FC Chess Tournament 2

[anvi]

Sorry I posted this topic on the wrong board earlier, so I'm placing it here now.

I'm going to broach the subject of a possible second Atlas Forum Community chess tournament.  Yelnoc mentioned that he might have time to participate in and run a second one starting in mid-November, so I'm just bringing it up now.  I would personally sit this round out if that's preferred, but I could still perhaps help run it and/pr annotate games between the participants for whomever might find that helpful.  Just throwing the idea out there and seeing if there is any interest.  Franzl has already indicated his interest.  Any other takers?

Cheers.

[homelycooking]

I want in.

[Yelnoc]

You really ought to play, Anvi, no reason to sit it out as far as I can see.

I suppose I could run another tournament.  I remember format changes were discussed, was the consensus for a round-robin of some sort?

[Franzl]

Repeating my interest here!

[bore]

I'm not very good, and there could be timezone issues, but I'm interested.

[Napoleon]

I want to play, and I want anvi to play, even if he wins again. Competition is the lifeblood of life.

[SPC]

How do these chess tournaments work? Would we be playing correspondence chess or would it take place on a different website?

[minionofmidas]

signing in

[anvi]

How do these chess tournaments work? Would we be playing correspondence chess or would it take place on a different website?

We played our first tournament at a different website called Gameknot.  You just need to register an account there (it's free).  I think the site worked pretty well; decent graphics, good game log board with an analysis option and you can chat with your opponent.  Last time we used a time-control of 24 hours per move, and the website sends you an email notification when your opponent has moved.  Would be great to have you play, as well as anyone else who would like to join in. 

[minionofmidas]

I want to play, and I want anvi to play, even if he wins again. Competition is the lifeblood of life.

The idea was to follow the example of the olden days World Championships - the tournament is for the right to battle Anvi for the crown.
Not that I'm insisting that it be done that way or anything.

[Oakvale]

I'd love to take part again, and look forward to losing to someone who will go on to lose to anvi.

[anvi]

Well, so far, we have nine people who have posted, eight are willing to participate in another tournament and one, SPC, who might be interested.  I think at the very least the tournament should have an even number of players to make the thing easy to run, not requiring round byes and such.  I am completely fine with either playing through this whole second tournament or sitting it out and playing the winner.  Either way, I'll help however I can, annotate games for people who want that, or whatever.  So, if no one else indicates interest (and more people are most welcome to join in still), if SPC wants to join in, how about I sit this one out?  If he doesn't want to play and no one else indicates interest, if no one has any objection, I'll play.  Whatever people want and whatever works best.

[Yelnoc]

Life threw me a curveball today, and I don't really have time for chess right now.  So someone else will need to organize this.

Sorry.

[anvi]

Sorry to hear that, yelnoc.  Hope everything is ok.  If I can figure out how to run this thing through Gameknot, would you still want to play if you don't have to organize?  If you don't want to play, there are seven confirmed interested, and possibly eight with SPC, so I'll wait on word from SPC too.   

[Gustaf]

I'd be up for playing if there is room.

[Yelnoc]

Sorry to hear that, yelnoc.  Hope everything is ok.  If I can figure out how to run this thing through Gameknot, would you still want to play if you don't have to organize?  If you don't want to play, there are seven confirmed interested, and possibly eight with SPC, so I'll wait on word from SPC too.   

I'm doing ok, but I don't really have time for chess.  If you have any questions about setting the tournament up on Gameknot though, please PM me.

[SPC]

When would the tournament start (How much time do I have to register on Gameknot?)

[anvi]

SPC, when you register on Gameknot, an account is created immediately that you can use right away.  Gustaf, of course we have room!

Ok, without yelnoc and with SPC, it looks like we have nine interested.  I think a tournament with an even number of players will go much smoother in terms of pairing and all that.  So, how about I sit this round out and play the winner?  I will figure out how to run this thing on Gameknot and post here again when I'm all set.

[SUSAN CRUSHBONE]

I'm not very good, and there could be timezone issues, but I'm interested.

You have like two or three days per turn.

Sign me up, please.

Here anvi, you have an even number now!

[User157088589849]

i will take part hopefully it doesnt affect my work schedule.

[GMantis]

I would like to participate, if possible.

[Northeast Rep Snowball]

Here

[minionofmidas]

Maybe we could get 16 to play. That would make for a very neat 4 round Swiss System tournament.

[anvi]

Well, right now, without me, we have 12.  So, if we get no more players, I'm ok to sit this round out and just run it and annotate games for those who would like to study their play and improve it.

Ok, everyone, here is the list of players I have for the second Atlas Forum Community chess tournament.

-Snowball
-Gmantis
-BlondeArtisit
-A Person
-SPC
-Gustaf
-Oakvale
-Lewis Trondheim
-Napoleon
-Bore
-Franzl
-Homelycooking

So, if we just play with the present list of contestants, the first thing I need everyone to do, if you haven't done so already, is go to:
http://gameknot.com/
and sign up for an account.  Once you've created your account, I will add you all as "friends" on the site so I can monitor your games as well as post their links here so anyone interested can follow them.  Also, whether you have an account already or will create one now, please PM me your Gameknot username so I can do all this.

If there are no objections, since 12 players seems too big for a single round robin tournament (I don't think anyone wants to play 11 games), we will, like last time, just run a single-elimination tournament.  The twelve of you would be arranged in two large brackets of six players, and in each bracket, the winners of the first game will play one another, and then the winners of the second game will play one another to win their bracket.  Then, the championship game will be played between the winners of their respective brackets.  

Or, if you have another suggestion for a format, please make it.  

[minionofmidas]

I stick by my suggestion of a Swiss System tournament, even with 12 players. We'd still need four rounds.

Oh yeah, account creation done (as minionofmidas).