P&B Chess League - Season 8 coming soon….

[Ziggy]

4 hours ago, Curmudgeon said:

In the crucial Division A clash Ziggy_The_Spider comes out on top against Board_stupid.

I blew up part way through the game after being in a good position. Ziggy played a bold (or reckless, I'm not sure) knight sacrifice which meant I had to do some serious defending.

I think if I'd managed to come through that spell without losing a piece I might've been ok, but alas it wasn't to be.

I believe that means that Ziggy is this season's champion, a position he very much deserves.

Thanks for the game, I was never convinced by my knight sac but thought it’d be fun.

It was confusing, I’m not sure I ever really knew what I was doing (why didn’t I castle?).

I thought that you had just about got through the worst of it when you seemed to fall  apart.

 

 

[Trogdor]

Madwullie Cup Result

Dearyme defeats Dandies1983 by checkmate.

A bit of strange one as 960 always is. I finished it off quite well when Frank got a bit tied up on the kingside. I do think Frank missed an opportunity to put me on the backfoot early on. I played my move and realised the vulnerability afterwards.

Position is below, can anyone guess the move? Black to play. Answer below at bottom of post.

Thanks for the game @Frank Grimes

Spoiler

Nf4!

Edited November 3, 2022 by Trogdor

[SweeperDee]

Madwullie Cup Result
Dearyme defeats Dandies1983 by checkmate.
A bit of strange one as 960 always is. I finished it off quite well when Frank got a bit tied up on the kingside. I do think Frank missed an opportunity to put me on the backfoot early on. I played my move and realised the vulnerability afterwards.
Position is below, can anyone guess the move? Black to play. Answer below at bottom of post.

Thanks for the game [mention=72581]Frank Grimes[/mention]
Spoiler

Nf4!

Either of the knights to D4, then fork queen and rook on the next move depending if they’ve not spotted it?

Never mind, white Knight covers the fork.

[invergowrie arab]

2 hours ago, SweeperDee said:

Either of the knights to D4, then fork queen and rook on the next move depending if they’ve not spotted it?

Never mind, white Knight covers the fork.

I think your on the right track but not yet 

[SweeperDee]

I think your on the right track but not yet 

I looked at the solution and you’re right, just a bit tunnel visioned on the queen/rook being in that position.

[Stellaboz]

Strachanovski beats mackieboz in our dead rubber. 

[SweeperDee]

Can anyone tell me why this rook sacking is considered “Brilliant”?

[Aim Here]

2 hours ago, SweeperDee said:

Can anyone tell me why this rook sacking is considered “Brilliant”?

Chess.com revamped their site so that pretty much any sacrifice is considered 'Brilliant' these days. It used to be that a brilliant move was one that the engine didn't see but turned out to be good, but that just made no sense to players, so presumably they went the other direction here.

[Curmudgeon]

2 hours ago, SweeperDee said:

Can anyone tell me why this rook sacking is considered “Brilliant”?

In this case the sacrifice speeds up checkmate.

After the pawn takes, follow up with Bc3+

Kb1  Qxb3+

Kc1  Qb2#

[Aim Here]

1 minute ago, Curmudgeon said:

In this case the sacrifice speeds up checkmate.

After the pawn takes, follow up with Bc3+

Kb1  Qxb3+

Kc1  Qb2#

It's clearly the right move, but the fact it's *clearly* the right move would pretty much disqualify it as being a brilliancy as far as competent human players are concerned.

[invergowrie arab]

14 hours ago, SweeperDee said:

I looked at the solution and you’re right, just a bit tunnel visioned on the queen/rook being in that position.

Just to be clear no way would I have seen it without being specifically invited to look for it.

In game I'm going nd4 then kicked back by a pawn.

[DeeTillEhDeh]

Madwullie Cup Result
Dearyme defeats Dandies1983 by checkmate.
A bit of strange one as 960 always is. I finished it off quite well when Frank got a bit tied up on the kingside. I do think Frank missed an opportunity to put me on the backfoot early on. I played my move and realised the vulnerability afterwards.
Position is below, can anyone guess the move? Black to play. Answer below at bottom of post.

Thanks for the game [mention=72581]Frank Grimes[/mention]
Spoiler

Nf4!

Yep - you end up with real problems on the g and h files.

[Aim Here]

Pie and Bovril Chess League Season 7 - Final Results

All the matches have finished in the league, and so, barring any corrections, here are the final league tables:

Division A	P	W	D	L	Pts
Board_Stupid	12	8	2	2	26
Ziggy_the_Spider	12	8	2	2	26
AimHere	12	6	3	3	21
AH13STU	12	4	4	4	16
Purplekangaroo89	12	4	1	7	13
Arabjoe	12	4	0	8	12
gkneil	12	2	0	10	6

In their head-to-head matches, Board_Stupid and Ziggy_the_Spider drew once, and Ziggy won the rematch, so @Ziggy is the deserved winner of this season's chess league. Congratulations!

Division B	P	W	D	L	Pts
invergowrie	12	10	0	2	30
pleslie999	12	8	1	3	25
PnBMathematics	12	5	2	5	17
markf268	12	5	1	6	16
N5_Spur	12	5	0	7	15
The_kid1433	12	3	1	8	10
XCTR94	12	3	1	8	10

Congratulations again to @invergowrie arab for winning in Division B. Again, the table here is misleaing in that XCTR94 beat The_kid1433 in the head-to-head matches, so comiserations to @the tungston weasel, who ends up in the automatic relegation slot, if it's applicable.

Division C	P	W	D	L	Pts
AlbinoRov	14	12	1	1	37
Basedgodsa1nt	14	9	0	5	27
Dandies1983	14	9	0	5	27
KenDeans	14	7	0	7	21
mackieboz	14	6	1	7	19
RBWatson	14	5	0	9	15
Strachanovski	14	4	2	8	14
IncomingExile	14	2	0	12	6

Congratulations to @Albino Rover for strolling Division C. Well played!

Basedgodsa1nt and Dandies1983 both won one game each in their head-to-head matches, so the decision had to go down to our version of the Sonnenberg-Berger score (the sum value of the final scores of the players that were beaten plus half the scores of the players drawn against). By my calculation, Dandies1983 has a score of 148 to Basedgodsa1nt's 135, so the P&B chess league's founder @Frank Grimes has his chance of promotion, at long last.

As usual, for corrections, dispute resolution or checking of results, the calculations are in the spreadsheet at https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1WTFYYhhNWBObdMMS9BM-0teqA1DQQjAgnL0PsODXi5U/edit#gid=652529900

Congratulations to the winners, and thanks to all participants. Hopefully season 7 will happen sometime shortly.

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In the Madwullie cup, the semi-finals are half done, with Ziggy and myself still fighting over who gets to face DearyMe in the final.

Edited November 6, 2022 by Aim Here

[Frank Grimes]

Well played mate, thanks for running

[N5 Spur]

1 hour ago, Aim Here said:

Pie and Bovril Chess League Season 7 - Final Results

All the matches have finished in the league, and so, barring any corrections, here are the final league tables:

Division A	P	W	D	L	Pts
Board_Stupid	12	8	2	2	26
Ziggy_the_Spider	12	8	2	2	26
AimHere	12	6	3	3	21
AH13STU	12	4	4	4	16
Purplekangaroo89	12	4	1	7	13
Arabjoe	12	4	0	8	12
gkneil	12	2	0	10	6

In their head-to-head matches, Board_Stupid and Ziggy_the_Spider drew once, and Ziggy won the rematch, so @Ziggy is the deserved winner of this season's chess league. Congratulations!

Division B	P	W	D	L	Pts
invergowrie	12	10	0	2	30
pleslie999	12	8	1	3	25
PnBMathematics	12	5	2	5	17
markf268	12	5	1	6	16
N5_Spur	12	5	0	7	15
The_kid1433	12	3	1	8	10
XCTR94	12	3	1	8	10

Congratulations again to @invergowrie arab for winning in Division B. Again, the table here is misleaing in that XCTR94 beat The_kid1433 in the head-to-head matches, so comiserations to @the tungston weasel, who ends up in the automatic relegation slot, if it's applicable.

Division C	P	W	D	L	Pts
AlbinoRov	14	12	1	1	37
Basedgodsa1nt	14	9	0	5	27
Dandies1983	14	9	0	5	27
KenDeans	14	7	0	7	21
mackieboz	14	6	1	7	19
RBWatson	14	5	0	9	15
Strachanovski	14	4	2	8	14
IncomingExile	14	2	0	12	6

Congratulations to @Albino Rover for strolling Division C. Well played!

Basedgodsa1nt and Dandies1983 both won one game each in their head-to-head matches, so the decision had to go down to our version of the Sonnenberg-Berger score (the sum value of the final scores of the players that were beaten plus half the scores of the players drawn against). By my calculation, Dandies1983 has a score of 148 to Basedgodsa1nt's 135, so the P&B chess league's founder @Frank Grimes has his chance of promotion, at long last.

As usual, for corrections, dispute resolution or checking of results, the calculations are in the spreadsheet at https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1WTFYYhhNWBObdMMS9BM-0teqA1DQQjAgnL0PsODXi5U/edit#gid=652529900

Congratulations to the winners, and thanks to all participants. Hopefully season 7 will happen sometime shortly.

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In the Madwullie cup, the semi-finals are half done, with Ziggy and myself still fighting over who gets to face DearyMe in the final.

As per each season, many thanks for organising the leagues - it's very much appreciated.

[Albino Rover]

Enjoyed my debut season a lot. Thanks to all my opponents for some great games, and to @Aim Here for organising.

[craigkillie]

9 hours ago, Aim Here said:

Pie and Bovril Chess League Season 7 - Final Results

All the matches have finished in the league, and so, barring any corrections, here are the final league tables:

Division A	P	W	D	L	Pts
Board_Stupid	12	8	2	2	26
Ziggy_the_Spider	12	8	2	2	26
AimHere	12	6	3	3	21
AH13STU	12	4	4	4	16
Purplekangaroo89	12	4	1	7	13
Arabjoe	12	4	0	8	12
gkneil	12	2	0	10	6

 

As usual, for corrections, dispute resolution or checking of results, the calculations are in the spreadsheet at https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1WTFYYhhNWBObdMMS9BM-0teqA1DQQjAgnL0PsODXi5U/edit#gid=652529900

 

It's not going to count for anything, but my match as white against AH13STU is still ongoing - I'm up a piece but it's a fairly double-edged position. I think you've got it down as a win for him - not sure if you've confused it with a game from last season.

[Aim Here]

2 minutes ago, craigkillie said:

 

It's not going to count for anything, but my match as white against AH13STU is still ongoing - I'm up a piece but it's a fairly double-edged position. I think you've got it down as a win for him - not sure if you've confused it with a game from last season.

Sorry about that. I'm guessing that I checked chess.com for unannounced results and misread your recent game list.

I'll update the table when you get the result in.

[arab_joe]

15 hours ago, Aim Here said:

Pie and Bovril Chess League Season 7 - Final Results

All the matches have finished in the league, and so, barring any corrections, here are the final league tables:

Division A	P	W	D	L	Pts
Board_Stupid	12	8	2	2	26
Ziggy_the_Spider	12	8	2	2	26
AimHere	12	6	3	3	21
AH13STU	12	4	4	4	16
Purplekangaroo89	12	4	1	7	13
Arabjoe	12	4	0	8	12
gkneil	12	2	0	10	6

 

Is this not season 6?

Also, much though I wish I had 4 victories under my belt, I only have 3 (Gkneil, Purplekangaroo and Aimhere) and my game vs AH13STU is ongoing (and almost certainly going to be a win for AH13STU).

Thanks again for organising!

[arab_joe]

3 hours ago, arab_joe said:

Is this not season 6?

Also, much though I wish I had 4 victories under my belt, I only have 3 (Gkneil, Purplekangaroo and Aimhere) and my game vs AH13STU is ongoing (and almost certainly going to be a win for AH13STU).

Thanks again for organising!

Confirmed that I have just resigned vs. AH13STU. 

Well played, mate.