Hi chessfans,
yesterday rounds 9 to 12 of the HCT were played, and like on the first tournament day not a single game was missed! Chapeau to all the participants!
@vjap55 did here an analysis of his games and @schamangerbert streamed the event (i.e. selected games) on Twitch!
Results
| Round 9 | ||
|---|---|---|
| White | Black | |
| @eniolw | 1:0 | @deadleaf |
| @pereu4ivatel | 0:1 | @vjap55 |
| @stayoutoftherz | 0:1 | @samostically |
| @rodrook | 0:1 | @jaki01 |
| @falcout | 0:1 | @sawko |
| @b0s | 1:0 | @vasigo |
| Round 10 | ||
| @pereu4ivatel | 0:1 | @eniolw |
| @samostically | 1:0 | @deadleaf |
| @jaki01 | 1:0 | @vjap55 |
| @sawko | 1:0 | @stayoutoftherz |
| @vasigo | 0:1 | @falcout |
| @b0s | 1:0 | @anomadsoul |
| Round 11 | ||
| @eniolw | 1:0 | @samostically |
| @jaki01 | 1:0 | @pereu4ivatel |
| @deadleaf | 0:1 | @sawko |
| @stayoutoftherz | 1:0 | @vasigo |
| @rodrook | 1:0 | @b0s |
| @falcout | 0:1 | @anomadsoul |
| Round 12 | ||
| @jaki01 | 0:1 | @eniolw |
| @sawko | 1:0 | @samostically |
| @vasigo | 0:1 | @deadleaf |
| @b0s | 0:1 | @vjap55 |
| @anomadsoul | 0:1 | @stayoutoftherz |
| @falcout | 0:1 | @rodrook |
* indicates a missed game
Like previous Friday there was not a single draw, all games ended decisively whereby this time generally the favorites could succeed.
The cross-table, one round before everybody played everybody looks now like this:
Standings
After 12 rounds again the lead changed. Due to their perfect score of 4/4 despite some challenging opponents both @eniolw and @sawko could take the top spot with the same amount of points, and @vjap55 fell back to the 3rd rank, 1,5 points behind. @jaki01 is currently 4th with 8,5 points as well, but had played already 12 rounds, so @samostically in the next round will likely overtake him.
In the next round there will the match between the 2 current leaders, so this will be very important for the outcome of the tournament. If that is a draw, then actually both players would be totally equal, they would have even the same Sonneborn-Berger score (as they both lost once against the same player)! Fortunately there is another set of return games, so I hope there will emerge some differences. If not, either the first place is divided between both or there will be a play-off with 2 blitz games (and 2 bullet games if needed) played out. What would be your preference? An armageddon game you can´t do on Lichess as far as I know. Or decide by the number of games won with Black? Seems weird.
See you next Friday - and as always keep practicing!
For streaming the time to start the games should be strict, else it is impossible to stream.
I agree, but I can´t control when the players are starting.
the coolest option would be a session of a simultaneous game according to the rules of a hypertournament
Are you referring to my last paragraph? Simultaneous? If they play against each other, I guess that´s called simultaneous, they play then at the same time. Or what you mean? And what is a hypertournament?
I leave it up to the head to head winners, if they like it or understand it.
I have a feeling that @sawko will beat the leader
🙏
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