Sorry dude, it was after midnight yesterday, I was trying to play anyway, made a dumb move, and decides to call it quits for the evening. If you were at work you could have just waited, we were given up to a day per move, and I had no idea where you were or what you were doing.

You're right, it wasn't a brilliant game, but I won fair and square. No need to be a dick about it.

May I ask what move that was? I recall more or less the state of the board at that point, but not sure to which move you are referring to.

Booohoo, lost the semi-final :( I was the on the receiving end the whole match and made a lot mistakes very early on, including getting my first knight killed in a very stupid fashion. Congrats Accatone, and good luck in the finals.

Thank you, DProject. Yes, you made a few mistakes at the beginning and that set the tone of the game till the end. Yet you fought till the end no matter what happened and I liked that. I made mistakes at the end of the match due to your play. I also wanted to end the game as soon as possible.

Update on the promotion problem:
By going through the "View Games" selection on the menu to the left, I was able to get the proper promotion prompt. Queen in place, waiting for Nroug7 to finish the match. Would help if it was available through the "Play" part you can press on the "Player Home" part.
Also, the "View Games" option displays the text messages sent as well it seems.

VIPERs vs MonstaMunch PGN Code:
1. g3 d5 2. c3 e5 3. b4 b5 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bxb5 Nc6 6. h4 a6 7. Bf1 Nf6 8. Nh3 h6 9. f4 e4 10. g4 Bc8 11. g5 Bxh3 12. Bxh3 hxg5 13. fxg5 Nh5 14. Qa4 Qd6 15. Rg1 Kd8 16. Ba3 Qh2 17. Rf1 Ng3 18. Qxc6 Qe2 19. 0-1

Semi-Final - DProject vs Accatone PGN Code:
1. Nh3 d5 2. Nf4 Nf6 3. h3 g6 4. d3 e5 5. g4 exf4 6. g5 Nh5 7. b3 Qxg5 8. Bb2 Bg7 9. d4 b6 10. Qd3 Qf5 11. Qb5 Bd7 12. Qd3 Qxd3 13. cxd3 f5 14. Bg2 Bc6 15. e3 O-O 16. Nc3 Rd8 17. Bf3 Na6 18. a3 fxe3 19. Rg1 exf2 20. Kxf2 Bxd4 21. Kg2 Bxg1 22. Rxg1 Nf4 23. Kh1 Nxh3 24. Rb1 Nf2 25. Kg2 Nxd3 26. Ba1 Rd6 27. Na4 Nf4 28. Kg3 Nh5 29. Kf2 Bxa4 30. bxa4 Nc5 31. Rd1 Rad8 32. Be5 R6d7 33. Ke2 Nxa4 34. Rg1 Re8 35. Bxh5 Rxe5 36. Kd2 Rg7 37. Bd1 Nc5 38. Kc3 h5 39. Kd4 Nd7 40. Bb3 c5 41. Kc3 Re3 42. Kb2 Kh7 43. Bxd5 a5 44. Rd1 Re2 45. Kc1 Rge7 46. Bc6 Ne5 47. Bb5 Rh2 48. Rd6 Nd3 49. Rxd3 Re1 50. Rd1 Re3 51. Bc6 Rc3 52. Kb1 Rb3 53. Kc1 Rxa3 54. Bd5 Ra1 55. 0-1
Thanks for the update, Christian is already looking into the problem, hope he will finds a solution.

I left a pawn unprotected early on. However, he had a weird opening that gave me total control of the center of the board for the whole game, and he didn't do anything to develop his main pieces. The final few moves were actually pretty cool. He made a mistake at the end, but by that point he was going to lose in a couple of moves anyway.

Game finally finished, damn the time zones difference. Nice game Nroug7, wouldn't mind playing again, but I hope we manage to find a time when both of us can play (like the 50 or so moves until the promotion bug) :)
Waiting for the next match.

Congratulations JMich,

here is the PGN Code for the Match:
1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 e6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Ne5 Be7 7. Qa4 Bd7 8. Nxd7 Qxd7 9. c5 h6 10. Bf4 g5 11. Be5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Qxa4 13. Nxa4 Ne4 14. b4 c6 15. f3 Nxc5 16. bxc5 O-O 17. e3 f4 18. e4 dxe4 19. fxe4 b5 20. b6 axb6 21. Nxb6 Bb4 22. Ke2 Rad8 23. Rd1 Rxd1 24. Kxd1 Rd8 25. Kc2 Rd2 26. Kb3 Bf8 27. Nc4 Rd8 28. Nd6 Bxd6 29. exd6 Rxd6 30. Bc4 c5 31. g3 fxg3 32. hxg3 Rb6 33. Kc3 Kg7 34. e5 Rb8 35. Bxe6 Re8 36. Bf5 Rxe5 37. g4 Re2 38. a4 Ra2 39. Kb3 Rf2 40. a5 Rd2 41. Kc4 Ra2 42. Kb5 Ra3 43. a6 c4 44. Kb6 Rb3 45. Kc5 Ra3 46. Bc8 c3 47. Kb4 Ra2 48. Kxc3 Ra4 49. Rd1 Ra5 50. Kb4 Re5 51. a7 Re8 52. a8=Q Rf8 53. Qa7 Kf6 54. Rd6 Ke5 55. Qd4 1-0


Semi-Final 2: JMich vs. MonstaMunch is set up.

The system is messed up. I was about to win, then it automatically gave me a queen instead of letting me choose a piece when I got my pawn to the end, creating a stalemate. WTF?

JMich vs. MonstaMunch has ended with a Draw (argh, something I have forgotten to think about in the first place).

Any suggestions how to tread this?

Nice game MonstaMunch, and yes, I'm a complete and utter bastard :P
P.S. If you had troubles promoting the pawn, let me repost this.
Waiting for rematch, and I hope I won't make the same stupid mistake again (move 26.)

I don't get it. The rules are that when a pawn gets to the end, you get to pick a piece, it doesn't have to be a queen, so it wasn't going to be stalemate.

I have followed the game the last 20 minutes.
The problem with your game is that it is JMich turn, but he has no free field to move to. Based on the official rules, this game is correctly treated as a draw.

Why? Based on the rules of the game, I could have picked a knight instead of a queen, then gone on to win.