Caplin Hastings 2023-24

[IM Jack Rudd]

Shreyas can't possibly need 2/2 for a norm; if a field is norm-eligible, 7/9 is good enough for it.

[LawrenceCooper]

Shreyas can't possibly need 2/2 for a norm; if a field is norm-eligible, 7/9 is good enough for it.

I suspect it should read Shreyas needs 1 v a 2568 in round 9 or 1.5 v 2082

[Alex McFarlane]

Thanks for publishing the right figures Loz.

The Internet seems to be fixed so the live games can be broadcast.
(That's my excuse for getting things wrong and deducting 1/2 from Shreyas' total!!! It is also not very warm.)

[Mick Norris]

It's grim down South

[Alex McFarlane]

Yes, and the weather's bad too

[LawrenceCooper]

The Internet is currently down at the venue!!!

Shreyas needs 1.5 v a 2568 in round 9 or 2/2 v 2082

For IM norms we have
Borna Derakhshani needing 1.5 v 2393 or 2/2 v 1907
Tom Brown needs 2/2 v 2259

(subject to confirmation)

Borna has saved a difficult looking ending against Edouard so needs to play a 2393+ tomorrow and win.
Tom Brown lost his game.
Shreyas is a pawn up but a draw looks most likely. Move 40 (again) did cost him most of his advantage.

[LawrenceCooper]

Shreyas drew so all to play for tomorrow.

[Jonathan Rogers]

So both need to win, but presumably Shreyas has White and Borna more likely to play Black? What time do they start tomorrow? (One never knows with the last round - well, not if one is an idle spectator who is even too lazy to look things up).

[LawrenceCooper]

So both need to win, but presumably Shreyas has White and Borna more likely to play Black? What time do they start tomorrow? (One never knows with the last round - well, not if one is an idle spectator who is even too lazy to look things up).

Same time tomorrow (14:15). Shreyas has just had a double black so will be white. Other than that, I'll have to wait for the pairings to appear.

[Jonathan Rogers]

There seem to be only two possibilities, assuming a draw on top board. Gupta and Jacobson have to play on board one, while the third co-leader, Zhang, must downfloat since he already played them both. He, like Shreyas, is due White, and the other two players on 6/8, Sengupta and Gasanov, are due Black. Neither of the latter two have played any of the top six.

So it would be

Zhang (2558) v Sengupta (2501) and
Shreyas (2438) v Gasanov (2487)

or

Zhang v Gasanov and
Shreyas v Sengupta.

Presumably those who really understand swiss pairings can already which it should be, by virtue of the ratings.

[LawrenceCooper]

There seem to be only two possibilities, assuming a draw on top board. Gupta and Jacobson have to play on board one, while the third co-leader, Zhang, must downfloat since he already played them both. He, like Shreyas, is due White, and the other two players on 6/8, Sengupta and Gasanov, are due Black. Neither of the latter two have played any of the top six.

So it would be

Zhang (2558) v Sengupta (2501) and
Shreyas (2438) v Gasanov (2487)

or

Zhang v Gasanov and
Shreyas v Sengupta.

Presumably those who really understand swiss pairings can already which it should be, by virtue of the ratings.

Borna should get an opponent high enough to have a chance of a win albeit black against a 2500 GM won't be easy. He managed to beat one in round 7 though with black so fingers crossed.

[IM Jack Rudd]

Sengupta is the higher-rated of the two, so he should get the upfloat.

[LawrenceCooper]

Pairings/Results
Round 9 on 2024/01/05 at 14.15
Bo. No. Name Rtg Pts. Result Pts. Name Rtg No.
1 4 GM Jacobson, Brandon 2538 6½ 6½ GM Gupta, Abhijeet 2596 2
2 3 GM Zhang, Pengxiang 2558 6½ 6 GM Sengupta, Deep 2501 10
3 15 IM Royal, Shreyas 2438 6 6 GM Gasanov, Eldar 2487 12
4 1 GM Lagarde, Maxime 2640 5½ 5½ IM Fischer, Daniel 2341 24
5 5 GM Edouard, Romain 2527 5½ 5½ IM Willow, Jonah B 2427 16
6 11 GM Sulskis, Sarunas 2490 5½ 5½ GM Laurent-Paoli, Pierre 2524 6
7 13 IM Wadsworth, Matthew J 2448 5½ 5½ IM Ghasi, Ameet K 2509 8
8 9 GM Petrov, Martin 2501 5½ 5½ FM Derakhshani, Borna 2380 20

[LawrenceCooper]

In addition to Shreyas & Borna who need to win for their final norms (GM & IM) Bai Xue also needs to win for a WIM norm.

[Jonathan Rogers]

I don't know whether Shreyas really did prepare with Freddy yesterday, as their games suggest, but if so it seems to have been a very successful collaboration.

Will Shreyas still be short of 2500 if he wins today?