2018 Wijk aan Zee 12 - 28 January

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Re: 2018 Wijk aan Zee 12 - 28 January

Post by Tim Harding » Sun Jan 28, 2018 12:50 pm

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

Post by JustinHorton » Sun Jan 28, 2018 12:56 pm

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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Post by JustinHorton » Sun Jan 28, 2018 1:35 pm

However, Giri v Carlsen it is.
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Re: 2018 Wijk aan Zee 12 - 28 January

Post by IanCalvert » Sun Jan 28, 2018 3:55 pm

Justin

Do you have any estimate of the start time for the 2018 Decider?{ Now just seen advice on Chess24}

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Re: 2018 Wijk aan Zee 12 - 28 January

Post by Tim Harding » Sun Jan 28, 2018 4:18 pm

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.
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Re: 2018 Wijk aan Zee 12 - 28 January

Post by Mick Norris » Sun Jan 28, 2018 4:43 pm

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
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Post by Tim Harding » Sun Jan 28, 2018 4:58 pm

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

Post by LawrenceCooper » Sun Jan 28, 2018 5:18 pm

Tim Harding wrote:
Sun Jan 28, 2018 4:58 pm
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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Post by Tim Harding » Sun Jan 28, 2018 5:20 pm

What's the time format for the play-off?
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Re: 2018 Wijk aan Zee 12 - 28 January

Post by Tim Harding » Sun Jan 28, 2018 5:31 pm

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

Post by JustinHorton » Sun Jan 28, 2018 5:37 pm

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".
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Re: 2018 Wijk aan Zee 12 - 28 January

Post by LawrenceCooper » Sun Jan 28, 2018 5:38 pm

Tim Harding wrote:
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Anish ground down in what had looked like an equal ending in round 1.
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.

I would agree that game 2 is certainly equal though :)

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Re: 2018 Wijk aan Zee 12 - 28 January

Post by Mick Norris » Sun Jan 28, 2018 8:21 pm

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
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Re: 2018 Wijk aan Zee 12 - 28 January

Post by Chris Rice » Mon Jan 29, 2018 6:07 am

Peter Doggers tweet

"The #TataSteelChess website seems to have removed the prizes from this page. I love this tournament but never understand why it's always so secretive about what the players are earning."

Does seem a bit odd and I wonder if anyone knows why?

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Re: 2018 Wijk aan Zee 12 - 28 January

Post by NickFaulks » Mon Jan 29, 2018 10:17 am

Chris Rice wrote:
Mon Jan 29, 2018 6:07 am
Does seem a bit odd and I wonder if anyone knows why?
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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