Cambridge International Open

[Simon Rogers]

There are pictures(including Michael Adams) and more games posted on this website:
https://sahmatlista.wordpress.com
You need to scroll down.
I think it is a Serbian website.

[Nick Ivell]

This got me thinking once again about the ethics of the 'I know I'm lost' draw offer.

Fair enough, I think, in Mickey's case; his opponent would have had to find f3.

I remember being annoyed when the late George Ellison offered me a draw in a totally lost endgame. I was 12.

[Matt Mackenzie]

Did you go on to win it?

[Nick Ivell]

I did indeed. Even I couldn't mess that one up.

It was, I felt, poor etiquette. Mickey, on the other hand, was not clearly lost - although he must have felt it was heading that way.

[Keith Arkell]

I remember being annoyed when the late George Ellison offered me a draw in a totally lost endgame. I was 12.

He used to tell me off for beating him from drawn endings. I think he believed that getting short of time should be a passport to splitting the point. Other than that, nice chap.

[Christopher Kreuzer]

Normal service resumed. Adams (Mickey) has moved smoothly to 5.5/6 with wins against Gormally and Fernandez in rounds 5 and 6. He is playing IM Peter Roberson in round 7.

[Mick Norris]

He beat Roberson and then Shafi and is a point clear going into the last round

[Graham Borrowdale]

Black’s last move in the game Fernandez - Itgelt in round 8 turned a probable win into an immediate loss, and it was a very significant game in the chasing places. These GMs are never lost until they have lost.

https://lichess.org/broadcast/cambridge ... 8/paH1wWz4

[Christopher Kreuzer]

Last round draw sees Adams win with 8/9.

Lower down, a re-match of the last round of the British, with Grieve vs Payne.

[Richard Bates]

Last round draw sees Adams win with 8/9.

Lower down, a re-match of the last round of the British, with Grieve vs Payne.

The British of what year??

[Christopher Kreuzer]

Last round draw sees Adams win with 8/9.

Lower down, a re-match of the last round of the British, with Grieve vs Payne.

The British of what year??

Oops, my mistake. I confused Wadsworth and Payne! (I think because both are Matthew).

I see Nina Pert beat my one-time team-mate Mike Smart in the last round. Recognise a few other names as well.

I see Chris Rice seems to have not made it to the board in time for round 1 (see the horse-box traffic jam post earlier). I wonder how many people were affected by that?

[John Upham]

Using Chessbase 17 and looking at the "Live" folder we have the Cambridge International Open.

Some of the games are labelled as being annotated by

[NA RC COMBH}

and some by [TA}

I assume these are persons initials but who are they?

Has someone transcribed comments from the live commentary?

[Chris Rice]

Last round draw sees Adams win with 8/9.

Lower down, a re-match of the last round of the British, with Grieve vs Payne.

The British of what year??

Oops, my mistake. I confused Wadsworth and Payne! (I think because both are Matthew).

I see Nina Pert beat my one-time team-mate Mike Smart in the last round. Recognise a few other names as well.

I see Chris Rice seems to have not made it to the board in time for round 1 (see the horse-box traffic jam post earlier). I wonder how many people were affected by that?

I got there at 12.30pm on Wednesday, missing the 10am start time by a country mile, having been stuck in the car for five hours for what was supposed to be a hour and a quarters journey arriving with a blinding headache. Matthew Carr was very understanding as I really was in no mood for any chess after that. I realised it was a beautiful venue from the short time I was there, well it's Cambridge after all so recommended if they run it again next year and hopefully they will find a way to increase the numbers.

[NickFaulks]

At least one of the invited English GMs was suitably appreciative.

https://www.facebook.com/danny.gormally ... 7c1rWQ2Krl

[Chris Rice]

At least one of the invited English GMs was suitably appreciative.

https://www.facebook.com/danny.gormally ... 7c1rWQ2Krl

I couldn't see anything on the link which is a pity as Danny's comments are always interesting. Not sure if the problem is at my end or Danny deleted the message later. I did, however, get an email from Shohreh yesterday, she has spoken to the hotel and clearly they must have thought the tournament went well for them as she says there is a very high chance that they will run it again next year.