Vienna open 15 to 23 August 2015

[Tim Harding]

Board 9 just ended 1-0.

[John Moore]

Board 9 just ended 1-0.

Must be me, but I struggled to see why Chris thought that this game was interesting. It looks like what happens to me when I occasionally play a GM.

[Tim Harding]

Board 9 just ended 1-0.

Must be me, but I struggled to see why Chris thought that this game was interesting. It looks like what happens to me when I occasionally play a GM.

Miserable singing from Caruso too; his last chance was 20...Kd7.

Black's play in those two games was about on a par with England's batting at the Oval (92-7 just now).

FIVE MINUTES LATER: 92/8 (duck for Broad). Moeen Ali is REALLY wasted at number 8.

[NickFaulks]

Tan's opponent today played as bad a game as Tan himself did yesterday, and that one set the bar pretty high.

[Barry Sandercock]

Keith Arkell has drawn and Jonathan Hawkins has won.

[Mick Norris]

Rambaldi on 6.5 (having only dropped a half to Keith), Keith & Jonathan on 6 with at least 4 others

[Tim Harding]

The pairings for round 8 are finally up. Here are all players with 5.5 points or more. Note the earlier start time.

Pairings/Results
Round 8 on 2015/08/22 at 15:00
Bo. No. Name Rtg Pts. Result Pts. Name Rtg No.
1 2 GM Buhmann Rainer 2613 6 6½ IM Rambaldi Francesco 2517 11
2 16 GM Arkell Keith 2488 6 6 GM Bánusz Tamás 2586 3
3 12 GM Rombaldoni Axel 2515 6 6 GM Hawkins Jonathan 2554 5
4 7 GM Heberla Bartlomiej 2548 5½ 6 GM Antal Gergely 2524 10
5 35 GM Manik Mikulas 2410 5½ 5½ GM Shengelia David 2572 4
6 8 GM Brunello Sabino 2545 5½ 5½ IM Pirrot Dieter 2374 46
7 14 IM Tari Aryan 2510 5½ 5½ FM Carow Johannes 2407 37
8 41 IM Danner Georg 2385 5½ 5½ GM Kindermann Stefan 2507 15
9 112 Pop Alexandru 2248 5½ 5½ IM Rombaldoni Denis 2467 21
10 22 IM Mons Léon 2464 5½ 5½ IM Maier Christian 2382 44
11 119 Warmerdam Max 2236 5½ 5½ FM Moroni Luca 2461 23
12 24 IM Feuerstack Aljoscha 2458 5½ 5½ WGM Abdumalik Zhansaya 2371 47
13 26 IM Salomon Johan 2439 5½ 5½ WIM Gevorgyan Irina 2206 137
14 61 Dragnev Valentin 2339 5½ 5½ IM Fröwis Georg 2434 29

[Mick Norris]

Thanks Tim

Keith is 3rd on tiebreak playing against the 2nd, Jonathan is not surprisingly 7th after his poor start - I gather prizes are not shared (first prize is 2000 euro, 2nd is 1500 3rd is 1200 and there are prizes down to 20th)

Hopefully Keith & Jonathan can win today and black won't win on top board

[Mick Norris]

Yes, not sure about IM norm chances, but James is performing just over 2400 and has played 2 GMs, so I assume he needs to win today both to boost his performance and to have a better chance of meeting a titled player in round 8 and/or 9

Ravi's performance is 2341 and he is playing his second IM today - I assume a win would be essential, but maybe not enough unless he wins in the next 2 rounds

Ravi and James both won - hopefully they can both win again today

Haria Ravi 2243 ENG Rp:2401 Pts. 5.0
1 348 Nussbaumer Vincent 1977 AUT 2.5 s 1
2 360 Knapp Michael 1958 GER 3.0 w 1
3 40 Schwarhofer Christopher 2391 AUT 4.5 s ½
4 29 IM Fröwis Georg 2434 AUT 5.5 w 0
5 205 Scheffknecht Philipp 2121 AUT 3.0 s 1
6 33 FM Christiansen Johan-Sebastian 2416 NOR 5.0 w ½
7 38 IM Zeller Frank 2402 GER 4.0 w 1
8 53 FM Kevlishvili Robby 2357 NED 5.0 s

FM Jackson James 2367 ENG Rp:2429 Pts. 5.0
1 281 Cristiani Cesare 2049 ITA 2.0 w 1
2 172 Bugalski Michal 2163 POL 4.5 s 1
3 156 Stiller Jürgen 2183 GER 4.5 w 1
4 9 GM Dizdarevic Emir 2540 BIH 4.5 w ½
5 7 GM Heberla Bartlomiej 2548 POL 5.5 s 0
6 136 Stone Andrew 2209 ENG 4.0 s ½
7 138 NM Steiner Bruno 2206 AUT 4.0 w 1
8 107 Matt Fabian 2258 AUT 5.0 w

[Alan Walton]

James cannot get a norm as he has to play 5 titled players

Ravi still needs to play another titled player in Round 9 to qualify himself for the opportunity

[John Moore]

Keith has agreed a quick draw in the penultimate round.

[NickFaulks]

I wonder what happened to Justin Tan today.

[Tim Harding]

I wonder what happened to Justin Tan today.

Caught out by the earlier start time?

Board 34 likewise.

[Mike Truran]

LOL

[Tim Harding]

Morning start tomorrow could claim more victims.

Meanwhile James Jackson is a piece up after 20+ moves and Ravi Haria has a promising position.

As does Ireland's Stephen Jessel so I hope he can win today to get a titled opponent tomorrow.
His RP is good having played three GMs (two of whom he drew with) and he has two IM norms already.
Stephen's main problem is his time trouble addiction.