Elysian Shadows

6. Qc2 is probably not that bad, but developing a minor piece seems more logical. 8. Bc4? looks like a mistake to me. 8...Nxe4! looks stronger than Bxc3+. 11...Qh5 and 12...Qf5 seem to just waste moves, black could have used this time improving his position. 15. a3? wasn't very good, 15...Nb4 looks ...

[Event "Live Chess"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2010.07.19"] [White "M_D_K"] [Black "SWinawer"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "753"] [BlackElo "1839"] [TimeControl "30|0"] [Termination "SWinawer won by checkmate...

Arce wrote:I would love to, though I'm quite confident I won't put up much a challenge. :P

Winawer, on the other hand, I'd love to see. If you can get him to post here, that would be a lot of fun.

You just want to see me get crushed :P

My round 1 vs Arti-Ravnos: [Event "Live Chess"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2010.07.15"] [White "Arti-Ravnos"] [Black "SWinawer"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1200"] [BlackElo "1839"] [TimeControl "30|0"] [Terminati...

I'm at GMT+3. Any evening is fine.

Arce wrote:

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With the color of the squares being the color you play at the board.

Rounds 2 and 3 Jaus' opponents should be black, I think.

Starcraft. I'm completely hooked on watching the Korean Starleagues.

Your checkDraw() function always returns 1.

I'd say double round robin, knockout or both. Swiss pairing is not ideal for this type of event.

NES with Super Mario Bros and Duck Hunt.

You were a bit lucky this time. White definitely came out of the opening with an advantage. 1.Nf3 is valid. 7...Kb8 is probably too slow. Maybe Re8 immediately or f6 followed by e5 is better. 11...Nf6 maybe this is inaccurate? If Bd6 first, white can't put the bishop on f4 and if white puts it on g5...

Good game! Here's some thoughts: 6.h3?! - Seems too slow, Nf3 looks more natural. 14.Nb5 - Seems very sound to me, the other squares look more passive. 14...d3? - A mistake. Qa5 and black seems fine. 15.Bf4! - A good move, the right square at the right time. 16...Re8? - Weak. White definitely has th...

Anand blundered pretty badly in game 1, so I guess it all evened out in the end.

1.e4 IS more aggressive. :P

Yeah, I'm just about above average. Maybe a bit out of practice, though.

Arce wrote:On chess.com's highly inflated system, it fluctuates between 1200-1300.

In real life, no idea.

Judging by the games we've played, I'd say 1200-1300 is pretty accurate IRL as well.

Arce wrote:definitely not tournament material

There are beginners tournaments, too.