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Rookie Tournament, Week Two
or Three Weeks Until the Playoffs
a brief report
Group A
Almost everyone is still in the game. Vegtam solemnly promised that he will soon finalize the schedule and start scheduling games; we have to believe him. Yourdestiny and Prorock are catching up with bijho and Weber, while Shamanenok can already relax a bit. Bravo! 4 wins guarantee a place in the playoffs. The guys still have to fight for second and third place, and everyone has a chance. Good luck!
Group B
Something isn't working out here yet. There are no complaints about Basir777; he has already started his fourth game. I recommend that the others think about it: you have played 1 game in 2 weeks. Are you sure you can play the remaining 4 games in 3 weeks? Keep in mind: I rarely award technical wins (like: I was trying to contact my opponent for 3 days before the deadline, and he refused to play); more often, I award a technical loss to both.
Antrekott did not confirm the game with Basir. Are there any problems? If not, then oh dear.
Sin has been replaced by Furious. Good luck!
Group C
Uff... We made some noise in this group, but more on that below.
ten'yu bezdomnoy, thank you for your promptness. He has already finished playing, well done. And by the way, you shouldn't be so hard on yourself. 3 points is not a bad result, especially since three, or even four, players advance from the group. I think this is a good chance to make the playoffs, but we'll see :)
Dutin, catch up with the guys. The others seem to be following the plan. Good luck!
Group D
I'm so happy with you :) Only 4 games left
TunguS, congratulations again on making the playoffs. You're on fire, Belarus!
Albert@s - it is very likely that he also made it. But for now, I will refrain from congratulating him and will not guess who will get which place.
magamet', unfortunately, the playoffs are not in the cards for you, but the other three are quite capable of competing for a spot.
And most importantly... No one needs to be highlighted in red. Well done. :) Good luck!
Group E
For now, Imb is leading, which is not surprising. However, there was a setback, which means the intrigue is still there :)
theShevanesian, drunkenstein, Alexxl - I'm grumbling a little: one game in two weeks is not enough; catch up.
DC has been replaced by ds281. Good luck!
Instead of P.S. Event of the Week
The result of the game Zadira-YoshiDo is annulled
Some people are already aware of the details, while others are not. Just in case, I will briefly describe the situation and explain the decision. A little background. Player YoshiDo violated the rules by performing a 141-turn rush, after which he admitted defeat and refused the offered autosave. Both players behaved like gentlemen, which I was sincerely glad about.
Then, while reviewing the saves, YoshiDo noticed something strange. Namely: save 131 could not lead to save 133, no matter what. I will not go into details, but for example, in save 131, a pile of gold was picked up, which reappeared in save 133. Save 132 was missing; between saves 131 and 133, the players took a 2-day break, i.e., from May 21 to May 23. YoshiDo contacted me and his opponent with these saves to clarify.
I analyzed the saves of both sides down to the smallest detail, plus the guys from the contact group helped with their assumptions, and we found out:
Zadira made save 132 during his opponent's turn; of course, it turned out to be incorrect, and they started playing again after the break.
There can be no doubt about Zadira's fair play. There was a mistake. It turned out that he didn't even know that you can't make saves during your opponent's turn. Maybe this is obvious to you, but indeed, it is not written anywhere... I can't blame him for anything, but I can't credit such an unclear game either.
I believe that a replay will be the most logical solution, and the guys seem to agree. Moreover, they are both quite real contenders for 1st or 2nd place in the group. I wish them both a worthy fight and a fair match to determine who is stronger. At the same time, maybe you will reconcile :) And let your mistakes be a lesson to you.
Once again, good luck to everyone, and may the odds be ever in your favor. GL/HF