The British itself!
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Ravi Haria is finishing 3rd=, right? Very impressive achievement.
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That is a brilliant achievement - well done to Ravi - when was the last time a 15 year old did so well in the Championship section at the British?
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Simon Brown wrote:Nobody rose to my statement about delayed resignation many pages back, so I'll try again. If I were Andrew Lewis, FM at 2300, very experienced, I would be insulted that my opponent hadn't resigned yet (move 51). Don't know his opponent, but I guess he is young. There have been many examples this year.
Well last year one guy didn’t know the Philidor Defence (not a junior, as I understand it) and his opponent didn’t know Lucena.
Resignation wouldn’t have been outrageous at move 51, of course, but I don’t think that playing a few extra moves is that harmful. It probably only took a minute or two (if even that long).
I agree, though, it’s surprising to see something like this in the championship tournament.
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certainly looks like a draw to me. Still.AustinElliott wrote:Only the younger Fernandez, Michael, and Yang-Fan Zhou still going now. Anyone with a grade over 190-ish advise me whether it is other than the draw that it looks like?
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Simon Williams, today: Gawain Jones, practically every time he losesPaul McKeown wrote:Does anyone think that experienced grandmasters can also sometimes resign a tad on the late side?
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Fact is, R & P v R is tricky. With a 'b' pawn so far back, the game can be drawn by frontal checks even with the defending king cut off by 2 files. Of course, it would have taken a more favourable king position than in the game today.
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Obviously Jones should have resigned when he was a queen down in that play-off game against Gordon. Rather unsporting to go on to win.
Here’s Nigel Short blowing a won theoretical rook and pawn ending.
http://www.streathambrixtonchess.blogsp ... iends.html
This came from a very similar rook and two versus rook and none ending to Williams-Haria IIRC. There’s also an example in Dvoretsky of Larsen (I think) misplaying the ending.
Here’s Nigel Short blowing a won theoretical rook and pawn ending.
http://www.streathambrixtonchess.blogsp ... iends.html
This came from a very similar rook and two versus rook and none ending to Williams-Haria IIRC. There’s also an example in Dvoretsky of Larsen (I think) misplaying the ending.
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I should certainly have resigned yesterday long before I did. I apologised to my opponent this morning for not doing so. I just went into a kind of haze of disbelief.Simon Brown wrote:Nobody rose to my statement about delayed resignation many pages back, so I'll try again. If I were Andrew Lewis, FM at 2300, very experienced, I would be insulted that my opponent hadn't resigned yet (move 51). Don't know his opponent, but I guess he is young. There have been many examples this year.
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Will there be a playoff or is the title shared ?
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benedgell wrote:Ravi Haria is finishing 3rd=, right? Very impressive achievement.
Was it Howell?Krishna Shiatis wrote:That is a brilliant achievement - well done to Ravi - when was the last time a 15 year old did so well?
Impressive performance by Haria, though perhaps not the toughest line-up of opponents - he did face eight players graded lower than him for a TPR of 2295. For comparison, Daniel Fernandez, finishing half a point further back on on 7, has a TPR of 2507 and played all of the top five seeds plus two other GMs.
Still, 5.5/6 from the last six games, including wins v Hackner and Williams, and a draw with Justin Tan, is serious finishing-straight stuff from Haria. Well done him.
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The ultimate 'Non-Resigning at The British Championship' game... from 1971
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1387837
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1387837
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sure, and there are other miracle saves too. but a number of the games he has lost seemed to lack even the possibility of a miracle.Jonathan Bryant wrote:Obviously Jones should have resigned when he was a queen down in that play-off game against Gordon. Rather unsporting to go on to win.
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Totally understandable, quite often players who were winning, just need time to accept the reality that they are going to lose the game and simply play on through inertia.JustinHorton wrote:I should certainly have resigned yesterday long before I did. I apologised to my opponent this morning for not doing so. I just went into a kind of haze of disbelief.Simon Brown wrote:Nobody rose to my statement about delayed resignation many pages back, so I'll try again. If I were Andrew Lewis, FM at 2300, very experienced, I would be insulted that my opponent hadn't resigned yet (move 51). Don't know his opponent, but I guess he is young. There have been many examples this year.
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Ravi played a very nice game v Hackner, as i said at the time, but this shouldn't really be the mark of a player finishing 3=. I am afraid this is another example of just how unhealthy it can be to have so many players below 2150/2200 (say). If Austin is right above then it's damning, isn't it - a 2295 performance for 3= (surely that can't be right though? Even 2395 would also be damning).AustinElliott wrote:benedgell wrote:Ravi Haria is finishing 3rd=, right? Very impressive achievement.Was it Howell?Krishna Shiatis wrote:That is a brilliant achievement - well done to Ravi - when was the last time a 15 year old did so well?
Impressive performance by Haria, though perhaps not the toughest line-up of opponents - he did face eight players graded lower than him for a TPR of 2295. For comparison, Daniel Fernandez, finishing half a point further back on on 7, has a TPR of 2507 and played all of the top five seeds plus two other GMs.
Still, 5.5/6 from the last six games, including wins v Hackner and Williams, and a draw with Justin Tan, is serious finishing-straight stuff from Haria. Well done him.
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Wonder if someone was egging the loser on....? And did it get the winner in a flap?Jonathan Bryant wrote:The ultimate 'Non-Resigning at The British Championship' game... from 1971
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1387837