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No I don't think it would make a huge difference but it would make mistakes slightly more likely and probably make the flow of the tournament feel better. I find the idea that people might want the two players to play bad chess quite shocking. I think the chances of bad chess are far higher in the ...

One of the things that could be tried is to reduce the number of "rest" days. So for example a format could be six rounds then a rest day, four rounds then a rest day, then two rounds. I can see how this would make the match shorter but not necessarily how it would lead to more wins unless older pl...

One of the things that could be tried is to reduce the number of "rest" days. So for example a format could be six rounds then a rest day, four rounds then a rest day, then two rounds.

One thing to remember when evaluating performances is that some countries publish more games of players than other countries. This gives the stronger players preparing the juniors more to work with.

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Julia won again today and is now on 6.5/8 in 3rd place. I think next round she will be white against the tournament leader who is on 7.5/8. Both players are clearly in very good form and have similar ratings, so Julia should have a good chance.

The only English junior ranked in the top 40 in their event is Koby Kalavannan (No 24 in U16), and he was checkmated by a 1998 opponent in round 1. I think to be fair to Koby it is worth pointing out that his first round opponent also beat a player rated 2328 in round 2 and looking at his rating pr...

In the women's its worth noting that for Scotland Keti has now moved on to 8.5/9.

JustinHorton wrote: ↑

Mon Oct 01, 2018 3:51 pm

All I really caught (they're now on another game) was that he thought White misplayed it before Black fell apart.

Anyone interested can just click on the red bar at the bottom of the video and drag it along to restart the commentary at an earlier point.

Magnus is commentating on chess24 (select Spanish)

David Sedgwick wrote: ↑

Sun Sep 30, 2018 8:02 pm

Maia Chiburdanidze made thew ceremonial first move in that match.

It will be interesting to see what happens to her ranking now she intends to start playing again.

Thanks for the correction Nigel - I was listening more than watching

JustinHorton wrote: ↑

Thu Sep 27, 2018 5:45 pm

Mammadzada seems to have managed to lose rook against rook and knight to lose the match against the US

No it was drawn.

When any player plays their first match for a club they have joined they could be accused of not being "Bona Fide" member and just being drafted in for that one match particularly if it is a cup match. If there is no further definition of "Bona Fide" in the context of the competition rules then at s...

Jim Wadsworth wrote: ↑

Thu Sep 06, 2018 7:48 pm

Matthew lost on time at the 40th move....

Its a horrible feeling when that happens, but we have all done it