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bluegenes
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Message 168 of 204 (398433)
04-30-2007 5:57 PM
Reply to: Message 163 by kuresu
04-29-2007 6:46 PM


Re: so . . .
Hi, Kuresu. I've been working away from computers a lot during the last few weeks, and truthlover was travelling as well, so our game hasn't been moving too fast. However, we're on the 26th move, but there's no immediate ending in sight. I don't know about the other games. I hope they've all been started!

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bluegenes
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Message 181 of 204 (401302)
05-19-2007 5:38 AM
Reply to: Message 180 by tudwell
05-19-2007 12:11 AM


Sorry about the slowness, tudwell. I've been very busy throughout this month, and haven't really had any time for the Internet at all. Indeed, I got within a few hours of timing out on a couple of (non-EvC) Gameknot games, something I've never done in the year or so I've been playing there.
The irony of this is that the tournament game I'm playing with truthlover is an excellent one, and I'm sure that if we had coincided over a period when both were visiting the GKnot regularly, for example, over a 48 hour period, it would have been quickly finished.
It shouldn't be too long. It's in the state at the moment where if either of us puts a foot wrong, the other's got him in checkmate. I love knife-edge games like that, and I hope truthlover's enjoying it as much as I am on the rare occasions I find the time to do so!
I think it's Anglagard I really should be apologizing to, as he's due to play the winner. He'll have experienced the same slowness on my part in a practise game we're playing which has gone on for weeks (also a good one) so he won't be surprised.

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bluegenes
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Message 182 of 204 (401424)
05-19-2007 9:48 PM


We've finished.
bluegenes writes:
The irony of this is that the tournament game I'm playing with truthlover is an excellent one, and I'm sure that if we had coincided over a period when both were visiting the GKnot regularly, for example, over a 48 hour period, it would have been quickly finished.
Funny I should write that about 14 hours ago, because we did coincide on Gameknot today, exchanged quite a few moves, finished the game, and the best player lost, so I'm in the final of the winners' bracket against anglagard, if I've understood correctly.
Very lucky in a sense, because with a first round opponent timing out and a second round bye, this is the only tournament game I've actually had to complete!
Thanks to truthlover for a very good game which I would have enjoyed whatever the outcome, and also for the job he's been doing organizing all this.
Edited by bluegenes, : Addition

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bluegenes
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Message 195 of 204 (408196)
07-01-2007 7:10 AM
Reply to: Message 194 by anglagard
07-01-2007 6:46 AM


Re: Congrats to Bluegenes
Cheers, anglagard, and thanks for a good game. But it wasn't the final. According to truthlover in a post above, the winner of our game has to play the winner of the losers' bracket when that's been decided. Does anyone know how those games are going?

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bluegenes
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Message 204 of 204 (482026)
09-14-2008 3:31 AM
Reply to: Message 203 by Hyroglyphx
09-13-2008 1:11 PM


Re: Who won?
No-one! I was the winner of the winner's bracket, and the losers bracket were supposed to be slugging it out to see who I would meet in the final, but it never happened.
I think Truthlover, who was doing an excellent job of organizing everything, got too busy, so it kind of faided out.
If you like, anyone in the original tournament who can beat me on both black and white (which was how the final was supposed to be played) can consider themselves champion of EvC. I'm always losing on GameKnot, so it should be pretty easy for anyone who really knows how to play the game!

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