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It's been a while since we played 200% ... and allrandom too ... on same-map especially never once. While fixing this oversight ...

Tournament Rules:

1) Template - Diamond

2) Castle and starting hero - random. Starting bonus can be chosen.

3) Difficulty - 200% (2500 gold at start).

4) Colors - in the first generation, red is for the player higher in rating; thereafter, colors change with each subjective restart (colors do not change during restarts due to a block or encounter).

5) Timer - we'll play rapid, 12+6+1, because there isn't much to do in the first week at 200%.

6) Roads are medium.

Other rules are standard (guild rebuild is enabled).

7) Tournament formula - Swiss system with elimination after 2 losses. Each round is played bo3.

8) Tournament games go into the rating by default, but at the request of any player, they may not. This should be announced before the game starts. A non-rated game must still be submitted through the report system (specify "non-rated" in the comments) - so that it hangs on the 1st page of the general list; I will annul it later.

Tournament Start - in a month, 25.09.2017

Winners of previous tournaments on Diamond:
Diamond Monster - BAJIEHOK
Diamond Masters - FireToSky

Round 1 Draw:

KobRa_RR (Red, Random, Fortress, Mirlanda, Gretchen) def matador99 (Blue, Random, Rampart, Ivor, Yabarkas) Diamond 211
KobRa_RR (Red, Random, Dungeon, Shakti, Shakti) def matador99 (Blue, Random, Tower, Halon, Jeremy) Diamond 136

Surreal (Red, Random, Inferno, Calh, Gunnar) def sonic111 (Blue, Random, Rampart, Riland, Gurnisson) Diamond 123
sonic111 (Red, Conflux, Random, Inteus, Moner) def Surreal (Blue, Tower, Random, Astral, Astral) Diamond 124
sonic111 (Red, Random, Castle, Edric, Gundula) def Surreal (Blue, Necropolis, Random, Sandro, Tant) Diamond 127

socola (Red, Random, Tower, Theodorus, Josephine) def Blitz (Blue, Castle, Random, Adelaide, Gunnar) Diamond 124
Blitz (Red, Random, Conflux, Ciel, Craig Heg) def socola (Blue, Random, Necropolis, Vokial, Nagash) Diamond 142
socola (Blue, Random, Tower, Faafner, Fiona) def Blitz (Red, Stronghold, Random, Terek, Terek) Diamond 123

Mercurial- (Red, Random, Castle, Valeska, Terek) def MadSpirit (Blue, Random, Rampart, Yanova, Mephala) Diamond 126
Mercurial- (Red, Random, Necropolis, Izra, Moandor) def MadSpirit (Blue, Random, Conflux, Lacus, Labeta) Diamond 117

ЯR (Red, Dungeon, Malekith, Kairi) def twaryna (Blue, Castle, Christian, Cassiopeia) Diamond 137
twaryna (Red, Random, Rampart, Aeris, Thorgrim) def ЯR (Blue, Random, Tower, Astral, Alkin) Diamond 132
ЯR (Blue, Stronghold, Tiraxor, Tiraxor) def twaryna (Red, Necropolis, Vidomina, Vidomina) Diamond 123

MikeM (Blue, Random, Castle, Rion, Dessa) def De_Luxe (Red, Random, Tower, Josephine, Dimmer) Diamond 123
MikeM (Red, Inferno, Xarfax, Calh) def De_Luxe (Blue, Stronghold, Yog, Gretchen) Diamond 127

Мирон (Blue, Random, Inferno, Ignatius, Ignatius) def RitoSux (Red, Random, Fortress, Dragon, Dragon) Diamond 123
RitoSux (Red, Random, Fortress, Corbark, Craig Heg) def Мирон (Blue, Random, Dungeon, Sinka, Jeremy) Diamond 121
Мирон (Blue, Random, Necropolis, Izra, Izra) def RitoSux (Red, Random, Inferno, Pepelina, Alkin) Diamond 127

Dandy (Blue, Random, Conflux, Fiur, Fiur) def Jelen117 (Red, Random, Tower, Astral, Astral) Diamond 124
Jelen117 (Blue, Rampart, Clancy, Sir Mullich) def Dandy (Red, Tower, Saira, Kairi) Diamond 132
Jelen117 (Blue, Rampart, Yanova, Craig Heg) def Dandy (Red, Rampart, Mephala, Mephala) Diamond 133

Dave_HUN (Red, Random, Wharf, Illor, Corkes) def Dawidu91 (Blue, Random, Fortress, Vistan, Gunnar) Diamond 122
Dave_HUN (Red, Random, Fortress, Tazar, Tazar) def Dawidu91 (Blue, Random, Wharf, Derek, Derek) Diamond 117

u2noob (Red, Castle, Valeska, Valeska) def Sevan_80 (Blue, Rampart, Yanova, Yanova) Diamond 116
u2noob (Blue, Tower, Pikedram, Pikedram) def Sevan_80 (Red, Castle, Orrin, Orrin) Diamond 115

Benis (Red, Fortress, Broghild, Broghild) def Javdet (Blue, Inferno, Nimussa, Jeremy) Diamond 131
Javdet (Red, Stronghold, Zubin, Gundula) def Benis (Blue, Inferno, Pepelina, Kairi) Diamond 124
Javdet (Blue, Rampart, Coronius, Yanova) def Benis (Red, Wharf, Eovatios, Loinis) Diamond 124

battanas (Blue, Tower, Iona, Pyra) def tun7gus7 (Red, Rampart, Yanova, Kairi) Diamond 131
tun7gus7 (Blue, Dungeon, Shakti, Shakti) def battanas (Red, Stronghold, Oris, Jeremy) Diamond 116
tun7gus7 (Red, Castle, Caitlin, Caitlin) def battanas (Blue, Wharf, Spint, Jeremy) Diamond 125

PaTRioT (Red, Inferno, Axis, Nila) def Magl (Blue, Castle, Caitlin, Kairi) Diamond 141

freesha (Red, Stronghold, Yabarkas, Gurnisson) def PROger (Blue, Castle, Adela, Jeremy) Diamond 134
PROger (Blue, Random, Castle, Loinis, Yanova) def freesha (Red, Random, Dungeon, Sinka, Nila) Diamond 142
freesha (Red, Conflux, Moner, Moner) def PROger (Blue, Wharf, Casmetra, Casmetra) Diamond 145

Fill-ua (Red, Random, Inferno, Zidar, Mariussa) def Montt (Blue, Necropolis, Aislinn, Clavius) Diamond 223
Fill-ua (Red, Rampart, Pearl, Kairi) def Montt (Blue, Fortress, Rosic, Dessa) Diamond 133

Redwhait HP (Blue, Random, Necropolis, Xi, Tamika) def Xocenk (Red, Random, Inferno, Pyra, Ciel) Diamond 133
Redwhait HP (Blue, Wharf, Zilar, Edric) def Xocenk (Red, Conflux, Tunar, Jeremy) Diamond 126

=Lizard= def WiZarDX_576
Player_ def Simon5760
Wallys def Нихилус

BeerWarrior vs Diabler - mutual tech loss
karapet.ru vs omon - mutual tech loss

Round 1 Deadline - until 23.10.2017

Leaving the tournament: WiZarDX_576, Simon5760, Нихилус, BeerWarrior, Diabler, karapet.ru, omon, Surreal

Round 2 Draw:

Winners:
Jelen117 (Red, Random, Rampart, Kairi, Kairi) def Javdet (Blue, Random, Inferno, Khalid, Damacon) Diamond 123
Jelen117 (Blue, Random, Dungeon, Jager, Shakti) def Javdet (Red, Random, Wharf, Corkes, Miriam) Diamond 123

Мирон (Blue, Random, Inferno, Pepelina, Ignatius) def Wallys (Red, Random, Conflux, Gelar, Labeta) Diamond 141
Мирон (Red, Random, Conflux, Pasis, Pasis) def Wallys (Blue, Random, Rampart, Coronius, Coronius) Diamond 147

ЯR (Red, Fortress, Corbark, Dessa) def Fill-ua (Blue, Tower, Nila, Gunnar) Diamond 115
ЯR (Red, Tower, Serena, Jeremy) def Fill-ua (Blue, Conflux, Labeta, Nila) Diamond 147

Player_ (Red, Wharf, Annabelle, Annabelle) def Mercurial- (Blue, Necropolis, Moandor, Xi) Diamond 133
Player_ (Red, Random, Fortress, Corbark, Broghild) def Mercurial- (Blue, Random, Necropolis, Clavius, Clavius) Diamond 123

tun7gus7 (Blue, Fortress, Andra, Andra) def =Lizard= (Red, Random, Stronghold, Craig Heg, Craig Heg) Diamond 134
=Lizard= (Red, Random, Fortress, Vistan, Tazar) def tun7gus7 (Blue, Random, Castle, Tyris, Ivor) Diamond 132
=Lizard= (Blue, Random, Conflux, Ciel, Jeremy) def tun7gus7 (Red, Random, Rampart, Elshar, Kairi) Diamond 137

Dave_HUN (Red, Rampart, Yanova, Broghild) def Magl (Blue, Rampart, Mephala, Kairi) Mirror Diamond 133
Dave_HUN def Magl

Redwhait HP (Blue, Wharf, Cassiopeia, Cassiopeia) def KobRa_RR (Red, Castle, Caitlin, Caitlin) Diamond 133
KobRa_RR (Blue, Necropolis, Moandor, Moandor) def Redwhait HP (Red, Wharf, Cassiopeia, Cassiopeia) Diamond 116
KobRa_RR (Red, Castle, Orrin, Orrin) def Redwhait (Blue, Necropolis, Vokial, Vokial) Diamond 123

sonic111 (Red, Random, Fortress, Verdysh, Gurnisson) def u2noob (Blue, Random, Stronghold, Crellion, Jeremy) Diamond 133

socola (Blue, Random, Castle, Cuthbert, Mephala) def freesha (Red, Random, Tower, Iona, Nila) Diamond 126
socola (Blue, Random, Wharf, Zilar, Cassiopeia) def freesha (Red, Necropolis, Clavius, Gunnar) Diamond 147

MikeM ->

Losers:
De_Luxe (Red, Necropolis, Random, Izra, Izra) def matador99 (Blue, Castle, Random, Lord Haart, Arlak) Diamond 124
matador99 (Blue, Random, Rampart, Aeris, Kairi) def De_Luxe (Red, Random, Inferno, Khalid, Gunnar) Diamond 133
matador99 (Blue, Random, Conflux, Luna, Luna) def De_Luxe (Red, Random, Necropolis, Vokial, Vokial) Diamond 114

twaryna (Blue, Random, Tower, Random, Saira, Gunnar) def Benis (Red, Random, Stronghold, Random, Dessa, Tiraxor) Diamond 134
twaryna (Blue, Random, Rampart, Melody, Ivor) def Benis (Red, Random, Fortress, Dragon, Dragon) Diamond 145

Blitz (Red, Random, Fortress, Vistan, Vistan) def PROger (Blue, Random, Inferno, Calh, Kairi) Diamond 124
Blitz (Blue, Random, Rampart, Uland, Gunnar) def PROger (Red, Random, Castle, Edric, Beatrice) Diamond 136

freesha (Red, Castle, Adela, Corbark) def Xocenk (Blue, Fortress, Broghild, Broghild) Diamond 141
Xocenk (Blue, Dungeon, Shakti, Shakti) def Dawidu91 (Red, Necropolis, Charna, Clavius) Diamond 137
Xocenk def Dawidu91

Dandy (Red, Random, Inferno, Ignatius, Ignatius) def Montt (Blue, Random, Tower, Ain, Miriam) Diamond 127
Montt (Blue, Random, Fortress, Dragon, Dragon) def Dandy (Red, Random, Castle, Sylvia, Sylvia) Diamond 126
Montt def Dandy

MadSpirit (Blue, Random, Stronghold, Craig Heg, Craig Heg) def RitoSux (Red, Random, Conflux, Grindan, Grindan) Diamond 125
RitoSux (Red, Stronghold, Yabarkas, Dessa) def MadSpirit (Blue, Fortress, Merista, Broghild) Diamond 132
RitoSux (Red, Wharf, Lina, Vistan) def MadSpirit (Blue, Dungeon, Ajit, Aislinn) Diamond 132

Sevan_80 - battanas mutual tech loss

Round 2 Deadline - until 21.11.2017

Reminder on the substitution order - if a player withdraws from the tournament before losing twice, their slot becomes vacant and is filled by the player from the losers' bracket who reported their lost round first. A substitution can only happen once; substitutions always enter the losers' bracket.

Magl withdrew after a loss in the winners' bracket, so his slot in the losers' bracket passes to De_Luxe.

Also, both players in the Sevan_80 vs battanas pair withdrew from the losers' bracket, so the "winner" slot of this pair passes to Benis.

Round 3 Draw:

Winners:

=Lizard= (Blue, Random, Inferno, Pyra, Gurnisson) def u2noob (Red, Random, Inferno, Calh, Calh) Diamond 116
=Lizard= (Red, Random, Stronghold, Terek, Dessa) def u2noob (Blue, Inferno, Pyra, Pyra) Diamond 124

Мирон (Red, Random, Conflux, Luna, Luna) def Player_ (Blue, Random, Castle, Caitlin, Broghild) Diamond 124

ЯR (Red, Stronghold, Craig Heg, Craig Heg) def KobRa_RR (Blue, Castle, Caitlin, Iona) Diamond 125

socola (Blue, Random, Stronghold, Dessa, Dessa) def MikeM (Red, Random, Rampart, Malcolm, Jeremy) Diamond 143

Dave_HUN (Blue, Random, Rampart, Yanova, Tyris) def Jelen117 (Red, Random, Castle, Orrin, Jeremy) Diamond 132
Jelen117 (Blue, Random, Conflux, Brissa, Brissa) def Dave_HUN (Red, Random, Conflux, Fiur, Luna) Diamond 133
Dave_HUN (Blue, Random, Fortress, Rosic, Kairi) def Jelen117 (Red, Random, Dungeon, Ajit, Tiraxor) Diamond 141

Losers:
De_Luxe (Red, Random, Stronghold, Gurnisson, Gurnisson) def Benis_xDD (Blue, Castle, Sorsha, Sorsha) Diamond 134
De_Luxe (Red, Wharf, Corkes, Corkes) def Benis_xDD (Blue, Rampart, Yanova, Yanova) Diamond 127

Xocenk (Blue, Stronghold, Gurnisson, Gurnisson) def freesha (Red, Rampart, Elshar, Gunnar) Diamond 135
Xocenk (Blue, Random, Wharf, Annabelle, Tazar) def freesha (Red, Rampart, Thorgrim, Vidomina) Diamond 125

matador99 (Red, Random, Wharf, Eovatios, Eovatios) def Javdet (Blue, Random, Inferno, Ignatius, Gunnar) Diamond 142
matador99 (Blue, Random, Rampart, Elshar, Elshar) def Javdet (Red, Random, Conflux, Erdamon, Luna) Diamond 123

Blitz (Blue, Random, Wharf, Spint, Alkin) def tun7gus7 (Red, Random, Dungeon, Alamar, Alamar) Diamond 144
Blitz (Red, Random, Rampart, Uland, Mephala) def tun7gus7 (Blue, Random, Wharf, Spint, Tazar) Diamond 146

Redwhait (Blue, Conflux, Moner, Moner) def Montt (Red, Dungeon, Malekith, Pyra) Diamond 126
Redwhait (Red, Necropolis, Septienna, Vidomina) def Montt (Blue, Necropolis, Tant, Tant) Diamond 127

RitoSux (Red, Fortress, Alkin, Alkin) def Fill-ua (Blue, Stronghold, Craig Heg, Craig Heg) Diamond 117
Fill-ua (Red, Wharf, Illor, Clavius) def RitoSux (Blue, Rampart, Pearl, Pearl) Diamond 123
RitoSux (Red, Random, Stronghold, Gretchen, Gretchen) def Fill-ua (Blue, Random, Inferno, Nimussa, Nimussa) Diamond 136

Mercurial- (Red, Random, Wharf, Manfred, Kairi) def Wallys (Blue, Random, Castle, Sanya, Broghild) Diamond 135
Mercurial- (Blue, Random, Inferno, Octavia, Dessa) def Wallys (Red, Random, Fortress, Vistan, Vistan) Diamond 216

twaryna - sonic111 - mutual tech loss and substitution by freesha

Players highlighted in italics play with a debuff - their opponents in Round 3 will be able to choose their color for the first two games.

Substitution: KobRa_RR => Javdet

Round 3 Deadline - until 19.12.2017

Round 4 Draw:

Winners:
Dave_HUN (Blue, Random, Dungeon, Ajit, Alamar) def ЯR (Red, Random, Tower, Tan, Jeremy) Diamond 131
Dave_HUN (Red, Random, Inferno, Olema, Gunnar) def ЯR (Blue, Random, Dungeon, Das, Craig Heg) Diamond 144

socola (Blue, Random, Conflux, Inteus, Luna) def =Lizard= (Red, Random, Necropolis, Nagash, Izra) Diamond 133
socola (Blue, Random, Necropolis, Nagash, Tant) def =Lizard= (Red, Random, Inferno, Pyra, Pyra) Diamond 217

Intermediate winner-loser pair:
Redwhait (Red, Inferno, Zidar, Dimmer) def Мирон (Blue, Wharf, Eovatios, Miriam) Diamond 132
Redwhait (Red, Stronghold, Gretchen, Gretchen) def Мирон (Blue, Fortress, Bron, Dragon) Diamond 137

Losers:
De_Luxe (Red, Rampart, Riland, Riland) def Mercurial- (Blue, Fortress, Rosic, Rosic) Diamond 133
De_Luxe (Red, Necropolis, Aislinn, Aislinn) def Mercurial- (Blue, Castle, Orrin, Orrin) Diamond 131

Xocenk (Blue, Wharf, Illor, Illor) def Jelen117 (Red, Rampart, Uland, Kairi) Diamond 133

Javdet (Red, Necropolis, Tamika, Tamika) def Blitz (Blue, Wharf, Casmetra, Kairi) Diamond 126
Blitz (Blue, Random, Conflux, Fiur, Luna) def Javdet (Red, Random, Wharf, Zilar, Tiraxor) Diamond 126
Blitz (Blue, Random, Conflux, Inteus, Moner) def Javdet (Red, Random, Inferno, Pepelina, Mariussa) Diamond 221

freesha (Red, Fortress, Dragon, Dragon) def MikeM (Blue, Rampart, Mephala, Mephala) Diamond 125
MikeM (Blue, Fortress, Corbark, Corbark) def freesha (Red, Dungeon, Sinka, Alkin) Diamond 137
freesha (Red, Rampart, Yanova, Dimmer) def MikeM (Blue, Castle, Orrin, Tazar) Diamond 122

u2noob (Red, Castle, Orrin, Orrin) def Player_ (Blue, Rampart, Ivor, Ivor) Diamond 123
u2noob (Red, Inferno, Rashka, Rashka) def Player_ (Blue, Inferno, Fiona, Fiona) Diamond 121

matador99 - RitoSux

Round 4 Deadline - until 16.01.2018

Round 5 Draw:

Winners:
Dave_HUN (Blue, Random, Castle, Tyris, Broghild) def socola (Red, Random, Dungeon, Lorelei, Gunnar) Diamond 131
Dave_HUN (Blue, Random, Stronghold, Shiva, Tiraxor) def socola (Red, Random, Wharf, Cassiopeia, Labeta) Diamond 147

Losers:
u2noob (Red, Random, Tower, Iona, Jeremy) def Blitz (Blue, Random, Inferno, Khalid, Pyra) Diamond 136
Blitz (Blue, Random, Castle, Sanya, Sanya) def u2noob (Red, Random, Stronghold, Terek, Terek) Diamond 111
u2noob (Red, Random, Dungeon, Arlak, Jeremy) def Blitz (Blue, Random, Rampart, Kairi, Kairi) Diamond 132

Xocenk (Blue, Conflux, Pasis, Labeta) def ЯR (Red, Rampart, Riland, Kairi) Diamond 124
Xocenk (Red, Inferno, Calh, Ignatius) def ЯR (Blue, Wharf, Manfred, Manfred) Diamond 131

De_Luxe (Red, Tower, Halon, Halon) def Redwhait (Blue, Conflux, Brissa, Brissa) Diamond 126
Redwhait (Red, Castle, Orrin, Orrin) def De_Luxe (Blue, Inferno, Calh, Calh) Diamond 131
De_Luxe (Red, Dungeon, Das, Das) def Redwhait (Blue, Tower, Solmir, Solmir) Diamond 125

freesha def RitoSux

=Lizard= def Мирон

Round 5 Deadline - until 16.02.2018

Round 6 Draw:

Winners:
Dave_HUN ->

Losers:
Xocenk (Blue, Conflux, Ciel, Labeta) def =Lizard= (Red, Dungeon, Sefinroth, Yanova) Diamond 123
Xocenk (Blue, Random, Fortress, Merista, Bron) def =Lizard= (Red, Random, Wharf, Corkes, Corkes) Diamond 122

De_Luxe (Red, Tower, Ain, Ain) def freesha (Blue, Rampart, Mephala, Mephala) Diamond 133
freesha (Blue, Fortress, Dragon, Dragon) def De_Luxe (Red, Inferno, Calh, Calh) Diamond 134
De_Luxe (Red, Rampart, Ivor, Ivor) def freesha (Blue, Inferno, Calh, Calh) Diamond 131

socola (Red, Random, Rampart, Yanova, Miriam) def u2noob (Blue, Random, Necropolis, Tamika, Tamika) Diamond 122

Round 6 Deadline - until 19.03.2018

Round 7 Draw:

Intermediate pair (winner-loser):
Dave_HUN (Blue, Random, Wharf, Miriam, Miriam) def Xocenk (Red, Random, Wharf, Illor, Illor) Diamond 122
Dave_HUN (Blue, Random, Rampart, Coronius, Ivor) def Xocenk (Red, Random, Tower, Rissa, Corkes) Diamond 133

Losers:
De_Luxe (Red, Fortress, Alkin, Alkin) def socola (Blue, Tower, Astral, Astral) Diamond 127
De_Luxe def socola

Round 7 Deadline - until 16.04.2018

Final:

Dave_HUN vs De_Luxe

The match is in bo5 format with a score of 1-0 in favor of the winner (Dave_HUN)

Final Deadline - until 16.05.2018
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So, Vik posted this puzzle to teach people how to act quickly under time pressure.
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There's no time to analyze – we need to act! :)
In Heroes, this usually ends in a loss.
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A puzzle

After trying out several variations with the moves 1. K:g6 and 1. C:h6, the master looked at his watch. "Goodness! I've been thinking about it for almost half an hour. Time pressure is mounting."
It doesn't quite fit (with the short timer).
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So, Vic posted this task to teach people how to act under a short time limit.
Vic posted this task to justify his experiments with timers. To teach people how to act under a short time limit, he should have at least some practical experience with competitive play under a short time limit. So far, there is no indication that he has this experience.
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It doesn't quite fit.
Everything is fine with Kotov; there's no point in nitpicking his texts. He is one of the most useful chess authors. However, there are questions about Vic. For now, it looks like he is trying to connect a text on one topic to another because he is unable to construct an accurate semantic analogy.
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Well, to act quickly and avoid making mistakes, you need a certain level of experience, but in any case, to make an effective decision quickly, you need to discard any experience and attempts at analysis at the moment of making the decision – just look at the situation, and the solution will come to you naturally.
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In Heroes, this usually ends in a loss :D
The same goes for chess :) Although, I know one lucky player to whom this rule almost doesn't apply :D
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Marcus Aurelius
Well, to act quickly and avoid losing, you need a certain amount of experience, but in any case, to make an effective decision quickly, you need to discard any experience and attempts at analysis at the moment of making the decision – just look at the situation, and the solution will come to you naturally.
It's time to wrap it up, bro. Again, in practice, very recently, your theses were refuted by Lizard himself, in a match with Lucky.
Completely convinced of his own rightness, Lizard, acting on instinct, rejecting attempts at analysis, and assessing the situation as a whole – attacked with his entire army and artifacts with a level 0 hero against Lucky's main hero, because he had "overwhelming army superiority," and even "superior stats with a level 0 hero," and also had a red orb.
Which immediately ruined the match that had lasted for hours. Lucky won, of course. :smile01:
There was no overwhelming army superiority at all; rather, a roughly equal stack of cyclops under Kirra, and the golden bow, clarified everything in the first two turns. The red orb somehow also worked against Lizard. He didn't even have enough money to pay a ransom. Not far from the battle, Lizard's father stood without an army, not having reached the battlefield, taking up half the screen, so Lizard simply immediately left. What was Lizard lacking? Experience to avoid losing? Lizard lacked experience? :smile20:

p.s. if all of this was sarcasm on your part, then the topic has been covered. :smile08:
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The same applies to chess :) Although, I know one player to whom this rule almost doesn't apply :D
Has Ive started playing chess? :rolleyes:
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Is Ive suddenly playing chess? :rolleyes:
He was trying to give me hints about how to play against Num, based on his "analysis":cool:
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Al Feyn, look how Alex plays; you can often hear him say "it turned out interestingly" on his streams. He doesn't plan his actions. This sounds paradoxical, but not planning actions can lead to an effective result. Because, ultimately, everything depends on only one action – the action you take right at this moment. Having a plan for the game is useful, but any plan is nothing compared to how effectively you act here and now. Often, on streams, you can see that players start to get nervous when something doesn't go according to plan because their main focus is on the plan, not on the action. The only way to act effectively is to forget about the plan and use it only where necessary.
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Vikk posted this challenge to justify his experiments with timers.
Vikk posted this article to educate people about the methods of playing on a short timer. Experience from watching streams has shown that, when it comes to saving time, many even very experienced players often make systematic mistakes.
To teach people how to play on a short timer, they need to have at least some practical experience in competitive play on a short timer. So far, there is no evidence that this experience exists.
Well, I reached the finals of Alessandro's blitz tournaments twice, once on HotA and once on Horn of the Abyss. Both times, I withdrew from the final (meaning I didn't lose a single game in the end). The level of opponents, however, was average; at that time (2010-2011), blitz was not very popular.

It was these tournaments that made me interested in the blitz format, and I started promoting it.
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Regarding Kotov's example, the engine simply suggests taking the pawn on f7, which gives White a significant advantage.

1. Nxf7 Qxf7 2. Rxg6

An alternative line involves exchanging a rook, bishop, and knight for a queen, knight, and two pawns, also resulting in a large advantage.

1. Nxf7 Qxf7 2. Bxe6 Bxg3 3. Bxf7+ Kxf7 4. Qf5+ Kg8 5. Qxg6 Bh4
or
1. Nxf7 Qxf7 2. Bxe6 Qxe6 3. Rxe6 Bxg3 4. Qxg6 Bh4
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Regarding Kotov's example, the engine suggests taking the pawn on f7 and gives White a significant advantage afterward.
What does this say? It says that the player playing White is a noob, spent half an hour and didn't even consider the correct move, and therefore deservedly lost the game. The same applies to Heroes; there are players who, with a standard timer of 121, get into time trouble and lose.
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Solution to the problem:
1) White captures the pawn on h6 with the bishop, Black plays gh6
2) White captures the knight on g6 with the bishop, Black is forced to capture the knight with the pawn fg6
3) White captures on g6 with the rook, delivering a check and a fork; then gg.
Spent 7 minutes on the timer)
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Yes, Kxf7 is a cool move; I didn't even consider it. That's what's missing in Heroes – when a streamer does something, and everyone is like, "Wow, I would never have thought of that."

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