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[Caro-Kann]

redVtop checkmates Kendeans. Ken went for a very defensive setup that left his pieces quite blocked in so I ended up playing aggressively to attempt to smash through his King side which thankfully for me worked out. 

Edited May 24 by Caro-Kann

[Albino Rover]

Div A

I've just won a game against @pleslie99 on time. 5 moves in and level on material, but having made a good positional start.

Can someone please advise on the proper etiquette? Take the win or replay? (Possibly matching move-for-move to get the same position so no advantage is gained?)

[Albino Rover]

@Trogdor you are about to time out against me too (our game which began on 21st April has been "paused" for an awful long time now)

[pleslie99]

9 hours ago, Albino Rover said:

Div A

I've just won a game against @pleslie99 on time. 5 moves in and level on material, but having made a good positional start.

 

Can someone please advise on the proper etiquette? Take the win or replay? (Possibly matching move-for-move to get the same position so no advantage is gained?)

To timed out so it’s a win for you. My fault for not making a move. 
 

[pleslie99]

Pleslie999 beats invergowrie by checkmate

thanks for the game, managed to force the king out into the open and from there it was always going to be tough. 

[Curmudgeon]

Curmudgeon beats redVtop by resignation

A thoroughly entertaining game with a knife-edge ending. I put a lot of pressure on, but couldn't find a decisive move for a material advantage. Instead it turned into a race for promotion which ended with the slightly unusual position of a resignation despite having two queens on the board.

[Aim Here]

13 hours ago, Albino Rover said:

Div A

I've just won a game against @pleslie99 on time. 5 moves in and level on material, but having made a good positional start.

Can someone please advise on the proper etiquette? Take the win or replay? (Possibly matching move-for-move to get the same position so no advantage is gained?)

You're well within your rights to claim the win (and I'll mark it as a win in the scoresheet for now). It's the other player's responsibility to get their moves in on time.

If both parties agree, then you could finish the game off properly and report it, but it's not mandatory.

[Aim Here]

Division A Table and Outstanding Fixtures

Division A	P	W	D	L	Pts
redvtop	18	14	1	3	43
AimHere	19	13	0	6	39
ancientnoise	13	12	1	0	37
The_Curmudgeon	16	12	0	4	36
albinorov	18	7	0	11	21
pleslie999	16	5	2	9	17
invergowrie	16	5	0	11	15
arabjoe	13	3	1	9	10
stewartmathers	14	3	1	10	10
DearyMe	2	2	0	0	6
KenDeans	13	0	0	13	0

 

|----+--------------------------------|
|  3 | DearyMe vs invergowrie         |
|  4 | arabjoe vs DearyMe             |
|  6 | pleslie999 vs DearyMe          |
|  7 | DearyMe vs The_Curmudgeon      |
|  8 | KenDeans vs DearyMe            |
|  9 | stewartmathers vs DearyMe      |
| 10 | DearyMe vs ancientnoise        |
| 10 | arabjoe vs stewartmathers      |
| 11 | redvtop vs DearyMe             |
| 13 | DearyMe vs albinorov           |
| 13 | KenDeans vs invergowrie        |
| 14 | arabjoe vs KenDeans            |
| 14 | invergowrie vs DearyMe         |
| 15 | DearyMe vs arabjoe             |
| 16 | pleslie999 vs KenDeans         |
| 16 | AimHere vs DearyMe             |
| 16 | arabjoe vs ancientnoise        |
| 17 | DearyMe vs pleslie999          |
| 18 | The_Curmudgeon vs DearyMe      |
| 18 | pleslie999 vs ancientnoise     |
| 18 | KenDeans vs stewartmathers     |
| 19 | DearyMe vs KenDeans            |
| 19 | ancientnoise vs The_Curmudgeon |
| 20 | arabjoe vs invergowrie         |
| 20 | KenDeans vs ancientnoise       |
| 20 | DearyMe vs stewartmathers      |
| 21 | ancientnoise vs DearyMe        |
| 21 | stewartmathers vs arabjoe      |
| 22 | DearyMe vs redvtop             |
| 22 | The_Curmudgeon vs albinorov    |
| 22 | ancientnoise vs stewartmathers |
|----+--------------------------------|

As usual, the results and calculations are on the spreadsheet at https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1eR2-fUTwhfI39Teooz_cAk8ZnoObjlQJTO_lJfX3o1Q

[Aim Here]

Division B Table and Outstanding Results

Division B	P	W	D	L	Pts
PnBmathematics	17	13	1	3	40
beef2711	14	13	0	1	39
davi3j	17	11	0	6	33
Basedgodsa1nt	17	10	2	5	32
mackieboz	15	7	2	6	23
markf268	16	6	1	9	19
Dustysghost	16	4	0	12	12
N5_Spur	17	4	0	13	12
RBWatson	15	2	2	11	8
weeyin13	4	0	0	4	0

 

 

|----+----------------------------|
|  1 | weeyin13 vs Dustysghost    |
|  2 | beef2711 vs weeyin13       |
|  4 | mackieboz vs weeyin13      |
|  5 | RBWatson vs weeyin13       |
|  6 | weeyin13 vs N5_Spur        |
|  7 | PnBmathematics vs weeyin13 |
|  8 | weeyin13 vs markf268       |
| 10 | beef2711 vs mackieboz      |
| 10 | Dustysghost vs weeyin13    |
| 11 | weeyin13 vs beef2711       |
| 12 | davi3j vs weeyin13         |
| 13 | weeyin13 vs mackieboz      |
| 14 | weeyin13 vs RBWatson       |
| 17 | RBWatson vs beef2711       |
| 17 | markf268 vs weeyin13       |
| 18 | weeyin13 vs Basedgodsa1nt  |
|----+----------------------------|

There's a couple of players who have fallen severely behind in the results count. At some point, if the results haven't come in, I may end up disqualifying any players who are severely behind on their games and voiding the games for them, though that won't happen at least until everyone else's games are played.

@Trogdor @weeyin13

[free beer]

Match 18

KenDeans loses to stewartmathers by resignation

[Caro-Kann]

On 26/05/2024 at 10:28, Curmudgeon said:

Curmudgeon beats redVtop by resignation

A thoroughly entertaining game with a knife-edge ending. I put a lot of pressure on, but couldn't find a decisive move for a material advantage. Instead it turned into a race for promotion which ended with the slightly unusual position of a resignation despite having two queens on the board.

We each had two queens at one point but my king in the middle of the board was my achilleas heel meaning I was about to drop a queen at which point I couldn't really see even a way to salvage a draw so why prolong the agony. It was though as you say an entertaining game.

[free beer]

Round 10

arabjoe beats stewartmathers by resignation

Round 21

stewartmathers beats arabjoe by resignation

 

Blundered my queen in the return match, whilst my opponent @arab_joe blundered in giving up a rook for it. Rather than resign, I played on and managed to secure an unexpected victory.

[invergowrie arab]

Invergowrie beats @arab_joe by checkmate only stumbling across the winning move because it was a desperation move not to lose my queen or lose the game.

Thanks for the games mate.

[ancientnoise]

Result:

Div A - Round 16

ancientnoise (black) beats ArabJoe by resignation.

An enjoyable tie that was ticking along evenly until my opponent did a thing with one of his rooks and gave me the chance to take the queen or the match.

Thank @arab_joefor the match.

[Albino Rover]

DIv A defeat for me against @Curmudgeon

Not even close. Trounced by strong opposition.

Thanks for the game!

[Albino Rover]

On 26/05/2024 at 12:03, Aim Here said:

You're well within your rights to claim the win (and I'll mark it as a win in the scoresheet for now). It's the other player's responsibility to get their moves in on time.

If both parties agree, then you could finish the game off properly and report it, but it's not mandatory.

Thanks for this.

 

On a similar note, this is the situation in my game against @Trogdor - no one has made a move since April. Do I win?

 

I definitely do not want to accumulate a whole load of points from games I haven't actually won, but thought I was doing quite well against a player who usually hammers me.

[Caro-Kann]

21 minutes ago, Albino Rover said:

Thanks for this.

 

On a similar note, this is the situation in my game against @Trogdor - no one has made a move since April. Do I win?

 

I definitely do not want to accumulate a whole load of points from games I haven't actually won, but thought I was doing quite well against a player who usually hammers me.

Ultimately it's up to @Aim Here playing the role of Neil Doncaster (but without the salary) as to when they want to call a halt to the league, but even if they do I'd imagine @Trogdor would want to continue with the game when they return unless they want to take about 8 losses against mostly lower rated players and the associated grade drop.
 

You are playing well my ML5 friend to have reached this position btw!

[Aim Here]

12 hours ago, Albino Rover said:

Thanks for this.

 

On a similar note, this is the situation in my game against @Trogdor - no one has made a move since April. Do I win?

 

I definitely do not want to accumulate a whole load of points from games I haven't actually won, but thought I was doing quite well against a player who usually hammers me.

Currently, DearyMe/Trogdor is on track to having his season voided, in which case, this game would be null and void. He's only finished two games the whole season; if he manages to return before the season ends, any games he times out will generally be a win.

[free beer]

Previously timed out match, replayed by agreement.

Round 19
stewartmathers beats invergowrie @invergowrie arab by resignation.

Thanks for the game!

[pleslie99]

10 hours ago, Aim Here said:

Currently, DearyMe/Trogdor is on track to having his season voided, in which case, this game would be null and void. He's only finished two games the whole season; if he manages to return before the season ends, any games he times out will generally be a win.

Maybe I’m being harsh, but we all have things going on. Iv timed out twice this season I think and happily took the defeats as it’s my fault. I don’t think folk should just be allowed to go awol. It’s 1 move per day, it’s not that tough to keep up with.