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Unorthodox Openings

Winners:

#1 uritbon (1848)

#2 Zucan (1636)

#3 Ponalap (1934)

TD: check2008 Started on Sep 21, 2009 @ 9:09pm
Players: 10   Time Control: 5 days/move
Max Group Size: 3   Rating Range: Open
# Advance: 1   Tie Breaks: Yes
Points Available: 152   Games Rated: Yes

TOURNAMENT FINISHED!
Tournament Stats
Starting Players: 10 Completed Games: 26 (tournament is 100% complete)
Eliminated Round 1: 5 (50% of field) Games in Round 1: 16
Eliminated Round 2: 3 (30% of field) Games in Round 2: 8
Eliminated Round 3: 2 (20% of field) Games in Round 3: 2
Players Withdrawn: 1 (10%) # Timeouts: 5 (19%)
Remaining Players: 1 (10%) Remaining Games: 0 (current round
Average Rating: 1607 Biggest Upset: 1913 defeats 2025

This is the FIRST EVER Unorthodox Openings tournament - invite only.

The only requirement to be in this tournament is to be a member of Unorthodox Openings.

I urge you to join this tournament! Games involving unorthodox openings (such as those shown in the picture) often lead to very sharp, fun, exiciting play.

Vacation time is allowed.

Tournament starts when the twelve spots are filled! So be quick!

Comments


  • 3 years ago

    Krish30

    i just hope i andvance

  • 3 years ago

    check2008

    Good luck all!

  • 3 years ago

    check2008

    If we don't reach the 12 person goal by the end of Sunday/Monday morning, I'm going to go ahead and begin the tournament.

    To killthequeen, I'm afraid I don't have control over what group you're in. The following is taken from the FAQ on Tournaments:

    How is seeding and group placement determined in multi-group tournaments?

    For multi-group tournaments, players are placed into groups starting with the highest rated player sequentially down to the lowest rated player. For example, in a 25-player tournament with 5 groups and 5 players in each group, the top rated player goes into Group #1, 2nd highest rated player into Group #2, 3rd highest rated player into Group #3, and so on. After all groups have one player, it starts all over again at Group #1. So, in this example Group #1 would have the following seeds: #1, #6, #11, #16, and #21. This is done to try and ensure that in the final round, the best players will be left playing for the tournament win.

  • 3 years ago

    killthequeen

    Put me in a low group please. Although my rating now is higher than the average player in the tourney so far, I have won many flukey and time-out games and am on a luck streak. I am really more of a 1500-ish player.

  • 3 years ago

    check2008

    Thanks Krish.

    Yes, Kill, this will be four groups of three players, one of which advances into a final group of four.

  • 3 years ago

    killthequeen

    You speak like Canada and America are different countries Tongue out

  • 3 years ago

    Krish30

    so many american so many others we should next time have a team match between no n american members and american members

  • 3 years ago

    killthequeen

    Are we working it in groups?

  • 3 years ago

    Krish30

    hey check nice scheme for this tourney youi did a good job

  • 3 years ago

    check2008

    Nice to have you registerd, Tyger.

  • 3 years ago

    uritbon

    actually... a rug like that with "welcome" printed on it seems to be just what I need!

  • 3 years ago

    check2008

    Twelve players may seem a small number for a tournament, but depending on the success of this one, there will be more allowed in upcoming UO tournaments!

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