Wijk aan Zee 2021

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Re: Wijk aan Zee 2021

Post by Matt Mackenzie » Sun Jan 17, 2021 8:11 pm

JustinHorton wrote: ↑
Fri Jan 15, 2021 9:02 am
 Dubov has withdrawn and Donchenko replaces him
And the latter has had a bit of a baptism of fire.
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Re: Wijk aan Zee 2021

Post by Kevin Thurlow » Sun Jan 17, 2021 8:46 pm

Donchenko has presumably had no time to prepare? Grandelius must be happy so far!
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Re: Wijk aan Zee 2021

Post by Nick Grey » Mon Jan 18, 2021 10:33 pm

Was hoping to see round 2 and 3 reported after a busy 12 hours at work.
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Re: Wijk aan Zee 2021

Post by Mick Norris » Tue Jan 19, 2021 10:24 am

TWIC rounds 2 and 3
Round 3 standings: 1st-5th Harikrishna, Carlsen, Giri, Caruana, Grandelius 2pts; 6th-10th Vachier-Lagrave, Van Foreest, Esipenko, Firouzja, Wojtaszek 1.5pts 11th-13th Duda, Anton Guijarro, Tari 1pt 14th Donchenko 0.5pts.

Round 4 pairings 19th Jan 1pm GMT: MVL-Anton, Tari-Firouzja, Van Foreest-Carlsen, Donchenko-Wojtaszek, Duda-Giri, Harikrishna-Caruana, Esipenko-Grandelius.
Pete Doggers rounds 2 and 3

Worth looking at the Caruana - Duda game
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Re: Wijk aan Zee 2021

Post by Matt Mackenzie » Tue Jan 19, 2021 7:04 pm

Every game drawn apart from one still unfinished, which right now looks like going the same way.

EDIT: and indeed it did.
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Re: Wijk aan Zee 2021

Post by Kevin Thurlow » Tue Jan 19, 2021 7:05 pm

I'm enjoying Peter Leko's commentary.
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Re: Wijk aan Zee 2021

Post by Nick Grey » Tue Jan 19, 2021 7:49 pm

Thanks all.
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Re: Wijk aan Zee 2021

Post by Mick Norris » Wed Jan 20, 2021 9:20 am

Pete Doggers on round 4

TWIC

Rest day today

Thursday 21st Jan 1pm GMT: Carlsen-Donchenko, Firouzja-Van Foreest, Anton-Tari, Giri-Harikrishna, Caruana-Esipenko, Grandelius-MVL, Wojtaszek-Duda.
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Re: Wijk aan Zee 2021

Post by David Shepherd » Thu Jan 21, 2021 2:13 pm

Kevin Thurlow wrote: ↑
Tue Jan 19, 2021 7:05 pm
 I'm enjoying Peter Leko's commentary.
Yes, its been good, I also like the commentary by Jon Speelman https://www.twitch.tv/jonspeelman
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Re: Wijk aan Zee 2021

Post by NickFaulks » Thu Jan 21, 2021 3:05 pm

David Shepherd wrote: ↑
Thu Jan 21, 2021 2:13 pm
Yes, its been good, I also like the commentary by Jon Speelman https://www.twitch.tv/jonspeelman
Thanks for that tip, I shall now follow nothing else.
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Re: Wijk aan Zee 2021

Post by JustinHorton » Thu Jan 21, 2021 3:17 pm

Wind stopped play
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Re: Wijk aan Zee 2021

Post by Kevin Thurlow » Thu Jan 21, 2021 3:28 pm

"Wind stopped play"

Was that deliberately ambiguous? I was quite worried until I saw the link...
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Re: Wijk aan Zee 2021

Post by JustinHorton » Thu Jan 21, 2021 3:50 pm

Carlsen has a very Carlsenish position
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Re: Wijk aan Zee 2021

Post by Matthew Turner » Thu Jan 21, 2021 4:13 pm

Nils Grandelius is really playing some amazing chess
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Re: Wijk aan Zee 2021

Post by Matthew Turner » Thu Jan 21, 2021 6:33 pm

Amazing endgame in Guijarro - Aryan. You need to play through it with assessment bar on :D
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