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mercury_whyte 9/15/2003 08:26:27 [ report this post ]	Subject: The English Defence page 12 Message: Here's page 12 team mates! Use page 11 until it is full as usual... Regards, mercury_whyte
leedavis 9/16/2003 01:36:27 [ report this post ]	New Homepage Message: gameknot.com/fmsg/chess5/1266.shtml
malkavian 9/16/2003 16:29:06 [ report this post ]	.... Message: Well done Skipper for the challenges sent, but for the three of them only one was accepted, isnt it? about the tourny I think it's tough to play a game with a player rated 2100, or stg like that. Malk
mercury_whyte 9/17/2003 02:23:26 [ report this post ]	More challenges... Message: I have had a couple of messages from other captains wishing to negotiate challenges, so I will pursue those... Sorry I've not been around much, pressure of work again I am afraid, but I will organise three more challenges this evening. Only 1 out of 3 accepted last time but these things happen, maybe I'll have better fortunes tonight. I will update the address of our forum page on the team homepage too. Will post again this evening with some challenge news! Regards for now... mercury_whyte
mercury_whyte 9/17/2003 10:26:12 [ report this post ]	17th September Update Message: Hi there chaps, I hope everyone is well... Three new outgoing challenges to summarise here; The first two were negotiated in advance with a few messages, so are fairly likely to be accepted, the third is a flyer to an old friend of ours, so maybe with luck new games will begin soon! 1) A 7 player challenge to the Russian Time team, consisting of these players; cavturbo tonyh sb123456789 mercury_whyte anathema malkavian banglaman 2) A 4 player challenge to the -For USSR- team, consisting of the following comrades (in arms); tonyh sb123456789 mercury_whyte darrenmcniff 3) An 8 player challenge to the Golbal Bounty Hunters team, involving the following posse; cavturbo sb123456789 anathema malkavian markas icantwrite izs26 banglaman Best of luck to everyone about to place his pieces for new games! I'll check out the challenge situation again tomorrow, remember if anyone is needing more games just give me the word! Regards to all, mercury_whyte
mercury_whyte 9/19/2003 09:42:24 [ report this post ]	19th Septemeber Update Message: Welcoming sableus to the team, our newest recruit! Well done everyone, our score is stretching into the high sixties...I won't be putting myself forward for any more team games for a while, as my form is truly atrocious. I'll carry on administating as best I can and rely on you chaps to carry me onward to glory! My challenge to the Global Bounty Hunters is still outstanding, perhaps it will be accepted this weekend. I have sent out a couple more small challenges to supplement it in the meantime... 1) A 4 player challenge to the Chess Addicts team; anathema markas icantwrite banglaman 2) A 3 player challenge to the Queen Swap team; malkavian fatrat sableus (first games!) I hope these will happen in due course. Anyone playing too many/too few games right now please post or send me a message and I'll make due note! Best of luck and have a good weekend chaps... Regards, Mercury Whyte
parrvert 9/20/2003 05:28:04 [ report this post ]	malkavian Message: I know it's tough to play against higher rated players but only one or two of your opponents would be over 2000, most would be between 1200 and 1600. I will look at finalising the tournament details tonight or tomorrow. I see the team score is +70, keep up the good work!
malkavian 9/20/2003 06:42:41 [ report this post ]	thanks parrvert Message: it's tough to organize a tournament with so many different ratings but u've done a good job, I trust this will be done the best way for all =) Keep the good work, +70, the higher ever isnt it? still not enough ;) Malk
parrvert 9/20/2003 12:47:43 [ report this post ]	Team Tournament 2 Message: The second English Defence Team Tournament will start soon. To keep the total number of games at a manageable number and to cater for the different preferences of time control the tournament has been split into two groups: GROUP A Time Control: 3 days/move Archbold64 Parrvert Tonyh Stanc Anathema Malkavian Icantwrite Fatrat Mkkid Banglaman GROUP B Time Control: 5 days/move Tkdman Cavturbo Biggie Sb123456789 Sacrifice Cooter Lesvillain Mercury_whyte Markas Izs26 The groups were decided by the preferences you expressed to me regarding time control, the players who gave no preference were put into the groups by their ratings. Players will play every other player in their group twice, once as white, once as black. All notices of when games should start (games to be played here on gameknot) will be posted in the team forum. Good luck! Chris
mercury_whyte 9/23/2003 02:16:42 [ report this post ]	Very proud of the team... Message: Well done everyone, the team has performed brilliantly over the last few days! I should mention some players by name and I will later, but for now congratulations on a fantastic effort... The new tournament is looking very interesting parrvert, I'm looking forward to it, very well done! A whole new set of challenges will be sent this evening, hopefully new games will begin soon for everyone who wants them. Regards for now, will post again soon... mercury_whyte
banglaman 9/23/2003 03:20:22 [ report this post ]	Well done team ! Message: I too would like to congratulate team mates. My own performance has slipped recently, fortunately the team has performed fantastically , and this has inspired me to do better, and be more focused in my games. Special Mention to Malkavian who seems to have stormed to second place from no-where well done team mate. Keep up thr good work lads. Also thanks Parvert for your work on the forthcoming tournament, I am very much looking forward to it, even though looking at the group it looks like I'm going to take a hiding. Best regards to all, and good luck with your games Banglaman
mercury_whyte 9/23/2003 10:42:08 [ report this post ]	23rd September Update Message: Greetings everyone, I have sent out three new challenges for those in need of games... 1) A 4 player challenge to the Knights of the 65th Square team, involving the following quartet; tonyh 1830 markas banglaman 2) A 7 player challenge to the Silman Team, involving the following heptet (?) cavturbo grobler sb123456789 stellaknight cooter malkavian mkkid 3) A 9 player challenge to Yeshua's Servants team, involving the following septet (??) tonyh sb123456789 markas icantwrite sableus fatrat izs26 darrenmcniff owenelbuho (A brief note on this one; I have said to the captain of the opposing team we will accept a rating variation upto +/-200 if the challenge as a whole is well balanced. This makes it easier for him to select opponents, but some players may end up with tough games...I know everyone will do their best!) Finally a little yearning that struck me as I was penning this...Wouldn't it be nice if you could change the colour of the 'Black' pieces on any given board so they appeared red, like the chess pieces in Alice through the Looking Glass... It would just make an interesting visual diversion I think. Best regards to all, keep on winning chaps!! mercury_whyte
parrvert 9/23/2003 11:20:18 [ report this post ]	Tournament Message: Just to explain how the tournament will work: The games will not all start at once, I will post here when games should start, I will aim to avoid giving players too many games at once. One player will have to send a challenge to the other to get the game started. I will put results and standings up on this website: www.geocities.com/englishdefence When a page is set up for the new tournament (hopefully this weekend) the tournament can begin.
icantwrite 9/23/2003 17:45:52 [ report this post ]	Well done and i'm sorry... Message: I just want to apologise for letting the side down. We are doing really well, but i appear to be doing very badly in my games. I am trying hard, but i just don't seem to be doing very well. Well done everybody else though. I look forward to playing some of you in the upcoming tournament (if you'll still have me that is!)
malkavian 9/23/2003 21:38:24 [ report this post ]	lets keep the work Message: Hey chaps! dont let the ranting get right through the head, we are doing good, but we're slowing down a little bit. dont let ourself carry away, we have to keep on going. Thanks Banglaman for the message, im looking forwar for our second tourney together ;) Malk PS. Captain, may I have some more games?? =)
malkavian 9/23/2003 21:43:25 [ report this post ]	I forgot Message: Not only the players at the top are the ones pushing, also, the players on the button are pushing aswell when they win and the negatives numbers seems to get lower =) Icantwirite, dont worry we're all doing our best effort, I'm sure you'll do great the next games, it seems you've got your fist win ;) Malk
biggie 9/24/2003 03:19:44 [ report this post ]	Team tournament Message: Not sure I understand what's going on. Well, I'm sure, I don't understand what's going on. Well, I'm running short of games again...
banglaman 9/24/2003 05:40:53 [ report this post ]	More games Message: Captain I too would like more games. As I have already mentioned, I would like to be included in as many challenges as possible, as I currently have a lot of free time. Sad I know. Regards Banglaman
icantwrite 9/24/2003 08:25:37 [ report this post ]	Message: That win certainly did lift my spirits i must say :-)
mercury_whyte 9/24/2003 09:30:45 [ report this post ]	More challenges... Message: Well done parrvert, clearly a lot of work has gone into this new tournament on your part and it's looking very interesting... Don't lose heart icantwrite, sometimes you get drawn against pretty tough opponents, as we all do playing for this team. In the past month I think we have had about 3 incoming challenges (where I get to select the rating variations) and I must have sent out 30 or 40 challenges, placing us at the mercy of other captains. Most do their best to reply with balanced opposition but inevitably some are tougher than others. I know that several of you are involved in a challenge I sent to the Silman team, and you are drawn against players rated 200-300 above you. These will be difficult games but they are a chance to learn a little perhaps, even if our team score suffers a bit in the short term. I know you'll all give each game your best efforts. All three of the challenges I sent out last night have been accepted, and at the request of various players I have whipped up a few more. I was waiting for you to get in touch biggie, now I know you're hungry for more games I will include you in the next few challenges... 1) A 3 player challenge to the Knights of the Coffee Table team, involving these three characters; malkavian markas banglaman 2) Another 3 player one, this time to the Slo Dogs team, involving these players; malkavian fatrat banglaman 3) A 4 player challenge to the Older Generation team, involving the following chaps; biggie malkavian markas banglaman I hope new games flow soon from these challenges! Regards for now... mercury_whyte
sableus 9/25/2003 13:43:16 [ report this post ]	More games too Message: Please add me to a couple of challenges too! Thanks.
mercury_whyte 9/26/2003 07:51:35 [ report this post ]	Quick message... Message: Keep up the great work everyone, I usually set up three challenges on a Friday evening but I have to rush off today, so I will send out three fresh challenges on Saturday morning instead! OK sableus, I will include you in the new challenges, along with biggie and anyone else who wants som more games... Leave a message here tonight if you do (or send me a private message) and I will oblige. Regards for now, id-mercury_whyte
banglaman 9/26/2003 08:20:32 [ report this post ]	More games Message: Captain I would like more games please if possible. Thanks in advance
malkavian 9/27/2003 00:28:03 [ report this post ]	good work Message: thanks for the games mercury_whyte. I know the efford you have to do to get them. Malk
mercury_whyte 9/27/2003 00:29:17 [ report this post ]	27th September Update Message: The team score marches on, into the 70's now, brilliant work by malkavian and several others... Keep it up chaps! Two chilly mornings and I've got a rotten cold. Serves me right for being a soft Southerner I suppose. Never mind, here are a few more sent challenges to keep you busy mates... 1) A 3 player challenge to the Belgian Lions team, involving the following players; cavturbo biggie sb123456789 2) A 3 player challenge to Wedabest, involving the following team-members; malkavian sableus izs26 3) A 3 player challenge to the Chess Addicts team, involving the following chaps; markas icantwrite banglaman Our luck has been fairly good recently when it comes to challenges being accepted so hopefully these will be too... Regards for now, keep flying the flag! mercury_whyte
malkavian 9/27/2003 21:22:29 [ report this post ]	well done! Message: We are doing so well lately, I want to name biggie archbold64 and leedavis to name a few. They've also done a great job. We're +78!!! ehhhhhh mini-party!!!!!!! Malk
parrvert 9/28/2003 14:20:01 [ report this post ]	2nd Team Tournament Message: These games can now start: The player on the left plays white, one player must send a challenge to the other, it doesn't matter which. All games should be public. GROUP A Time Control: 3 days/move Please start the game title with "EDTT2A" followed by anything you like. (or nothing at all) tonyh v anathema icantwrite v mkkid parrvert v stanc malkavian v fatrat banglaman v archbold64 GROUP B Time Control: 5 days/move Please start the game title with "EDTT2B" followed by anything you like. (or nothing at all) biggie v sacrifice lesvillain v markas cavturbo v sb123456789 cooter v mercury_whyte izs26 v tkdman More games to start soon!
icantwrite 9/28/2003 18:13:31 [ report this post ]	Margins in a message... Message: Can anyone tell me why the sentences in my messages don't seem to be going to the end of each line? Can i change the margins or anything?
mercury_whyte 9/29/2003 10:42:35 [ report this post ]	30th September Update Message: It's good to see the seconf tournament getting underway! Top work parrvert, and top work 1830 as well! I neglected to mention your fantastic form last time I posted...If you want any more games team-mate, just let me know... Can't help you with the margins question icantwrite, I'm not very technically minded. One of the chaps will know about it I expect. I'm still suffering with this damned cold, had a miserable day at work today, but I've managed to rustle up a few more challenges; 1) An already accepted challenge to the Knights of the 65th Square team, involving the following players; vexxed (welcome back!) malkavian knighthawk 2) A renegotiated challenge to the chess addicts team (I had to withdraw the first one) involving the following; tonyh icantwrite izs26 3) A 5 player challenge to the ---For USSR--- team in response to a message, involving these players; sb123456789 id=vexxed markas sableus izs26 4) A 3 player challenge to the Rollin' Stoned team, involving the following players; malkavian banglaman owenelbuho That should keep a few people busy - assuming these are accepted of course. Another step forward for our score gentlemen, do we dare to hope the magiacal +100 is only a few weeks away? I tempt providence... Regards for now, keep battling! mercury_whyte
malkavian 9/29/2003 11:24:26 [ report this post ]	a little problem parrvert Message: I've just challenged fatrat but he appear with too many active games ..... so??????? Malk
parrvert 9/29/2003 13:21:40 [ report this post ]	malkavian Message: A good organiser always thinks ahead! So, er... um... I guess you'll have to wait for his number of games to go down, unless he buys a membership. I'll send him a message.
1830 9/30/2003 03:06:08 [ report this post ]	more games please Message: Ok captain Im back now so if you could please include me in as many challenges as is possible please. Well played Malk it would appear as I had predicted my reign at the top would be short lived keep it up team mate onwards and upwards we cant slow down now because all the teams around us are gaining points also.Good work everyone
leedavis 9/30/2003 03:57:11 [ report this post ]	Ay Captain!!!! Message: I'm running low on games now so you can mark me down!
stanc 9/30/2003 09:04:45 [ report this post ]	More games for me please Skip Message: Is there a trend developing here ? Can you please put me back on the "Available to play" list for a few more games. Thanks Captain !!
malkavian 9/30/2003 12:35:19 [ report this post ]	Alrite Parrvert Message: haha, I'll wait until fatrat send me the challenge, I cant do anything else. keep the good work chaps PS. Captain I know I had lots of games but still, dont forget about me, I'm a fast player =)
1830 10/01/2003 04:23:53 [ report this post ]	Malkavian Message: One more game and the lead role is yours malk keep it up team mate but beware I have more time to play now so we can have our own in team competition either way the team will benefit. Unfortunately I have a couple of losses coming my way so the lead will be yours but for how long? Good luck. P.S. Captain I really really could do with a hatfull of games if im to fight off Malk lol.All healthy competition.
leedavis 10/01/2003 07:55:54 [ report this post ]	please sir, can i have some more Message: I'm starting to get really itchy for more games. Please send me some!!!!!!!!!!!!
mercury_whyte 10/01/2003 09:26:32 [ report this post ]	A Hungry Bunch... Message: OK fellers, I have done my best to cook up a few challenges for you! 1) An Incoming challenge from the Just Do It team, gratefully accepted with the following 6 players; tonyh sb123456789 leedavis stanc 1830 markas Most of our 'Big Guns' involved in that one, best of luck chaps! 2) A 3 player challenge sent to Kumpan's Chessworld of Peace, involving this immortal triad; tkdman leedavis stanc 3) Another 3 player challenge, this one to the Beer Drinkers' Team (great name!) Involving the following players; 1830 icantwrite izs26 4) A 5 player challenge to the Quickies team, involving the following team members; leedavis 1830 malkavian banglaman markas 1) is already up and running, with good fortune 2), 3) and 4) will follow... Keep battling chaps, we are doing very well to break into the top 30. until next time Best Regards... mercury_whyte
mercury_whyte 10/01/2003 10:25:03 [ report this post ]	Revision... Message: To my challenge to the Quickies team. In order for the challenge to be more acceptable to my opposite number I dropped malkavian and markas from the line-up and put in owenelbuho. Revised line up for this challenge now reads as follows; leedavis 1830 banglaman owenelbuho Apologies to markas and especially to malkavian, I realise this was the only one of the latest batch of challenges you were included in! I promise to put you in for at least two challenges tomorrow team-mate... Anyone else hungry for games just let me know! Regards for now, mercury_whyte
parrvert 10/01/2003 15:05:33 [ report this post ]	1st Team tournament Message: Games to start: (title = "ENG DEF", time control = 5 days/move") tkdman v mercury_whyte tkdman v markas cooter v dutchgrasseii
parrvert 10/01/2003 15:09:24 [ report this post ]	2nd Team Tournament - Group A Message: Games to start: (title = "EDTT2A", time control = 3 days/move) Archbold64 v Malkavian Fatrat v Tonyh Anathema v Banglaman Icantwrite v Parrvert Mkkid v Stanc
malkavian 10/01/2003 19:21:57 [ report this post ]	haha Message: well i'm still waiting for fatrat, lets hope he finish some games soon. (well organized parrvert) i'll have the thoughest game of my life (i'm playing archbold64) im cooked! on the other hand... late team mate 1830, the first place is now mine, LOL, but im sure we'll keep a good challenge at the top of the table and it'll benefit a lot the team. So mercury_whyte, i need more challenge too cuz we're starting a good racing here =) lets see who gets first to the 100 points 1830 ;) cheers team mates!, Malk
banglaman 10/02/2003 03:03:29 [ report this post ]	Wow Message: 92 points, I can't believe it. Malkavian what drugs are you on and can I have some please :-). Well done team-mate and everybody else keep battling. Thanks for the games captain. regards banglaman
1830 10/02/2003 08:33:08 [ report this post ]	more games please Message: Keep the games coming captain still room for plenty more. Well done Malk I dont know whether I can match you though for speed of games but we will keep it interesting.
mercury_whyte 10/02/2003 09:28:34 [ report this post ]	More games Message: Three more challenges sent this evening, involving the following players; 1) 2 player challenge to the Riders of Rohan team; 1830 markas 2) 3 player challenge to the Spanish Wolves team; leedavis stanc 1830 3) 4 player challenge to the Nemesis team; tonyh sb123456789 stanc 1830 Good luck to those taking part in these new games (if they are accepted of course)...I am setting up Forum page 13 now as this page is nearly full, but the link from our team Homepage will not be updated until this page has it's 50 messages. Regards for now, mercury_whyte
1830 10/03/2003 03:20:10 [ report this post ]	tough game captain Message: Tough matches Captain I'll do my best
banglaman 10/03/2003 04:54:55 [ report this post ]	help Message: does anyone know how some players are able to make moves even though according to their profile they last logged in several hours ago? this has happened several times and I'm just curious as to how this is possible. regards banglaman
mercury_whyte 10/03/2003 05:17:08 [ report this post ]	Concerning the team score... Message: You'll have to accept my apologies 1830 (and anyone else involved) if some of our opposing captains have selected tough opponents for you to play. I know you'll give each game your best shot and I'm not expecting miracles. Without checking out the games I won't comment on the relative fairness of these newly accepted challenges, but I must now raise a question on the subject of fairness. Recently our team score has increased at a growing pace, moving us closer to the top of the table. At first glance this is a cause for celebration and pride in our achievement, but I am sorry to say I believe everything is not quite as it seems. Over the last few weeks malkavian, one of our most enthusiastic and fast-playing team members, has been on an unbroken winning streak which has helped to carry our team towards +100 points and has carred him to the top of our internal players list. I could not help noticing after a while that, although he was winning a large number of games for the team, malkavian's personal rating was not going up very much. Out of curiosity I visited his profile page and looked at the completed games list. I found that, at regular intervals, malkavian had been losing games against players with ratings of around 800, more than 400 points below his own rating. These games were always resigned after three moves, and on the four games that I examined the moves made were Pawn H3, H4, H5 then resignation. The effect of these resigned games is to take malkavian's rating down by 16 points per game. The only reason I can think of to do this is to distort the personal rating to an arteficially low level compared to the player's true ability. Until yesterday I was unaware that this was happening. I have been including malkavian in challenges to other teams in good faith, requesting that opposing captains match ratings as closely as possible (in his case, mid to upper 1300's). I now believe malkavian's true ability would warrant a GameKnot rating between 1600 and 1700. I do not know what malkavian's motivation is for this action. It may be a genuine desire to help the team succeed. It is even possible that there is a good explaination for these resigned games which I have overlooked. The consequence however is that many of our recent challenges to other teams have been less than completely honest, and some of our points have been earned in a less than fair and transparent way. I have contacted malkavian privately on this matter but we seem to have had trouble getting personal messages through. I have received two other messages on this subject (one from another member of this team, another from the captain of an opposing team) and I cannot allow such practices to distort the honesty of our relations with other teams. Even if the intent was not to 'cheat', that has effectively been the result. I will take no other action until next week as I must go now and I will not be online again until Monday Morning. All I will add is that I place the highest importance on this team being one which values fairness and open honesty above everything else. What other teams may or may not do is not important to me. If we end up with tough games and lose more than we win then so be it. I feel more strongly than anything that a win gained by unfair tactics is not worth having. Comments are obviously appreciated, but please everyone I ask that you show restraint and respect for each other's opinions on this matter. This is an emotive issue but I don't want to start a slanging match or split the team over it. I will read what you have posted next week and decide what to do next. Above all, please respect malkavian's right to reply on this matter. Respectfully and with regrets, mercury_whyte
calmrolfe 10/03/2003 06:17:49 [ report this post ]	Curious Message: malkavian appears to have a most unfortunate record when playing 700-800 GK rated players, losing all of them without putting up a fight. This does very effectively dampen down his personal rating. Perhaps, in the name of fairness, our captain should compensate to the other extreme, and rate malkavian higher than he should be, ie 1800 GK and match him with other players of this standard. In this way we can perhaps, over a period of time, rectify any unfair advantage which we may have unwittingly obtained. Phew !! Who'd be a team captain huh !! ? Kind regards to all Cal
1830 10/03/2003 10:08:59 [ report this post ]	Malkavian Message: I for one believe that Malkavian should be given the right to a fair hearing all be it between himself and the captain or in this forum. If there is a question of honesty to be raised then I think it is what we do now to repair the damage caused in respect to team relation's. I think that this is a decision for the captain alone ohhh the heavy burden of captaincy. Please everybody hold fire before making any rash comments.
icantwrite 10/03/2003 11:16:00 [ report this post ]	Fair hearing. Message: I also think that malk should be given a fair hearing whether one on one with the captain or within this forum. Whatever decision the captain makes i am behind him 100% although maybe some type of vote is a possibility?!
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