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| demuziekdoos 1/24/2004 13:32:09 [ report this post ] |
 Subject: The Cynical Cynics 2004/1Message: Hello team, A new numbering of team threads, I guess you will understand how that works ;-) I�ve had a very busy month, so keeping up with the teamscores and the teamthread was something I had to let go. Also I�m playing chess much slower. My avarage time per move was something like 16 minutes and went up to 23.7 hours. I will start over with keeping up with the teamscore. I�ll start with the match that started today, we play a match with Finland � Suomi board #1451173 _____ raylopez (1579) � jouni (1564) board #1451174 _____ raylopez (1579) � jouni (1564) board #1451175 _____ omus (1531) � elmeri (1541) board #1451176 _____ omus (1531) � elmeri (1541) board #1451177 _____ superdonald (1521) � kane66 (1529) board #1451178 _____ superdonald (1521) � kane66 (1529) board #1451179 _____ docd (1497) � hokkaido (1489) board #1451180 _____ docd (1497) � hokkaido (1489) board #1451181 _____ trailblazer (1459) � petepawn (1476) board #1451182 _____ trailblazer (1459) � petepawn (1476) board #1451183 _____ wuzzer (1446) � keijo42 (1474) board #1451184 _____ wuzzer (1446) � keijo42 (1474) board #1451185 _____ cm2003 (1288) � ilari (1239) board #1451186 _____ cm2003 (1288) � ilari (1239) We can be proud of our team, two months ago we had a score of �15 and we are now back on +25. We did (and still are) playing a lot of matches so we can get more points but we also can have a setback, we�ll see what will happen. The most important thing is having fun in playing chess. At this moment we are on place 55 of the scorelist and place 30 of the rating list At this moment we�ve played 74 different teams. Against 33 we have a negative score. Would you all agree that it would be an idea to try to play with this teams again and try to make our score at least even? Let�s talk about our mini tournament. The first one is finished (due to the fact that quirquincho resigned both his last two games due to his absence) The result: we all played 16 games 1. demuziekdoos 15 2. sdr46 13 3. quirquincho 10.5 4. docd 9 5. omus 8.5 6. raylopez 8 7. diogenes 4 8. deancolmer 3 9. strauss32 1 I�m ready to start a new round if we are all ready. At this moment this is the status players name status bigmick ___ YES boscoe ___ YES demuziekdoos ___ YES diogenes ___ YES docd ___ YES halfpast_yellow ___ YES omus ___ YES pigonthe7th ___ YES raylopez ___ YES sdr46 ___ YES superdonald ___ YES players name status cm2003 ___ unable, due to other mini tournament kinghenry ___ not if we start befor jan-13 thewizardofchess ___ NO umpito ___ unable, due to other mini tournament players name status anchorman2020 ___ ??? boki ___ ??? misiek ___ ??? trailblazer ___ ??? wuzzer ___ ??? I noticed that cm2003 still has a lot of games to go in his mini tournament but umpito is playing his last two games. He is doing very well in that tournament, at this moment he is on first place and I believe he makes a very good chance to win this tournament! Perhaps kinghenry is able now, since we are past jan-13, I will ask him in a personal message. I asked the persons with the questionmarks in a private message if they are intrested. I have the following idea about team tournaments: 1. We start a tournament as soon as we have 5 players available. 2. You are allowed to play in only one team tournament at the same time. 3. If you are finished in a tournament you are put on the list of available players 4. Fathers and sons are not allowed to play in the same tournament. 5. All tournaments are unrated. 6. You must let me know in a private message if you are available or not, so if you finished all your games in a team tournament you must tell me and I will put you on the list for the next tournament. 7. The person who started the tournament (I will ask a person to start a new tournament as soon as 5 players are available) is responsible to make it a invitation tournament only and invite the 4 other persons. This person is also responsible to tell the team about the outcome of the tournament as soon as it is finished. What does this mean for this moment? 11 players are available at this moment so 2 tournaments can be started and one players must wait a while (I�m willing to be that one). If the 5 players with the questionmarks do not respond within the next 5 days I will devide the 10 players in 2 tournaments and ask two players to start the tournaments. I will let you know as soon as possible if we play two or 3 tournaments. Paul (demuziekdoos) |
| bigmick 1/24/2004 14:02:24 [ report this post ] | I'm ready Message: Hi Paul I'm ready to play, however please ask someone else to be in charge of the tournament. I'm shy of authority :-). -- Mick |
| diogenes 1/24/2004 21:24:43 [ report this post ] | hello team.... Message: a major blunder in a game against vkan resulted in instant loss :( but I have the upper hand in the second game and the match is most likely to be drawn. Mick, sorry to be a pain but any chance you can send me the link for the team forum again please, thanks. diogenes |
| sdr46 1/25/2004 02:10:21 [ report this post ] | I'm ready too Message: I'm ready for team tournaments, but don't have time to manage one. Sdr46 |
| demuziekdoos 1/25/2004 05:51:25 [ report this post ] | new match Message: Hello team, A few minutes this match started: we play with THE Red, White and Blue Chess Team board #1453137 and board #1453138 _____ pigonthe7th (1927) � 2guns (1923) board #1453139 and board #1453140 _____ trailblazer (1459) � fiorentino (1417) board #1453141 and board #1453142 _____ umpito (1335) � crazyhorse65 (1365) board #1453143 and board #1453144 _____ anchorman2020 (1285) � layby1 (1284) Good luck to you all! An update on the available players for new team mini tournaments: players name status bigmick ___ YES boscoe ___ YES demuziekdoos ___ YES diogenes ___ YES docd ___ YES halfpast_yellow ___ YES kinghenry ___ YES omus ___ YES pigonthe7th ___ YES raylopez ___ YES sdr46 ___ YES superdonald ___ YES players name status anchorman2020 ___ NO, due to other mini tournament cm2003 ___ NO, due to other mini tournament thewizardofchess ___ NO trailblazer ___ NO umpito ___ NO, due to other mini tournament players name status boki ___ ??? misiek ___ ??? wuzzer ___ ??? It�s my intention to start two mini tournaments this week, we will have to sort out if we make it two 5 persons tournaments or a 5 and a 7 players tournament so all available can join. In the last case I can start one tournament and my son can start the other. Let me know if you all agree with this idea. Enjoy chess! Paul (demuziekdoos) |
| diogenes 1/25/2004 15:50:30 [ report this post ] | team tournament.... Message: I am ready, and don't mind which way it works. |
| omus 1/26/2004 03:06:50 [ report this post ] | team tourneys Message: dont fancy managing one, Sorry. Really just like to play. Enjoy playing team games most and could do with as many as poss. My current team games are very, very slow moving. |
| kinghenry 1/26/2004 18:47:52 [ report this post ] | mini team tournaments Message: i'm ready to play, but now have less time so i can't manage one. seems to be a popular reply here...sorry. plus i have my hands full duking it out with my correspondence teammates. i never knew sparring could be so envigorating. kinghenry |
| demuziekdoos 1/27/2004 08:27:21 [ report this post ] | new match Message: Hello team, A few minutes this match started: we play team Alekhine board #1460996 and board #1460997 _____ thewizardofchess (1623) � nima_tal (1594) board #1460998 and board #1460999 _____ omus (1540) � wimpyc (1574) board #1461000 and board #1461001 _____ superdonald (1522) � adrian21 (1552) Good luck with all your games. An update on the available persons for our next mini tournament: players name status bigmick ___ YES boscoe ___ YES demuziekdoos ___ YES diogenes ___ YES docd ___ YES halfpast_yellow ___ YES kinghenry ___ YES misiek ___ YES omus ___ YES pigonthe7th ___ YES raylopez ___ YES sdr46 ___ YES superdonald ___ YES players name status anchorman2020 ___ NO, due to other mini tournament boki ___ NO, due to other mini tournament cm2003 ___ NO, due to other mini tournament thewizardofchess ___ NO trailblazer ___ NO umpito ___ NO, due to other mini tournament players name status wuzzer ___ ??? This means we have a problem. 13 available players do not fit in two tournaments. I�m willing to be the odd one out so we can make a 7 persons and a 5 persons tournament but then someone must be willing to manage that team (superdonald can do the other one). wuzzer didn�t answer my message but I found out that he is playing in a tournament so he cannot join. We can ask a non member if he is intrested (and try to get this person in our team) to fill up the open space. Let me think what you think about it. Paul (demuziekdoos) |
| umpito 1/27/2004 08:42:23 [ report this post ] | team mini-tournament Message: I am up a queen for two pieces in one of my mini-tournament games and the other is about to time-out, so I should be available to play in the team mini-tournament soon. Dan |
| omus 1/27/2004 09:13:57 [ report this post ] | thx Message: for the team games Captain. |
| demuziekdoos 1/27/2004 15:16:28 [ report this post ] | our mini tournament Message: I've seen the mini tournament games umpito is talking about. I suggest we wait just a while longer so he can join. It's also possible to start the tournament and add him later to the group, the disadvantage is that he will have al lot of catching up to do. We're not in a hurry, we'll wait a few more days. Paul (demuziekdoos) |
| demuziekdoos 1/27/2004 15:30:37 [ report this post ] | new match (2nd today) Message: Hello team, A few minutes a small match started: Chuck�s Knights is the team we�re playing with board #1462369 and board #1462370 __ kinghenry (1763) � wissem (1724) board #1462371 and board #1462372 __ sdr46 (1718) � buddie (1724) Enjoy your games! Paul |
| demuziekdoos 1/30/2004 07:41:00 [ report this post ] | new member appied Message: Hello team, We have a possible new teammember, his/her name is snakeking. I've asked if he would tell us something about himself in a personal message to me and to post something in the forum here. I would like your opinion about this person, do we approve or not. Let me know, using this forum or in a private message. Paul (demuziekdoos) |
| pigonthe7th 1/30/2004 17:19:39 [ report this post ] | Accept Message: I accept snakeking. |
| snakeking 1/30/2004 19:06:34 [ report this post ] | new member Message: demuziekdoos says I should tell you about myself before he lets me join. I live in the US and though I 'm only 10 years old, I love to play chess for the competion, and if I can, I go to as many tournaments as posible. I also have a uscf rating of 1288. I'm always looking for ways to improve and this is why I signed up on gameknot. Alexander Balkum |
| raylopez 1/30/2004 22:21:45 [ report this post ] | Snakeking Message: Accept - lets welcome the new generation! |
| docd 1/31/2004 05:06:37 [ report this post ] | Snakeking Message: Like the handle, wish I was 10, let him in! |
| cm2003 1/31/2004 06:09:07 [ report this post ] | Snakeking Message: Let him in. |
| umpito 1/31/2004 08:20:50 [ report this post ] | Snakeking Message: Accept! |
| umpito 1/31/2004 09:48:57 [ report this post ] | mini-tournament Message: I have now finished my mini-tournament. Dan |
| kinghenry 1/31/2004 11:24:53 [ report this post ] | snakeking is fine by me Message: i suppose there is room in texas and calif. for two kings. i say aye. kinghenry |
| demuziekdoos 1/31/2004 14:32:25 [ report this post ] | new member, new mini tournaments, new match Message: Hello team Our new teammember is snakeking, a big welcome to him and we hope he wins many teamgames :-) We started two new team mini tournaments a few minutes ago: The CC-A mini tournament 1. demuziekdoos 2. pigonthe7th 3. kinghenry 4. docd 5. umpito the places 6 and 7 are for halfpast_yellow and bigmick. I cannot invite them due to the fact that they have set the vacation flag. As soon as possible they will be invited The CC-B mini tournament 1. superdonald 2. raylopez 3. boscoe 4. diogenes 5. sdr46 6. omus place number 7 is for misiek but he has vacation flag out so is not able to be invited. As soon as he is able he will be invited. I�ve split the available players into two groups so the ratings avarage would be the same in the two mini tournaments. I also made sure that the fathers and sons are not in the same tournaments. Enjoy your games. Just before I intended to post this message a new team match started We play The Sneaky Knight Connection board #1476057 and board #1476058 _ demuziekdoos (1821) � gsoueidy (1787) board #1476059 and board #1476060 _ sdr46 (1706) � maestro_borracho42 (1691) board #1476061 and board #1476062 _ trailblazer (1483) � gothicgirl (1428) board #1476063 and board #1476064 _ umpito (1340) � spik (1422) board #1476065 and board #1476066 _ cm2003 (1295) � badbadboy (1311) Good luck with these games! Paul (demuziekdoos) |
| sdr46 1/31/2004 15:36:24 [ report this post ] | Welcome snakeking! Message: Nice to have you on the team! Sdr46 |
| bigmick 2/01/2004 06:57:48 [ report this post ] | Back from the wilderness.... Message: Hi all, Apologies for my abscence. Welcome snakeking to the team. I wish you all the best in your games. I'm ready to join the tournament, Paul. -- Mick |
| raylopez 2/01/2004 08:56:10 [ report this post ] | My recent beautiful results Message: Hi Team, I'm pleased to report four straight victories in pursuit of our glorious cause. As Black against Jobelix of For USSR, I won a 55-move Sicilian, in which he had a pawn advantage, but incorrectly advanced his pawns against my king-side doubled pawn formation. This, and some other mistakes, allowed me to achieve passed pawns on the king side, to compensate for his passed pawns on the queen side. The ending showed the value of placing your rook behind your opponent's passed pawn. Even though his pawn was farther advanced and his King was more active than mine, he couldn't advanced the pawn past the seventh rank. His rook was helpless, and his King was busy keeping an eye on my passed pawns. We're 9 games up on For USSR. As White against Ramrock of Yeshua's Army, I won a Ruy Lopez after trapping his knight on f6. We're up three games against the Army. Good luck to Omus, Trailblazer, and Anchorman! Labyrinth Rive of Phoenix Rising misplayed an English Opening (stay away from those tricky hypermod openings, guys!), allowing me as Black to advance both my center pawns to the 5th rank. Then a cute little combination on the 10th move won a piece, which due to his further mistake turned out to be his Queen. As White against the same player, I won a Ruy Lopez by means of a combination, which I'm rather proud of, on the King's file, on moves 11 to 14. I then blundered away the gained piece but fortunately he allowed me to recover it by means of another pin, this time on the Queen's file. So we're off to a good start against Phoenix. Good luck to Pigonthe7th, KingHenry, and WizardofChess! That's all for now, Bob |
| raylopez 2/01/2004 09:02:27 [ report this post ] | Welcome back, Bigmick Message: While you were gone, Diogenes and I have been trying to maintain Team A's winning advantage in the consultation game. I think we've got them on the ropes. :) To correct my last post: The last game I reported above was a Philidor's Defense, not a Ruy Lopez. I hope nobody on our team plays the Philidor, it seems worthless to me. Bob |
| omus 2/01/2004 12:52:13 [ report this post ] | rope a dopes Message: we are actually playing a little known defensive variation, the Cassius Clay :-))) |
| boscoe 2/03/2004 01:12:04 [ report this post ] | Message: Pleased to report a win against sxyvoice (and I should win my second against her) and a draw with jeff456 as black (no idea what will happen in my second against him) I should only play team games, I concentrate more and my game improves :) Hi snakeking! |
| omus 2/03/2004 02:28:20 [ report this post ] | well done Boscoe Message: Sadly, I must report a loss to Wimpyc. I'll say 50 Hail Marys and 10 Our Fathers and do better next time. |
| diogenes 2/03/2004 06:07:39 [ report this post ] | team games update.... Message: 2-0 against pele2003, A draw with vkan with imminent, And the games against pfhpfhpfh are taking forever..... Also, welcome to snakeking! |
| demuziekdoos 2/03/2004 06:21:57 [ report this post ] | several things .... Message: Hello team Let's start by congratulating all the persons with the good results. And to omus, let's hope your 50 Hail Marys and 10 Our Fathers will help you ..... ;-) Just kidding, if you tried your best and you enjoyed the game that's all that is important in chess, also in teamgames. To all our non paying members: please make sure you leave some places open for team games. I now challenge a team (with some of our non paying members), the non paying member starts/joins a few games so he plays his maximum and the other teamcaptain can't accept my challenge anymore due to the fact that one or more players from our team are no longer available. It happened several times now and it makes it impossible for me to challenge other teams if I can't be sure if you will still be available. Example: the non paying member is allowed to play 20 games in total. Let's say he wants to play a maximum of 4 teamgames. I would ask this person not to play more than 16 games at the same time so I can assure you your 4 teamgames and other teamcaptains will be able to accept. It happened a few times with me to that I had to decline a challenge because the opposing team used a member that was not available anymore. Enjoy chess. Paul (demuziekdoos) |
| diogenes 2/03/2004 09:34:51 [ report this post ] | maximum games...... Message: demuziekdoos currently, I have 11 active games....if I can play a maximum of 20, I wouldn't mind 2-4 more team games, if possible. Please let me know if I need to re-submit the number of team games. thanks diogenes |
| sdr46 2/04/2004 07:24:03 [ report this post ] | Match results Message: I won one and drew one against Markyw of the Gladiators. Sdr46 |
| demuziekdoos 2/04/2004 07:59:30 [ report this post ] | new team match Message: Hello team, The next team match just started, we play Russian Time board #1487167 and board #1487168 _ pigonthe7th (1927) � mlka (1868) board #1487169 and board #1487170 _ boki (1917) � sergegr (1865) board #1487171 and board #1487172 _ thewizardofchess (1638) � denis (1638) board #1487173 and board #1487174 _ omus (1561) � tvyaches (1577) board #1487175 and board #1487176 _ umpito (1327) � aatom (1337) board #1487177 and board #1487178 _ diogenes (1257) � eddie22 (1335) Enjoy all your games! Paul (demuziekdoos) |
| sdr46 2/04/2004 12:02:27 [ report this post ] | More results Message: I split 2 games against maestro_borracho42 of the The Sneaky Knight Connection team. The first game he clearly outplayed me. In the second he also was getting the upper hand, and I aimed for a draw by repetition when he suddenly resigned. I'd like anyone to tell me why he resigned. I think he just saw ghosts. Sdr46 |
| docd 2/04/2004 12:26:48 [ report this post ] | re: ghosts Message: sdr46 Probably upset with himself!? Looks like he gets a draw to me - must be ghosts! docd |
| demuziekdoos 2/05/2004 13:31:26 [ report this post ] | new match Message: Hello team, A small match started today: we play Team Avalanche board #1490225 and board #1490226 _ boki (1921) � boblig (1891) board #1490227 and board #1490228 _ thewizardofchess (1619) � flanders (1635) board #1490229 and board #1490230 _ omus (1566) � mohankp (1587) Enjoy your games and good luck. Paul (demuziekdoos) |
| boscoe 2/08/2004 05:58:38 [ report this post ] | to draw or not to draw? Message: I would appreciate some advice from some of the better players on the team. I have just offered a draw (which was accepted) on board gameknot.com/chess.pl?bd=1409462 The game was a bit boring to be honest and I know I made some errors early. It got to a situation where all I could see happening was moving rooks around and around forever, what do you think�should I have offered a draw? Thanks in advance B |
| bigmick 2/08/2004 07:50:44 [ report this post ] | Boscoe: Message: Hmmm, tough one to call. Its one of those matches which would have gone on forever, with neither side having a clear advantage. You are probably right to go for the draw. White might have been able to continue with lines like: 36. Qg4 g6 37. h4 Kf7 38. h5 Kf6 36. Kf2 g6 37. Qc4 h5 38. Qb5 Kf8 36. Kf2 g6 37. h4 h5 38. Re1 Rd8 But honestly I think that the draw was the best outcome. -- BigMick |
| cm2003 2/08/2004 09:55:51 [ report this post ] | Team update Message: Record for the last ten team games. +6 -3 =1 My last lost was just realy bad play. I won a few games in a row and was playing without thinking much. Every game should be played like the person you are playing is better than you and that you could lose the game. Paul (demuziekdoos) Right now I'm playing ilari and he has put up a vacation flag for 20 days but I have looked and he is making moves in other games is there any thing I can do??????????? Chris |
| raylopez 2/08/2004 10:53:30 [ report this post ] | Boscoe Message: What is Black's response to Re1? Bob |
| omus 2/08/2004 15:04:54 [ report this post ] | cm2003 Message: REcently i was playing a chap who was waiting till the last to play his moves. He only had a King and a few pawns left and i had my Queen. He then set postponed for a few weeks!! Thats worth a moan!!! In your case the chap probably has a few internet probs and may be able to move occasionally at a friends house or he may have an intermitent problem. It looks fair enough to me, although I believe you can cancel a postponement, but in this case i dont think that would be fair. Boscoe...draw seems fair to me. |
| demuziekdoos 2/09/2004 08:27:25 [ report this post ] | new match Message: Hello team, A small match just started, we play a match with WE SOLD OUR SOUL FOR ROCK 'N' ROLL board #1502265 and board #1502266 _ snakeking (1498) � cavallo_dopato (1455) board #1502267 and board #1502268 _ cm2003 (1290) � noodles73 (1290) These are the first games for snakeking for our team. Enjoy your games and good luck. cm2003 : Perhaps you could ask this person in a private message why he is playing if he posponed. The things omus is saying can all be true, just ask him. If he will not answer and plays on in other games then you can cancel the postponement. boescoe : I also believe that game was a draw. I didn�t take a very good look at it but my first impression was that a draw is a good result. Paul (demuziekdoos) |
| boscoe 2/09/2004 11:03:49 [ report this post ] | raylopez Message: Message: <<What is Black's response to Re1? Bob>> I�m not sure what you mean... his last move was Rd1 and I would have moved my rook back to B8 (as had no other ideas) If you mean what would I have done if he then went to Re1 I would have played Rd8 and exchanged pawns� but I don�t think this would have happened. |
| omus 2/10/2004 03:31:57 [ report this post ] | i was under the impression Message: that the games in our mini-tourni would be unrated. This does not seem to be the case!! else I would have made sure i didn't lose to sdr!! [:-) |
| diogenes 2/10/2004 04:02:59 [ report this post ] | omus Message: yes, i know the feeling :) but that game against you was my best yet i think |
| raylopez 2/10/2004 06:53:42 [ report this post ] | Boscoe Message: The line I was looking at was: 36 Re1 Rd8 37 Qxe4 Qxd5 The pawns are still even, but White now has an outside passed pawn, which can be a significant advantage in the endgame. Whether it would be decisive or not I don't know. Bottom line: It looks to me that you were smart to offer a draw, and maybe he shouldn't have been so quick to accept! Bob |
| omus 2/10/2004 08:00:42 [ report this post ] | diogenes Message: yes, i thought i may just get a draw. good game. |
| demuziekdoos 2/10/2004 14:25:06 [ report this post ] | the team mini tournaments Message: Hello team, Unrated will say that there are no rating limitations to who is able to join (be invited). The result of the games will affect your personal rating. Both mini tournaments have all the players in it, only raylopez is still pending in the B tournament. I hope he will join very soon. If - for what reason - he is not able/intrested anymore we can replace him by snakeking, I saw he became a paid member. I will ask raylopez if he is still intrested in a private message. This is post 49, so I will fill this thread up with number 50 and start a new one at once. Paul (demuziekdoos) |
| demuziekdoos 2/10/2004 14:25:54 [ report this post ] | the end Message: of this thread, new one coming up in a few seconds (make it a minute) |
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