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Roger de Coverly
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by Roger de Coverly » Tue Jan 02, 2018 8:45 pm
Brian Towers wrote: ↑Tue Jan 02, 2018 8:30 pm
I'm sure these two will love the chance to give it a go.
If you want to follow or study it, the tablebase at the Shredder site will tell you what the result will be with correct play. Increments are a mixed blessing for arbiters. At one level it's keeping one of them late in the venue, at the other they won't have to give a 10.2 "unable to win" decision.
http://www.shredderchess.com/online-che ... abase.html
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LawrenceCooper
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by LawrenceCooper » Tue Jan 02, 2018 8:53 pm
Heartbreak on board five for Rasa on move 104 who could have drawn with Rh7+ followed by exchanging rooks but blundered with Kd8.
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NickFaulks
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by NickFaulks » Tue Jan 02, 2018 9:03 pm
Roger de Coverly wrote: ↑Tue Jan 02, 2018 8:45 pm
Increments are a mixed blessing for arbiters.
A five second increment gives the best of both worlds.
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Michael Farthing
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by Michael Farthing » Tue Jan 02, 2018 9:19 pm
NickFaulks wrote: ↑Tue Jan 02, 2018 8:44 pm
I weakened and checked a tablebase. I can claim I was right, because 78.Ra5+ drew. 78.Rf4 was in fact an error, allowing 78...Qh8 check, which won in 85 moves! So not entirely simple.
So actually a draw then according to current laws!
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Roger de Coverly
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by Roger de Coverly » Tue Jan 02, 2018 9:30 pm
Michael Farthing wrote: ↑Tue Jan 02, 2018 9:19 pm
So actually a draw then according to current laws!
There could well be a capture or more likely a pawn move, restarting the 50 move count
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Michael Farthing
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by Michael Farthing » Tue Jan 02, 2018 10:08 pm
Oh ah. Silly me!
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Keith Arkell
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by Keith Arkell » Tue Jan 02, 2018 11:45 pm
Brian Towers wrote: ↑Tue Jan 02, 2018 8:03 pm
it looks to me that Hebden might have blown it with 66 ... Kf5 and 67 ... g4. Why on earth do you want to sacrifice a pawn and give your opponent a passed pawn? Surely 66 ... Kd5 followed by 67 ... Kc4 would have sealed the deal with the two queen-side passers?
Then I draw trivially with 67 Bf8 followed by Bxb4 and Rxa3.
After having endured so much torture, I now regret not simply taking the riskless edge with 20 Rxc8 Rxc8 21 Rc1, with the 2 Bishops. That was what my hand wanted to play but my lousy thinking faculties decided otherwise.
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Kevin Thurlow
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by Kevin Thurlow » Wed Jan 03, 2018 11:42 am
"After having endured so much torture, I now regret not simply taking the riskless edge with 20 Rxc8 Rxc8 21 Rc1, with the 2 Bishops. That was what my hand wanted to play but my lousy thinking faculties decided otherwise."
I was a bit puzzled you had R+P at the end, not R+B!
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Keith Arkell
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by Keith Arkell » Wed Jan 03, 2018 12:50 pm
Haha, well the previous time I was last to finish in the whole building was v Vakhidov in round 3, and that time my last men standing were a N + pawn. Clearly I'm branching out
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Alex McFarlane
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by Alex McFarlane » Thu Jan 04, 2018 10:30 am
Potential Norms
(Subject to confirmation)
GM Norms
Yiping Lou needs to score 1½ points and a 2197 rated opponent in round 9
Arghyadip Das needs to score 2 points and to play top seed in round 9
IM Norms
Borna Derakhshani needs to score 1½ points with 2299 in round 9 or 2 points with 1813 in last round
Adam C Taylor needs to score 1 point with a 2097 in round 9, 1½ with a 1692 or 2 pts with a 1325 in the last round
Claudio Boino needs to score 1½ points with 2226 in round 9 or 2 pts with 1857
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Richard Bates
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by Richard Bates » Thu Jan 04, 2018 10:49 am
Alex McFarlane wrote: ↑Thu Jan 04, 2018 10:30 am
Potential Norms
(Subject to confirmation)
GM Norms
Yiping Lou needs to score 1½ points and a 2197 rated opponent in round 9
Arghyadip Das needs to score 2 points and to play top seed in round 9
IM Norms
Borna Derakhshani needs to score 1½ points with 2299 in round 9 or 2 points with 1813 in last round
Adam C Taylor needs to score 1 point with a 2097 in round 9, 1½ with a 1692 or 2 pts with a 1325 in the last round
Claudio Boino needs to score 1½ points with 2226 in round 9 or 2 pts with 1857
I don't think you've correctly factored in the effects of lowest rated opponents being elevated to 2050/2200 as appropriate.
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LawrenceCooper
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by LawrenceCooper » Thu Jan 04, 2018 4:18 pm
Alex McFarlane wrote: ↑Thu Jan 04, 2018 10:30 am
Potential Norms
(Subject to confirmation)
GM Norms
Yiping Lou needs to score 1½ points and a 2197 rated opponent in round 9
Arghyadip Das needs to score 2 points and to play top seed in round 9
IM Norms
Borna Derakhshani needs to score 1½ points with 2299 in round 9 or 2 points with 1813 in last round
Adam C Taylor needs to score 1 point with a 2097 in round 9, 1½ with a 1692 or 2 pts with a 1325 in the last round
Claudio Boino needs to score 1½ points with 2226 in round 9 or 2 pts with 1857
Adam has drawn today so I wondered if he plays a 2430+ if he will need to score anything or if that will suffice for a norm.
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Alex McFarlane
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by Alex McFarlane » Thu Jan 04, 2018 4:30 pm
Yes 2430 or above will do.
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Keith Arkell
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by Keith Arkell » Fri Jan 05, 2018 1:29 am
So if he doesn't draw with Boggy he doesn't get a norm? Seems a bit harsh after such a fantastic performance!
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Alex McFarlane
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by Alex McFarlane » Fri Jan 05, 2018 9:28 am
Potential Norms
(Subject to confirmation)
GM Norm
Yiping Lou needs to draw
IM Norms
Adam C Taylor needs to draw
Claudio Boino needs to win
WIM Norm
Sun Xinyue needs to draw