Author: gerold daniels
Date: 04:14:54 02/13/05
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On February 13, 2005 at 06:04:39, Peter Skinner wrote: >Morning everyone, > >After some much needed sleep, I am ready to get going. > >Today will be _extreme_ interesting as there are some nice surprises to go along >with the always exciting chess. > >At 9am EST users will be treated to some _very_ interesting match-ups. > >Zappa - Pharaon >Fruit - Crafty >SOS - Matacz > >Zappa has been on absolute fire. With a perfect 5/5 thus far, he has to be >considered the favorite going into the final day. Pharaon is no slouch, so it >will be a very interesting game. > >In Fruit - Crafty we have the newcomer vs last year's champ. Even with no >preparation of books and little time to connect Crafty's score of 3.5/5 is >extremely good. > >Matacz surely will be voted this year's biggest surprise. Seeded #29th it is >making everyone stand up and take notice. It has been extremely good. > >Chess.fm is broadcasting the event today, and as always Jon Schroer will be >commenting. > >As I did yesterday, there will be updates on the website shortly after they >happen. I tried my very best to keep it all updated for those who wanted to be >informed. > >Just some quick stats from yesterday: > >The website received 10,392 page views. >The total of files downloaded were 9,412 (rounds 1 - 5) > >I recieved 308 emails, including requests to register.. (yes.. really) > >I had to stop allowing guests to speak to me, as I just simply could not keep >up. If you have ever used Blitzin, tells come to your screen in yellow. For a >time there I had to put sunglasses on just to look at the screen :) > >Channel 1 on the ICC server (The help) channel had 58 questions about the event. > >The #1 chatters in channel 64 yesterday was a tie between Yace-Author (Dieter) >and sfarrell (Scott). :) > >There was only one round where the pairings were not completed before the next >round began. This was due to a long game still in progress. > >All in all it was a fun day and I am sure today will be no different. So come >watch!! Listen to Chess.fm as you never know who you might hear :) > >Peter good morning peter. nice fisrt day.very good work and interesting games. new champ this year appears to be fruit. good luck today. gerold.
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