Reykjavik Open 6-13 March 2012
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Reykjavik Open 6-13 March 2012
Boards 1-4: http://live.chess.is/2012/RvikOpen2012/r1/tfd.htm (includes Navara-Goodger)
Boards 5-8: http://live2.chess.is/2012/RvikOpen2012/r1/tfd.htm (includes Jones-Doell)
Boards 5-8: http://live2.chess.is/2012/RvikOpen2012/r1/tfd.htm (includes Jones-Doell)
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Re: Reykjavik Open 6-13 March 2012
Three English players on the live boards today (15:00 hrs start):
Sokolov-Williams
Stefan Kristjansson-Jones
Hunt-Hou Yifan
Sokolov-Williams
Stefan Kristjansson-Jones
Hunt-Hou Yifan
Re: Reykjavik Open 6-13 March 2012
Gawain Jones on Twitter wrote:On 4/4 in Reykjavik after a really crazy game yesterday. Today top board and White against Caruana. Interesting to play someone in top 10
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Re: Reykjavik Open 6-13 March 2012
That's a great result! How many rounds is the tournament? (oh, hang on, he's playing Caruana today, I misread that and thought Gawain had beaten him).Paul Cooksey wrote:Gawain Jones on Twitter wrote:On 4/4 in Reykjavik after a really crazy game yesterday. Today top board and White against Caruana. Interesting to play someone in top 10
Re: Reykjavik Open 6-13 March 2012
http://live.chess.is/2012/RvikOpen2012/r5/tfd.htm(including Jones-Caruana) webcam
http://live2.chess.is/2012/RvikOpen2012/r5/tfd.htm (including Williams-Thorhallsson)
Caruana responded very solidly to Gawain's g3 anti-sicilian - I can't decide if I think the resulting IQP is a little better for white or equal
http://live2.chess.is/2012/RvikOpen2012/r5/tfd.htm (including Williams-Thorhallsson)
Caruana responded very solidly to Gawain's g3 anti-sicilian - I can't decide if I think the resulting IQP is a little better for white or equal
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Re: Reykjavik Open 6-13 March 2012
Definitely some edge for White now and Simon also looks to be doing wellPaul Cooksey wrote: Caruana responded very solidly to Gawain's g3 anti-sicilian - I can't decide if I think the resulting IQP is a little better for white or equal
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Re: Reykjavik Open 6-13 March 2012
Round 6 is currently in progress with Gawain on 4.5/5 playing on board 4 and Adam Hunt (4/5) is playing on board 8
Re: Reykjavik Open 6-13 March 2012
Is there any chance of Adam getting his third and final GM norm from this tournament? I couldn't find any information on the official website about what category the tournament is or what scores are needed for norms.LawrenceCooper wrote:Round 6 is currently in progress with Gawain on 4.5/5 playing on board 4 and Adam Hunt (4/5) is playing on board 8
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Re: Reykjavik Open 6-13 March 2012
He currently has 4.5/6 against an average of 2345 (one player rounded up to 2200) so he needs to have played an average of at least 2380 for a score of 7/9 to suffice and he needs to play two more titled players (incl one GM). So 2.5/3 against an average of 2.5/3 or 2/3 against an average of 2612 roughly.Jon D'Souza-Eva wrote:Is there any chance of Adam getting his third and final GM norm from this tournament? I couldn't find any information on the official website about what category the tournament is or what scores are needed for norms.LawrenceCooper wrote:Round 6 is currently in progress with Gawain on 4.5/5 playing on board 4 and Adam Hunt (4/5) is playing on board 8
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Re: Reykjavik Open 6-13 March 2012
I'm really looking forward to 13:00, Hou is playing Caruana if she takes him, it will be another very high scalp she will have taken, currently Caruana is number 7 in the live rankings.
Experience tells that the last day of tournaments usually has lots of draws, so they will probably draw, but after the way she demolished Shirov who knows?
According to http://www.chessgames.com Caruana has beaten Hou 3 times, with 2 draws. The last time they played was last June in India with a win to Caruana, but after her triumph at Gibraltar who knows?
If Hou became world champ, more women would play and would teach their sons to play and hopefully our species will fight each other using our minds instead of metaphorically using our fists.
Experience tells that the last day of tournaments usually has lots of draws, so they will probably draw, but after the way she demolished Shirov who knows?
According to http://www.chessgames.com Caruana has beaten Hou 3 times, with 2 draws. The last time they played was last June in India with a win to Caruana, but after her triumph at Gibraltar who knows?
If Hou became world champ, more women would play and would teach their sons to play and hopefully our species will fight each other using our minds instead of metaphorically using our fists.
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Re: Reykjavik Open 6-13 March 2012
http://live2.chess.is/2012/RvikOpen2012/r9/tfd.htm
Gawain Jones and Simon Williams are both white in the last round whilst Adam Hunt plays black. All three are on live at the above link.
Gawain Jones and Simon Williams are both white in the last round whilst Adam Hunt plays black. All three are on live at the above link.
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Re: Reykjavik Open 6-13 March 2012
I'm guessing from the round 7 loss and the average rating of his opponents, that even a win for Adam Hunt won't be enough for a GM norm, or is there still a chance?LawrenceCooper wrote:http://live2.chess.is/2012/RvikOpen2012/r9/tfd.htm
Gawain Jones and Simon Williams are both white in the last round whilst Adam Hunt plays black. All three are on live at the above link.
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Re: Reykjavik Open 6-13 March 2012
That's correct. He needed 2.5/3 so the loss in round seven put him out of contention. Having two norms though the rating points are very important to him so I hope he can have a good result to finish with.Christopher Kreuzer wrote:I'm guessing from the round 7 loss and the average rating of his opponents, that even a win for Adam Hunt won't be enough for a GM norm, or is there still a chance?LawrenceCooper wrote:http://live2.chess.is/2012/RvikOpen2012/r9/tfd.htm
Gawain Jones and Simon Williams are both white in the last round whilst Adam Hunt plays black. All three are on live at the above link.