Norm query
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Norm query
Harry Grieve has just advanced to 5.5/7 at Roquetas, Spain, and looks nailed on for an IM norm. Does anybody know if he has previous norms?
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Re: Norm query
If he does, they have not been lodged with FIDE.Leonard Barden wrote: ↑Sat Jan 08, 2022 3:03 pmHarry Grieve has just advanced to 5.5/7 at Roquetas, Spain, and looks nailed on for an IM norm. Does anybody know if he has previous norms?
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Looks like round 8, now in progress, could be a problem as Grieve has misplayed the opening.Leonard Barden wrote: ↑Sat Jan 08, 2022 3:03 pmHarry Grieve has just advanced to 5.5/7 at Roquetas, Spain, and looks nailed on for an IM norm. Does anybody know if he has previous norms?
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I'd never heard of his opponent, but it turns out that he is from Belgium, is just 16 years of age, and is already a GM, which puts English talents a little in the shade.....
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That may be true, but 8.Be2 was clearly a prepared TN in his opponent's favourite opening, and he played several immediate moves thereafter.Leonard Barden wrote: ↑Sat Jan 08, 2022 4:24 pmcould be a problem as Grieve has misplayed the opening.
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Strange, then, that Grieve did not follow up his TN 8 Be2 by 9 Be3 which the engine rates as better for White.NickFaulks wrote: ↑Sat Jan 08, 2022 4:42 pmThat may be true, but 8.Be2 was clearly a prepared TN in his opponent's favourite opening, and he played several immediate moves thereafter.Leonard Barden wrote: ↑Sat Jan 08, 2022 4:24 pmcould be a problem as Grieve has misplayed the opening.
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He presumably has a better engine and left it running overnight.Leonard Barden wrote: ↑Sat Jan 08, 2022 5:06 pmStrange, then, that Grieve did not follow up his TN 8 Be2 by 9 Be3 which the engine rates as better for White.
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The game was an interesting one to play through. Grieve's opponent (Dardha) sacrified his queen for a rook and a piece, and Grieve appeared to be better, but the game ended in a draw. Has Grieve got an IM norm yet, or does he need more (is it a nine-round tournament)?
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Harry Grieve checkmated his round 9 opponent this morning and finished tied 1-3 with IMs Vrolijk (NED) and Kasden (NOR) on 7/9. That's possibly exceeding the IM norm by half a point.
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