World Senior Chess Championship S50

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Re: World Senior Chess Championship S50

Post by Ian Thompson » Wed Oct 29, 2014 7:05 pm

Alex Holowczak wrote:
NickFaulks wrote:I've contacted the organisers, and apparently 9.30 is itself a compromise. German seniors like to start at 9!

edit : probably they've done a run around the park first.

edit again : we're just simple chess players - game, post-mortem, dinner, bar, bed, breakfast, preparation, lunch, repeat cycle. Does that make us bad people?
For the last three British Championship player questionnaires, we have had as many Seniors congratulating us on moving their session to the afternoon as we do complaining about how awful it is that we moved it to the afternoon, and that we should move it back.
Perhaps the more interesting question is how many people so dislike morning sessions that they wouldn't play, and similarly for afternoon sessions. My guess is that most of those who prefer the morning would still play in the afternoon, while greater numbers of people who prefer the afternoon wouldn't play in the morning.

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Re: World Senior Chess Championship S50

Post by NickFaulks » Wed Oct 29, 2014 8:37 pm

I thought it was well known that many GMs feel they do not play at their best in the morning, whereas I have never heard a single one complain about having to play in the afternoon.
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Re: World Senior Chess Championship S50

Post by IM Jack Rudd » Wed Oct 29, 2014 8:45 pm

Excellent. If I ever organize a GM-norm tournament, I shall be sure to arrange it so as to consist entirely of morning rounds.

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Re: World Senior Chess Championship S50

Post by NickFaulks » Wed Oct 29, 2014 8:52 pm

IM Jack Rudd wrote:Excellent. If I ever organize a GM-norm tournament, I shall be sure to arrange it so as to consist entirely of morning rounds.
They will want better conditions!
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Re: World Senior Chess Championship S50

Post by Keith Arkell » Wed Oct 29, 2014 9:17 pm

'like' :)

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Re: World Senior Chess Championship S50

Post by Mick Norris » Wed Oct 29, 2014 9:29 pm

Pairings/Results
Round 7 on 2014/10/31 at 16:00
Bo. No. Name Rtg Pts. Result Pts. Name Rtg No.
1 3 GM Sturua Zurab 2523 5 4½ GM Sveshnikov Evgeny 2517 4
2 1 GM Nunn John D M 2602 4½ 4½ IM Barle Janez 2338 11
3 2 GM Hebden Mark L 2540 4½ 4½ GM Kristiansen Jens 2405 10
4 9 IM Bruno Fabio 2422 4 4 GM Bischoff Klaus 2504 5
5 8 GM Arkell Keith C 2450 4 4 IM Kalegin Evgenij 2474 7

10 14 FM Chapman Terry P D 2304 3 3 Sideris Nikiforos 2017 31
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Re: World Senior Chess Championship S50

Post by AustinElliott » Fri Oct 31, 2014 3:59 pm

Some splendidly old-fashioned openings in the games featuring John Nunn and Keith Arkell today. The Lopez Old Steinitz in Nunn-Barle feels like it could be Dr Tarrasch - Dr Lasker from the early 20th century... while in Keith's game with Kalegin I keep feeling I'm looking at something from Zurich 1953, with, say, Smyslov playing white and Geller black.

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Re: World Senior Chess Championship S50

Post by Mick Norris » Fri Oct 31, 2014 4:54 pm

You might want to follow Matthew Sadler's take on the games
https://twitter.com/gmmds/with_replies
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Re: World Senior Chess Championship S50

Post by Christopher Kreuzer » Fri Oct 31, 2014 5:03 pm

Mick Norris wrote:You might want to follow Matthew Sadler's take on the games
https://twitter.com/gmmds/with_replies
Great link, Mick, thanks!

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Re: World Senior Chess Championship S50

Post by Leonard Barden » Fri Oct 31, 2014 5:26 pm

Reacting to Sadler's praise for Lauterbach 1-0 Gaprindashvili I went to the game and found apparently a huge double blunder right at the end where Nxe3?? Nxe3?? missing Nxb6 capturing a rook with advantage Nona.

Seems even the old Soviets now have their senior moments-my Guardian column this week which will be online later has an ending from the over-65 where an unknown could have forced mate against another famous ex-USSR GM.

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Re: World Senior Chess Championship S50

Post by Mick Norris » Fri Oct 31, 2014 5:31 pm

Keith won, Mark drew, Sturua - Sveshnikov drew as did Bruno - Bischoff, so Keith and Mark still in the running, especially given they are experienced in 11 round events

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Re: World Senior Chess Championship S50

Post by IM Jack Rudd » Fri Oct 31, 2014 5:32 pm

John has the sort of position that Keith would adore.

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Re: World Senior Chess Championship S50

Post by Mick Norris » Fri Oct 31, 2014 6:45 pm

John has won, and now has 5.5 with Sturua

Keith and Mark on 5, with Kristiansen and Sveshnikov

I assume that Sturua plays Mark next, with black I guess

John to play Sveshnikov I guess
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Re: World Senior Chess Championship S50

Post by LawrenceCooper » Fri Oct 31, 2014 8:22 pm

Mick Norris wrote:John has won, and now has 5.5 with Sturua

Keith and Mark on 5, with Kristiansen and Sveshnikov

I assume that Sturua plays Mark next, with black I guess

John to play Sveshnikov I guess
1 4 GM Sveshnikov Evgeny 2517 5 5½ GM Nunn John D M 2602 1
2 10 GM Kristiansen Jens 2405 5 5½ GM Sturua Zurab 2523 3
3 8 GM Arkell Keith C 2450 5 5 GM Hebden Mark L 2540 2

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Re: World Senior Chess Championship S50

Post by Mick Norris » Sat Nov 01, 2014 9:55 am

Thanks Loz, missed that possible pairing - interesting and close finish expected now

Rank after Round 7
Rk. SNo Name FED Rtg Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 TB4 TB5
1 3 GM Sturua Zurab GEO 2523 5.5 1.0 28.0 31.5 3 4
2 1 GM Nunn John D M ENG 2602 5.5 0.0 29.0 32.5 3 5
3 2 GM Hebden Mark L ENG 2540 5.0 0.0 28.0 31.0 3 4
4 8 GM Arkell Keith C ENG 2450 5.0 0.0 27.5 30.5 3 4
5 4 GM Sveshnikov Evgeny LAT 2517 5.0 0.0 27.0 30.5 3 3
6 10 GM Kristiansen Jens DEN 2405 5.0 0.0 27.0 30.0 3 4
7 9 IM Bruno Fabio ITA 2422 4.5 0.0 26.5 28.5 3 4
8 11 IM Barle Janez SLO 2338 4.5 0.0 26.0 29.0 4 4
9 5 GM Bischoff Klaus GER 2504 4.5 0.0 26.0 29.0 4 3
10 13 GM Bouaziz Slim TUN 2321 4.5 0.0 24.0 26.5 4 3
11 6 GM Movsziszian Karen ARM 2487 4.5 0.0 23.0 26.0 3 4
12 20 Alexakis Dimitrios GRE 2224 4.5 0.0 23.0 24.0 3 4
13 27 Yasin Hur TUR 2138 4.5 0.0 22.5 25.0 4 4
14 7 IM Kalegin Evgenij RUS 2474 4.0 0.0 27.5 30.5 4 3
15 26 FM Furman Boris RUS 2152 4.0 0.0 24.5 27.5 3 2
16 16 IM Shevelev Arkady ISR 2295 4.0 0.0 23.5 26.0 4 2
17 14 FM Chapman Terry P D ENG 2304 4.0 0.0 23.0 26.0 3 3
18 22 FM Nikolaidis Konstantinos GRE 2178 4.0 0.0 22.5 24.0 3 2
19 24 Findlay David John SCO 2162 4.0 0.0 21.0 22.0 3 3
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