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Skipper
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Announcing: OT.Com Online Chess Tournament
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4-Jun-2006, 1:09 AM
In case anyone was wondering, here is the current rankings.

oojason
8/10

whitehaven
7/7

Shimy
3/8

KingsClash
2/7

Warbler
1/2

DirtyWookie
0/6

ricardo
0/0

ricarleite
0/2

My opinions so far:
Best game: 50 round game against oojason (thats 100 moves in total). He only made 1 mid-game mistake in the entire game, and it was damn small. If you guys want I can post the history. And that is 50 moves with him still having 2 knights, 2 rooks, 3 pawns and a queen. I had 2 rooks, a queen, 4 pawns and a bishop. His only end-game mistake was when I forked his queen It was a nerve racking game because both of us consistently went *worst case scenario*. How the heck do you play someone who consistently plays your worst case predicition. It doesn't help to predict your opponents next 20 moves if all those moves are bad for you. Jason took *1* risk mid-game, and that lost it (he let my knight get into his back). I had no clue until the VERY end who was going to win that one. Jason plays about identically to how i used to (dependant on queen), which is how I was able to manipulate him in the end-game. Sorry Jason, if you had taken that queen trade you would have won (would have taken forever though). I've taken a couple queen trades in the tourney when they suited me. Thats actually a note for everyone. do not be afraid to take a queen trade. If you threaten someone's queen and they threaten yours in turn (ie, if you kill theirs, they kill yours). Let them take your queen. That gives you a free move, cause you can let them take YOUR queen first. Make a move assuming that they are going to kill your queen next turn, and then you can kill theirs. Most people WONT want to make the trade, and if you threaten their queen, they will run, often giving you a chance to escape. Furthermore, this tactic is often a *last gasp* because players do it assuming that you are going to run with your queen. If you allow yourself to be taken you can often REALLY hurt them. Think of sacking queen's as chess ascension. If you can do it, you have risen above the intermmediate level. (although now I can't do this move anymore, dang)

Funniest game: Gainst shim. I killed all his pieces before he gave up. He ended after killing a bishop in a fork with his king (after i killed his last royal piece). Wasn't a bad game either. And shim says i've never beaten him at chess. HA!

Most screwed up game: gainst warbler. This game isn't finished yet, but I REALLY screwed up my start. I only had 1 pawn out of the second row all the way into the 6th round. By round 12 I still only have 2 forward.... I HATE playing turtle games, which is what I need to play now. Dammit.

Best Stalemate: Wookie. Trapped his queen in my back row for what, 7 rounds now? I couldn't get at him because moveing a piece to get at it would either let it get free or open my king to check. He couldn't get out cause all his moves were blocked.

Most persistent: KingsClash (hotrod?) DAMN YOU!! WHY WON'T YOU DIE!!!!!!!!

Quickest game: Ricareleite. hahahahahahahahahahahaaaaa. *sniff* you made this tournament perfect, 'least our second game was good.