Grant Szuveges

Michael Baron has won Allegro 55 with a perfect score of 7/7. Good to see 23 players still playing despite both the Ballarat weekender and a diplomacy tournament on at the same time. I dont know a lot about this event because I was playing diplomacy in the next room, so I cant give much of a report! Anyway, here are the final standings...

7/7 Michael BARON
6 Brian FITZPATRICK
5 Chris KOLAK
4.5 Jurgen PRATSCH
4.5 Tony TOSEVSKI
4.5 Faris SCHFREDRIM
4 Simon SCHMIDT
4 James MACAULAY
4 Ruben NOWAK
3.5 Milutin KRUNIC
3.5 Frank LEKKAS
3.5 Steph TAYLOR
3.5 Jack HUGHES
3 Endre SIMON
3 Jono ROBERTS
3 Bosko TOSEVSKI
3 Russel JARVIS
3 Elizabeth WARREN
3 Sohith SINGAMSETTI
2.5 Ben FRAYLE
2.5 Tristan RAYSON - HILL
1.5 Damien FEAIN
1 Sreemanth GURRAM

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Sherbakova Sveta who is she?

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Leonid , Leonid , Leonid ,.... 19 posts since april 2008 , and you come on and post that ?!?


Leonid ,...... it's Axiom here , ....please lift your game !

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Apparently she was a regular at MCC 20 years ago, making her return to the board on Saturday

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IM James Morris has won the Saturday Allegro outright for the second week in a row! James won all of his games except for his draw in round 5 with Michael Baron. Dimitri Partsi jumped into second by beating Baron in the final round, while Baron, Chris Kolak and Eden McGorlick shared third. Finley Dale had the tournament of his life, scoring 4 points with 2 of his wins coming against 1700+ players and the other 2 against 1400+ players. Juniors are usually notorious for finishing games quickly (and usually losing) but today there were many juniors winning their games very quickly - against adults!

6.5/7 James MORRIS (IM)
5.5 Dimitri PARTSI
5 Michael BARON (FM)
5 Chris KOLAK
5 Eden McGORLICK
4 Ari DALE
4 Tony TOSEVSKI
4 Frank LEKKAS
4 Deniz TUNCER
4 Simon SCHMIDT
4 Finley DALE
3.5 Endre SIMON
3.5 Ben FRAYLE
3.5 David STIMSON
3 Michael ADDAMO
3 Jack PUCCINI
3 Michael MOSS
3 Bosko TOSEVSKI
3 Ruben NOWAK
2.5 Nicholaas SCHROEDER
2 Tristan RAYSON - HILL
2 Elizabeth WARREN
1 Damien FEAIN

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IM James Morris has won the Saturday Allegro outright for the second week in a row!

Well J2G, I hope you got your answer now.
JM
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Over the past few years, our society has seen a huge rise in the number of people playing fantasy sport over the internet. In America, one can play fantasy baseball, fantasy football, fantasy hockey, fantasy basketball and a whole host of other games. Here in Victoria, we have fantasy football (AFL) with 2 very popular games - Supercoach and Dream Team. I can imagine that NSW and QLD have something similar with rugby league. In any case, myself, David Beaumont, Philip Dragic, Jake Kostrzewa, Kelvin McBride and 400,000 other people will begin our Supercoach seasons tomorrow night when Richmond plays Carlton. The winner will win $50,000 and a four wheel drive while weekly winners will win $1000 per week.... Players also get to play in a league with their friends for personally bragging rights. My team, "the Papagalos" won the premiership in 2008, however I lost last years grand final to Philip Dragic's team "The One Percenters". His team also won the 2007 premiership. David Beaumonts team, "The Firegoats" have not won a premiership yet, so maybe this is their year..... Ive played 4 years with the Papagalos, so this year my team has a new name: "The Berko Bunnys"! Hopefully I can win a premiership with the Berko Bunnys too!

You might be wondering by now, what this has to do with the MCC Allegro.... Well, Ive thought that since we play fantasy football, fantasy cricket, fantasy soccer etc, why not fantasy chess?

For those of you who dont play, here is a rough rundown of the rules:

You pick a team of footballers from real football teams. They all cost different amounts of money depending on how good they are. You also have a salary cap, so that you cant simply pick the best 30 players in the AFL. In the real games, when one of "your" players gets a kick or takes a mark, you get points, or if they stuff something up, you will lose some points. If they are fairly cheap and they keep playing well for a number of weeks in a row, their price will rise. For example, Player X starts at $130,000 (a low price) but he plays 7 great games in his first 8 rounds and by round 8, he costs $445,000. Therefore, if someone wants to buy him in round 8, they will have to pay a lot more for him. Throughout the year, you can trade 20 players, so at round 8, you can trade player X (at $445,000) for Player Z, a genuine superstar who is usually priced at $600,000 but has had some bad weeks and is down at $440,000. I think that you are starting to get the idea.....

So, how do we do this with chess? Well, we need to find an equivelent to the prices - and that equivelent is the ratings. But, for this game, we need ratings which change EVERY WEEK - therefore, the most suitable are the MCC Allegro ratings. They change EVERY TIME a player plays an allegro, and therefore, would work perfectly for a game like this....

The next thing we need to work out is how the players give you a score - since they dont take marks and kick goals. Well, that is easy. We use their score from the allegro. Eg, if Michael Baron scores 6 points, then you will gain 6 points, if you "own" Michael Baron. If he scores 5 points, as he did last time, you will only score 5....

So, I propose that you get to pick a team of 10 players at the start of the year, and every week, your best 7 scores count. Obviously we dont want all 10 to count, because not all players play allegro every week. Therefore if 3 of your players dont play one week, you still have 7 left to score for you. The player costs exactly what their rating is, and the salary cap is $150,000 - meaning that, if you use all of the money in your salary cap, the average cost of a player will be $1500 (1500 rating).

OK, if this was the case, then my team (based on last weeks ratings) would be as follows:

1. Michael BARON 2244 (398 games) (55 allegros)
The rolls royce of the competition! Baron has played in 55 of the 56 allegros, so he will score points for you every week - and lots of them! I cant ever remember him scoring less than 5 points, and he often gets 6 or 7! You can build a team around him. The only problem, is that he is very expensive at $2244...

2. James MORRIS 2189 (47 games) (6 allegros)
The heir apparent. Also very expensive and probably riskier since he doesnt play every single week (no use having all that money sitting on the bench). But, I reckon he will be playing a lot more this year, so I think he is worth the punt, and when he does play, he scores big - very big!

3. Chris KOLAK 1928 (354 games) (49 allegros)
Chris plays most allegros and usually scores between 4 and 6 points. He is very good at beating weaker players and therefore almost never scores less than 4. He is also a player capable of beating the big guns, so he will always have the odd week where he scores 6 or 7. This could make a difference...

4. Tony TOSEVSKI 1706 (392 games) (55 allegros)
Along with Baron, the player who has played the most allegros (he has less games because he has had some byes which Baron hasnt had). $1706 is expensive for Tony since his rating fluctuates between 1600 and 1700 usually, but he is fairly consistant with his scores and he virtually always plays... He would be better value at $1620 for example...

5. Ben FRAYLE 1356 (48 games) (7 allegros)
Here is where having some inside information helps. On the surface, it doesnt look like Ben is a good bet as he has only played 7 allegros, BUT, he has played the past 5 or 6 of them! And he recently joined the MCC, specifically to play in them! Therefore, I think that he will be playing regularly and will get me points every week. The other thing I know about Ben, is that he is playing on the net a lot and improving rapidly. He always seems to beat someone higher rated than him and thus his rating is going up. If it goes up high enough, I could trade him in for someone more consistant who has had a few bad weeks (sorry Ben!).

6. Finley DALE 1338 (160 games) (23 allegros)
A rapidly improving junior who is gaining a lot of rating points every week. Buy him now while his rating/price is still fairly low. When he gets to 1500, he could be traded - or you could stick with him, because he is always getting better! He beat 2 players over 1700 last week!

7. Eden McGORLICK 1315 (7 games) (1 allegro)
I would pick Eden because I believe that his rating is too low. In hindsight it actually went up by 85 points after this week! This was because he scored 5/7! Any player rated 1300 who scores 5/7 is worth having in the team! But, he wont stay cheap for long! He has the low rating I think, because in his first allegro, he beat some unrated players and lost to some highly rated others.

8. Nicholaas SCHROEDER 1052 (107 games) (16 allegros)
Nic doesnt play in as many allegros as a lot of other kids, but when he does play, he usually gains rating points, so he is a good one to buy while he is cheap, and keep him until his rating skyrockets. His rating started out at 700, so I dont see what is stopping him getting to 1300.... That is a gain of $300...

9. Max SIMPSON 886 (9 games) (2 allegros)
Hasnt played many games, but is very cheap - and I know for a fact that he has recently joined MCC..... This means that he may be playing more allegros soon.... He is a junior, and is rapidly improving, so by taking him while he is cheap, we could have a very good player on our hands by the end of the year.

10. Geoffrey KOLAK 876 (52 games) (8 allegros)
Chris' brother Geoffrey is very cheap and he does play reasonably often. His rating doesnt tend to fluctuate much, but he can score 3 points sometimes. Thats what most players rated 1200 score, so surely Geoffrey is a better bet, since you save a few hundred dollars to get the same amount of points. That said, he sometimes only scores 1 or 2 points. But, that is the risk you take....

If this game was a reality, and I did have this team playing last week, I would have scored the following:

5 Baron
6.5 Morris
5 Kolak
4 Tosevski
3.5 Frayle
4 Dale
5 McGorlick
2.5 Schroeder
0 Simpson (didnt play)
0 G. Kolak (didnt play)

Total: 35.5 points (a pretty good score)

How much would their costs have changed in a week? Well Ive just updated the MCC allegro ratings, and this is what they would cost this week:

Baron $2244 -11 $2233
Morris $2189 +15 $2204
C. Kolak $1928 +12 $1940
Tosevski $1706 -5 $1701
Frayle $1356 +9 $1365
Dale $1338 +59 $1397
McGorlick $1315 +85 $1400
Schroeder $1052 +19 $1071
Simpson $886 - $886
G. Kolak $876 - $876

So, based on this, my team would be on track to do very well - but that said, I picked this team after knowing last weeks scores..... Lets see how this exact same team does again this week.....

Hopefully someone will be able to create a game like this based on the MCC allegro and we can all play it together. What do others think?

All I can say now, is that the best advice would be to pick yourself in your own team - and play in all of MCCs allegros - that way, your teams destiny truly is in YOUR own hands!

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Fabulous post Grant!

2 Thumbs up from me!

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Jaydon

Brilliant idea, i'd be keen for that! Too bad I couldn't play in it though

Grant Szuveges

why couldnt you play? It would be played over the internet. I was just chatting to one of Melbournes IMs on facebook and he is currently doing his team as we speak.... This could be massive...

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Nah I'd do that for sure if it gets going!! I meant the actual allegro.
And brilliant thinking !!
I'd have to have HBK in my team so I can give motivational talks and bag him if he went crap

Grant Szuveges

Here are the brand new allegro ratings (updated today since last allegro). Pick your teams for Fantasy Allegro! Who are the best value players?

MELBOURNE CHESS CLUB

ALLEGRO RATINGS

Updated after Allegro 57, 19-3-10

NAME RATING GAMES ALLEGROS
ADDAMO, Michael 1643 60 8
ANTOLIS, Cedric 2093 7 1
ANTON, Sara 1545 52 8
BARON, Michael (FM) 2233 405 56
BEAUMONT, Archie 414 13 2
BEAUMONT, David 1905 91 13
BEAUMONT, Fitzroy 1062 7 1
BEVAN, Tremayne 947 7 1
BOYLE, Sam 730 18 3
BRAND, David 1633 7 1
BRKJLAC, Milan 1728 65 10
CANNON, David 1388 6 1
CAVEZZA, Paul 1278 44 6
CHMIEL, Rad 1706 54 8
CHOWDHURY, Mahmud 1696 8 1
CONYERS, Garry 1465 15 2
DALE, Ari 1703 210 29
DALE, Finley 1397 167 24
D’ONOFRIO, Rodolfo 1427 13 1
DE MAUPEOU, Alban 1276 7 1
DOWARD, Justin 1550 13 2
DOWLING, John 1995 7 1
DRAGICEVIC, Domagoi 2048 27 3
FEAIN, Damien 1073 16 3
FITZGERALD, Bruce 510 7 1
FITZPATRICK, Brian 1968 140 20
FLETCHER, Andrew 1735 36 5
FRAYLE, Ben 1365 55 8
GARNER, David 2169 7 1
GAWIN, Izabella 1319 7 1
GAWIN, Sebastian 1313 14 2
GAWIN, Thomas 1259 21 3
GHAFOURI, Khosrou 1623 7 1
GILLESPIE, Gary 1650 6 1
GIRGIN, Baris 1027 7 1
GIRGIN, Ege 1108 7 1
GORKA, Carl 2040 31 4
GRGUREVIC, Peter 978 6 1
GURRAM, Sreemanth 839 159 25
HACCHE, David 2027 7 1
HAJDU, Gabor 1146 7 1
HAJDU, John 1040 7 1
HANSON, Tom 938 7 1
HARRIS, Anthony 1357 109 16
HAYMAN, Adam 1331 12 1
HAYMAN, Kevin 960 11 1
HENRY, Alistair 1355 8 1
HICKS, Andy 1487 7 1
HORNUNG, Brook 1157 7 1
HOSE, Shaun 1591 84 12
HUGHES, Jack 1107 77 12
ILIC, Goran 1606 21 3
ILIC, Milan 1693 16 2
JAFFRY, Syed 1432 4 1
JAGER, Jesse 2090 49 7
JARVIS, Russel 1010 13 2
JOSE, Wilfrado 1367 6 1
KAPLAN, Alex 1568 28 4
KARA, Barbaros 1653 17 2
KARUMBI, Simon 1609 215 31
KISHINEVSKI, Efim 1508 7 1
KOLAK, Chris 1940 361 50
KOLAK, Geoffrey 876 52 8
KOSTRZEWA, Jake 1472 52 8
KRON, Borris 2002 7 1
KRUNIC, Milutin 1714 285 40
LAKSHMAN, Vinay 1400 6 1
LEE, Kam 1574 21 3
LEKKAS, Adolph 1446 62 9
LEKKAS, Frank 1674 259 37
LINDBERG, Douglas 1953 118 17
LINDBERG, Eric 1327 34 5
LOUIS, Andrew 1324 6 1
MACAULAY, Alistair 1098 78 12
MACAULAY, James 1411 192 34
MARTIN, Jamie 1591 7 1
MARTINEZ, Octavio 1717 13 1
MARTINI, Martin 1275 7 1
MATHESON, Laurence 1967 33 4
McBRIDE, Kelvin 1864 20 3
McCART, Roger 1588 14 2
McCUSKER, Brendan 1076 6 1
McFUDD, 623 4 1
McGAULEY, Will 907 7 1
McGORLICK, Eden 1400 14 2
MIJATOVIC, Bosko 1743 64 9
MORRIS, James (IM) 2204 54 7
MOSS, Michael 1394 13 2
MULLEN, Chris 1101 7 1
MURPHY, Ray 877 6 1
NOWAK, Ruben 1283 47 7
O-MOLLOY, Eamonn 1507 77 11
PARTSI, Dimitri 1994 49 7
PEARCE, Eric 1342 6 1
PECORI, Ascaro 1925 82 13
PECORI, Karem 400 19 3
PECORI, Rafael 998 52 8
PELLIKKA, Pekka 1624 21 3
PRATSCH, Jurgen 1780 21 3
PUCCINI, Jack 1414 208 29
RAINE, Marcus 1871 45 6
RAMADGE, Scott 918 6 1
RAYSOHILL, Tristan 1226 218 33
RENZIES, Elliot 1512 27 3
RHODEMORRIS, Ishan 1098 33 5
ROBERTS, Jono 1403 7 1
RODEK, Alexandra 642 3 1
RODEK, Tony 1177 3 1
ROSARIO, Amiel 1778 6 1
RUAN, Max 1092 74 11
RUAN, Sherrie 341 33 5
RUJEVIC, Mirko (IM) 2197 22 3
SCHEFREDRIM, Faris 1679 6 1
SCHMIDT, Simon 1657 28 4
SCHROEDER, Nicholaas 1071 113 17
SCHWARCZ, Andy 1684 7 1
SCOPELLITI, Daniel 811 24 4
SCOPELLITI, Paul 1240 25 4
SELVAM, Jonathan 1679 7 1
SHANKS, Jack 1646 22 3
SHERBAKOVA, Sveta 1260 7 1
SIMON, Endre 1463 76 11
SIMPSON, Max 886 9 2
SIMPSON, Nick 1049 7 1
SIMUTANYI, Kozo 1759 64 9
SINGAMSETTI, Sohith 1029 129 20
SIPPENAUER, Florian 1800 7 1
SKOLNIK, Michael 1291 46 6
SMIRNOV, Vladimir (FM) 2331 7 1
STEELE, Michael 1299 26 4
STIMSON, David 1440 117 17
STONE, Ian 1767 77 11
SUMARGO, Julianto 1464 8 1
TAN, Daniel 1655 14 2
TAN, Justin 1916 28 4
TAN, Kai 1509 6 1
TANNER, Michael 1498 68 10
TAYLOR, Steph 1504 7 1
TOSEVSKI, Bosko 1373 180 26
TOSEVSKI, Tony 1701 399 56
TROTT, Tim 1578 7 1
TSOUKALAS, Angelos 1692 33 5
TUGLACI, Sherif 1649 7 1
TUNCER, Deniz 1647 103 14
URBAN, Sylvester 1892 46 6
VAN ZYL SMIT, Alexander 726 34 5
VAN ZYL SMIT, Daniela 1076 14 2
VAN ZYL SMIT, Michael 675 27 4
VAN ZYL SMIT, Rion 859 14 2
VOON, Richard 1835 7 1
WALLIS, Chris 2098 13 1
WALLMEULLER, Joerg 1683 5 1
WARREN, Elizabeth 1190 252 37
WARREN, Nicolas 1215 6 1
WATSON, Joshua 698 25 4
WATSON, Mark 995 19 3
WERTHEIM, Steve 1576 68 10
WIATR, David 1555 14 2
WILDES, John 1451 124 18
WOLF, Peter 1761 21 3
WONG, Chloe 1136 7 1
WONG, Emmanual 999 12 2
WERTHEIM, Steve 1576 68 10
YIANNAKOU, Johnny 828 4 1
ZHAO, Isaac 880 11 2
ZUCCALA, Chris 1511 7 1

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You wish you could afford me

Grant, you took Tony tosevski over me? I'm very disappointed

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Yeah, that was probably an error on my behalf.... You are similar strength players but he costs a bit more. You are the up and coming player though, therefore you would be the better buy. Having said that, he has played in EVERY allegro except for one - but that said, you play virtually every week anyway.

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