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Well done Mickey and great result for Shreyas

John Moore wrote: ↑

Sat Dec 09, 2023 7:20 pm

Does a draw tomorrow give Mickey a win on tiebreak. You would assume so in which case that will, no doubt, influence his decision.

Aren't the prizes shared?

Giri will be hoping Mickey doesn't lose

Brilliant result for Shreyas, so tomorrow he needs a draw for a GM norm and Mickey needs a draw to guarantee at least a share of first

Moussard is a bit unpredictable

Yes Roger, surprised you didn't know that

I find once a week fine with rating the Manchester League results

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Bolton also getting 2 chess boards

Yes, good result, although I did wonder if Shreyas was going to win at one point

Tomorrow we have:

Adams (5) - McShane (2)
Gukesh (4.5) - Tabatabaei (4.5)
Volokitin (3.5) - Bartel (4)
Moussard (3.5) - Royal (2.5)
Vitiugov (2.5) - Niemann (3)

Shreyas doing ok today

Mickey draws to reach 5/7

Tomorrow is:

Adams (4.5) - Volokitin
Royal - Gukesh (4)
Tabatabaei (3.5) - Vitiugov
Niemann - Bartel
McShane - Moussard

Mickey finishes with white v Luke and black v Shreyas
Gukesh has white v Tabatabaei and black v Niemann

Round 6 about to start

Gukesh - McShane
Moussard - Adams
Bartel - Tabatabaei
Vitiugov - Royal
Volokitin - Niemann

Entirely correct Christopher

FWIW, Dave was also opposed to Greater Manchester leaving the MCCU for the NCCU

Pity, I thought that Mickey might beat Gukesh

Standings:
3.5 Mickey
3 Gukesh, Niemann, Moussard, Bartel
2.5 Tabatabaei
2 Nikita, Volokitin
1.5 Luke, Shreyas

LawrenceCooper wrote: ↑

Mon Dec 04, 2023 5:42 pm

Mick Norris wrote: ↑

Mon Dec 04, 2023 5:29 pm

Is Volokitin generally in time trouble, or was today's game especially complex? He's lost

He was in huge time trouble yesterday well before move 20.

He spent lots of time today, must be the way he plays