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English Tournament Thematic Tournament

Winners:

#1 1st Place tarkus (2302) United States

#2 2nd Place cesrex (1995) France

#3 3rd Place CBA (2036) England

TD: orejano Started on Mar 23, 2008 @ 4:51pm

Players: 100   Time Control: 5 days/move
Max Group Size: 10   Rating Range: Open
# Advance: 3   Tie Breaks: Yes
Points Available: 842   Games Rated: Yes

TOURNAMENT FINISHED!
Tournament Stats
Starting Players: 100 Completed Games: 1206 (tournament is 100% complete)
Eliminated Round 1: 70 (70% of field) Games in Round 1: 900
Eliminated Round 2: 19 (19% of field) Games in Round 2: 234
Eliminated Round 3: 9 (9% of field) Games in Round 3: 72
Players Withdrawn: 11 (11%) # Timeouts: 294 (24%)
Remaining Players: 5 (5%) Remaining Games: 0 (current round)
Average Rating: 1468 Biggest Upset: 1322 defeats 1864

Tired of 1.d4 or 1.e4? Then you should try 1.c4!

 



 

Comments:

by broze - 2 years ago
Bath England
Member Since: Nov 2007
Member Points: 844

Love how I said that 8 months ago and he STILL hasn't finished his games.

by kingkhadge - 2 years ago
K.T.M. Nepal
Member Since: Dec 2007
Member Points: 32

>_> sigh this is getting annoying.

by broze - 2 years ago
Bath England
Member Since: Nov 2007
Member Points: 844

I think we're looking at another month just for Bone_Orchard to finish!

by kingkhadge - 2 years ago
K.T.M. Nepal
Member Since: Dec 2007
Member Points: 32

if only these tournaments didn't take so long :( . it's been going on for more than a year lol

by CBA - 2 years ago
England
Member Since: Sep 2007
Member Points: 5769

We all seem to be waiting for two players. But I suppose as long as they keep within the time constraints, there's nothing wrong...

by broze - 2 years ago
Bath England
Member Since: Nov 2007
Member Points: 844

Wow, the tournament director's Diamond account has been closed!!

by broze - 3 years ago
Bath England
Member Since: Nov 2007
Member Points: 844

1 MORE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

by broze - 3 years ago
Bath England
Member Since: Nov 2007
Member Points: 844

OMG, these last 5 games have taken FOREVER!!!

by RookStar - 3 years ago
Perth Australia
Member Since: Feb 2008
Member Points: 18

Jordanknight -

 

If you scroll up the page a little, it gives you info on the tounament.  I presume, where it says '# Advane 3', means three from each group.  But, don't quote me on that!


by jordanknight - 3 years ago
Jordan
Member Since: Feb 2008
Member Points: 2
please can anyone tell me how many players are going to advance to round 2 from each group ??
by Philadelphiaeagle - 3 years ago
Philadelphia United States
Member Since: Dec 2007
Member Points: 45
its always good to challnge high rated players,,, even if you lose,you get to see how they play... from each game you get at least one idea(mostly)...
by jerryleo18 - 3 years ago
sabah Malaysia
Member Since: Mar 2008
Member Points: 4

seem that our group have many tough opponent..it may hard to win..huhuhu

 


by Philadelphiaeagle - 3 years ago
Philadelphia United States
Member Since: Dec 2007
Member Points: 45

 Jerryleo, tie breaks are the points you get from beating you opponents.. if you beat someone who's score is 3 you get these 3 points as a tie breaks, if you lose you opponent gets the same amount as your score as tie breaks. but if you drew with your opponent, you get half your opponent's score as tie breaks and your opponent gets half your score as tie breaks.  I hope that clear it up !!!Cool


by jerryleo18 - 3 years ago
sabah Malaysia
Member Since: Mar 2008
Member Points: 4

can someone explain to me what is tie break..??


by Philadelphiaeagle - 3 years ago
Philadelphia United States
Member Since: Dec 2007
Member Points: 45

orejano ,, we supposed to start april first .. what happen, you were not sure if the 100 members would join in before that .. players are waiting for tournaments with huge number of members ,, any way ,, good luck to all of you