Thirteenth Annual AlphaMeridian Memorial GESC Chess Tournament! mboza wins!

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  • #281
    Especially considering that a correspondence game can be days or even weeks between moves when using actual post, and correspondence players have the habit of playing many games at the same time, its impractical to try to prevent high level chess players from looking at any book covering every opening or end game that they might be playing in.

    Imagine the alternative, at what point during a correspondence game should it stop or start being acceptable to study a bishop and knight checkmate? At what point should it be acceptable again to pick up a book or watch a twitch channel after you've posted 1. e4 to someone? I'd need the book just to tell me that I was out of book if we still had even material, though I'd probably assume I wasn't in book any more if I was down a piece.

    Worth sticking something in the blurb for future years?
     
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    Yeah, well, I have to admit that I've never engaged in correspondence chess. I do enjoy the rush that live play brings to the fore. I mean, it happens to players of every level...the second guessing, the what ifs? The assuredness of making a move only to be refuted with extreme prejudice on the spot. The surprise of a totally unforeseen trap that will land us flat on our asses. That is the kind of play I enjoy, and when I have participated here, in the tournament, the best moments have been when I have coincided with my opponent and we've been there at the same time, thinking and making moves. I just don't think I'd ever enjoyed a game of chess that went on for months...My ideas will simply vanish without the flow. I get bored easily when I have to sit and wait (which I understand, we are players from different time zones and whatnot), that's why I often play conditional moves, even when that might be detrimental at times.
     
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  • #284
    S2pidiT 0 - 1 williane

    Good game! I'm really frustrated with myself about 29.Qe3. Not a competitive thing, just... I didn't even think of moving my pawn in the bishop's way, so seeing that move in the Game Review was definitely a facepalm moment for me. I'd gained the advantage a couple times and just couldn't hold onto it. I knew it was going downhill once the bishop threatened my rook. You played really well through the whole game, well done!
     
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  • #285
    S2pidiT said:
    S2pidiT 0 - 1 williane

    Good game! I'm really frustrated with myself about 29.Qe3. Not a competitive thing, just... I didn't even think of moving my pawn in the bishop's way, so seeing that move in the Game Review was definitely a facepalm moment for me. I'd gained the advantage a couple times and just couldn't hold onto it. I knew it was going downhill once the bishop threatened my rook. You played really well through the whole game, well done!
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    Thanks. Was just coming in here to mention that you guys had finished. Will wrap up the round as soon as I find time today.
     
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  • #287
    s@nDOk@n said:
    I just don't think I'd ever enjoyed a game of chess that went on for months...
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    This is the worst part about Chess.com's correspondence tournaments. Three days per move is nice for when you have a busy day or two and can't get to looking at the move until later or the next day. It's terrible because some people will wait until the very last moment for every single move, stretching something that should take 2-3 weeks at most out to multiple months. I've made many of my mistakes in those tournaments just because I can't remember what I was trying to do. I've tried the Notes feature on the app, and I have to go back and forth between board and notes to write my thoughts down, so taking notes is an exercise in frustration.

    Add in other people playing against each other, and suppose you've got two people who wait until the very last moment for every move...
     
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  • #288
    S2pidiT said:
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    Good game! I'm really frustrated with myself about 29.Qe3. Not a competitive thing, just... I didn't even think of moving my pawn in the bishop's way, so seeing that move in the Game Review was definitely a facepalm moment for me. I'd gained the advantage a couple times and just couldn't hold onto it. I knew it was going downhill once the bishop threatened my rook. You played really well through the whole game, well done!
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    Yeah very GG. This was a pretty clean game all around, I see we both had some (!)s. Don't feel bad about 29.Qe3, looking over the review, it looks like I missed the follow-up that made that move a blunder anyways :D. IIRC I conditional moved that series and was too focused on my queen side pawns that I missed 30 ... bh6
     
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  • #293
    Hey, just a heads up. I will be leaving town next Monday for about 3 weeks, and as we go into some wilderness I will not be playing chess. So, if the final round is gonna be scheduled to take place late this week and throughout next week, just give me a bye, as I would hate to have someone waiting for me to play only to win on time. Salutations.
     
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  • #294
    s@nDOk@n said:
    Hey, just a heads up. I will be leaving town next Monday for about 3 weeks, and as we go into some wilderness I will not be playing chess. So, if the final round is gonna be scheduled to take place late this week and throughout next week, just give me a bye, as I would hate to have someone waiting for me to play only to win on time. Salutations.
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    Noted. I'll just pair myself up with you so it doesn't impact. Since apparently I can't fucking finish a game either.
     
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  • #295
    Apteris said:
    Sounds like a relatively simple feature to add, no? Three days per move but only two weeks in total -- two separate timers.
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    I'd be curious about how this would be implemented, because I can see benefits and drawbacks.

    Maybe implementing the equivalent of chess clocks on a longer timeframe would push the game along faster. I suppose that's essentially just not resetting the clocks in Chess.com's app for correspondence games.

    Not that it matters for Ars, we keep things moving forward.
     
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  • #296
    Mister E. Meat said:
    Apteris over MEM. He was winning for a lot of it but it took a turn when I blundered my rook on move 28. Then I was just trying to make chances and blundered again which led to mate.
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    Good game Mister E. Meat.

    Here it is, for safe keeping.

    [Event "Let's Play!"]
    [Site "Chess.com"]
    [Date "2024.02.27"]
    [Round "?"]
    [White "MisterEMeat"]
    [Black "Apteris"]
    [Result "0-1"]
    [ECO "D11"]
    [WhiteElo "1449"]
    [BlackElo "1286"]
    [TimeControl "1/259200"]
    [EndDate "2024.03.18"]
    [Termination "Apteris won by checkmate"]

    1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Nbd2 e6 6. Qb3 b6 7. h3 Bh5 8. Be2 Bd6
    9. c5 bxc5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Qb7 Nbd7 12. Qxc6 Rc8 13. Qa4 O-O 14. O-O Qe7 15.
    b4 Bxb4 16. Qxa7 Ra8 17. Qd4 Rfb8 18. Bb2 Bc5 19. Qc3 Bb4 20. Qc2 Rc8 21. Qd1
    Bg6 22. Nd4 e5 23. N4f3 Rc2 24. Bxe5 Nxe5 25. Nxe5 Qxe5 26. Nf3 Qb2 27. Nd4 Rc5
    28. Rb1 Bxb1 29. Qxb1 Rxa2 30. Nb3 Qxe2 31. Nxc5 Bxc5 32. Qb8+ Bf8 33. Rc1 Qxf2+
    34. Kh2 Qxg2# 0-1
     
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  • #297
    S2pidiT said:
    I'd be curious about how this would be implemented, because I can see benefits and drawbacks.

    Maybe implementing the equivalent of chess clocks on a longer timeframe would push the game along faster. I suppose that's essentially just not resetting the clocks in Chess.com's app for correspondence games.

    Not that it matters for Ars, we keep things moving forward.
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    Too lazy to think of how to convert a vague specification into actual implementation details -- that's what I do at work, after all. :) I'll leave it to Chess.com to deliver the magic.
     
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  • #307
    Round 5 (Final Round for 2024)

    WhiteBlackLinkies
    :cool: dlr(2) (dlr2) :cool:ApterisLinky
    :cool: GByteKnight :cool:Z1ggyLinky
    Jeff3F:cool: S2pidiT :cool:Linky
    :cool: kperrier :cool:Ed209 (Ars_Ed-209)Linky
    Mister E. Meat (MisterEMeat):cool: hacksword :cool:Linky
    :cool: Noodle (noodlepdx) :cool:Dr. Jay (johntimmer)Linky
    RaveBomb:cool: Cognac (MalkierriKing) :cool:Linky
    :cool: s@nDOk@n (DrNil) :cool: dferrantinoLinky
    Thorvard:cool: Artichoke Sap (ArtichokeSap) :cool:Linky
    williane (SoftwareNinjaneer):cool: mboza (mbozasteel) :cool:Linky

    (thanks @dferrantino for starting the table for me!)

    final as of 4/23/24
     
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  • #316
    Looks like nearly all the games are rolling, I already nagged the two stragglers in the leaderboard post with mentions. Also some great side games going on, and as always feel free to challenge me or other….now or whenevs, it’s a long time until the 2025 tournament and anything can happen!
     
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