Time for a run through the groups -
who is likely advancing to the next round?
are there any major upsets?
who is the tournament favourite at this point?
Group 1
Rating favourite MikeBruce has a flawless record so far and looks to be advancing to the next round
Group 2
Rating favourite Jimmy Cake is very close to being through to next round, but could possibly be overtaken by dean8, who still have 13 games in progress (including an important one against Jimmy Cake)
Group 3
Currently lead by Egmen, but could still be won by highest rated cristi71000
Group 4
mozart1234(1698) is through - won 16 of 16 games so far
Group 5
Hammer4ever has played out all games - 45 points
billwesthoff is still having 1 game in progress and also has 45 points!
Group 6
deeply satisfied is through losing only 1 game on the way
Group 7
jayvi is almost through, but could theoretically be caught by KINGSI
Group 8
Although Bubbag1 is leading the group with 41 points (no games left)
it seems that Mark Lynch has a good chance of progressing having won all games so far and still 9 in progress and only 14 points to reach Bubbag1
Group 9
fischerov(1637) is through having won all games!
Group 10
Blanca(1801) is through. Only 1 game remaining - have won all 17 so far!
Tournament favourite must be Blanca, rated 1801.
But we could await stiff competition from fischerov(1637) and mozart1234 (1698)
Good luck to everyone!
Originally posted by cludiGroup 1
Time for a run through the groups -
who is likely advancing to the next round?
are there any major upsets?
who is the tournament favourite at this point?
Group 1
Rating favourite MikeBruce has a flawless record so far and looks to be advancing to the next round
Group 2
Rating favourite Jimmy Cake is very close to being through to next round, but co ...[text shortened]... could await stiff competition from fischerov(1637) and mozart1234 (1698)
Good luck to everyone!
chesskiddo has 5 games in hand and is trailing MikeBruce by 12 points. chesskiddo has to win both games against MikeBruce and at least 2 of the remaining three games.
Group 2
Jimmy Cake is through
Group 3
cristi71000 is through losing only 3 games
Group 4
mozart1234 has gone through with a clean sheet: 18 wins
Group 5
billwesthoff, the rating favourite is through, scoring 48 points
Group 6
Top rated deeply satisfied is through winning all games except the black game against Hopster
Group 7
Top rated jayvi is through, despite losing 4 games and still one in progress
Group 8
Mark Lynch goes through losing only 1 game (to second lowest rated, speedy123!)
Group 9
fischerov is through winning all games!
Group 10
Blanca is also through having won all games!
Good luck to everyone in the next round and thanks to all players
who participated but didn't reach the next round!
All games in the final group has finished. It was very close with only 1 single point separating the winner, fischerov (49), and second spot, Blanca (48).
Both players won their white game against the other, so the decisive games were Blancas loss to deeply satisfied, whereas fischerov only gave away a draw to 2nd highest rated player, mozart1234.
Congratulations to the winner who will hopefully receive
the prize, a t-shirt, soon...! And thanks a lot to all 100 players for participating in this event.