Condotta Invitation Tournament

omarquatar · Post by **omarquatar** » Sat May 14, 2011 11:58 am

frankpowerful (neapolitans) 13/39 beats Macnab 37/36 (Venice - outside Italy, i think)

omarquatar · Post by **omarquatar** » Sun May 15, 2011 8:15 am

frankpowerful (neapolitans) 22/39 beats Benbix 38/35 (Milan condotta)

this was my final match of the tournament and i still think the turning point was the inability of my troops in looting TJD's camp, resulting in a draw

It was very interesting and i enjoyed all games very much, except with pete, who is too strong for me with this sort of armies

for the future, i'd suggest to use at least 600 pts armies

cheers to all

Benbix · Post by **Benbix** » Tue May 17, 2011 9:33 pm

Benbix (Milan) 28/35 defeats macnab (Venice - away team) 40/36

stockwellpete · Post by **stockwellpete** » Wed May 18, 2011 10:40 am

Table

1. Frankpowerful 5-10
2. Benbix 4-9
2. stockwellpete 4-9
4. TJD 5-7
5. RussProv 2-0
5. macnab 4-0

My game with Russ is underway, so that just leaves Benbix v RussProv and macnab v RussProv to complete the tournament. Still three possible outright winners plus the possibility of joint winners too! How exciting! And all for a piece of melon!

frankpowerful · Post by **frankpowerful** » Wed May 18, 2011 11:33 am

stockwellpete wrote:My game with Russ is underway, so that just leaves Benbix v RussProv and macnab v RussProv to complete the tournament. Still three possible outright winners plus the possibility of joint winners too!

go on, russ, you'll never walk alone

stockwellpete · Post by **stockwellpete** » Sun May 22, 2011 10:17 pm

All three remaining games are under way now so we should conclude the tournament this week.

RussProv · Post by **RussProv** » Mon May 23, 2011 6:30 pm

Sorry my mistake, me an McNab did play but I used the Swiss by accident so we still have a game to play.

I have added a challenge password "Mcnab".

stockwellpete · Post by **stockwellpete** » Mon May 23, 2011 8:13 pm

RussProv wrote: but I used the Swiss by accident

It is easily done!

Will you PM him too in case he doesn't realise, Russ?

RussProv · Post by **RussProv** » Tue May 24, 2011 9:13 am

stockwellpete wrote:
RussProv wrote: but I used the Swiss by accident
It is easily done! Will you PM him too in case he doesn't realise, Russ?

I have Pete, I realised I had thw Swiss right away but we agreed to play just for fun and then play our real game.

stockwellpete · Post by **stockwellpete** » Tue May 24, 2011 10:18 am

stockwellpete (Florence) 15/39 beat RussProv (Venice) 43/41

macnab · Post by **macnab** » Tue May 24, 2011 12:38 pm

Me and Russprov have started now so all done soon, i to have enjoyed tourney even though i lost , i had some good games

omarquatar · Post by **omarquatar** » Sat May 28, 2011 9:11 pm

hello pete, i know you have won the tournament, but we never got the final results

stockwellpete · Post by **stockwellpete** » Sat May 28, 2011 9:35 pm

omarquatar wrote:hello pete, i know you have won the tournament, but we never got the final results

Oh, have I?

As far as I know RussProv is in the middle of his two games against Benbix and macnab. If Benbix wins then he will be joint winner with me. If it is a draw or RussProv wins then I will be the winner. I'm losing sleep over this, I'm telling you!

omarquatar · Post by **omarquatar** » Sat May 28, 2011 9:38 pm

stockwellpete wrote:
omarquatar wrote:hello pete, i know you have won the tournament, but we never got the final results
Oh, have I? As far as I know RussProv is in the middle of his two games against Benbix and macnab. If Benbix wins then he will be joint winner with me. If it is a draw or RussProv wins then I will be the winner. I'm losing sleep over this, I'm telling you!

it seems that russ has become very game lazy lately

stockwellpete · Post by **stockwellpete** » Sat May 28, 2011 9:41 pm

As soon as I get the last two results I will do a final table.

macnab · Post by **macnab** » Mon May 30, 2011 7:45 am

Is Russ away ? havent had turn for cple days,

stockwellpete · Post by **stockwellpete** » Mon May 30, 2011 8:45 am

macnab wrote:Is Russ away ? havent had turn for cple days,

I am assuming so - I have a friendly game going with him and he hasn't moved for a couple of days.

Benbix · Post by **Benbix** » Tue May 31, 2011 12:04 am

My game with Russ has become a bit of a siege, we had a brief skirmish before he bunkered down on top of a cliff behind a river. There's still a couple of turns left I reckon.

stockwellpete, if I come out on top of RussProv, shall we play a tie-breaker?

Benbix

stockwellpete · Post by **stockwellpete** » Tue May 31, 2011 8:19 am

Benbix wrote:My game with Russ has become a bit of a siege, we had a brief skirmish before he bunkered down on top of a cliff behind a river. There's still a couple of turns left I reckon.

stockwellpete, if I come out on top of RussProv, shall we play a tie-breaker?

Benbix

I am quite happy to have joint winners really, Benbix - it is only a "friendly" tournament, after all. Would that be OK with everyone?

There are two other ways to split players who finish on equal points. One is to go to the game between the two tied players and see who won that - in which case Benbix would be the outright winner this time. The other is to calculate the difference between break points won and lost for both players (like goal difference in football) - in which case I think I might turn out to be the winner as I have had a couple of quite big wins and only a narrow defeat. But as I didn't specify either of these methods, or the provision of a play off match, before the tournament started, then I think joint winners would be the most appropriate outcome this time.

Which of the three methods for resolving ties should I use in subsequent tournaments though? Or should I stick with having joint winners if it happens again (quite likely, I suppose).

My next invitation tournament will start at the beginning of August and will be set in Spain.

stockwellpete · Post by **stockwellpete** » Thu Jun 02, 2011 6:00 am

I have sent an e-mail to RussProv - at the moment I am thinking home computer failure may be the reason for the delay but he may be able to pick up my message at work. I will make a decision on Sunday if he has not contacted anyone by then. Sorry about this.