ATAR Notes Chess Tournament

[brenden]

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Anyone keen?

The way it would work:

People interested would (preferably) post in this thread with something like "I'm in", or you could PM me, so I can get a pool of people. Depending on the quantity in the pool, we'll play an elimination tournament towards the "Grand Final".

We'd probably play on chess.com, pretty good, free site that doesn't glitch. The people who enter the pool would have to give me a few dates/times that they're keen to play, and I'll match people up, so on and so forth until the end of the tournament.

Is this something people would be interested in? Thoughts/suggestions?

First Round (please get in contact with whoever you are paired with via PM and play a live match (30:30 minute time limit, in the next few days)

lzxnl                             nerdgasm
TheAspiringDoc            Ned Nerb
hamo94                       Taiga
Blondie21                     Homer
StupidProdigy               Champ101


Contestants
lzxnl
TheAspiringDoc
hamo94
Ned Nerb
Blondie21
nerdgasm
Stick
StupidProdigy
taiga
Homer
Champ101

[lzxnl]

I'll play

[TheAspiringDoc]

I'm In!
correspondence though?

[TheAspiringDoc]

gameknot i'd recommend.
a sample mini-tournament: http://gameknot.com/mt.pl?id=61943
anywhere from 5-11 players, invitiational

[brenden]

I'm In!
correspondence though?
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Hmm, I feel like this would progress way too slowly for a tournament structure and be too variable - as in, one match might take 12 days, another 25.

(On a personal note I think it's a pain in the ass, the lack of continuity is frustrating).

I'm happy to set up a correspondence tournament, though, if that's what people would prefer.

(Also signed up on gameknot - looks cool).

[Russ]

Correspondence will take way too long, I used to play it and it can really drag on, especially if somebody refuses to concede at the endgame. Just give people 3 days to play their matches etc.

[brenden]

Correspondence will take way too long, I used to play it and it can really drag on, especially if somebody refuses to concede at the endgame. Just give people 3 days to play their matches etc.

Yeah that's a good idea. A window for each tournament stage.

[Orb]

Anyone keen?

The way it would work:

People interested would (preferably) post in this thread with something like "I'm in", or you could PM me, so I can get a pool of people. Depending on the quantity in the pool, we'll play an elimination tournament towards the "Grand Final".

We'd probably play on chess.com, pretty good, free site that doesn't glitch. The people who enter the pool would have to give me a few dates/times that they're keen to play, and I'll match people up, so on and so forth until the end of the tournament.

Is this something people would be interested in? Thoughts/suggestions?

lzxnl will probably win, but count me in!

[Blondie21]

I'd love to play too! I was ranked near the bottom for the chess club in my friendship group though LOL so don't expect much competition :3

[Phy124]

*A wild taiga appears*

[nerdgasm]

I'm more than happy to play in the tournament (I made an account on GameKnot in Year 7 . . . with a picture of Davy Jones from Pirates of the Caribbean as my profile picture, as that was the most menacing thing I could think of at that time).

And yeah, I want to see lzxnl vs taiga as well

[Stick]

Heh, I'm no good at chess (I lost to primary school kids in the only chess tournament I decided to enter in) but given that I have very little to do, I might as well join in. I just hope the game doesn't end up clashing with an unforeseen commitment or something.

[brenden]

Cool! We've 7 people so far.

[StupidProdigy]

Cool! We've 7 people so far.

Make it 8!? 😁

[brenden]

Make it 8!? 😁

Doneskies!

Would people prefer an elimination  tournament, or one where everyone plays everyone else and we tally up the total wins and losses?