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Nakamura won again tp reach the semi-finals

Ding won to take it to a decider on Wednesday

TWIC Report on quarter-finals Day 2

We're back to Yu Yangyi vs Ding Liren and Nakamura vs Aronian on Monday 25th May at 3pm BST. Both Ding and Aronian must win in this second set of mini-matches in order extend these ties into the final day on Wednesday.

Wins for Carlsen and Dubov, who both started 1-0 today

Oops, quarter finals, sorry

TWIC Report on semi-finals Day 1

Let us know how it goes please Adam

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TWIC Report on Day 3

Rest day today

Tomorrow: Nakamura-Aronian and Ding-Yu Yangyi
Sunday: Carlsen-So and Karjakin-Dubov

Roger de Coverly wrote: ↑

Thu May 21, 2020 4:46 pm

Mick Norris wrote: ↑

Thu May 21, 2020 3:51 pm

Interesting quote from back then, not much different now?

As far as I recall, that quote is from the late 1960s or early 1970s, just before the Fischer inspired boom.

1969 according to Mike

See http://www.ecforum.org.uk/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=260&p=1454#p1454 Interesting quote from back then, not much different now? The hard core of British players who play year after year and are the backbone of club and county chess is remarkably small. Much of the total of serious play consists of peo...

TWIC reports on day 1 and 2 Round 9: Yu Yangyi-Grischuk, Wei Yi-Nakamura, Duda-Ding, So-Aronian, Karjakin-Carlsen, Dubov-Firouzja. Round 10: Grischuk-Firouzja, Carlsen-Dubov, Aronian-Karjakin, Ding-So, Nakamura-Duda, Yu Yangyi-Wei Yi. Round 11: Wei Yi-Grischuk, Duda-Yu Yangyi, So-Nakamura, Karjakin-...

I don't think Gold membership would be the main problem; Silver membership is only relevant if you have congresses to play in, so may be the one to suffer the most; I guess lots of Bronze members only join to play League chess (and some for county chess), so may not renew until that is possible Of c...

is it all worth it? Do you think anyone would play under those conditions? You also have the problem as to how players travel to the match. I discussed this with my chess club chairman last night; his view was that getting everybody to the club to play a home match was difficult (some don't drive) ...

Imagine, a venue that is solely dedicated to promoting Chess at all levels, based outside of London. A true centre of Chess excellence, where a Chess community can come together to enjoy their love of the game. No more dingy upstairs rooms/basements in a pub or social club, hidden away from the wor...

TWIC report with results Magnus Carlsen won the Open event by a full two points from Daniil Dubov who had a bad final day but did at least hold on to second place in the final round. Although Carlsen wasn't at his very best it was good enough to win comfortably in the end. Favourite Kateryna Lagno ...