Originally posted by Gil DeMarcus WalkerI think you've done a fine job, Gil and it would have made me happy to see either ThePO or InHisName out, but I can't agree with your assessment of their games. These were not short, "grandmaster" draws but hard-fought, complicated struggles which lasted 33 and 36 moves, respectively. The draw results in the two games were certainly legitimate esp. Game 874763, which looks like a dead draw to me. I might have been tempted to play out Game 874712 if I was Black which is a pawn up but White's minor pieces are very strongly posted. We've had games at RHP where clanmates have played a couple of moves and then taken draws against each other, but these games certainly don't fit into that category, IMO.
And finally...pheeeeew!! 😛
[b]The 2005 Championship 1st Round Analysis Group by Group - Part 4: Groups 29 to 37.
The favorites. Who has fulfilled their favoritism. Who did not and why they didn't.
Group 29 - Talem16 (1683, 1843 at Jan 3rd) was the group favorite, followed by anom-asil (1581, 1680 at Jan 3rd) and Kingo ...[text shortened]... the England flag.
Tomorrow "The 2005 Championship 1st Round Overview"...😲🙄😀😉😵[/b]
Originally posted by no1marauderhave a look at the 1/21 siege game between in his name and meman ... i enjoyed watching that.
I think you've done a fine job, Gil and it would have made me happy to see either ThePO or InHisName out, but I can't agree with your assessment of their games. These were not short, "grandmaster" draws but hard-fought, complicated struggles which lasted 33 and 36 moves, respectively. The draw results in the two games were certainly legitima ...[text shortened]... en taken draws against each other, but these games certainly don't fit into that category, IMO.
Game 960037
Originally posted by no1marauderThanks No1 for your appreciation!
I think you've done a fine job, Gil and it would have made me happy to see either ThePO or InHisName out, but I can't agree with your assessment of their games. These were not short, "grandmaster" draws but hard-fought, complicated struggles which lasted 33 and 36 moves, respectively. The draw results in the two games were certainly legitima ...[text shortened]... en taken draws against each other, but these games certainly don't fit into that category, IMO.
About ThePO an In His Name games, I am agree with you... it was two real tough fights...
But I don't regret about my comments. I just want to have most people talking about those games...
Maybe we could have a 1st round best games selection, what does everybody think about?
Originally posted by flexmoreWhat a game!!! 😲
have a look at the 1/21 siege game between in his name and meman ... i enjoyed watching that.
Game 960037
The maneuvers in the queen side after the black castle... that quality sacrifice (25...Rxd5) to get a peace ahead after... the endgame... I'm not in the level to understand that moves...
Fantastic...🙄
I think that In His Name is a serious candidate to the 2005 Championship title...
The 2005 Championsip 1st Round Overview
There's 27 players with a no defeat career: IronMan31, David Tebb, ThePO, In His Name, fernando J P Vasquez, nicohuyboom, Northern Lad, Baca, Perrys, webreaper, Quirine, Gatecrasher, no1marauder, Tequila, awrightus, cbd, neight, mistsplicer, Exy, GauravV, Prefect, Duhian, nickybutt, crusoe, ggoulam, harrinpj and hushpuppy.
There's 14 players with all wins career: IronMan31, fernando J P Vasquez, nicohuyboom, Baca, Perrys, webreaper, Quirine, Tequila, cbd, mistsplicer, Prefect, Duhian, harrinpj and hushpuppy.
There's only one player with a no defeat career that hasn't progressed to the 2nd round: neight.
There's only 5 players rated 2000+ at Jan 3rd that hasn't progressed to the 2nd round:
01 - meman (2199) of Group 8, won by David Tebb (2291);
02 - Feivel (2166) of Group 26, won by Northern Lad (2114);
03 - BlackBuck (2079) of Group 34, won by ThePO (2222) and In His Name (2160);
04 - Kawika (2038), of Group 10, won by Duhian (2153); and
05 - Joop506 (2004), of Group 5, won by Chess Slayer (1513).
There's 38 players in the 2nd round from 37 groups in 1st round
Only Group 34 has defined more than one player in the second round.
The top 10 player in the 2nd round are:
01 - IronMan31 (2455)
02 - David Tebb (2322)
03 - ThePO (2293)
04 - In His Name (2259)
05 - fernando J P Vasquez (2250)
06 - nicohuyboom (2248)
07 - Northern Lad (2241)
08 - Baca (2235)
09 - cludi (2161)
10 - Perrys (2138)
The top 10 players at tournament start that progressed to 2nd round are:
01 - IronMan31 (2382)
02 - David Tebb (2291)
03 - Baca (2235)
04 - ThePO (2222)
05 - fernando J P Vasquez (2198)
06 - In His Name (2160)
07 - Duhian (2153)
08 - TRACKHEAD21 (2130)
09 - nicohuyboom (2120)
10 - cbd (2119)
Taking the average between the rating at Jan 3rd and today, the top 10 players progressing to 2nd round are:
01 - IronMan31 (2455, 2382 at Jan 3rd)
02 - David Tebb (2322, 2291 at Jan 3rd)
03 - ThePO (2293, 2222 at Jan 3rd)
04 - Baca (2235, 2235 at Jan 3rd)
05 - fernando J P Vasquez (2250, 2198 at Jan 3rd)
06 - In His Name (2259, 2160 at Jan 3rd)
07 - nicohuyboom (2248, 2120 at Jan 3rd)
08 - Northern Lad (2241, 2114 at Jan 3rd)
09 - cludi (2161, 2082 at Jan 3rd)
10 - Tequila (2049, 2113 at Jan 3rd)
The lowest rated players progressing to the 2nd round are:
01 - TRACKHEAD21 (1253)
02 - hushpuppy (1351)
03 - harrinpj (1352)
04 - ggoulam (1478)
05 - JimmyBilly (1528)
The lowest rated players at tournament start progressing to the 2nd round are:
01 - GauravV (1042)
02 - ggoulam (1358)
03 - JimmyBilly (1383)
04 - nickybutt (1447)
05 - cantspell (1456)
Taking the average between the rating at Jan 3rd and today, the lowest rated players progressing to the 2nd round are:
01 - ggoulam (1478, 1358 at Jan 3rd)
02 - GauravV (1829, 1042 at Jan 3rd)
03 - JimmyBilly (1528, 1383 at Jan 3rd)
04 - nickybutt (1604, 1447 at Jan 3rd)
05 - cantspell (1607, 1456 at Jan 3rd)
The rating average of the players progressing to 2nd round at Jan 3rd was 1845 points, today it is 1902 points.
Some players progressing to the 2nd round had drastic rating variation.
The top 10 rating climbers progressing to the 2nd round are:
01 - GauravV, from 1042 to 1829, achieving 787 points;
02 - webreaper, from 1579 to 2123, achieving 544 points;
03 - Chess Slayer, from 1513 to 2009, achieving 496 points;
04 - Perrys, from 1688 to 2138, achieving 450 points;
05 - mistsplicer, from 1604 to 1911, achieving 307 points;
06 - awrightus, from 1770 to 2026, achieving 256 points;
07 - Gatecrasher, from 1887 to 2104, achieving 217 points;
08 - hooptroop, from 1506 to 1714, achieving 208 points;
09 and 10 - Quirine, from 1927 to 2113, achieving 186 points; and
no1marauder, from 1917 to 2103, achieving 186 points.
Only 10 players had their rating decreasing since Jan 3rd, but only some of them had a drastic fall, the top 5 player in rating reduction are:
01 - TRACKHEAD21, from 2130 to 1253, losing 877 points;
02 - hushpuppy, from 1997 to 1351, losing 646 points;
03 - harrinpj, from 1862 to 1352, losing 510 points;
04 - Duhian, from 2153 to 1666, losing 487 points; and
05 - SteveC, from 1971 to 1654, losing 317 points.
About the progressing players country flags we have:
6 players - US;
5 players - England;
4 players - Denmark and Portugal;
3 players - UK;
2 players - Ireland and Netherlands;
1 player - Angola, Brazil, Czech Republic, France, Iceland, India, Italy, Russia, Scotland, Slovakia and South Africa.
1 player doesn't stands a contry flag.
That's all...
The 2005 Championsip 1st Round Overview
There's 27 players with a no defeat career: IronMan31, David Tebb, ThePO, In His Name, fernando J P Vasquez, nicohuyboom, Northern Lad, Baca, Perrys, webreaper, Quirine, Gatecrasher, no1marauder, Tequila, awrightus, cbd, neight, mistsplicer, Exy, GauravV, Prefect, Duhian, nickybutt, crusoe, ggoulam, harrinpj and hushpuppy.
There's 14 players with all wins career: IronMan31, fernando J P Vasquez, nicohuyboom, Baca, Perrys, webreaper, Quirine, Tequila, cbd, mistsplicer, Prefect, Duhian, harrinpj and hushpuppy.
There's only one player with a no defeat career that hasn't progressed to the 2nd round: neight.
There's only 5 players rated 2000+ at Jan 3rd that hasn't progressed to the 2nd round:
01 - meman (2199) of Group 8, won by David Tebb (2291);
02 - Feivel (2166) of Group 26, won by Northern Lad (2114);
03 - BlackBuck (2079) of Group 34, won by ThePO (2222) and In His Name (2160);
04 - Kawika (2038), of Group 10, won by Duhian (2153); and
05 - Joop506 (2004), of Group 5, won by Chess Slayer (1513).
There's 38 players in the 2nd round from 37 groups in 1st round
Only Group 34 has defined more than one player in the second round.
The top 10 player in the 2nd round are:
01 - IronMan31 (2455)
02 - David Tebb (2322)
03 - ThePO (2293)
04 - In His Name (2259)
05 - fernando J P Vasquez (2250)
06 - nicohuyboom (2248)
07 - Northern Lad (2241)
08 - Baca (2235)
09 - cludi (2161)
10 - Perrys (2138)
The top 10 players at tournament start that progressed to 2nd round are:
01 - IronMan31 (2382)
02 - David Tebb (2291)
03 - Baca (2235)
04 - ThePO (2222)
05 - fernando J P Vasquez (2198)
06 - In His Name (2160)
07 - Duhian (2153)
08 - TRACKHEAD21 (2130)
09 - nicohuyboom (2120)
10 - cbd (2119)
Taking the average between the rating at Jan 3rd and today, the top 10 players progressing to 2nd round are:
01 - IronMan31 (2455, 2382 at Jan 3rd)
02 - David Tebb (2322, 2291 at Jan 3rd)
03 - ThePO (2293, 2222 at Jan 3rd)
04 - Baca (2235, 2235 at Jan 3rd)
05 - fernando J P Vasquez (2250, 2198 at Jan 3rd)
06 - In His Name (2259, 2160 at Jan 3rd)
07 - nicohuyboom (2248, 2120 at Jan 3rd)
08 - Northern Lad (2241, 2114 at Jan 3rd)
09 - cludi (2161, 2082 at Jan 3rd)
10 - Tequila (2049, 2113 at Jan 3rd)
The lowest rated players progressing to the 2nd round are:
01 - TRACKHEAD21 (1253)
02 - hushpuppy (1351)
03 - harrinpj (1352)
04 - ggoulam (1478)
05 - JimmyBilly (1528)
The lowest rated players at tournament start progressing to the 2nd round are:
01 - GauravV (1042)
02 - ggoulam (1358)
03 - JimmyBilly (1383)
04 - nickybutt (1447)
05 - cantspell (1456)
Taking the average between the rating at Jan 3rd and today, the lowest rated players progressing to the 2nd round are:
01 - ggoulam (1478, 1358 at Jan 3rd)
02 - GauravV (1829, 1042 at Jan 3rd)
03 - JimmyBilly (1528, 1383 at Jan 3rd)
04 - nickybutt (1604, 1447 at Jan 3rd)
05 - cantspell (1607, 1456 at Jan 3rd)
The rating average of the players progressing to 2nd round at Jan 3rd was 1845 points, today it is 1902 points.
Some players progressing to the 2nd round had drastic rating variation.
The top 10 rating climbers progressing to the 2nd round are:
01 - GauravV, from 1042 to 1829, achieving 787 points;
02 - webreaper, from 1579 to 2123, achieving 544 points;
03 - Chess Slayer, from 1513 to 2009, achieving 496 points;
04 - Perrys, from 1688 to 2138, achieving 450 points;
05 - mistsplicer, from 1604 to 1911, achieving 307 points;
06 - awrightus, from 1770 to 2026, achieving 256 points;
07 - Gatecrasher, from 1887 to 2104, achieving 217 points;
08 - hooptroop, from 1506 to 1714, achieving 208 points;
09 and 10 - Quirine, from 1927 to 2113, achieving 186 points; and no1marauder, from 1917 to 2103, achieving 186 points.
Only 10 players had their rating decreasing since Jan 3rd, but only some of them had a drastic fall, the top 5 player in rating reduction are:
01 - TRACKHEAD21, from 2130 to 1253, losing 877 points;
02 - hushpuppy, from 1997 to 1351, losing 646 points;
03 - harrinpj, from 1862 to 1352, losing 510 points;
04 - Duhian, from 2153 to 1666, losing 487 points; and
05 - SteveC, from 1971 to 1654, losing 317 points.
About the progressing players country flags we have:
6 players - US;
5 players - England;
4 players - Denmark and Portugal;
3 players - UK;
2 players - Ireland and Netherlands;
1 player - Angola, Brazil, Czech Republic, France, Iceland, India, Italy, Russia, Scotland, Slovakia and South Africa.
One player progressing to the 2nd round doesn't stands a contry flag.
Originally posted by fierytormentIn IronMan31 history, he has played Tebb 4 times, all of them draw games (Game 821900, Game 822060, Game 1096682 & Game 1096416).
so...... who has the ability to knock off Ironman? Tebb perhaps? what do you all think?
ThePO has played IronMan31 4 times too and has lost all times (Game 482156, Game 709795, Game 709793 & Game 482157).
In His Name has never played IronMan31.
Fernando J P Vasquez has played 2 times and lost both times (Game 709794 & Game 709791).
As In His Name, nicohuyboom has never played IronMan31.
Northern Lad is now playing 4 games with IronMan31 (Game 810608, Game 810662, Game 1096687 & Game 1096741).
In his turn, cludi has a game in progress with IronMan31 (Game 810770) and had a draw (Game 810610) and 4 defeats (Game 596419, Game 596366, Game 809616 & Game 809562).
Perrys, as In His Name and nicohuyboom, has never played IronMan31.
Duhian has played 6 games versus IronMan31, 1 draw (Game 676708) and 5 defeats (Game 676707, Game 810609, Game 810716, Game 1044117 & Game 1044120).
TRACKHEAD21 has also played 6 games versus IronMan31, all defeats, 2 of them he has resigned (Game 812181 & Game 811975) and 4 of them was timeouts during his recent retirement (Game 993542, Game 993543, Game 990857 & Game 990858).
In 4 games against IronMan31, cbd had a draw (Game 567765) and 3 defeats (Game 567770, Game 822063 & Game 822117).
Tequila has played 2 games with IronMan31 and has lost both (Game 490043 & Game 490044).
So, except the players that has never played IronMan31, Tebb has the best results against him.
That's all I can say.
Maybe somebody in a better point of view can indicate another competitor in the 2005 Campionship 2nd round whose chess skills, could credit him as a serious opponent for IronMan31.
I must say that I became amazed with In His Name chess play when I saw his game with meman posted by flexmore in this thread at May 6th (it's somewhere above).
So I dare to say that In His Name, in his game 😲, can beat IronMan31... (I just couldn't resist the pun... 😀, EDIT 2: sorry Jesus... 😳:'())
EDIT: I checked David Tebb games and he has beaten meman 4 times and had another 4 draws.
Originally posted by RBHILLI went through all the groups and found three games:
I think there are only 4 games or less left to play.
polarbear-rossoboy: Game 871483
rossoboy-polarbear: Game 871605
twchess-neldo: Game 870216
All games are far from finished.
The next round is, at worst, months away.
Originally posted by nickybuttIncredible!! I've been holding down my games expecting about 14 with beasts like IM, Dave Tebb, In His Name, etc. etc. but now see that a handful of sluggards will apparently hold this tournament in thrall until it's 90 degress in northern New York! What is wrong with you people; 25 moves in over 4 months?????? I guess this blasts Flexmore's theory about 0 timeouts and large timebanks finishing faster than a 1/7 or 3/7!
I went through all the groups and found three games:
polarbear-rossoboy: Game 871483
rossoboy-polarbear: Game 871605
twchess-neldo: Game 870216
All games are far from finished.
The next round is, at worst, months away.