Eighteen moves in. Is this the earliest creation, between GMs, of a full Irish Pawn Centre

http://bracketcloud.com/tournament/109468Christopher Kreuzer wrote: ↑Mon Dec 11, 2017 3:45 pmWhat happened in the Super Blitz? I can't find the full results anywhere - only partial results at chess-results.com.
And now after moves 36 & 38, the same pawns have become a real pawn centre. That must be another rarity?David Robertson wrote: ↑Mon Dec 11, 2017 3:09 pmCaruana - Adams
Eighteen moves in. Is this the earliest creation, between GMs, of a full Irish Pawn Centre![]()
Thanks. The link to that site from chess-results.com is incorrect (though now I see it is typed out in the header).LawrenceCooper wrote: ↑Mon Dec 11, 2017 4:00 pmhttp://bracketcloud.com/tournament/109468Christopher Kreuzer wrote: ↑Mon Dec 11, 2017 3:45 pmWhat happened in the Super Blitz? I can't find the full results anywhere - only partial results at chess-results.com.
David lost the armageddon game as white in the final.
The link was too long, sadly...Christopher Kreuzer wrote: ↑Mon Dec 11, 2017 4:05 pmThanks. The link to that site from chess-results.com is incorrect (though now I see it is typed out in the header)
http://theweekinchess.com/chessnews/eve ... assic-2017Kevin Thurlow wrote: ↑Tue Dec 12, 2017 8:43 amI can't seem to find a final cross-table for the top event...
You certainly aren't alone there. He tends to look bored in some of his games. If he plays in closed tournaments, often against the same players that will become overly familiar. I noticed last year he entered an open tournament or two and in one - I think it was Gibraltar- he drew with a female IM in the first round.David Robertson wrote: ↑Sun Dec 10, 2017 9:48 pmMy view? And my view for the past couple of years or more: Carlsen is bored.Nick Ivell wrote: ↑Sun Dec 10, 2017 5:49 pmA load of old garbage from Magnus but I do feel sorry for him. He must be more under the weather than we thought.
He's bored with chess, with playing it, with playing the same guys down the same lines. He's bored with the effort of endless prep to meet players engaged in endless prep. The game rewards him well; makes him famous; and comes easily to him. He can't explain why he became so good so young. But that's then; passed. And now it's boring, boring. And by the standards set by obsessives, he is lazy.
Evidence? I thought it first when he punted the Ponziani (v. Harikrishna, Tata 2013). Since then, there have been several occasions when I felt his choice of opening had displayed, not arrogance, but frivolity - a search for something 'fresh'; that is, fresh to the jaded palate, not fresh to outwit an opponent's prep (though that could feature too).
Frankly, it would come as small surprise to me if Carlsen announced he was jacking it in. That's my gut reading. I think it's unlikely, rationally, because the rewards remain large. But if he loses No. 1 status (if not yet WC status ), why carry on as No. 2 or worse?
As I say, he looks and plays 'bored'. So good so young. Now bored
Kevin Thurlow wrote: ↑Tue Dec 12, 2017 8:43 amI can't seem to find a final cross-table for the top event...
Kevin Thurlow wrote: ↑Tue Dec 12, 2017 4:46 pm"http://theweekinchess.com/chessnews/eve ... assic-2017"
Thanks! I had hoped to find it on the "Classic" website.
Is it deliberate that Adams is playing as ENG but has a Union Flag graphic, rather than a St. George's Flag graphic?David Sedgwick wrote: ↑Thu Dec 14, 2017 12:33 pmKevin Thurlow wrote: ↑Tue Dec 12, 2017 8:43 amI can't seem to find a final cross-table for the top event...
Kevin Thurlow wrote: ↑Tue Dec 12, 2017 4:46 pm"http://theweekinchess.com/chessnews/eve ... assic-2017"
Thanks! I had hoped to find it on the "Classic" website.
The omission has now been rectified.
http://www.londonchessclassic.com/gct/gct_standings.htm