Re: Tata Steel 10th-28th Jan 2020
Posted: Thu Jan 16, 2020 1:12 pm
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JustinHorton wrote: ↑Thu Jan 16, 2020 12:20 pmI'm seeing BOGDAN LALIC REFUSED MY DRAW OFFER T-shirts here
He might have some incentive not to agree so many short draws against lower rated players now. I overheard him bemoaning the fact that his rating was going under 2400 prior to the last round at Hastings. He actually gained a couple of points following a last round win, so that's not happened yet.Matt Bridgeman wrote: ↑Thu Jan 16, 2020 3:34 pmI’m in Prague at the moment. Bogdan has 4 wins and 3 draws with two rounds to go in the Prague Open. Solid pro!
You might think they would have worked out a way of stopping this by now......Roger de Coverly wrote: ↑Thu Jan 16, 2020 5:49 pmI see Duda-Artemiev has finished as a draw with the arbiter's king move to e4 being recorded as part of the game.
I think Firouzja-Giri should favour White because his King is far enough forward to make a winning dash to the Queenside.
I had written the article though not yet filed it, and only items 1 and 4 were present. Ever obliging, I have added 2 and 3 to the final version.Jonathan Rogers wrote: ↑Thu Jan 16, 2020 8:01 pmPerfectly timed for Leonard's Guardian column. I predict he will also refer to the first forthcoming standard play encounter with Carlsen * and mention the recent blitz ruckus, along with widespread speculation that Firouzja might be the player who dethrones the Norwegian.
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* Naturally I have not checked this, but surely ...
They have - see the last paragraph of https://www.digitalgametechnology.com/i ... ratio=1.25. But has anyone ever seen one of these "Game-end pieces"?Matt Mackenzie wrote: ↑Thu Jan 16, 2020 6:20 pmYou might think they would have worked out a way of stopping this by now......Roger de Coverly wrote: ↑Thu Jan 16, 2020 5:49 pmI see Duda-Artemiev has finished as a draw with the arbiter's king move to e4 being recorded as part of the game.
I just hope no Indian bookies are reading this. Yesterday was the 20th anniversary of the Hansie Cronje affair.Leonard Barden wrote: ↑Thu Jan 16, 2020 8:13 pmI had written the article though not yet filed it, and only items 1 and 4 were present. Ever obliging, I have added 2 and 3 to the final version.Jonathan Rogers wrote: ↑Thu Jan 16, 2020 8:01 pmPerfectly timed for Leonard's Guardian column. I predict he will also refer to the first forthcoming standard play encounter with Carlsen * and mention the recent blitz ruckus, along with widespread speculation that Firouzja might be the player who dethrones the Norwegian.
Do I win £10 ?
* Naturally I have not checked this, but surely ...
That might depend on whether Magnus Carlsen can regain the title after losing it to Ding Liren this year.Daniel Gormally wrote: ↑Thu Jan 16, 2020 7:52 pmBe amazed if there's not a carlsen-firouzja world champs match at some point in the future.