I’m useless! 🤣
However, I’ll not be remotely surprised if there’s a Grandmaster in amongst you lot!
seosamh - keen to lose a million games to get good! 😆 so up for the chess club!
Having trouble myself signing up. Cound to pop me and invite please and I'll join 🙂
dannybgoode of course for the username
Marzipan1994
Looking forward to it! 🙂
Me please too. crewlie on chess.com
flushthetoilet.
Thanks very much.
Invites out to
BeardyMark
Chessron99
dannybgoode
seosamh
Marzipan1994
crewlie
flushthetoilet
I'm in - comino64
Thanks
comino64 - Invited.
Currently having a nightmare in my 10 minute games. One draw and 5 losses out last six.
Yes please
Scandal42 invited.
What happens on 24th then - do you just get a notification to play a game and the site will pair you with another invitee?
Sorry for the daft questions. I can play the game (to a certain extent 🤣 ) but all the organised play is new to me.
When the tournament opens you will get a notification. The website computer splits the entrants into groups of 5. Or 5s and 4s if there is an odd number.
At that point you have 4 simultaneous games in play against the other 4 players in your group. 2 as white, 2 as black. After each game finishes you have another game against each player. If you were black in game 1 you are white in game 2 etc. So once it starts you will need to make the first move on 2 boards
You have 2 days max for each move. Miss that limit and you lose on time. The tournament will move along better if we don't always use all the time though. IdeallyI would suggest at least on move a day if possible.
I set the limit at 2 days so if there is a certain time of day that fits with other stuff you can do your moves around the same time each day without getting near a timeout loss.
Started playing a little bit after watching The Queen's Gambit (which is ace, BTW) - I remain so bad at chess it's almost dangerous. 🙂
Sign me up for another round of this please,
aide46
Put me in please , Wasnevergreat .
Aide and wasnevergreat invited.
Can I play too?
KevinPhilipsBong
KPB invited
Sign me up - epynt
Sign me up. Stevo_mcd over there.
Stevo_mcd, epynt invited.
Still a few invites to be accepted.
Crewlie
epynt
flushthetoilet
Marzipan1994
Parkedtiger
Scandal42
stevo_mcd
Wasnevergreat
22 signed up so far. (link only shows players who have accepted invites)
https://www.chess.com/tournament/stw-chess-club-t2/players
in, cheers! 🙂
I'm in. Easy picking for my opponents
Thanks IRC - I seem to be ok for about 5 moves and then get to worried about being defensive and drift away from winning. Had a good game against @kennyp earlier in the week. Looking forward to it.
Lowey , I take it you are lowey on Chess.com and not lowey7 or lowey1?
I'll join user Gritstone
Sorry Gritstone62
Currently 19 players in. Plus 4 invited and waiting to accept invites..
Gritstone62
Marzipan1994
Parkedtiger
Scandal42
Waiting for @lowey to confirm Chess.com username.
Which makes 24. Thinking of just starting if we get one more player so we have 5 groups of 5. Barring any last minute rush of interest of course.
25 works well as top 2 from each group gives 2 groups of 5 in R2.
I'm in already mate.
I'm up for it. 2bitbish
👍
2bitbish invited.
@Lowey, can you just confirm "lowey" is your Chess.com username. Not lowey1, lowey7 etc. Numerous lowey variants on the site.
Flushthetoilet
Cheers. My mistake. LOsing track!
Can I join (the battle for the wooden spoon). User: Muddymole.
@Muddymole invited. Should be a message on the site now to click and accept invite.
@cteagles - Marzipan1994 - still to accept invite to join.
@scandal42 Scandal42 to accept invite.
Once all 3 accept that is tourament full at 25 players at which point it should autostart. Failing which it defaults to a 12 noon start on Sun 24th.
All places filled so I've clicked start. Should start shortly.
Good luck all.
Thanks again irc. I’m looking forward to it, but also a tad nervous 😀
I’m looking forward to it, but also a tad nervous 😀
It's only a game. I've buggered up my position in one of my current daily games by move 5. Live and learn! My opponent is higher rated so I was likely to lose anyway but I wouldn't want a bad position this fast.
Yeh I am very low-key rated compared to everyone else but I learn from it and it is something different to do.
Am I too late to join this one. username is tomhine82. Full of imagination I am!
Afraid so. Can't add extra players after it has started.
In the tournament table what do the tie break points mean? Are they to decide between two players on the same score?
