Untitled Tuesday and Saturday recaps - December
2019 in review
@SmyslovFan survived a close challenge from @Miss_Tical and secured the overall Untitled Tuesday championship for 2019 in the very last tournament, winning by a mere 10 points, with @patzers close behind in third. He now has three consecutive annual championships after completely dominating 2017 and 2018; will anyone be able to dethrone him in 2020?
@Tudorache_M had the most tournament wins, with four. @Everyfishknows, who has now earned his NM title and is therefore no longer eligible to play in Untitled Tuesday events, was in second with three wins.
@Tudorache_M and @Miss_Tical were tied for the most podium spots, with six each. @cjxchess17 finished right behind, with five.
@patzers was the most consistently successful participant to never win a tournament, finishing with 90 points and three second-place results.
Full results for 2019 are here: https://www.chess.com/clubs/forum/view/event-history-and-leaderboard-2019
It was a successful year from a fair play perspective. Only a small handful of tournaments, mostly early in the year, had the top spots affected by fair play issues.
The December recap was written by @dpnorman.
Untitled Tuesday: December 3, 2019
Some Untitled Tuesday events are in doubt right until the end. The December 3, 2019 edition of Untitled Tuesday was very decidedly not one of those events, as it was dominated by a favorite who very nearly swept the field.
Flaccidmoves, the highest-rated entrant in the tournament, would earn nine points out of ten, leaving little question about who would emerge with the monthly title. Even so, within several of the games there were moments of doubt, including his second game of the event:
