Well, we are half way thru Season 2, and I'm just now finding the time to post all the final results from Season 1.  Sorry about that!!

 

The Fortnight Speed Vote League Champions for Season 1 (The Freddy vs Jason Season) are:

 

 

Fast Players Group

 

Congratulations!!!  I think it's pretty appropriate that FPG win the first Speed Vote Tournament since without their help, we probably wouldn't even have the option of 10-min vote chess to begin with!!

 

Way back in the day, there used to be 5, 10, and 15 min options in Vote Chess.  They all disappeared (too many quick timeouts), and the fastest option we were left with was 30-minutes/turn.  By this time tho, I had gotten a taste of how fun these Blitz Games could be.  So I campaigned to get the Speed Vote Games brought back.  I don't believe the 10-minute games would have been reinstated without the support of the Fast Players Group and all their members who took the time to post their comments.

 

My group (The Dark Knights) used to get together every Saturday to send out Speed Vote Open Seeks.  Sometimes it would be several hours before another group would be willing to play.  More often than not, it was the Fast Players Group who accepted.  Most of the other groups would time out within the first dozen moves or so, but the Fast Players Group always played to the end.

 

This was the reason I formed The Fortnight Speed Vote League in the first place.  I couldn't believe that The Dark Knights and the Fast Players Group were the only ones willing to play Speed Vote games all the way thru.  I am very glad to see that so many other groups have now been bitten by the Speed Vote bug!!  We had a lot of very exciting games in Season 1, and it's been a joy to watch so many of them!!  It is very fitting that the Fast Players Group are the League's First Champions!!

 

The Fast Players Group went undefeated in Season 1 with a perfect 7-0 record, winning 3 games by submission, 2 games by timeout, and 2 games by forfeit.  They averaged 30 moves (10 hours) per game (150 total moves).  They averaged 5 votes per move (799 total votes).  56 moves had unanimous voting (37%).  33 moves were decided by 1 vote or less (22%). 

 

There were only 4 moves with double-digit votes (13,12,12,10 - all in The Grand Finale Game).  There was only 1 move in which only 1 vote was cast (also in The Grand Finale Game - mthinker saved the day).  Every other move had between 2-9 votes.  They were white in 4 of their 5 games.  The only time they played black was in The Grand Finale Game vs Chess Nuts!!

 

Mthinker deserves extra recognition because he was in every single game from start to finish!!  He commented on almost every single move, and I don't believe he missed a single vote!!  That's some serious dedication!!

 

Now, let me introduce you to the players of the Season 1 Champion Fast Players Group:

 

cheekychops (C) - Creator and Super-Administrator, commented in games 2,3,5

 

mthinker (A) Administrator and Team Captain, the only player to comment in every single game (and on almost every single move)

 

shamback (B) - commented in games 2,3,5
jjengla (B) - commented in games 3,4,5

 

DracoAter (A) - commented in games 4,5
Mithras (B) - commented in games 1,4
grey_pieces (B) - commented in games 2,3
OLYMPIAKARAS (B) - commented in games 2,5
Chief523 (B) - commented in games 4,5
JDudar (B) - commented in games 4,5
kanoutis (C) - commented in games 3,5
xphileprof (C) - commented in games 4,5

 

phils_gambit (A) - commented in game 1
gimmewuchagot (B) - commented in game 1
bostonbaked (C) - commented in game 1
MICK952 (C) - commented in game 1
NOLAUPT (C) - commented in game 1

 

Il-Gran-Rifiuto (A) - commented in game 2
jmhet42 (A) - commented in game 2
yetkin_ozturk (A) - commented in game 2
HiggsBoson (B) - commented in game 2
sebastian11 (B) - commented in game 2
mwaltenburg (C) - commented in game 2

 

Petescorner (A) - commented in game 3

 

DW_Batty (B) - commented in game 4
P_U_N (B) - commented in game 4

 

howlzamimaru (B) - commented in game 5
langkisau (B) - commented in game 5
Lunien (B) - commented in game 5
rocketman8 (B) - commented in game 5
tomerg (B) - commented in game 5
yesmynameisjack (B) - commented in game 5

 

Ratings Guide: (A) = 2000+, (B) = 1500-2000, (C) = 1000-1500, (D) = 500-1000, (E) = 0-500

 

 

Here are the Final Standings from Season 1:

Teams in red are the leaders in their division (automatically seeded #1-4).

Teams in bold have gone the distance.

Teams in italics have timed out.

 

 

As of November 7:

#1:  21 points - Fast Players Group (7-0) (North) (Champion)

#2:  19 points - Chess Nuts(6-1-1) (West) (Finalist)

#3:  12 points - Kairav's Chess Masters (4-1) (South) (Semi-Finalist)

#4:  11 points - Animal Lovers (3-2-2) (East) (Semi-Finalist)

#5:  12 points - Team Antarctica (4-1) (South) (Quarter-Finalist)

#6:  10 points - The Blakenators (3-1-1) (East) (Quarter-Finalist)

#7:  9 points - The Power of Chess (3-2) (West) (Quarter-Finalist)

#8:  9 points - The Premiere of All (3-2) (North) (Quarter-Finalist)

#9:  6 points - Narz's People (2-2) (West)

#10:  6 points - The Dark Knights (2-2) (South)

#11:  6 points - Supreme Pawns (2-2) (North)

#12:  6 points - Chess & Cola Club (2-2) (East)

#13:  3 points - Chess Unlimited (1-3) (South)

#14:  3 points - Rapid Chess (1-3) (East)

#15:  3 points - Wizards of Oz (1-3) (West)

#16:  3 points - Chess Empire (1-3) (East)

#17:  withdrawn - The Best (1-3) (North)

#18:  withdrawn - Chess Team Holland (0-4) (West)

#19:  withdrawn - Team Benelux "de Leeuwen" (0-4) (South)

#20:  withdrawn - Chess Friends for Friends (0-4) (North)

 

 

Season 1 Games:

01: Team Antarctica vs Team Benelux "de Leeuwen" - Timeout (move 1)
02: Rapid Chess vs Chess & Cola Club - Submission (move 33)
03: The Power of Chess vs Wizards of Oz - Submission (move 37)
04: Chess Nuts vs Narz's People - Submission (move 37)
05: Chess Unlimited vs The Dark Knights - Knockout (move 32)
06: Chess Friends for Friends vs The Best - Timeout (move 1)
07: The Blakenators vs Chess Empire - Timeout (move 14)
08: Fast Players Group vs Supreme Pawns - Timeout (move 9)
09: Narz's People vs Wizards of Oz - Submission (move 18)
10: Chess Unlimited vs Team Antartica - Timeout (move 1)
11: Animal Lovers vs Chess Empire - Timeout (move 13)
12: The Power of Chess vs Chess Nuts - Knockout (move 48)
13: Chess Team Holland vs Narz's People - Timeout (move 17)
14: Team Benelux "de Leeuwen" vs Kairav's Chess Masters - Forfeit (move 0)
15: Team Benelux "de Leeuwen" vs Chess Unlimited - Forfeit (move 0)
16: Team Benelux "de Leeuwen" vs The Dark Knights - Forfeit (move 0)
17: Chess Friends for Friends vs Fast Players Group - Forfeit (move 0)
18: Chess Friends for Friends vs The Premiere of All - Forfeit (move 0)
19: Chess Friends for Friends vs Supreme Pawns - Forfeit (move 0)
20: Supreme Pawns vs The Premiere of All - Timeout (move 3)
21: Rapid Chess vs The Blakenators - Timeout (move 24)
22: Kairav's Chess Masters vs Chess Unlimited - Timeout (move 15)
23: Kairav's Chess Masters vs The Dark Knights - Timeout (move 39)
24: Wizards of Oz vs Chess Nuts - Submission (move 30)
25: The Dark Knights vs Team Antartica - Submission (move 19)
26: The Blakenators vs Chess & Cola Club - Submission (move 18)
27: Chess Team Holland vs The Power of Chess - Timeout (move 1)
28: Animal Lovers vs Rapid Chess - Timeout (move 1)
29: The Best vs Fast Players Group - Forfeit (move 0)
30: The Power of Chess vs Narz's People - Timeout (move 2)
31: The Best vs The Premiere of All - Forfeit (move 0)
32: The Best vs Supreme Pawns - Forfeit (move 0)
33: Chess Empire vs Rapid Chess - Knockout (move 30)
34: Team Antartica vs Kairav's Chess Masters - Submission (move 58)
35: Chess & Cola Club vs Animal Lovers - Submission (move 41)
36: Chess Team Holland vs Wizards of Oz - Forfeit (move 0)
37: Chess Team Holland vs Chess Nuts - Forfeit (move 0)
38: The Blakenators vs Animal Lovers - Draw (move 43)
39: Chess Empire vs Chess & Cola Club - Timeout (move 13)
40: Fast Players Group vs The Premiere of All - Submission (move 19)
41: Kairav's Chess Masters vs The Blakenators - Timeout (move 25)
42: Fast Players Group vs The Power of Chess - Submission (move 33)
43: Animal Lovers vs Team Antarctica - Submission (move 20)
44: Chess Nuts vs The Premier of All - Submission (move 26)
45: Animal Lovers vs Chess Nuts - Game One - Draw (move 81)
46: Chess Nuts vs Animal Lovers - Game Two - Submission (move 55)
47: Fast Players Group vs Kairav's Chess Masters - Timeout (move 43)
48: Chess Nuts vs Fast Players Group - Submission (move 46)

 

Final Stats for Season 1:

 

22 games were won by white (46%)

13 games were won by black (27%)

2 games were a draw (4%)

11 games were forfeit (23%)

 

17 games were won by timeout (35%)

15 games were won by submission (32%)

3 games were won by knockout (6%)

 

Average length of games: 20 moves (6-7 hours) 
(946 total moves - 48 total games)

Average length of games that timed out (including forfeits): 8 moves (2-3 hours) 
(222 total moves - 28 total games)

Average length of games that went the distance: 36 moves (12-13 hours) 
(724 total moves - 20 total games)

 

Shortest game: 0 moves (10 mins) (3-way tie)

Longest game: 81 moves (27 hours 36 mins)

 

Overall Opening Statistics: 

White Wins:

A49: Indian Game: Pseudo-King's Indian Variation

B01: Scandinavian Defense: Gubinsky-Melts Defense

B21: Sicilian Defense: Smith-Morra Gambit

B33: Sicilian Defense: Old Sicilian, Normal

B50: Sicilian Defense: Modern Variations

B81: Sicilian Defense: Scheveningen Variation, Keres Attack

B90: Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation, English Attack

C00: French Defense: Normal Variation

C02: French Defense: Advance Variation, Nimzowitsch System

C62: Ruy Lopez: Steinitz Defense

E12:  Queen's Indian Defense: Kasparov Variation

 

Black Wins:

A04: Zukertort Opening: Symmetrical Variation

B28: Sicilian Defense: O'Kelly Variation, Normal System, Taimanov Line

B32: Sicilian Defense: Kalashnikov Variation

B33: Sicilian Defense: Old Sicilian, Normal

B50: Sicilian Defense: Modern Variations, Anti-Qxd4 Move Order

B90: Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation, English Attack

C57: Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Fried Liver Attack

 

Draws:

B05: Alekhine Defense: Modern Variation, Main Line

E42: Nimzo-Indian Defense: Huebner Variation, Rubinstein Variation

 

Timeouts:

A21: English Opening: King's English Variation, Reversed Sicilian

A45: Indian Game: Pawn Push Variation

A80: Dutch Defense

B00: King's Pawn

B00: King's Pawn

B28: Sicilian Defense: O'Kelly Variation, Maroczy Bind, Paulsen Line

B56: Sicilian Defense: Classical Variation

B90: Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation, English Attack

C29: Vienna Game: Vienna Gambit, Breyer Variation

C40: King's Knight Opening

C42: Russian Game

C55: Italian Game: Two Knights Defense

D10: Queen's Gambit: Slav Defense

E21: Nimzo-Indian Defense: Three Knights Variation, Duchamp Variation

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