Seems the Georgians misunderstood the instructions and put their clocks BACK an hour, so a gentler rule than zero tolerance would not have saved them.Roger de Coverly wrote:Don't forget it's running under FIDE's anti-chess rule of zero time forfeits.Paul Cooksey wrote: I'm trying hard to sympathise, but can't help laughing.
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According to the Chessvibes report, Georgia does not have daylight saving in the summer. I do now have some sympathy.
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Depends how far they were staying from the venue. As many who have played in the 4ncl will confirm, a great advantage of the old standard 1hr default time (as opposed to the needless reduction to 30 minutes in many English events) is that it gives time for fellow players to notice that something is wrong, and get into contact with the missing players before it's too late.Leonard Barden wrote:Seems the Georgians misunderstood the instructions and put their clocks BACK an hour, so a gentler rule than zero tolerance would not have saved them.Roger de Coverly wrote:Don't forget it's running under FIDE's anti-chess rule of zero time forfeits.Paul Cooksey wrote: I'm trying hard to sympathise, but can't help laughing.
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A comfortable hold in 33 moves for Gawain today with black against Inarkiev
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Looks like Azarov will get the only win from the leaders and take the outright and sole lead with four rounds left.
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Results of the last round for ENG
Rd. Bo. No. Name Rtg Pts. Result Pts. Name Rtg No.
7 2 18 GM Inarkiev Ernesto 2695 5 ½ - ½ 5 GM Jones Gawain C B 2635 60
7 61 82 GM Howell David W L 2614 3½ ½ - ½ 3½ GM Marin Mihail 2539 150
7 71 105 GM Zhigalko Andrey 2590 3½ 1 - 0 3½ IM Hunt Adam C 2454 198
7 128 219 IM Ledger Andrew J 2424 2½ 1 - 0 2½ Gaehwiler Gabriel 2260 298
Pairings of the next round for ENG
Rd. Bo. No. Name Rtg Pts. Result Pts. Name Rtg No.
8 7 1 GM Caruana Fabiano 2767 5 5½ GM Jones Gawain C B 2635 60
8 58 147 GM Neverov Valeriy 2544 4 4 GM Howell David W L 2614 82
8 85 198 IM Hunt Adam C 2454 3½ 3½ GM Kempinski Robert 2610 86
8 90 117 GM Ernst Sipke 2578 3½ 3½ IM Ledger Andrew J 2424 219
Rd. Bo. No. Name Rtg Pts. Result Pts. Name Rtg No.
7 2 18 GM Inarkiev Ernesto 2695 5 ½ - ½ 5 GM Jones Gawain C B 2635 60
7 61 82 GM Howell David W L 2614 3½ ½ - ½ 3½ GM Marin Mihail 2539 150
7 71 105 GM Zhigalko Andrey 2590 3½ 1 - 0 3½ IM Hunt Adam C 2454 198
7 128 219 IM Ledger Andrew J 2424 2½ 1 - 0 2½ Gaehwiler Gabriel 2260 298
Pairings of the next round for ENG
Rd. Bo. No. Name Rtg Pts. Result Pts. Name Rtg No.
8 7 1 GM Caruana Fabiano 2767 5 5½ GM Jones Gawain C B 2635 60
8 58 147 GM Neverov Valeriy 2544 4 4 GM Howell David W L 2614 82
8 85 198 IM Hunt Adam C 2454 3½ 3½ GM Kempinski Robert 2610 86
8 90 117 GM Ernst Sipke 2578 3½ 3½ IM Ledger Andrew J 2424 219
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Gawain has drawn with black against Caruana, the top seed, after 40 moves in a King's Indian.
Elsewhere, Mamedyarov was defaulted for not being sat down at the start of play. He was allegedly eight seconds late arriving.
Elsewhere, Mamedyarov was defaulted for not being sat down at the start of play. He was allegedly eight seconds late arriving.
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That's just ridiculous in my humble opinion.
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Ironically, the winner of the game was one of the Georgians who had lost by default in round 6.Mike Truran wrote:That's just ridiculous in my humble opinion.
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That is putting it mildly. Why do we allow the dickheads at FIDE to get away with this garbage??Mike Truran wrote:That's just ridiculous in my humble opinion.
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Cue angry letter to ChessBase in 5...4...3...LawrenceCooper wrote: Elsewhere, Mamedyarov was defaulted for not being sat down at the start of play. He was allegedly eight seconds late arriving.
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Quite rightly in this instance, too
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Results of the last round for ENG
Rd. Bo. No. Name Rtg Pts. Result Pts. Name Rtg No.
8 7 1 GM Caruana Fabiano 2767 5 ½ - ½ 5½ GM Jones Gawain C B 2635 60
8 58 147 GM Neverov Valeriy 2544 4 1 - 0 4 GM Howell David W L 2614 82
8 85 198 IM Hunt Adam C 2454 3½ ½ - ½ 3½ GM Kempinski Robert 2610 86
8 90 117 GM Ernst Sipke 2578 3½ 1 - 0 3½ IM Ledger Andrew J 2424 219
Pairings of the next round for ENG
Rd. Bo. No. Name Rtg Pts. Result Pts. Name Rtg No.
9 6 60 GM Jones Gawain C B 2635 6 6 GM Volokitin Andrei 2695 19
9 85 82 GM Howell David W L 2614 4 4 IM Pancevski Filip 2470 193
9 88 198 IM Hunt Adam C 2454 4 4 GM Kotronias Vasilios 2597 99
9 125 219 IM Ledger Andrew J 2424 3½ 3½ Kourousis Epaminondas 2284 290
Rd. Bo. No. Name Rtg Pts. Result Pts. Name Rtg No.
8 7 1 GM Caruana Fabiano 2767 5 ½ - ½ 5½ GM Jones Gawain C B 2635 60
8 58 147 GM Neverov Valeriy 2544 4 1 - 0 4 GM Howell David W L 2614 82
8 85 198 IM Hunt Adam C 2454 3½ ½ - ½ 3½ GM Kempinski Robert 2610 86
8 90 117 GM Ernst Sipke 2578 3½ 1 - 0 3½ IM Ledger Andrew J 2424 219
Pairings of the next round for ENG
Rd. Bo. No. Name Rtg Pts. Result Pts. Name Rtg No.
9 6 60 GM Jones Gawain C B 2635 6 6 GM Volokitin Andrei 2695 19
9 85 82 GM Howell David W L 2614 4 4 IM Pancevski Filip 2470 193
9 88 198 IM Hunt Adam C 2454 4 4 GM Kotronias Vasilios 2597 99
9 125 219 IM Ledger Andrew J 2424 3½ 3½ Kourousis Epaminondas 2284 290
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Good to see Adam Hunt draw. I'm guessing there are still chances for something there. Looking at Howell's result, didn't he play Neverov at Hastings (EDIT: I see he beat Neverov with White at Hastings 2010/11, but lost with Black today)? And an excellent result again from Jones. He is still undefeated and a really good TPR so far.
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Adam would need 2/2 if he plays someone around 2640 in round 10 or otherwise I suspect 2.5 or 3/3 depending on who he plays.Christopher Kreuzer wrote:Good to see Adam Hunt draw. I'm guessing there are still chances for something there. Looking at Howell's result, didn't he play Neverov at Hastings? What were the colours and result there? And an excellent result again from Jones. He is still undefeated and a really good TPR so far.