FIDE Grand Swiss Tournament 2019 - Isle of Man

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Re: FIDE Grand Swiss Tournament 2019 - Isle of Man

Post by Ian Thompson » Mon Oct 14, 2019 9:03 pm

Thomas Rendle wrote:
Mon Oct 14, 2019 8:46 pm
It's now a draw by the looks of things, but probably not an easy draw...
After move 61 - remove the b-pawns and the tablebase says it's winning; remove the g- and h-pawns and the tablebase says it's winning. So the actual position must be winning.

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Re: FIDE Grand Swiss Tournament 2019 - Isle of Man

Post by Thomas Rendle » Mon Oct 14, 2019 9:09 pm

I'm not sure that's 100% foolproof as it's White that has to organise the exchange. I'll predict a draw anyway, but very happy to be shown otherwise!

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Re: FIDE Grand Swiss Tournament 2019 - Isle of Man

Post by JustinHorton » Mon Oct 14, 2019 9:37 pm

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Re: FIDE Grand Swiss Tournament 2019 - Isle of Man

Post by David Robertson » Mon Oct 14, 2019 9:51 pm

After Luke's frustration v. Caruana, if you have unsated appetite for further wall-banging, take a look at Arkell - Kashlinskaya. Similar frustration

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Re: FIDE Grand Swiss Tournament 2019 - Isle of Man

Post by LawrenceCooper » Mon Oct 14, 2019 10:02 pm

David Robertson wrote:
Mon Oct 14, 2019 9:51 pm
After Luke's frustration v. Caruana, if you have unsated appetite for further wall-banging, take a look at Arkell - Kashlinskaya. Similar frustration
Knowing Keith he's just getting started :)

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Re: FIDE Grand Swiss Tournament 2019 - Isle of Man

Post by Chris Rice » Tue Oct 15, 2019 12:24 am

Round 6 pairings. Luke is Black v Wang Hao. Seven players in the lead with 4/5. There is a nice tweet from Chess 24 "Shirov is the "lucky" leader who wasn't paired against another leader :)"

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Re: FIDE Grand Swiss Tournament 2019 - Isle of Man

Post by Mick Norris » Tue Oct 15, 2019 7:58 am

1 2 GM Caruana Fabiano 2812 4 4 GM Fedoseev Vladimir 2664 47
2 48 GM Maghsoodloo Parham 2664 4 4 GM Grischuk Alexander 2759 7
3 15 GM Wang Hao 2726 4 4 GM McShane Luke J 2682 34
4 1 GM Carlsen Magnus 2876 3½ 4 GM Shirov Alexei 2664 49

Still a decent chance that Magnus will win this

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Re: FIDE Grand Swiss Tournament 2019 - Isle of Man

Post by JustinHorton » Tue Oct 15, 2019 9:54 am

Is there a tiebeaker, asks lazy guy who can't be bothered to look it up
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Re: FIDE Grand Swiss Tournament 2019 - Isle of Man

Post by NickFaulks » Tue Oct 15, 2019 10:06 am

JustinHorton wrote:
Tue Oct 15, 2019 9:54 am
Is there a tiebeaker, asks lazy guy who can't be bothered to look it up
There are no playoffs, a terrible shame in my view.

For tiebreaks they are using Average Rating of Opponents excluding the lowest. The only merit of this otherwise indefensible system is that players can work out where they stand before the final round.
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Re: FIDE Grand Swiss Tournament 2019 - Isle of Man

Post by Mick Norris » Tue Oct 15, 2019 10:17 am

JustinHorton wrote:
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Is there a tiebeaker, asks lazy guy who can't be bothered to look it up
If the top two (2) or more players score the same points, the tie is to be decided by the following criteria, in order of priority:
a) Average Rating of Opponents Cut 1 (AROC 1)*
b) Buchholz Cut 1;
c) Buchholz;
d) Direct encounter between the players in tie;
e) Drawing of lots.
* All forfeits and byes will be cut from the calculation of AROC 1. If a player has one or more forfeits or byes, then no additional
results will be cut from the calculation of AROC 1.
All tie-breaks will be calculated as described in C.02.13 of the FIDE Handbook
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Re: FIDE Grand Swiss Tournament 2019 - Isle of Man

Post by JustinHorton » Tue Oct 15, 2019 10:44 am

Ta to both. Re: Nick's answer, wouldn't playoffs allow too much room for people to play the Swiss Gambit?
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Re: FIDE Grand Swiss Tournament 2019 - Isle of Man

Post by NickFaulks » Tue Oct 15, 2019 12:21 pm

JustinHorton wrote:
Tue Oct 15, 2019 10:44 am
Re: Nick's answer, wouldn't playoffs allow too much room for people to play the Swiss Gambit?
In a tournament such as this, I doubt that it ever makes sense deliberately to drop points. In the last couple of rounds, what would you prefer to have to do, draw with 2780 opponents or defeat 2700 opponents?
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Re: FIDE Grand Swiss Tournament 2019 - Isle of Man

Post by JustinHorton » Tue Oct 15, 2019 1:08 pm

Well kind of, but with a playoff it might be more productive to play conservatively than it would be without it? Because you can come out of the bunch in a way you couldn't if you were looking at a rubbishy tiebreak score.
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Re: FIDE Grand Swiss Tournament 2019 - Isle of Man

Post by Richard Bates » Tue Oct 15, 2019 2:13 pm

Maybe there’s an argument that you should get to include your own rating in the calculation, akin to category norms under old title regulations. I don’t see that this tie break is so terrible - why shouldn’t high performance be a determining factor?

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Re: FIDE Grand Swiss Tournament 2019 - Isle of Man

Post by Mick Norris » Tue Oct 15, 2019 2:20 pm

It seems better than a playoff at rapid, and possibly blitz, time controls, maybe even an armageddon determining the Candidates place
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