The regular season is over. It's time for the Playoffs!!
(this post will be updated as games are played)
The schedule:
Quarter-Finals (8/31-9/13):
#5 Kairav's Chess Masters vs #4 The Blakenators - Kairav's Chess Masters win by timeout (move 25)
#3 Fast Players Group vs #6 The Power of Chess - Fast Players Group win by submission (move 33)
#8 Animal Lovers vs #1 Team Antarctica - Animal Lovers win by submission (move 20)
#2 Chess Nuts vs #7 The Premier of All - Chess Nuts win by submission (move 26)
Semi-FInals (9/14-9/27):
#8 Animal Lovers vs #2 Chess Nuts - Game One - Draw (move 81)
#2 Chess Nuts vs #8 Animal Lovers - Game Two - Chess Nuts win by submission (move 55)
#3 Fast Players Group vs #5 Kairav's Chess Masters - Fast Players Group win by timeout (move 43)
Finals (9/28-10/11):
#2 Chess Nuts vs #3 Fast Players Group - Fast Players Group win by submission (move 46)
Off Season: (10/12-10/18):
No games scheduled
Remember that we are in the Playoffs now, so a draw is NOT an option!!!
Good Luck Everybody!! Have Fun!!
Looks like all the games in Round 1 will be played in the next 4 days.
Scheduled start times:
Wednesday 16:00 GMT: #4 The Blakenators vs #5 Kairav's Chess Masters
Thursday 12:00 GMT: #3 Fast Players Group vs #6 The Power of Chess
Friday 18:00 GMT: #1 Team Antarctica vs #8 Animal Lovers
Saturday 10:00 GMT: #2 Chess Nuts vs #7 The Premier of All
Lol, we have a game for each day. XD
Was this a coincidence?
Yeah!! Completely!! Everyone arranged their own games as usual, and this is how things worked out. I figured something this cool had to be posted.
lol
The first Semi-Final game is underway!! For those who wish to watch, here is the link:
http://www.chess.com/votechess/game.html?id=28694977
Only one game left!! Chess Nuts vs Fast Players Group for the Championship!! The game is tenatively scheduled for Saturday, October 24th depending on what the two teams work out amongst themselves (which I'm sure won't be a problem since one of them isn't Kairav).
I am so looking forward to the game.
With only 1 game left, here are the overall stats so far:
22 games were won by white (61%)
12 games were won by black (33%)
2 games were a draw (6%)
17 games were won by timeout (47%)
14 games were won by submission (39%)
3 games were won by knockout (8%)
Average length of games: 25 moves (8.33 hours) (900 total moves - 36 total games)
Average length of games that timed out: 13.06 moves (4.35 hours) (222 total moves - 17 total games)
Average length of games that went the distance: 35.68 moves (11.89 hours) (678 total moves - 19 total games)
Shortest game: 0 moves (10 mins)
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
B50: Sicilian Defense: Modern Variations, Anti-Qxd4 Move Order
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
B28: Sicilian Defense: O'Kelly Variation, Maroczy Bind, Paulsen Line
B56: Sicilian Defense: Classical Variation
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
no moves
Wow good stats William
Thanks!! The stats didn't take me nearly as long to update as finding all the links did. Since Chess.com went down a few weeks ago to upgrade things, none of the old links are working. Every game that you click on would say "Game has been aborted." So I had to find each game, figure out which opening it was again, and update the link so they'd work again. Took me forever.
Well, the links in this thread work. I haven't gone back and edited all the weekly threads yet.
Well if you're just looking for your own games, simply go to the vote chess page within your own group. The links in THIS THREAD are current. So you can click on any of the playoff games or any of the games listed by their openings, and it will take you there (so all the games are linked above, they're just labeled by opening). The weekly threads where the links are labeled by teams have not yet been updated, but I'll get to them.
Congratulations to the Fast Players Team for winning the League Championship in Season 1!!!
I will be sending a news bulletin out soon.
Final Stats for Season 1:
22 games were won by white (60%)
13 games were won by black (35%)
2 games were a draw (5%)
17 games were won by timeout (46%)
15 games were won by submission (41%)
Average length of games: 25.57 moves (8.52 hours) (946 total moves - 37 total games)
Average length of games that went the distance: 36.2 moves (12.07 hours) (724 total moves - 20 total games)
B32: Sicilian Defense: Kalashnikov Variation
What is by knockout?
knock out is win by checkmate
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