42nd Guernsey International Chess Festival 16/10-22/10

[Kevin Thurlow]

http://chess-results.com/tnr206331.aspx ... t=0&wi=821

Some new players, but a lot of the usual suspects.

[Brian Towers]

Time control 40 moves in 100 minutes

Followed by what? Adjudication?

[LawrenceCooper]

Time control 40 moves in 100 minutes

Followed by what? Adjudication?

Time limit: 40 moves in 100 minutes and then 40 minutes to finish with a 30 second increment per move from move 1. http://www.guernseychessclub.org.gg/fes ... stival.htm

[Roger de Coverly]

Time limit: 40 moves in 100 minutes and then 40 minutes to finish with a 30 second increment per move from move 1.

They like long sessions in Guernsey. At one time it was 50 moves in two and a half hours, followed by adjournment and continuing at 20 moves an hour. It was possible for one game to last almost the entire tournament and sometimes they did.

[Brian Towers]

Thanks, Lawrence. That sounds a lot more reasonable.

[Kevin Thurlow]

They do have a proper time-control. Most games finish after about 4 hours, the time-control Roger alluded to caused loads of games to finish after about 5 hours, or be adjourned. I had one 133 move game which took up an afternoon and three mornings. Happily, that won't happen again.

[Nick Grey]

Enjoy!

[Kevin Thurlow]

See http://www.guernseychessclub.org.gg/ for live games

http://chess-results.com/tnr206331.aspx?lan=1 results etc. (Follow holiday link for the other section.)
Exactly 100 players now.

[John Moore]

Live games don't appear to be working which is a shame.

[Kevin Thurlow]

"Live games don't appear to be working which is a shame."

Computer problems - I imagine the resident IT expert will be sorting it out for tomorrow. The pairing software went berserk as well, so it's been a bit of a nightmare. I can report Korneev (top seed) had a half-point bye. so top pairings were:-

1. J Le Roux - M Staples
2. K de Kruif - T Hillarp-Persson
3. D Abbas - I Campbell
4. M French - C Parligras
5. K Norman 0-1 K Thurlow
6. S Lehmann - D Hoogland
7. D Maloberti - D Sedgwick

If the IT problems aren't sorted out, I'll try to do some sort of report. Board 5 was moved at about move 6 as the boards were a bit close together, and it affected Ken more than me, so he lost the game, I didn't win it!

[John Moore]

Thanks for the update, Kevin.

[Kevin Thurlow]

I think the internet is sorted out and the pairings etc are on chess results.com. Anyway, as follow-up to earlier post:-

1. J Le Roux 1-0 M Staples
2. K de Kruif 0-1 T Hillarp-Persson
3. D Abbas draw I Campbell
4. M French 0-1 C Parligras
5. K Norman 0-1 K Thurlow
6. S Lehmann draw D Hoogland
7. D Maloberti draw D Sedgwick
8. T Spanton 0-1 A Reijneveld
9.J Curtis 1-0 P Rowe
10.H Morcom draw J Prins

There are 18 players on 1, who should all be on live boards tomorrow...

[NickFaulks]

There are 18 players on 1, who should all be on live boards tomorrow...

But sadly not Sedgwick,D. Let's hope he hasn't lost his chance of immortality.

[Kevin Thurlow]

"But sadly not Sedgwick,D. Let's hope he hasn't lost his chance of immortality."

He has been handed a tricky pairing (D Abbas) on board 11, so he's not far off the live boards ... It would be nice to have all 3 playing IA/FA titleholders on the live boards.

[David Sedgwick]

It would be nice to have all 3 playing IA/FA titleholders on the live boards.

That's a thought. However, as the weakest of the three, I fear that I'm likely to go on letting the side down.

But sadly not Sedgwick,D. Let's hope he hasn't lost his chance of immortality.

I blew that chance a couple of year ago.

Sedgwick v Jaunooby, Hastings Masters 2014-2015, was on a live board. I was a filler.

However, from my perspective, it was a game to forget.

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