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Posted: **Wed Nov 16, 2022 11:03 pm**

(Couldn't see that there's a thread for this event so have created one.)

Duda had a fantastic finish in the round 3 game from his match against Giri.

White to play and win, move 28:
Full game here.

Edit: Daniel King analyses the game here.

Posted: **Thu Nov 17, 2022 8:28 pm**

Day 4 playing now with video commentary from Peter Leko and Rustam Kasimdzhanov.

Posted: **Thu Nov 17, 2022 11:16 pm**

I don't normally pay much attention to these events but tuned into this commentary at exactly the right moment - just before Carlsen played 21... Nxe5 in the third game. I can recommend watching the commentary for the rest of the game - it's fair to say that Leko wasn't a fan of Giri's 22. dxe5.

Posted: **Thu Nov 17, 2022 11:42 pm**

Angus French wrote: ↑
Thu Nov 17, 2022 8:28 pm
Day 4 playing now with video commentary from Peter Leko and Rustam Kasimdzhanov.

The alternative commentary is with Jovanka and David Howell on the chess24 Twitch channel.

Posted: **Fri Nov 18, 2022 9:18 pm**

Day 5 commentary from Peter Leko and Rustam Kasimdzhanov. Well worth watching IMO. Commentary from David Howell, Simon Williams, Jovanka Houska & Kaja Snare also available - click on the same link and then the first(?) Union Jack icon below the video window.

Posted: **Sun Nov 20, 2022 9:26 am**

A mate in two puzzle from the stream today: https://twitter.com/ChampChessTour/stat ... 9236771840

Posted: **Sun Nov 20, 2022 8:54 pm**

I'm wondering what the anti-cheating measures are for this tournament. The video coverage shows players - including Magnus Carlsen - who are playing while wearing headphones - could these be used to receive advice? And I just saw Mamedyarov get up from his seat after losing a game to Le and directly behind him, just a few feet away, was someone holding a mobile phone. Screenshot:

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Posted: **Sun Nov 20, 2022 11:35 pm**

Angus French wrote: ↑
Sun Nov 20, 2022 8:54 pm
I'm wondering what the anti-cheating measures are for this tournament. The video coverage shows players - including Magnus Carlsen - who are playing while wearing headphones - could these be used to receive advice? And I just saw Mamedyarov get up from his seat after losing a game to Le and directly behind him, just a few feet away, was someone holding a mobile phone. Screenshot:

MeltwaterMobilePhone.jpg

Carlsen is one of four players playing from the San Francisco site which I assume is strictly monitored including their choice of music.

Mamedyarov is playing from the World Team Championship in Israel with the deputy arbiter there monitoring his games.

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