Essex Rapid 2018
Reminder: Essex Rapid 2018
Sunday, 17 June 2018
Scout HQ, Paradise Road, Writtle CM1 3HW
Three sections, Six round swiss at Fischer20+10
The date is fast approaching. For details...
Reminder: Essex Rapid 2018
Sunday, 17 June 2018
Scout HQ, Paradise Road, Writtle CM1 3HW
Three sections, Six round swiss at Fischer20+10
The date is fast approaching. For details...
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29th NATO Championship 9 games Update
Cyprus Closed Championship 52 games Update
Greek Cup Team (Quarter Final) 4 games New
23rd Sharjah Rapid 8 games
23rd Sharjah Blitz 8 games
Attica...
Coming into the round Magnus Carlsen had more points than anyone else - 3.5 - but this was in part a function of his having played one more game than Wesley So. Carlsen had 3.5/6, So 3/5, and no one else had better than an even score.
Unfortunately, the last round of the 19th Karpov Poikovsky tournament turned out to be a dud as the games relevant to the fight for first both ended in short draws. Dmitry Jakovenko led Ian Nepomniachtchi and Boris Gelfand by half a point entering the round...
That about sums it up! Boris Gelfand beat the tournament punching bag, Victor Bologan (hopefully he will bounce back brilliantly before long; in this event he has gone .5/8 and lost 25 rating points)...
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A tip of the hat to John Cole and David McCarthy, both of whom let me know about this choice quote from Magnus Carlsen after round 5, speaking of his 12-game history with Wesley So: “To be honest, usually nothing happens in these games.
When Wesley So had his great streak in the second half of 2016 into early 2017, he surged to a clear #2 on the rating list and looked like the next challenger to Magnus Carlsen. Whenever someone has emerged like that as a seeming threat to the champion...
Through most of the tournament it has been a two-man race between Ian Nepomniachtchi and Dmitry Jakovenko, and for the first time in the tournament Jakovenko is the clear leader. Nepomniachtchi drew quickly with Black against Vladislav Kovalev...
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Cyprus Closed Championship 42 games Update
Greek Cup Team (Quarter Final) 4 games New
23rd Sharjah Rapid 8 games
23rd Sharjah Blitz 8 games
Attica Team Cup - (Final 4) 16 games
Thessaloniki...
It was a tough break for Ding Liren - literally - when he had a bicycle accident while riding with his father during the free day after round three. He fractured his hip and had to withdraw. That's very unfortunate for him, and I'm sure we're all united in wishing him a full and speedy recovery.
When we left off, Ian Nepomniachtchi and Dmitry Jakovenko were tied for first in the Karpov Poikovsky tournament, and they still are. They had 2.5/3, and have gone 2/3 since then, though in different ways.