Official Unicyclist Chess Tourney

[Brian MacKenzie]

We should get a list of all the people who want to play a chess tournament and have all those sign up on gameknot.com

It looks as if we can only play in 'all open' tournies on game knot, (unless I don't see something)

So we can take that list, have a randomized start, and everyone play each other in one of these kind of dealies (pictured below)

(I volunteer to get all names and randomize the draw)

So, reply to this thread with your name if you are interested, and I will post the playing order on Saturday

Please post your gameknot user ID as well, so people can find each other.

(lets keep this thread void of chess screen shots, and only post the updated tourney chart)

[forrestunifreak]

I wanna play sometime..

My gameknot is forrestunifreak.(or maybe just forrestuni):o

[kapoute]

Im not very good but I would like to play

My name: Julien Renaud

My gameknot user ID: kapoute

[MERCYME]

I would be happy to play (and win just kidding)
I am MERCYME on gameknot.

[Loosemoose]

I'd be up for that, User name Loosemoose.

Loose.

[habbywall]

i would love to get knocked out of the first round of a chess tourny by a fellow unicyclist!
but i dont have a gameknot name yet but yes i would be up for that!!
my name is nick and like when would we play each other?
i cant wait ill go to gameknow now and sign up for it!!
EDIT: im now a member, my name is "habbywall" only it doesn't have the quotes!
EDIT AGAIN: i understand the game thing now! but how long will we get to move it all has to be regulated

[jagur]

Please post your gameknot user ID

jagur

[Catboy]

Catboy

[Brian MacKenzie]

Players have up to 3 days to move. (as per default gameknot rules)

However, due to the amount of people playing, it would be best if you could move asap (withour sacrificing your tactics)

Round 2 can only be reached once Round 1 is completed.

I wonder...should we cap the round time at 1 week and declare the winner of unfinished games? perhaps using the point count of lost pieces, if the one week time period passes? (any other ideas)

Whatever seems to be the general concensus on Sat when I place the players will stand through the tournament.

[Brian MacKenzie]

Where's Harper, isn't he a scientist or something? I know he sucks at bowling, but chess takes no physical skill

[forrestunifreak]

Alright, I lost my old gameknot password, so I created another one.

My name is forrestunifreak.

[habbywall]

i love that chess site and i came across right as i was starting to get into chess, would anybody like to give me one of those fancy paid memberships?

[TheoELind]

I'm down for that, my sn is Fuzzco

[steveyo]

I'm steveyo on gameknot.

I'm always up for this.

[skate4flip]

Ill play. my account is skate4flip.

[Catboy]

I forgot, my username is:
_Catboy_

[GILD]

thanx for organising this brian

i'm GILD
and u're not

[skate4flip]

so when does the tournament start?

[MERCYME]

saturday

[Brian MacKenzie]

tomorrow morning when i wake up, i will gather the list of names posted.

I will then randomize the order, and post round one matches.

if your game is not done one week later, (are we all cool with this one?) the game will be called based on points.

please pm me your results, and i will post the updated chart when I have all the results.

so on and so forth.

[habbywall]

i was bored so here is a list of everyone signed up as of now, there gameknot id's i do believe, but im not sure if catboy has those line things or not:

GILD
_Catboy_
kapoute
MERCYME
Loosemoose
habbywall
jagur
forrestunifreak
Fuzzco
steveyo
skate4flip

so, if brian is playing in this which i would only asume, since he organized it then that would make 12 people, which works out great.

[Brian MacKenzie]

Thanks Habbywell.

First round!

[Loosemoose]

er... Brian... 3 people in the quarter finals, to 2 in the semis? Maybe the person with the most points (cumulative) gets a buy?

Loose.

[habbywall]

whose white?

[Brian MacKenzie]

Hmmm, how do we get around this issue with the same amount of people...


That's a fine idea Loose.

does it matter who white is? who ever challenges chooses the colours.

[habbywall]

i vote for loose's idea

[forrestunifreak]

So im confused...

I play......kapoute?

[Brian MacKenzie]

Originally posted by forrestunifreak
So im confused...

I play......kapoute?

correct

and the winner between you two will play the winner between me and mercyme

[forrestunifreak]

So I just challenge him?

[Brian MacKenzie]

or he challenges you

[MERCYME]

Originally posted by Brian MacKenzie
correct

and the winner between you two will play the winner between me and mercyme
Hello!

[habbywall]

me and catboy are playing, right now, are there any other games that are currently being played or which ones haven't started yet?
also you could begin the second round before the first is completly done, as long as two of the games are done then thoes two people could start

[Loosemoose]

Me & skate4flip have been playing since early yesterday. Will give a match report when play concludes.

Loose.

[Loosemoose]

Ok, first match is complete, between myself & skate4flip. A well fought (and at times very tactical) game played out on the right hand side of the board primarily. In the end, a very obscure en-passent move allowed me to get my pawn close enough to his side of the board. I sacrificed my queen to take his, and replaced it a few moves later with a promotion. That left me with an unavoidable checkmate.

Good game, bad luck skate.

Loose.

[skate4flip]

Ya that was a good game loosemoose.. If you didnt get that queen back i would of had more of a chance. I should of gone on the offensive more instead of just playing denfense alot of the game. Oh well. Good luck in the rest of the tournament.:)

[Loosemoose]

cheers skate, maybe we'll have a 'highest scoring losers' match, cos u got a lot of points from me in that game.

For general information, I plan on pages like this (http://www.one-wheel.net/media/final/Chess/Round1Game1.html) for each game. If you could PM me the contents of the PGN file (click the PGN link below the final outcome picture on gameknot) I can make these pages fairly readily. Arrow keys control game progression.

Loose.

[skate4flip]

I am kind of confused what the whole PGN thing is and what it does but i copied the code and PM it to you. (on unicyclist.com).

[Loosemoose]

Is ok skate, I've done the one for our game (thats the link I gave for an example). There's an option below a finished game to look at the 'PGN' source. Its basically notation for how the moves took place in the game. From that I can generate the java viewer and everyone can view every move in the game (the moves are the important bit but if you want other info like who was what colour & stuff then I need the whole thing).

Loose.

[forrestunifreak]

kapoute and I have made like 4 moves:( big Time difference, I guess.

[habbywall]

the time difference would make it hard, i agree, does anybody know where catboy lives?
we should have like a losers bracket but they dont play each other unless they want to for the championship

[TheoELind]

Catboy lives in Reno, you should know that because your mom visits him so often. None of you can talk about time difference, GILD is in South Africa and hasn't moved once in our game yet.

[Brian MacKenzie]

I have played GILD many times.

He tends to move in the early mornings EST

He hasn't moved in my other game with him either, he sometimes is gone on the weekends.

[GILD]

yeah
i'm offline on weekends
i'm in-studio from 09h00-12h00 CAT
that's 11h00-14h00 GMT (i think)

i can sometimes play in the afternoon as well, alltho i'm normally quite busy next door in my production studio

[habbywall]

gameknot is not working for me! i tried it on mozilla firefox and safari!
what is wrong!
please help

[GILD]

Originally posted by habbywall
gameknot is not working for me! i tried it on mozilla firefox and safari!
what is wrong!
please help i have no idea
that is a john childs question
let's hope he gets here soon

[steveyo]

Originally posted by habbywall
gameknot is not working for me! i tried it on mozilla firefox and safari!
what is wrong!
please help
Gameknot seems to currently be a bit sick. I'm sure they'll fix it quickly.

[forrestunifreak]

Oh good, I thought it was just me..

[habbywall]

does this give us an extra day or few hours for are first round games?

[habbywall]

its working again! (http://www.gameknot.com)

[skate4flip]

how is the tournament going? has everyone finished there first round game?

[steveyo]

Jagur and I are still playing.

[GILD]

Originally posted by steveyo
Jagur and I are still playing. that should be one hell of a game

we're still playing as well
in a non-tourney game, mercyme just kicked my lillywhite lil' butt in no time flat

[MERCYME]

Originally posted by GILD
that should be one hell of a game

we're still playing as well
in a non-tourney game, mercyme just kicked my lillywhite lil' butt in no time flat
haha, it doesn't seem like I will be doing that to brian

[Brian MacKenzie]

what's up, do we want to call the matches, or keep going for a few more days?

edit: call them on sat as planned

[GILD]

Originally posted by Brian MacKenzie
what's up, do we want to call the matches, or keep going for a few more days?

edit: call them on sat as planned i'm staying at the office a bit later tonight, hoping to be able to get the game done as we've hardly scratched the surface
only playing 2 moves in 24 hours is a bit of a drag
depending on how it goes tonight, i may have to bow out of this tourney and leave it to the western hemisphere players to play
i'll let u know b4 i leave for the day

[MERCYME]

Originally posted by Brian MacKenzie
what's up, do we want to call the matches, or keep going for a few more days?

edit: call them on sat as planned
comeon our game is just getting good.

[frozenuniman]

me and catboys game is getting good but i am gonna give it up as he has 6 points and i have none:mad:

[GILD]

never say die

[Brian MacKenzie]

ok, so we shall keep going then...

:)

[MERCYME]

Originally posted by Brian MacKenzie
ok, so we shall keep going then...

:)
yep and its your move

[steveyo]

What's the rush? Each game should get played out, (IMHO).

[GILD]

Originally posted by steveyo
What's the rush? Each game should get played out, (IMHO). guys in the same timezone have finished their games on tuesday allready and myself and theolind have only made 8 moves
i'm dead keen to play but if the people on that side of the pond want to get on with it, i can understand that
i might not like it, but i can understand that

[MERCYME]

I say we do away with timezones

[GILD]

yeah, who do we email?

[frozenuniman]

okay, ill keep are game going

[frozenuniman]

does anybody want to organize a losers bracket?

[forrestunifreak]

I had a rather bad episode with the 'conditional moves'.:(

[TheoELind]

GILD and I are still playing, looks like you peops are gonna have to wait. BTW GILD, I'm off on monday, so what time are you usually online? I can pull an all nighter for chess easily.

[MERCYME]

Good game brian

[GILD]

Originally posted by TheoELind
GILD and I are still playing, looks like you peops are gonna have to wait. BTW GILD, I'm off on monday, so what time are you usually online? I can pull an all nighter for chess easily. i'm her now and will be for the next 10 hours
(check whatever the post time is on your screen for that to make more sense - i hope)

[jagur]

Originally posted by GILD
i'm here now and will be for the next 10 hours
im on for the next 2 or so...my home PC is as dead as Bill Gates. im at the in-laws house right now. we could probobly get are unofficial game in right now.

i'll just be sitting here reading Christine, playing my new DS and hitting refresh. (your move)

[Catboy]

I'm up 19 points, and the end is near.

[GILD]

Originally posted by jagur
i'll just be sitting here reading Christine, playing my new DS and hitting refresh. (your move) k
i've moved

[jagur]

Originally posted by Catboy
I'm up 19 points, and the end is near. 19!? you sould have ended that game along time ago.

[Catboy]

Originally posted by jagur
19!? you sould have ended that game along time ago.

Well, for a while I thought it was a 1 week time limit, so I went for points, and kept him in solid checks for a while, now I'm going for the kill. Habby just needs to sign on so I can curbstomp him and get it over with.

[Brian MacKenzie]

me and mercyme are done.

i wonder who he is going to play in round 2 :(

[GILD]

Originally posted by Brian MacKenzie
me and mercyme are done.

i wonder who he is going to play in round 2 :( oops

[MERCYME]

Originally posted by GILD
oops huh?

[GILD]

i just said oops at brian going out of the tournament he organised in the first round
not part of his planning, i'm sure

[TheoELind]

Gild resigned but we'll play again unofficially. Who am I up against now? When do we start?

[frozenuniman]

if everyone wants to ill organize a losers bracket

[MERCYME]

Originally posted by GILD
i just said oops at brian going out of the tournament he organised in the first round
not part of his planning, i'm sure
well he was playing me :cool:

[jagur]

Originally posted by TheoELind
Gild resigned but we'll play again unofficially. Who am I up against now? When do we start? you are waiting for me or steveyo. the winner will let you know or the loser :rolleyes: either way we are still playing,sit tight.

[jagur]

Originally posted by MERCYME
well he was playing me :cool: Pride comes before the fall...

[jagur]

Originally posted by TheoELind
Who am I up against now? When do we start? that would be me.....when-ever your ready home slice, just challenge me.

[jagur]

challenge sent,your move!

[Brian MacKenzie]

so, for round one, it's just

catboy/habbywell

kapoute/forrestunifreak

left

correct?

[Catboy]

Not anymore. Originally, I had intended to wipe out all of his peices but one, and then taken the mate. But after I had held him in check almost continuously for 10 moves, I decided to grab opportunity by the balls and just take the damn mate.

Screeny:

[Catboy]

SO now it's:

_Catboy_ vs Loosemoose?

[habbywall]

game updates?

[kapoute]

Originally posted by Brian MacKenzie
so, for round one, it's just

catboy/habbywell

kapoute/forrestunifreak

left

correct?

yes

[kapoute]

yea I won against forestunifreak

[forrestunifreak]

Yep, I just resigned. I knew I was going downhill ever since that stupid misshap with my queen and the "conditional moves".

[kapoute]

Good Game

[steveyo]

Brian -
Can we see the updated leader-board?

[Brian MacKenzie]

Round 2

[jagur]

what was the desition on what to do in round 3 since its an odd number?

[Brian MacKenzie]

Originally posted by jagur
what was the desition on what to do in round 3 since its an odd number?

total points in round 1+2, please post your total points

[jagur]

Originally posted by Brian MacKenzie
total points in round 1+2, please post your total points thats wack!

OMG, so one of us that makes it to R3 can get kicked even though they won games to get there?

what if somone checkmates in the mid game? they would have many points now would they?

[Catboy]

Muahahahahaha! I'm glad I went for the points in round one!

[Brian MacKenzie]

Originally posted by jagur
thats wack!

OMG, so one of us that makes it to R3 can get kicked even though they won games to get there?


Yes, this is a simple unicyclist chess tournament with enough players to make an unbalanced trickle-down tourney, meaning we have had to deal with it. Had you made any objections previously about the matter, we could have weighed your input accordingly.

We could have a spelling bee to determine the winner if you prefer.

[jagur]

i wasnt around when that was discussed.. i cant belive that was the remedy decided on.

what a joke.

what if a loser from a previous round has more total points than one of the winners of round 2? technicly they would have argument to get in.

[Brian MacKenzie]

The losers would not be counted, so it is valid.

[MERCYME]

hmm when does round 2 start?

[jagur]

Originally posted by Brian MacKenzie
The losers would not be counted, so it is valid. no it is not valid.

chess is about position, not f-ing points!

[MERCYME]

Originally posted by jagur
thats wack!

OMG, so one of us that makes it to R3 can get kicked even though they won games to get there?

what if somone checkmates in the mid game? they would have many points now would they?

[steveyo]

Hey - What if all the losers played off for the fourth slot? Then it'd just be semis and finals, with everybody happy.

[jagur]

Originally posted by steveyo
Hey - What if all the losers played off for the fourth slot? Then it'd just be semis and finals, with everybody happy. sounds good untill you think about the big picture. what if a R1 loser ends up winning the whole thing after getting a second chance?

this whole thing is fataly flawed now.

we sould get another player to make it even and start over.

[MERCYME]

Originally posted by jagur
sounds good untill you think about the big picture. what if a R1 loser ends up winning the whole thing after getting a second chance?

this whole thing is fataly flawed now.

we sould get another player to make it even and start over. nooo HOW about. 2 people play in r2 and the winner of that plays the other guy in the other r 2 slots. and that will be the final...wait never mind that makes no sense. But don' start over

[kapoute]

mercyme is soon gonna beat me :(

[MERCYME]

Originally posted by kapoute
mercyme is soon gonna beat me :( is he?

[kapoute]

yea im pretty sure

[kapoute]

Ok i just resign he was way to good for me... he just own me each time he plays anyway good game mercyme ! so now I guess the tournament is finish for me... I like it, thanks brian

Im open for another challenge (tell me)

[MERCYME]

Originally posted by kapoute
Ok i just resign he was way to good for me... he just own me each time he plays anyway good game mercyme ! so now I guess the tournament is finish for me... I like it, thanks brian

Im open for another challenge (tell me) WHYYYY did you resign. I think I had to go for the points because of what brian said before in this thread. Whatever good game...

[kapoute]

:eek: sorry, I didnt tough about the points :(

[MERCYME]

Originally posted by kapoute
:eek: sorry, I didnt tough about the points :(
Thats okay...I think I have a lot any I gotta some how find out

[MERCYME]

Well if we are still doing the points thing, my total is 45 for round 1 and 2

[jagur]

Originally posted by MERCYME
WHYYYY did you resign. I think I had to go for the points because of what brian said before in this thread. Whatever good game... now Sofa..

here is a perfect example of the problem. Mercyme had the guys queen and great position but wasnt going to check-mate because of the point issue.

what is totaly lame is from this responce

<kapoute> sorry, I didnt know about the points

from that it sounds like kapoute would have just been content to stay in the game only to up the points for his opponate.

NOT SPORT!

[Catboy]

I am the chess queen.

[MERCYME]

Originally posted by jagur
now Sofa..

here is a perfect example of the problem. Mercyme had the guys queen and great position but wasnt going to check-mate because of the point issue.

what is totaly lame is from this responce



from that it sounds like kapoute would have just been content to stay in the game only to up the points for his opponate.

NOT SPORT! WELL.....i guess your right on the last part of that, but the first part is true.....its confusing. Whatever, i still think we play and the person with the highest points of the three people who are left, gets a bye into the finals.. or something...how does that sound?




I also think there should be a prize for the winner, provided by mr. mackenzie!

[jagur]

Originally posted by MERCYME
WELL.....i guess your right on the last part of that, but the first part is true.....its confusing.

and you say i wrote somthing confusing? :) not so much confusing as it is non tourny like.

[MERCYME]

Originally posted by jagur
and you say i wrote somthing confusing? :rolleyes: no i am just warning you what i wrote was confusing

[jagur]

>

[MERCYME]

Originally posted by jagur
> don't hurt yourself now..you might be playing me in the finals


who thinks there should be a prize fo the winner?

[kapoute]

yes I think there should be a price for the winner but I dont know what it can be

[jagur]

here is more evidence that chess isnt about points so much as it is position.

http://gameknot.com/chess.pl?bd=3788013&r=371

[MERCYME]

Originally posted by jagur
here is more evidence that chess isnt about points so much as it is position.

http://gameknot.com/chess.pl?bd=3788013&r=371 damn right!

[jagur]

fuzzco is out and im ready for round three. how is everyone else doing thats still in?

[MERCYME]

fuzzco is out and im ready for round three. how is everyone else doing thats still in?
I'm still in and I am ready to play....waiting for brian to make the chart or whatever...

[jagur]

so who is left now?

catboy?

i have a better solution to the un-even number of 3..... its more fair than the points thing.

i'll talk about it when all 2nd round games are done. sounds like theres only one more going.

[MERCYME]

I dunno I would PM catboy to see if he is finished yet.

[Catboy]

I'm on my second game right now, since loosemoose only makes one move per day, but we're rushing into a big battle right now, so within 10 moves the game will be over... but hopefully not 10 days.

[MERCYME]

Hopefully, I am itching to win this tourney.

[Loosemoose]

I'm on my second game right now, since loosemoose only makes one move per day, but we're rushing into a big battle right now, so within 10 moves the game will be over... but hopefully not 10 days.

Yeah sorry about that catboy, I've been preparing for going to uni so haven't been sat on the computer like I would be usually... We made a decent flurry of moves the other day, and we're heading for a rapid finish (at least I think we are :p). I'll be on more this next week.

Loose.

[jagur]

yawn............what the url for your game, that way we can at least watch the paint dry.

[steveyo]

yawn............what the url for your game, that way we can at least watch the paint dry.
You can look at anybody's gameknot games by clicking on "players", then "games in progress".

[jagur]

ok, i see the game is acually over.

so its now
................Jagur
.................MERCYME
.................Loosemoose

is that right?

[MERCYME]

I agree with that

[GILD]

................Jagur
.................MERCYME
.................Loosemoose

So Jagur plays MERCYME
MERCYME plays Loosemoose and
Loosemoose plays Jagur

The first one to lose a game is out and the other two then play a World Champ style final.

Thoughts?

[jagur]

So Jagur plays MERCYME
MERCYME plays Loosemoose and
Loosemoose plays Jagur

The first one to lose a game is out and the other two then play a World Champ style final.

Thoughts?

no, the fairest way i thought was that two people play. one waits....the loser of the game plays the waiter and the winner sits untill theres a winner of the loser-waiter game.

theres is decision in that option but it can be handled by option B...

Option B

go by the stupid point thing but the two with the least points...... play it out then the most point winner thats watching , plays the winner of the 2nd and 3rd point winners.

[MERCYME]

no, the fairest way i thought was that two people play. one waits....the loser of the game plays the waiter and the winner sits untill theres a winner of the loser-waiter game.

theres is decision in that option but it can be handled by option B...

Option B

go by the stupid point thing but the two with the least points...... play it out then the most point winner thats watching , plays the winner of the 2nd and 3rd point winners.
Sounds good to me. Whos ready?

[habbywall]

so hows this going?

[jagur]

so hows this going?it was going great untill the organizer got knocked out and never posted again.

the 3 person "final" was flawed too. sould have waited for another few entree's

Loose, Mercy and I all won i guess.

im personally getting my ass kicked all over Gameknot right now. i entered a tourny at the "advanced" level...big mistake.....but hey , if i pull one game off i get mega points!

[skate4flip]

it was going great untill the organizer got knocked out and never posted again.

the 3 person "final" was flawed too. sould have waited for another few entree's

Loose, Mercy and I all won i guess.

im personally getting my ass kicked all over Gameknot right now. i entered a tourny at the "advanced" level...big mistake.....but hey , if i pull one game off i get mega points!
I entered that tournament too but enetered the "casual" level because im not that good. Im still in round 1 and won all 4 games i played. The other two games i am still playing and i need to win 1 of them to go to round 2 i think.

[MERCYME]

Mercy won i guess.




You sure you just want to give me the victory like that, or do you want to play a match.

Heh Heh Heh...

-----------------Back to seriousness---------------
Yeah what is that all about with Brian just leaving like that, and not even helping us with the next round.

About that tournament, I haven't used Gameknot forever, I didn't even notice it, and its probably too late for me to enter.

[GILD]

I've been playing a lot of Scrabble tournaments lately.
I've gone off Chess since my new cell-phone started kicking the crap out of me.
If anyone fancies a game or three, give me a shout.

May the Q be with U.

[GILD]

Yeah what is that all about with Brian just leaving like that, and not even helping us with the next round.That's not entirely fair.
Brian drew up the roster (http://www.unicyclist.com/forums/showpost.php?p=362064&postcount=96) that governed round two.
He then posted the solution to the three-player round three
total points in round 1+2, please post your total points
There was some dispute about this which he also addressed
Yes, this is a simple unicyclist chess tournament with enough players to make an unbalanced trickle-down tourney, meaning we have had to deal with it. Had you made any objections previously about the matter, we could have weighed your input accordingly.

We could have a spelling bee to determine the winner if you prefer.

You can read the ensuing exchange on page 7 (http://www.unicyclist.com/forums/showthread.php?t=42859&page=7) and decide if you wouldn't have 'just walked away' from it as well.

The remaining players seemed intent on not completing the tournament in the way it was initially laid out and nobody seemed came up with any concrete suggestions.

So, while it is true that Brian didn't finish what he started, I for one do not blame him.

[jagur]

i came up with a few ideas on a fix to the 3 party problem ( they are posted), but also was waiting for the tourny makers responce...that never happened.

i never decided on the point thing, i was busy playing chess like the tourny demanded at the time, not watching the thread or posting about the conundrum....in the end, the three who made it in decided that point value knocking someone out was rediculas.

we responded to the issue by letting it be...

everything was was copasetic untill today.

[GILD]

everything was was copasetic untill today.That's a kewl Scrabble word I've never known before.
Thanx.

BTW, I only weighed in because I couldn't let what I regard as an unfair attack on Sofa go unchecked.

[jagur]

BTW, I only weighed in because I couldn't let what I regard as an unfair attack on Sofa go unchecked.sure, sure, it sucks to get rooked like that mate..

[habbywall]

is anyone still doing this?