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Post by perseus on May 1, 2006 7:50:50 GMT -5
How are you doing? Any reports yet?
I got very lucky; report later.
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savin
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Post by savin on May 1, 2006 9:43:03 GMT -5
www.stansco.com/cgi-bin/nc_publication.cgi?snc-et-div-swiss-main?-142?0The interesting facts so far are: Best records so far: from the 45 divisions. Lion Division - Perseus 8 wins from 8 games completed Antelope Division - Woodcarver 7 wins from 7 games completed Electrum Division - Madcap 6 wins from 6 games completed Hawk Division - Gordy 6 wins from 6 games completed Linx Division - DynamiteDan 6 wins from 6 games completed Linx Division - DynamiteDan 6 wins from 6 games completed Bullshark Division - Vlads 6 wins from 6 games completed Great Whie Division - Fruitje 6 wins from 6 games completed Sapphire Division - Dodi 5 wins from 5 completed games Emerald Division - Winggame 5 wins from 5 completed games Leopard Division - Guybrush 5 wins from 5 completed games Cougar Division - Nikio 5 wins from 5 completed games Division with Most/Least Completed Games:Average completed games per division is 47.4 Most Completed Games: Viper Division-- 68 games Python Division -- 68 games Gazelle Division -- 64 Games Least Completed Games: Silver Division-- 12 games Gold Division -- 26 games Bronze Division -- 30 Games
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Post by perseus on May 2, 2006 17:21:22 GMT -5
I don't know what to say really. I am playing OTB once a fortnight in a private competition and they are all better than me, so I have to improve just to make the games last.
To win eight games may or may not indicate a gap in class. Actually, I was very lucky to win one game which I had lost and just going through the motions (first game) and I nearly offered a draw in another as I could not see a way through. So I was lucky to win them all so far.
Who makes the first blunder and then I have to both spot the blunder and take advantage of it properly? And sometimes I mucked it up and blundered through to victory. I doubt if the moves were sound even under elementary analysis. I am sure they are not. I daren't go through the games again to find out.
I need more than a pawn if I want to win an end game.
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Gritty
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Post by Gritty on May 5, 2006 10:56:03 GMT -5
I got off to a flyer in my division - Bronze - as I was in particularly sparkly form (by my standards) at the start of the year. My game is tailing off a bit at present, so I'm just hoping to hold on.
One slightly disappointing aspect is that a number of games in my division where agreed as draws very early, with players saying stuff like "just got too many games on the go, draw?".
Just seems a shame to me.
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Post by perseus on May 5, 2006 17:56:45 GMT -5
I remembered a game (which I won) when I thought a draw was the likely outcome, but I did not want a draw after under 20 moves. I do not even think about until 20 moves have been played.
Then I found this:
Sophia rules, where draw offers are not allowed before move 30. Also used by the HB Global tournament. This method does reduce the short draws, but if both players trade off pieces, they can essentially agree to a draw, without a draw offer.
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Post by perseus on May 6, 2006 10:11:03 GMT -5
The (Dandi) Lion Division is now decided.
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Post by Diet_Coke is better than chess on May 6, 2006 12:26:28 GMT -5
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