And the winner is Tasshaq

gbtami 2021-03-28 16 views en

Subjective report on 1st Dōbutsu Tournament

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[The 1st Dobutsu Tournament](https://lichess.org/team/dobutsu-tournament-pychess) on Pychess is now completed! 
Initially, 16 players signed up for the tournament, but for several reasons, some withdrew, so the two group round-robin ended up with 6-6 players. The field was strong including two titled players [IM @Spinaltap](https://www.pychess.org/@/Spinaltap), [CM @alms](https://www.pychess.org/@/alms), one Dan level Shogi player [@Licetus](https://www.pychess.org/@/Licetus), the former leaderboard #1 [@abunickabhi](https://www.pychess.org/@/abunickabhi) and [three time lichess chess960 shield winner](https://lichess.org/tournament/shields/chess960) [@Tasshaq](https://www.pychess.org/@/Tasshaq).

<h3 align="center">Group Matches</h3>

The tournament started with a Licetus - Tasshaq match in **group A**. Licetus convincingly won 5.5-3.5. These two players seemed to be the strongest there, but [@CyberShredder](https://www.pychess.org/@/CyberShredder) tried to keep up with them. Finally he lost to Tasshaq 6-0 and was not able to qualify for semi finals.

In **group B** IM Spinaltap was the clear favorite. The question was who can gain the second spot. Surprisingly [@Fynmorph](https://www.pychess.org/@/Fynmorph) was able to win against abunickabhi 6-3 and finally managed to overtake him by half a point in the overall standings. Spinaltap, as expected, lost just one point and made it to the semi-finals. Final Standings for the Group Matches, along with Crosstable and Pairings can be seen [here](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Z-4waGc1YPTPdujpjtqD9Zntcdw5dBKVBQfJDfw_8Fw/edit#gid=1870125762)

<h3 align="center">Semi Finals</h3>

In the first semifinal match, Licetus proved that strong Shogi skills count. He convincingly won against Fynmorph 6-1.

- https://www.pychess.org/tSzkCPpH 1-0
 - https://www.pychess.org/R3Xx9Jwb 0-1
 - https://www.pychess.org/uRKR8d7p 1-0
 - https://www.pychess.org/t4pEA469 1-0
 - https://www.pychess.org/Q2ZHOR7U 1-0
 - https://www.pychess.org/pO0uh3BU 1-0
 - https://www.pychess.org/V9j0ukqb 1-0

In the second semifinal match, we saw a huge surprise: IM Spinaltap lost to Tasshaq  3-6!

- https://www.pychess.org/Qh06kX9E 1-0
 - https://www.pychess.org/rdEqqAoi 0-1
 - https://www.pychess.org/xZgcqnvb 0-1
 - https://www.pychess.org/6MyC7KxM 0-1
 - https://www.pychess.org/COLqbEan 1-0
 - https://www.pychess.org/eamOiD5V 0-1
 - https://www.pychess.org/RfNWvxNh 1-0
 - https://www.pychess.org/U856jVPs 0-1
 - https://www.pychess.org/k3i55dE1 0-1

<h3 align="center">The Final</h3>

The day of the final arrived and we were all thrilled. Could Tasshaq take revenge on Licetus? And yes, he did! Licetus - Tasshaq 1.5-5.5

- https://www.pychess.org/onxBKAEL 1-0
 - https://www.pychess.org/dFgu4qmt 0-1
 - https://www.pychess.org/Z5Gkj5MB 0-1
 - https://www.pychess.org/Zy1qVd6D 0-1
 - https://www.pychess.org/onmOdKgp 1/2
 - https://www.pychess.org/P9YNfxfo 0-1
 - https://www.pychess.org/6zEfIJoo 0-1

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<p align="center"> Huge thx to Tasshaq for organizing The 1st Dōbutsu Tournament on PyChess!</p> <br> <br>

And the winner is Tasshaq

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