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Thats it folks !   Its all over as Rruotsal gets the draw vs Katon and overtakes Shmeeeee by half a point to take GOLD !  Shmeeeee gets silver and Katon bronze. Well played the winners and a big thank you to all who took part. Look out for the next instalment of the CHECK THIS OUT show. Cheers, TZ.

 Greetings from the front line . . . Shmeeeee swelters at the top of the table - Gold is his if 3rd place Katon can overcome 2nd place Rruotsal.  Rru needs just half a point here to go on to 13 and a half and snatch the top prize right at the death.  Katon has taken the bronze medal, but that is as far as he can go now as this is the final game of the tourney.   Rruotsal is 2 pawns up with both Queens dead and Katon is in check - this could be Rruotsal's finest hour.   Stay tuned folks - this is quite rightly a thoughtful and slow moving game and both players are determined to win it.    Good luck to both . . . .Cheers, TZ.

Hi folks - well - results have gone the wrong way for the peloton which leaves the current top 3, Shmeeeee, Rruotsal and Katon to thrash out the medal places - good luck guys. 

Hi folks . . . latest from CTO #10 . . . Rruotsal barges Katon aside as he ploughs up the table to entrench himself in 2nd place with a total of 10 points - he has 4 games to go - can he turn this into a springboard to GOLD ?   The current leader Shmeeeee, on 13, will do his utmost to prevent this; He has a single game left, vs Tsk, and this is a MUST win game for him. There will also be a titanic bundle for Silver and Bronze - more news on these games as it comes in.   EXCITING, ISN'T IT !

 Hi folks . .  latest news from the CTO #10 front line . . .  Kingsknight is finally forced out of 3rd place by Rruotsal on tie-break difference; well played KK but no cigar this time.   Katon picks up win number 10 to galvanise his chances of a medal and stays in 2nd spot behind Shmeeeee who is on 12; both have 2 games left to complete.   Rruotsal and Tsk9653 both have 5 games to go and are definately in with a shout of a trophy.   All the other players chances are petering out now with just a handful of games left between them - the exception being LadyoftheKnight who is on 5.5 in 9th but has 7 games in hand . . . can she make the most of this and start the long haul up the table - or has she left it toooooo late ?  . . .WE SHALL SEE !

Hi folks . .  latest news from the front line - Rruotsal is the big mover today as he barges through the middle-order pack to claim 4th spot with 8 wins - just 1 behind Katon who pulls alongside Kingsknight on 9 , both of whom have 60 tie-break points.   Shmeeeee still heads the tourney on 12, with 3 games to go, 1 of them vs Rruotsal.   Tsk9653 is on 7.5 with 5 to go - 2 vs Shmeeeee and 2 vs Rruotsal.   Rruotsal and Ladyoftheknight have the most games left to complete - 7 each.  That completes the latest newsflash from CTO #10.   Good luck in the run-in folks.

Hi folks - CTO #10 latest news . . . Leader Shmeeeee drops a game but keeps top spot on 12 with only 3 losses.   The peloton still have not found the energy to knock Kingsknight out of second place.   Katon hovers in 3rd place on 8 and has 4 games left in which to make his mark on this tournament.   Tsk has won another game so moves up 1 place to 4th with 5 games remaining - 2 of these are vs top gun Shmeeeee.   Joint 5th are Dickydog and Krcarriere both on 6.5 + 40.75 tie-break points and with 2 games apiece to go.   Rruotsal slips down to 7th on 6 but with 9 games remaining will be a real threat to the front runners.  Kevinfrost is also on 6, but with just a single game left is having a tourney to forget.   LadyoftheKnight is still 9th on 5.5, which is up one and a half points since the last bulletin. With 4 wins, 3 draws and just 2 losses she looks good to challenge the leaders if this run continues, especially having taken 3 points from 4 games against the top 2 players, Shmeeeee and Kingsknight.   Esolanor props up the table and is currently on 4 with 3 games to go. He has taken a point off Shmeeeee but overall, like Kevinfrost,  his game has gone off the boil. These players are better than this usually but will now have to dig in and try to claim as many scalps as possible before the tourney ends . . . and this makes them the most dangerous players of all . . . whose day will they ruin ?  Who will lose and weep ?  WE WILL SEE !   

 Hi folks - Kingsknight still hangs on to 2nd with 9 points, but is behind Shmeeeee who is on 12 with 4 games to go.   Katon stays 3rd on 8 , also with 4 games to go.   Tsk is 4th on 6.5 and has 7 left in which to challenge the leaders.  Krcarriere has the same score as Tsk, but stays 5th due to inferior tie-break points.   Rruotsal drops to 6th on 6 points but has 9 left to complete while Kevinfrost is on 6 with a single game to go.   Dickydog is on 5 with 5 left and LadyoftheKnight stays in 9th place on 4, but has a massive backlog of 11 games in which to turn this tourney on its head.  Esolanor brings up the rear on 3 with 4 games to be completed.   Cheers - TZ

 Hi folks - latest news from CTO #10 . . . Shmeeeee extends his lead to 12.   3rd place Katon can now only equal Shmeeeee's score - if he wins all remaining games.   Tsk still looks dangerous on 5.5 with 11 games to go.   Rruotsal leaps up to 5th place on 5 points but has 10 games in the bank - enough to win this tourney.   LadyoftheKnight nicks half a point through a repetition draw but drops to 9th.   Kevinfrost is having a nightmare of a tourney and can only max out on 7 and has dropped right out of medal contention . . . every other player can take something from this - if they win, win, win.    Good luck - TZ.

Hi folks . . . latest news - - - Shmeeeee pulls another one out of the hat and goes clear on 11 having lost only 2 games so far.   Kingsknight still hangs on to 2nd but can only watch from the sidelines as the peloton gear up to attack his score of 9.   Katon is 3rd on 7 with 5 to go.   Tsk looks extremely dangerous now in 4th with 5 wins out of six.   Esolanor is propping up the entire league with 3 wins from 12  games played - one of those wins was against group leader Shmeeeee. Eso has the ability to avoid the wooden spoon but ALL those in the wrong half of the table know what they have to do - START WINNING !   Good luck - Tommy Z.

 Hi folks . . . latest news from the CTO #10 front line . . .Shmeeeee still sits entrenched at top of the table with 10 points and has 6 games left to further his claim on gold.   Kingknight15 is 2nd on 9 but has now played all his games, while Katon96 is just behind on 7 with 5 remaining.   Tsk, Krcarriere, Dickdog and Kevinfrost are all on 5, only tie-break difference separating 4th - 7th places.   Ladyofthe_Knight engages overdrive and overtakes the back markers with 3 wins in succession to head a group of 3 on 3 points, tie-break scores making the difference between 8th and 10th places.   Can Shmeeeee pull away from the chasing pack ? Can Kingsknight stand the agony as he watches the peloton creep ever closer to his final score of 9 ? Can flying-fox Katon put more daylight between himself and the hounds on his tail ? Who will be the surprise package that bursts out of the mid-table scrum to crash over the line at the death and snatch a trophy out of the hands of the top three ?   WE SHALL SEE !   EXCITING STUFF ! STAY TUNED TO THIS CHANNEL !

 Hi folks - quick update from the cto #10 front line . . .Shmeeeee holds onto top spot after going on to 10 wins . . .  Krcarriere and Kevinfrost are also on the way up having reached 5 each.   Dickydog goes to 4 with Tsk.  Rruotsal now has a second win to his name, while Ladyofthe_Knight still has to register her first win.   Still loads of chess to be played here....CHEERS, TZ.

 Hi folks - latest from CTO #10 . . . Shmeeeee equals Kingsknight on 9 wins but just edges top spot due to having more tie-break points, 37-33.   Katon on 6 is 3rd and keeps Krcarriere in 4th place on 4, up 1 win from the last update.   Kevinfrost is also on 4 , but Krc's superior tie-break points are enough to be the difference between 4th and 5th places.   Tsk9653 bags a couple of wins to make it 100% success so far - 3 wins from 3 games - well played.   Dickydog is also on 3 but has an 18-11 tie-break defecit which is enough to keep him below Tsk in 7th.   Rruotsal and Esolanor are both at the wrong end of the table with just a single win each, while Ladyof the_Knight is yet to register any score whatsoever . . . .keeping the best for last ?.....WE WILL SEE !     CHEERS - TZ.

 Hi folks - latest from CTO #10 . . . Kingsknight drops 3 more games but stays on top with 9 points and has 5 games remaining.   Shmeeeee stays 2nd with 3 more wins since the last update to go to 7 and has 10 left to play.   Katon overtakes Krcarriere to capture 3rd place with 5 wins; Krc is down to 4th on 3 with 8 to go but edges it over Dickydog and Kevinfrost due to superior tiebreak difference. They are joint 5th on 3 each + 9 tie-break points apiece.   Rruotsal and Tsk 9653 are joint 7th on a single point each and both have 9 tie-break points. Rr has lost 4 games compared to Tsk's victory from 1 game played.   Esolanor also has a point but finds himself in 9th place due to a lower tie-break score.  In 10th is Ladyofthe_Knight who has yet to complete any of her games. Lady is taking full advantage on the 3 day move rule and playing at a pace which suits her best at the moment.   SO - can the table-toppers keep up there ? . . . or will the supporting cast turn this tourney on its head ? - the bottom 3 have a colossal 48 games left to play between them . . . no doubt all can see they must engage another gear soon though and begin the long haul upwards - or be trampled into oblivion by the current medal contenders  . . . we shall see !   Good luck all - TZ  

Hi folks - latest from CTO #10 . . . Kingsknight15 powers further into the lead with 9 wins out of 10 games played, but now has 8 games left to complete - the least of anyone in the group.   Shmeeeee is 2nd with 4 wins from 5 played.   Krcarriere's results are 3W - 3L , and tucks in behind Shmeeeee with 12 games remaining.   In 4th we see Kevinfrost just edging Dickydog into 5th by tie-break difference - both are on 2 wins.   Katon96, CTO's previous thunderbolt player has just a single win so far from 5 played but has 13 left to turn his tourney around.   Rruotsal, tsk9653, esolanor and Ladyofthe_Knight have all yet to register a win.   Both tsk and Lady have the luxury of having the full complement of 18 games to finish - Rruotsal has 17 and esolanor 16 - this is a huge amount of games in which to threaten the group leaders, who will be wondering which one will crash through the peloton and challenge for a medal position.   EXCITING STUFF FOLKS - stay tuned.   TZ

Hi folks . . . Latest update for CTO #10 - Kingsknight15's tournament erupts into life as he wins 4 games to go top by a good margin - all wins due to resignation. He has lost just 1 game so far - by resignation.   Shmeeeee is 2nd with 1 win from 2 games and picks up 4 tie-break points into the bargain with the victory over KKt15, which keeps him above Dickydog and Krcarriere, who also have a point each. All other players have yet to register a win - early days in this tourney but Kingsknight15 has laid out his stall - the peloton will have to try to upset the applecart - and soon, if they want to get anything from this tourney.  Good luck - TZ.

 Hi folks . . . Shmeeeee, Kingsknight15, Krcarriere and dickydog all have a win under their belts - the other six players have all yet to score. Early days. 

 First blood to Shmeeeee !