to enter (per the terms at the top of the thread) should PM before then.

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Originally posted by RookRAK
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A reminder ... Pairings for this tournament will be announced on Jan 1st. Anyone still wishing to enter (per the terms at the top of the thread) should PM before then.
How does the challenge system work? Does the person who's white challenge black?

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Originally posted by GalaxyShield
How does the challenge system work? Does the person who's white challenge black?
Each round will consist of two games, one with each colour as far as I know. In the end it doesn't matter who challenges who as long as they stick to the rules (3/7 unless agreed otherwise) so whoever sees the pairing first should feel free to challenge.

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Originally posted by XanthosNZ
Each round will consist of two games, one with each colour as far as I know. In the end it doesn't matter who challenges who as long as they stick to the rules (3/7 unless agreed otherwise) so whoever sees the pairing first should feel free to challenge.
Ok. But in a swiss system, isn't each player assigned 1 game with either black or white? And in the next round the colors switch, assuming the scores match up. That's how I always thought of a swiss system at least.

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Originally posted by seraphimvulture
How about someone just distributes knives to all contestants and we just go the f**k at it?
It's that kind of violent behavior that slowly corrupts the world in which we live...why use knives, when bullets leave less mess?

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Originally posted by Wildfire
It's that kind of violent behavior that slowly corrupts the world in which we live...
Good, you don't get a knife.

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Originally posted by GalaxyShield
Ok. But in a swiss system, isn't each player assigned 1 game with either black or white? And in the next round the colors switch, assuming the scores match up. That's how I always thought of a swiss system at least.
Generally that's the way it's done with normal time controls. But it's not unusual in a blitz tournament for each round to consist of a pair of games. In fact, most Swiss System software supports multigame rounds.

I've simply borrowed this idea for our challenge. In addition to having more variance in each round, it also eliminates the issue of alternating colors.

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Originally posted by RookRAK
Generally that's the way it's done with normal time controls. But it's not unusual in a blitz tournament for each round to consist of a pair of games. In fact, most Swiss System software supports multigame rounds.

I've simply borrowed this idea for our challenge. In addition to having more variance in each round, it also eliminates the issue of alternating colors.
Excellent. Sounds good.

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Reminder: Anyone else wishing to enter has less than 2 days to sign up!

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It's time to begin The Plumber Memorial Dead-Thread Swiss Challenge!

I will also PM this information to all entrants.

Here is the entry list, with seeds.

1XanthosNZ1989
2seraphimvulture1943
3ark131920
4GalaxyShield1757
5dottewell1710
6Nordlys1659
7The Plumber1644
8Moldy Crow1622
9RookRAK1601
10darvlay1525
11murrow1508
12rhb1470
13Wildfire1455
14Bosse de Nage1453
15Aiko1344
16wucky31304
17zakkwylder1295
18invigorate1222
19Freddie20061202
20Whats goin on eh1135

Pairings for the first round are:

#1 XanthosNZvs #11 murrow
#2 seraphimvulturevs #12 rhb
#3 ark13vs #13 Wildfire
#4 GalaxyShieldvs #14 Bosse de Nage
#5 dottewellvs #15 Aiko
#6 Nordlysvs #16 wucky3
#7 The Plumbervs #17 zakkwylder
#8 Moldy Crowvs #18 invigorate
#9 RookRAKvs #19 Freddie2006
#10 darvlayvs #20 Whats goin on eh

What you should do:

1) Locate your first round opponent in the pairing list above.
2) PM each other to work out who will issue the challenges.
3) Start 2 games with each other, one of each color. Games are 3/7 unless opponents agree to a different time control.
4) PM me the game IDs so I can post links to them in this thread.

Remember the first round usually has the widest gaps in ratings. After round 1 you will play people who have performed similarly.

Good luck to all!

--rich

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Status of The Plumber Memorial Dead-Thread Swiss Challenge
Round 1

#1 XanthosNZvs #11 murrow

#2 seraphimvulturevs #12 rhb

#3 ark13vs #13 Wildfire

#4 GalaxyShieldvs #14 Bosse de Nage Game 1680657 Game 1680658

#5 dottewellvs #15 Aiko Game 1681622 Game 1681623

#6 Nordlysvs #16 wucky3

#7 The Plumbervs #17 zakkwylder

#8 Moldy Crowvs #18 invigorate

#9 RookRAKvs #19 Freddie2006 Game 1681099 Game 1681101

#10 darvlayvs #20 Whats goin on eh Game 1681473 Game 1681474

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Status of The Plumber Memorial Dead-Thread Swiss Challenge
Round 1

#1 XanthosNZvs #11 murrow
..... Game 1681036
..... Game 1681037

#2 seraphimvulturevs #12 rhb
.....
.....

#3 ark13vs #13 Wildfire
.....
.....

#4 GalaxyShieldvs #14 Bosse de Nage
..... Game 1680657
..... Game 1680658

#5 dottewellvs #15 Aiko
..... Game 1681622
..... Game 1681623

#6 Nordlysvs #16 wucky3
..... Game 1682066
..... Game 1682068

#7 The Plumbervs #17 zakkwylder
.....
.....

#8 Moldy Crowvs #18 invigorate
..... Game 1681056
..... Game 1681058

#9 RookRAKvs #19 Freddie2006
..... Game 1681099
..... Game 1681101

#10 darvlayvs #20 Whats goin on eh
..... Game 1681473 darvlay wins
..... Game 1681474 darvlay wins

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Mine and rhb's games will start momentarilly. I was busy finishing off my 2005 so little delay.

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Status of The Plumber Memorial Dead-Thread Swiss Challenge
Round 1

#1 XanthosNZvs #11 murrow
..... Game 1681036
..... Game 1681037

#2 seraphimvulturevs #12 rhb
..... Game 1682874
..... Game 1682875

#3 ark13vs #13 Wildfire
.....
.....

#4 GalaxyShieldvs #14 Bosse de Nage
..... Game 1680657
..... Game 1680658

#5 dottewellvs #15 Aiko
..... Game 1681622
..... Game 1681623

#6 Nordlysvs #16 wucky3
..... Game 1682066
..... Game 1682068

#7 The Plumbervs #17 zakkwylder
.....
.....

#8 Moldy Crowvs #18 invigorate
..... Game 1681056
..... Game 1681058

#9 RookRAKvs #19 Freddie2006
..... Game 1681099
..... Game 1681101

#10 darvlayvs #20 Whats goin on eh
..... Game 1681473 darvlay wins
..... Game 1681474 darvlay wins

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