Thanks for confirming my suspicions Loz! That isn't great really, but a sign of the times maybe.LawrenceCooper wrote: ↑Mon Mar 13, 2023 11:25 pmSome of the players from this event did play the chess.com champions tour qualifier but I hope that the ECU take a dim view of all the defaults.Christopher Kreuzer wrote: ↑Mon Mar 13, 2023 7:51 pmI count at least 12 defaults in the last round. Any explanation for this? Surely they were not all rushing off to play in some online tournament were they?
30 players on 7.5. Someone else will be checking the list against those already qualified. The grouping includes Ivanchuk and Gelfand, the leading over-50 players in the tournament.
Incidentally, I just noticed that the Svane brothers played in round 10 and drew. I am presuming it was a short draw (it was 16 moves), but maybe games between chess siblings only get attention if you are sisters and your surname begin with 'K'?