SchemingMind World Cup, 2004

This tournament was played between six 'national' teams during 2004.  The tournament was started before a formal team structure was introduced on the site and is unlikely to be repeated in this format, future tournaments are likely to take full advantage of the site's team system.

Because of the number of players wishing to take part from Argentina and the UK, two teams (A and B) were set up for each of these countries.  A USA team was created and a 'Rest of World' team for players from countries where there were not enough players to create a single team at the time the tournament was played.

A qualifying round was played, with two pools playing in a round robin format.  Two points were awarded for a win and one for a draw.  The final was contested between the two pool winners and a third place match was also played between the two runners up.

Each match was played on six boards (eight for the final), four for Standard Chess (six for the final) and two for Fischer Random Chess, with each board consisting of two games (colours reversed for the second game).

The results of the tournament were:

Winners: Argentina B

Runners up: Argentina A

Third Place: Rest of World

Pool A

Team Won Drawn Lost Points 
Argentina-B 4 (16) 
USA 1 (10½) 
UK-A 1 (9½) 

Match One

Board USA     Argentina-B 
SC 1 cleverman 0-1 1-0 calipo 
SC 2 dmichael 1-0 0-1 dinoladetto 
SC 3 Birdmove 1-0 1-0 alejandro83 
SC 4 surfnsuds 0-1 1-0 manso 
FRC1 nasmichael 0-1 ½-½ Vannesa 
FRC2 roscoe 1-0 1-0 IncitatoX 
      

Match Two

Board UK-A     USA 
SC 1 Austin 1-0 0-1 Zepphire 
SC 2 loco61 0-1 0-1 Birdmove 
SC 3 Harold 1-0 1-0 barryb 
SC 4 Craig 0-1 1-0 roscoe 
FRC1 Stephen 0-1 1-0 dmichael 
FRC2 Jim 1-0 0-1 cleverman 
  66  

Match Three

Board Argentina-B     UK-A 
SC 1 Vannesa 1-0 ½-½ Geomy 
SC 2 manso 0-1 0-1 loco61 
SC 3 Jorge Anibal DEKMAK 1-0 0-1 Jim 
SC 4 cm_nahu 1-0 0-1 Craig 
FRC1 IncitatoX 0-1 1-0 Austin 
FRC2 calipo 1-0 0-1 Harold 
   

Pool B

Team Won Drawn Lost Points 
Argentina-A 4 (15½) 
Rest of World 2 (11½) 
UK-B 0 (9) 

Match Four

Board Rest of World     UK-B 
SC 1 pinochet 0-1 0-1 alanwo 
SC 2 spoke 1-0 0-1 Starsailor 
SC 3 reptile 0-1 0-1 Brian Frew 
SC 4 master3001 1-0 0-1 Richard W 
FRC1 Philip 0-1 0-1 Mel 
FRC2 bucefalo 0-1 1-0 Gary 
  75 

Match Five

Board UK-B     Argentina-A 
SC 1 Richard W 0-1 1-0 aberbacha 
SC 2 alanwo ½-½ 1-0 ReyFeroz 
SC 3 tomlad 0-1 1-0 Hercules_Poirot 
SC 4 Brian Frew ½-½ 0-1 danielchess 
FRC1 Gary 1-0 0-1 Manu 
FRC2 Mel 0-1 1-0 palaciorep 
  48 

Match Six

Board Argentina-A     Rest of World 
SC 1 aberbacha 1-0 0-1 spoke 
SC 2 Oskyrain 1-0 0-1 nmutaka 
SC 3 palaciorep 0-1 1-0 master3001 
SC 4 Manu 0-1 1-0 bucefalo 
FRC1 ReyFeroz 1-0 0-1 pinochet 
FRC2 AndreaIsabel ½-½ 0-1 Philip 
    

Third Place Play Off

Runners up Pool A versus Runners up Pool B

Board USA     Rest of World 
SC 1 cleverman 0-1 1-0 master3001 
SC 2 dmichael 1-0 0-1 reptile 
SC 3 Tulkos 0-1 1-0 spoke 
SC 4 NimbleKnight 1-0 0-1 pinochet 
FRC1 roscoe 0-1 1-0 Philip 
FRC2 nasmichael 0-1 1-0 bucefalo 
  4  8   

Final

Winners Pool A versus Winners Pool B

Board Argentina-B     Argentina-A 
SC 1 Jorge Anibal DEKMAK 1-0 1-0 aberbacha 
SC 2 Vannesa ½-½ ½-½ ReyFeroz 
SC 3 calipo 0-1 ½-½ Oskyrain 
SC 4 dinoladetto 0-1 1-0 danielchess 
SC 5 manso ½-½ ½-½ Hercules_Poirot 
SC 6 alejandro83 1-0 0-1 AndreaIsabel 
FRC1 cm_nahu 1-0 0-1 Manu 
FRC2 IncitatoX 1-0 1-0 palaciorep 
     

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