The AGS Chess competition. Status: 1/14 final

[Vel]

Okay, so, I've asked m0ds's permission for this, and so I post a thread in this forum.
The AGS chess competition will start on March 12th, when draw will be cast. In order to enter the competition you should do two things:
a)reply to this thread to sign in
and b)Download the program available from www.worldchessnetwork.com - it will be used for the competition.
Rules:
The games will be 60 minutes long, that means 30 minutes for each to think. Do not swap between programs during the game, because WCN considers it as cheating. Once the draw is cast, your partner and you should agree on a time and date to play the game of chess within one week. WCn decides who is playing with black and who - with white. Good luck to all participating!

People already signed in:
Inkoddi
Shbazjinkens
Lost Traveller
MillsJRoss
Andail
Minimi
Hotspot
Flippy_d
Lazy Z
Bluke4x4
foz
Panda
mage
Earlwood

[Lazy Z]

Count me in! I haven't played chess in a while but I want to take part in this anyway.

[Vel]

You're in.

[Bluke4x4]

I'll play chess.

[Vel]

As you wish.

[foz]

I`m in if thats okay........bit rusty but i`d love to have a go..

[Vel]

I signed you in, foz.

[MillsJROSS]

I just downloaded and used the progam...it's saying I only have 15 days until I need to pay for membership. Will it stop working after fifteen days, and if it does, I'm sure we can find better chess programs out there, I know I've found some really decent free ones in the past.

-MillsJROSS

[Minimi]

yes worldchessnetwork, won't work after 15 days. I say we use POGO.COM!
Vel should just get java installed

You can also play chess bytheway at http://www.gamecolony.com
You need to download an application, and register.

[Matt Brown]

im in, but I say use pogo

[Vel]

As I said before, I cannot install Java - the three times I tired made my computer crash. What I have thought of is a solution - I say partners decide what they use for their game.

[MillsJROSS]

That works...however, now I have another nagging question. Shouldn't we switch between black and white, so it's not random? So if I play the first person using white, next game I play, I should be playing black.

-MillsJROSS

[Vel]

Here's my solution to this problem, Mills: if you and your partner both agree who is playing black and who white - its ok with me, but if you do not - it'll have to be random. Fair, no?

[Scummbuddy]

is there a free yahoo chess game? like their pool?  and if not, then just make this ags pool

[Migs]

You should set up a separate AGS Speed Chess division for those of us who get bored waiting for other players to make in a move in a 60 minute game.  I'd love to play chess against other AGSers.  I used to be on a chess team in school, and we kicked serious butt at the competitions.  However, it's been so long, I probably suck now.

[MillsJROSS]

Here's my solution to this problem, Mills: if you and your partner both agree who is playing black and who white - its ok with me, but if you do not - it'll have to be random. Fair, no?

Not really. While this fixes my problem of not alternating, if I meet someone else who wishes to do the same thing, and we both should be playing white, for example, it ruins exactly what we're trying to do.

I feel, if anything, we should specify exactly who will be what color. I may be wonderfully adept playing white, but maybe I'm not so good with black. By alternating, it allows my strengths and also my weaknesses to come out. Which ensures a more accurate result for the competition. If this weren't a competition, it wouldn't really matter, but it is, and it matters to me. Also, we're already compromising the competitions results, by only playing one game (instead of 2 out of 3; or 3 out of 5), so it shouldn't be too much of a stretch to assign people to play certain colors.

[Minimi]

I say, have it this way... 2 players are randomly chosen, to play against eachother, then they play 2 games of 30min total (15min each), so you can play with black, and white.

Another thing bytheway... what happens when we play remise?

[remixor]

I say, have it this way... 2 players are randomly chosen, to play against eachother, then they play 2 games of 30min total (15min each), so you can play with black, and white.

Another thing bytheway... what happens when we play remise?

Using this system, how do you determine which player wins if both win one match?

[Minimi]

Then they'll play a 3rd match to decide the winner. And if they play remise in the 3rd match, a 4th will be played.

[Vel]

OK, so it's minimi's system,but with a few corrections:
2 out of 3, 20 mins each(40 total)
remise: 10 mins each(20 total), until someone wins.