Season 4 Week 2 Qualifer Results

Per usual, each of the 5 judges gave every submitted blog a score on a scale of 1-10. We averaged them out and put them in order from highest to lowest average scores. The top 12 have earned a spot in the Season 4 Knockouts, while everyone else will have to hope for better luck nest season.

Below you can find where you finished and what your average score was. If you are unhappy with your score, don't worry - judges are here to offer helpful feedback if you want it. (Unless your blogs are super low-effort paragraphs or have egregious grammar, then I will place as much effort into my feedback as you do into your blogs.) Don't feel down. Take this experience and learn from it. 

1. @ant - 8.1/10 on https://www.chess.com/blog/ant/i-played-the-new-dog-bots-it-was-ruff

2. @ryanchen100 - 7.8/10 on https://www.chess.com/blog/ryanchen100/my-road-to-1600-rapid 

3. @Admiral_Chessbeard - 7.4/10 on https://www.chess.com/blog/Admiral_ChessBeard/pawn-importance-ii-the-sequel

4. @shanlee132 - 7.4/10 on https://www.chess.com/blog/shanlee132/25th-annual-sacramento-chess-championship

5. @Eternal_Zen - 7.3/10 on https://www.chess.com/blog/Eternal_Zen/the-london-sucks (false btw)

6. @Silent_Assassin - 6.8/10 on https://www.chess.com/blog/Ragdoll_Kitten/when-do-you-trade-in-chess-part-1 

7. @Alberthepirate - 6.5/10 on https://www.chess.com/blog/Alberthepirate/chess-vs-fishing

8. @The_turtlepro - 6.2/10 on https://www.chess.com/blog/The_turtlepro/never-give-up-5-amazing-swindles

9. @key - 5.8/10 on https://www.chess.com/blog/key/the-basics-of-bughouse

10. @lukegk - 5.6/10 on https://www.chess.com/blog/lukegk/the-death-of-the-dinosaurs 

11. @Bid - 5.5/10 on https://www.chess.com/blog/Bid/quality-or-quantity

12. @Fayez58 - 5.2/10 on https://www.chess.com/blog/Fayez58/top-3-highest-rated-player-i-have-ever-beaten 

13. @adhirajGM2025 - 4.5/10 

14. @3Ke31-0 - 4.4/10 

15. @pikatm2 - 3.9/10  

16. @ConstantPorcupine64 - 3.3/10

17. @puppydogpals159 - 3/10 

18. @TrueCarolinaPanthersFan23 - 2.5/10

19. @sushiracer - 1.9/10

20. @mindcraftjit - 0.1/10

Bracketeer's Note: I have just learned that Jarvis withdrew, I apologize for spreading misinformation in the previous bracket

Anyways, here is the real bracket:

Congratulations to our top 12 finishers this week! You've all clinched a spot from slots 13-24 in the Season 4 Knockouts, which will begin on July 22nd, after our break week. Since @JARVIS_SL withdrew, everyone below him is sliding up a spot, and usually this means that @adhirajGM2025 would qualify, but since he left the club, @3Ke31-0 is our 24th contestant!

Last week left some drastic consequences on this week, because while this week was certainly an improvement from last week, some of the marquee bloggers who posted figured they could qualify with C-tier work, which they did, but is also held this week back from being a Season 2 level week, so a bittersweet outcome, which is at least better than the bitter-bitter outcome last time. 

Anyways, good luck on the qualifiers, and feel free to clown me for being late in the comments. (Clown nimzo for late judging too)