Round 1 games:
Jay vs Kenku (0-1)
Jay vs mathgrant (0-1)
Jay vs Nacyl (0-1)
Jay vs Trask (1-0)
Kenku vs Jay (0-1)
Kenku vs mathgrant (0-1)
Kenku vs Nacyl (1-0)
Kenku vs Trask (1-0)
mathgrant vs Jay (1-0)
mathgrant vs Kenku (1-0)
mathgrant vs Nacyl (1-0)
mathgrant vs Trask (1-0)
Nacyl vs Jay (1-0)
Nacyl vs Kenku (0-1)
Nacyl vs mathgrant (0-1)
Nacyl vs Trask (1-0)
Trask vs Jay (0-1)
Trask vs Kenku (0-1)
Trask vs mathgrant (0-1)
Trask vs Nacyl (0-1)
Round 1 scores:
mathgrant (8-0)
Kenku (5-3)
Nacyl (4-4)
Jay (3-5)
Trask (0-8)
Unfortunately, Trask, as the number 5 seed, has been eliminated from the tournament. He says he had a blast, at least.
The match-ups for the semi-finals are as follows:
Jay vs mathgrant
Nacyl vs Kenku
These pairs of players should play best 5 out of 9 matches with the settings 30 minutes + 0 sec/move, 4x4x4 board, 4 in a row. For the first game of each match and every second game thereafter, the players whose names are in bold should start with the orange color, meaning they go second; for the second game and every second game after that, the players whose names are in bold should start with the brown color. (If you play a bunch of games in a row without getting up from your virtual seats, you will automatically be switched after every game.)
Don't forget that the orange player can swap colors after the first move! This gives the orange player a hypothetical advantage, because if the brown player makes a strong opening move, orange can steal that move; in practice, it generally forces the first player to make a move where it's as unclear as possible which color has an advantage.
