European Individual Seniors (50+) Championship

[Keith Arkell]

Probably, Christopher. I was in no state for it to register, though

[Carl Hibbard]

Keith, did Kasparov say anything to you when presenting the prizes?

"You look sloshed Keith..."

[Keith Arkell]

And I thought I was hiding it so well Live boards up and working now!

[LawrenceCooper]

Now 3.5/4 1st= with Kalegin (2490) who beat Sturua (2525) on top board.
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[Stewart Reuben]

Kasparov asked Keith, 'Can you please show me how to play R+B v R'.

[LawrenceCooper]

4/5 for Keith, Kalegin and possibly one other at the end of the first day.

Norman Hutchinson is on 2/4 in 65+ section.

[LawrenceCooper]

Round 6 underway:

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[Simon Brown]

Oh dear. Even Keith isn't going to survive this.

[John McKenna]

Keith got into a mess against a lady named Galina and has lost.

[LawrenceCooper]

Moving swiftly on, he's half of the lead (3 on 4.5/6) with three rounds to play.

[LawrenceCooper]

Normal service has been resumed with Keith winning a rook ending

[Mick Norris]

Round 8 of 9 pairings:


Bo. No. Name Rtg Pts. Result Pts. Name Rtg No.
1 8 FM Furman Boris 2225 4½ 5½ IM Kalegin Evgenij 2490 2
2 5 WGM Strutinskaia Galina 2338 4 5 GM Sturua Zurab 2525 1
3 3 GM Fernandes Antonio 2419 5 4 IM Gurieli Nino 2298 7
4 4 GM Arkell Keith C 2404 5 4 IM Maryasin Boris 2305 6
5 12 WIM Mednikova Svetlana 2094 3½ 4 WIM Kasoshvili Tsiala 2112 11

[LawrenceCooper]

Bo. No. Name Rtg Pts. Result Pts. Name Rtg No.
1 8 FM Furman Boris 2225 4½ 0 - 1 5½ IM Kalegin Evgenij 2490 2
2 5 WGM Strutinskaia Galina 2338 4 0 - 1 5 GM Sturua Zurab 2525 1
3 3 GM Fernandes Antonio 2419 5 1 - 0 4 IM Gurieli Nino 2298 7
4 4 GM Arkell Keith C 2404 5 ½ - ½ 4 IM Maryasin Boris 2305 6

Round 9 pairings:

Bo. No. Name Rtg Pts. Result Pts. Name Rtg No.
1 2 IM Kalegin Evgenij 2490 6½ 4½ WFM Bogumil Tatiana 2162 9
2 3 GM Fernandes Antonio 2419 6 5½ GM Arkell Keith C 2404 4
3 13 Morais Vitor 2081 4 6 GM Sturua Zurab 2525 1
4 11 WIM Kasoshvili Tsiala 2112 5 4½ FM Furman Boris 2225 8

It looks like Keith needs to win to finish third or higher.

[Mick Norris]

Rank with tiebreaks going into the last round

Rk. SNo Name FED Rtg Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3
1 2 IM Kalegin Evgenij RUS 2490 6.5 2334 35.0 38.5
2 1 GM Sturua Zurab GEO 2525 6.0 2335 36.0 40.0
3 3 GM Fernandes Antonio POR 2419 6.0 2302 34.5 38.0
4 4 GM Arkell Keith C ENG 2404 5.5 2309 33.0 34.0
5 11 WIM Kasoshvili Tsiala GEO 2112 5.0 2337 34.5 37.5
6 8 FM Furman Boris RUS 2225 4.5 2332 33.5 36.5
7 6 IM Maryasin Boris ISR 2305 4.5 2251 29.5 30.5
8 9 WFM Bogumil Tatiana RUS 2162 4.5 2195 29.5 31.0
9 5 WGM Strutinskaia Galina RUS 2338 4.0 2288 33.5 35.0
10 7 IM Gurieli Nino GEO 2298 4.0 2261 35.0 37.5
11 10 Bebchuk Boris RUS 2126 4.0 2113 28.5 29.5
12 13 Morais Vitor POR 2081 4.0 2041 22.0 23.0
13 12 WIM Mednikova Svetlana RUS 2094 3.5 2166 30.0 32.5
14 16 Baliūnienė Margarita DEN 1870 3.5 2077 25.0 26.0
15 15 Jenssen Ove S NOR 1872 3.0 2065 22.0 23.0
16 14 Chireykina Natalia RUS 1891 2.0 2062 24.0 25.0
17 17 Silva Rui Almeida POR 1804 1.5 2078 26.0 27.5

I think that means that Keith will be ahead of Sturua and Kalegin on tiebreak, in the event of a 3 way tie between them (we can always hope)

[LawrenceCooper]

Unfortunately Keith lost the last round so finished 4th= on 5.5/9.