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Kevin Thurlow wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 22, 2019 7:43 pm

Board 44 went the "wrong" way it seems...

According to the FIDE list, the Chinese giant-killer Zuo Yifan is male and was born in 2005.

Yes indeed, poor Gary. Why didn't he just recapture on d3?

Ireland will be sending 50+ and 65+ teams to Rhodes, but unfortunately I am unavailable to travel at those dates.

We are taking soundings about sending at least a 50+ team to the Europeans in September, but it would be helpful if the Croatians could clarify the venue and the terms and conditions.

John lost as expected and there don't look like being many upsets. However, IM Gary Lane (on a European tour with his son) has chances to win with Black against Pavel Eljanov: https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/gibraltar-masters-2019/1/1/20 It's getting tense around move 28 with both play...

Here is an update on the Irish International Open which starts in Dublin three months from today (round 1 at 6pm on Wed 17 April) and will be played over the Easter weekend, ending on Monday 22 April. There will be good opportunities to earn FIDE title norms. So far 9 GMs, four IMs, four FMs and one...

From the above I believe may conclude provisionally that the quotation should be attributed to Hopwood not Steinitz. As for the (34) that was the late Kurt Landsberger's incompetent attempt to do citations. The number, like others in his text, just refers to the Deutsche Schachzeitung which is item ...

It's time to start a new thread for the four FIDE Senior Championships in 2019 (two global, two European). All four are announced in two age groups, 50+ and 65+ (based on a qualifying date 31 December 2019) so if your relevant birthday falls in 2019 it doesn't matter if you have actually reached it ...

Brian Towers wrote: ↑

Fri Dec 28, 2018 6:11 pm

So, Dubov is the undefeated world rapid champion.

Dubov interview coming up.

Gawain Jones finished on a creditable 8.5

David Robertson wrote: ↑

Fri Dec 28, 2018 5:31 pm

Tim Harding wrote: ↑

Fri Dec 28, 2018 5:25 pm

Black resigned a theoretically drawn position

Black resigned a totally lost position. It may have been drawn a move earlier. But now, after B played 142..Ke6??? 143 Kb5 & 144 RxB wins

Are you sure? I copied the PGN from chess24 which ended after White's 142nd.

Last round draw WITH SCORES: Mamedyarov (10) v Dubov (10.5) Nakamura (10) v Carlsen (10) Karjakin (9.5) v Artemiev (10) In the last game to finish in the penultimate round, Black resigned a theoretically drawn position: [Event "FIDE World Rapid Championship"] [Site "chess24.com"] [Date "2018.12.28"]...

Who is Alireza Firouzja ? And what is he smoking, ranked 169, to be lying 3= (and +135 Elo) with two rounds to go? He's a 2600+ rated standard player, and only 15 years old. If you look at his FIDE profile, you can see the direction his ratings are going, and quickly - he just hasn't played as much...

3. It was cheaper than Hastings, even including the cost of the transport. I must say that one surprises me. In general, very little in Scandinavia is cheap. Rates quoted on the tournament website for B&B in the tournament hotel were: http://www.rilton.se/hotel.html The hotel is Scandic Continental...

If you request a HPB in Rounds 3 (e.g.) and 9, then you score 0.5 for the Round 3 bye and 0 for the Round 9 bye. If you request a HPB in Rounds 8 and 9, both score 0. (I.e. you're considered to be withdrawn.) Any Round 9 bye request scores 0, whether it is the first bye or the second bye. A "half p...

Round 1 this afternoon saw 2nd seed Vasil Ivanchuk crushed in under an hour by a 12-year-old Indian: [Event "5th Sunway Sitges International"] [Site "chess24.com"] [Date "2018.12.14"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Sreeshwan Maralakshikari"] [Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A67"] [WhiteElo "2...

Hi. What's the difference between old and modern/new Benoni? Modern Benoni 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 Old Benoni 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 It's whether the e pawn goes one square or two. I suggest (but this is not a comprehensive treatment of the subject): 1 d4 c5 Old Benoni, sometimes called Sc...