17th European Individual

[Tim Harding]

Chess24 have David eighteen minutes ahead on the clock which seems implausible.

EDIT: and that's after spending thirteen minutes of his current move so far!

Chess24 times are often unreliable. Right now (1743 BST) Chessdom and Chess24 both show Howell with about 19 mins v 6 mins and somewhat better position. Fingers crossed.

AS OF 1822 BST: both Chess24 and Chessdom are showing 1-0; it looks as if Brunello's flag must have fallen at move 35 in a position where Howell had lost his advantage.

[LawrenceCooper]

David has won

[JustinHorton]

I see it says he won, I'm not sure how he's actually won it.

[Leonard Barden]

If true 1-0 time,that makes up for round three when David overstepped when a pawn up, and gives him a chance to qualify for the World Cup in the final round.

[Paul Dargan]

I go out to pick-up the laundry and it's all over ...

[Mick Norris]

I see it says he won, I'm not sure how he's actually won it.

chess24live showing 33 secs v 50 secs, so both short of time and Brunello presumably overstepped in a level position

Ultimately, I don't care how David has won, just glad he has - likely to need a win with black in the last round though, fingers crossed

[LawrenceCooper]

Pairings of the next round for ENG
Rd. Bo. No. Name Typ Gr FED Rtg Pts. Result Pts. Name Typ Gr FED Rtg No.
11 19 69 GM Demchenko Anton ACP RUS 2589 6½ 6½ GM Howell David W L ACP ENG 2671 18
11 25 27 GM Jones Gawain C B ACP ENG 2657 6 6 GM Hracek Zbynek CZE 2598 62

Results of the last round for ENG
Rd. Bo. No. Name Typ Gr FED Rtg Pts. Result Pts. Name Typ Gr FED Rtg No.
10 24 18 GM Howell David W L ACP ENG 2671 5½ 1 - 0 5½ GM Brunello Sabino ACP ITA 2573 78
10 44 102 GM Neverov Valeriy S50 UKR 2498 5 0 - 1 5 GM Jones Gawain C B ACP ENG 2657 27

SNo Name Rtg 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts. Rk. Rp K rtg+/- Group
18 GM Howell David W L 2671 ½ 1 0 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 6,5 36 2642 10 -2,30
27 GM Jones Gawain C B 2657 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 1 6,0 63 2583 10 -8,50

The last round starts 4 and a half hours earlier so 10:00 English time.

[Mick Norris]

David is 36th on tiebreak, but on the same score as 21st place down to 42nd - his opponent needs a win too, so that should help his chances of an open game and the win he needs - fingers crossed he wins and it works out

The top 20 are playing each other, but not all have a good enough tiebreak to guarantee a top 23 place with a draw

[LawrenceCooper]

Live coverage started at 10:15 and already one draw in the 7 pts scoregroup.

[LawrenceCooper]

Four draws already in the 7pts score group. Depending on their tie-breaks this may be bad news for anyone reaching 7.5 with a late flourish (eg David).

[Mick Norris]

I guess Inarkiev wins on tiebreak if he loses and there is a winner on board 2, but not if Wojtasek beats Jobava with black on board 3 - otherwise his Polish opponent on 7 may be playing as white with the knowledge that Inariev will accept a draw at any stage to become champion?

David has a slightly better tiebreak than Tari and Bortnyk who have already drawn with white, so either there has been a big miscalulation, or David can qualify with a win?

David's game looks quite open

[LawrenceCooper]

I guess Inarkiev wins on tiebreak if he loses and there is a winner on board 2, but not if Wojtasek beats Jobava with black on board 3 - otherwise his Polish opponent on 7 may be playing as white with the knowledge that Inariev will accept a draw at any stage to become champion?

David has a slightly better tiebreak than Tari and Bortnyk who have already drawn with white, so either there has been a big miscalulation, or David can qualify with a win?

David's game looks quite open

He's certainly in the position of needing a win and then worry about the maths later. His opponent seems to be content with a draw (which I assume was/is the outcome of David taking the piece) or at least bluffing David into playing something else.

[JustinHorton]

Deffo a draw available if Black takes the piece, but I'm not sure it's a good sign to play ...g4 if your plan then involves not taking it.

[NickFaulks]

Deffo a draw available if Black takes the piece

How so? Not obvious to me.

[JustinHorton]

12...gxf3 13. Qxf3 Kg7 14. Qg3+ etc.