Wood Green Invitational 19th - 23rd August 2021

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Re: Wood Green Invitational 19th - 23rd August 2021

Post by David Sedgwick » Mon Aug 23, 2021 3:01 pm

Chris Rice wrote:
Mon Aug 23, 2021 1:25 pm
Well done to Ravi and Marcus plus Lawrence, The Friends of Chess, John Robinson Trust & the English Chess Federation for making it happen. Could I just ask whether Agnieszka did indeed make her final norm too?
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She has been present throughout and played her part so it's looking very promising :)
One of the advantages of seeking an arbiter norm rather than a player norm is that you have to maintain a good standard, but not to obtain a specific score. One of the disadvantages is that you cannot obtain a norm a round before the end.

However, I am confident that by the end of the day England will have two new title holders designate and one player now clearly of GM strength ready to battle for the title at his next event.

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Re: Wood Green Invitational 19th - 23rd August 2021

Post by Chris Rice » Mon Aug 23, 2021 5:50 pm

Aga with Lawrence and Malcolm
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The playing conditions look like they were very good.

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Re: Wood Green Invitational 19th - 23rd August 2021

Post by Kevin Thurlow » Mon Aug 23, 2021 6:48 pm

At the risk of thanking everyone on the planet, it was obviously a very successful event, so well done everyone.

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Re: Wood Green Invitational 19th - 23rd August 2021

Post by Adam Raoof » Mon Aug 23, 2021 7:19 pm

The playing conditions look excellent!
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Re: Wood Green Invitational 19th - 23rd August 2021

Post by LawrenceCooper » Tue Aug 24, 2021 12:26 pm

Adam Raoof wrote:
Mon Aug 23, 2021 7:19 pm
The playing conditions look excellent!
Thanks Adam (and Chris up thread).

I would like to say that it was a result of inspecting venues up and down the country but in reality it was the only venue that responded to my e-mail!

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Re: Wood Green Invitational 19th - 23rd August 2021

Post by IM Jack Rudd » Tue Aug 24, 2021 7:56 pm

Complete PGN file of the event attached.
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Re: Wood Green Invitational 19th - 23rd August 2021

Post by LawrenceCooper » Thu Aug 26, 2021 2:57 pm

Many thanks for that Jack.

I suspected, but only worked it out since the tournament ended, that this may not have been the strongest tournament held in Stafford in terms of rating average of the top ten players as my 30th birthday blitz in 2000 had a top ten average of 2448 compared to the norm event this year which had an average of 2410!

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Re: Wood Green Invitational 19th - 23rd August 2021

Post by LawrenceCooper » Fri Jan 28, 2022 1:53 pm

The 2022 edition will take place from 14th-19th July to avoid clashing with the Olympiad, British & Northumbria Masters.

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