Kullervo
Mahler/Sibelius Freak
Err, is it stll available? If so, sign me up.
RedrichSchuckhart is the account name.
RedrichSchuckhart is the account name.
4th Annual CivFanatics Chess Tournament
- Thread starter Narz
- Start date
Narz
keeping it real
Invite sent. If/when you join we'll have even groups sizes (six per group). 
bathsheba666
Fast 'n Bulbous
I'm taking a longish break from new chess games.
Good luck everyone.
Good luck everyone.
18 players - good turn out!
Narz
keeping it real
Unfortunately Ralph the tournament is already underway, however, I'm sure some forum members would be willing to accept a match request.
Narz
keeping it real
Unfortunately punkbass timed out half his games, hopefully he'll be back to finish the 2nd ones before they too time out on move 1. I tried e-mail, messaging & even facebook, he must be offline.
Kullervo
Mahler/Sibelius Freak
I will be in Russia for the next two weeks, so my moves might take some time... up to 3, 4 days, since I won't always have internet there. Or rather, I will rarely have internet there.
Kennigit
proud 2 boxer
Well, I'm mad as I literally misclicked against punkbass like 2nd move (as in didn't mean to click submit move), but I would have lost to him anyways.
I like to think that he wanted to give me a chance.
After a terrible beginning, I managed to wrest a victory from punkbass and feeling pretty darn good right now. Maybe I don't suck in this game as bad as I had thought. Now I only need to repeat my last tourney's win over Narz mischief to take the lead in my group!
I'll copy the game here: I hope punkbass forgives me for this bit of gloating!
mischief to take the lead in my group!I'll copy the game here: I hope punkbass forgives me for this bit of gloating!
Spoiler :
Pacifist46
King
Cool game!
Kennigit
proud 2 boxer
Well, the ads on chess.com made my day. I use ChocolateUSA there (my favourite cfc poster), and the ad in the lower left was about chocolate mousse.
Dunno if it's google ads, but at other forums google ads are scarily good/funny. As in the right ad for the right thread.
Dunno if it's google ads, but at other forums google ads are scarily good/funny. As in the right ad for the right thread.
caketastydelish
Deity
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Can you prove that someone won't cheat on an online tourney like this by just using a computer set to grandmaster level to make the moves for them?
Narz
keeping it real
Well, the chess.com staff monitors the games (especially ones that are reported). If you put your finished game into a top-level computer engine afterwards & it thinks 100% of your opponent's moves were the #1 best move you know something's fishy.
It is certainly possible to try to stealthily cheat, only using the engine at pivotal moments during the game. I can only hope no one in our tourney tries to do this.
Personally, I would never cheat. I don't see the point in it (especially online where there's no prize money on the line). I want to win because I'm nice like that & if I lose I want to learn from it.
Kullervo
Mahler/Sibelius Freak
Really interesting game I had with Chamnix... can't exactly provide a blow-by-blow commentary, but, well, look at it and see for yourself. I had some very interesting heavy piece moves toward the end, I enjoyed this game a lot.
Spoiler :
Narz
keeping it real
Toss out a link to it.
Kullervo
Mahler/Sibelius Freak
Pacifist46
King
Wow nice game aginst Chamnix Kullervo, very impressive! With col on top of our group and only two advancement slots, I hope you realise that I'm not going to be settling for a draw in our second game!
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