Here they are:
the games for round 7 (final round).

Obi1 - Rimfaxe (surprise )
FirebrandX - Gambit
WillSurfForFood - Rondino
Rust In Peace - Aabear
Palaveev - Sirky
Eddie - Tooler
Just4Fun - Rezonator
SuperGrobi - Move??
Unhinged - Jsweet
DÁrtagnan - Octal
Neo Fight - Inky1

The standings follow in a moment.

And here are the standings: * = one game less played

1 Obi1 (Obi1)......... 6.0 69.5
2 Rimfaxe (rimfaxe)... 5.0 73.5
3 Gambit (sean1)...... 4.5 79.5
4 FirebrandX.......... 4.0 74.5
5 Rondino (rondino)... 4.0 72.5
6 WillSurfForFood..... 4.0 68.0
9 Rust In Peace....... 3.5 43.0
7 Aabear (aabear)..... 3.0 70.5 *
8 Palaveev............ 3.0 65.0 *
10 Eddie (eduardo_wagha 3.0 91.5
12 SuperGrobi.......... 3.0 62.0
13 Rezonator........... 3.0 59.0
15 Tooler (tooler)..... 3.0 45.0
11 Neo Fight........... 2.5 81.5 *
14 Sirky............... 2.5 56.0 *
16 Jsweet (jsweet)..... 2.0 76.0
17 Move?? (move??)..... 2.0 59.5
18 Octal (base8)....... 2.0 37.5
19 D'Artagnan(schermato 1.0 62.5 *
20 Unhinged............ 1.0 49.5 *
21 Just4Fun............ 1.0 51.0
22 Inky1 (inky1)....... 0.0 39.0

Alright Gambit, I'm ready to go in the mornings Ninja time. Let me know when you can play. Thanks!

Well, even though he's a terror on the boards, I think it is good that I was paired with the elusive Neo Fight. The result of my game doesn't matter in the standings.

Maybe I'll beat him.

Rondino and I have scheduled our round 7 game for Wednesday 9pm PDT - 10pm mountain time - Midnight ninja time.

This tournament has been really fun but I'm looking forward to finishing it so I can sit back and relax and let others worry about their games. I've only played online so these are the most competitive and stressful games I have ever played.

I second that. I've been nervous like a debutant ballerina in all of my games. But it's been a nice experience.

I haven't been really nervous apart from before the first game (against Palaveev?), but there's definitely an extra edge to these games. In the last game against WSFF I found I really tensed up in the middlegame when the game seemed to hang on every move. I've been playing almost all G/60+ games recently, so the ticking clock in these 1/2 hour games added to it when I wanted the time to figure everything out properly.

R.

Well... No grandamaster draws in the last round. In a dead drawn position SirKy and I decided to see what will happen and played a long and exhausting ending with queens. The color confusion was my fault, I thought I had Black but turns out I was paired with white, my bad. I hope SirKy doesn't mind


SirKy - Palaveev
30m + 0s, unrated, 22.07.2003

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.e3 Nc6 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Bb5 a6 8.Bxc6+ bxc6 9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.0-0 0-0 11.Re1 Re8 12.e4 Ng4 13.Be3 Nxe3 14.fxe3 Bg4 15.exd5 Bxe3+ 16.Kh1 Qc7 17.d6 Qd7 18.Qd3 Bxf3 19.Rxe3 Bh5 20.Rae1 Bg6 21.Rxe8+ Rxe8 22.Rxe8+ Qxe8 23.Qd2 Qd7 24.Na4 Qf5 25.Kg1 Qb1+ 26.Kf2 Qf5+ 27.Kg1 Qb1+ 28.Kf2 Qf5+ 29.Ke2 Qe4+ 30.Qe3 Qxg2+ 31.Qf2 Bd3+ 32.Ke1 Qe4+ 33.Kd2 Qd5 34.Qe3 Bb5+ 35.Kc3 Qxd6 36.Qe8+ Qf8 37.Qxf8+ Kxf8 38.Nc5 Ke7 39.a4 Be2 40.b4 f5 41.Kd4 f4 42.Ke4 f3 43.Ke3 Kd6 44.Ne4+ Kd5 45.Nd2 h6 46.Nxf3 Bxf3 47.Kxf3 Kc4 48.Ke4 Kxb4 49.Kd4 c5+ 50.Kd3 c4+ 51.Kc2 Kxa4 52.Kc3 Kb5 SirKy resigns (Lag: Av=0.53s, max=1.1s) 0-1

Yes! I mind! Uh... black... is... my... um... special... uh... oh nevermind. (No, I don't mind). A good game from Palaveev, he outplayed me in the end. To tell the truth I missed a SIMPLE TACTIC in the game. Move 34. He moves the bishop w/discovered check. Well, I did not see that it was discovered check until he played it. Actually I didn't see it until playchess told me I was trying to make an illegal move. But, anyways, this is why you need to pay attention. I feel I played well except for this one oversight, and that Palaveev just outplayed me.

In retrospect perhaps I should have accepted that draw offer, but hindsight is 20/20, and I felt I was winning at the time. I was outplayed in the ending, and lost half a point at least for it. An excelent game from Palaveev, and tomorrow when I come home from work I will analyze it and annotate it.

Ugh, I can't stand when I do that... so embarassing. Especially when you try moving the piece a few times over again, thinking maybe it was just a fluke in the interface.... Ugh...