1st Chess.com Quick Knockouts (2001-2200) Official Chess.com Tournament

Winners:

#1 1st Place Zug (2618)

#2 2nd Place Gala (2484)

#3 3rd Place bronkov (2493)

TD: erik Started on Apr 10, 2008 @ 12:06pm

Players: 38   Time Control: 1 day/move
Max Group Size: 6   Rating Range: 2001-2200
# Advance: 1   Tie Breaks: Yes
Points Available: 389   Games Rated: Yes
Max Avg Time/Move: 12 hours

TOURNAMENT FINISHED!
Tournament Stats
Starting Players: 38 Completed Games: 190 (tournament is 100% complete)
Eliminated Round 1: 31 (81% of field) Games in Round 1: 170
Eliminated Round 2: 5 (13% of field) Games in Round 2: 18
Eliminated Round 3: 2 (5% of field) Games in Round 3: 2
Players Withdrawn: 0 (0%) # Timeouts: 68 (35%)
Remaining Players: 1 (2%) Remaining Games: 0 (current round)
Average Rating: 2129 Biggest Upset: 1961 defeats 2071

This is the first RAPID Chess.com Tournament! Only players who play their games QUICKLY (who have a low Avg. Time per Move) and who have completed 10 games already can register. Games have a 1 day time control and the games in the round start immediately! (That is 10 games starting right away and going fast!!)

Think fast and good luck!

 

Comments:

by Gonnosuke - 5 months ago
Southern California United States
Member Since: Feb 2008
Member Points: 816
It looks like there's one game in particular that's going to hold us up from advancing to the next round.  The last move was 23 days ago and yet the vacationing player, who's position is clearly lost, has started and finished games during that time.  Vacation shenanigans?
by Gonnosuke - 7 months ago
Southern California United States
Member Since: Feb 2008
Member Points: 816

Agreed.  The faster pace is a huge improvement.  It's nice to see the completed % for the tournament steadily rising....


by NM Zug - 7 months ago
Longwood, Florida United States
Member Since: Feb 2008
Member Points: 388

When a fast time control tournament is run for the first time, there are bound to be wins on time.  Some participants decided it was too fast, and simply let all their games go away on time (Vazz is an example).

So, fear not.  We will settle down with the players who will keep their committments.  I for one am enjoying the faster play.

Mike Petersen (Zug)


by Gonnosuke - 7 months ago
Southern California United States
Member Since: Feb 2008
Member Points: 816
59% of completed games are the result of timeouts!!!   Perhaps the < 10% timeout % for all entrants is still too low?
by ku8 - 7 months ago
SA. Japan
Member Since: Jul 2007
Member Points: 180
thanks for erik , having a chance to play high-level games.Good Luck for All.
by WCFG - 7 months ago
athens Greece
Member Since: Feb 2008
Member Points: 104
well i used to play on chess.com and have a smile on my face but lately i don't feel so god can i go on vacation or should i first finish all the quick games
by psihrishi - 7 months ago
Guwahati, Assam India
Member Since: Dec 2007
Member Points: 487
This is going to be a killer tournament... I just entered the 2000 slot after a long time!! Hope I stay here in long enough!!
by nanda45 - 7 months ago
Hyderabad, INDIA India
Member Since: Aug 2007
Member Points: 4
thank you Erik, this will be a good tournament
happy to play in this group
nanda kumar

by Franco27 - 7 months ago
Quebec Canada
Member Since: Nov 2007
Member Points: 1
Thanks Erik for this tournament and when is start?
by warwind - 7 months ago
Philippines
Member Since: Oct 2007
Member Points: 157
Hello! Mabuhay!  3 cheers to a good game of chess...
by ironpony - 7 months ago
Giza Egypt
Member Since: Nov 2007
Member Points: 4
thanks for erik and good luck for all...
by matalinaw - 7 months ago
Manila Philippines
Member Since: Dec 2007
Member Points: 14

this is good! very strong players! nice to play with this group

 

 

 


by Vazz - 8 months ago
Franklin Park United States
Member Since: Dec 2007
Member Points: 26

this will be fun

i am eagerly waiting for it to begin 


by Gonnosuke - 8 months ago
Southern California United States
Member Since: Feb 2008
Member Points: 816
I'm surprised by the low registration.  Then again, I had to withdraw from a tournament to enter this one.  I'll be shocked if the tourny I withdrew from ever ends...Quite painful.
by Singa - 8 months ago
Singapore
Member Since: Sep 2007
Member Points: 211
 Thank you  erik,  for accepting me into your tournament.