Player who came first on tie-break gets White (4.3.2.2.b)
FIDE World Rapid and Blitz December 25-30, 2021
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Re: FIDE World Rapid and Blitz December 25-30, 2021
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Re: FIDE World Rapid and Blitz December 25-30, 2021
Thanks, sounds reasonable.
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Re: FIDE World Rapid and Blitz December 25-30, 2021
I lost the stream so I'm not sure if colours were drawn again after game 2 or if they just continued alternating.NickFaulks wrote: ↑Thu Dec 30, 2021 7:22 pmDo we know how they chose colours for the third game?LawrenceCooper wrote: ↑Thu Dec 30, 2021 7:10 pmMVL wins the third game after two draws to win the title.
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Re: FIDE World Rapid and Blitz December 25-30, 2021
When was the last time Magnus Carlsen failed to win either of these events (or placed highly in them)? (Really, this should only be asked from 2012 onwards, as it was a bit irregular before that.)
He won the Blitz title in 2009 and 2014, and then three in a row from 2017 to 2019.
He won the Rapidplay title in 2014, 2015 and 2019.
He also placed 2nd or 3rd in one of other of them in most years.
In the list below, the rapid placing is first, then the blitz placing.
2012: 2nd and 2nd
2013: DID NOT PLAY
2014: 1st and 1st
2015: 1st and 6th
2016: 3rd and 2nd
2017: 5th and 1st
2018: 5th and 1st
2019: 1st and 1st
2020: NO EVENT
2021: 3rd and 12th
I was going to say that 2013 was the last time he finished outside the top two in both events, but I think I am right to say that he didn't play that year because he had just become World Champion in November?
I think this is his worst overall placing across both events since this FIDE series of championships started in 2012. Certainly 12th in the Blitz is disastrous by his standards (due to that last round loss to MVL).
EDIT: I was wrong about 2013. According to http://wrbc2013.fide.com/ Carlsen was not in the list of players participating at either event, and that would be because it was in June that year, and Carlsen was presumably preparing for his world title match.
He won the Blitz title in 2009 and 2014, and then three in a row from 2017 to 2019.
He won the Rapidplay title in 2014, 2015 and 2019.
He also placed 2nd or 3rd in one of other of them in most years.
In the list below, the rapid placing is first, then the blitz placing.
2012: 2nd and 2nd
2013: DID NOT PLAY
2014: 1st and 1st
2015: 1st and 6th
2016: 3rd and 2nd
2017: 5th and 1st
2018: 5th and 1st
2019: 1st and 1st
2020: NO EVENT
2021: 3rd and 12th
I was going to say that 2013 was the last time he finished outside the top two in both events, but I think I am right to say that he didn't play that year because he had just become World Champion in November?
I think this is his worst overall placing across both events since this FIDE series of championships started in 2012. Certainly 12th in the Blitz is disastrous by his standards (due to that last round loss to MVL).
EDIT: I was wrong about 2013. According to http://wrbc2013.fide.com/ Carlsen was not in the list of players participating at either event, and that would be because it was in June that year, and Carlsen was presumably preparing for his world title match.
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Re: FIDE World Rapid and Blitz December 25-30, 2021
Well tbf he did effectively tie for first in one event, though his Blitz performance was indeed disappointing by *his* standards.
(as I said, losing a meaningful last round game is something he can't have done too often either)
(as I said, losing a meaningful last round game is something he can't have done too often either)
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Re: FIDE World Rapid and Blitz December 25-30, 2021
Yes, I updated my post to include all his placings in these events since 2012, and that last round loss must really sting, as would finishing 12th. Scoring 13.5/21 is also way down on the scores he would expect to get in such an event. In past years he has scored 16.5/21, 16/21 and 17/21.
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Re: FIDE World Rapid and Blitz December 25-30, 2021
What’s the best British placing historically at these events? I saw Howell was 36th in the Rapid, but was it 5 years ago he was 30th? I was only doing a quick search on chess results though.
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Re: FIDE World Rapid and Blitz December 25-30, 2021
Adams was seventh in the 2003 World Rapid.Matt Bridgeman wrote: ↑Fri Dec 31, 2021 12:44 amWhat’s the best British placing historically at these events? I saw Howell was 36th in the Rapid, but was it 5 years ago he was 30th? I was only doing a quick search on chess results though.
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Re: FIDE World Rapid and Blitz December 25-30, 2021
Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan) - Petrosian (Armenia) from the World Blitz 2021. Fair to say these countries don't get on. The players from them repeated the position endlessly because neither wanted to be the one asking for a draw and in the end, Mamedyarov had to chase around for an arbiter to do it for them. No handshake at the end obviously.
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Re: FIDE World Rapid and Blitz December 25-30, 2021
I'm not sure that white did a lot wrong. Black was the one forcing perpetual check and I would expect him to be the one to offer the draw. Given his reluctance to do so I'm not sure that any attempt from white would have been favourably received.Chris Rice wrote: ↑Sat Jan 01, 2022 9:45 pmMamedyarov (Azerbaijan) - Petrosian (Armenia) from the World Blitz 2021. Fair to say these countries don't get on. The players from them repeated the position endlessly because neither wanted to be the one asking for a draw and in the end, Mamedyarov had to chase around for an arbiter to do it for them. No handshake at the end obviously.
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Re: FIDE World Rapid and Blitz December 25-30, 2021
Looks like not everyone has left yet...
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Re: FIDE World Rapid and Blitz December 25-30, 2021
After a period of popular uprisings, the Kazakh government has collapsed and its leading figures have been airlifted out of Nur-Sultan. Maybe there was more to it than just Covid.
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Re: FIDE World Rapid and Blitz December 25-30, 2021
There was a piece on the TV News about mass protests, seemingly caused by the price of LPG (fuel) doubling in a week.NickFaulks wrote: ↑Wed Jan 05, 2022 11:46 pmAfter a period of popular uprisings, the Kazakh government has collapsed and its leading figures have been airlifted out of Nur-Sultan.
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All uprisings need a catalyst, but this one has been a while coming.Roger de Coverly wrote: ↑Thu Jan 06, 2022 12:26 amThere was a piece on the TV News about mass protests, seemingly caused by the price of LPG (fuel) doubling in a week.
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Re: FIDE World Rapid and Blitz December 25-30, 2021
Slightly more fortunate than you might expect?David Robertson wrote: ↑Tue Dec 28, 2021 9:20 pmAbdusattorov can count himself a very fortunate young man indeed. He drew both games in later rounds today after Fedoseev had been [+7.0]; and Gukesh [+4.5]. I'll 'allow' him his win v. Carlsen because that was largely Carlsen's own fault
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