FIDE World Rapid and Blitz December 25-30, 2021

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FIDE World Rapid and Blitz December 25-30, 2021

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Re: FIDE World Rapid and Blitz December 25-30, 2021

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Ah, another human rights paradise then.
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Re: FIDE World Rapid and Blitz December 25-30, 2021

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Poland
A week after Poland hosts the European Rapid & Blitz!

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Re: FIDE World Rapid and Blitz December 25-30, 2021

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Re: FIDE World Rapid and Blitz December 25-30, 2021

Post by Martin Benjamin » Sun Dec 26, 2021 3:23 pm

The great thing about watching this event is the comfort of seeing the world's' best players making a pig's ear of simple positions (see Carlsen's and Nakamura's opponents in round one), so I can console myself with the knowledge that it is not just me getting worse with age - chess is not easy.

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Re: FIDE World Rapid and Blitz December 25-30, 2021

Post by NickFaulks » Sun Dec 26, 2021 4:23 pm

Martin Benjamin wrote:
Sun Dec 26, 2021 3:23 pm
The great thing about watching this event is the comfort of seeing the world's' best players making a pig's ear of simple positions (see Carlsen's and Nakamura's opponents in round one)
In one of my first Olympiads I lost an endgame very similar to the Carlsen one - except I had the bishop and the lesson I learned was in such reduced positions the rook and knight work much better!

edit : I had gone into this with 2P v P. Losing was not on the agenda,
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Re: FIDE World Rapid and Blitz December 25-30, 2021

Post by Martin Benjamin » Sun Dec 26, 2021 7:58 pm

Rasmus Svane loses with queen and 2 pawns v queen in round 4 v Anish Giri. Unfortunately, the transmission from the board cut out, and it is said he blundered into a two move mate. Very surprising with a 10 second increment in rapidplay, a little more understandable had it been in the blitz tournament.

Major problems with the online transmission. Round 5 is especially entertaining in terms of the confusion and reminds me of Morecambe and Wise (the right moves on the board, it's just that the names on the pairings are all wrong......).
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Re: FIDE World Rapid and Blitz December 25-30, 2021

Post by Matt Mackenzie » Sun Dec 26, 2021 8:06 pm

Martin Benjamin wrote:
Sun Dec 26, 2021 7:58 pm
Rasmus Svane loses with queen and 2 pawns v queen in round 4 v Anish Giri. Unfortunately, the transmission from the board cut out, and it is said he blundered into a two move mate. Very surprising with a 10 second increment in rapidplay, a little more understandable had it been in the blitz tournament.
Tbf that is an occupational hazard in Q endings!
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Re: FIDE World Rapid and Blitz December 25-30, 2021

Post by David Sedgwick » Sun Dec 26, 2021 9:46 pm

Martin Benjamin wrote:
Sun Dec 26, 2021 7:58 pm
Major problems with the online transmission. Round 5 is especially entertaining in terms of the confusion and reminds me of Morecambe and Wise (the right moves on the board, it's just that the names on the pairings are all wrong......).
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Re: FIDE World Rapid and Blitz December 25-30, 2021

Post by Keith Arkell » Mon Dec 27, 2021 1:25 am

NickFaulks wrote:
Sun Dec 26, 2021 4:23 pm
Martin Benjamin wrote:
Sun Dec 26, 2021 3:23 pm
The great thing about watching this event is the comfort of seeing the world's' best players making a pig's ear of simple positions (see Carlsen's and Nakamura's opponents in round one)
In one of my first Olympiads I lost an endgame very similar to the Carlsen one - except I had the bishop and the lesson I learned was in such reduced positions the rook and knight work much better!

edit : I had gone into this with 2P v P. Losing was not on the agenda,
The Carlsen round one game is very similar to my Kosten game ( number 3 in 'Arkell's Endings'). In both games White had R, B and b pawn against R+N, and in Both games the Bishop looked like a much better piece than the Knight.

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Re: FIDE World Rapid and Blitz December 25-30, 2021

Post by Nick Burrows » Mon Dec 27, 2021 10:30 am

NickFaulks wrote:
Sun Dec 26, 2021 4:23 pm
the lesson I learned was in such reduced positions the rook and knight work much better!
edit : I had gone into this with 2P v P. Losing was not on the agenda,
It sounds like you drew the wrong conclusion from misplaying that endgame :)

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Re: FIDE World Rapid and Blitz December 25-30, 2021

Post by Geoff Chandler » Mon Dec 27, 2021 1:06 pm

Martin Benjamin wrote:
Sun Dec 26, 2021 7:58 pm
Rasmus Svane loses with queen and 2 pawns v queen in round 4 v Anish Giri. Unfortunately, the transmission from the board cut out,
Hi Martin,

Unfortunately for Rasmus Svane the whole incident was captured on vid. (look from about 2 minutes 20 seconds in)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCBw2XTQEO4

I'm glad none of my blunders have been videoed live. Most of mine, which are up there with this one,
are known only to me and my opponent. Last time I looked this one had 34,000+ views.

The end was from here. (White to play. Giri has just played Qc7-d6 threatening mate in one.)



Svane played Kh5 and Giri played Qh2+ 0-1.

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Re: FIDE World Rapid and Blitz December 25-30, 2021

Post by David Robertson » Mon Dec 27, 2021 4:21 pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCBw2XTQEO4

Impeccable response at the end from Svane. Very impressive.

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