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All well and good you would think until you see the latest FIDE press statement today. Adding quotes to make it clearer: "Saudi Arabia CF to partner Russian CF in hosting the World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championship 2018 " "Given the strong relationship between the Kingdom Saudi Arabia and Russia, ...

Richard Bates wrote: ↑

Tue Dec 04, 2018 8:42 pm

http://www.chessdom.com/dvorkovich-impl ... seoQvj3Z0Q

Worthy of comment. Indeed, the whole future direction of FIDE deserves a new thread.

A partial transcript of what was said by Demis H (I think he visited the commentary team on 2 days?) on 8 December is here ('A Conversation with Demis Hassabis'): http://chessforallages.blogspot.com/2018/11/a-conversation-with-demis-hassabis.html Also, the Sadler analysis, forthcoming book and YouTu...

For the record, the episode of Have I Got News For You (HIGNFY): https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0btj9sy/have-i-got-news-for-you-series-56-episode-8 Chess 'coverage' is from 15:15 to 17:30 (roughly). They managed to spin it out for 2 minutes. Probably not worth getting too worked up, but stil...

The other four players not mentioned earlier in the thread are: Alan Merry, Ravi Haria, Jonathan Hawkins and John Nunn. Pairings are: Preliminary Round 1. Jonathan Hawkins v Jovanka Houska 2. John Nunn v Alan Merry 3. Matthew Turner v Ravi Haria 4. Simon Williams v Harriet Hunt Quarter Finals 1. Mic...

I'm going to hazard a guess it was Demis...

Can you remember if the tradition of having guests to make the opening moves was done in the past, Roger? For the record, those making these ceremonial moves for this event (WCC 2018) were: Game 1: Woody Harrelson, US actor and playwright Game 2: Andrey A. Guryev, CEO of PhosAgro (sponsor) Game 3: J...

Has anyone suggested that if a match is drawn, that the players share the title? [Traditionally, this would be a big break, as the world title has never been shared, has it?] Would need slight tweaks around a rematch. Maybe the 'junior' co-holder would have to go through the process again to be the ...

And the guy making the ceremonial opening move in game 3 is someone called Jon Gulbrandsen: http://schack.se/han-betalade-50-000-kr-for-att-gora-forsta-draget-i-ett-vm-parti/ He apparently was the winner of an auction and bid 50,000 Norwegian krone to make the first move. You would have thought that...

I think I have identified one of them: a representative of one of the sponsors appears to be making the opening move in round two: Andrey Guryev , or possibly Andrey Guryev Jr. (this is annoying!). Certainly an Andrey Guryev presented the trophy to Carlsen at the closing ceremony. Connected to PhosA...

Well, they may not be celebrities, but can anyone identify the following? (1) Does anyone recognise the person making the opening move here in game 3? (scroll down or search for 'guest of honor'). Picture is also here . (2) Does anyone know who make the opening move ('ceremonial'/'guest of honour') ...

Two quick questions:

(1) Does anyone recognise the person making the opening move here? (scroll down or search for 'guest of honor'). Picture is also here.

(2) Does anyone know who make the opening move ('ceremonial'/'guest of honour') for Game 2? Picture of the opening move is here.

Does this inability to win two of those two matches without the need for a tie-break impact his overall legacy and place in the historical chess pantheon in any way? In my mind it shows that chess has moved on significantly, and there are now a number of players capable of playing as well as the Wo...

A question: Carlsen beat Anand in the classical phase in matches (twice). He 'only' drew with Karjakin and Caruana (and beat them on tie-breaks). Does this inability to win two of those [EDIT: four] matches without the need for a tie-break impact his overall legacy and place in the historical chess ...

This is a good book https://www.redhotpawn.com/imgu/blog/1/b4u437199-1536164129.png but the diagrams... https://www.redhotpawn.com/imgu/blog/1/b4u437199-1536149070.png I cannot get use to those Knights. LOL, written in competition with another written by a team headed by one of this forum's favouri...