~SW Vs. Forum Chess Tournament~

It is a time of peace in the galaxy and chess has become the newest craze. Master strategists from many planets are competing in the Coruscant Chess Tournament.

Participants:

Revan
Thrawn
Sidious
Akbar
Keeramak
Cassus Fett
Oppo Rancisis
Darth Vader
Jan Dodonna
Zsinj
Grievous
Sev'rance Tann
Yoda
Demtrius Zaarin
Count Dooku
Traya

In a random draw, the following matches have been decided for Round 1

Match 1-

Revan vs. Demetrius Zaarin

Match 2-

Zsinj vs. Yoda

Match 3-

Count Dooku vs. Darth Vader

Match 4-

Traya vs. Akbar

Match 5-

Grievous vs. Jan Dodonna

Match 6-

Sidious vs. Oppo Rancisis

Match 7-

Thrawn vs. Keeramak

Match 8-

Cassus Fett vs. Sev'rance Tann

Please name the winner, so we can proceed to Round 2.

1. Revan.
2. Yoda.
3. Dooku.
4. Traya.
5. Grievous.
6. Sidious.
7. Thrawn.
8. Tann.

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Zarrin did stalemate thrawn so i am leaning to him.
Zsinj scince yoda is no commander.
Vader easily.
Acbar no doubt.
leaning to GG.
they both suck but i put sidious.
Thrawn no doubt.
Fett i think.

Originally posted by Null ARC Avis
Zarrin did stalemate thrawn so i am leaning to him.

When did Zaarin do that?

His plans to install himself as dictator foiled, Zaarin retreated to the Outer Rim, where he stalemated Thrawn. Finally, his technophilia proved to be his undoing, as he could not resist stealing the modified cloak-capable corvette Vorknkx. Unbeknownst to Zaarin, Thrawn had allowed him to capture the corvette as part of his scheme, knowing that the hyperdrive became unstable when the cloaking device was activated. Following a defeat by Thrawn, Zaarin attempted to flee into hyperspace with the corvette, ignorant of the dangers. When the hyperdrive was engaged, it exploded, destroying the ship and killing Zaarin instantly.

wookiepedia (SP?)

That did happen, but on two occasions Thrawn beat Zaarin.

1.) In that same event, it does say "following a defeat by Thrawn", and that does happen. After awhile, Thrawn did outsmart Zaarin, thus proving he is the superior by destroying Zaarin ship after tricking him. So, Thrawn is obviously the superior. Zaarin had Thrawn stalemated for awhile, but ultimately lost. Just like a game of chess, hey.

2.) Thrawn did force Zaarin to retreat in another instance in TIE: Fighter.

In any case, here's the winner of this tournament: Thrawn. He wins.

Originally posted by Adas
1. Revan.
2. Yoda.
3. Dooku.
4. Traya.
5. Grievous.
6. Sidious.
7. Thrawn.
8. Tann.

Match 1: Revan after a long game.

Match 2: Zsinj.

Match 3: Count Dooku (just a guess).

Match 4: Ackbar with ease.

Match 5: Grievous.

Match 6: Oppo sucks. Sidious.

Match 7: The soon-to-be winner of the tournament, Grand Admiral Thrawn wins.

Match 8: Probably Sev'rance.

Thrawn wins the tournament.

No, Dooku wins the tournament. Out of all the contestants he strikes me as the only chess player - probably having top of the range, gold pieces. However GG could just use his robotically enhanced brain and come up with strategies that are 8-9 turns long...

Couldn't Thrawn predict the outcome of a battle 10 YEARS before it happens?

Revan could do something like that, dunno about Thrawn. Dooku loses, Grievous maybe wins, Revan maybe wins(I think final will be GG vs. Revan, though Sidious could plan 10000 years in advance to throw them both into a Black Hole)

Yeah, somehow Grievous and Revan are candidates for winners, but the best strategist in galactic history isn't, lol. Thrawn > Revan in tactics. Thrawn is more intelligent, and well rounded than anybody in this competition. He basically is an ethnologist. Or his studies seem fully devoted on it. He's able to outsmart opponents simply based on their species. For example, he deployed one plan that the opponent could not calculate due simply to their species.

Quinlan it would come down to Revan versus Thrawn.

Who would win... I cannot say.

They both possessed tremendous foresight. They were both genious tacticians.

Match 1: Revan vs. Demetrius Zaarin

Zaarin did stalemate Thrawn for a while. A long while. It wasn't an easy battle for either opponent. He was also skilled enough to have the Emperor abducted. We hear of Revan's brilliance often, but I'm not aware of any specifics. And given that Thrawn > Revan by a bit, I'm inclined to say that it could go either way, but I'm leaning towards Zaarin, actually.

Match 2: Zsinj vs. Yoda

Yoda is sheer pwnage - but Zsinj was a big pain in the ass for the New Republic - and retook a quarter of the galaxy by himself. Zsinj is Yoda's tactical superior by a mile, but I think that perhaps Yoda's incredible wisdom and foresight may help.

Match 3: Count Dooku vs. Darth Vader

Eh. Count Dooku is the arrogant chess-playing type, but then again, he was only a pawn in the end (lol). Then again, so was Vader. But, Vader has shown extreme skill in tactics. He was the supreme commander of the Imperial Starfleet. He takes this.

Match 4: Traya vs. Ackbar

As with the case with Yoda vs. Zsinj, Ackbar is Traya's tactical superior by about two miles, but Traya is an extremely superb manipulator and possesses amazing foresight. Perhaps this, as with Yoda and Palpatine, would be an advantage?

Match 5: Grievous vs. Jan Dodonna

Both are skilled tactitions, but I'm leaning more with the coolest tactition (outside Thrawn) in the SW universe, Grievous, due to his skills shown during the Clone Wars.

Match 6: Sidious vs. Oppo Rancisis

Rancisis was heralded (in Cloak of Deception) for his tactical skills, and Sidious left the military tactics to his underlings. However, he is the greatest manipulator in Star Wars, and also possesses great foresight. Perhaps this would help him, as with Yoda and Traya.

Match 7: Thrawn vs. Keeramak

I echo Advent. Thrawn WTFpwns this tournament.

Match 8: Cassus Fett vs. Sev'rance Tann

Tann. Dooku let her be in charge for a reason.

Originally posted by zephiel7
Quinlan it would come down to Revan versus Thrawn.

Who would win... I cannot say.

They both possessed tremendous foresight. They were both genious tacticians.

Hate to tell you, son, but you are putting too much stock in Revan. Revan was a tactical genius, true. But, then again, so was Thrawn, Grievous, Ackbar, Rancisis, Zsinj, and Zaarin.

Why is Revan necessarily greater than all those but Thrawn? I'd say that Ackbar, Zaarin, and Zsinj are on par with Revan, easily, and that he'd have a hard time against Grievous.

But Thrawn owns them all.

Match 1: Revan

Match 2: Yoda

Match 3: Count Dooku

Match 4: Ackbar

Match 5: Grievous.

Match 6: Sidious.

Match 7: Thrawn

Match 8: Sev'rance.

Originally posted by Escape81
Match 3: Count Dooku vs. Darth Vader

Eh. Count Dooku is the arrogant chess-playing type, but then again, he was only a pawn in the end (lol). Then again, so was Vader. But, Vader has shown extreme skill in tactics. He was the supreme commander of the Imperial Starfleet. He takes this.

I disagree. They were both pawns. However Vader is more of the brute force, guns blazing type of guy. He doesnt have the patience or discipline required to successfully play an intricate game of chess against the Count. Dooku however is an extremely smart man in his own right. He convinced many thousands of worlds to leave the Republic and single handedly created the nearly unstoppable force that was the CIS. He is also a politician (doesnt hold much weight but I decided to add it anyway lol). Last but not least he is a very skilled Dun Moch practicioner. We know the effect his words have on Vaders concentration. So basically every time Vader makes a move he will be met with "Surely you can do better". Vaders concentration will be wrecked by the 3rd turn max.