European Rapid & Blitz 16-18 December 2022 Katowice

[Chris Rice]

List of players for the rapid and blitz. Mickey Adam is number one seed in the blitz but from England we also have Nigel Davies, Ezra Kirk, Keith Arkell, Harriet Hunt, David Haydon, Lan Yao, Lorin D'Costa and Malcolm Pein competing in one or both of the events.

Schedule: 11-round Blitz 16 December and 17-18 December 11-round rapid. Round times here.

Promo

Official website

Tip from the organiser "We have a beautiful, snowy winter in Poland! Remember this and pack warm clothes. During the weekend, the temperature in Katowice will be around -10 degrees Celsius."

Struggling at the moment to see a link for the live games but as last year's was on YouTube I'm guessing that's where it will be.

[Kevin Thurlow]

I played in the Christmas Rapidplay in Warsaw a couple of times and noted the large number of unrated Polish players who eagerly turned up, (as well as the GMs), but the entry there was "only" about 450 players. Katowice has double that...

-10 C is a signal you need thermal underwear, hat and gloves, but it's still difficult to function.

[Leonard Barden]

Play has begun, and Adams has duly beaten his 1800-rated opponent in round 1. Games are live on chess24 https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tourn ... 2022/2/1/1

[LawrenceCooper]

Play has begun, and Adams has duly beaten his 1800-rated opponent in round 1. Games are live on chess24 https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tourn ... 2022/2/1/1

I tuned in just as he lost on time in his second round fourth game against Thomas Quilter.

[Leonard Barden]

Adams now on 7/8, but with a 1000+ field there are still around eight players on 100%.

[LawrenceCooper]

Adams now on 7/8, but with a 1000+ field there are still around eight players on 100%.

I think the figure is nearer 800: https://www.chessmanager.com/en/tournam ... 4/rounds/5

[LawrenceCooper]

At the lunch break the English scores that I can see:

Adams 9/10
Arkell 8
D Haydon & J Pein 7
D'Costa & M Pein 6.5
Muter, Kirk, Lan Yao, Player, Quilter 6
Maton 5
George & Nicholl 4.5
Pyun 4
Gamal 3.5
Sainbayar (Anu) 3

[LawrenceCooper]

Final scores: https://www.chessmanager.com/en/tournam ... results/11 David Navara won on tie-break after his opponent allowed mate in one in a rook ending.

English scores:

Adams & Haydon 16
D'Costa, Kirk, Muter, J Pein 14
Lan Yao 13.5
M Pein 13
Arkell, Quilter 12.5
Player 12
Niccoli 11.5
George 11
Gamal 9.5
Maton 9
Sainbayar (Anu) 8.5
Pyun 8

[LawrenceCooper]

Lunch scores in the rapid:

Adams, Haydon, Hunt H & Lan Yao 3
Arkell, Haydon 2.5
Davies, George, Maton, Muter, Pein J, Player, Quilter, Toma 2
D'Costa 1.5
Gamal, Kirk, Niccoli, Sainbayar Anu, 1
Pyun 0.5

[LawrenceCooper]

Day 1 scores:

Adams 5.5/6
Toma 5
D'Costa, Haydon 4.5
Arkell, Davies, Hunt H, Kirk, Muter, Player 4
Lan Yao, Niccoli, Quilter 3.5
Pein J 3
Gamal, George, Maton, Pyn, Sainbayar Anu 2.5

[LawrenceCooper]

Final scores:

Jaime Santos Latasa (Spain) 9.5/11

English scores:

Adams 8.5/11
Hunt H, Kirk 8
Arkell, Haydon 7.5
Niccoli, Quilter 7
George, Lan Yao 6.5
D'Costa, Davies, Player 6
Toma 5.5
Gamal 5
Pein J, Pyun, Sainbayar Anu 4.5
Maton, Muter 4

[Mick Norris]

TWIC

David Navara won the blitz on tie-break from Maciej Klekowski and Shant Sargsyan after all scored 17.5/22, five players were just half a point further behind. In the Rapid Jaime Santos Latasa took clear first place with 9.5/11 half a point clear of David Navara, Daniel Fridman, there were 11 players tied on 9 points altogether.