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No mention of Agon, who seem to be disappearing from view.Mick Norris wrote: http://thessaloniki2013.fide.com/
taken from hereAs you might remember, the fourth Grand Prix was supposed to take place in Madrid. Now that AGON seems to have stepped out, FIDE is taking care of sponsorship and they found entrepreneur Ivan Savvidi to support the event. The tournament is taking place in his 5-star Makedonia Palace Hotel in Thessaloniki, the Greek city where two consecutive Olympiads took place, in 1984 and 1988.
Dont jump too quickly to conclusions.Roger de Coverly wrote:No mention of Agon, who seem to be disappearing from view.Mick Norris wrote: http://thessaloniki2013.fide.com/
yes in 124 and 6.5 hoursChristopher Kreuzer wrote:Wonder if Grischuk will win this one against Nakamura. Looks set to go over 100 moves.
Aww. They both chickened out with a draw in mutual time trouble.Mick Norris wrote:Kamsky - Grischuk interesting game today - move 32, Grishcuk has 36 seconds left
http://thessaloniki2013.fide.com/live/analysis/
he was +13.61 after move 25, that's a more impressive turn round than some of my gamesSimon Brown wrote:Looks like Ivanchuk lost on time again after being +11 on move 30, but completely lost by move 37
What choice did Grischuk have?Christopher Kreuzer wrote:Aww. They both chickened out with a draw in mutual time trouble.Mick Norris wrote:Kamsky - Grischuk interesting game today - move 32, Grishcuk has 36 seconds left
http://thessaloniki2013.fide.com/live/analysis/
Doh (again!). It was Kamsky forcing a repetition.LawrenceCooper wrote:What choice did Grischuk have?Christopher Kreuzer wrote:Aww. They both chickened out with a draw in mutual time trouble.Mick Norris wrote:Kamsky - Grischuk interesting game today - move 32, Grishcuk has 36 seconds left
http://thessaloniki2013.fide.com/live/analysis/
Though it looked like he used his remaining time to see if there was more.Simon Brown wrote:Looks like Ivanchuk lost on time again after being +11 on move 30, but completely lost by move 37
taken from hereThe finish was if anything even more amazing. Back in 2009 the same players had another time scramble. Ivanchuk knocked over some pieces then, and although he was winning at the time control he felt bad about the toppled pieces and offered a draw. In act of remarkable sportsmanship, Dominguez didn't take the knight but went for a perpetual check, to pay Ivanchuk back for the 2009 game, but Ivanchuk's flag fell on the last move of the time control and the arbiters declared the forfeit - even as Dominguez tried to declare the game drawn! Alas...
