GAMMA Reykjavík Open 2018 - Bobby Fischer Memorial March 6th - 14th

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Re: GAMMA Reykjavík Open 2018 - Bobby Fischer Memorial March 6th - 14th

Post by Roger de Coverly » Thu Mar 08, 2018 5:04 pm

Tim Harding wrote:
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In nearly all the tournaments I have played in which had extra time (including Reykjavik 2017) the clock only added the 30 minutes when one player or other had used up his/her initial time allowance.
When increments were first introduced twenty years ago or more, tournaments using the first model of DGT would add time when the counter reached 40 and sometimes 60. That seemed to change with the introduction of the DGT 2010, probably because the preset for 40/90 + 30 didn't do it that way. This year then, the Reykjavik tournament is using the "original" method.

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Re: GAMMA Reykjavík Open 2018 - Bobby Fischer Memorial March 6th - 14th

Post by LawrenceCooper » Thu Mar 08, 2018 8:55 pm

Round 4 result: GM Grigoriants (2½) 2568 0 - 1 IM Haria, Ravi (2½) 2424

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Re: GAMMA Reykjavík Open 2018 - Bobby Fischer Memorial March 6th - 14th

Post by Tim Harding » Thu Mar 08, 2018 9:27 pm

LawrenceCooper wrote:
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Round 4 result: GM Grigoriants (2½) 2568 0 - 1 IM Haria, Ravi (2½) 2424
Fantastic. Of course the decision came in the middle game, but I thought White was wrong to allow ...c5 unchallenged and play it like a reversed Benoni. Instead I met 4...d4 by 5 b4 in the World Seniors last year and got a decent game against a higher-rated opponent.

I see that Yilmaz is the only player on 4/4 and Hjartarson has beaten Eljanov so the tournament is really wide open now.
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Re: GAMMA Reykjavík Open 2018 - Bobby Fischer Memorial March 6th - 14th

Post by benedgell » Thu Mar 08, 2018 10:17 pm

Would it be possible for someone to post Ravi's game here? Its not especially easy for me to play through the game on my phone on the official site.

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Post by benedgell » Thu Mar 08, 2018 10:20 pm

Just looking through the results, how does a Liverpool midfielder get a week off to play chess?

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Re: GAMMA Reykjavík Open 2018 - Bobby Fischer Memorial March 6th - 14th

Post by Roger de Coverly » Thu Mar 08, 2018 10:55 pm

benedgell wrote:
Thu Mar 08, 2018 10:17 pm
Would it be possible for someone to post Ravi's game here?
Round 4, courtesy of the chessbomb site.


Moves 29 and 37 by White are flagged as serious errors, although 37 is just one of these -3 to -5 transitions.
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Re: GAMMA Reykjavík Open 2018 - Bobby Fischer Memorial March 6th - 14th

Post by Ian Thompson » Thu Mar 08, 2018 11:07 pm

Roger de Coverly wrote:
Thu Mar 08, 2018 10:55 pm
benedgell wrote:
Thu Mar 08, 2018 10:17 pm
Would it be possible for someone to post Ravi's game here?
Round 4, courtesy of the chessbomb site.

...

Moves 29 and 37 by White are flagged as serious errors, although 37 is just one of these -3 to -5 transitions.
It's also available on the Chessbase website with annotations.

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Re: GAMMA Reykjavík Open 2018 - Bobby Fischer Memorial March 6th - 14th

Post by Kevin Thurlow » Fri Mar 09, 2018 12:10 am

Yes - I meant that the 30 minutes was added when the clock decided 40 moves were made (not when time reaches zero) - we do get 30 seconds extra every move as well.

Round 4 was started by the Icelandic Prime Minister, who turned up with a female assistant (and no obvious security) and mingled with the crowd, which probably wouldn't happen in most countries.

A rest day follows, but as 9/3 would be Fischer's 75th birthday, there is a "Fischerrandom" or Chess960 event. As Susan Polgar is in town and she apparently helped him with the rules, maybe she will play.

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Re: GAMMA Reykjavík Open 2018 - Bobby Fischer Memorial March 6th - 14th

Post by Roger de Coverly » Fri Mar 09, 2018 12:26 am

Ian Thompson wrote:
Thu Mar 08, 2018 11:07 pm
It's also available on the Chessbase website with annotations.
That's his round 2 win, beating a GM with the Fort Knox.

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Re: GAMMA Reykjavík Open 2018 - Bobby Fischer Memorial March 6th - 14th

Post by Kevin Thurlow » Fri Mar 09, 2018 10:10 am

http://chess-results.com/tnr317397.aspx?lan=1

for Chess960 results. It starts at 1pm. A few members of the FischerZ club in Amsterdam have come over for it.

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Re: GAMMA Reykjavík Open 2018 - Bobby Fischer Memorial March 6th - 14th

Post by Kevin Thurlow » Sun Mar 11, 2018 10:07 pm

Ravi is performing at 2624 after 6 rounds (according to Chessresults.com), so that's rather good...

The Australian did travel specially. Perth, WA - London, a couple of days to recover, then London - Reykjavik.

Daniel Fernandez beat Alina l'Ami today and his reward is to play Erwin l'Ami! Ravi and he are on boards 6 and 7. 3 pm start if you're bored with the Candidates.

Boards 3, 4 and 8 feature scary juniors - Sarin (who has a scary name) is performing at roughly 2800.

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Re: GAMMA Reykjavík Open 2018 - Bobby Fischer Memorial March 6th - 14th

Post by Tim Harding » Wed Mar 14, 2018 5:20 pm

Adhiban has won the tournament. Any news on norms achieved?
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Re: GAMMA Reykjavík Open 2018 - Bobby Fischer Memorial March 6th - 14th

Post by IM Jack Rudd » Wed Mar 14, 2018 5:24 pm

Nodirbek seems to have got a GM norm.

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Re: GAMMA Reykjavík Open 2018 - Bobby Fischer Memorial March 6th - 14th

Post by Tim Harding » Wed Mar 14, 2018 5:34 pm

IM Jack Rudd wrote:
Wed Mar 14, 2018 5:24 pm
Nodirbek seems to have got a GM norm.
That's his forename?
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