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The pairings for Round 1 are ready!
Note that the software specifies which player "starts" and which "replies"; you do not need to bother about this, just accept whichever order you happen to get.

You have until 11pm on Sunday 4 October to post your results. Please play your games early if at all possible. I suggest contacting your opponent by Private Message or email to arrange a convenient time. Other rules are here. Email me (charlie@apterous.org) with any problems.

Here are the pairings: http://www.apterous.org/tourneys/nat/ Click through to your appropriate division; the divisions are as follows:

Division A
Arnot, Stuart
Bentley, Jim
Bevins, Kirk
Carson, Innis
Child, Kieran
Corby, Jon
De Caux, Bob
Doohan, James
Evans, Barry
Garner, Oliver
Gough, Jimmy
Hegarty, Shaun
Hulme, Andrew
Hurrell, James
Hurst, Jack
Kay, Reuben
Laddiman, Kai
Makepeace, Phil
Maudsley, Chris
Meier, Henry
O'Donnell, David
O'Neill, Jon
Pearson, Karen
Priest, Richard
Robinson, James
Sfyris, Dinos
Simmonds, Lee
Stitcher, Jon
Volante, Ian
Wainwright, Nick
Wallace, Michael
Wilson, Ben

Division B
Binnie, Hugh
Brooker, Clive
Burgin, Jeffrey
Carter, Darren
Chapwell, Gevin
Collinge, Phil
Dent, Ian
Feist, Andrew
Gillies, John
Gillies, Scott
Hall, James
Herbertson, Andrew
Juachan, Supee
Lee, Peter
Levison, James
Mead, Edwin
Mitchell, Gareth
Morgan, Gregor
Morrison, Matt
Murphy, Jay
Overhill, Josh
Pettet, Lloyd
Philpot, Chris
Potts, Tyron
Reynolds, Phil
Rivers, Alec
Russell, Julie
Seymour, Niall
Somerset, Howard
Tassier, Matthew
Taylor, Julie
White, Sarah

The cut-off rating for Division A was 1089.


Good luck!

Very smoothly done Charlie

Just in case it comes up for people at any point, are you letting tied scores be decided by a tie break conundrum as usual, or will it be something else?

JackHurst wrote:Just in case it comes up for people at any point, are you letting tied scores be decided by a tie break conundrum as usual, or will it be something else?

Good question. Yes, TB conundrum.

First game completed
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=120954
Great tactical battle

Oliver Garner beat me 141-131
It was a battle of 6 small vs. 4 large for most of the way, and I turned out to have less of an advantage from 4 large than he had with 6 small.
Then an easy penultimate round killed me off. Good game
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=120954

Edit: awww he beat me to posting this too.

Deleted.

Jim Bentley 160 - 161 James Hurrell

A really good close game where we both made errors at just the wrong moment (especially me). But it was excellent, I enjoyed it immensely and am already looking forward to the next round.

Jim, you're out!

Ian Dent wrote:Jim, you're out!

Enough about his sexuality. Good luck in the rest of the tourney Jim.

Chris Maudsley 164 - Stuart Arnot 170.

Really tight contest, I somehow scraped through.

Me vs. Jimmy

I got pretty lucky with this one.

Edwin Mead beat me, Hugh Binnie, 159-131.

On another day, this game was Ian's. As it was, I scraped through 160 - 144.

Yeah, nicely played Innis. Modest as ever

Phil Makepeace wrote:On another day, this game was Ian's. As it was, I scraped through 160 - 144.

Well played - I think we both deserve to be kicking ourselves!

A reminder to please post your name, your opponent's name and the score, as well as a link to the game. I have a lot of games to manage here.

I, Chris Philpot, defeated Julie Russell in a Division B match with a scoreline of 136 - 121.

Michael Wallace 142 - 135 Jon Corby

Pretty terrible start from me (how do you make 3 from 4 4 and 2?!), but then it turned into a pretty exciting game. My relief when the final target came out was enormous.

(and yes, by 'relief' I mean penis)

Michael cheated by picking 6 small when he was behind, but 1 large when he was ahead. I move that he be disqualified.

It doesn't get much closer than this:

Division B: Tyron Potts 148 - 138 Supee Juachan

Three tie-breakers

Division B: Matt Morrison 169 - 107 Andrew Herbertson

What he said above, a convincing win but early days a bit like losing your first champions league group game.
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=121580

Andrew Herbertson wrote:What he said above, a convincing win but early days a bit like losing your first champions league group game.
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=121580

True, chin up and all that. 2-0 to Fiorentina. Thanks for providing the proper link Andrew - my copy and paste must have failed earlier.

Dinos Sfyris 177 - 167 Henry Meier

Henry took a 7 point lead early on and the gap remained the same all the way til rd 19 when I finally ditched my 6 small tactic in favour of 4 large which paid off! It then went to a tie-break conundrum.

I beat the latest member of the Octochamp family in an enjoyable game.

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=121709

Jeff Burgin 161-178 Niall Seymour

It's Wednesday and only 14 games of played of 32. Get keen guys!

Charlie Reams wrote:A reminder to please post your name, your opponent's name and the score, as well as a link to the game. I have a lot of games to manage here.

JackHurst wrote:My game Vs James

Jack Hurst 160, James Doohan 149.

There you are.

Division B: A close game in the end, but Phil Collinge beat me 171-164.

Bob de Caux beat me 136-124

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=121836

If I could tell the difference between the + and the X I might just have scraped it. But it was a close and extremely enjoyable game.

Yep, was an excellent game Karen. I certainly thought you had it in the last round!

Darren Carter wrote:Darren Carter 174-137 Peter Lee

Just out of interest, did you two get offered the "tournament game" when you logged in?

Charlie Reams wrote:

Darren Carter wrote:Darren Carter 174-137 Peter Lee

Just out of interest, did you two get offered the "tournament game" when you logged in?

No, should we have done? Just did a normal numbers attack.

Darren Carter wrote:

Charlie Reams wrote:

Darren Carter wrote:Darren Carter 174-137 Peter Lee

Just out of interest, did you two get offered the "tournament game" when you logged in?

No, should we have done? Just did a normal numbers attack.

Oh wait, you posted that before I rolled the new feature, I just didn't see your post. *facepalm*

Important

The Tournament Manager seems to be working: your game should show up on the appropriate page here automatically (if you have already played, please check that your game is shown correctly).

Feel free to post in here anyway, should you so wish, since it's good for discussion.

Charlie Reams wrote:Important

The Tournament Manager seems to be working: your game should show up on the appropriate page here automatically (if you have already played, please check that your game is shown correctly).

Feel free to post in here anyway, should you so wish, since it's good for discussion.

Me v Peter hasn't appeared on there.

i'm having trouble contacting Gevin Chapwell for the tourney he doesnt seem to be registered on the forum

Darren Carter wrote:Me v Peter hasn't appeared on there.

Nor has mine vs Phil.

Alec Rivers wrote:

Darren Carter wrote:Me v Peter hasn't appeared on there.

Nor has mine vs Phil.

Fixed now.

Scott Gillies wrote:i'm having trouble contacting Gevin Chapwell for the tourney he doesnt seem to be registered on the forum

He's a tool.

cheers charlie, i'm more of a tool cause he'd already messaged me and i hadnt noticed till a minute ago.

Our tournament game wasn't there when we were ready to play, so here is the link:

Gareth Mitchell 140 - 177 Matthew Tassier

Yeah I made a bit of a boob so the tourney games might not show up til Round 2 for those who didn't play them already. Will see if I can fix this.

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?ke ... 5814850706

Sarah 147 - Gregor 110

What fun!

Is anyone having trouble organising a time for their game or is there going to be a late rush?

Clive Brooker 165 - 157 Phil Reynolds

We were two very evenly matched (and nervous) players, but Clive was rather quicker than me at spotting when a solution required a bit of lateral thinking. Pleased to be no longer a tournament virgin!

Clive Brooker 165 - Phil Reynolds 157

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=122347

A tense close game. I seemed to have it, but Phil struck back with a winning 6 small to take us to a decider.

Charlie Reams wrote:Is anyone having trouble organising a time for their game or is there going to be a late rush?

Yes, I'm having trouble getting in touch with Jay Murphy. I've sent a private message and email but no reply.

Charlie Reams wrote:Is anyone having trouble organising a time for their game or is there going to be a late rush?

I'm in a slightly sticky situation, cos Jon's really busy, but I'll try.

Richard Priest v Kirk Bevins -

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=122518

I took an early lead but fully expected to be pegged back....and I was.It built up to a nailbiter of a finale....

Ben Wilson 145-141 Lee Simmonds

Horrifically scrappy start from me, but my tactic of clawing back points on 6 small games worked in the end. Lee played scarily well though.

We both played a very scrappy game here.

Scott Gillies 105-131 Gevin Chapwell

Charlie Reams wrote:Important

The Tournament Manager seems to be working: your game should show up on the appropriate page here automatically (if you have already played, please check that your game is shown correctly).

Feel free to post in here anyway, should you so wish, since it's good for discussion.

Didn't know about this new feature, sorry, as the forum was down earlier, so I simply challenged James to a numbers attack game in the usual way:

James Levison 145 - 162 Julie Taylor

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=122905

It was a very close game, then James made an unfortunate (for him) tactical move towards the end, in choosing 6 small numbers a couple of times, and his game fell apart rather. He rallied to win the final round, but I won overall.

Great game, James, thanks, exciting, very evenly matched.

Charlie Reams wrote:Is anyone having trouble organising a time for their game or is there going to be a late rush?

Yeah I've messaged you about this

John Gillies wrote:Yes, I'm having trouble getting in touch with Jay Murphy. I've sent a private message and email but no reply.

Hi. Jay is one of my hoysemates at uni this year. We've only just moved in and not managed to get the internet in yet. He may be able to get access though at a certain time. Are you available to play either today or tomorrow?

Andrew Hulme wrote:

Charlie Reams wrote:Is anyone having trouble organising a time for their game or is there going to be a late rush?

Yeah I've messaged you about this

John Gillies wrote:Yes, I'm having trouble getting in touch with Jay Murphy. I've sent a private message and email but no reply.

Hi. Jay is one of my hoysemates at uni this year. We've only just moved in and not managed to get the internet in yet. He may be able to get access though at a certain time. Are you available to play either today or tomorrow?

I can play anytime today (Sat) or anytime tomorrow until 5pm.

Still waiting for the following games:-

Div A:
Andrew Hulme vs Reuben Kay
Kai Laddiman vs Jon Stitcher [should be this evening?]
Jon O'Neill vs Shaun Hegarty
Nick Wainwright vs Barry Evans

Div B:
John Gillies vs Jay Murphy
James Hall vs Josh Overhill

Bad things will happen if these are not played by midnight tonight. Please sort it out.

Sorry I've not played, but I can't get in touch with my opponenet.
What happens now?

Shaun Hegarty 148-138 Jon O'Neill
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=123314

Didn't practise my conundrums!
Good game.