Virtual Chess Tournament (VCT) - Thug Chess

By Bikash Sherpa With eight players remaining, the Quarter-finals of VCT - Thug Chess - 2 proceeded with the below exciting matches -  Match # QF1     :           M atcho (HopelessIndian) V Masid (masidhere)  Winner                 :            Matcho  Our one man army manager for VCT 2, Matcho began his match with Masid with Black pieces. As I have mentioned earlier, Masid has tendency to push his pawns too far from the king. The same thing happened in this match, Masid pushed his g Pawn from g4 to g5 (see below) which allowed HopelessIndian's knight to infiltrate towards white side from h5 to f4 forming an outpost ( Outposts are a favorable position on chess board from which an attack can be launched, particularly using a knight ). From there Matcho launched an incredible attack, after which Masid resigned. Chess.com's accuracy of 97% for Ma...

24 players 4 leagues 1 Champion   4 Groups will be formed based on seeding and random allocation. Seeding will be done based on - Highest ever chess.com rating in rapid games or current rating (Depending on the login history of the player). There will be a date of registration for VCT 3. Rating on that day will be considered in case of current rating.   The Fighters: 8 players with lowest ratings will be identified as the “Fighters”. They will be distributed evenly in 4 groups through random allocation. This categorization is done to ensure that our bottom ranked players are equally thrilled with the tournament. There will be prize categories exclusively for the top performers among the Fighters. The Fighters will play an important role in the future 4 th edition of VCT as well, details of which will be published towards the end of VCT 3. Top Seeds: Players with chess.com rating (highest ever) above 1400 will be called the ‘Top Seeds’. Top Seeds will als...

It is a pleasure to announce that we have formed the VCT-3 Committee for conducting the 3rd version of Virtual Chess Tournament - Thug Chess. People with proven experience in VCT 1 and VCT 2 are in the committee and we will gladly accept any help the rest of you can offer. Coordinators  – Jongs, Matcho They are the main organizers of this tournament – VCT 3, and most likely for the next tournaments as well, unless they get engaged with other priorities of life. So, please reach out to them for anything you need, be it any information or any help. Please also ensure that Coordinators are informed of everything that is happening in and around the tournament. Some of the responsibilities of the coordinators in VCT 3 are – Registration of players for VCT 3. 24 players including the players from the previous tournament will be selected by the Coordinators for VCT 3.  Collection of funds and formulating the prize money distribution. List of prize categories will be published at the ...

By Bikash Sherpa Match # 17     :      Arkadip(ArkatheLogan) V Maddy(maddy1847)  Result               :      Maddy won Round 3 began with the Logan taking on Maddy. Logan as I have noticed throughout the tournament, started to push his pawns in front of his king which put him in deep trouble as the black king ran all the way from e8 (its original position) to a3!! Maddy finally won a game and would like to continue the form onto next tournament.  Match # 18     :      Jongol(shayon62) V Irfan(Irfan_raza6)  Result               :      Irfan won  This was the first game of round 3 and Irfan with 80% accuracy won his game with black pieces. Jongol missed a pawn fork (which Irfan highlighted later on in VCT 2 whatsapp group) after which Irfan converted nicely justifying his 2nd seeding. Other guys including myself sh...

By Bikash Sherpa Match # 09    : Arkadip (ArkatheLogan) vs Matcho (hopelessindian) Result              :  Matcho Won With the 'hope' of making into the quarterfinals, Matcho steadily kept the pressure up with black pieces and capitalize on few inaccuracies by Arkadip. I would say it is a flawless game from Matcho. Well done!                 --------------------- Match #10   : Jongol (shayon62) vs Neha (BheegiBasanti) Result             :  Neha Won This game had many misses from Jongol. He badly needed a win but could not take it when Neha offered a knight and later a rook. On the other hand Neha kept on fighting and eventually won the game (kudos to her 73% accuracy). Now she has a good chance of reaching the knockout stage.                --------------------- Match #11     : D...