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NickFaulks
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by NickFaulks » Sat Oct 30, 2021 9:40 pm
Matthew Turner wrote: ↑Sat Oct 30, 2021 8:54 pm
Anyone care to pick a winner yet?
I thought that Firouzja was the ante post favourite, although I would not have backed him at 10/1. I would do that now.
If you wish to put something on Shirov, you know where to find me.
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Mick Norris
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by Mick Norris » Sun Oct 31, 2021 8:25 am
Firouzja v MVL and Caruana v Howell in round 5
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Paul Cooksey
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by Paul Cooksey » Sun Oct 31, 2021 8:40 am
I'm looking forward to watching today.
Strong as it is, I'm a bit surprised it isn't stronger. 13 players 2700+, compared to 25 at the world cup.
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by LawrenceCooper » Sun Oct 31, 2021 9:33 am
John Saunders wrote: ↑Wed Oct 27, 2021 12:07 pm
Chris Rice wrote: ↑Wed Oct 27, 2021 11:07 am
Health Protocol gets off to an early start...
"Following the Health Protocol, the Chief Arbiter at the Grand Swiss is currently in isolation after informing the organisers that he has been in touch with someone positive for Covid-19 before arriving in Riga."...
Perhaps worth mentioning that the aforementioned Chief Arbiter is England's very own Alex Holowczak...
The Chief Arbiter has been released from his captivity today, I understand that it is entirely coincidental that it is halloween
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by NickFaulks » Sun Oct 31, 2021 9:40 am
LawrenceCooper wrote: ↑Sun Oct 31, 2021 9:33 am
The Chief Arbiter has been released from his captivity today, I understand that it is entirely coincidental that it is halloween
I was thinking that was tomorrow. This would explain why he now has better things to do than answer my calls.
edit : I have done Alex a complete injustice. It now appears that I missed his call.
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by Matt Mackenzie » Sun Oct 31, 2021 3:34 pm
Paul Cooksey wrote: ↑Sun Oct 31, 2021 8:40 am
I'm looking forward to watching today.
Strong as it is, I'm a bit surprised it isn't stronger. 13 players 2700+, compared to 25 at the world cup.
As already related, the circumstances of the event have resulted in some high profile absentees.
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Mick Norris
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by Mick Norris » Sun Oct 31, 2021 4:17 pm
Shirov and Firouzja on 4/5; I assume Najer is going to join them
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by Mick Norris » Sun Oct 31, 2021 8:44 pm
round 6 pairings
Shirov (4) v Firouzja (4)
Najer (4) v Caruana (3.5)
Women very close with 5 players on 4 and another 4 on 3.5
Jovanka v Pia Cramling
If two (2) or more players score the same points, the tie is to be decided by the following criteria, in order of priority: a) Buchholz Cut 1; b) Buchholz; c) Sonneborn-Berger; d) Direct encounter between the players in tie; e) Drawing of lots. All tie-breaks are calculated as described in C.02.13 of the FIDE Handbook
so no playoffs
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Chris Rice
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by Chris Rice » Sun Oct 31, 2021 8:51 pm
He's still got it:
Saric, Ivan (CRO) - Shirov, Alexei (ESP)
FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss 2021 round 5
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by benedgell » Mon Nov 01, 2021 8:37 am
I was just on Chessbomb looking through the rd. 4 games from the Women's event. Does Chessbomb have anyone who moderates comments on there, or is it just anything is permissible? The same offensive comments from the same offensive handle alongside every game.
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NickFaulks
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by NickFaulks » Mon Nov 01, 2021 8:41 am
benedgell wrote: ↑Mon Nov 01, 2021 8:37 am
I was just on Chessbomb looking through the rd. 4 games from the Women's event. Does Chessbomb have anyone who moderates comments on there, or is it just anything is permissible? The same offensive comments from the same offensive handle alongside every game.
The ones you are talking about are now banned, but Chessbomb struggle to stop them from coming back.
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benedgell
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by benedgell » Mon Nov 01, 2021 8:48 am
They may be banned, but the comments are still there on all the rd.4 games. Someone should surely be monitoring the chat and deleting inappropriate comments. These games happened 2 days ago, right?
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by Kevin Thurlow » Mon Nov 01, 2021 10:15 am
"They may be banned, but the comments are still there on all the rd.4 games. Someone should surely be monitoring the chat and deleting inappropriate comments. These games happened 2 days ago, right?"
Yes. The first thing I do when watching chess feeds is try to work out how to disable comments. (and that's just when some idiot is looking at stockfish and screaming "blunder", 0.1 seconds after the move has been made.)
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Mick Norris
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by Mick Norris » Mon Nov 01, 2021 9:13 pm
Rest day tomorrow, possibly with a
Blitz
round 7 pairings
Women
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by Ian Thompson » Mon Nov 01, 2021 9:21 pm
Mick Norris wrote: ↑Mon Nov 01, 2021 9:13 pm
Rest day tomorrow, possibly with a
Blitz
Chess Results says it's due to take place on 8 November.