2017 Sigeman & Co 10-14 May

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Re: 2017 Sigeman & Co 10-14 May

Post by LawrenceCooper » Thu May 11, 2017 5:49 pm

NickFaulks wrote:Shouldn't he have lost his bishop somewhere because of back rank problems?
Yes, moves 35-37 were particularly problematic had black had time to find the right moves.
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Re: 2017 Sigeman & Co 10-14 May

Post by Tim Harding » Thu May 11, 2017 6:19 pm

Nigel has lost unfortunately.
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Re: 2017 Sigeman & Co 10-14 May

Post by NickFaulks » Thu May 11, 2017 6:32 pm

Tim Harding wrote:Nigel has lost unfortunately.
Not all R+f+h v R endings are drawn.
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Re: 2017 Sigeman & Co 10-14 May

Post by Chris Rice » Thu May 11, 2017 8:27 pm

Rd 2 Results:
Jobava, B. (½) 2713 1 - 0 Short, N. D. (1) 2688
Grandelius (½) 2665 ½ - ½ Harika, D. (½) 2531
Blomqvist, E. (0) 2546 1 - 0 GM Eljanov, P. (½) 2755

Real shame about Nigel, but a short round of applause for Mr Blonqvist who has set a rather unusual record. No Swede has ever beaten a higher rated opponent than Eljanov at a standard time control.

Rd 3:
Short, N. D. (1) 2688 — Grandelius (1) 2665
Eljanov, P. (½) 2755 — Jobava, B. (1½) 2713
Harika, D. (1) 2531 — Blomqvist, E. (1) 2546
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Re: 2017 Sigeman & Co 10-14 May

Post by LawrenceCooper » Thu May 11, 2017 8:35 pm

Chris Rice wrote:Rd 2 Results:
Jobava, B. (½) 2713 1 - 0 Short, N. D. (1) 2688
Grandelius (½) 2665 ½ - ½ Harika, D. (½) 2531
Blomqvist, E. (0) 2546 1 - 0 GM Eljanov, P. (½) 2755

Real shame about Nigel, but a short round of applause for Mr Blonqvist who has set a rather unusual record. No Swede has ever beaten a higher rated opponent than Eljanov at a standard time control.

Rd 3:
Short, N. D. (1) 2688 — Grandelius (1) 2665
Eljanov, P. (½) 2755 — Jobava, B. (1½) 2713
Harika, D. (1) 2531 — Blomqvist, E. (1) 2546
Harika has also made light of her double black as the bottom seed to hold Eljanov and have the better (including a couple of winning opportunities) of her game against Grandelius.
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Re: 2017 Sigeman & Co 10-14 May

Post by Matt Mackenzie » Thu May 11, 2017 10:12 pm

Chris Rice wrote:Rd 2 Results:
Jobava, B. (½) 2713 1 - 0 Short, N. D. (1) 2688
Grandelius (½) 2665 ½ - ½ Harika, D. (½) 2531
Blomqvist, E. (0) 2546 1 - 0 GM Eljanov, P. (½) 2755

Real shame about Nigel, but a short round of applause for Mr Blonqvist who has set a rather unusual record. No Swede has ever beaten a higher rated opponent than Eljanov at a standard time control.

Rd 3:
Short, N. D. (1) 2688 — Grandelius (1) 2665
Eljanov, P. (½) 2755 — Jobava, B. (1½) 2713
Harika, D. (1) 2531 — Blomqvist, E. (1) 2546
Though given that Ulf Andersson was the first player to beat Karpov after he became WC, that is rating inflation as much as anything ;)
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Re: 2017 Sigeman & Co 10-14 May

Post by Chris Rice » Thu May 11, 2017 11:24 pm

I had a feeling the Milan game would come up. Ulf spent over an hour on moves 13-23 doing absolutely nothing and then proceeded to demolish the World Champion. Karpov was rated a lowly 2705 in 1975 and perhaps even more shocking was that Ulf Andersson was rated at only 2565.
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Re: 2017 Sigeman & Co 10-14 May

Post by Matt Mackenzie » Fri May 12, 2017 4:06 pm

That's an amazing stalemate trap near the end by Karpov, though.

It is claimed that Andersson didn't see it at the time, and when shown afterwards said it was a shame the game hadn't ended that way :)
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Re: 2017 Sigeman & Co 10-14 May

Post by Chris Rice » Fri May 12, 2017 4:58 pm

Move 41 and Nigel is a pawn up with very decent chances of winning vs Grandelius. https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tourn ... 2017/3/1/2

Blomqvist is certainly in form at the moment and is winning vs Harika (again move 41) while Jobava is better vs Eljanov (move 39).

Update: Eljanov now better vs Jobava (move 45)
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Re: 2017 Sigeman & Co 10-14 May

Post by LawrenceCooper » Fri May 12, 2017 5:14 pm

Chris Rice wrote:Move 41 and Nigel is a pawn up with very decent chances of winning vs Grandelius. https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tourn ... 2017/3/1/2

Jobava is better vs Eljanov (move 39).
But not after move 40, a draw looks the most likely now albeit white has an extra pawn to try with.
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Re: 2017 Sigeman & Co 10-14 May

Post by Christopher Kreuzer » Fri May 12, 2017 5:33 pm

LawrenceCooper wrote:
Chris Rice wrote:Move 41 and Nigel is a pawn up with very decent chances of winning vs Grandelius. https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tourn ... 2017/3/1/2

Jobava is better vs Eljanov (move 39).
But not after move 40, a draw looks the most likely now albeit white has an extra pawn to try with.
Same seems to apply to Nigel's game. Hope he can still win.
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Re: 2017 Sigeman & Co 10-14 May

Post by NickFaulks » Fri May 12, 2017 6:09 pm

Chris Rice wrote:Move 41 and Nigel is a pawn up with very decent chances of winning vs Grandelius.
Could be leading to R+B v R.
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Re: 2017 Sigeman & Co 10-14 May

Post by LawrenceCooper » Fri May 12, 2017 6:57 pm

NickFaulks wrote:
Chris Rice wrote:Move 41 and Nigel is a pawn up with very decent chances of winning vs Grandelius.
Could be leading to R+B v R.
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Re: 2017 Sigeman & Co 10-14 May

Post by JustinHorton » Fri May 12, 2017 7:07 pm

Quite a miss.
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Re: 2017 Sigeman & Co 10-14 May

Post by Barry Sandercock » Fri May 12, 2017 7:12 pm

Nigel has now drawn
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