webDiplomacy Chess Tournament!

[miminena]

The tournament will be round-robin, with each game played over Lichess in correspondence

Player list:
1. Ernst_Brenner
2. kingofthepirates
3. DougJoe
4. Hominidae
5. AsymmetricSystem
6. damo666
7. gimix
8. miminena

Matches for the first round out of seven will be in the next post

[miminena]

First round:

Match 1 - Ernst_Brenner vs AsymmetricSystem
Match 2 - kingofthepirates vs damo666
Match 3 - DougJoe vs gimix
Match 4 - Hominidae vs miminena

Exact details of the start dates of matches should be determined between the competitors, but must be at some point this week

Phase lengths will be 2 days long, unless both parties agree to change it

[miminena]

ftr i'm filling in for Awhailnah since they didn't confirm

[damo666]

registered with lichess as damo6six6

[Ernst_Brenner]

On lichess as ErnstBrenner (no underscore)

[Ernst_Brenner]

Colors predetermined or let lichess decide?

[AsymmetricSystem]

I'm on lichess as dnlhlt

[miminena]

Colors predetermined or let lichess decide?

Since each match is a two game set, let Lichess decide for the first game and swap for the second

[Ernst_Brenner]

Okay, challenge sent.

[kingofthepirates]

lichess username: dkdnd

[damo666]

lichess username: dkdnd

challenge sent

[miminena]

mine is miminena (same exact as here)

[kingofthepirates]

lichess username: dkdnd

challenge sent

challenge accepted. good luck!

[damo666]

lichess username: dkdnd

challenge sent

challenge accepted. good luck!

Thank you! And we're off!

[DougJoe]

Challenge sent to gimixvdA.

(And I'm DougJoe on lichess for future reference).

[DougJoe]

Challenge sent to gimixvdA.

(And I'm DougJoe on lichess for future reference).

gimix has accepted, off we go!

[miminena]

Links to games:
Match 1: (not yet started)
Match 2: https://lichess.org/AM1qiH5c
Match 3: https://lichess.org/9YgP0qLz
Match 4: (not yet started)

@Hominidae lmk when you're ready to start

[gimix]

gimix has accepted, off we go!

I'm not a lychess expert, how can we start the second game with inverted colours?

[DougJoe]

gimix has accepted, off we go!

I'm not a lychess expert, how can we start the second game with inverted colours?

When I sent the challenge it let me pick which color I was (I chose random). I assume whichever of us does it will then pick the appropriate color at that time.

[gimix]

Ok, I should have sent the second challenge