@AndrewG any updates on finals?

@prismatic it might be too hard for me to run finals and play in them at the same time; thus the finals might end up being epicJames vs epic

Finals happening in sf soon!!!

@AndrewG it took 3 years 💀

Any update???

@Ibozz91 working on it...

Are the rules of gravity chess posted anywhere? I tried to play on your website, and I don't understand why gravity seems to sometimes take effect and other times doesn't.

@AnthonyPeterson it's like normal chess except the pieces fall after they move (pawns expected)

This is a really cool variant! But I'm a bit skeptical if Black can actually win if White plays 1. g3 and then Rg1-Rh1-Rg1... for eternity.

Actually, never mind - I can see how that could run into some problems now.

I'm specifically envisioning a setup like e5, b5, Bb4, a5, Qe7, Qc5c6, d6, Qd5, with Qxd2d5+ a crushing threat. Obviously I'm giving Black a ton of free moves, but the point is that White can't stall forever.

@Calibrate yeah more generally, as soon as black captures the pawn that the white king is standing on, it's kind of over for white

Updated game records: https://gravity-chess-tournament.andrew.gr

Any updates on resolution?

@Ibozz91 working on it

@AndrewG one problem is that matches are wimbledon-style, and you have to be ahead by two games to win, so Dyusha Gritsevskiy vs epic is taking longer than expected

@AndrewG My god, it’s still going. Would be funny if the “2022-23” tournament went into 2025

@Ibozz91 I think this market is close to the unfortunate record of "most past original resolution date on Manifold"

@AndrewG when is this market expected to resolve?

@MayMeta only the top 3 spots remain to be determined.

@AndrewG ...

@ElmerFudd it's taking forever :( will resolve as soon as it's done

@AndrewG Have you heard of the time the World Diplomacy Championship lasted until the start of the subsequent year's World Diplomacy Championship?

@MichaelWheatley hahaha oh no...

In the biggest upset of the tournament so far, epic (seeded 7th) has defeated Joe (seeded 2nd)! Epic will go on to face the winner of the record-long Michelle Hung-Derik K match.