English Chess Forum

50+ round 5

Bo. No. Name Rtg Pts. Result Pts. Name Rtg No.
1 21 IM McKay Roderick M 2344 4 4 GM Rozentalis Eduardas 2553 2
2 1 GM Nikolic Predrag 2603 3½ 3½ IM Roselli Mailhe Bernardo 2409 12
3 3 GM Ivanov Alexander 2506 3½ 3½ GM Mohr Georg 2443 8
4 7 GM Garcia Palermo Carlos 2446 3½ 3½ GM Bagaturov Giorgi 2397 14
5 23 IM Cummings David H. 2307 3 3 GM Arkell Keith C 2499 4

65+

Round 5 on 2015/11/14 at 15.00
Bo. No. Name Rtg Pts. Result Pts. Name Rtg No.
1 3 GM Okhotnik Vladimir 2442 4 4 IM Pritchett Craig W 2334 13
2 1 GM Vaisser Anatoly 2505 3½ 3½ GM Pushkov Nikolai 2317 16
3 5 GM Vasiukov Evgeni 2392 3½ 3½ IM Karasev Vladimir I 2344 11
4 15 IM Van Riemsdijk Herman C. 2318 3½ 3½ GM Kupreichik Viktor D 2369 7

Julian Farrand's score of 3/4 in the World Seniors is a good start for a player born in 1935.

Clearly the wine and pasta is agreeing with him.

McKay lost to Rozentalis, while Keith Arkell finally broke the resistance of David Cummings on move 70 and looks to be winning now.

Keith has won now. Winning a Rook and Pawn ending in his usual elegant style.

Keith with a relatively easy pairing in round 6 (a 2161-rated FM Daniel Izquierdo).

Top board clash between Rozentalis and Nikolic.

In the 65+, Craig Pritchett lost to a GM yesterday, but still in the hunt on 4/5.

Round 6. Another good win by Keith Arkell.

Keith plays Georg Mohr in round 7. This is eleven rounds, so lots of people still well in contention. The top board clash in the previous round was a draw, so the lead stays at 5.5 points.

Round 7 on 2015/11/17 at 15.00
Bo. No. Name Rtg Pts. Result Pts. Name Rtg No.
1 3 GM Ivanov Alexander 2506 5 5½ GM Rozentalis Eduardas 2553 2
2 1 GM Nikolic Predrag 2603 5 5 GM Bagaturov Giorgi 2397 14
3 8 GM Mohr Georg 2443 5 5 GM Arkell Keith C 2499 4
4 7 GM Garcia Palermo Carlos 2446 4½ 4½ IM Julia Ernesto 2356 18
5 9 IM Kalegin Evgenij 2440 4½ 4½ IM McKay Roderick M 2344 21
6 5 IM Wiedenkeller Michael 2454 4 4½ Frick Christoph 2241 30

Keith Arkell playing the Scandinavian. That's a surprise (well to me it is.)

Barry Sandercock wrote:Keith Arkell playing the Scandinavian. That's a surprise (well to me it is.)

It is rather unusual for him but as with his some of his other defences to 1 e4 he's exchanged his d pawn for white's e pawn.

Keith Arkell not getting much from the Scandinavian (move 24)

Actually, he was just lost at move 24 but Mohr managed to find 26 Bd7 exchanging Bishop for Knight rather than 26 Qc7 which looks crushing. Now Keith has some chances still.

Keith lost, but still chances of a medal

Round 8 on 2015/11/18
Bo. No. Name Rtg Pts. Result Pts. Name Rtg No.
1 2 GM Rozentalis Eduardas 2553 6 6 GM Mohr Georg 2443 8
2 7 GM Garcia Palermo Carlos 2446 5½ 6 GM Nikolic Predrag 2603 1
3 4 GM Arkell Keith C 2499 5 5½ GM Ivanov Alexander 2506 3

English results in 50+ and 65+

Keith won the Blitz
Final ranking

Live games underway here

Although the top 4 are either on a time delay or not working

Yes. The first four boards seem to have a transmission problem, they are not working. Unfortunately Keith's board is one of them.