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Thanks. Adding a note here that Ding Liren is not playing in the Isle of Man event. He is listed for it on https://2700chess.com/ but http://iominternationalchess.com/ (which is obviously more authoritative) says " updated 18 September: Ding Liren withdrawn". If Ding Liren manages to avoid losing t...

Vitiugov - Howell is 1st v 3rd for the board 2 medal

Can anyone confirm whether a loss by Carlsen (e.g. if he needs to try and win due to the match situation) would see him drop below Caruana? I think a draw or win keep Carlsen as number one. Ding Liren should be able to keep his run going. Does anyone know what his next events are? What tie-breaks a...

board pairings

Svidler - Carlsen
Vitiugov - Howell

Looks like Svidler - Carlsen then

Long way to go for Blackthorne to get both Grantham & White Rose

LawrenceCooper wrote: ↑

Wed Oct 17, 2018 5:23 pm

David Robertson wrote: ↑

Wed Oct 17, 2018 4:46 pm

These 2800+ World Champions, they just won't roll over, will they

The phrase "got out of jail" springs to mind

Draw agreed

Not as exciting an event without you playing Loz

board pairings

Bo. 5 Valerenga Sjakklubb Rtg - 1 Alkaloid Rtg
2.1 GM Carlsen, Magnus 2839 - GM Ding, Liren 2804
2.2 GM Howell, David W L 2689 - GM Yu, Yangyi 2765

round 6 pairings should see Magnus v Ding

46 Chess Club Aatos 6 : 6 Wood Green 29
33 SK Comeon 5 : 5 Grantham Sharks 42
23 Team Viking 4 : 4 3Cs 45
44 White Rose 3 : 3 Dublin Chess Club 57
49 Hillerod Skakklub 3 : 3 Blackthorne Russia 34

Mick Norris wrote: ↑

Sun Jun 24, 2018 8:55 am

2nd youngest GM in history

It appears there's a new 2nd youngest GM in history according to a Mark Crowther tweet

12 years and 10 months UZB IM Javokhir Sindarov made a final GM norm to get the title in Budapest at the First Saturday tournament

Board pairings

Chess Mind

round 5 pairings

Carlsen may well have black v Shak

25 Rehovot Chess School 4 : 4 3Cs 45
29 Wood Green 4 : 4 Bois-Colombes 54
37 SK Reval-Sport 3 : 3 Blackthorne Russia 34
36 Jetsmark 3 : 3 White Rose 44
42 Grantham Sharks 3 : 3 Hillerod Skakklub 49

Magnus drew; his live rating lead over Caruana is now down to 4.3

DIng won to reach his highest ever live rating (again, it will be interesting to see how high he gets)

round 4 pairings

34 Blackthorne Russia 2 : 2 Grantham Sharks 42

Board pairings

Ding - Svidler

Carlsen - Donchenko (David Howell gets a day off)

Magnus drew today

David Howell beat Harikrishna to take his live rating over 2700

Which is more than can be said of Svidler