Qatar Masters Open - strongest open ever held

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Leonard Barden
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Re: Qatar Masters Open - strongest open ever held

Post by Leonard Barden » Fri Nov 28, 2014 11:15 am

NickFaulks wrote:
Roger de Coverly wrote:
Kramnik got hit by an Evans' Gambit in round 1 and could only draw. He also only drew in round 2, in a game which turned bizarre very rapidly.
On move 11 in the second game, did he accidentally touch his king? If so, it was very sporting of his opponent to reply by doing the same.
11 Ke2 is Stockfish's second choice, judged only fractionally different from its first choice 11 Rb1.
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Christopher Kreuzer
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Re: Qatar Masters Open - strongest open ever held

Post by Christopher Kreuzer » Fri Nov 28, 2014 11:34 am

I'm glad Leonard pointed that out. I had that thought myself when playing through the game, mainly that O-O looked awful, so Ke2 might actually be the best available move. Still don't understand how they got to that position though...
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Nick Burrows
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Re: Qatar Masters Open - strongest open ever held

Post by Nick Burrows » Fri Nov 28, 2014 12:13 pm



This is the game Chithambaran - Saric from yesterday. Black has just played 19..Bh4. White responded with 20. f5!?!
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Re: Qatar Masters Open - strongest open ever held

Post by MartinCarpenter » Fri Nov 28, 2014 12:15 pm

Kramnik thought he'd have some fun :) It isn't an entirely unknown sort of thing to do.

Ke2 plain normal in context surely?
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Re: Qatar Masters Open - strongest open ever held

Post by Roger de Coverly » Fri Nov 28, 2014 12:19 pm

Christopher Kreuzer wrote: Still don't understand how they got to that position though...
At move 7. g4, they were following a game between Craig Hanley and Brett Addison from the 2001 Whitley Young Masters. I doubt it's ever been in any works of theory, but the idea of playing Bf8-e7-f6 against a b3 English/Reti has been seen before.
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Christopher Kreuzer
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Re: Qatar Masters Open - strongest open ever held

Post by Christopher Kreuzer » Fri Nov 28, 2014 12:20 pm

Nick Burrows wrote:

This is the game Chithambaran - Saric from yesterday. Black has just played 19..Bh4. White responded with 20. f5!?!
The g3 knight was left en prise for a further three moves. Black eventually won. Don't understand that game either... :(
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Barry Sandercock
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Re: Qatar Masters Open - strongest open ever held

Post by Barry Sandercock » Fri Nov 28, 2014 5:48 pm

Duda-Cheparinov still playing 107 moves. Q and P V.Q
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Re: Qatar Masters Open - strongest open ever held

Post by Barry Sandercock » Fri Nov 28, 2014 6:23 pm

Drawn on move 150.
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John Moore
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Re: Qatar Masters Open - strongest open ever held

Post by John Moore » Sat Nov 29, 2014 4:59 pm

Looks like a tough tournament - Bologan on 0.5 out of 4!
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Re: Qatar Masters Open - strongest open ever held

Post by John Moore » Sat Nov 29, 2014 5:01 pm

Just imagine Chris - you start with your expected 0-4 and then get an upfloat to Bologan.
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Re: Qatar Masters Open - strongest open ever held

Post by Mick Norris » Sun Nov 30, 2014 11:30 am

http://www.chess.com/news/qatar-masters ... iness-2126

Interesting if you have 10 mins to listen to Kramnik
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Re: Qatar Masters Open - strongest open ever held

Post by Barry Sandercock » Sun Nov 30, 2014 2:00 pm

Excellent commentary by Danny King and Simon Williams. Most enjoyable.
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Re: Qatar Masters Open - strongest open ever held

Post by David Robertson » Sun Nov 30, 2014 2:35 pm

Mamedyarov - Giri (rd 5)

What a brawl! And another Giri miniature. He stands +5
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Re: Qatar Masters Open - strongest open ever held

Post by Carl Hibbard » Sun Nov 30, 2014 3:10 pm

David Robertson wrote:Mamedyarov - Giri (rd 5)

What a brawl! And another Giri miniature. He stands +5
I haven't really been keeping an eye on Giri but that is a bit of a spanking.
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Re: Qatar Masters Open - strongest open ever held

Post by JustinHadi » Mon Dec 01, 2014 1:11 pm

Weak play by IWantMyMamedyarov.
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