The Official HL2.net Chess Tournament Thread

[_Z_Ryuken]

Forgive me if I'm not quick, I'm very busy today. But I'll sneak in a few moves whenever I can.

No rush.

 

[63]

Is it over? Did I win?

 

[AntiAnto]

Is someone interested in playing a friendly match with me? Pressure seems to be absent right now.

 

[Fat Tony!]

Dan I searched for your name but I came up with 3 matches, challenge me instead or give me your full name including numbers :s

 

[Dan]

So what's the dealio with this tournament? Is there going to be a round robin? A set of brackets? who plays who?

 

[A True Canadian]

A round robin setup could take ages to complete.

Ideally we just need 16 people (I think we already have 15) where winners advance and losers are eliminated.

As for who plays who in the next round, I have a feeling it'll either be random pair-ups or it will be based on the number of moves players took to beat their opponents in the previous round.

 

[Fat Tony!]

lol im silly, oops

 

[_Z_Ryuken]

Canadian: Am I correct in assuming you saw imminent defeat?

If so, nice catch. (;

 

[Anthraxxx]

Has anybody else's game started? If so, post your game id so we can all watch.

My game with Solaris hasn't started yet, but the game id for our match is 2221964

 

[_Z_Ryuken]

2221783. I posted it on page 2. Our game has been pretty even so far.
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http://www.redhotpawn.com/gameanalysis/boardhistory.php?gameid=2221783

[ViolentZken vs A True Canadian]

 

[Raeven0]

I challenged the Jellydude, but he hasn't moved yet.

 

[Fat Tony!]

Mine and dan's game: http://www.redhotchess.com/core/playchess.php?gameid=2222714#

 

[Anthraxxx]

2221783. I posted it on page 2. Our game has been pretty even so far.

:thumbs:

I've been watching...

 

[_Z_Ryuken]

:thumbs:

I've been watching...

It's intense!

Hahahaah man, we are such nerds right now.

 

[_Z_Ryuken]

Mine and dan's game: http://www.redhotchess.com/core/playchess.php?gameid=2222714#

That link didn't work for me.

Try this one: http://www.redhotpawn.com/gameanalysis/boardhistory.php?gameid=2222714
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[fattony123 vs DanDaMan]

 

[Fat Tony!]

bingo D:

 

[Bad^Hat]

Game started, Bliink.

http://www.redhotpawn.com/core/playchess.php?gameid=2222903

 

[_Z_Ryuken]

Once again, a useless link. Here is the fixed one: http://www.redhotpawn.com/gameanalysis/boardhistory.php?gameid=2222903
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[BadHat vs bliink]

 

[Fat Tony!]

What would we do with out you Ryuken, now we can't miss out on the chess ACTION

 

[_Z_Ryuken]

What would we do with out you Ryuken

Masturbate violently, probably.

 

[bryanf445]

if its not too late: bryanf445

 

[A True Canadian]

I'm back for a bit, but probably can only get a couple more moves in tonight. We'll have to continue the rest of this intense matchup tomorrow...

It's been fun so far.

 

[bryanf445]

blah so it started didnt it ;(

and im actually good at chess

 

[A True Canadian]

You might still get in. I think we were short one person.

 

[Pressure]

http://www.redhotpawn.com/core/playchess.php?gameid=2223042

 

[bryanf445]

http://www.redhotpawn.com/core/playchess.php?gameid=2223042

Theres nothing on that page

 

[Pressure]

Hmmmmmmm.

 

[bryanf445]

ok thats better, ummm someone challange me...bryanf445

 

[_Z_Ryuken]

Here... http://www.redhotpawn.com/gameanalysis/boardhistory.php?gameid=2223042

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[antianto vs hl2netchamp]

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bryan - challenge me if you wanna scrim, non-official like. The 4 games started so far, noone has moved, and mine will probably be on hold shortly. It's either this or I'll go back to Secret of Evermore, so if you wanna quick practice game, I'm down.

 

[Pressure]

I was just going to give a picture-by-picture update. Way to ruin my fun .

 

[_Z_Ryuken]

You can still do that. :|

I think Solaris should include all the game URLs in the first post though.

 

[bryanf445]

Alright ryuken, I created a game

 

[_Z_Ryuken]

BAH, I just made what was perhaps a fatally blunderous move. Doesn't look like I'll be advancing in this tourney... ):

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http://www.redhotpawn.com/gameanalysis/boardhistory.php?gameid=2221877

[Raeven0 vs JellyWorld]

 

[Raeven0]

I'm still waiting on the Jellyman.

 

[A True Canadian]

I won't have time to continue tonight _Z_Ryuken.

We'll pick it up tomorrow.


Good luck on that exit strategy.

 

[Anthraxxx]

I wonder if we could get this stickied for a while...

Canadian, good moves!

 

[JellyWorld]

I challenged the Jellydude, but he hasn't moved yet.

I have now.

 

[Laivasse]

On a related note, but I just beat the chess computer at http://www.postcardchess.com. Okay so I made one major screw up early on where I didn't look properly and took a move back because it cost me my queen, but sue me, it was 5 am :cheese:
It was damn hard either way.

I'm still too pussy to play any of you.

 

[Bad^Hat]

Am I matching bryanf445 now? Just got a challenge... still waiting for bliink.

 

[_Z_Ryuken]

Am I matching bryanf445 now? Just got a challenge... still waiting for bliink.

If you are playing anyone but bliink, it is not an official match. If bliink does not start a match with you within the next two weeks, she forfeits.

And I will play her in the loser's bracket.