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I'm keen to play if someone wants to start another tournament
I'm grahamwynne on there
Doesn't need to be a second tournament necessarily. Could (I think) just be set up as a STW chess club on chess.com where people can challenge others, or just post something saying they are looking for a game. Or maybe set it up as a ladder competition, though again not sure how feasible that is.
As usual I'm full of ideas but not solutions!!
That sounds like a great thing for someone else to do for me
OK. As Danny did thre first one. I'll see if I can start a second STW tournament. Similar format. Groups of 5. Play the others in your group twice. Top 2 go through. Time limit 2 days per move.
Provisional start on Sunday 24th if enough interest. This linkshould sign up for it.
https://www.chess.com/tournament/stw-chess-club-t2/join
This linkshould sign up for it.
Hmm, I can't find it via the app. However that's almost certainly some sort of error on my part, I've never signed up to a tournament before...
OK Looks like that link doesn't work for invite only tournaments.
Anyone interested add their Chess.com username to this thread and I'll see if I can send individual invites.
'parkedtiger' please 🙂
jlyon77
‘robbo1234biking’ please.
kprook
First invites out. Anyone else?
Thanks for this, I’m
Django2357
grahamwynne - no invite that I can see
grahamwynne – no invite that I can see
Are you on the app or online? App, the invite is buried deep within the menu and you don't get a notification for it.
More > Messages > "you have been invited to join a tournament"
The app seems a bit shit for accepting games...
On my laptop currently. Got it now ta.
Should be there now. Current invites
Django2357
grahamwynne
kprook
Parkedtiger
Yes please. MWyer.
MWyer. Invited.
BeardyMark
🙂
Yes please.Chessron99
I’m useless! 🤣
However, I’ll not be remotely surprised if there’s a Grandmaster in amongst you lot!
seosamh - keen to lose a million games to get good! 😆 so up for the chess club!
Having trouble myself signing up. Cound to pop me and invite please and I'll join 🙂
dannybgoode of course for the username
Marzipan1994
Looking forward to it! 🙂
Me please too. crewlie on chess.com
flushthetoilet.
Thanks very much.
Invites out to
BeardyMark
Chessron99
dannybgoode
seosamh
Marzipan1994
crewlie
flushthetoilet
I'm in - comino64
Thanks
comino64 - Invited.
Currently having a nightmare in my 10 minute games. One draw and 5 losses out last six.
Yes please
Scandal42 invited.
What happens on 24th then - do you just get a notification to play a game and the site will pair you with another invitee?
Sorry for the daft questions. I can play the game (to a certain extent 🤣 ) but all the organised play is new to me.
When the tournament opens you will get a notification. The website computer splits the entrants into groups of 5. Or 5s and 4s if there is an odd number.
At that point you have 4 simultaneous games in play against the other 4 players in your group. 2 as white, 2 as black. After each game finishes you have another game against each player. If you were black in game 1 you are white in game 2 etc. So once it starts you will need to make the first move on 2 boards
You have 2 days max for each move. Miss that limit and you lose on time. The tournament will move along better if we don't always use all the time though. IdeallyI would suggest at least on move a day if possible.
I set the limit at 2 days so if there is a certain time of day that fits with other stuff you can do your moves around the same time each day without getting near a timeout loss.
Started playing a little bit after watching The Queen's Gambit (which is ace, BTW) - I remain so bad at chess it's almost dangerous. 🙂
Sign me up for another round of this please,
aide46
Put me in please , Wasnevergreat .
Aide and wasnevergreat invited.
Can I play too?
KevinPhilipsBong
KPB invited
Sign me up - epynt
Sign me up. Stevo_mcd over there.
Stevo_mcd, epynt invited.
Still a few invites to be accepted.
Crewlie
epynt
flushthetoilet
Marzipan1994
Parkedtiger
Scandal42
stevo_mcd
Wasnevergreat
22 signed up so far. (link only shows players who have accepted invites)
https://www.chess.com/tournament/stw-chess-club-t2/players
in, cheers! 🙂
I'm in. Easy picking for my opponents
Thanks IRC - I seem to be ok for about 5 moves and then get to worried about being defensive and drift away from winning. Had a good game against @kennyp earlier in the week. Looking forward to it.
Lowey , I take it you are lowey on Chess.com and not lowey7 or lowey1?
I'll join user Gritstone
Sorry Gritstone62
Currently 19 players in. Plus 4 invited and waiting to accept invites..
Gritstone62
Marzipan1994
Parkedtiger
Scandal42
Waiting for @lowey to confirm Chess.com username.
Which makes 24. Thinking of just starting if we get one more player so we have 5 groups of 5. Barring any last minute rush of interest of course.
25 works well as top 2 from each group gives 2 groups of 5 in R2.
I'm in already mate.
I'm up for it. 2bitbish
👍
2bitbish invited.
@Lowey, can you just confirm "lowey" is your Chess.com username. Not lowey1, lowey7 etc. Numerous lowey variants on the site.
Flushthetoilet
Cheers. My mistake. LOsing track!
Can I join (the battle for the wooden spoon). User: Muddymole.
@Muddymole invited. Should be a message on the site now to click and accept invite.
@cteagles - Marzipan1994 - still to accept invite to join.
@scandal42 Scandal42 to accept invite.
Once all 3 accept that is tourament full at 25 players at which point it should autostart. Failing which it defaults to a 12 noon start on Sun 24th.
All places filled so I've clicked start. Should start shortly.
Good luck all.
Thanks again irc. I’m looking forward to it, but also a tad nervous 😀
I’m looking forward to it, but also a tad nervous 😀
It's only a game. I've buggered up my position in one of my current daily games by move 5. Live and learn! My opponent is higher rated so I was likely to lose anyway but I wouldn't want a bad position this fast.
Yeh I am very low-key rated compared to everyone else but I learn from it and it is something different to do.
Am I too late to join this one. username is tomhine82. Full of imagination I am!
Afraid so. Can't add extra players after it has started.
In the tournament table what do the tie break points mean? Are they to decide between two players on the same score?
Am I the only person who finds the layout/format of the tournament super confusing? I can't work out the table thingy with the little hover-over match previews at all. Maybe it will make sense in the morning!
0 for a loss
1/2 for a draw
1 for a win
Just means you don't get a non-scorimg game.
I've just had two very close matches with @beiciwr64 . Won one, lost one. Good fun!
The tie-break points are indeed to decide between people on the same score. Or, indeed, to act as a tie-break... 😉
As I understand it, it's calculated by adding up the scores of the people you defeated and half the total score of people you drew against.
https://support.chess.com/article/314-how-do-ties-in-tournaments-work
So, I'm enjoying the STW Chess Club T2 tournament and have surprisingly found myself getting through to the next stage : )
I think I've even improved somewhat during this time, however I got totally outclassed by epynt and will need to improve quite a bit more to stand any chance in the knockout part. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to keep up my practise? Whilst groups 2 to 5 have finished, group 1 is not half way through, so any minor gains will be long forgotten by the time we go further. Should I just play randoms?
If anyone else is in the same boat and fancies keeping things ticking along then I'm Django2357 on there. I'd happily play 24hr a move games.
How is the first tournament coming along? (is thre any way to view this if you're not part of the tournament yourself?)
How is the first tournament coming along? (is there any way to view this if you’re not part of the tournament yourself?)
93 games complete, 7 remaining.
Finished all my games ages ago so because I was getting a bit rusty I did a few games against the computer last night and got annihilated. I need to work on that before the second round starts!
@gauss1777 - will try and add you for a 24hr game in a bit.
This link should let you see how the first tournament is going.
https://www.chess.com/tournament/the-inaugural-stw-chess-championship
I've asked you for a 24hr game via chess.com. THere should be a challenge to accept in your notifications and/or email.
The other option is either random games or joining another tournament from the upoming list. Probably best to choose one with a grading limit to keep things more even,
For example.
https://www.chess.com/tournament/obsessed-aficionados for players graded under 1500
If you click the join button you will get a notification from Chess.com once the tournament is full and it starts.
There seems to always be a big gaps as the games in each round finish. For example I am curently taking part in 16 tournaments but only have 13 active games.
Thanks crazy-legs and irc. 16 tournaments with 13 active games sounds huge!
I found in the group stage that I benefited from the slower pace, but if the move took days I'd forget my train of thought and even make rash moves when I saw my opponent move, in the hope my opponent would make a move then rather than in another couple of days. All good fun.
@gauss1777 I've just sent you a 24 hour per move game request too. At least I hope I have, some of the chess.com interface is still a bit beyond me.
Thanks kennyp I just noticed that. I’m enjoying the games started today, I made a big blunder in a move against jlyon and then another poor move, so things are not going overly well. However, they do seem a good games to learn from - ie just a bit better than me. I find the start of games the hardest part at the moment.
And if anyone else fancies a game while we wait for the next rounds of the tournaments to start just ping me a challenge on chess.com, I'm kprook on there.
Re the blunders, yes I've made a good few too. The annoying things is when you look back you think "What on earth was I thinking of" for a lot of them!!
That said, some of the narrow defeats I've had have been really enjoyable games.
The annoying things is when you look back you think “What on earth was I thinking of” for a lot of them!!
Indeed. I often notice a split second after pressing the tick! Although not today, I was caught totally unawares. How, I do not know. On the flip side, even when things look hopeless there’s always the chance your opponent will blunder.
@kennyp Sorry about that last game, had completely forgotten about repeated moves causing a draw...mind you I was pretty much out of ideas by then😄
I made a big blunder in a move against jlyon and then another poor move, so things are not going overly well.
Behold my Knights of Power!
😉
I made a big blunder in a move against jlyon and then another poor move, so things are not going overly well.
Behold my Knights of Power!
😉
Fairplay, you’ve totally undone me 😀. Whereas, irc1979 is destroying me!
At least it’s confirmed my need for plenty of practise 😩😂😭