Thessaloniki FIDE Grand Prix May 21 - June 7 2013
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Thessaloniki FIDE Grand Prix May 21 - June 7 2013
Radjabov withdraws, seems sensible given his recent form
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Re: Thessaloniki FIDE Grand Prix May 21 - June 7 2013
No mention of Agon, who seem to be disappearing from view.Mick Norris wrote: http://thessaloniki2013.fide.com/
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Re: Thessaloniki FIDE Grand Prix May 21 - June 7 2013
taken from hereAs you might remember, the fourth Grand Prix was supposed to take place in Madrid. Now that AGON seems to have stepped out, FIDE is taking care of sponsorship and they found entrepreneur Ivan Savvidi to support the event. The tournament is taking place in his 5-star Makedonia Palace Hotel in Thessaloniki, the Greek city where two consecutive Olympiads took place, in 1984 and 1988.
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Re: Thessaloniki FIDE Grand Prix May 21 - June 7 2013
Dont jump too quickly to conclusions.Roger de Coverly wrote:No mention of Agon, who seem to be disappearing from view.Mick Norris wrote: http://thessaloniki2013.fide.com/
It does not look good at the moment for the Agon's grand plans, however the tournament site hosted on the FIDE servers still has the worldchess logo; also, is this Mr. Paulson at the opening ceremony in Thessaloniki?
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Re: Thessaloniki FIDE Grand Prix May 21 - June 7 2013
No English players in this one, but the finish to Morezevich-Svidler in round 2 is a nice one. Only 22 moves in the game as well.
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Re: Thessaloniki FIDE Grand Prix May 21 - June 7 2013
Wonder if Grischuk will win this one against Nakamura. Looks set to go over 100 moves.
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Re: Thessaloniki FIDE Grand Prix May 21 - June 7 2013
yes in 124 and 6.5 hoursChristopher Kreuzer wrote:Wonder if Grischuk will win this one against Nakamura. Looks set to go over 100 moves.
Mild analysis here
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Re: Thessaloniki FIDE Grand Prix May 21 - June 7 2013
Kamsky - Grischuk interesting game today - move 32, Grishcuk has 36 seconds left
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Re: Thessaloniki FIDE Grand Prix May 21 - June 7 2013
Aww. They both chickened out with a draw in mutual time trouble.Mick Norris wrote:Kamsky - Grischuk interesting game today - move 32, Grishcuk has 36 seconds left
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Re: Thessaloniki FIDE Grand Prix May 21 - June 7 2013
Looks like Ivanchuk lost on time again after being +11 on move 30, but completely lost by move 37
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Re: Thessaloniki FIDE Grand Prix May 21 - June 7 2013
he was +13.61 after move 25, that's a more impressive turn round than some of my gamesSimon Brown wrote:Looks like Ivanchuk lost on time again after being +11 on move 30, but completely lost by move 37
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Re: Thessaloniki FIDE Grand Prix May 21 - June 7 2013
What choice did Grischuk have?Christopher Kreuzer wrote:Aww. They both chickened out with a draw in mutual time trouble.Mick Norris wrote:Kamsky - Grischuk interesting game today - move 32, Grishcuk has 36 seconds left
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Re: Thessaloniki FIDE Grand Prix May 21 - June 7 2013
Doh (again!). It was Kamsky forcing a repetition. Though it looked like he used his remaining time to see if there was more.LawrenceCooper wrote:What choice did Grischuk have?Christopher Kreuzer wrote:Aww. They both chickened out with a draw in mutual time trouble.Mick Norris wrote:Kamsky - Grischuk interesting game today - move 32, Grishcuk has 36 seconds left
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Re: Thessaloniki FIDE Grand Prix May 21 - June 7 2013
Simon Brown wrote:Looks like Ivanchuk lost on time again after being +11 on move 30, but completely lost by move 37
taken from hereThe finish was if anything even more amazing. Back in 2009 the same players had another time scramble. Ivanchuk knocked over some pieces then, and although he was winning at the time control he felt bad about the toppled pieces and offered a draw. In act of remarkable sportsmanship, Dominguez didn't take the knight but went for a perpetual check, to pay Ivanchuk back for the 2009 game, but Ivanchuk's flag fell on the last move of the time control and the arbiters declared the forfeit - even as Dominguez tried to declare the game drawn! Alas...
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Re: Thessaloniki FIDE Grand Prix May 21 - June 7 2013
Ivanchuk didn't wait today for time trouble to self destruct - he does skew the tournaments he plays in by the massive difference between his good and bad days
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