Chess

Ahh. Actually I had misunderstood how the tie break works, nothing to do with ratings at all.

The outcome is the same though. I think.

was a pretty wild game that @mashton - i think you had me if you had just gone queen for queen when they ended up in that face off rather than taking my knight.

was some really good intricate stuff in there. you will beat me. there is always just a little gift from you and it has made the difference

Yeah, I loved that game. Very satisfying.

I think that you're right that I should have exchanged queens. I'm always nervous to do it, which is something I need to work on.

Thinking about it, I think it is because I have no confidence in my endgame play.

you played a couple of excellent moves. if you didn't want to exchange queens you definitely needed to make sure yours was safe. but yeah was a really good one.

it's nice seeing your rating continue to rise. it will go up a lot higher I am sure of that.

ignore me

Last chance for tournament. Sorry I forgot about it. I'll start it tomorrow

woohoo. let's do this!

and we are off

I just hope i dont get Greeno. Think we are both sick of each other!

Some good matchups:

elGreeno v jonomarshall
combodepanda v cordongole
BlackHorsey v BrushdonFrusher
doubleodavey v mooch3r
mashtonian v AWu-Tang
duncanhope v homebrewcider
Sacredhart v jb000

And Storeboughthair all on his own sitting 1st round out!

lolz. We're evenly matched and play the same so cancel each other out. Guaranteed slogfest.

good luck @JonoMarshall !

Who's cordongole? Edit - got it. CordonGole.

Playlist here

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This is likely to be quite a tight round by the looks of it.

not played any daily before so we'll see how this goes

@mashton this is brutal.
Haymakers every other move.

I know!

forever alone

enjoy all. see one of you in Round 2

muthafucka. It's seeded you as the highest rated player.

ah that's how huh. need to get back to my losing ways

I assume so anyway. It would makes sense.

After such a wild start it's gone really cagey.
Proper ups and downs

How to lose a match in 1 move... 😬

All over for tournament 2 group 2, close finish in the end.

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After such a wild start it's gone really cagey.

Proper ups and downs

I was always losing that game though.

You threw me with Be6 right at the beginning. I should have traded it, but decided to be all flamboyant instead. Total blunder.

Good game.

ouch. wasn't expecting that error. such a tight game and I think heading for another draw.

cheers though dude.

All over for tournament 2 group 2, close finish in the end.

I missed out top 3 by a whisker. Should never have offered a draw way back when, against moocher.

Also, that rook blunder up there, against jonny, took away my chance of being the only one in the group to score a win against you.

It's a tough game, isn't it?