OtterFan Club's Chess Tournament 01

OtterFan Club's Chess Tournament #1 was a Chess tournament hosted by OtterFan48 on his Discord Server, OtterFan Club. It was won by Rio Kastle.

The tournament was organized as a best-of-one elimination tournament where each of the participants faced against opponents one at a time in rounds. If a participant won, they progressed to the next round. If a participant lost, they would be eliminated though still welcome to spectate future matches. In the event of a draw, the two participants would play again until someone won. The losers of the two semi-finals would play in a third-place play-off before the Final.

OtterFan48 made it clear than non-participants could also watch the matches because some members of the server were a little frustrated that they missed out on entering the tournament.

There were a few controversial moments during the tournament, like House Assistance and a player being banned for hacking in the middle of the tournament.

## Round 1

There were 8 scheduled matches in Round 1 (as there are 16 participants):

* Table 1: Bravely Awesome v OtterFan84. Bravely Awesome won via Checkmate
* Table 2: Lucina v Leo the Signer. Lucina won via Checkmate
* Table 3: Raz v Hinny Shipper. Hinny Shipper won via Resignation
* Table 4: OtterFan48 v Rio Kastle. Rio Kastle won via Checkmate
* Table 5: Azura v Bunker Jonesy. Azura won via Checkmate
* Table 6: Hilda x Hilbert v I'm an Absol. I'm an Absol won via Checkmate
* Table 7: Doctor Slone v Luna the Signer. Doctor Slone won via Resignation
* Table 8: Líf and Thrasir v Bully from SM64. Bully from SM64 won via Resignation

Doctor Slone was banned for hacking on 15th May 2021. Despite the ban being revoked the next day, OtterFan48 disqualified her from the tournament. Therefore her place in Round 2 will be taken by Luna the Signer.

## Round 2

There were 4 scheduled matches in Round 2 between the winners of Round 1 {and Luna the Signer due to the banning and subsequent disqualification of Doctor Slone}:

* Table 1: Lucina v Bravely Awesome. Lucina won via Checkmate
* Table 2: Rio Kastle v Hinny Shipper. Rio Kastle won via Resignation
* Table 3: I'm an Absol v Azura. Azura won via Checkmate
* Table 4: Luna the Signer v Bully from SM64. Luna the Signer won via Resignation

## Round 3

There were 2 scheduled matches in Round 3 between the winners of Round 2:

* Table 1: Lucina v Rio Kastle. Rio Kastle won via Resignation
* Table 2: Azura v Luna the Signer. Azura won via Resignation

## Third Place Play-off

The losers of the matches in Round 3 played each other to determine who would finish in 3rd place and who would finish in 4th.

* Table 2: Lucina v Luna the Signer. Lucina won via accidental Resignation

Luna the Signer accidentally resigned whilst in a winning position, Lucina asked if Luna wanted a rematch, but she declined.

## Final

The winners of the matches in Round 3 played each other to determine who would finish in 1st place and who would finish 2nd.

* Table 1: Rio Kastle v Azura. Rio Kastle won via Checkmate

## Controversies

* During Round 1, several players complained to OtterFan48 that members of the Ravenclaw house were using external methods to assist each other. Suspicions were raised when *every single* member of Ravenclaw at the time (Doctor Slone was a member of Slytherin during this time so was not part of this) won their Round 1 match.
	+ OtterFan48, OtterFan84 and Scarlet investigated these rumours but found nothing untoward so took no action.
* Just after Doctor Slone (who was going by the name of Morshu) won their Round 1 match against Luna the Signer, she was banned by Rio Kastle and I'm an Absol for unproven hacking allegations. OtterFan48 overturned the ban the next day but disqualified Doctor Slone from the Tournament and elected Luna the Signer to take her place in Round 2.
* During Late 2021, it was discovered that the Chess Bot that OtterFan48 was using was undergoing maintenance. Since it had not been resolved by Early 2022, OtterFan48 was forced to kick the old Bot and add a new one. He eventually found a new one on 17th February 2022. *Most members, including OtterFan48, preferred the old Bot though*.