2015 European Rapid Championship 19/20 December Minsk

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2015 European Rapid Championship 19/20 December Minsk

Post by Mick Norris » Wed Dec 16, 2015 1:40 pm

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Mamedyarov top seed, Nigel Short 11th
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Re: 2015 European Rapid Championship 19/20 December Minsk

Post by Nigel Short » Wed Dec 16, 2015 8:37 pm

If I get there without a visa :)
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Re: 2015 European Rapid Championship 19/20 December Minsk

Post by Mick Norris » Wed Dec 16, 2015 10:31 pm

Nigel Short wrote:If I get there without a visa :)
Good luck then
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Re: 2015 European Rapid Championship 19/20 December Minsk

Post by LawrenceCooper » Thu Dec 17, 2015 9:56 am

Nigel Short wrote:If I get there without a visa :)
Let's hope you don't have to list every country you've been to in the last 10 years like we had to for Khanty 2010 :roll:
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Re: 2015 European Rapid Championship 19/20 December Minsk

Post by Mick Norris » Sat Dec 19, 2015 10:30 am

Games live on chess24live as with the Blitz - Nigel has 2/2

Inarkiev top seed lost in round 2 and is on board 102 in round 3
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Re: 2015 European Rapid Championship 19/20 December Minsk

Post by Barry Sandercock » Sat Dec 19, 2015 11:26 am

Nigel has drawn in round 3 against N.Gritsenko.
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Re: 2015 European Rapid Championship 19/20 December Minsk

Post by Barry Sandercock » Sat Dec 19, 2015 1:48 pm

Nigel wins round 4 against A.Olhovik and now has 3.5/4
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Re: 2015 European Rapid Championship 19/20 December Minsk

Post by Tim Harding » Sat Dec 19, 2015 2:10 pm

Barry Sandercock wrote:Nigel wins round 4 against A.Olhovik and now has 3.5/4
In round five he has White against IM Nikita Matinian of Russia and he played 2 b3 against the Sicilian.
At move 16 as I write with each player having about 8 minutes.
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Re: 2015 European Rapid Championship 19/20 December Minsk

Post by Mick Norris » Sat Dec 19, 2015 2:33 pm

Nigel has won to move to 4.5/5 - There are players including Navara & Jobava on 5/5

7 rounds today, 4 tomorrow
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Re: 2015 European Rapid Championship 19/20 December Minsk

Post by Tim Harding » Sat Dec 19, 2015 3:14 pm

Mick Norris wrote:Nigel has won to move to 4.5/5 - There are players including Navara & Jobava on 5/5

7 rounds today, 4 tomorrow
Nigel has Black in round 5 against Belarus GM Sergei Avarov. Tarrasch French 3...h6!?

LATER: Nigel wins again. Great shot in a difficult situation: 15...Bc5!! (after four and a half minutes thought) turned the game around and reminded me of why he was once world number 2.

LATER: One more round today, starting about 4.30pm. The commentator Miroshnichenko said four players are on 6/6. Apparently Kovalenko missed round one but now has 5 points.
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Re: 2015 European Rapid Championship 19/20 December Minsk

Post by John Moore » Sat Dec 19, 2015 4:11 pm

Nigel with White presumably on 5.5 out of 6. The Bc5 idea against Azerov which Tim noted above was stunning.
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Re: 2015 European Rapid Championship 19/20 December Minsk

Post by Mick Norris » Sat Dec 19, 2015 4:22 pm

6/6 - Jobava, Navara, Melkumyan, Petrosian
5.5 - Nigel, Bocharov, Motylev, Chigaev, Kovalev

Must be getting tired by now!
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Re: 2015 European Rapid Championship 19/20 December Minsk

Post by John Moore » Sat Dec 19, 2015 4:35 pm

Motylev in Rd 7 with White.
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Re: 2015 European Rapid Championship 19/20 December Minsk

Post by Tim Harding » Sat Dec 19, 2015 4:40 pm

John Moore wrote:Nigel with White presumably on 5.5 out of 6. The Bc5 idea against Azerov which Tim noted above was stunning.
Nigel is White in round 7 against Motylev on board 4. Played 3 e5 against the Caro-Kann.
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Re: 2015 European Rapid Championship 19/20 December Minsk

Post by Mike Truran » Sat Dec 19, 2015 5:25 pm

Would someone be willing to put Nigel's Bc5 game up on here? My PC goes into a massive sulk every time I try to get onto the live games.
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