2nd Millionaire Open 8 to 12 October 2015

[Mick Norris]

TWIC

Luke McShane is playing

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[Tim Harding]

Does anyone know the default time in this event?
Kamsky has lost in round 3 without making a move.

[MJMcCready]

I believe he was 2 minutes late, hence the zero tolerance rule kicked in or so it was reported on twitter

[MJMcCready]

It has been claimed he was involved in some sort of car crash.

[Roger de Coverly]

Does anyone know the default time in this event?

According to https://millionairechess.com/mc-regulations-quick-guide, thirty minutes.

The comments at chessbomb have more information or speculation.

https://twitter.com/GregoryChess/status ... 2692255744

[LawrenceCooper]

Four players on 4/4 although Wesley So may well be wondering why he isn't one of them after what looked like a very favourable opening in round 4. Luke McShane and Nakamura are amongst the chasing pack on 3.5 with Caruana & So amongst those on 3.

Round 5 on 2015/10/10 at 1100
Bo. No. Name Rtg Pts. Result Pts. Name Rtg No.
1 10 GM Bareev Evgeny 2669 4 4 GM Yu Yangyi 2721 4
2 6 GM Le Quang Liem 2697 4 4 GM Durarbayli Vasif 2618 16
3 21 GM Stukopin Andrey 2587 3½ 3½ GM Nakamura Hikaru 2814 1
4 8 GM Robson Ray 2680 3½ 3½ GM Shimanov Aleksandr 2593 19
5 9 GM Mcshane Luke J 2674 3½ 3½ GM Jakubiec Artur 2523 37
6 72 IM Meinhardt Maximilian 2381 3½ 3½ GM Lenderman Aleksandr 2615 17
7 2 GM Caruana Fabiano 2808 3 3½ GM Azarov Sergei 2591 20
8 36 GM Troff Kayden W 2528 3 3 GM So Wesley 2773 3
9 7 GM Kamsky Gata 2691 3 3 GM Arun Prasad S. 2520 38
10 39 GM Pakleza Zbigniew 2520 3 3 GM Najer Evgeniy 2658 11
11 12 GM Shankland Samuel L 2656 3 3 GM Stopa Jacek 2505 45
12 14 GM Zherebukh Yaroslav 2630 3 3 IM Drozdowski Kacper 2476 49
13 15 GM Nyzhnyk Illya 2628 3 3 IM Priyadharshan K. 2462 54
14 23 GM Ortiz Suarez Isan Reynaldo 2577 3 3 IM Yang Kaiqi 2355 80
15 25 GM Kaidanov Gregory S 2561 3 3 IM Mandizha Farai 2342 87
16 41 GM Tazbir Marcin 2517 3 3 GM Indjic Aleksandar 2558 26
17 42 GM Raznikov Danny 2515 3 3 GM Xiong Jeffery 2549 28
18 51 IM Kjartansson Gudmundur 2474 3 3 GM Huschenbeth Niclas 2541 29
19 74 IM Coleman Teddy 2378 3 3 GM Holt Conrad 2529 32
20 99 FM Rojas Sepulveda Eduardo 2304 3 3 GM Chirila Ioan-Cristian 2528 34
21 35 GM Rombaldoni Axel 2528 3 3 FM Liu Elliot 2265 115

[Mick Norris]

OPEN - STANDINGS AFTER ROUND 6
Find the standings including TPR at chess-results.com.

Rk. Name Rtg Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3
1 GM Le Quang Liem 2697 5,5 23,5 16,5 21,00
2 GM Nakamura Hikaru 2814 5,0 24,5 16,0 19,50
3 GM Mcshane Luke J 2674 5,0 23,0 16,5 18,50
4 GM So Wesley 2773 5,0 22,0 16,0 17,50
5 GM Yu Yangyi 2721 5,0 21,5 14,5 18,50
6 GM Bareev Evgeny 2669 5,0 21,5 14,0 16,75
7 GM Robson Ray 2680 5,0 21,0 14,0 17,25
8 GM Lenderman Aleksandr 2615 5,0 21,0 13,5 16,75
9 GM Rombaldoni Axel 2528 5,0 18,5 11,5 13,50
10 GM Durarbayli Vasif 2618 4,5 22,0 15,0 14,25
11 GM Shimanov Aleksandr 2593 4,5 21,5 14,0 16,50
12 GM Popilski Gil 2529 4,5 21,5 14,0 14,00
13 GM Nyzhnyk Illya 2628 4,5 20,5 13,5 16,25
14 GM Shankland Samuel L 2656 4,5 20,0 13,5 16,50
15 GM Caruana Fabiano 2808 4,5 20,0 13,5 14,25
16 GM Azarov Sergei 2591 4,5 20,0 13,0 13,75
17 GM Kamsky Gata 2691 4,5 19,5 13,0 13,00
18 GM Pakleza Zbigniew 2520 4,5 19,0 13,0 13,50
19 GM Berczes David 2488 4,5 19,0 12,5 11,50
20 GM Kaidanov Gregory S 2561 4,5 18,0 12,0 12,50
21 GM Holt Conrad 2529 4,5 18,0 11,0 11,00
22 GM Indjic Aleksandar 2558 4,5 17,5 11,0 12,75
23 GM Barcenilla Rogelio 2455 4,5 17,0 12,0 15,50

[Mick Norris]

Pairings Round 7
Bo. Name Rtg Result Name Rtg
1 GM Le Quang Liem 2697 GM So Wesley 2773
2 GM McShane Luke J 2674 GM Nakamura Hikaru 2814
3 GM Rombaldoni Axel 2528 GM Yu Yangyi 2721
4 GM Robson Ray 2680 GM Lenderman Aleksandr 2615
5 GM Bareev Evgeny 2669 GM Shankland Samuel L 2656
6 GM Caruana Fabiano 2808 GM Indjic Aleksandar 2558
7 GM Kamsky Gata 2691 GM Holt Conrad 2529
8 GM Kaidanov Gregory S 2561 GM Nyzhnyk Illya 2628
9 GM Popilski Gil 2529 GM Durarbayli Vasif 2618
10 GM Pakleza Zbigniew 2520 GM Shimanov Aleksandr 2593
11 GM Berczes David 2488 GM Azarov Sergei 2591
12 GM Akobian Varuzhan 2635 GM Barcenilla Rogelio 2455
13 IM Drozdowski Kacper 2476 GM Najer Evgeniy 2658

[Carl Hibbard]

McShane against Nakamura should be worth a look.

[MJMcCready]

All 9 moves were indeed riveting -not!

[MJMcCready]

Far less exciting than McShane's previous draw.

[Tim Harding]

All 9 moves were indeed riveting -not!

I'm not sure of the tiebreak rule to get into Millionaire Monday. Does anyone know?
I guess they must have calculated it favoured them whatever happened in the other games?

[Roger de Coverly]

I'm not sure of the tiebreak rule to get into Millionaire Monday. Does anyone know?

It's like taking an early draw in the World Cup, you have to come back and fight again at rapid or blitz.

https://millionairechess.com/tie-break-playoffs

[Carl Hibbard]

All 9 moves were indeed riveting -not!

It wasn't the best advert for such an event,

[Tim Harding]

I'm not sure of the tiebreak rule to get into Millionaire Monday. Does anyone know?

It's like taking an early draw in the World Cup, you have to come back and fight again at rapid or blitz.

https://millionairechess.com/tie-break-playoffs

Thanks for the link. So they were taking a bit of a risk but not too much.

I won't be staying up all night to watch the playoffs.

Le Quang Liem has drawn with So and if boards 2-5 are all decisive there will be four players on six points.
If at least one of those games is drawn then the tiebreaks will involve the players on 5.5 who so far are Nakamura, McShane and So.
There could be many others.

From that link I see that the losers in the tiebreak get to compete tomorrow for some lesser prizes.

LATER: I also see that despite his bad start Caruana might still win the event if he wins his current game (likely) and then succeeds in the playoffs.