Bigmouth Strikes Again Posted August 3, 2022 Share Posted August 3, 2022 Div C Wastecoatwilly resigns v Strachanovski after one move. Meaningless game anyway. Thank you 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cal234ey Posted August 3, 2022 Share Posted August 3, 2022 To round of Div B, paakman01 beats gkneil by resignation. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aim Here Posted August 7, 2022 Share Posted August 7, 2022 Well Season 5's league campaign is over. All the results are in and the results are (barring errors to be corrected) final. The undisputed runaway winner of Division C is newcomer @wastecoatwilly who pretty much looked like the presumptive division winner from the get-go. Division C P W D L Pts wastecoatwilly 10 8 1 1 25 The_kid1433 10 6 0 4 18 Dandies1983 10 5 0 5 15 KenDeans 10 4 2 4 14 Strachanovski 10 3 1 6 10 RBWatson 10 2 0 8 6 Division was a much tighter affair, but Arabjoe, aka @arab_joe emerged as the eventual winner Division B P W D L Pts Arabjoe 16 11 2 3 35 AH13STU 16 10 2 4 32 gkneil 16 10 0 6 30 pleslie999 16 8 3 5 27 markf268 16 7 0 9 21 PnBMathematics 16 6 1 9 19 N5_Spur 16 6 0 10 18 XCTR94 16 6 0 10 18 paakman01 16 4 0 12 12 And in Division A, the favourite DearyMe @Trogdor became the first P&Ber to win the league for a second time. Division A P W D L Pts Dearyme 12 10 2 0 32 Board_Stupid 12 8 2 2 26 Ziggy_the_Spider 12 8 1 3 25 AimHere 12 6 0 6 18 beef2711 12 4 1 7 13 Purplekangaroo89 12 1 2 9 5 invergowrie 12 1 0 11 3 Congratulations to all three winners! Due to the high drop-in/drop-out rate, the leagues are a somewhat ad-hoc affair from season to season, but if they maintain the same rough shape Arabjoe and wastecoatwilly will have definitely earned promotion to higher leagues than the one they're in now, with paakman01 and invergowrie sadly dropping down a tier. Likewise, the playoff spots will have Purplekangaroo89 and AH13STU fighting it out over the Division A/B slot and (as per the tiebreak arrangement mentioned earlier in the thread) N5_Spur and The_kid1433 will duke it out to see who stays in Division B -- In cup news, I see the last quarterfinal result has only just come in minutes ago, so nobody has had time to report it. DearyMe beat Purplekangaroo89 by timeout. DearyMe was winning with a mate in 1 position anyways - so I hope the timeout had a genuine reason, and wasn't just bad sportsmanship from the hitherto unimpeachable competitor Purplekangaroo89. The four names in the draw are thus: invergowrie AimHere Dearyme PnBMathematics And with Susan Calman and Neil Doncaster pulling warm balls out of a bag, the madwullie cup semifinals will be: invergowrie versus AimHere PnBMathematics versus DearyMe 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigkillie Posted August 7, 2022 Share Posted August 7, 2022 Apologies to DearyMe, I was out yesterday and had a couple of drinks, then I fired up the position to have a look at it last night and obviously fell asleep before I was able to play a move. Nonetheless, I was done for anyway, well done on the win. Looking at it on the computer I had a decent position early on but then my opponent played almost perfectly from that point on and didn't really give me a chance. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trogdor Posted August 7, 2022 Share Posted August 7, 2022 4 minutes ago, craigkillie said: Apologies to DearyMe, I was out yesterday and had a couple of drinks, then I fired up the position to have a look at it last night and obviously fell asleep before I was able to play a move. Nonetheless, I was done for anyway, well done on the win. Looking at it on the computer I had a decent position early on but then my opponent played almost perfectly from that point on and didn't really give me a chance. No need for apologies. I was the same on Friday night and had been a bit slow as have been overloaded with work. I didn't think I was in such a bad position to begin with but the computer didn't like it all. It also evidently didn't like my plan (ie. e3 d4). Castling opposite sides made for quite an imbalanced position which is exciting but it was complicated. Given my lack of protection around my king I had to be quite careful of checks or allowing your Queen in for a perpetual. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trogdor Posted August 7, 2022 Share Posted August 7, 2022 (edited) @Aim Here Given @Ziggy lost 3 games on timeout when he was at Glastonbury the Division A table flatters me more than a little bit. The key question for me is whether any of the three chess maestros who support Dundee fancy coming back. @Ludo*1 @DeeTillEhDeh @eindhovendee Edit to add - @Curmudgeon must be most improved player. Having to edge him out in endgames these days where in the past I could get a nice positional edge and/or some material. Edited August 7, 2022 by Trogdor 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N5 Spur Posted August 7, 2022 Share Posted August 7, 2022 26 minutes ago, Aim Here said: N5_Spur and The_kid1433 will duke it out to see who stays in Division B Who plays as white? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aim Here Posted August 7, 2022 Share Posted August 7, 2022 10 minutes ago, N5 Spur said: Who plays as white? The lower league player plays as white, so it will be the_kid1433 vs N5_Spur AH13STU vs PurpleKangaroo89 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N5 Spur Posted August 7, 2022 Share Posted August 7, 2022 8 minutes ago, Aim Here said: The lower league player plays as white, so it will be the_kid1433 vs N5_Spur AH13STU vs PurpleKangaroo89 Thanks. Invite sent for as and whenever to @the tungston weasel 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trogdor Posted August 7, 2022 Share Posted August 7, 2022 For the record I hate 960. I just played my opening move and realised I had dropped a Rook and a pawn for a Bishop. Thankfully mathematics decided to spare me the horror. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curmudgeon Posted August 7, 2022 Share Posted August 7, 2022 30 minutes ago, Trogdor said: @Aim Here Given @Ziggy lost 3 games on timeout when he was at Glastonbury the Division A table flatters me more than a little bit. The key question for me is whether any of the three chess maestros who support Dundee fancy coming back. @Ludo*1 @DeeTillEhDeh @eindhovendee Edit to add - @Curmudgeon must be most improved player. Having to edge him out in endgames these days where in the past I could get a nice positional edge and/or some material. I'm quite glad we didn't meet in my first season here as I had a habit of throwing in a blunder most games. This season will be remembered fondly as the one where I managed to get a draw against you. Wrt the trio of Dundee aficionados it would be good to see them back. I don't know what it is about Dens Park that makes it a breeding ground for good chess players. I can only assume that by about 20 minutes into a game everyone's lost interest in the match and pulled put the travel chess sets instead. Finally it's big thanks to @Aim Here for the sterling work organising the season. The league would've been in danger of falling apart without him. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziggy Posted August 7, 2022 Share Posted August 7, 2022 1 hour ago, Trogdor said: @Aim Here Given @Ziggy lost 3 games on timeout when he was at Glastonbury the Division A table flatters me more than a little bit. Not at all, I was worse in all of the 3 games I lost on time. Vs Curmudgeon in particular. In fact I would assess last season as my worst yet. In addition to the games I lost, there were at least another two where I got very lucky (Invergowrie & Beef should both have beaten me). I’ll try a bit harder next season* *until I get beat and then I’ll claim I wasn’t trying anyway. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the tungston weasel Posted August 7, 2022 Share Posted August 7, 2022 1 hour ago, N5 Spur said: Thanks. Invite sent for as and whenever to @the tungston weasel Thanks very much. Just accepted it and good luck. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N5 Spur Posted August 7, 2022 Share Posted August 7, 2022 18 minutes ago, the tungston weasel said: Thanks very much. Just accepted it and good luck. And to you, too. Apologies for getting the initial setup wrong. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trogdor Posted August 8, 2022 Share Posted August 8, 2022 (edited) Madwullie Cup Result DearyMe defeats Mathematics by resignation. This was an up and down game to say the least, PnB let me off the hook a couple of times. Unbeknownst to me. Thanks for the game @mathematics Edited August 8, 2022 by Trogdor 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aim Here Posted August 9, 2022 Share Posted August 9, 2022 Madwullie Cup Invergorie lets AimHere's blunders go unpunished and AimHere beats invergowrie by checkmate. The referee has flipped the coin, and DearyMe has called it right, so that cues up the Madwullie cup final of: DearyMe versus AimHere @Trogdor I'm very much the underdog here, but hopefully the 960 random chess gods will slip an extra queen on my side of the board or something. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trogdor Posted August 9, 2022 Share Posted August 9, 2022 14 minutes ago, Aim Here said: Madwullie Cup Invergorie lets AimHere's blunders go unpunished and AimHere beats invergowrie by checkmate. The referee has flipped the coin, and DearyMe has called it right, so that cues up the Madwullie cup final of: DearyMe versus AimHere @Trogdor I'm very much the underdog here, but hopefully the 960 random chess gods will slip an extra queen on my side of the board or something. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aim Here Posted August 9, 2022 Share Posted August 9, 2022 3 hours ago, Trogdor said: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invergowrie arab Posted August 9, 2022 Share Posted August 9, 2022 4 hours ago, Aim Here said: Madwullie Cup Invergorie lets AimHere's blunders go unpunished and AimHere beats invergowrie by checkmate. The referee has flipped the coin, and DearyMe has called it right, so that cues up the Madwullie cup final of: DearyMe versus AimHere @Trogdor I'm very much the underdog here, but hopefully the 960 random chess gods will slip an extra queen on my side of the board or something. Thought I had trapped your Knight and the engine keeps telling me to take it but is Qg4 not mate? Thought I had good position a few times but even where material was laid bare it always seed like too big a trade. Anyway, good game to engineer a quick win out of a sticky starting position. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aim Here Posted August 9, 2022 Share Posted August 9, 2022 3 minutes ago, invergowrie arab said: Thought I had trapped your Knight and the engine keeps telling me to take it but is Qg4 not mate? Thought I had good position a few times but even where material was laid bare it always seed like too big a trade. Anyway, good game to engineer a quick win out of a sticky starting position. It would have been at one point, but once you'd moved your knight to the back rank, you could have used your bishop to get a free knight by threatening the one on my back rank. It was a blunder on my part but I thought I had a fierce enough attack that I'd cope anyways. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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