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Study Buddy Group Tournament Invite Only Tournament

Winners:

#1 1st Place ogerboy (1984) Australia

#2 2nd Place ericmittens (1771) Canada

#3 3rd Place duls_s (2586) India

TD: farbror Started on Mar 16, 2009 @ 2:47am

Players: 15   Time Control: 3 days/move
Max Group Size: 5   Rating Range: Open
# Advance: 2   Tie Breaks: Yes
Points Available: 335   Games Rated: Yes

TOURNAMENT FINISHED!
Tournament Stats
Starting Players: 15 Completed Games: 80 (tournament is 100% complete)
Eliminated Round 1: 9 (60% of field) Games in Round 1: 60
Eliminated Round 2: 5 (33% of field) Games in Round 2: 20
Players Withdrawn: 2 (13%) # Timeouts: 16 (20%)
Remaining Players: 3 (20%) Remaining Games: 0 (current round)
Average Rating: 1512 Biggest Upset: 1553 defeats 1879

New Study Buddy Group Tournament and Chess Books and Reading GroupTournament. The Tournament starts at March 16 which I believe is S:t Patrick's Day?


 

Comments:

by sharkpoet - 2 years ago
pennsylvania United States
Member Since: Apr 2008
Member Points: 5899

thanks for a wonderful tournament.  It was an honor playing such good players!

by farbror - 2 years ago
Uppsala Sweden
Member Since: May 2007
Member Points: 2762

A win is a win! Go Underdogs!

by joetheplumber - 2 years ago
The White House United States
Member Since: Nov 2008
Member Points: 322

You wanted a better win, i just did. It wasnt a real win though, my opponent blundered and gave me his queen.

by farbror - 2 years ago
Uppsala Sweden
Member Since: May 2007
Member Points: 2762

As I write: "Biggest Upset 1603 defeats1622"

C'mon Underdogs!!

by farbror - 2 years ago
Uppsala Sweden
Member Since: May 2007
Member Points: 2762

Keep Fighting!

by Keyif - 2 years ago
Chicago United States
Member Since: Nov 2008
Member Points: 3042

I blundered my Queen to sharkpoet and he is near winning.

by farbror - 2 years ago
Uppsala Sweden
Member Since: May 2007
Member Points: 2762

Good Luck and have fun! Please post a few of your games in the group forums.

by sharkpoet - 2 years ago
pennsylvania United States
Member Since: Apr 2008
Member Points: 5899

good luck to everyone, and good chess!

by Deruku - 2 years ago
San Diego California United States
Member Since: Dec 2007
Member Points: 216

Been gone a while, can't wait to play.

by farbror - 2 years ago
Uppsala Sweden
Member Since: May 2007
Member Points: 2762

You are all encouraged to post the tournament games in the group forums!

by Keyif - 2 years ago
Chicago United States
Member Since: Nov 2008
Member Points: 3042

Looking forward to the play.

by farbror - 2 years ago
Uppsala Sweden
Member Since: May 2007
Member Points: 2762

Thank you for joining! I might reduce the group size delending on the number of entries.