Pokerstars IoM 3-11 Oct 2015

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Re: Pokerstars IoM 3-11 Oct 2015

Post by Mick Norris » Sat Oct 10, 2015 9:40 am

Keith Arkell wrote:Wowsy look at that guy on boards 2 go. He's the one who pipped me on tiebreak in Vienna!
Rambaldi is now a GM

Abu Dhabi approved titles from which I also see that Matthew Carr is now an IA :D
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Re: Pokerstars IoM 3-11 Oct 2015

Post by Mick Norris » Sat Oct 10, 2015 9:41 am

Keith Arkell wrote:2 transmission fails in a row, but at least I've stopped being 'Keith Allen':
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Re: Pokerstars IoM 3-11 Oct 2015

Post by Kevin Thurlow » Sat Oct 10, 2015 10:59 am

"Abu Dhabi approved titles from which I also see that Matthew Carr is now an IA :D"

Not the only English approved title...
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Re: Pokerstars IoM 3-11 Oct 2015

Post by Mick Norris » Sat Oct 10, 2015 1:31 pm

:oops: Apologies, Kevin, didn't see your name and I read the list twice

Congratulations
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Re: Pokerstars IoM 3-11 Oct 2015

Post by Barry Sandercock » Sat Oct 10, 2015 3:32 pm

Alan Merry's game is interesting. He has just made a knight sac. but I'm not sure if it is sound. ( move 16)
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Re: Pokerstars IoM 3-11 Oct 2015

Post by John Moore » Sat Oct 10, 2015 3:34 pm

Wonderful to see a pairing like Tarjan-Timman. Last time they played was in Indonesia in 1983 - oh and Jim has 0.5 out of 4 against Jan.
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Re: Pokerstars IoM 3-11 Oct 2015

Post by John Moore » Sat Oct 10, 2015 3:36 pm

And has Alan Merry gone mad - is that piece sac even remotely sound. I know Greenfeld gets into all sorts of time trouble but really!
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Re: Pokerstars IoM 3-11 Oct 2015

Post by Tim Harding » Sat Oct 10, 2015 4:51 pm

Roger de Coverly wrote:
NickFaulks wrote:Board 3 could be fun.

They don't play that often. When they do, it's usually a draw by mutual respect.
Nearly at the time control with plenty of time in hand.

Nigel seems a bit better structurally, may be able to play for a win but a draw looks like the most likely result.

Yes Adams-Short is now drawn.
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Re: Pokerstars IoM 3-11 Oct 2015

Post by John Moore » Sat Oct 10, 2015 4:54 pm

David Howell surpassing himself - now has to play 20 moves solely on increments.
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Re: Pokerstars IoM 3-11 Oct 2015

Post by NickFaulks » Sat Oct 10, 2015 4:57 pm

John Moore wrote:David Howell surpassing himself - now has to play 20 moves solely on increments.
Yes, I fear this could be the one which goes wrong. Granda Zuniga is a very level-headed player.
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Re: Pokerstars IoM 3-11 Oct 2015

Post by Barry Sandercock » Sat Oct 10, 2015 7:53 pm

David Howell got the draw after 71 moves. He is an amazing player.
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Re: Pokerstars IoM 3-11 Oct 2015

Post by Tim Harding » Sat Oct 10, 2015 7:53 pm

NickFaulks wrote:
John Moore wrote:David Howell surpassing himself - now has to play 20 moves solely on increments.
Yes, I fear this could be the one which goes wrong. Granda Zuniga is a very level-headed player.
As of 7.50pm Chess24 is showing a final position where White mates in 26 though giving the result as a draw.
We are becoming used to the ends of games not being shown correctly.

Since Black has a draw with 71...Rxh4+ or even 71...Kf4 I suppose Granda offered a draw with his 71st. Then after it was agreed, somebody randomly plonked the black king on e4.
Howell certainly made it hard on himself today!
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Re: Pokerstars IoM 3-11 Oct 2015

Post by LawrenceCooper » Sat Oct 10, 2015 8:30 pm

An interesting suggestion from David Smerdon on Facebook: Some more missed magic in a Granda game: 54...b4!! 55.Nc1 bxc3 56.Nxa2 cxb2 and White's extra forces are paralysed!
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Re: Pokerstars IoM 3-11 Oct 2015

Post by Tim Harding » Sat Oct 10, 2015 8:51 pm

LawrenceCooper wrote:An interesting suggestion from David Smerdon on Facebook: Some more missed magic in a Granda game: 54...b4!! 55.Nc1 bxc3 56.Nxa2 cxb2 and White's extra forces are paralysed!
But after 57 Nc1 (or maybe a4 first) surely it's still only a draw? 57..bc1Q 58 Rxc1 Bb2 59 Rd1 Bxa3 60 Rd5+ and Rxa5.

I expect David saw that. But might have been a better try than his weird piece sac on c3.
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Re: Pokerstars IoM 3-11 Oct 2015

Post by LawrenceCooper » Sat Oct 10, 2015 9:42 pm

Last round pairings:

1 GM Short, Nigel D 6.0 ENG 2678 GM Harikrishna, P. 6.5 IND 2737
2 GM Naiditsch, Arkadij 6.0 AZE 2682 GM Fressinet, Laurent 6.0 FRA 2702
3 GM Sargissian, Gabriel 6.0 ARM 2679 GM Rambaldi, Francesco 6.0 ITA 2547
4 GM Movsesian, Sergei 5.5 ARM 2658 GM Adams, Michael 5.5 ENG 2742
5 GM Howell, David W L 5.5 ENG 2705 GM Kuzubov, Yuriy 5.5 UKR 2641
6 GM L'Ami, Erwin 5.5 NED 2619 GM Granda Zuniga, Julio E 5.5 PER 2667
7 GM Donchenko, Alexander 5.0 GER 2577 GM Melkumyan, Hrant 5.5 ARM 2622
8 GM Greenfeld, Alon 5.0 ISR 2534 GM Grandelius, Nils 5.0 SWE 2647
9 IM Zumsande, Martin 5.0 GER 2422 GM Jones, Gawain C B 5.0 ENG 2623
10 GM Sundararajan, Kidambi 5.0 IND 2497 GM Tiviakov, Sergei 5.0 NED 2612
11 GM Timman, Jan H 5.0 NED 2562 IM Swayams, Mishra 5.0 IND 2444
12 FM Basso, Pier Luigi 5.0 ITA 2428 GM Brunello, Sabino 5.0 ITA 2553
13 IM Van Foreest, Jorden 5.0 NED 2548 GM Vishnu Prasanna. V 5.0 IND 2503
14 GM Hillarp Persson, Tiger 5.0 SWE 2546 GM Tarjan, James E 5.0 USA 2479
15 GM Boruchovsky, Avital 4.5 ISR 2536 GM Williams, Simon K 5.0 ENG 2429
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