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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

Jonathan Rogers wrote: ↑

Thu Sep 06, 2018 5:02 pm

Tough start for them both, but presumably Chessbomb is wrong in suggesting that Matthew lost round two? (Or did it mix up his game with someone else's?)

Not sure chess results and chess24 also show a loss - suspect it could be on time if it is correct

Mathew live on board 1, so not the easiest of starts, but not a bad draw either - good luck to both.

Also in Under 10 Open Nishchal is in with a chance of finishing 3rd= (although looks like a tough draw) 1 Pingin Artem 2040 7 7 Kuhn Clement 2023 2 Bialiauski Artsiom 1633 6½ 7 Pashikyan Rudolf 1489 3 Saveljev Ivan 1794 6 6 Habans Aguerrea Javier 1992 4 Cnejev Vladimir-Alexandru 1831 6 6 Silva Danie...

Has someone has been disqualified for cheating using a mobile phone? (no idea what country/section)

Homebase after a week if someone has a spare 10p.

I was talking about either females in the female rankings or males (or females) in the overall rankings so the answers 1) Highest ranked Harriet Hunt (33) 2) Top five Harriet Hunt, Michael Adams, Matthew Sadler, David Howell, Jovanka Houska So relative to the rest of the female chess players in the ...

I noticed above there was some discussion about role models - let me ask a couple of questions:

1) who is currently our highest ranked player in terms of world ranking?
2) Who are currently our top 5 ranked players?