Tata Steel Wijk aan Zee 15-31 January 2016

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Re: Tata Steel Wijk aan Zee 15-31 January 2016

Post by MartinCarpenter » Mon Jan 18, 2016 8:42 pm

Oh goodness, hate to say it but I think that tops the lot! Well, maybe not Kramnik's mate in 1.

I do wonder if this sort of thing doesn't affect all levels fairly equally - the moves being somehow produced are of course far beneath the usual standard of competence of even a random club player :(

Bit of a shame for Navara in a way that he couldn't finish Giri off but Giri did seem to defend awfully well.
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Re: Tata Steel Wijk aan Zee 15-31 January 2016

Post by Steven DuCharme » Mon Jan 18, 2016 10:03 pm

Mick Norris wrote:Wei Yi - Carlsen well underway
live
Carlsen holds Yi to draw in epic encounter :mrgreen:
I float like a pawn island and sting like an ignored knight :mrgreen:
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Re: Tata Steel Wijk aan Zee 15-31 January 2016

Post by Clive Blackburn » Tue Jan 19, 2016 8:27 am

This is Mamedyarov's blunder against Eljanov

https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tourn ... 2016/3/1/3
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Re: Tata Steel Wijk aan Zee 15-31 January 2016

Post by Barry Sandercock » Tue Jan 19, 2016 11:46 am

I see Michael Adams plays Wei today. Wonder if he will have any more luck than Magnus yesterday.
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Re: Tata Steel Wijk aan Zee 15-31 January 2016

Post by Carl Hibbard » Tue Jan 19, 2016 11:50 am

Clive Blackburn wrote:This is Mamedyarov's blunder against Eljanov

https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tourn ... 2016/3/1/3
Not sure how anyone would miss that to be honest?
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Re: Tata Steel Wijk aan Zee 15-31 January 2016

Post by Matt Mackenzie » Tue Jan 19, 2016 1:08 pm

Any more than the examples cited upthread?

Chess blindness is a wondrous thing.

Personally I confess to missing a mate in one and leaving a rook en prise - but in both instances I was very likely lost anyway :)
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Re: Tata Steel Wijk aan Zee 15-31 January 2016

Post by Barry Sandercock » Tue Jan 19, 2016 5:00 pm

Nice win by Yifan Hou today.
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Re: Tata Steel Wijk aan Zee 15-31 January 2016

Post by MartinCarpenter » Tue Jan 19, 2016 5:05 pm

She even got (briefly) to the top of the leader board with it :)
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Re: Tata Steel Wijk aan Zee 15-31 January 2016

Post by Barry Sandercock » Tue Jan 19, 2016 5:36 pm

Looks like Giri- Caruana will be a win for Caruana, but these R and P endings are so tricky.
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Re: Tata Steel Wijk aan Zee 15-31 January 2016

Post by Barry Sandercock » Tue Jan 19, 2016 7:08 pm

Draw after 63 moves.
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Re: Tata Steel Wijk aan Zee 15-31 January 2016

Post by Matt Mackenzie » Tue Jan 19, 2016 10:14 pm

Meanwhile in the "B" section, Dreev is belying his "veteran" status with 4/4 so far.
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Re: Tata Steel Wijk aan Zee 15-31 January 2016

Post by Mick Norris » Wed Jan 20, 2016 9:46 am

Matt Mackenzie wrote:Meanwhile in the "B" section, Dreev is belying his "veteran" status with 4/4 so far.
Will be interesting to see if he can make it to 5/5 today (they have a rest day tomorrow)
Dreev 4
Abhidan 3.5
Safarli 3

Rest day today in the Masters, so more focus on the Challengers
Dreev, A. - van Foreest, J.
l'Ami, E. - Antipov, M.
Baskaran, A. - Haast, A.
Safarli, E. - Ju, W.
Nisipeanu, L. - Bok, B.
Batsiashvili, N. - Admiraal, M.
Sevian, S. - Abasov, N.
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Re: Tata Steel Wijk aan Zee 15-31 January 2016

Post by Mick Norris » Wed Jan 20, 2016 9:50 am

MartinCarpenter wrote:She even got (briefly) to the top of the leader board with it :)
Going into the rest day
3 - Caruana
2.5 - So, Hou Yifan, Ding Liren, Karjakin, Eljanov
2 - Carlsen, Wei Yi
1.5 - Giri, Mamedyarov, Van Wely, Navara, Tomashevsky
1 - Adams
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Re: Tata Steel Wijk aan Zee 15-31 January 2016

Post by John McKenna » Wed Jan 20, 2016 11:47 am

Carl Hibbard wrote:
Clive Blackburn wrote:This is Mamedyarov's blunder against Eljanov

https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tourn ... 2016/3/1/3
Not sure how anyone would miss that to be honest?
To err is human...

Mamedyarov seems to have quickly forgiven himself for that lapse.
He has White against Michael Adams next, which should be a clash of chess cultures.

In the Challengers WGM Anne Haast (2391) is on 0/4 and will play her 5th GM (correction - TODAY, not tomorrow). Last year she "only scored 4.0/13, but that was good enough to win 10 rating points". This year's Challengers is stronger and she will be lucky to do as well.

Edit: It's not a rest day in the Challengers today!
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Re: Tata Steel Wijk aan Zee 15-31 January 2016

Post by Barry Sandercock » Wed Jan 20, 2016 4:24 pm

Anne Haast having a difficult tournament (0/5)
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