9th Chess.com Tournament (1201-1400)

TD: Patzer24

Started on Dec 1, 2009 @ 10:07am

Players:	669	Time Control:	3 days/move
Max Group Size:	6	Rating Range:	1201-1400
# Advance:	1	Tie Breaks:	Yes
Points Available:	436	Games Rated:	Yes
Pairings \| Players \| Games\| Standings 73% COMPLETE!

Tournament Stats
Starting Players:	669	Completed Games:	2953 (tournament is 73% complete)
Eliminated Round 1:	176 (26% of field)	Games in Round 1:	3,330 (88% completed)
Players Withdrawn:	10 (1%)	# Timeouts:	660 (22%)
Remaining Players:	493 (73%)	Remaining Games:	377 (current round)
Average Rating:	1335	Biggest Upset:	1315 defeats 1589

This is the 9th Official Chess.com Tournament. It will begin December 1, so register now!

NOTE: If you register now and your rating changes before the start date, you will be AUTOMATICALLY moved to the correct group when the tournament starts.

You will play up to 10 games at a time in this event.

Vacation time is allowed.

New rounds will start when ALL games in the current round are complete.

If you have other questions (group size, # of people advancing, etc) read the Tournament Description above. If you still have questions, try this help file!

Good luck everyone!

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Comments:

by massmedia56 - 5 days ago
United States

Member Since: Jun 2009
Member Points: 167

Simon & Garfunkel Tourney - no timeouts

by Banaan257 - 6 days ago
Amsterdam Netherlands

Member Since: May 2009
Member Points: 29

How will the next round be played? New groups again?

by rookrascal - 7 days ago
Dumfriesshire Scotland

Member Since: Aug 2009
Member Points: 7

In our grouping one player is using the 3-day move rule to the maximum and slowing the comletion right down. Nearly all games are comlete except for one player who has only completed two.

It would not be so bad if he was challenging for the win!

The whole game is now too slow.

by cristi121 - 13 days ago
Ploiesti Romania

Member Since: Oct 2009
Member Points: 6

Thank you for your explanation.

by Puchiko - 13 days ago
Prague Czech Republic

Member Since: Nov 2008
Member Points: 133

Tiebreak is the combined score of all the opponents you beat, and half the points of the opponent's you drew with. It's meant to determine how strong the opponents you beat were, and therefore the value of your wins (it was probably easier to squeeze the win out of the group leader with nine wins up his sleeve than the person who time outed in all of his games).

Tiebreak help file: http://support.chess.com/index.php?_m=knowledgebase&_a=viewarticle&kbarticleid=641

The number of people advancing is stated on the this very page. Below your pairings chart, there's some basic information about the tournament. The line

# Advance: 1

means one person from each group advances.

by SJCorrie - 13 days ago
Upington South Africa

Member Since: Nov 2008
Member Points: 1227

Now only 853 games before the next round.

by vener - 14 days ago
annecy France

Member Since: Sep 2009
Member Points: 3

Could anyone tell us where to find this information ? Is there a detailed description of the tournament somewhere ?

Cheers

by cristi121 - 15 days ago
Ploiesti Romania

Member Since: Oct 2009
Member Points: 6

Can anybody explain how Tie Break works? I have 28, is that bad? :-s

by Puchiko - 16 days ago
Prague Czech Republic

Member Since: Nov 2008
Member Points: 133

One person per group advances.

by vener - 18 days ago
annecy France

Member Since: Sep 2009
Member Points: 3

I would like to know the number of people advancing to round 2 but I do not manage to find the tournament description. Could you please help to find it ?

Thanks !

Hervé

by Puchiko - 18 days ago
Prague Czech Republic

Member Since: Nov 2008
Member Points: 133

Nope. By using a program like Fritz to determine the best response to your opponnent's move.

Dreamlane, I'd be surprised if round 1 finished in January, I'm thinking more like March... maybe ;) I only have three games to finish, but remember, it's the very last game to finish that starts off round 2.

by Dreamlane - 20 days ago
Charleston SC United States

Member Since: Jun 2009
Member Points: 22

Vacation time in my pairing, going to push round 2 into Jan I'm sure...

by ashwix - 20 days ago
Coimbatore India

Member Since: Oct 2009
Member Points: 13

you mean by hacking?

by Puchiko - 21 days ago
Prague Czech Republic

Member Since: Nov 2008
Member Points: 133

By using chess software.

by ashwix - 23 days ago
Coimbatore India

Member Since: Oct 2009
Member Points: 13

How can a person cheat in this tournament?

by Puchiko - 24 days ago
Prague Czech Republic

Member Since: Nov 2008
Member Points: 133

Honestly, cheating is not a problem in a tournament of this rating range. It's only an issue for 2000+ and even then it's much rarer than commonly believed.

by imitiry - 24 days ago
Mumbai India

Member Since: Sep 2009
Member Points: 43

Only 1698 games remaining

by charlesvrios - 25 days ago
United States

Member Since: Nov 2009
Member Points: 1

when someone cheats you lose out because they will still hold the loses against you, even though the person was disqualified. That hurts your record and your tiebreak record.....we need a solution....