45th Guernsey International Chess Festival

[Kevin Thurlow]

Not as strong as the Isle of Man...

http://chess-results.com/tnr447188.aspx ... art=2&rd=1

Live games should appear at http://www.guernseychessclub.org.gg/fes ... stival.htm

But sometimes the first round transmission doesn't work as well as hoped.

[NickFaulks]

Is there a reason why the pairings do not look quite normal?

[Tim Harding]

Is there a reason why the pairings do not look quite normal?

Agreed; the colours for the higher rated player seem wrong on boards 15 and 18: David Sedgwick one of the beneficiaries!

[Ian Thompson]

Is there a reason why the pairings do not look quite normal?

Agreed; the colours for the higher rated player seem wrong on boards 15 and 18: David Sedgwick one of the beneficiaries!

I think those two pairings are correct, just not being played on the boards you'd expect.

The anomalous pairings are on boards 1 and 21. Kraft should be playing Hebden on board 1 and Kirby playing Canonne on board 15.

[David Sedgwick]

Is there a reason why the pairings do not look quite normal?

Agreed; the colours for the higher rated player seem wrong on boards 15 and 18: David Sedgwick one of the beneficiaries!

There were some adjustments owing to one or two players arriving late.

There is no prohibition on that. It is not a title tournament.

For the record, I had no involvement in the specifics. Also, I do not believe for one moment that favouring me was a consideration.

In any case, the pairing didn't do me much good. I had a short draw against a lower rated player.

[David Sedgwick]

Live games should appear at http://www.guernseychessclub.org.gg/fes ... stival.htm

But sometimes the first round transmission doesn't work as well as hoped.

Things seem to be okay this year. (The Hebden games is a late start.)

[Kevin Thurlow]

One game was moved to allow a player to use a specific board. Mark Hebden arrived late (by arrangement) and the organizers usually find a volunteer from Guernsey to have the late start, rather than potentially annoy a visitor!

I had a longer draw than David. We are the right colours to meet in round 2 as well... So we need a few more draws this round.

[Roger de Coverly]

Mark Hebden arrived late (by arrangement) and the organizers usually find a volunteer from Guernsey to have the late start, rather than potentially annoy a visitor!

It looks as if they dealt with Mark's late arrival by just switching a couple of pairings. If you combine that with a pair of players being moved to a fixed board, it all makes sense as a normal top half v second half pairing.

[John Upham]

Does anyone know the reason for Black winning in Kirby - Hebden in round two ?

[David Sedgwick]

The Curse of Sedgwick has just struck, for the first time in quite a while.

As is customary with the Curse, it was a false alarm.

[Alex Holowczak]

The Curse of Sedgwick has just struck, for the first time in quite a while.

As is customary with the Curse, it was a false alarm.

It hasn't always been customary: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-b ... e-34794497

[David Sedgwick]

It hasn't always been customary: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-b ... e-34794497

It was always a bit of a stretch to describe that incident as an example of the Curse.

[David Sedgwick]

I had forgotten, but on looking backing back at the thread on last year's event, I found the following:

To the best of my recollection, The Curse of Sedgwick has never yet struck at Guernsey.

Today might be the time, of course.

The Curse never did strike last year, but ...

[Kevin Thurlow]

I don't know the cause of the alarm - I suspect the kitchen burnt something (I have ruled out David holding a cigarette lighter to a smoke detector!).

Meanwhile, despite the interruption, Mark Hebden and Nigel Povah are on 3/3, a full point ahead of the chasing pack. Well, I say "chasing pack", but with the exception of Reijneveld - Morcom, most of the top board games were fairly uneventful draws. Admittedly, the event has its usual big middle of similarly rated players, so perhaps you do not expect a horde of decisive games.

[John Upham]

Any bets on how many more moves Van den Boogaart - Rosen will last ?

White just played 15.Rd1 when 15. Qc3 was huge.

Edit: Black made it to move 21.