2018 Wijk aan Zee 12 - 28 January
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Re: 2018 Wijk aan Zee 12 - 28 January
Karjakin-Carlsen just ended in a draw so it's up to Wei Yi v Giri now.
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Re: 2018 Wijk aan Zee 12 - 28 January
And also to Mamedyarov-Anand, since if Giri lost and Mamedyarov won, the latter would get into a play-off with Carlsen.
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Re: 2018 Wijk aan Zee 12 - 28 January
However, Giri v Carlsen it is.
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Re: 2018 Wijk aan Zee 12 - 28 January
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Do you have any estimate of the start time for the 2018 Decider?{ Now just seen advice on Chess24}
Do you have any estimate of the start time for the 2018 Decider?{ Now just seen advice on Chess24}
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Chess24 say the playoff will start 15 minutes after the last game ends. This could take an hour or more because Matlakov-Jones is still in progress and so are two games in the Challengers.
Vidit has probably won that with 9/13. Korobov (8/12) is worse against Gordievsky having R,N,3P v 2R+2P while Amin-Bok is probably the likeliest of the three to finish soon. A win for Gordievsky would bring him up to a tie for third so he will probably keep trying.
Vidit has probably won that with 9/13. Korobov (8/12) is worse against Gordievsky having R,N,3P v 2R+2P while Amin-Bok is probably the likeliest of the three to finish soon. A win for Gordievsky would bring him up to a tie for third so he will probably keep trying.
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Re: 2018 Wijk aan Zee 12 - 28 January
Vidit has won the Challengers to qualify for next year's Masters
Gawain finishes with a draw; will be interesting to see if he gets invited back next year; 1 win, 4 losses, rating +5.7, a creditable performance, let's hope he has learnt a lot from it
Gawain finishes with a draw; will be interesting to see if he gets invited back next year; 1 win, 4 losses, rating +5.7, a creditable performance, let's hope he has learnt a lot from it
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Re: 2018 Wijk aan Zee 12 - 28 January
Chess24 say playoff starts 5.15pm GMT. I would like to see Giri win but don't expect him to do so.
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Re: 2018 Wijk aan Zee 12 - 28 January
https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tourn ... 018/14/1/1Tim Harding wrote: ↑Sun Jan 28, 2018 4:58 pmChess24 say playoff starts 5.15pm GMT. I would like to see Giri win but don't expect him to do so.
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Re: 2018 Wijk aan Zee 12 - 28 January
What's the time format for the play-off?
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Re: 2018 Wijk aan Zee 12 - 28 January
Anish ground down in what had looked like an equal ending in round 1. And Carlsen is the winner after draw in second 5-min game
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Re: 2018 Wijk aan Zee 12 - 28 January
Is it in Kotov somewhere that one player is quoted as saying of another "he plays simple positions badly"?
Carlsen plays simple positions well.
EDIT: it's Kotov citing Levenfish on "a young player".
Carlsen plays simple positions well.
EDIT: it's Kotov citing Levenfish on "a young player".
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Re: 2018 Wijk aan Zee 12 - 28 January
Chances to draw maybe but I doubt it was ever equal, an IQP initially and then white exchanged that to gain an active king, play against black's kingside weaknesses etc Add to that it's harder to defend with little time than it is to keep probing and the white player probably being the best in the world in such positions.Tim Harding wrote: ↑Sun Jan 28, 2018 5:31 pmAnish ground down in what had looked like an equal ending in round 1.
I would agree that game 2 is certainly equal though
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Magnus' record in tiebreaks is incredible, although the fact that he's the best player makes it unsurprising
I gather it will be 11-27 January 2019; will be interesting to see if he's back again, and if the field is as strong as this year
I gather it will be 11-27 January 2019; will be interesting to see if he's back again, and if the field is as strong as this year
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Re: 2018 Wijk aan Zee 12 - 28 January
I've always assumed it's because the prizes are embarrassingly small when compared to what the big names get for just turning up.
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