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Ian Thompson
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by Ian Thompson » Thu Sep 17, 2026 8:53 am
Thomas Rendle wrote: ↑Thu Sep 17, 2026 7:28 am
I believe in Portelli - Glendura (covered in the report above) Black played 35...0-0-0 rather than resigning, and neither player noticed the illegal move.
If you're right, what was the arbiter doing?
Also, was no-one monitoring the live game transmission? Probably not, when games like
this were broadcast.
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JustinHorton
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by JustinHorton » Thu Sep 17, 2026 8:55 am
Thomas Rendle wrote: ↑Thu Sep 17, 2026 7:28 am
I believe in Portelli - Glendura (covered in the report above) Black played 35...0-0-0 rather than resigning, and neither player noticed the illegal move. Fortunately White went on to win anyway.
Which is funny because the king only moved back to e8 two moves earlier. Anyway presumably this explains why the games online stop at move 35.
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by Mick Norris » Thu Sep 17, 2026 9:38 am
Chess Mind brief report and game analysis
Tarun Kanyamarala playing Duda today; Trisha plays Liz Paehtz
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JustinHorton
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by JustinHorton » Thu Sep 17, 2026 10:50 am
India play Indonesia in the third match, China play Chile in the fourth
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by JustinHorton » Thu Sep 17, 2026 1:07 pm
Draw for Mickey
Win for Bodhana
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by LawrenceCooper » Thu Sep 17, 2026 2:09 pm
Mick Norris wrote: ↑Thu Sep 17, 2026 9:38 am
Chess Mind brief report and game analysis
Tarun Kanyamarala playing Duda today; Trisha plays Liz Paehtz
Scotland are playing Armenia. A solid draw for Freddy against Martirosyan on board one.
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by Matt Mackenzie » Thu Sep 17, 2026 3:22 pm
LawrenceCooper wrote: ↑Thu Sep 17, 2026 2:09 pm
Scotland are playing Armenia. A solid draw for Freddy against Martirosyan on board one.
He is rated 2636, not bad.
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by JustinHorton » Thu Sep 17, 2026 4:05 pm
Turkmenistan's board four, outgraded by 385 points,
defeats her Polish opponent
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by Mick Norris » Thu Sep 17, 2026 4:21 pm
Matt Mackenzie wrote: ↑Thu Sep 17, 2026 3:22 pm
LawrenceCooper wrote: ↑Thu Sep 17, 2026 2:09 pm
Scotland are playing Armenia. A solid draw for Freddy against Martirosyan on board one.
He is rated 2636, not bad.
Good result
In relation to norms, is there anything specifically different with the Olympiad? Early question, I know
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John Moore
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by John Moore » Thu Sep 17, 2026 4:34 pm
Ryan Harper, Board 2 for Trinidad and Tobago and rated 2085, has beaten Alexandr Fier, Brazil's Board 2 and rated 2537
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by Matt Mackenzie » Thu Sep 17, 2026 4:55 pm
Ivanchuk also loses (with White) to a 2385 rated Estonian.
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by John Moore » Thu Sep 17, 2026 4:59 pm
The match result which might be the biggest upset is Lebanon's draw with Finland with Lebanon winning the top two boards. Akram Khoder (2304) beat Tomi Nyback (2593) and Zayne-Eddine El Zein (2291) winning against Vilka Sippila (2474)
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by JustinHorton » Thu Sep 17, 2026 5:03 pm
John Moore wrote: ↑Thu Sep 17, 2026 4:34 pm
Ryan Harper, Board 2 for Trinidad and Tobago and rated 2085, has beaten Alexandr Fier, Brazil's Board 2 and rated 2537
Fier also lost
yesterday and his TPR so far appears to be 1358.
Today he seems to have taken a very large risk to avoid a draw, and he did indeed avoid it.
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by John Moore » Thu Sep 17, 2026 5:17 pm
Portelli from Malta who beat the 2620 rated Gledura yesterday lost today to a 1971 rated player from San Marino! Chess certainly has a way of bringing you back to earth
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by Roger de Coverly » Thu Sep 17, 2026 5:21 pm
With all bar one of the first round matches going according to the seeding, the second round has become top quartile v second quartile and third quartile v fourth quartile In other words like the first round of accelerated pairings. The lower part of the second round had gone to form as well with the third quartile scoring 4-0 and 3.5-0.5 against the fourth quartile, so the top of the third round will be top eighth v second eighth. Each quartile has about 50 teams.
