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1st Hexagonal Grapple

Winners:

#1 1st Place Gonzalo44 (1795) Chile

#1 1st Place smuis (2011) Netherlands

#1 1st Place JokernTP (1641) Sweden

TD: bullrock Started on May 23, 2009 @ 9:15pm

Players: 36   Time Control: 3 days/move
Max Group Size: 6   Rating Range: <1900
# Advance: 2   Tie Breaks: Yes
Points Available: 477   Games Rated: Yes

TOURNAMENT FINISHED!
Tournament Stats
Starting Players: 36 Completed Games: 242 (tournament is 100% complete)
Eliminated Round 1: 23 (63% of field) Games in Round 1: 180
Eliminated Round 2: 7 (19% of field) Games in Round 2: 44
Eliminated Round 3: 3 (8% of field) Games in Round 3: 12
Eliminated Round 4: 3 (8% of field) Games in Round 4: 6
Players Withdrawn: 1 (2%) # Timeouts: 41 (16%)
Remaining Players: 3 (8%) Remaining Games: 0 (current round)
Average Rating: 1624 Biggest Upset: 1441 defeats 1739

Required to Join:

50 rated games minimum, 5% timeouts max, AND:

By entering this tournament you agree to resign an OBVIOUSLY lost position.  An OBVIOUSLY lost game can be defined as a game in which a knowledgable impartial person would declare the game so out of reach for the losing player that the only reasonable action to take is resignation. Any other action would be taken solely with the purpose of acting unsporstmanlike. 

Vacation time is allowed, but NOT to prolong an OBVIOUSLY lost game.


 

Comments:

by smuis - 2 years ago
Amsterdam Netherlands
Member Since: May 2009
Member Points: 1

I thought we were supposed to resign obviously lost positions. Why are these guys still playing????

by stevemcg - 2 years ago
Rockville, MD United States
Member Since: Jan 2008
Member Points: 201

An open letter to PaperGod, who is now on his 27th vacation with only 1 of 10 games completed:

This is getting to be ridiculous beyond words to describe it. Clearly you have too many games to keep up. The fairest thing to do would be to concentrate on the tournaments where you might influence the outcome, and let other ones (like this) time out.

by stevemcg - 2 years ago
Rockville, MD United States
Member Since: Jan 2008
Member Points: 201

Correct, jpd303.  While you will have to deal with the rest of this tough group to get there, I certainly made my contribution to your advancement ;-)

by jpd303 - 2 years ago
west virginia United States
Member Since: Feb 2009
Member Points: 1735

hows this work.  do the winners of each group go at it in a second round?