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There have been reports of at least 30-40 players feeling unwell at the tournament. The word from the organisers is that this is a "light season virus" which should pass in a day or two with advice to rest and stay hydrated. They did extend board order submission by an hour today to allow captains to check which of their players were fit enough to play.
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I hope they're not coughing...
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What an opening move by Carlsen today. 1.e4 a6! And wins!
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Do we have a name for this? I don't think it qualifies at The St.George's as there's no b5 and fianchetto of the light squared bishop. Some sort of French defence deferred or something.
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Think so yes because a few moves after he sacced it, he resigned.Kevin Thurlow wrote: ↑Tue Oct 03, 2023 9:18 am"Definitely not a good idea to sac a knight when all you are left for back up for the queen is a bad bishop that isn't even in the game."
Possibly he reached a stage with which I am very familiar, "Groan, what do I do now? Oh let's try this."
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“Light season virus” is one interpretation. Others suspect the buffet risotto…LawrenceCooper wrote: ↑Tue Oct 03, 2023 2:12 pmThere have been reports of at least 30-40 players feeling unwell at the tournament. The word from the organisers is that this is a "light season virus" which should pass in a day or two with advice to rest and stay hydrated. They did extend board order submission by an hour today to allow captains to check which of their players were fit enough to play.
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It could be man flu.
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Women were affected too…
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It's a Tarrasch French by transposition - the position after move 4 can be reached by 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 a6 4.Ngf3.
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It looks more like a Sicilian to meIM Jack Rudd wrote: ↑Tue Oct 03, 2023 8:59 pmIt's a Tarrasch French by transposition - the position after move 4 can be reached by 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 a6 4.Ngf3.
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nf3 Qc7 7. O-O Nf6 8. Nbd2 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Qe2 Nc6
In any event its not good to let your centre disintegrate, especially against the French by transposition, white's opening play looks rather passive.
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I haven't been posting results because so many players are ill the chess doesn't seem important. They can be viewed on chess-results:
https://chess-results.com/tnr775458.asp ... ES&flag=30 & https://chess-results.com/tnr774133.asp ... ES&flag=30
https://chess-results.com/tnr775458.asp ... ES&flag=30 & https://chess-results.com/tnr774133.asp ... ES&flag=30
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Oh dear. Sorry to hear so many players are unwell. There has been something viral circulating here (London, possibly the whole UK?) for the past few weeks, so maybe this is the same thing? (Anecdotally, people getting this, if it is the same thing and not just a seasonal variant of some virus or other, are typically testing negative for Covid, though not sure how meaningful that is.)
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I see Carlsen beat Keymer. Which means Carlsen's team (Offerspill) play Superchess in round 6 (with Anand on board 2 behind Richard Rapport).LawrenceCooper wrote: ↑Thu Oct 05, 2023 10:25 pmI haven't been posting results because so many players are ill the chess doesn't seem important. They can be viewed on chess-results:
https://chess-results.com/tnr775458.asp ... ES&flag=30 & https://chess-results.com/tnr774133.asp ... ES&flag=30
And Wood Green beat one Israeli team 4-2 and then lost by the same score to a stronger Israeli team.
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"fever, pukings& diarrhoea", apparently. Not for the first time either, it appears ( (filter the reviews on "poisoning").LawrenceCooper wrote: ↑Thu Oct 05, 2023 10:25 pmI haven't been posting results because so many players are ill.