WORLD RAPID & BLITZ CH - DOHA 2016

[David Sedgwick]

Only boards 1-15 pairings posted so far.

Catching the eye:

Nikolic v Carlsen
Seirawan v Grischuk
Agdestein v Karjakin

Where did you find those?

On the livestream page, but it's since been changed and Carlsen is now playing White against Ganguly.

I think that the pairings which you found originally were just for test purposes.

[Christopher Kreuzer]

Heh. Ganguly missed a mate in three against Carlsen. It was drawn.

[LawrenceCooper]

Some eventful games including a draw for David and Gunina losing in round 1 of the women's event with white.

[Chris Rice]

Carlsen defeated by Pantsulaia in Round 2!

[John Moore]

David won in Round 2 from a position where he turned down a three fold repetition with 19 seconds on his clock against 10 minutes - even with 10 second increments, that's pushing it.

[LawrenceCooper]

David won in Round 2 from a position where he turned down a three fold repetition with 19 seconds on his clock against 10 minutes - even with 10 second increments, that's pushing it.

Anand up next for David.

[Richard Bates]

Why was Carlsen on board 1 in round 2?

[LawrenceCooper]

Why was Carlsen on board 1 in round 2?

He seems to have a permanent place on board 1.

[Alex Holowczak]

Why was Carlsen on board 1 in round 2?

He seems to have a permanent place on board 1.

According to the commentary, it is at the request of NRK, the Norwegian TV company broadcasting the event.

[Chris Rice]

David Howell is playing really well against Anand. Possible upset here.

Update: Draw but good result.

[John Moore]

Now David has Mamedyarov with the White bits - what you might call a tough tournament.

[Chris Rice]

World Rapid (15 rounds) after Day 1:

1 Korobov, Anton (2714) 5/5
2 Aronian, Levon (2770) 4½/5
3-10 Pantsulaia, Levan (2622), Bok, Benjamin (2589), Li, Chao (2648), Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi (2643), Grischuk, Alexander (2767), Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar (2805), Melkumyan, Hrant (2736) 4/5

Melkumyan if you'll recall was the top seed in the London Super Rapid a week ago who Alex Golding (1948) drew with in Round 1. David Howell is in 32nd place with 3/5 so performing above his seeding at the moment.

Women's World Rapid (12 rounds) after Day 1:

1 Muzychuk, Anna (2568) 4/4
2 Gaponenko, Inna (2406) 3½/4
3-5 Kosteniuk, Alexandra (2553), Goryachkina, Aleksandra (2466), Lagno, Kateryna (2594) 3/4

Gunina is back in 13th on 2½/4. Still, its early days yet!

[soheil_hooshdaran]

Is there anywhere I can find PGN of the games?

[LawrenceCooper]

Is there anywhere I can find PGN of the games?

http://theweekinchess.com/chessnews/eve ... ships-2016

[Graham Borrowdale]

Why was Carlsen on board 1 in round 2?

He seems to have a permanent place on board 1.

According to the commentary, it is at the request of NRK, the Norwegian TV company broadcasting the event.

That's a bit like Manchester United playing towards the Stretford end at the request of Sky TV. No real harm done, perhaps, but this is supposed to be a serious competition, not an exhibition.