English Chess Forum

Whilst all eyes are on the final rounds of the British I note that in Riga, Isaac Sanders has had a very impressive start to the above open tournament with draws against Alexei Alekksandrov (2626) and Jiri Stocek (2558) in the first two rounds.

Thanks Matthew - can you post a link to the live games?

Adam Raoof wrote:Thanks Matthew - can you post a link to the live games?

http://rtuopen.lv/en/content/live-games

This site collects links to live chess tournaments:
http://www.nowinchess.com/

thanks Paolo- this is really useful!

A 2490 performance over 6 rounds for Isaac!

Alan Merry is also doing rather well.....

Alan Merry is STILL doing rather well...does he have a chance of an IM Norm ?

David Grobler wrote:Alan Merry is STILL doing rather well...does he have a chance of an IM Norm ?

Merry lost in round 7 and with 4/7 his current TPR is only 2316, which looks out of it for a 2450 IM norm.

However Isaac Sanders, though having his first defeat in round 7, has 4/7 against stronger opposition with a current TPR of 2424, which probably means a norm if he scores 1.5 from his last two games.

Round 8 is currently in progress but the live boards don't go down as far as the English players.

Leonard Barden wrote:

David Grobler wrote:Alan Merry is STILL doing rather well...does he have a chance of an IM Norm ?

Merry lost in round 7 and with 4/7 his current TPR is only 2316, which looks out of it for a 2450 IM norm.

However Isaac Sanders, though having his first defeat in round 7, has 4/7 against stronger opposition with a current TPR of 2424, which probably means a norm if he scores 1.5 from his last two games.

Round 8 is currently in progress but the live boards don't go down as far as the English players.

Isaac has already lost unfortunately...but Alan won (this round)

David Grobler wrote:

Leonard Barden wrote:

David Grobler wrote:Alan Merry is STILL doing rather well...does he have a chance of an IM Norm ?

Merry lost in round 7 and with 4/7 his current TPR is only 2316, which looks out of it for a 2450 IM norm.

However Isaac Sanders, though having his first defeat in round 7, has 4/7 against stronger opposition with a current TPR of 2424, which probably means a norm if he scores 1.5 from his last two games.

Round 8 is currently in progress but the live boards don't go down as far as the English players.

Isaac has already lost unfortunately...but Alan won (this round)

Yes, I see that now. I guess Merry can therefore achieve an IM norm with a good round 9 result, either a win or a high rated draw.

Perhaps some Forumite can make the exact calculation?

Leonard Barden wrote:
Yes, I see that now. I guess Merry can therefore achieve an IM norm with a good round 9 result, either a win or a high rated draw.

Perhaps some Forumite can make the exact calculation?

Think he needs to win against a 2406. A draw won't do unless he's playing Magnus Carlsen.

Leonard Barden wrote:
Perhaps some Forumite can make the exact calculation?

Don't quote me but I think that Isaac would need to beat a 2301 (once the 1822 is rounded up to 2200) whilst Alan would need to beat a 2252 (once you round up his round 3 opponent)

LawrenceCooper wrote:

Leonard Barden wrote:
Perhaps some Forumite can make the exact calculation?

Don't quote me but I think that Isaac would need to beat a 2301 (once the 1822 is rounded up to 2200) whilst Alan would need to beat a 2252 (once you round up his round 3 opponent)

You only round up to 2050 for an IM norm. 2200 is for a GM norm.

Reckon Isaac would have to beat a 2455.

Richard Bates wrote:

LawrenceCooper wrote:

Leonard Barden wrote:
Perhaps some Forumite can make the exact calculation?

Don't quote me but I think that Isaac would need to beat a 2301 (once the 1822 is rounded up to 2200) whilst Alan would need to beat a 2252 (once you round up his round 3 opponent)

You only round up to 2050 for an IM norm. 2200 is for a GM norm.

Oops, that'll teach me to type on the forum while watching the cricket

2451 & 2402 then?

GM Solozhenkin Evgeniy 2476 5 5 Merry Alan B 2283 80
IM Smirnov Artem 2439 4 4 Sanders Isaac B 2254 89

So Alan can make a norm but Isaac's opponent is 12 points too low