Learn from the Indians ... build a bridge ... and ...

OOPS ... better build the bridge again!

sholar and I are still looking for a time to play, I have flaked on him twice (once I pmed him about it ahead of time) so we'll get this done when we can.

in reply to ganstaman... honestly the only thing that i was focused on was going to the next round. i'd be just as happy with a 2.5-1.5 victory than a 4-0 knockout. I dont think you could have beat me to proceed with the next round to be honest. As u can see i buckled down in game 4 a little bit after turning off youtube and stuff.

the points that u put out "of i had a winning position" i mean cmon, that's like saying kramnik is going to lose down a knight to an 1100 player... he has a losing position but i dont know any serious chess player who would really take the 1100 to win over kramnik.

same thing- you didnt play the correct moves for a reason, and with the time pressure and your lack of experience that is completely understandable.

Wow. I almost don't know what else to say, but when has that ever stopped anyone?

You were very close to losing this match by a wider margin than you actually won it. You had nothing to do with the mistakes I made to turn the match around in your favor, so I don't see how you can think that I didn't have a chance. You seem to be so afraid to show any weakness that you can't even give me the respect I deserve based on my play. It's a shame, really.

Still, you didn't answer my question. Down a bishop in game 1, and 1 move from being down a bishop in game 2, you still thought you were going to win?

As for game 4, are you sure you want that to be the shining example of how well you play when you "buckled down?" If I hadn't played Bh5 and then panicked, throwing away my last 23 seconds and still not seeing that h4 would hold for me, then you would have had to choose between going down the exchange or getting an uncomfortable, worse position. You should be able to achieve better against the Bird of all openings.

The difference in skill level between Kramnik and an 1100 is many times greater than the difference in skill between us. And regardless, at the point in the first 3 games where you were losing by a bishop (in game 2, this would have happened with Rae1 instead of Bg5 -- just a moment of oversight as I forgot your bishop was not still pinned to your king), I would have beaten or at least drawn Kramnik. The games were very much simplified by then -- it's far different than starting the game with bishop odds.

The fact that you even make this comparison is absolutely stunning. Do you really think this highly of yourself?

Where was there time pressure on me except in game 4? I took the time when I needed to and was able to achieve a material advantage (again, in game 2 I was just a little off with it). From there, I don't need much time on the clock to convert the advantage to a victory.

As for lack of experience, what are you talking about? I've been playing for 15-20 years (seriously for like the past 10). I've saved over 1300 blitz games I've played on my computer. Sure, I haven't played serious blitz in a while, instead playing correspondence chess, but I don't know where you get that I'm inexperienced.

It's clear that you think you played well and are the superior player. You might be better than me, but these 4 games showed you getting into trouble in every single game and me letting you off the hook with a simple mistake not forced by you in anyway. This is a very dangerous way to prove superiority, and you plain and simple got lucky this time.

I am starting to think that it is some sort of an elaborate level

Please be a level

one time

I would consider myself thoroughly levelled if it is

sholar>hoyasaxa 3-1. Some real exciting games in there.

Pathetic. Count me out of tourney VI. I can play tourneys daily on Chessbase and never once have I had to deal with crap like this. Not worth it.

My match result:

loveinvain - Gullanian 4-0

I played awful, you played very well lol ggs, tried to chat to you in chat box but I guess it didnt send or something!

It may have "sent", I'm new to FICS and am not used to chatting etc. there's probably a ton about the interface I don't know, tooke me a few minutes to figure out how to invite you to play today lol.

Anyhow, had I seen you chat, I'm sure I would have said something, wasn't trying to be rude or anything.

GG!

Ortho-rbelous 2-2 (Orthoji vs prushyn on FICS)

Ortho 2-2 Rbelous. They were all really fun games, I thought.

Gorgonian PMed me, while Person did not, and from what Gorgonian told me it sounds like the reason they didn't play was because Person disappeared, so I am ruling that as a forfeit win for Gorgonian, 1-0.

That concludes this round, as other 9 matches were played on schedule. Here are the pairings for round 3:



Good luck everyone!

oh no

ohhh yes

:-)

YKW 3 - 1 DONCASTI

very interesting match, could have went either way. We both made plenty of blunders and I was lucky to get a win in the end. At least it was entertaining hehe

Youknowwho 3-1 DONCASTI

very exciting match, ggs. (well, not that good because of the blunders, but anyway...)

Tomukas - Ortho 2-2. The more I play, the worse I do

Ortho 2-2 Tomukas.

Jewbinson 3-1 Gullanian

Gullanian, stop playing b5 and g5

I don't see the games on ficsgames.com. Where'd you guys play?

contacted person but heard nothing. Hope he doesnt default again.