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147 entries as at yesterday

Open 35 including an IM from Stoke
Major 68
Knights 44

Board 1 drawn in 10 moves; board 4 drawn in 16 moves according to chess24 live

As of 1 June 2017: a timeline for when the members (past and present) of the 2800 club (those with a FIDE rating of 2800 or above) first achieved that distinction, with their ages: *January 1990 - Garry Kasparov (2800) aged 26 (peak - 2856; March 2000) *July 2001 - Vladimir Kramnik (2802) aged 26 (...

Ding drew game 3 and won game 4 to take hsi live rating to 2804.2 (which is the 13th highest of all time)

That should take his September rating to 2804 and add him to the list

I am told that "record entry once again this year; 142 now with 3 days to the start of play"

137 entries so far

Open 32
Major 65
Knights 40

Game 2 drawn; good to see Ding back playing after his accident

I can't see he is due to play again this month, so presumably his rating at the end of this match will be the published September rating

EDIT Ding needs to win the match 3 - 1 to get a 2800+ rating

Tim Wall However, in a new development, the Russian leader Vladimir Putin himself has apparently directly intervened in the Kremlin’s global campaign to get national chess federations to support his former deputy prime minister, adding weight to communiqués from embassies which are also surfacing.

Entrants now 123
Open, Major and Knights

LawrenceCooper wrote: ↑

Fri Aug 10, 2018 1:15 pm

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/ ... are_btn_fb

BBC

111 entries so far

Open 25 (top seed Joe McPhillips)
Major 54
Knights 32

I see Ben Hague (ex Rochdale, Oldham, Bradford 4NCL) is playing for New Zealand possibly on top board by the look of it

Shak reaches his highest ever live rating of 2817.7; Magnus down to 2835.1 (Caruana at 2822)

JustinHorton wrote: ↑

Tue Jul 31, 2018 4:47 pm

After move 40 he has a position with Black that may not be lost, but I'm sure would be won against anybody else if he were White.

Yes, it is interesting how differently you view a position when Magnus is playing; move 53, and I assume Magnus will hold it, though Shak is pressing

JustinHorton wrote: ↑

Tue Jul 31, 2018 1:02 pm

Anyway Carlsen opening with the King's Indian, which may or may not suggest that he wants to tempt Mamedyarov to have a go today

He might want to tempt him, but there's no imperative for Shak to have a go