Indeed. It could also have invalidated any norms achieved at the event.Alex McFarlane wrote:Agreed but it would have disadvantaged another player to have broken the pairing which would not have been fair, especially so close to the top of the tournament.John Moore wrote:Round 4 - Flear v Flear on Board 12 is a rather unfortunate pairing.
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I certainly didn't intend any criticism of the controllers. These sort of pairings are occasionally unavoidable.Sean Hewitt wrote:Indeed. It could also have invalidated any norms achieved at the event.Alex McFarlane wrote:Agreed but it would have disadvantaged another player to have broken the pairing which would not have been fair, especially so close to the top of the tournament.John Moore wrote:Round 4 - Flear v Flear on Board 12 is a rather unfortunate pairing.
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Re: Hastings International Chess 29 Dec 2014 - 6 January 201
Where's John Anderson this afternoon - or is that live board not working.
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Bob Eames will be a bit fed up with his choice of opening against Mark Hebden, I guess. 6 Qe2 is breathing new life into the venerable Staunton gambit against the Dutch. Maybe you have to go 8 .. gf6.
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I was just about to say that! Potentially bad news for Leningrad Dutch players, who have no option than to play ...f5 on move one.
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Flear v. Flear Draw, quite understandable.
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suppose so, since G Flear had the result of his life while on honeymoon!
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Terrific result for Theo.
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Excellent end game play by Robert Bellin. Worth looking at.
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Yes. Neat rook move at the end.
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Sorry. Looking at the wrong game !
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Re: Hastings International Chess 29 Dec 2014 - 6 January 201
After four rounds we have a sole leader in Chinese player Jun Zhao on 4/4. Can't say he's ever come up on my radar before but he looks a powerful player. Some atrractive games in round 5 coming up. The Board 2 clash between Jon Hawkins and Romain Edouard stands out. Then there is Adam Ashton on board 4, Ezra Kirk on board 6, the usual suspects Hebden, Gormally & Arkell on 7, 8 & 9 plus further English interest with Bellin on 7, Constantinou on 9 and Jake Liang on 11.
1 GM Sengupta, Deep 3.5 IND 2566 GM Zhao, Jun 4.0 CHN 2585
2 GM Hawkins, Jonathan 3.5 ENG 2552 GM Edouard, Romain 3.5 FRA 2659
3 IM Galyas, Miklos 3.5 HUN 2428 GM Fier, Alexandr 3.5 BRA 2592
4 GM Mista, Aleksander 3.0 POL 2614 FM Ashton, Adam G 3.0 ENG 2398
5 GM Bogner, Sebastian 3.0 SUI 2586 IM Mannion, Stephen R 3.0 SCO 2345
6 GM Lagarde, Maxime 3.0 FRA 2576 FM Kirk, Ezra 3.0 ENG 2308
7 IM Bellin, Robert 3.0 ENG 2338 GM Hebden, Mark L 3.0 ENG 2523
8 WIM Olsarova, Tereza w 3.0 CZE 2302 GM Gormally, Daniel W 3.0 ENG 2499
9 GM Arkell, Keith C 3.0 ENG 2489 FM Constantinou, Peter 3.0 ENG 2276
10 IM Kjartansson, Gudmundur 3.0 ISL 2451 IM Prosviriakov, Vladimir 3.0 USA 2271
11 Liang, Jake Z 3.0 ENG 1953 IM Gledura, Benjamin 3.0 HUN 2450
Round 5 live games link http://www.hastingschess.com/live-games-1415-v/
1 GM Sengupta, Deep 3.5 IND 2566 GM Zhao, Jun 4.0 CHN 2585
2 GM Hawkins, Jonathan 3.5 ENG 2552 GM Edouard, Romain 3.5 FRA 2659
3 IM Galyas, Miklos 3.5 HUN 2428 GM Fier, Alexandr 3.5 BRA 2592
4 GM Mista, Aleksander 3.0 POL 2614 FM Ashton, Adam G 3.0 ENG 2398
5 GM Bogner, Sebastian 3.0 SUI 2586 IM Mannion, Stephen R 3.0 SCO 2345
6 GM Lagarde, Maxime 3.0 FRA 2576 FM Kirk, Ezra 3.0 ENG 2308
7 IM Bellin, Robert 3.0 ENG 2338 GM Hebden, Mark L 3.0 ENG 2523
8 WIM Olsarova, Tereza w 3.0 CZE 2302 GM Gormally, Daniel W 3.0 ENG 2499
9 GM Arkell, Keith C 3.0 ENG 2489 FM Constantinou, Peter 3.0 ENG 2276
10 IM Kjartansson, Gudmundur 3.0 ISL 2451 IM Prosviriakov, Vladimir 3.0 USA 2271
11 Liang, Jake Z 3.0 ENG 1953 IM Gledura, Benjamin 3.0 HUN 2450
Round 5 live games link http://www.hastingschess.com/live-games-1415-v/
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Big chance for Jonathan Hawkins today. I don't recall him ever beating someone as strong as Edouard (2659) before - although I am sure that someone will point it out if he has done.
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I'm sure you are right, although he has had plenty of draws with them.
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Hawkins game getting interesting, although he is not winning at the moment (move 23 )