European Individual Chess Championship 2021
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European Individual Chess Championship 2021
181 entrants for the European Individual Chess Championship 2021 in Reykjavik. Gawain is top seed, so this is a really great opportunity for him and he drew the White pieces for the first round with the assistance of a little helper... However, that's just an assumption as Round 1 doesn't seem to have turned up on the chess results server at the time of posting.
Besides Gawain England also have, Lorin D'Costa, Malcolm Pein (!) and Edmund Player. Ireland have Tarun and Trisha Kanyamarala but no Scots or Welsh players it would appear.
"The venue this year is at Hotel Natura (previously Hotel Loftleidir), which has a rich history of chess events being held there with several previous editions of the Reykjavik Open, the last one back in 1988. It is safe to say that the atmosphere at these tournaments was something special at the height of the popularity of Icelandic chess. Many Icelandic players are looking forward to revisiting this tournament venue. Bobby Fischer stayed at the hotel during his 1972 World Championship match with Boris Spassky. One can find a replica of the famous chess table used in 1972 at the hotel. The hotel has hosted several other high-level events, including the 1977 Spassky vs Hort candidate match and the GMA World Cup in 1991."
Besides Gawain England also have, Lorin D'Costa, Malcolm Pein (!) and Edmund Player. Ireland have Tarun and Trisha Kanyamarala but no Scots or Welsh players it would appear.
"The venue this year is at Hotel Natura (previously Hotel Loftleidir), which has a rich history of chess events being held there with several previous editions of the Reykjavik Open, the last one back in 1988. It is safe to say that the atmosphere at these tournaments was something special at the height of the popularity of Icelandic chess. Many Icelandic players are looking forward to revisiting this tournament venue. Bobby Fischer stayed at the hotel during his 1972 World Championship match with Boris Spassky. One can find a replica of the famous chess table used in 1972 at the hotel. The hotel has hosted several other high-level events, including the 1977 Spassky vs Hort candidate match and the GMA World Cup in 1991."
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Re: European Individual Chess Championship 2021
Further piece on the official website indicating that the round 1 pairings should be up around 12.30pm local time (1.30pm BST).
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Round 1 pairings now up. Games start at 4pm BST.
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Blimey, Gawain's playing the Milner-Barry gambit. https://www.chessbomb.com/arena/2021-eu ... tag_Iulian
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It's a pretty fashionable line, in fact the Advanced as a whole is experiencing something of a resurgence - I'm sure I saw quite a few at the recent World Cup.
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Other England openings:
Player-Keymer: 6.h3 Najdorf https://www.chessbomb.com/arena/2021-eu ... er_Vincent
Deac-Pein: Four Knights English with 4.e4 https://www.chessbomb.com/arena/2021-eu ... in_Malcolm
D'Costa-Donchenko: Reverse Benko Gambit https://www.chessbomb.com/arena/2021-eu ... _Alexander
Player-Keymer: 6.h3 Najdorf https://www.chessbomb.com/arena/2021-eu ... er_Vincent
Deac-Pein: Four Knights English with 4.e4 https://www.chessbomb.com/arena/2021-eu ... in_Malcolm
D'Costa-Donchenko: Reverse Benko Gambit https://www.chessbomb.com/arena/2021-eu ... _Alexander
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A new interpretation from move 7 to me at least
I suppose there's a good reason why Black doesn't just play d4xc3 and declare himself a pawn up.
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I think it's probably one of those positions where whoever exchanges pawns transforms the position for the worse.
(Gawain probably plays bxc3 and says "OK, you're a pawn up; how are you developing your knight and bishop?")
(Gawain probably plays bxc3 and says "OK, you're a pawn up; how are you developing your knight and bishop?")
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I think the main idea is that after 7...dxc3 8 Nxc3 that the Black queen on b6 tends to get a bit exposed which meshes with the old opening principles about not moving your queen out too early!Roger de Coverly wrote: ↑Thu Aug 26, 2021 4:52 pmA new interpretation from move 7 to me at least
I suppose there's a good reason why Black doesn't just play d4xc3 and declare himself a pawn up.
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Looks like all the old garbage I've ever played is suddenly becoming hip.
Anyone for the Closed Sicilian now?
Anyone for the Closed Sicilian now?
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It looks like Edmund Player is having a lot of fun at the moment, and Malcolm Pein isn't.
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Why, by the way, did Malcolm Pein merit an exclamation mark in the original post?
He may not claim to be a serious player these days, but still...
He may not claim to be a serious player these days, but still...
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Some of my coaching is for CSC and I've known Malcolm for many years and he's always been really busy and I was just shocked he had the time to play. Certainly no comment on his chess ability and I wish him all the best and hope he does really well.Nick Ivell wrote: ↑Thu Aug 26, 2021 7:21 pmWhy, by the way, did Malcolm Pein merit an exclamation mark in the original post?
He may not claim to be a serious player these days, but still...
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He's never had any problem multi taskingChris Rice wrote: ↑Thu Aug 26, 2021 7:56 pmSome of my coaching is for CSC and I've known Malcolm for many years and he's always been really busy and I was just shocked he had the time to play. Certainly no comment on his chess ability and I wish him all the best and hope he does really well.Nick Ivell wrote: ↑Thu Aug 26, 2021 7:21 pmWhy, by the way, did Malcolm Pein merit an exclamation mark in the original post?
He may not claim to be a serious player these days, but still...
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Gawain finally won but it looked like a real struggle.
Jones, Gawain C B (ENG) - Baltag, Iulian (MDA)
European Individual Championship - Reykjavik Open 2021 round 01
1-0
As we all know first rounds are often difficult and there were a few upsets today:
GM Banusz Tamas (2631) 0 - 1 FM Heimisson Hilmir Freyr (2309)
Wecker Martin (2195) 1 - 0 GM Bosiocic Marin (2610)
Kueng Nicolas (2005) 1 - 0 GM Hillarp Persson Tiger (2543)
The Round 2 pairings are up. 4pm start.
Jones, Gawain C B (ENG) - Baltag, Iulian (MDA)
European Individual Championship - Reykjavik Open 2021 round 01
1-0
As we all know first rounds are often difficult and there were a few upsets today:
GM Banusz Tamas (2631) 0 - 1 FM Heimisson Hilmir Freyr (2309)
Wecker Martin (2195) 1 - 0 GM Bosiocic Marin (2610)
Kueng Nicolas (2005) 1 - 0 GM Hillarp Persson Tiger (2543)
The Round 2 pairings are up. 4pm start.
Last edited by Chris Rice on Fri Aug 27, 2021 12:38 am, edited 1 time in total.