Gashimov Memorial 2019 Shamkir 30 Mar to 9 April

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Re: Gashimov Memorial 2019 Shamkir 30 Mar to 9 April

Post by Chris Rice » Wed Apr 03, 2019 4:05 pm

Carlsen-Topalov and Karjakin-Grischuk finished in almost identical positions.
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Post by JustinHorton » Thu Apr 04, 2019 3:37 pm

Ding looks likely to lose today, which doesn't happen very often. Giri also having another bad day at the office.
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Re: Gashimov Memorial 2019 Shamkir 30 Mar to 9 April

Post by Christopher Kreuzer » Thu Apr 04, 2019 4:21 pm

Ding did lose (as did Giri). Interesting way to get a knight trapped.
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Re: Gashimov Memorial 2019 Shamkir 30 Mar to 9 April

Post by Chris Rice » Thu Apr 04, 2019 4:41 pm

Good to see Shak drawing with Carlsen. Thought he might have still been upset about the mate in 49 he missed yesterday...
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Re: Gashimov Memorial 2019 Shamkir 30 Mar to 9 April

Post by LawrenceCooper » Thu Apr 04, 2019 4:51 pm

Chris Rice wrote: ↑
Thu Apr 04, 2019 4:41 pm
 Good to see Shak drawing with Carlsen. Thought he might have still been upset about the mate in 49 he missed yesterday...
Wasn't it his opponent who had the mate in 49 though?
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Re: Gashimov Memorial 2019 Shamkir 30 Mar to 9 April

Post by Chris Rice » Thu Apr 04, 2019 5:01 pm

LawrenceCooper wrote: ↑
Thu Apr 04, 2019 4:51 pm
Chris Rice wrote: ↑
Thu Apr 04, 2019 4:41 pm
 Good to see Shak drawing with Carlsen. Thought he might have still been upset about the mate in 49 he missed yesterday...
Wasn't it his opponent who had the mate in 49 though?
Yes indeed, I misread the tweet, what I should have said is that its fantastic that Navara beat Ding today after missing a mate in 49 and a mate in 27 with one minute to go yesterday!
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Re: Gashimov Memorial 2019 Shamkir 30 Mar to 9 April

Post by NickFaulks » Sun Apr 07, 2019 2:05 pm

Why did Mamedyarov resign yesterday? Am I missing some forcing line?
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Re: Gashimov Memorial 2019 Shamkir 30 Mar to 9 April

Post by Mick Norris » Sun Apr 07, 2019 2:21 pm

NickFaulks wrote: ↑
Sun Apr 07, 2019 2:05 pm
 Why did Mamedyarov resign yesterday? Am I missing some forcing line?
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Re: Gashimov Memorial 2019 Shamkir 30 Mar to 9 April

Post by Thomas Rendle » Sun Apr 07, 2019 2:31 pm

Giri in trouble vs Carlsen today. Tomorrow is Karjakin-Carlsen, I'd be surprised if that wasn't a fairly dull draw but maybe Sergey can show something.
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Re: Gashimov Memorial 2019 Shamkir 30 Mar to 9 April

Post by Matt Mackenzie » Sun Apr 07, 2019 4:03 pm

Giri crushed, seems a while ago now from when he used to rib Carlsen about his personal plus score.
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Re: Gashimov Memorial 2019 Shamkir 30 Mar to 9 April

Post by Christopher Kreuzer » Sun Apr 07, 2019 5:58 pm

Karjakin doing well. He couldn't (over the next year or so) mount another challenge for a second chance at the world title, could he?
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Re: Gashimov Memorial 2019 Shamkir 30 Mar to 9 April

Post by LawrenceCooper » Mon Apr 08, 2019 3:45 pm

Christopher Kreuzer wrote: ↑
Sun Apr 07, 2019 5:58 pm
 Karjakin doing well. He couldn't (over the next year or so) mount another challenge for a second chance at the world title, could he?
You may have jinxed him judging by the one sided nature of his loss to Carlsen today :oops:
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Re: Gashimov Memorial 2019 Shamkir 30 Mar to 9 April

Post by Matt Mackenzie » Mon Apr 08, 2019 5:03 pm

It does rather look like Magnus is over his 2018 mini-"crisis" doesn't it.
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Re: Gashimov Memorial 2019 Shamkir 30 Mar to 9 April

Post by Richard Bates » Mon Apr 08, 2019 7:44 pm

Taking up a new opening is always a good way to revitalise your game. Given that so far nobody seems to have any answer to his Sveshnikov it's slightly surprising that there haven't been obvious signs of others following his lead.
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Re: Gashimov Memorial 2019 Shamkir 30 Mar to 9 April

Post by Jonathan Rogers » Mon Apr 08, 2019 8:13 pm

Perhaps give it time - there are lots of other forcing lines that do not involve 7.Nd5, which would need to be learnt. Carlsen had time and assistance with these others lines last year, and he used to play the opening some years back anyway, but I would imagine that even other strong GMs might want to hesitate before trying to imitate him. It may be that some lines lead to draws too, which might not suit GMs who play non-elite events.
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