Northumbria Masters (26-30 August 2022)

[Christopher Kreuzer]

Starting a new thread for this.

Round 6 currently in progress.

https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tourn ... 2-gm/6/1/1

After round 5, Matthew Wadsworth leading on 4/5. Playing Jonah Willow in round 6.

Round 7 this afternoon, and final two rounds tomorrow.

GM norms are possible here, but looks like only Wadsworth can do that and has yet to play Hebden (and I have been unable to find a schedule of play that includes the pairings for each round) or what the required score is for a GM norm for Wadsworth.

There is also an IM norm APA:

https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tourn ... 2-im/6/1/1

The field is currently led by a CM registered with China (Dong, Bao Nghia) and an FM registered with Switzerland (Daniel Fischer), both on 4/5. The rest of the field is a mix of ENG, SCO and IRL. Also unable to find a schedule of play here that includes the pairings, or what the required score is for an IM norm.

[Ian Thompson]

Pairings, norm requirements, etc., are all on chess-results.

The really eye-catching performance is in the Masters Open, although his round 5 loss was a bit of a disaster.

[LawrenceCooper]

The field is currently led by a CM registered with China (Dong, Bao Nghia) and an FM registered with Switzerland (Daniel Fischer), both on 4/5.

The former plays for The Sharks in the 4NCL.

[Christopher Kreuzer]

The field is currently led by a CM registered with China (Dong, Bao Nghia) and an FM registered with Switzerland (Daniel Fischer), both on 4/5.

The former plays for The Sharks in the 4NCL.

I thought something like that might be the case (apologies for being too lazy to look it up). To make it even worse, the flag is Vietnam, not China!

[Christopher Kreuzer]

Dong now on 5/6 and needs 1.5/3 for an IM norm. Wadsworth in the other norm tournament needs 2.5/3 for a GM norm. No idea how the round 7 games are going, not looked yet.

[Christopher Kreuzer]

Dong won despite being worse at some points. Wadsworth winning against Hebden at move 38.

[Christopher Kreuzer]

Wadsworth won. James Moreby might win as well - what is the IM norm requirement in the GM norm tournament?

[Ian Jamieson]

I’m not an expert but I think Moreby needs 5.5/9 for an IM norm.

[LawrenceCooper]

I’m not an expert but I think Moreby needs 5.5/9 for an IM norm.

Agreed.

[Christopher Kreuzer]

Pairings, norm requirements, etc., are all on chess-results.

The really eye-catching performance is in the Masters Open, although his round 5 loss was a bit of a disaster.

Amazing rating performance so far from Gordon Frederick Waldhausen (5.5/7 and unbeaten so far):

http://chess-results.com/tnr657254.aspx ... SCO&snr=29

Rating is 2028. Performance rating is 2435. Gaining 121 rating points so far.

EDIT: I got the name above wrong. Of course this is "Freddy Gordon", the Scottish junior (Frederick Waldhausen Gordon) who has been making waves for a while. Is this another breakthrough performance? Still only aged 12 (I think) and now playing IM Marcus Harvey in round 8 of the Masters.

(I was going to calculate if an IM norm was possible if he played IMs or GMs in the last two rounds, but I don't think it is possible, partly because he would have to have played at least 3 IMs or GMs and that is not now possible [he beat the 'wrong' non-titled Eggleston in round 7], and partly because his score includes a half-point bye in round 1. The rating performance is still impressive.)

[Christopher Kreuzer]

I’m not an expert but I think Moreby needs 5.5/9 for an IM norm.

Agreed.

Thank you. Unfortunately, he went wrong in closing out the win and only drew, so instead of needing to finish with two draws against Hebden (round eight) and Wadsworth (round nine) he needs a win and a draw, which might prove difficult, especially as Wadsworth (depending on his round 8 result against Yichen Han) might be needing to win against Moresby to gain his second(?) GM norm.

If Matthew Wadsworth does get a GM norm here (and I know that is by no means easy, but it does look doable), then I think I am right to say that it would be his second. The question I have, and maybe calculations should wait until the result of his current effort is known, is whether if (in a parallel universe) he had triumphed in his winner-takes-all clash with Grieve at the British, whether that would have produced a GM norm then (I don't think it would have, but am not sure)? What I am trying to get at is how consistently close to GM standard Wadsworth is playing (I think I saw a comment somewhere that his opening play has jumped several levels).

It might be worth remembering that Yichen Han and Jonah WIllow are maybe still in the hunt for an IM norm themselves, probably needing 2/2 and facing respectively Maksimenko and Makar; and Wadsworth and Grieve.

[LawrenceCooper]

It might be worth remembering that Yichen Han and Jonah WIllow are maybe still in the hunt for an IM norm themselves, probably needing 2/2 and facing respectively Maksimenko and Makar; and Wadsworth and Grieve.

Jonah has all his IM norms, rating and ratified title whilst Yichen Han made his third IM norm this month and also has the rating.

[Christopher Kreuzer]

It might be worth remembering that Yichen Han and Jonah WIllow are maybe still in the hunt for an IM norm themselves, probably needing 2/2 and facing respectively Maksimenko and Makar; and Wadsworth and Grieve.

Jonah has all his IM norms, rating and ratified title whilst Yichen Han made his third IM norm this month and also has the rating.

Oops. Thanks for clarifying that. I remember now reading about Jonah Willow, but not Yichen Han. I suppose that is why they are in the GM norm tournament.

[IM Jack Rudd]

Wadsworth wasn't anywhere close to a GM norm at the British, no. If you look at his field:

http://chess-results.com/tnr655607.aspx ... g=30&snr=8

You can see that, even after uprating Onslow to 2200, his first four opponents only average 2211.25. In order to get up to the necessary 2379.56 average, his last five would need to average well over 2500, and there weren't the players in the field for that to be possible.

[LawrenceCooper]

Plenty of norms at stake in the last round:

Wadsworth Matthew J v Moreby James

Wins needed for GM and IM norms respectively.

Olson Hamish v Fischer Daniel (Draw needed for black)
Stoyanov Viktor v Wall Gavin (Win needed for white)
Large Peter G v Dong Bao Nghia (Draw needed for black)