do we get penalized for getting a late start waiting to play someone in our group ?
example : in RHP , i already had 5 pending games, so I added someone in my group to challenge,.. havent heard from them at all its been three days now,..


does this effect my points ?

Burnside where are ya man?

I've had a challenge for kyoquadon open since the beginning of the tourney but no response.

I sent reincarnated a PM a while back regarding his user name at RHP but no response there either.

Hopefully nothing too bad has happened to keep them from playing.

Well, I'd rather my first game be against Talon, then my last

You won't be penalised if someone you are trying to play against isn't moving, i'll be following up on any participants who are not doing anything whatsoever since it's holding the game up for everyone else.

Anyone who signed up but is ignoring PMs and failing to move will probably end up being removed from the tournament.

I have room for one more Game.

If anyone needs a little bit of friendly practice I am available.

My RHP account is FallenGodling

Sorry guys on my team, i was away for a couple days there. Back in the game now.

Well kyoquadon by the look of it signed up on the forums here only for the Chess Tournament. I'm sending him a PM now, but I don't know how reliable he is. I've also sent Reincarnated PM's which he has not responded to (my message tracker says he hasn't read either one of them yet).

Hey I'm not that thrilled about it either, you have beaten me before. For which btw I'm greatful looking back on it, it was becoming stressful trying to win every game - spending ages looking at every possible move. Worrying about so much about remaining undefeated made the game a chore rather than fun. Now I pretty much don't care if I win or lose..... although I'm hoping I win.

You're goin down this year my friend.


Down.

Bring it on fire-boy

Been fun thus far, glad i joined it this year

It's good having you

The tournament is going really well, we've seen a lot of games played already this season and it should be an interesting contest.

Thanks to both our regulars and newcomers for taking part.

All i can say is blast and bugger it two damn mistakes by me in the same match first my queen and then a silly move by my rook lol

I really must concentrate more when playing lol

Still been a good game Subby

Yeah, I thought most of it it was pretty evenly balanced... Our second match could be right down to the wire again lol

Was a good match, well done. Second match will be a challenge. Won one and lost one.

I have a question, how many rounds are there, and is it like the best 2 from each group that move on to the next round

The top three from each group will go through to the second round. In round 2, there will be six groups of three. The highest scoring six players from round one will be placed in one group each, and the other players will then be randomly assigned the other two placements in each group.

The top scoring players in round two will then be placed in a single group of six for round three, and will play each other, the top three highest scorers will achieve first, second and third place respectively.

Ashley? Where has you toddled off to....

And Woody, feel free to start the second game when you wish...I only have my game with you, and my two with ashley to go.

Hey Subs, if you feel like a friendly game feel free to set one up with me.

*does*

*probably should note he only has 20 mins left on the comp for today tho..*

lol

Its ok, I wont be up all that longer anyhow

Yeah i'll start that match today sometime Subby.

So i take it that Ashley is a no show?

Ashley has a few games going.

Her RHP username is "Ashleystarchild".

Thats now been updated on the scoresheet as it was previously incorrect.

Yeah ashley has a game going with me currently.... its just set to 3 days timeout (I didn't notice this beforehand)

You errored Saru? Tsk.... if you keep that up I'll have to break your staff...

Well I can't keep up 100% accuracy all of the time

Yikes, i just got in trouble when my boss caught me playing chess while i should have been working. Can't play it at work for awhile so i apologise if my moves become slow guys.

so, are do you have an unlimited ammount of games until round 2 is announced, or is there a limit?

You can only play everyone in your group twice, so that's a maximum of 8 games in round one. You are free to play practice games though.


Oops, here's something that may help:

ChessAtWork.com

Looks a little less like something you shouldn't be doing.

haha cool, thanks mate. I kind of like the B&W layout. My boss is keeping an eye on my screen so i can't really use it at the moment, but when he buggers off this will be quite handy.

are you allowed on UM at work?

My school has only just and so unblocked it.

Technically not.

That's good to hear, what made them decide to unblock it ?

Im not sure, I didn't have anything to do with me and my hacking abilities

If its anything like the school I worked at, it usually comes down to the technician wanting to play....

My old technician at high school sometimes you go into his room where he hangs round and he'd be watching material not acceptable for high school kids lol

But really getting past high school firewalls me being in high school two years ago was easy as.

Yeah but, if the tech was half intelligent he can find who is accessing sites, regardless of the firewall... by going to the service provider...

Anyhow.... Still awaiting your game woody, not that im trying to pressure you at all

Reincarnated has dropped out of the tournament, i'm currently trying to sort out a replacement for him.

..I could play twice...

But then you'd have to be up against me, Subby. You really still want to have more punishment heaped on ya, after our last game

If you played twice, what would happen if you came in first and second ? You'd have to play against yourself in the final.

Saru... somehow I don't think that would be an issue.

...But if it was, I'm sure I'd stuff it up and stalemate

Update on the replacement player, RamboVII has now taken over the empty space in Group D.

You could always just try and lose on purpose.

You aren't making it easy to hold the inappropriate jokes in.

RamboVII, still waiting on your first move

Anyone wanting a practice match?

Ok Talon, I'm game

*Game...as in Subby season*

dare I? well yes I think I do.

Feel free to start a match with me too Tal........I can cope with the humiliation......I think