Noir_Desir beat me 3.5 to .5, lucked out to get a draw after he disconnected in the first game. I haven't figured out how to post the games from fics, but they probably won't help much anyways since it's lots of blunders by me. First time playing not-chess titans and people are trickier than the computer.

Hopfully playing ganstaman in the next few hours. If not, it's unlikely to go ahead. We've both been busy this week.

ganstaman won 2.5-1.5

http://www.ficsgames.com/

Yes, a messy but fun match.

Game 1: http://www.ficsgames.com/cgi-bin/sho...11;action=show
I blunder away a knight, but some time later he gives it back for a draw.
1/2-1/2

Game 2: http://www.ficsgames.com/cgi-bin/sho...89;action=show
A weird line in the Philidor, white's king does not find safety on the queenside.
0-1

Game 3: http://www.ficsgames.com/cgi-bin/sho...84;action=show
I blunder again, but get the feeling that I was almost let back into the game before I was completely crushed and proven wrong.
0-1

Game 4: http://www.ficsgames.com/cgi-bin/sho...41;action=show
White's king gets surrounded in the center.
0-1

In my last match, black also won 3 of the games. Is it maybe superior??

Looks like I'm not gonna make it. Appreciate the offer. Hopefully I'll get in on the next one.

HipHopRTR v mt_david is a 0-0 forfeit as I never heard any reason from either of them why their match was not played.

Gorgonian v Pawntificator is a 1/2-1/2 forfeit, as both players took responsibility for the match not taking place. Gorgonian will now be withdrawing from the tournament.

Therefore here are the standings after two rounds:
And here are the Round 3 Pairings:
Nikachu v ganstaman
Noir_Desir v HipHopRTR
Punker v Tomukas
Cadaz v pawntificator
Velocity v mt_david
chocaholic 1-0 Bye

I'd say it was mostly my fault. I'm still in though

Knew I forgot to do something ... oh well ...

At least this week PMs have already been exchanged, so a match is likely.

Punker v Tomukas 0-4

http://ficsgames.com/cgi-bin/show.cg...93;action=show

http://ficsgames.com/cgi-bin/show.cg...59;action=show

http://ficsgames.com/cgi-bin/show.cg...62;action=show

http://ficsgames.com/cgi-bin/show.cg...68;action=show

Didn't deserve that score, that's for sure...

i beat HipHopRTR 2,5:1,5 in a hard fought match where he missed a lot of chances.

http://www.ficsgames.com/cgi-bin/sho...12;action=show

http://www.ficsgames.com/cgi-bin/sho...73;action=show

http://www.ficsgames.com/cgi-bin/sho...32;action=show

http://www.ficsgames.com/cgi-bin/sho...20;action=show

I think I really need to work on my endgame technique with <1 minute left on the clock ...

me too, for example 56. g4 in game 1 is lolbad on so many levels..."no i don't want to create a passed pawn!"

and i need a better defence to the BDG.

This seems to imply you think there IS one :P

You played perfectly fine, I cannot say the same for myself for who knows what reason

You just got tilt, especially after a 2nd game where I blundered the pawn, but you wanted to finish it too straight forward. And of course, missing the dead draw later on. To be fair I should be very happy just to tie the match if all of them would be played with cool nerves.

I guess I'm out. I can't make an appointment for the life of me. I wish my anglican opponent luck in the rest of the match.

I'm around for the next 2 hours if you're still here and want to play. I'll idle fics.

Nikachu defeated Gangstaman 4-0

Nikachu 4, me 0. I never stood a chance here.

Game 1: http://www.ficsgames.com/cgi-bin/sho...67;action=show

One of the ugliest French bishops I think I've ever had, and no tricks to pull in a pawn-down endgame.

Game 2: http://www.ficsgames.com/cgi-bin/sho...24;action=show

I get into another pawn-down endgame, and again there's no tricks to try to pull. Normally I can find some sort of silly trap!

Game 3: http://www.ficsgames.com/cgi-bin/sho...89;action=show

We almost repeat at move 23, but that would seal the match for Nikachu, so I instead go for something else, which surprisingly didn't seem too bad. But then I'm lost. He blunders away the win (would likely have been drawn) on the last move before I watch my last 6 seconds run down.

Game 4: http://www.ficsgames.com/cgi-bin/sho...64;action=show

Things seem ok until oooops, down two pawns. But there's an attack for me still! Oh wait, no, it's gone. And then the queens go too. And the game.

For forfeits this round I have Cadaz 1-0 over Pawntificator and Velocity 1-0 over mt_david. This is mt_david's second no-show forfeit so he is out of the tourney. The standings after round three are thus:

And our pairings for the final round are:
Round 4 Pairings:
Nikachu v Noir_Desir
Tomukas v Cadaz
ganstaman v Velocity
HipHopRTR v Punker
chocaholic v pawntificator

Good luck to everyone!

Tomukas 4-0 me

Not really close at all.

Still, had some hard moments, you gave a nice fight. No1 avoids blunders.

Games:

http://ficsgames.com/cgi-bin/show.cg...05;action=show

http://ficsgames.com/cgi-bin/show.cg...47;action=show

http://ficsgames.com/cgi-bin/show.cg...26;action=show

http://ficsgames.com/cgi-bin/show.cg...05;action=show

Nikachu lost to NeroDesiderio 0.5-3.5

Game 1
http://ficsgames.com/cgi-bin/show.cg...29;action=show

Game 2
http://ficsgames.com/cgi-bin/show.cg...01;action=show

Game 3
http://ficsgames.com/cgi-bin/show.cg...83;action=show

Game 4
http://ficsgames.com/cgi-bin/show.cg...31;action=show

Still trying to match timezones with HipHop - we couldn't be worse matched for this, but should get it resolved this weekend.

you outplayed me for most of the match, but i handled the clock better and made one big blunder less. thx for the games.