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Come on I know most of you have :DLet's startAnastasios Koukas GreeceAge 15FIde title: NoneFide rating: 1710 (October '14)

Here we will update the list of winners in this group as they are cleared by us to move onto Round 3! *** Mind Games 2014 Round 2: 2014-10-22 03:05:00 Winner -- saraswathii *** Mind Games 2014 Round 2: 2014-10-22 11:05:00 Winner -- Cryptochess *** Mind Games 2014 Round 2: 2014-10-22 19:05:00 Winner -- CP6033 *** Mind Games 2014 Round 2: 2014-10-23 03:05:00 Winner -- Kolomytchenko_igor (disqualified for cheating)  Runner-up -- syarifmahmudjkt *** Mind Games 2014 Round 2: 2014-10-23 11:05:00 Winner -- KylosBlack *** Mind Games 2014 Round 2: 2014-10-23 19:05:00 Winner -- Kacparov *** Mind Games 2014 Round 2: 2014-10-24 03:05:00 Winner -- Swarnapuri *** Mind Games 2014 Round 2: 2014-10-24 11:05:00 Winner -- luis_garcia (disqualified for cheating) Runner-up -- rahul7918 (disqualified for multiple accounts) *** Mind Games 2014 Round 2: 2014-10-24 19:05:00 Winner -- fancyknightmaneuvers *** Mind Games 2014 Round 2: 2014-10-25 03:05:00 Winner -- juniortay *** Mind Games 2014 Round 2: 2014-10-25 11:05:00 Winner -- SilverArm *** Mind Games 2014 Round 2: 2014-10-25 19:05:00 Winner -- gumersindo *** Mind Games 2014 Round 2: 2014-10-26 03:05:00 Winner -- dortam888 *** Mind Games 2014 Round 2: 2014-10-26 11:05:00 Winner -- kevin9512 Runner-up -- kynas *** Mind Games 2014 Round 2: 2014-10-26 19:05:00 Winner -- GACG *** Mind Games 2014 Round 2: 2014-10-27 03:05:00 Winner -- Petrosianic *** Mind Games 2014 Round 2: 2014-10-27 11:05:00 Winner -- cassoulet *** Mind Games 2014 Round 2: 2014-10-27 19:05:00 Winner -- Erkhet (disqualified for cheating) Runner-up -- Schadenfreude17 *** Mind Games 2014 Round 2: 2014-10-28 03:05:00 Winner -- cool64chess *** Mind Games 2014 Round 2: 2014-10-28 11:05:00 Winner -- shrekdavid *** Mind Games 2014 Round 2: 2014-10-28 19:05:00 Winner -- penguingm1 *** Mind Games 2014 Round 2: 2014-10-29 03:05:00 Winner -- ruifeng *** Mind Games 2014 Round 2: 2014-10-29 11:05:00 Winner -- gnaburits *** Mind Games 2014 Round 2: 2014-10-29 19:05:00 Winner -- DanielRensch (withdrew) Runner-up -- londonsystem22 (qualifies)

Hello all! It's been an amazing ride! We have finally reached the finals! The match to determine who will win the $1500 1st place and the $1000 2nd place prizes will start tomorrow. The match will take place between: IM GNABURITS (who has confirmed his titled and identity to Chess.com, but wishes to remain anonymous) and IM Alexander Katz (CryptoChess).  Game 1 is Saturday, November 15th at 3pm PDT, 6pm EDT.  Game 2 is Sunday, November 16th at 4pm PDT, 7pm EDT. Game 3 is Monday, November 17th at 3pm PDT, 6pm EDT. Game 4 is Tuesday, November 18th at 3pm PDT, 6pm EDT.  Chess.com will attempt to have live coverage on Chess.com/TV of the games, but you can certainly follow along in Live Chess.  Thank you all for following this exciting (and long ) event.    Thank you and good luck to our two finalists! Please look for a comment soon by me, listing a new forum that will show all the confirmed prize winners!

As an FYI - below is the forum post I just made for all the Round 3 winners! I want to thank all of you who competed actively in Round 2! We hope to hold this event again, and maybe you will all have better luck next year... Danny   Hi Everyone, After some review by our staff we came to two determinations that I'm sure none of you will be upset about: 1) We need MORE rounds for people to play! This is the FINAL chance for everyone to dominate their opponent's and earn prizes... and having only two events per day in time zones that may not be convenient for everyone would not be the right way to decide things... 2) We needed to shorten the time controls so that it is more practical for people's busy schedules.  You're welcome to both!  Schedule: 2014.11.01 09:00 PT    10|5    3 rounds2014.11.01 15:00 PT    10|5    3 rounds2014.11.01 21:00 PT    10|5    3 rounds2014.11.02 09:00 PT    10|5    3 rounds2014.11.02 15:00 PT    10|5    3 rounds2014.11.02 21:00 PT    10|5    3 rounds2014.11.03 09:00 PT    10|5    3 rounds2014.11.03 15:00 PT    10|5    3 rounds2014.11.03 21:00 PT    10|5    3 rounds2014.11.04 09:00 PT    10|5    3 rounds2014.11.04 15:00 PT    10|5    3 rounds2014.11.04 21:00 PT    10|5    3 rounds2014.11.05 09:00 PT    10|5    3 rounds2014.11.05 15:00 PT    10|5    3 rounds2014.11.05 21:00 PT    10|5    3 rounds2014.11.06 09:00 PT    10|5    3 rounds2014.11.06 15:00 PT    10|5    3 rounds2014.11.06 21:00 PT    10|5    3 rounds2014.11.07 09:00 PT    10|5    3 rounds2014.11.07 15:00 PT    10|5    3 rounds2014.11.07 21:00 PT    10|5    3 rounds2014.11.08 09:00 PT    10|5    3 rounds2014.11.08 15:00 PT    10|5    3 rounds2014.11.08 21:00 PT    10|5    3 rounds2014.11.09 09:00 PT    10|5    3 rounds2014.11.09 15:00 PT    10|5    3 rounds2014.11.09 21:00 PT    10|5    3 rounds2014.11.10 09:00 PT    10|5    3 rounds2014.11.10 15:00 PT    10|5    3 rounds2014.11.10 21:00 PT    10|5    3 rounds2014.11.11 09:00 PT    10|5    3 rounds2014.11.11 15:00 PT    10|5    3 rounds2014.11.11 21:00 PT    10|5    3 rounds

I decided to let you guys in Round 2 know what's going on in round 3. 1 Kevin 29.5 2 gnaburit 28 3 Ruifeng 27.5 3 Juniortay 27.5 5 Cryptochess 23.5 6 Kacparov 23 7 Schadenfreude 19 8 ShrekDavid 18.5 9 Penguingm1 17.5 10 gumersindo 15.5 11 GACG 15 12 Petrosianic 14.5 13 Syarifmahmudjkt 14 14 CP6033 (ME!!!!) 13 14 Cassoulet 13 14 Swarnapuri 13 17 Saraswathi 9 18 Kynas 7 18 Dortam888 7 20 Fancyknightmaneuvers 5.5 21 LondonSystem22 1.5 22 Cool4chess 0 - KylosBlack (account closed) 13.5 - SilverArm (cheating) 11

So today I was playing in tbe tournament, and the following situation happened: I and player x had 4/4, and behind us there were quite a few players with 3/4. To great amazement by all participants, we - two players with 4/4 - were not paired against each other, but against players who had 3/4. With just 4 rounds played and over 20 players participating, it is absolutely impossible that no other pairing could be made because of people playing each other twice on lower boards. On the chat I found that the same happened yesterday - 2 top players were not paired against each other in the last round. This way someone can score 5/5 and lose because of tie break. Extravagating, someone can score 5/5 in all tournaments and never have a chance to qualify. I suggest something be done about it immediately. I include screenshots showing the situation.

So you can make sure to play in as many tournaments as possible! A NOTE OF WARNING to all of you in Round 2: If you qualify for Round 3, do NOT participate in any other tournaments. You will be taking away the chances of others to qualify, and even though we warned against this in Round 1, we will strictly enforce it (with possibl disqualifications) in Round 2. Thank you and good luck! Schedule: +---------------+---------------------+-----------+-----------------------------+-------+--------------+-----------+--------------------------------+ | tournament_id | start_date          | status    | name                        | clock | total_rounds | owner     | cgroup                         | +---------------+---------------------+-----------+-----------------------------+-------+--------------+-----------+--------------------------------+ |        445970 | 2014-10-22 03:05:00 | scheduled | *** Mind Games 2014 Round 2 | 15|10 |            5 | MindGames | round-2--2014-world-mind-games | |        445971 | 2014-10-22 11:05:00 | scheduled | *** Mind Games 2014 Round 2 | 15|10 |            5 | MindGames | round-2--2014-world-mind-games | |        445972 | 2014-10-22 19:05:00 | scheduled | *** Mind Games 2014 Round 2 | 15|10 |            5 | MindGames | round-2--2014-world-mind-games | |        445973 | 2014-10-23 03:05:00 | scheduled | *** Mind Games 2014 Round 2 | 15|10 |            5 | MindGames | round-2--2014-world-mind-games | |        445974 | 2014-10-23 11:05:00 | scheduled | *** Mind Games 2014 Round 2 | 15|10 |            5 | MindGames | round-2--2014-world-mind-games | |        445975 | 2014-10-23 19:05:00 | scheduled | *** Mind Games 2014 Round 2 | 15|10 |            5 | MindGames | round-2--2014-world-mind-games | |        445976 | 2014-10-24 03:05:00 | scheduled | *** Mind Games 2014 Round 2 | 15|10 |            5 | MindGames | round-2--2014-world-mind-games | |        445977 | 2014-10-24 11:05:00 | scheduled | *** Mind Games 2014 Round 2 | 15|10 |            5 | MindGames | round-2--2014-world-mind-games | |        445978 | 2014-10-24 19:05:00 | scheduled | *** Mind Games 2014 Round 2 | 15|10 |            5 | MindGames | round-2--2014-world-mind-games | |        445979 | 2014-10-25 03:05:00 | scheduled | *** Mind Games 2014 Round 2 | 15|10 |            5 | MindGames | round-2--2014-world-mind-games | |        445980 | 2014-10-25 11:05:00 | scheduled | *** Mind Games 2014 Round 2 | 15|10 |            5 | MindGames | round-2--2014-world-mind-games | |        445981 | 2014-10-25 19:05:00 | scheduled | *** Mind Games 2014 Round 2 | 15|10 |            5 | MindGames | round-2--2014-world-mind-games | |        445982 | 2014-10-26 03:05:00 | scheduled | *** Mind Games 2014 Round 2 | 15|10 |            5 | MindGames | round-2--2014-world-mind-games | |        445983 | 2014-10-26 11:05:00 | scheduled | *** Mind Games 2014 Round 2 | 15|10 |            5 | MindGames | round-2--2014-world-mind-games | |        445984 | 2014-10-26 19:05:00 | scheduled | *** Mind Games 2014 Round 2 | 15|10 |            5 | MindGames | round-2--2014-world-mind-games | |        445985 | 2014-10-27 03:05:00 | scheduled | *** Mind Games 2014 Round 2 | 15|10 |            5 | MindGames | round-2--2014-world-mind-games | |        445986 | 2014-10-27 11:05:00 | scheduled | *** Mind Games 2014 Round 2 | 15|10 |            5 | MindGames | round-2--2014-world-mind-games | |        445987 | 2014-10-27 19:05:00 | scheduled | *** Mind Games 2014 Round 2 | 15|10 |            5 | MindGames | round-2--2014-world-mind-games | |        445988 | 2014-10-28 03:05:00 | scheduled | *** Mind Games 2014 Round 2 | 15|10 |            5 | MindGames | round-2--2014-world-mind-games | |        445989 | 2014-10-28 11:05:00 | scheduled | *** Mind Games 2014 Round 2 | 15|10 |            5 | MindGames | round-2--2014-world-mind-games | |        445990 | 2014-10-28 19:05:00 | scheduled | *** Mind Games 2014 Round 2 | 15|10 |            5 | MindGames | round-2--2014-world-mind-games | |        445991 | 2014-10-29 03:05:00 | scheduled | *** Mind Games 2014 Round 2 | 15|10 |            5 | MindGames | round-2--2014-world-mind-games | |        445992 | 2014-10-29 11:05:00 | scheduled | *** Mind Games 2014 Round 2 | 15|10 |            5 | MindGames | round-2--2014-world-mind-games | |        445993 | 2014-10-29 19:05:00 | scheduled | *** Mind Games 2014 Round 2 | 15|10 |            5 | MindGames | round-2--2014-world-mind-games | +---------------+---------------------+-----------+-----------------------------+-------+--------------+-----------+--------------------------------+ and here is the plain start date list for your convenience: +---------------------+ | start_date          | +---------------------+ | 2014-10-22 03:05:00 | | 2014-10-22 11:05:00 | | 2014-10-22 19:05:00 | | 2014-10-23 03:05:00 | | 2014-10-23 11:05:00 | | 2014-10-23 19:05:00 | | 2014-10-24 03:05:00 | | 2014-10-24 11:05:00 | | 2014-10-24 19:05:00 | | 2014-10-25 03:05:00 | | 2014-10-25 11:05:00 | | 2014-10-25 19:05:00 | | 2014-10-26 03:05:00 | | 2014-10-26 11:05:00 | | 2014-10-26 19:05:00 | | 2014-10-27 03:05:00 | | 2014-10-27 11:05:00 | | 2014-10-27 19:05:00 | | 2014-10-28 03:05:00 | | 2014-10-28 11:05:00 | | 2014-10-28 19:05:00 | | 2014-10-29 03:05:00 | | 2014-10-29 11:05:00 | | 2014-10-29 19:05:00 | +---------------------+ Have fun... except against me!