Olomouc International

[Colin Patterson]

England's Jonah Willow doing very well at Olomouc, with a 2 point lead after 7 of the 9 rounds.

https://chess-results.com/tnr913005.asp ... ES&flag=30

Probably the two most difficult opponents left to play however.

[Mick Norris]

round 8 live

Jonah's opponent has drawn all 7 so far

[Christopher Kreuzer]

Discussion of this was cunningly hidden away here:

viewtopic.php?f=5&t=14168&start=15#p309547

Maybe a kind moderator could move the relevant posts here?

[Mick Norris]

Not such much cunning, as I couldn't set it up on my phone

[Christopher Kreuzer]

An exciting game so far.

[Christopher Kreuzer]

Jonah may be regretting the 12-move draw yesterday. Looking like he will need to win tomorrow.

[Christopher Kreuzer]

Not the current position, but Jonah thought for a long time about 42...g6. I wonder if he was considering 42...e4. It may well be if not absolutely certainly drawing, have been the best (and probably last) chance to salvage a draw.

[Mick Norris]

Jonah won the tournament which is a decent achievement but narrowly missed the norm

Am I remembering correctly that he has narrowly missed norms before? I suppose that's inevitable when you are at, or close to, the strength of IM and then GM

[Roger de Coverly]

Jonah won the tournament which is a decent achievement but narrowly missed the norm

Tim Spanton was equal second in the over 65

https://chess-results.com/tnr913016.asp ... ES&flag=30

[LawrenceCooper]

Jonah won the tournament which is a decent achievement but narrowly missed the norm

Am I remembering correctly that he has narrowly missed norms before? I suppose that's inevitable when you are at, or close to, the strength of IM and then GM

I may be forgetting some but the only previous time where I felt a norm looked very possible was the Nottingham Chess Foundation Invitational last year until a dramatic twist in his game against Hebden. This event just finished certainly seems like the closest he's been.

[Tim Spanton]

Jonah won the tournament which is a decent achievement but narrowly missed the norm

Tim Spanton was equal second in the over 65

https://chess-results.com/tnr913016.asp ... ES&flag=30

Up to a point, Lord Copper.

[Kevin Thurlow]

"Tim Spanton was equal second in the over 65"

Well done Tim - those tie-breaks usually work out badly...