[Tak]

I really wish i'd been here for this! I love my chess.

Any way we can stick him in? I think the winner of me and Yoshimatsu is the only match that doesn't draw one of the other 3 players...could just set up another bracket of 4 players maybe and throw a bye in somewhere?

[MasterM]

When zab had 3 queens and stalemated, all I could think of was this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hfw9a9Ww2hw

[Zabuza]

Final results:

Match 1(Zab(b) won)
Match 2 (Stalemate, Jato cheated) zab-white, jato-black
Match 3(Jato(w) won)
Match 4 (Zab(w) won)

[Tak]

When zab had 3 queens and stalemated, all I could think of was this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hfw9a9Ww2hw

hahah! Kid should have stuck with the 9 queens.

[Tak]

I'm sorry guys but I don't think this is going to work for me. I was very excited about a chess tournament, because I love chess and have never found people in other gaming communities who want to play. But I play live chess, often 5-10 minute games, or I play over the board with friends from time to time. Sitting at my computer for roughly 10 hours scattered through the day yesterday our game advanced all of about 5 moves, and that's only because I have been setting up some conditional moves to try to advance the game along.

I don't have the patience for a tournament that's going to take a month to play about 10 matches, sorry. I'm going to bow out.

[MasterM]

I'm sorry guys but I don't think this is going to work for me. I was very excited about a chess tournament, because I love chess and have never found people in other gaming communities who want to play. But I play live chess, often 5-10 minute games, or I play over the board with friends from time to time. Sitting at my computer for roughly 10 hours scattered through the day yesterday our game advanced all of about 5 moves, and that's only because I have been setting up some conditional moves to try to advance the game along.

I don't have the patience for a tournament that's going to take a month to play about 10 matches, sorry. I'm going to bow out.

Sorry it didn't work out. I agree with you on the live bit, but this is really the only thing that works with people in all sorts of different time zones and with different schedules. Maybe we can work out something next time where it speeds along a bit more

[Tak]

Yeah. I wasn't thinking of the time zone issue when I signed up. It's understandable, and I think it's a format that works well. I just don't have the time for it. It's especially painful for me in the opening, because I'm used to the first 9 moves or so taking about a minute, tops.

[MasterM]

Aventador and I finished game one. During the opening I walked around the room kicking myself for several hours...stupid, stupid, stupid Managed to scrape a comeback together though, but Avent would have won if not for a couple of crucial mistakes. Sorry avent :/

http://www.chess.com/echess/game?id=70920360

[Zabuza]

Final results:
Zabuza v MidgetAthlete

Match one (Zab(w) won)
Match two (Midget(w) won)
Match three (Zab(w) won)

[MasterM]

Ave and I finished game 2. Unfortunately, ave put a knight in a bad spot which would have allowed me to win the knight for free and charge down the center of the board because the website glitched at the wrong time Sorry ave, you didn't have very good luck this go round.

http://www.chess.com/echess/game?id=70961146

Also, Mandalorian seems to have vanished of the face of the earth, so I am letting AJ win by default and move on to face tac.smart in the next round.

[Zabuza]

Final results:

Zabuza v Yoshimatsu

Match one (Zab(w) won) vgg
Match two (Zab(b) won)

[MasterM]

So zabuza has made it into the finals congratz zab

I am told that AJ and Tac have played one game, with tac winning, so depending on the results of the next game(s), I will play either AJ or tac for a the other spot in the finals

[MasterM]

*bump* AJ, Tac?

[TacSmart]

Waitin on AJ to accept my 2nd game invite...

[MasterM]

*bump* Aj, please accept tac's invite lol. If AJ hasn't accepted by tomorrow night, we might just move tac on.

Edit: AJ and tac are playing game 2, good luck to both

[Sly]

Chess.com username: Ry_miles

I'll play anyone for fun lol

[MasterM]

AJ, Tac, how's the second game going? I know you at least started it, any progress?

[Zabuza]

[MasterM]

AJ and tac never really got back to me. Zab, you and I could just play a final if you'd like?

[Zabuza]

Okie dokie

[MasterM]

Zab and I did game 1 of a final

http://www.chess.com/echess/game?id=73455010

zab did well and had a nice fork of my bishops towards the end. Game 2 soon

[Zabuza]

I declare MM the winner!