London Chess Classic Super Rapidplay

JustinHadi · Post by **JustinHadi** » Sat Dec 06, 2014 10:42 am

Starts today

Barry Sandercock · Post by **Barry Sandercock** » Sat Dec 06, 2014 10:45 am

Are there any live games ?

JustinHadi · Post by **JustinHadi** » Sat Dec 06, 2014 10:49 am

Yes - http://live.londonchessclassic.com/.

JustinHadi · Post by **JustinHadi** » Sat Dec 06, 2014 10:50 am

I see Kramnik has played 1.g4 against Naomi Wei. Probably just a joke by the organisers unfortunately (!)

Christopher Kreuzer · Post by **Christopher Kreuzer** » Sat Dec 06, 2014 11:52 am

The games start at mid-day. Good luck to the 'unknowns' playing the super GMs!! I see Theodore Slade is up against Hikaru Nakamura on board 1.

Christopher Kreuzer · Post by **Christopher Kreuzer** » Sat Dec 06, 2014 12:04 pm

The anticipation....! (Should have taken bets on how long the start would be delayed by).

JustinHadi · Post by **JustinHadi** » Sat Dec 06, 2014 12:10 pm

And they're off! 1.b3 by Hikaru Nakamura.

JustinHadi · Post by **JustinHadi** » Sat Dec 06, 2014 12:11 pm

Will Taylor of Road to GM fame is playing Short I think.

Christopher Kreuzer · Post by **Christopher Kreuzer** » Sat Dec 06, 2014 12:21 pm

Are you sure? This is (I think) the Road to GM William J. Taylor:

http://www.ecfgrading.org.uk/new/player ... 42872G#top

The people on the top boards here seem to all be England juniors, so maybe this William J. Taylor:

http://www.ecfgrading.org.uk/new/player ... 91915B#top

The entry list may confirm which one it is.

JustinHadi · Post by **JustinHadi** » Sat Dec 06, 2014 12:25 pm

Fairly sure, the junior William J Taylor has a rapidplay grade of 73, whereas the William J Taylor playing has a rapidplay of 19xx FIDE.

Christopher Kreuzer · Post by **Christopher Kreuzer** » Sat Dec 06, 2014 12:27 pm

Yeah, and the entry list has the FIDE code for the Sedgemoor William Taylor (ECF rapidplay 167), so you were right.

http://chess-results.com/tnr154402.aspx ... ilen=99999

Christopher Kreuzer · Post by **Christopher Kreuzer** » Sat Dec 06, 2014 12:29 pm

Hmm. Board 1 *looks* level (BB vs BN), but Theo is down on time against the bishop pair.

Roger de Coverly · Post by **Roger de Coverly** » Sat Dec 06, 2014 12:36 pm

Christopher Kreuzer wrote: The people on the top boards here seem to all be England juniors, so maybe this William J. Taylor:

The only players advertised as having special pairings are the "Super Six". Nigel's pairing is presumably just the effect of the normal top half v bottom half. I was wondering whether they were going to use accelerated pairings, but the lack of a reliable software implementation or indeed any software implementation rules it out for an event needing a rapid turnaround between games.

JustinHadi · Post by **JustinHadi** » Sat Dec 06, 2014 12:40 pm

Theo Slade is putting up an excellent fight on 1.

JustinHadi · Post by **JustinHadi** » Sat Dec 06, 2014 12:42 pm

...but it looks like the two bishops are going to decide.

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