FIDE World Rapid & Blitz 2022 Almaty Kazakhstan 25-30 December

[Geoff Chandler]

The vid of Magnus realising he has blundered v Artemiev.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=baRQY0KvB1g&t=725s

[LawrenceCooper]

Ameet Ghasi beat Vidit: https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tourn ... 022/6/1/21

[Leonard Barden]

Ghasi is now on 5.5/8 , last 3 rounds 1 v Vidit, 0.5 v Tomashevsky and 1 v van Foreest!

Andreikin v Ghasi coming up very shortly on Board 9.....

[LawrenceCooper]

Ghasi is now on 5.5/8 , last 3 rounds 1 v Vidit, 0.5 v Tomashevsky and 1 v van Foreest!

Andreikin v Ghasi coming up very shortly on Board 9.....

Another win: https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tourn ... 2022/9/1/9

[Leonard Barden]

The dream continues!

Andreikin 0-1 Ghasi

Ameet now on 6.5/9, just one point benind Carlsen and Nakamura who are joint leaders on 7.5!

[LawrenceCooper]

The dream continues!

Andreikin 0-1 Ghasi

Ameet now on 6.5/9, just one point benind Carlsen and Nakamura who are joint leaders on 7.5!

White against Fabiano next.

[Kevin Thurlow]

"White against Fabiano next."

and looked a bit unlucky (not that my analysis means much at that speed...)

[LawrenceCooper]

The dream continues!

Andreikin 0-1 Ghasi

Ameet now on 6.5/9, just one point benind Carlsen and Nakamura who are joint leaders on 7.5!

White against Fabiano next.

A sad end after a game where he was ahead in the middle game and then probably okay until his final blunder.

[LawrenceCooper]

Ameet finishes the day on 6.5/12 after a loss to Arjun Erigaisi. In the women's event Lan Yao is on 4/9.

Overall, Hikaru leads by a point with 10/12 ahead of Carlsen, Dubov, Giri, Martirosyan & Rapport.

Gunina & Shuvalova lead the women's event with 7.5/9.

[Mick Norris]

In other Iranian related chess news: https://news.sky.com/story/iranian-ches ... zTKjGbMuWo

Sara Khadem now reported as moving to Spain

[Kevin Thurlow]

I had sympathy for Niemann for the end of his game in round 16, Q+2 vs Q, where his opponent found a mate in 2...

[Kevin Thurlow]

and in Yoo - Esipenko, the latter successfully claimed a 50-move draw in round 19 in RB vs R

And Gelfand got another free point.

(Edited for dyscalculia)

[LawrenceCooper]

and in Yoo - Esipenko, the latter successfully claimed a 50-move draw in round 18 in RB vs R

Last pawn taken on move 71 and draw claimed on move 159

[NickFaulks]

Last pawn taken on move 71 and draw claimed on move 159

Wasn't the arbiter supposed to call a halt at move 146?

[LawrenceCooper]

Last pawn taken on move 71 and draw claimed on move 159

Wasn't the arbiter supposed to call a halt at move 146?

Arbiters seem hard to find, at least compared to NRK cameras crews. If anyone saw the Adly-Averin dispute there were cameras and microphones surrounding the board long before any arbiters appeared.