Wood Green Invitational 19th - 23rd August 2021

[LawrenceCooper]

Thanks to The Friends of Chess, John Robinson Trust & the English Chess Federation for their financial support of the event.

Dates: Thursday 19th August - Monday 23rd August 2021

Venue: Links Suite, Oddfellows Hall, 17, Greengate Street, Stafford, ST16 2HP

Format: Ten player round robin with GM, IM, WGM, WIM opportunities.

Rate of play: 90 minutes plus 30 second increment from move 1.

Round by round schedule:

Round 1: Thursday 19th August 15:00
Round 2: Friday 20th August 10:00
Round 3: Friday 20th August 15:00
Round 4: Saturday 21st August 10:00
Round 5: Saturday 21st August 15:00
Round 6: Sunday 22nd August 10:00
Round 7: Sunday 22nd August 15:00
Round 8: Monday 23rd August 10:00
Round 9: Monday 23rd August 15:00

Pairings: https://chess-results.com/tnr574412.asp ... =2&flag=30

Round 1:

Andrew Greet v Tamas Fodor
Mark Hebden v Matthew Turner
Marcus Harvey v Borna Derakhshani
Jonathan Blackburn v Ravi Haria
Jonah Willow v David Fitzsimons

Friday 20th August 10:00:

Round 2:

Tamas Fodor v David Fitzsimons
Ravi Haria v Jonah Willow
Borna Derakhshani v Jonathan Blackburn
Matthew Turner v Marcus Harvey
Andrew Greet v Mark Hebden

Friday 20th August 15:00

Round 3:

Mark Hebden v Tamas Fodor
Marcus Harvey v Andrew Greet
Jonathan Blackburn v Matthew Turner
Jonah Willow v Borna Derakhshani
David Fitzsimons v Ravi Haria

Saturday 21st August 10:00:

Round 4:

Tamas Fodor v Ravi Haria
Borna Derakhshani v David Fitzsimons
Matthew Turner v Jonah Willow
Andrew Greet v Jonathan Blackburn
Mark Hebden v Marcus Harvey

Saturday 21st August 15:00:

Round 5:

Marcus Harvey v Tamas Fodor
Jonathan Blackburn v Mark Hebden
Jonah Willow v Andrew Greet
David Fitzsimons v Matthew Turner
Ravi Haria v Borna Derakhshani

Sunday 22nd August 10:00:

Round 6:

Tamas Fodor v Borna Derakhshani
Matthew Turner v Ravi Haria
Andrew Greet v David Fitzsimons
Mark Hebden v Jonah Willow
Marcus Harvey v Jonathan Blackburn

Sunday 22nd August 15:00

Round 7:

Jonathan Blackburn v Tamas Fodor
Jonah Willow v Marcus Harvey
David Fitzsimons v Mark Hebden
Ravi Haria v Andrew Greet
Borna Derakhshani v Matthew Turner

Monday 23rd August 10:00:

Round 8:

Tamas Fodor v Matthew Turner
Andrew Greet v Borna Derakhshani
Mark Hebden v Ravi Haria
Marcus Harvey v David Fitzsimons
Jonathan Blackburn v Jonah Willow

Monday 23rd August 15:00:

Round 9:

Jonah Willow v Tamas Fodor
David Fitzsimons v Jonathan Blackburn
Ravi Haria v Marcus Harvey
Borna Derakhshani v Mark Hebden
Matthew Turner v Andrew Greet

Live games courtesy of Matthew Carr:
https://www.englishchess.org.uk/woodgreen/
https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tourn ... 2021/1/1/1 & pgns:
https://www.englishchess.org.uk/woodgre ... /games.pgn

[David Sedgwick]

Barring mishaps, this event will see at least one English person qualify for a new FIDE title.

Deputy Arbiter Agnieszka Milewska is in line to obtain her final FIDE Arbiter norm.

[LawrenceCooper]

Round 1 underway. Live games via any of these links:

https://www.englishchess.org.uk/woodgreen/
https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tourn ... -2021#live
https://live.followchess.com/#!wood-gre ... ional-2021

Pairings & results: http://chess-results.com/tnr574412.aspx ... =2&flag=30

[IM Jack Rudd]

I'm watching Hebden v Turner. Black appears to be in some difficulty at move 15.

[Matthew Turner]

Mark played really well, as he did against me at Hastings before mouseslipping his queen - Not sure I am a big fan of this OTB malarkey

[LawrenceCooper]

Round 1:

Andrew Greet v Tamas Fodor 0-1
Mark Hebden v Matthew Turner 1-0
Marcus Harvey v Borna Derakhshani 1-0
Jonathan Blackburn v Ravi Haria 0-1
Jonah Willow v David Fitzsimons Draw

[LawrenceCooper]

We are lucky enough to have commentary from Matthew Sadler and Natasha Regan in rounds 2 & 4 on their youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkK8M0 ... inU-6aD7xA and Twitch channel: https://www.twitch.tv/ecf_commentary starting at 10 am tomorrow and Saturday.

[LawrenceCooper]

Round 2:

Tamas Fodor v David Fitzsimons 1-0
Ravi Haria v Jonah Willow 1-0
Borna Derakhshani v Jonathan Blackburn Draw
Matthew Turner v Marcus Harvey Draw
Andrew Greet v Mark Hebden Draw

[Mick Norris]

What score is needed for a norm?

[IM Jack Rudd]

Well, chess24 gives the average rating of the field as 2411, which means I think I can safely say that everyone's field is between 2380 and 2433, so the GM norm target will be 7 for everyone.

I think the IM norm target is 5 for everyone, but you may want to check that with respect to Harvey.

[LawrenceCooper]

Well, chess24 gives the average rating of the field as 2411, which means I think I can safely say that everyone's field is between 2380 and 2433, so the GM norm target will be 7 for everyone.

I think the IM norm target is 5 for everyone, but you may want to check that with respect to Harvey.

Yes, that's correct, Jonah's +10 at the 4ncl congress being sufficient for me to be able to invite Jonathan without Marcus needing an extra half point for an IM norm.

[LawrenceCooper]

Round 3:

Mark Hebden v Tamas Fodor Draw
Marcus Harvey v Andrew Greet Draw
Jonathan Blackburn v Matthew Turner 1-0
Jonah Willow v Borna Derakhshani Draw
David Fitzsimons v Ravi Haria 0-1

[LawrenceCooper]

Tamas Fodor v Ravi Haria 0-1
Borna Derakhshani v David Fitzsimons Draw
Matthew Turner v Jonah Willow 1-0
Andrew Greet v Jonathan Blackburn 1-0
Mark Hebden v Marcus Harvey Draw

[LawrenceCooper]

Round 5:

Marcus Harvey v Tamas Fodor Draw
Jonathan Blackburn v Mark Hebden 0-1
Jonah Willow v Andrew Greet 1-0
David Fitzsimons v Matthew Turner Draw
Ravi Haria v Borna Derakhshani 1-0

[Mick Norris]

Round 6:

Tamas Fodor v Borna Derakhshani 1-0
Matthew Turner v Ravi Haria Draw (Ravi drops his first half point!)
Andrew Greet v David Fitzsimons 0-1
Mark Hebden v Jonah Willow Draw
Marcus Harvey v Jonathan Blackburn 1-0