FSVL Season 2 - Final Results

The Fortnight Speed Vote League Champions for Season 2 (The Frankenstein vs Dracula Season) are:

Animal Lovers!! 

Congratulations!!!  That's pretty good for a group that only entered Season 1 cuz we needed one more team to make 20.    That's like the last kid to get picked for the team who ends up making the winning play.   

Animal Lovers finished the season with 6 wins, 1 loss, and 1 draw.  Their 1 loss came in the regular season against Chess Unlimited, and their 1 draw came in the playoffs against Red Army.  This is appropriate because in the regular season, Chess Unlimited beat Animal Lovers, Animal Lovers beat Red Army, and Red Army beat Chess Unlimited (ironically, all 3 games were won by black).  All 3 made it to the playoffs.

In the playoffs, they found themselves once again in the Semi-Finals, and once again, their opponent was the Chess Nuts!!  This time however, it was the Animal Lovers who would be advancing to the Finals.  No one knew who the Animal Lovers, the Cinderella team who barely squeaked into the playoffs last season, would face in the final round.  Burning Pawns and Super Troopers waged a war that lasted for 138 moves (that's 2 moves longer than the combined total of Chess Nuts vs Animal Lovers last season)!!!  Shock waves from that contest were felt all over the league.    In the end, it was Burning Pawns who would take home the Silver Medal.

The Grand Finale Game was doubly ironic since the Burning Pawns opened up with an opening named after an Animal, and the Animal Lovers ended up promoting a Pawn.    Here's a few links to threads that deal specifically with this game:

http://blog.chess.com/view/how-to-tame-your-dragon-or-al-v-bp-101

http://www.chess.com/groups/forumview/final-game-al-vs-burning-pawns

The Animal Lovers averaged 41.5 moves (13.83 hours) per game. 
Here are each of the players, and how many games they played:

Here is the link to the Fortnight Speed Vote League Headquarters where everyone is welcomed and encouraged to follow along with all the fun:

http://www.chess.com/groups/home/the-fortnight-speed-vote-league-headquarters

And here are the Final Results from Season #2:

Teams in red are the leaders in their division (automatically seeded #1-4).

Teams in bold have gone the distance.

Teams in italics have timed out.

Standings (Final):

 #1: 19 points - Animal Lovers (6-1-1) (West) (Season 2 Champions!!)

#2: 19 points - Burning Pawns (6-1-1) (South) (Finalist)

 #3: 15 points - Chess Nuts (5-1) (North) (Semi-Finalist)

#4: 14 points - Super Troopers (4-1-2) (East) (Semi-Finalist) 

 #5: 10 points - Red Army (3-2-1) (West) (Quarter-Finalist)

#6:  9 points - Fast Players Group (3-2) (South) (Quarter-Finalist)

#7:  7 points - Chess Unlimited (2-2-1) (West) (Quarter-Finalist)

#8:  7 points - Light Force (2-2-1) (East) (Quarter-Finalist)

#9:  7 points - The Dark Knights (2-1-1) (North) (eliminated from the playoffs)

#10:  7 points - Chess Empire (2-1-1) (North) (eliminated from the playoffs)

#11:  6 points - The Power of Chess (2-2) (East) (eliminated from the playoffs)

#12:  6 points - We Chat Global (2-2) (South) (eliminated from the playoffs)

#13:  6 points - Team Antarctica (2-2) (East) (eliminated from the playoffs) 

#14:  4 points - Wizards of Oz (1-2-1) (West) (eliminated from the playoffs)

#15:  3 points - The Scotch Fans Team (1-3) (South) (eliminated from the playoffs)

#16:  0 points - Rapid Chess (0-4) (South) (eliminated from the playoffs)

#17:  0 points - Checkmate! (0-4) (North) (eliminated from the playoffs)

#18:  0 points - The Winning Team (0-4) (North) (eliminated from the playoffs)

#19:  0 points - Chess Maniacs (0-4) (East) (eliminated from the playoffs)

#20:  withdrawn - The Premiere of All (0-4) (West) (eliminated from the playoffs)

Season 2 Games:

01: We Chat Global vs Burning Pawns - Submission (move 40)
02: The Power of Chess vs Light Force - Timeout (move 21)
03: The Dark Knights vs Chess Empire - Draw (move 27)
04: Rapid Chess vs The Scotch Fans Team - Submission (move 34)
05: Team Antarctica vs Super Troopers - Submission (move 30)
06: The Premier of All vs Chess Unlimited - Timeout (move 35)
07: Burning Pawns vs The Scotch Fans Team - Knockout (move 23)
08: Chess Nuts vs The Winning Team - Forfeit (Move 0)
09: Fast Players Group vs We Chat Global - Submission (move 43)
10: Super Troopers vs Chess Maniacs - Timeout (move 1)
11: Animal Lovers vs Wizards of Oz - Forfeit (move 0)
12: Chess Unlimited vs The Red Army - Submission (move 56)
13: Checkmate vs The Dark Knights - Timeout (move 0)
14: Chess Empire vs Chess Nuts - Timeout (move 53)
15: Animal Lovers vs Chess Unlimited - Submission (move 52)
16: Light Force vs Team Antarctica - Submission (move 28)
17: Red Army vs Animal Lovers - Timeout (move 40)
18: Chess Nuts vs Checkmate - Submission (move 21)
19: Wizards of Oz vs Chess Unlimited - Draw (move 31)
20: The Premier of All vs Animal Lovers - Forfeit (move 0)
21: The Premier of All vs Wizards of Oz - Forfeit (move 0)
22: The Premier of All vs Red Army - Forfeit (move 0)
23: Light Force vs Chess Maniacs - Timeout (move 2)
24: We Chat Global vs Rapid Chess - Knockout (move 36)
25: Chess Empire vs The Winning Team - Timeout (move 1)
26: Burning Pawns vs Fast Players Group - Submission (move 48)
27: Chess Nuts vs The Dark Knights - Submission (move 23)
28: Light Force vs Super Troopers - Draw (move 30)
29: Red Army vs Wizards of Oz - Submission (move 53)
30: The Dark Knights vs The Winning Team - Forfeit (move 0)
31: Chess Maniacs vs The Power of Chess - Timeout (move 4)
32: Team Antarctica vs The Power of Chess - Timeout (move 20)
33: Rapid Chess vs Burning Pawns - Timeout (move 35)
34: Chess Empire vs Checkmate - Submission (move 55)
35: The Scotch Fans Team vs Fast Players Group - Submission (move 58)
36: We Chat Global vs The Scotch Fans Team - Timeout (move 2)
37: Team Antarctica vs Chess Maniacs - Forfeit (move 0)
38: Fast Players Group vs Rapid Chess - Submission (move 30)
39: Super Troopers vs The Power of Chess - Submission (move 52)
40: The Winning Team vs Checkmate - Double Forfeit (move 0)
41: Burning Pawns vs Chess Unlimited - Submission (move 28)
42: Chess Nuts vs Light Force - Knockout (move 26)
43: Super Troopers vs Fast Players Group - Submission (move 50)
44: Animal Lovers vs Red Army - Draw (move 41)
45: Red Army vs Animal Lovers - Timeout (move 33)
46: Super Troopers vs Burning Pawns - Draw (move 75)
47: Animal Lovers vs Chess Nuts - Submission (move 33)
48: Burning Pawns vs Super Troopers - Submission (move 63)
49: Animal Lovers vs Burning Pawns - Submission (move 50)

Complete Statistics for Season 2:

23 games were won by White (47%)

13 games were won by Black (27%)

8 games were forfeit (16%)

5 games were drawn (10%)

20 games were won by Submission (41%)

13 games were won by Timeout (27%)

3 games were won by Knockout (6%)

Average length of games: 28.22 moves (9.41 hours) 
(1383 total moves - 49 total games)

Average length of games that timed out (including forfeits): 11.76 moves (3.92 hours)
(247 total moves - 21 total games)

Average length of games that went the distance: 40.57 moves (13.52 hours) 
(1136 total moves - 28 total games)

Shortest game:  0 moves (0 hours 10 mins)

Longest game:  75 moves (25 hours +)

Fastest Knockout: 23 moves (7 hours 30 mins)

Fastest Submission: 21 moves (6 hours 50 mins)

Overall Breakdown on Openings:

White Wins:

A03: Bird Opening: Dutch Variation

A42: Sicilian Defense: Hyperaccelerated Dragon

B02: Alekhine Defense: Two Pawn Attack

B03: Alekhine Defense: Exchange Variation

B30: Sicilian Defense: Old Sicilian

B50: Sicilian Defense: Modern Variations

B54: Sicilian Defense: Modern Variations

B76: Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation, Yugoslav Attack Modern Line

B90: Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation, Adams Attack

C45: Scotch Game: Haxo Gambit

C45: Scotch Game: Mieses Variation

C45: Scotch Game: Mieses Variation

C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense, Fishing Pole Variation

C70: Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Caro Variation

C78: Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense

D15: Slav Defense: Three Knights Variation

E00: Indian Game: East Indian Defense

E10: Indian Game: Anti-Nimzo-Indian

E91: King's Indian Defense: Kazakh Variation

Black Wins:

A45: Indian Game: Tartakower Attack

A46: Indian Game: Knight's Variation

B33: Sicilian Defense: Old Sicilian, Normal

B70: Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation

B90: Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation, English Attack

B90: Sicilain Defense: Najdorf Variation, English Attack

B96: Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation

B99: Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation, Main Line

C45: Scotch Game: Mieses Variation

E12: Queen's Indian Defense: Petrosian Variation

E19: Queen's Indian Defense: Classical Variation, Traditional Variation Main Line

Draws:

B08: Pirc Defense: Classical Variation, Quiet System

B33: Sicilian Defense: Lasker-Pelikan Variation, Sveshnikov Variation

B50: Sicilian Defense: Modern Variations

C17: French Defense: Winnawer Variation, Advance Variation

C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense, Rio de Janeiro Variation

Timeouts:

A40: Queen's Pawn Opening

A50: Indian Game: Normal Variation

B00: King's Pawn

B27: Sicilian Defense: Misc. Defenses

B36: Sicilian Defense: Accelerated Dragon

excellent job on the presentation of the results:) congratulatins to all the winners and animal lovers

What a game well done everyone :)