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The FACCT, Sixth and Final Round, 2017

Posted: Mon Dec 04, 2017 9:47 pm

by IAHM-COL

Hi ALL, and more specifically competitors

Games Database

Current Score Sheets

Blitz

The FACCT I (2017), Sixth and final round is scheduled for This Saturday, December 9th.
Keep that in mind and your schedules marked. And be ready...

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The White player is expected to issue the match challenge indicated in the Game pairings below.
(The Black player can alternatively do it, by changing the command correctly --> w (or White) becomes b (or Black), to indicate that you intend playing Black instead).
Note that all the following is a must: 1) game must be played at the specified time by the specified people. 2) Player must play assigned color pieces, 3) games must be rated, 4) Time control must be as indicated.

12/09/2017 BLITZ TOURNAMENT PAIRINGS

17:00 UTC: Omega (ujeqaf) (W) -- (B) JWocky
Omega issues:

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match jwocky rated 5 12 White

17:20 UTC: IAHM-COL (W) -- (B) omega (ujeqaf)
IAHMCOL issues:

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match ujeqaf rated 5 12 White

17:40 UTC: IAHM-COL (W) -- (B) JWocky
IAHMCOL issues:

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match jwocky rated 5 12 White

12/09/2017 STANDARD TOURNAMENT PAIRINGS

18:00 UTC: SHM (W) -- (B) IAHM-COL
SHM issues:

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match iahmcol rated 60 60 White

18:00 UTC: Keith (W) -- (B) JWocky
Keith issues:

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match jwocky rated 60 60 White

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Notes

1. if Black issues, just changes White for Black in the command, Example

18:00 UTC: SHM (W) -- (B) IAHM-COL
IAHM-COL issues:

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match shm rated 60 60 Black

2. you can use the follow command to watch a game (or follow a player in all their games), example

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follow ujeqaf

Will let you watch Omega (ujeqaf) game.
(make sure you do not have an scheduled game at the same time, otherwise I strongly encourage you to watch such game with time deferred. The games will be posted after the tournament round ends)

3. Brief command. Fics accepts short versions that look like this

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match iahmcol r 5 12 w

Re: The FACCT, Sixth and Final Round, 2017

Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2017 1:21 am

by IAHM-COL

Sixth Round Completed

The games can be obtained in the Game Database
Recommended online PGN viewr
The Schedules and Score Sheet is now updated

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RESULTS

The Facct, BLITZ

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IAHMCOL (W) - (B)  JWocky 1-0 
JWocky (W) - (B) Omega 1 - 0 #Omega forfeits
IAHMCOL  (W) - (B) Omega 1-0 #Omega forfeits

The Facct, STANDARD

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SHM (W) - (B) IAHMCOL 1-0 ##SHM forfeits
Keith (W) - (B) JWocky  1-0

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SCORES

The Facct, BLITZ

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Omega   8 - 4
IAHMCOL 7 - 5
JWocky  3 - 9

The Facct, STANDARD

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IAHMCOL 5 - 1
JWocky  4 - 2
Keith   3 - 3
SHM     0 - 6

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FGELO RANKS, SCORES and CHANGES during 2017 Season

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1. IAHMCOL 1285 (+85)
2. Omega   1259 (+59)
3. Keith   1198 (-2)
4. JWocky  1155 (-45)
5. SHM     1095 (-105)

Re: The FACCT, Sixth and Final Round, 2017

Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2017 2:56 am

by IAHM-COL

A review of the games

Concluded the Sixth Round, and the FACCT Tournament, 2017

the Blitz tournament is championed by Omega. Congratulations Omega (ujeqaf).

After having scored a total of 6 points of 6 possible in rounds 3, 4 and 5 of the Blitz tournament, Omega secured the first position of the Blitz tournament a round in advance. Which came in handy for him; he failed to show up for the last round on the Blitz tournament since he thought the time was still on daylight saving time : ( and as a consequence, although he had shown one hour later at 18UTC, he forfeited both games on the sixth round. Since the result of these games could not had changed the ranked outcome of the tournament, the games were assigned to each corresponding omega oponnent.

At scheduled time, 1740UTC, IAHM-COL got the point to JWocky, concluding a total sheet against this opponent in Blitz games with 6 victories of 6 games (game below), but intriguingly JWocky had drawn at 3 games win each with Omega, the title holder in the Blitz tournament.

The Blitz tournament ranks ended 1. Omega (ujeqaf), 2. IAHM-COL, and 3. JWocky.

The Standard tournament is championed by IAHM-COL.

As previously indicated, IAHM-COL took the point by absence of his opponent, SHM, who forfeited all games in the tournament 3 days before tournament began, giving 2 points to each remaining containder of the Standard Tournaments. On the other game of the series, Keith took the point to JWocky, which caused IAHM-COL to become champion of the Tournament. IAHM-COL witnessed the game Live, and at the end confessed he was continuously nervous during the whole game because Keith spared multiple times the opportunity of leading the game with an early checkmate.

To be noted, JWocky again draw with the title holder, IAHMCOL, with 1 point each, and also draw to Keith with 1 point each, on direct confrontations.

The Standard tournament ranks ended 1. IAHM-COL, 2. JWocky, 3. Keith, and 4. SHM

The two games played today are linked below, with comments:

BLITZ

IAHM-COL (W) - (B) JWocky (JWocky checkmated)
http://ficsgames.org/cgi-bin/show.cgi?ID=419473988

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14. Qg4! Bd6?? # The Black movement in Bishop occurs almost instantly after Queen locates itself in the very menacing g4 position, challenging immediate mate in 2. Nonetheless, White misses mate and follows
15. f4?? # giving an opportunity to Black to react (15.Qe7 16 Bxe7 Bxe7), nonetheless Black ignores the immediate mate risk
15... Qc5?? 16. Qxc8+ #endgame

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KeithHadden (W) - (B) Jwocky (Jwocky Checkmated)
http://ficsgames.org/cgi-bin/show.cgi?ID=419475015

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By looking at the annotations in the FICS database, one notice how White missed mate in 12 opportunities, not surprisingly IAHM-COL was feeling a bit distressed watching the game live, and knowing that Keith victory would appoint him the tournament's first place! :O

IAHM-COL specific comments, in the github FACCT games database, including:

14. Rae1?? # Misses mate 14. Qxf7#
27... Qd6?? # Queen exchanges was possible with better outcome for Black: (27...Qxe8 28. Rxe8)
28. Bxa8?? # Misses mate 28. Qb5#
34. Re5+!! # decisive move, JWocky comments: "I think it is mate." IAHM-COL replies. "Not mate, but a very compromising situation for you." JWocky says, "well I can move one more time," IAHM-COL replies, "unfortunately I cannot say more at this point." In fact any movement by JWocky leads to a mate situation if not foul play by white, and the situation was already resignable, as JWocky correctly evaluated. Yet mate was obtained in one additional move.

Best,
IH-COL

Re: The FACCT, Sixth and Final Round, 2017

Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2017 2:58 am

by IAHM-COL

THE FACCT Tournament 2017 Season is finished.

Final Score sheets

All tournament games database

BLITZ