Custom Trophy Tournament

For those interested in the progress of The Turtle Tournament, here is the link:

http://www.chess.com/tournament/the-turtle-tournament

We're 40 days into it, and says we're 16% complete.  At that rate, it will be done on August 10, 2009 (Loser Day).  There's 34 completed games which means the 1st round is 34% complete.  At that rate, Round 2 would start on April Fool's Day.

11 players have advanced to Round 2 and earned the "Computer Comfort" trophy:

Canigou (group 12) (1 Knockout, 1 Submission)

Anton86 (group 18) (Double Submission)

Rosebeiaard (group 24) (Double Submission)

lperfectionistl (group 26) (Double Submission)

boston02 (group 42) (1 Knockout, 1 Submission)

The_Shrike (group 43) (Double Knockout) (Chess Turtle)

Aldrin (group 44) (Double Knockout) (Chess Turtle)

CLMS_Brail (group 45) (Double Knockout)

mortenjorgensen (group 46) (1 Knockout, 1 Submission)

Vrom (group 47) (1 Knockout, 1 Submission) (Account Closed)

papergod (group 50) (1 Knockout, 1 Submission)

11 players have been eliminated and earned the "Heart of a Lion" trophy:

nicholas37 (group 12)

jmckever (group 18)

rchobit (group 24)

doctom51 (group 26)

dave_c (group 42)

miser (group 43)

ches1er (group 44)

RLacroix (group 45) (Chess Turtle)

Hugh_T_Patterson (group 46)

Dean1168 (group 47)

rprism (group 50)

The "Biggest Upset" honor currently belongs to the ONLY underdog to win a game so far: RomanaChisu.

What About me i Want to join

Unfortunately, once a tournament like this has started, there is no way for new players to join.  Sorry.  The Ladder Tournament is different, tho.  It's a never ending, always changing tournament where people enter and exit at any given moment.  Feel free to challenge someone from that thread to start climbing the ladder.

The following people have also advanced to Round 2:

wombadom (group 11) (1 Knockout, 1 Submission)

glucius (group 14) (1 Knockout, 1 Submission)

Ninjoe (group 31) (Double Submission)

The following people have also been eliminated:

poxbox (group 11)

ihavethreeheads (group 14)

Mailman8 (group 31) (withdrew)

Well... that's it for me, well played Pf_tesla,

Thanx for the update.