I hosted an online 60+30 Intermediate Invitational!

Hello everyone! My most recent event was an interesting one, so I decided I would create a simple blog with an overview of the event!

The tournament featured eight players rated between 1700 and 2000 lichess classical ratings. It featured two stages, four-player round-robins followed by a knockout with the top two of each group, and another knockout for the bottom two of each group. Here are some of the best games with analysis.

Player elos (before the event

AlexanderKoblents 2050 (?)
Dude128 1981
Orphan_X 1946
Amanlikekennyken 1930
Cumulus200 1901
Natakial2 1831
Diablo4747 1823 (provisional)
Coolchesscat1 1716

Group A

The field was split into two groups, this first group featured
@Alexanderkoblents (Seeded #1)
@Cumulus200 (Seeded #4)
@Amanlikekennyken (Seeded #5)
@Coolchesscat1 (Seeded #8)

Let's get into the games!

The Number 1 ranked player, @AlexanderKoblents defeats @Cumulus200 in a tactical brawl

@Cumulus200 defeats @Coolchesscat1 and earns spot in Championship bracket

Group A Results

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AlexanderKoblents 3-0
Cumulus200 2-1
Amanlikekennyken 1-2
Coolchesscat1 0-3

Cumulus200 vs Amanlikekennyken 1-0
Coolchesscat1 vs AlexanderKoblents 0-1

Amanlikekennyken vs coolchesscat1 1-0
Cumulus200 vs Alexanderkoblents 0-1

Alexanderkoblents vs Amanlikekennyken 1-0
Coolchesscat1 vs cumulus200 0-1

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Group B

The second group featured the 2, 3, 6, and 7 ranked players, here are their usernames!

@Dude128
@Orphan_X
@Natakial2
@Diablo4747

Here are some of the best games from this group!

I started the event by defeating the eventual tournament champion @Diablo4747 by complicating things in the opening

@Diablo4747 wins a clean game against @Natakial2

Group B Results

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Dude128 2.5-0.5
Natakial2 1-2
Orphan_X 1-2
Diablo4747 1.5-1.5

Diablo4747 vs Dude128 0-1
Natakial2 vs Orphan_X 0.5-0.5

Orphan_X vs Diablo4747 0.5-0.5
Natakial2 vs Dude128 0.5-0.5

Dude128 vs Orphan_X 1-0
Diablo4747 vs Natakial2 1-0

The Bracket Phase

We start with the Consolation Bracket, the pairings were these

Amanlikekennyken vs Natakial2
Coolchesscat1 vs Orphan_X

Here are some games

Consolation Bracket Semi-Finals

Natakial wins the critical first game of a semi-final vs Amanlikekennyken

Orphan_X forfeited his match so @coolchesscat1 qualified to face @Natakial for the bracket victory.

Natakial2 Wins the consolation bracket with a Queen Sacrifice!

The Championship Bracket

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Four players qualified for the championship bracket

@Alexanderkoblents (3-0 in group A)
@Dude128 (2.5-0.5 in group B)
@Cumulus200 (2-1 in Group A)
@Diablo4747 (1.5-1.5 in Group B)

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Championship Bracket Semi-Finals

A good fight against @Cumulus200 that guided me towards a match win.

@Diablo4747 wins in a massive comeback against @AlexanderKoblents

The Brilliant Game for the Title

After the first game was a wonky draw, I played @Diablo4747 in a winner-takes-all game. He navigated the endgame perfectly and won the event!

Post-Event Statistics

85.080125% Average accuracy for the tournament

Average accuracy and scoreline by the player

1st Diablo4747 89.428% 5-2
5th Natakial2 88.111% 4-3
7th Amanlikekennyken 87.711% 2-5
2nd Dude128 86.713% 4.5-2.5
T-3rd Cumulus200 86.4 % 2.5-2.5
T-3rd AlexanderKoblents 86.196% 3-2
8th Orphan_X 83.75% 2-2 *forfeited
6th Coolchesscat1 79.633% 1-6

Congratulations to Diablo4747 for winning the tournament!

My next event is a Multi-Stage event with a swiss and a knockout, I will continue to host events on Team LFT Anyone who finds my events interesting should message me, Dude128