World Cup Baku 10 September to 4 October 2015

[Tim Harding]

Oh, my apologies to Wei Yi then!! (did he play it perfectly or not?)

Take back apology. He had to play Rb3 not Kd5.

Tablebase says Q v R+P ending is drawn objectively. "Still tricky" but should be draw said MVL in interview.

Given clock situation, blunders are definitely possible.

YES, Kh4 loses. Qb1 correct response.

[MartinCarpenter]

Still a bit harsh to blame him for that I'd think Esp with so little time for each move.

[LawrenceCooper]

Cripes. Wei Yi has messed up his winning position. He can't play endings, it seems. Magnus will be taking note of that.

That sounds incredibly harsh unless it was irony

[Tim Harding]

Sorry my last edit changed meaning of Martin's comment I think. Better not use pronouns here.

When online engine says mate in given number of moves it's probably accessing tablebases.

[Christopher Kreuzer]

Cripes. Wei Yi has messed up his winning position. He can't play endings, it seems. Magnus will be taking note of that.

That sounds incredibly harsh unless it was irony

It was too harsh (hence my apology). I was trusting the online computer evaluations too much.

[Christopher Kreuzer]

Though winning with K+Q vs K+R is not trivial at these time limits...

[Tim Harding]

72...Kf3 or 72...Kf4 were holding the draw according to tablebase.

[Christopher Kreuzer]

Headline: "Tablebases make mockery of endgame play by top GMs".

(Hope Loz isn't offended by that!)

More seriously, I hope Wei Yi takes this result the right way. Really bright prospect and I'd hoped he might get to the final.

[MartinCarpenter]

More seriously, I hope Wei Yi takes this result the right way.

Well he might forget to turn up for the tie breaks or something I guess

[LawrenceCooper]

The second game today where Chessdom incorrectly declares a draw at the end (MVL being the other one)

[LawrenceCooper]

Headline: "Tablebases make mockery of endgame play by top GMs".

(Hope Loz isn't offended by that!)

More seriously, I hope Wei Yi takes this result the right way. Really bright prospect and I'd hoped he might get to the final.

No offence taken but I'll be trying to keep my own endgames hidden away in future

[Christopher Kreuzer]

Oh, Wei Yi won? That does make more sense. Annoying that chessdom reported it wrong initially.

[LawrenceCooper]

https://chessdailynews.com/mahir-mamedo ... -in-place/

[Roger de Coverly]

Svidler having beaten Topalov in the regular games posted
https://twitter.com/Chess__News/status/ ... 92/photo/1

which Google helpfully translates as
"The day off will spend most vegetables"

Presumably a Russian idiom or proverb.

[Tim Harding]

Svidler having beaten Topalov in the regular games posted
https://twitter.com/Chess__News/status/ ... 92/photo/1

which Google helpfully translates as
"The day off will spend most vegetables"

Presumably a Russian idiom or proverb.

Not necessarily. In English (which Peter knows well) we have the word "vegetating".
Meaning taking it easy, not doing much.

Having tried a couple of alternative online translators and applying the above knowledge, I get a synthesis saying something like this:

"I will spend the day off mostly vegetating."