Yes, dfrezell.... one game remaining before the next round: http://www.chess.com/echess/game.html?id=10443097

Although it has no bearing on who advances form that group and Black is clearly in a superior position... there is nothing that can be done to hurry it along. :(

Hang in there.... .soon enough.

What kills me is we always seem to be waiting on a game that has no bearing on the outcome of the tournament.

and now i am left waiting again. i really need to quit playing my games so quickly :(

i agree callmeafrog should resign.  totally lost cause.    anyway  when round 2 begins  i wish everyone  good games and good luck

Yes, yes... unfortunately, he used "vacation" time and I couldn't simply boot him from the tourney. The honorable thing to do in that situation would have been for him to resign. <sigh>. Round 1 has taken much longer to finish the final couple of games than it should have, but it should be done within next 3 days since he is out of vacation time.

londonplayer - agreed on mate in two. Because after 48.Kg3 (callmeafrog's only move), well... a good excercise for the lower rated players to figure out mate in two. :---)

Mate in 2 against any defence

I'm glad callmeafrog is wasting everyone's time.  He's in a completely lost position and even if he wins, he won't advance to the next round...

Cool, the first round should be over in 22 hours (hopefully). been waiting long enough, lol. Good luck everyone!

 

EDIT: or not....wow, lol. i guess its ok anyways, everyone in the second round will probably destroy me, and this gives me more time to study :P

I'm not sure it matters much now, but I was wondering if we need to wait for all matches in round 1 to be completed before moving to round 2?  There are still groups where the results matter, but for groups 18, 7, and 4 the remaining games do not matter...unless the win-lose record is used for pairing in round 2.

gumpty - Good question. In group 12, since the second place players (bigfoot318 and count001) have the same score (5-3-0), we look to tie breaks to decide who should get the edge. In this case, they have the exact same tie break score (14) so both players advance. An unusual case, but it does happen. :)

i have a question. why do 3 players advance from group 12? and only 2 from other groups? thx. :-)

Just to let everyone know I will be on vacation between 13/9- 4/10 (UK date format DD/MM)

3 days only

thank you Ezra for inviting and Good luck for every1~!

I look forward to this torney, thank you for setting it up

We're two-thirds of the way there as of today (15 July); I expect that we'll be filled up within a week (or less). This is a completely open tournament (e.g., no minimum/maximum rating or time issues), so it seems to be attracting many players.  So far it has attracted a full range of players from below 1000 to almost 2000. Stay tuned...!