Isle Of Man International (Fide Grand Swiss)

[LawrenceCooper]

Got result for him. Never really looked at Shreyas play before. He's definitely got talent. How old is he?

He's 14. He has one GM norm from 2022 so needs two more plus the 2500 rating.

[MJMcCready]

Looks like it's only a matter of time.

[Mick Norris]

Shreyas black against Harikrishna, tough draw

[MJMcCready]

That's going to be very difficult.

[Christopher Kreuzer]

That's going to be very difficult.

https://chess-results.com/tnr793016.asp ... 30&snr=112

Shreyas lost to Harikrishna, but drew with Karthikeyan (2611).

His reward is his 6th GM in a row: Rauf Mamedov (2640) and the second-lowest rated of the GMs he has played so far...

Getting a lot of experience for his wild card entry!

And performing at 2590 even with 2/5!

I am presuming he could score quite low for a GM norm at this rate (and maybe not the full 11 rounds)?

19 players are within 0.5 points of the lead at the top. (26 players within 1 point of the lead.)

[Geoff Chandler]

Not much chat here about the other games. Quite a lot going on and the planet is waiting for the Nakamura - Niemann draw to come up.

David and Jovanka are doing a good job. They are often taking into consideration their weakest viewers which is how it should be. Whilst pointing out a few games (touch move, blunders and some nice play by Nakamura) I made merry with them.

https://www.redhotpawn.com/chess-blog/t ... -chess.586 It starts with...


...and takes a predictable path from there.

It ends with a tip of the hat to the two Ronnies.

[Christopher Kreuzer]

Shreyas now has a 7th GM in a row (to be fair, almost the entire field is GMs, so I have been over-egging that).

Score groups now 8, 12, 26, 26, 20, 16 from the group on 4.5 down to the group on 2 points.

[Mick Norris]

round 7 of 11 pairings

English players

Women

Anna Muzychuk is half a point clear of 4 players

Major and Minor

[LawrenceCooper]

Shreyas now has a 7th GM in a row (to be fair, almost the entire field is GMs, so I have been over-egging that).

Score groups now 8, 12, 26, 26, 20, 16 from the group on 4.5 down to the group on 2 points.

It's worth mentioning that all seven have been 2600+. He's still unbeaten with white +1=2 but has been a little unfortunate to face his two highest rated opponents with black (Sarana & Harikrishna). Ironically, his round 7 opponent has the same record as Shreyas with both colours.

[Mick Norris]

It must be really good experience though

I know he needs the required performance level for a GM norm, but is there a minimum score as well? Given the strength of his average opponent, he can get a relatively high performance level while scoring well below 50%

[Nick Burrows]

Board 53 (!) yesterday:

[Event "2023 FIDE Grand Swiss"] [Site "Douglas"] [Date "2023.10.30"] [Round "6.53"] [White "Adhiban, B.."] [Black "Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B42"] [WhiteElo "2551"] [BlackElo "2615"] [PlyCount "111"] [EventDate "2023.10.25"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "IOM"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. Nc3 d6 8. Qe2 Nf6 9. f4 Nc6 10. Be3 b5 11. O-O-O Qc7 12. Kb1 Rb8 13. g4 h6 14. h4 h5 15. g5 Ng4 16. g6 b4 17. gxf7+ Kf8 18. Na4 e5 19. Bc4 Bd7 20. Nac5 dxc5 21. Rxd7 Qxd7 22. Nxc5 Bxc5 23. Bxc5+ Ne7 24. Rd1 Qc6 25. Qd3 g5 26. Qd8+ Rxd8 27. Rxd8+ Kg7 28. Rxh8 Ng6 29. Rg8+ Kh7 30. f5 Nf8 31. Bxf8 Qxc4 32. Rg7+ Kh8 33. Rg8+ Kh7 34. Rg7+ Kh8 35. b3 Qf1+ 36. Kb2 Qe1 37. Rg8+ Kh7 38. Rg7+ Kh8 39. Bxb4 Qxb4 40. Rg8+ Kh7 41. f8=Q Qxf8 42. Rxf8 gxh4 43. f6 Kg6 44. f7 Nf6 45. c4 h3 46. Rg8+ Kxf7 47. Rg3 Nxe4 48. Rxh3 Kg6 49. b4 Kg5 50. c5 h4 51. Re3 Kf4 52. Rxe4+ Kxe4 53. c6 h3 54. c7 h2 55. c8=Q h1=Q 56. Qc6+ 1-0

[LawrenceCooper]

It must be really good experience though

I know he needs the required performance level for a GM norm, but is there a minimum score as well? Given the strength of his average opponent, he can get a relatively high performance level while scoring well below 50%

His average including round 7 is 2650 so a minus one score (eg 4/9) would be fine. Without knowing his future opponents 2/3 for a 9 round norm seems a reasonable estimate.

[IM Jack Rudd]

Minimum score for a GM norm, or any other norm, is 35%. (I've seen a WIM norm fail on that basis.)

[Nigel White]

Does anyone know why on Friday the Open is starting at 11:30am and the Women's at 1pm, rather than both at the usual 2:30pm? It's not that they are squeezing two rounds into that day, nor is it the final round (when they start just 30 minutes earlier than usual), and there doesn't appear to be a change of venue.

[LawrenceCooper]

Does anyone know why on Friday the Open is starting at 11:30am and the Women's at 1pm, rather than both at the usual 2:30pm? It's not that they are squeezing two rounds into that day, nor is it the final round (when they start just 30 minutes earlier than usual), and there doesn't appear to be a change of venue.

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