Originally posted by Gil DeMarcus WalkerSorry, misunderstood that. But I recommended some posts for you 🙂
Thank you for update...
When I wrote the Group 5 chronicle this game hadn't finished yet.😞
About you tie against Joop506, I talked about a tie in points, one win for each side as white. 😉
About my interest in this Championship... I must say that, for RHP community, it's better than World Great League, better than the Superbowl, bette ...[text shortened]... t...🙄😀😉
EDIT: Hey everybody... I would appreciate recs... please... don't forget it... 😀
Originally posted by Chess Slayerthanks CS... thanks everybody...😀
Sorry, misunderstood that. But I recommended some posts for you 🙂
The 2005 Championship 1st Round Analysis Group by Group - Part 1 is in the Recommended Posts page 1...
I think that it's only part of exposition deserved by 2005 Championship...
Edit.: Maybe if there's something like a 2nd division would make the year championship more interesting, but I don't know how it could be done...
Just to post something in this days of expectation...
2005 Championship 1st Round Analysis Group by Group - Part 1 (updated)
The favorites. Who has fulfilled their favoritism. Who did not and why they didn't.
Group 1 - IronMan31 (2459, 2382 at Jan 3rd) had no problem to easily confirm his ample favoritism. 24 games, 24 wins, 72 points, 12 opponents crushed, no chances for nobody.
IronMan31 stands the Italy flag.
Group 2 - Fnugbatter (1856, 1821 at Jan 3rd) was the group favorite, followed by rizzers (1662, 1760 at Jan 3rd) and futureman (1823, 1695 at Jan 3rd).
Fnugbatter has beaten rizzers, a win as white (Game 870361) and a draw as black (Game 870283). Against futureman, a tie, one win as black to each side (Game 870359 & Game 870259). And, unfortunately or not, in the board Game 870331, Fnugbatter lost decisive points to alwaysup (1404, 1221 at Jan 3rd).
In his turn, futureman didn't lose points for another players, neither for rizzers (Game 870252 & Game 870275), and has progressed alone against Fnugbatter favoritism.
futureman stands the US flag.
Group 3 - Exy (1855) was a 1863 player at tournament start and was the group favorite.
His closest opponents were bobbyboomer (1686, 1622 at Jan 3rd), vrobke (1550, 1606 at Jan 3rd), and neight (1927, 1572 at Jan 3rd).
During the games, neight, a rising player in RHP, presented himself as the toughest fighter, scoring two draws against Exy (Game 870527 & Game 870416) and a no defeat 1st round run.
However, neight lost points in a draw as black to bobbyboomer (Game 870452)and Exy has confirmed his favoritism, progressing alone.
Now, maybe neight should be called the group favorite, but it changes nothing.
Exy stands the UK flag.
Group 4 - At tournament start, January 3rd, Quirine (2124), with 1927 points, and sastorey (2063), with a rising rating graph and 1934 points, were the group favorites.
Quirine won both games against sastorey in two tough fights (Game 870545 & Game 870645), one 55 and other 67 moves game. He won all his other games in 1st round too, 24 wins, 72 points, just as IronMan31, and has progressed alone.
Quirine stands the Netherlands flag.
Group 5 - At January 3rd, Joop506 (1918), with 2004 points, and ericfrelicot (1939), with 1908, were the group favorites.
The closest opponents, far behind the group higher rated players, were Oleg Margolin (1649, 1617 at Jan 3rd), Phillidor284 (1733, 1586 at Jan 3rd), Chess Slayer (1956, 1513 at Jan 3rd), and unclescooby (1553, 1502 at Jan 3rd).
Joop506 and ericfrelicot had a great fight, a draw in one of their games (Game 870725) and a win for ericfrelicot as white in the other (Game 870803).
Joop506 also lost points for the lower rated opponents. He had a tie with Oleg Margolin (1649, 1617 at Jan 3rd), two wins as black for each side (Game 870721 & Game 870755), a tie with unclescooby (1553, 1502 at Jan 3rd), two wins as white for each (Game 870718 & Game 870706), and was beaten by Phillidor284 (1733, 1586 at Jan 3rd), a defeat as white (Game 870719) and a draw as black (Game 870731), losing all his chances in the competition.
In his turn, ericfrelicot won all his games against the lower rated players, except one, a hidden strong candidate to progress in the group, an ascendant player, an opponent that couldn't be ignored, Chess Slayer.
Chess Slayer has beaten ericfrelicot, with a win as white (Game 870846) and a draw as black (Game 870812), had a tie with Joop506, one win as white for each one (Game 870839 & Game 870728), won all other games in his 1st round career, and has progressed alone to the 2nd round.
Chess Slayer stands the US flag.
Group 6 - No surprises. cludi (2141, 2082 at Jan 3rd) was, by far, the group favorite. He lost a game as white (Game 870964) to terminmater (1776, 1723 at Jan 3rd), but won all other games and has progressed alone.
cludi stands the Denmark flag.
Group 7 - Obviously, nicohuyboom (2194,2120 on Jan 3rd) was the group favorite. Dustnrogers (1852, 1377 at Jan 3rd), with his floating rating, due to multiple timeouts on opened short time games in his absences, and a impressive move fashion, fast, but also wise, could not be omitted.
Dustnrogers has started this thread at Jan 5th, when it was impossible to see the 2005 Championship tables, and announced his recent achievement: two wins, no defeats. The day after, the same pace, six wins no defeats.
But, as fast as he defeated the low rated players, he has realized that it couldn't be so easy: Jan 7th, 8 wins, 2 defeats (Game 871029 & Game 871006). It was nicohuyboom, the 2140 rated player mentioned by him.
Feeling himself out of the contest, Dustnrogers lost one more game (Game 871053), for a minor player, pineapple42 (1197) who was around 1300 in the January early days.
Fulfilling his role, nicohuyboom won all his games, 24 wins, 72 points, as Quirine and IronMan31.
nicohuyboom stands the Netherlands flag.
Group 8 - This was the battle field for David Tebb (2296, 2291 at Jan 3rd) and meman (2251, 2199 at Jan 3rd).
It must be noted the unlucky spriggles (1993, 1924 at Jan 3rd). Yes, that's an unlucky guy. Forced to face two top ten players in the 1st round, when he was able to progress to 2nd round with just a little better fate in championship pairing.
But spriggles did well. At least, he did a nice run, he was beaten by the group monsters as black (Game 871168 & Game 871228), but had two draws as white (Game 871257 & Game 871262).
In the battle field, David Tebb imposed his better condition against meman, a win as white (Game 871165) and a draw as black (Game 871221), and has progressed.
David Tebb stands the England flag.
Group 9 - No top 100 players. Actually, no top 200 players. And maybe, no top 500 players. A place where a common player could make it.
The group favorite was ouroboros (1620, the same around Jan 3rd). His closest opponents were dc3 (1445,1488 at Jan 3rd), 0rbital (1521, 1469 at Jan 3rd), and the surprising nickybutt (1629, 1447 at Jan 3rd).
As white, nickybutt has defeated all his opponents except dc3, against whom he had a draw (Game 871394). As black, almost the same, all wins except two draws, again against dc3 (gid]871334[/gid]) and against scubagold (1291, 1276 at Jan 3rd - Game 871382), a player with a strange rating graph due to his many defeats for timeout, in a game out of the group favorites particular contest.
Fortunately for nickybutt, also out of the group favorites contest, ouroboros lost for lechler (1397, 1364 at Jan 3rd - Game 871318), 0rbital lost for antonymayhew (967, 1256 at Jan 3rd - Game 871420), and dc3 lost for scubagold (Game 871333).
So, ouroboros, 0rbital and dc3 lost 3 points for players out of the group main candidates to progress, while nickybutt lost only 2 points for those players.
Besides the equality in the games against nickybutt, dc3 couldn't make better than him against ouroboros and Orbital, so nickybutt has progressed alone frustrating his rivals favoritism.
nickybutt stands the Denmark flag.
Group 10 - Duhian (2279, 2153 at Jan 3rd) and Kawika (1622, 2038 at Jan 3rd) were the group favorites.
It seems that Kawika had disdained the tournament and Duhian fulfilled his role winning all his games. 24 wins, 72 points, as IronMan31, Quirine and nicohuyboom.
Duhian was standing the Portugal flag. Unfornately he left RHP, but maybe he will show up for the 2nd round.
It's over...
Group 17 - cbd (1951) won both games against Grand Master Gav (1886) and progress alone.
The full list of players in the 2nd round sorted by rating:
01 - IronMan31 (2455)
02 - David Tebb (2302)
03 - ThePO (2269)
04 - Northern Lad (2261)
05 - fernando J P Vasquez (2256)
06 - In His Name (2242)
07 - Baca (2235)
08 - nicohuyboom (2219)
09 - cludi (2151)
10 - Perrys (2136)
11 - webreaper (2123)
12 - Gatecrasher (2117)
13 - Quirine (2111)
14 - rosaline (2099)
15 - no1marauder (2080)
16 - Tequila (2037)
17 - awrightus (2026)
18 - cbd (1951)
19 - Chess Slayer (1946)
20 - Exy (1892)
21 - mistsplicer (1881)
22 - futureman (1831)
23 - GauravV (1788)
24 - hushpuppy (1763)
25 - Prefect (1738)
26 - Kingo2000 (1733)
27 - hooptroop (1712)
28 - Knight Time (1703)
29 - Duhian (1666)
30 - SteveC (1654)
31 - sergen1976 (1649)
32 - nickybutt (1630)
33 - cantspell (1628)
34 - crusoe (1598)
35 - JimmyBilly (1529)
36 - ggoulam (1522)
37 - harrinpj (1336)
38 - TRACKHEAD21 (1263)
Tomorrow: The 2005 Championship 1st Round Analysis Group by Group - Part 2!!!😲🙄😀
Originally posted by Gil DeMarcus WalkerThree from Denmark:
It's over...
[b]Group 17 - cbd (1951) won both games against Grand Master Gav (1886) and progress alone.
The full list of players in the 2nd round sorted by rating:
01 - IronMan31 (2455)
02 - David Tebb (2302)
03 - ThePO (2269)
04 - Northern Lad (2261)
05 - fernando J P Vasquez (2256)
06 - In His Name (2242)
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Tomorrow: The 2005 Championship 1st Round Analysis Group by Group - Part 2!!!😲🙄😀[/b]
cludi (2151)
Prefect (1738)
nickybutt (1630)
And three from the People's Champion: The Contumelious Clan
no1marauder (2080)
Chess Slayer (1946)
nickybutt (1630)
No wonder I progressed in spite of my low rating!
And keep up the good work Gil, it's appreciated!
Originally posted by nickybuttand 1 from the Crystal Palace Football Club Clan!!!
Three from Denmark:
cludi (2151)
Prefect (1738)
nickybutt (1630)
And three from the People's Champion: The Contumelious Clan
no1marauder (2080)
Chess Slayer (1946)
nickybutt (1630)
No wonder I progressed in spite of my low rating!
And keep up the good work Gil, it's appreciated!
Originally posted by Gil DeMarcus WalkerI've decided to start a new thread for the 2005 Championship: Round Two. I think it's good for a new start.
It's over...
[b]Group 17 - cbd (1951) won both games against Grand Master Gav (1886) and progress alone.
The full list of players in the 2nd round sorted by rating:
01 - IronMan31 (2455)
02 - David Tebb (2302)
03 - ThePO (2269)
04 - Northern Lad (2261)
05 - fernando J P Vasquez (2256)
06 - In His Name (2242)
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Tomorrow: The 2005 Championship 1st Round Analysis Group by Group - Part 2!!!😲🙄😀[/b]
Sorry CS... 😳
I'll post it here too... maybe it's better to keep just one thread for the 2005 Championship results...
The 2005 Championship 1st Round Analysis Group by Group - Part 2: Groups 11 to 19.
The favorites. Who has fulfilled their favoritism. Who did not and why they didn't.
Group 11 - Another place for common players. lucifershammer (1505, 1570 at Jan 3rd), RebelRouser (1213, 1553 at Jan 3rd), Kresten (1673, 1542 at Jan 3rd), and hooptroop (1714, 1506 at Jan 3rd) were the group favorites.
But other players also performed an important role to the group final result: SeaHag (1298, 1479 at Jan 3rd), Vegar (1594, 1430 at Jan 3rd), ZorroRojo (1274, 1403 at Jan 3rd), ThePenguin (1362, 1370 at Jan 3rd), AndyGates1979 (1272, 1181 at Jan 3rd), and cevans (1299, 1153 at Jan 3rd).
Against those other players:
a) lucifershammer, as white, lost for AndyGates1979 (Game 871635) and had draws with SeaHag (Game 871709) and ThePenguin (Game 871701), losing 7 points;
b) RebelRouser lost both games for Vegar (Game 871784 & Game 871772) and ThePenguin (Game 871773 & Game 871640), and, as black, also lost for ZorroRojo (Game 871760) and SeaHag (Game 871748), losing 18 points;
c) Kresten, as white, lost for Vegar (Game 871699), and, as black, lost for ZorroRojo (Game 871754), ThePenguin (Game 871633), and cevans (Game 871635), losing 12 points; and finally
d) hooptroop, as black, lost only for ZorroRojo (Game 871756), losing just 3 points.
So, against opponents out of the group favorites, hooptroop had the best performance.
Between the group favorites:
a) lucifershammer, as white, defeated Kresten (Game 871706) and lost for RebelRouser (Game 871712) and hooptroop (Game 871707), and, as black, he lost all games (Game 871779, Game 871694 & Game 871719), scoring only 3 points of 18 possible;
b) RebelRouser, as white, beaten Kresten (Game 871778) and lucifershammer (Game 871779), and lost for hooptroop (Game 871780), as black, he won lucifershammer (Game 871712) and lost for Kresten (Game 871700) and hooptroop (Game 871724), gaining 9 points;
c) Kresten, as white, subdued lucifershammer (Game 871694) and RebelRouser (Game 871700), but lost for hooptroop (Game 8717695), and, as black, the same, victories against lucifershammer (Game 871706) and RebelRouser (Game 871778) and defeat versus hooptroop (Game 871718), obtaining 12 points; and
d) hooptroop has won all his games as white (Game 871719, Game 871724 & Game 871718, and, as black, (Game 871695, Game 871707 & Game 871780), achieving the 18 possible points and positioning himself out of reach of all his immediate opponents.
This way, hooptroop, the least of the group favorites, progressed alone.
He stands the Iceland flag.
Group 12 - Baca (2235, 2089 at Jan 3rd) was the group top player and hadn't no adversaries. He crushed all his opponents, just like IronMan31, Quirine, nicohuyboom and Duhian, scoring 66 points.
Baca stands the Slovakia flag.
Group 13 - Strange group. Full of surprises. Darfius (1669, 1622 at Jan 3rd), trumpi (1153, 1548 at Jan 3rd) and iamatiger (1570, 1538 at Jan 3rd) were the favorites, but we can't forget UncleAdam (778, 793 at Jan 3rd), who was the bet of important RHP players 😉.
The strangest behave of the tournament can be found in this group. Cheshire Cat (1557, 1016 at Jan 3rd), who used to be a 1500+ player before Christmas, resigned all his 2005 Championship games at the 1st move.
Between the group top player, a tough fight: Darfius has won both games as white (Game 872047 & Game 872042)and, as black, lost for trumpi (Game 872026), achieving 9 points of 12 possible; trumpi was the worst from them, losing both games for iamatiger (Game 872020 & Game 871969), and, as black, lost for Darfius (Game 872047), obtaining only 3 points; halfway, iamatiger, defeated trumpi and lost both games for Darfius, scoring 6 points.
But, galloping aside, there was GauravV (1835, 1042 at Jan 3rd), who used to be a 1600/1700 player last year, winning all his games, except two draws with Darfius (Game 872047) and trumpi (Game 872047), and progressing alone for the group favorites deception.
Of course, due to his history in RHP, GauravV had to be listed between the favorites as Cheshire Cat. But his low rating at the tournament start may made him something invisible for his opponents. was it just a coincidence? Or a well elaborated strategy?
GauravV stands the India flag.
Group 14 - One more group for common players. Maybe, the best group for common players.
The group top player was Lazerblue (1216, 1465 at Jan 3rd), the lower rated between all groups top players.
Lazerblue was close followed by cantspell (1622, 1456 at Jan 3rd) and they had tied their match, one win for each one as black.
Actually, playing as black, they won all their games. But, playing as white, cantspell, in the board Game 872118, also lost for bzartman1 (1253, 1303 at Jan 3rd). And Lazerblue had a draw with DTH (1369, 1354 at Jan 3rd) in the board Game 872049, lost for rutmans (1496, 1368 at Jan 3rd) in the board Game 872052, and lost for 4everknight (1239, 1267 at Jan 3rd) in the board Game 872053.
So, cantspell progressed alone. He stands the UK flag.
Group 15 - This group wasn't an easy one. SteveC (1654, 1971 at Jan 3rd) was the group top player, 109 points ahead from ivanhoe (1950, 1862 at Jan 3rd), and 178 poinst ahead from David G (1874, 1793 at Jan 3rd).
Between those players, three ties: SteveC versus ivanhoe, one win as white for each one (Game 872236 & Game 872185); SteveC versus David G, one win as black for each side (Game 872207 & Game 872238); and ivanhoe against David G, one win as white for each (Game 872182 & Game 872203).
Aside those games, David G, in the board Game 872205, lost one more for flexmore (1735, 1499 at Jan 3rd), and ivanhoe had a draw with the same flexmore in the board Game 872214.
SteveC didn't lost points for another players and progressed alone.
SteveC stands the Angola flag, but I doubt he's an Angolan, I think that he's an American or an Englishman. Does any one know the truth?
Group 16 - Perrys (2128), a rising RHP player, started the tournament scoring only 1688 rating points, just enough to be pointed as the group favorite.
He didn't give no chances for his opponents in the 2005 Championship 1st Round, and, as IronMan31, Quirine, nicohuyboom, Duhian and Baca, won all his games.
Today he's in the Player Tables 2nd page and is the 12th higher rated player in the 2nd round.
Perrys stands the UK flag.
Group 17 - No surprises here. The group top player, and favorite, cbd (1929, 2119 at Jan 3rd)) won all his games, just like, IronMan31, Quirine, nicohuyboom, Duhian, Baca and Perrys.
Group 18 - When the 2005 Championship has started, harrinpj (1346, 1862 at Jan 3rd) was the group top player and one of its favorites with Siskin (1785, 1800 at Jan 3rd).
In their particular fight, harrinpj won both games from Siskin (Game 872593 & Game 872644) and, as IronMan31, Quirine, nicohuyboom, Duhian, Baca, Perrys and cbd, also won all his games.
He doesn't stand a country flag.
Group 19 - LightSoul (1739, 1757 at Jan 3rd) and sergen1976 (1667, 1657 at Jan 3rd)) were the group favorites.
In their immediate contest, a tie, one win as white for each one (Game 872803 & Game 872782).
In the other games, sergen1976, in the board Game 872714, had a draw with msondgroth (940, 1213 at Jan 3rd) and LightSoul lost for Starrman (1319, 1277 at Jan 3rd) in the board Game 872804.
This way, sergen1976 progressed alone. He stands the Russia flag.