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Re: Skilling Open
Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2020 6:15 pm
by Matthew Turner
How about a users' poll to decide on the last place? Nakamura?
Re: Skilling Open
Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2020 7:15 pm
by Paul Cooksey
Matthew Turner wrote: ↑Tue Nov 17, 2020 6:15 pm
How about a users' poll to decide on the last place? Nakamura?
I know he wasn't on great form in the US championship, but this seems harsh
Re: Skilling Open
Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2020 7:19 pm
by Matthew Turner
Not meant to be harsh, simply meant to be good marketing
Re: Skilling Open
Posted: Thu Nov 19, 2020 7:24 am
by Richard Bates
Matthew Turner wrote: ↑Tue Nov 17, 2020 7:19 pm
Not meant to be harsh, simply meant to be good marketing
Whoosh!
Re: Skilling Open
Posted: Thu Nov 19, 2020 8:05 am
by Mick Norris
14. Svidler via
qualifier as I thought
Re: Skilling Open
Posted: Fri Nov 20, 2020 1:21 pm
by Mick Norris
Firouzja & Naka complete the line up
Details including pairings
The action kicks off at 18:00 CET on Sunday, with the 16 players battling over the first three days for a place in the 8-player knockout on the final six days. The top 8 will also automatically be invited back for the next $200,000 event to be held in December
Re: Skilling Open
Posted: Sat Nov 21, 2020 6:10 pm
by Chris Rice
Looks like the tournament kicking off tomorrow will be really professional. The commentary team featuring David Howell and Jovanka even have their
own studio.
Round 1
1 GM Giri, Anish (0) 2731 — GM Vachier-Lagr. (0) 2860
2 GM Karjakin, S. (0) 2709 — GM Ding, Liren (0) 2836
3 GM Nakamura, H. (0) 2829 — GM Duda, J. (0) 2774
4 GM Le, Quang L. (0) 2744 — GM Aronian, L. (0) 2778
5 GM Vidit, S. G. (0) 2636 — GM Firouzja, A. (0) 2703
6 GM So, Wesley (0) 2741 — GM Anton Guijar. (0) 2667
7 GM Svidler, P. (0) 2742 — GM Radjabov, T. (0) 2758
8 GM Nepomniachtc. (0) 2778 — GM Carlsen, M. (0) 2881
For 15 euros you can get yourself a
Giri Mug. Think they might struggle to sell those and the rest of the clobber they have up for sale.
Re: Skilling Open
Posted: Sat Nov 21, 2020 10:33 pm
by Kevin Thurlow
Some of those mugs are a bit scary. Imagine leaving one by your bed and waking in the middle of the night and seeing the mug illuminated by the moon.
Not too impressed by "Magnus Carslen Chess Tour Finals Mug" either!
Re: Skilling Open
Posted: Sun Nov 22, 2020 4:10 pm
by Chris Rice
First round starts at 5pm
Re: Skilling Open
Posted: Sun Nov 22, 2020 5:54 pm
by Ian Thompson
Presumably a loss by mouse slip by Carlsen in round 1.
Re: Skilling Open
Posted: Mon Nov 23, 2020 9:37 am
by David Sedgwick
Anish Giri on Twitter: "Took the sole lead thanks to slip deprivation".
Re: Skilling Open
Posted: Mon Nov 23, 2020 9:49 am
by Mick Norris
Re: Skilling Open
Posted: Tue Nov 24, 2020 3:43 am
by MJMcCready
Finding the choice of commentary the biggest struggle of all. Leaning towards Howell and Houska but David does seem rather nervous and the constant references to The Queens Gambit are a bit intrusive.
Re: Skilling Open
Posted: Tue Nov 24, 2020 7:14 am
by Mick Norris
TWIC day 2
The third and final day of this qualification section starts at 5pm GMT on Tuesday 24th Nov.
Round 10 Standings: 1st Giri 6.5pts 2nd-4th Ding, Carlsen, So 6pts 5th-7th Nakamura, MVL, Nepomniachtchi 5.5pts 8th-10th Radjabov, Anton, Firouzja 5pts 11th-13th Le, Aronian, Karjakin 4.5pts 14th Svidler 4pts 15th Vidit, 3.5pts 16th Duda 3pts.
Re: Skilling Open
Posted: Wed Nov 25, 2020 12:05 pm
by Mick Norris
TWIC day 3
Final Standings: 1st Carlsen 9pts, 2nd Nakamura 9pts, 3rd So 8.5pts, 4th Nepomniachtchi 8.5pts, 5th Aronian 8.5pts, 6th Radjabov 8pts, 7th MVL 8pts, 8th Giri 8pts, 9th Firouzja 8pts, 10th Le 8pts, 11th Ding 7.5pts, 12th Vidit 6.5pts, 13th Anton 6.5pts, 14th Svidler 6pts, 15th Karjakin 5.5pts, 16th Duda 4.5pts.
Knockout Pairings (matches take place 25th-26th Nov at 5pm GMT): Carlsen vs Giri, Nepomniachtchi vs Aronian, So vs Radjabov and Nakamura vs MVL.