The 1st Infinity Freestyle Chess Tournament 2012
February 1 - 29, 2012
TD Report by JoJo
Rate of Play: 60 min + 15 sec
Tie-break: 30 min + 10 sec
Sudden death: 10 min + 3 sec (White) vs. 7 min + 3 sec (Black)
50 players registered for the 10 preliminary groups with 5 players each.
The 1st and 2nd winners qualified for the next stage, another round robin tour with 5 players each.
Among the 50 players were 8 different stand-alone engines. The only engine lucky to qualify was Komodo 4 (operated by Time_bandit).
The level of play among the top players was quite high and led to many draws, apparently more than in the PAL/CSS Freestyle Tours some years ago.
As this was the first tour right at the start of Infinity"s beta launch, players had to learn how to use InfinityChess. Most of them showed a high understanding of technical issues and kept patience, when difficult situations had to be solved due to players disconnected from internet or from the chess server.
A database with all 164 games (including tie-break and forfeited matches) is available for download.
The 1st and 2nd winners of the preliminary groups, who qualified for the 2nd stage
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Idol99
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Igor Dolgov
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RUS
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Preliminary Group 01
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Stabiloboss
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Matthias Kribben
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GER
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Preliminary Group 01
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Zugzwang
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Silvo Lahtela
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GER
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Preliminary Group 02
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Dovahkiin
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Eros Riccio
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ITA
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Preliminary Group 02
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MiG29
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Werner Bergmans
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NED
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Preliminary Group 03
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Bogi
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Frantisek Nepustil
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CZE
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Preliminary Group 03
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PiratQQ
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Yuri Saidanov
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RUS
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Preliminary Group 04
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Krissis
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José Antonio O"Neill
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ESP
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Preliminary Group 04
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Ultra-d
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David Evans
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GBR
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Preliminary Group 05
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Deepthroat
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Mark Sabu
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USA
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Preliminary Group 05
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Ozymandias
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Juan Molina
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ESP
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Preliminary Group 06
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Dgerbus
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Dejan Gerbus
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CRO
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Preliminary Group 06
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Valhala
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William Fuller
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USA
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Preliminary Group 07
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DevaPath
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Jitan Stribal
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USA
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Preliminary Group 07
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Garvingray
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Garvin Gray
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AUS
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Preliminary Group 08
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BadBoy
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Phil Dixon
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USA
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Preliminary Group 08
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Spaghetti_Chess
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Alberto Gueci
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ITA
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Preliminary Group 09
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Flyingfatman
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Nick Carlin
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GBR
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Preliminary Group 09
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Biertrinker
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Jan Zidu
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CZE
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Preliminary Group 10
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Time_bandit
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Benjamin Reh
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GER
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Preliminary Group 10
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The winners of the qualification groups
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MiG29
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Werner Bergmans
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NED
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Qualification Group A
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Ultra-d
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David Evans
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GBR
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Qualification Group B
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Dovahkiin
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Eros Riccio
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ITA
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Qualification Group C
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Bogi
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Frantisek Nepustil
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CZE
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Qualification Group D
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Winner A vs. Winner B (KO)
MiG29 - Ultra-d 2 : 2 (Ultra-d wins the sudden death game, draw with Black)
Winner C vs. Winner D (KO)
Bogi - Dovahkiin 0,5 : 1,5
Match for 3rd Place (KO)
MiG29 - Bogi 2 : 2 (MiG29 wins the sudden death game with White)
Match for 1st Place (KO)
Ultra-d - Dovahkiin 1 : 1 (aborted, players shared prizes: US$ 800,- and Fini 2"000,-)