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The League has announced that the Toronto Dragons have qualified for the playoffs. Now we are fighting to see who will win the top two spots in our division, and get a bye in the first round of the playoffs.
We are to play the Buenos Aires Krakens on Wednesday, February 22nd 6:35 p.m. EST, 3:35 p.m. Pacific (Thursday, February 23rd 1:35 a.m. Eastern European Time).
In the Pro Chess League, the Toronto Dragons face off against the Buenos Aires Krakens today at 6:35 p.m. EST 3:35 p.m. Pacific (Thurs. 1:35 a.m. Eastern Europe). GM Bator Sambuev, GM Gergely Szabo, IM Nikolay Noritsyn and IM Bindi Cheng will come out breathing fire for the Dragons. If we win, we have a shot at getting a first round bye in the playoffs. Come to Live Chess on chess,com to follow the games.
Week 7 Pairings
Toronto Dragons vs. Buenos Aires Krakens
Wednesday, February 22nd at 6:35 p.m. EST 3:35 p.m. PST Thurs. 1:35 a.m. East European Time
To follow a player's games as they start, log in to chess.com, go to Live Chess, and then type
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or the player's nick into the chat box.
Round 1
IM German Della Morte (LastHeroJr) vs. GM Bator Sambuev (likemachine)
IM Mario Villanueva (mmmarito) vs. GM Gergely-Andras-Gyula Szabo (Anaconda1983)
IM Nikolay Noritsyn (Revnov) vs. GM Alan Pichot (platy3)
IM Bindi Cheng (Bobbylow) vs. GM Sandro Mareco (sandromareco)
Round 2
GM Bator Sambuev vs. IM Mario Villanueva
GM Gergely-Andras-Gyula Szabo vs. IM German Della Morte
GM Sandro Mareco vs. IM Nikolay Noritsyn
GM Alan Pichot vs. IM Bindi Cheng
Round 3
GM Alan Pichot vs. GM Bator Sambuev
GM Sandro Mareco vs. GM Gergely-Andras-Gyula Szabo
IM Nikolay Noritsyn vs. IM German Della Morte
IM Bindi Cheng vs. IM Mario Villanueva
Round 4
GM Bator Sambuev vs. GM Sandro Mareco
GM Gergely-Andras-Gyula Szabo vs. GM Alan Pichot
IM Mario Villanueva vs. IM Nikolay Noritsyn
IM German Della Morte vs. IM Bindi Cheng
Toronto Dragons vs. Miami Champions
Wednesday, March 1st 6:30 p.m. EST 3:30 p.m. PST 1:30 a.m. East European Time
On chess.com Live Chess, type in
/follow likemachine
or any other player nick to follow each game as it starts.
Tense match last night against one of the strongest teams in the League, the Miami Champions. One of our players got disconnected in two separate games, but we fought on bravely winning 3 games in the 4th round. All we needed was one more win to clinch the match.
Last edited by Glenn Giffen; Thursday, 2nd March, 2017, 07:32 PM.
On Thursday, the League notified us that one of the Miami players had violated Chess.com's Fair Play Agreement, and that the match result had been overturned in our favour. On Saturday, chess.com informed us that Miami had filed an appeal with them, and they had reverted the win to Miami. This Wednesday, Miami headed by Hikaru Nakamura will be playing against the Buenos Aires Krakens, while we have been knocked out.
Last edited by Glenn Giffen; Monday, 6th March, 2017, 07:24 PM.
On Thursday, the League notified us that one of the Miami players had violated Chess.com's Fair Play Agreement, and that the match result had been overturned in our favour. On Saturday, chess.com informed us that Miami had filed an appeal with them, and they had reverted the win to Miami. This Wednesday, Miami headed by Hikaru Nakamura will be playing against the Buenos Aires Krakens, while we have been knocked out.
Can you send me some contact info for chess.com, I'd like to hear their version of it.
In particular, which screw up do they admit to:
a defective anti-cheating system that produced a false positive
a defective appeals policy that protects the highest-profile players or teams
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