Roquetas Chess Festival 2025

[LawrenceCooper]

https://lichess.org/broadcast/roquetas- ... o/cPSUqdHD

Both Matthew Wadsworth & Harry Grieve are playing and aiming for their final GM norm.

[Paul Cooksey]

Matthew doing well on 5/6. Harry probably a bit disappointed with 4/6 so far albeit unbeaten. Double round tomorrow.

[LawrenceCooper]

Matthew doing well on 5/6. Harry probably a bit disappointed with 4/6 so far albeit unbeaten. Double round tomorrow.

Now 6/7 for Matthew, what a game: https://lichess.org/broadcast/roquetas- ... 4/SxLdxnLM

[Mick Norris]

Impressive

Matthew's results presumably he needs to play a 3rd GM

[Ian Jamieson]

He’s black against GM N R Vignesh 2523 IND in round 8

[Christopher Kreuzer]

Matthew doing well on 5/6. Harry probably a bit disappointed with 4/6 so far albeit unbeaten. Double round tomorrow.

Now 6/7 for Matthew, what a game: https://lichess.org/broadcast/roquetas- ... 4/SxLdxnLM

That final move. Wow.

The b4 and g4 sequence earlier was arguably even better.

Is there a way to easily see the current standings?

[Ian Jamieson]

If you open the broadcast in lichess and click on standings it takes you to info64.org where you can easily see the current standings, pairings etc.

[LawrenceCooper]

Matthew doing well on 5/6. Harry probably a bit disappointed with 4/6 so far albeit unbeaten. Double round tomorrow.

Now 6/7 for Matthew, what a game: https://lichess.org/broadcast/roquetas- ... 4/SxLdxnLM

That final move. Wow.

The b4 and g4 sequence earlier was arguably even better.

Is there a way to easily see the current standings?

There's two options:
https://info64.org/roquetas-chess-festi ... -matthew-j
https://chess-results.com/tnr1094138.as ... ES&flag=30

Pairings appear on the official website a little earlier than chess-results.

[LawrenceCooper]

Matthew drew in round 8 so a draw (I think against a 2266 or more) should be enough in the final round for his third and final GM norm. He does still need to meet the rating requirement though, he is currently 2489.3 live.

[Ian Jamieson]

I’m not sure why Harry Grieve’s opponent offered a draw as she was an exchange up but the draw almost certainly ensures Matthew will be paired with someone rated high enough to enable him to secure his third and final GM norm with a draw. (She was the only player under 2266 within a point of Matthew at the start of round 7 as far as I could see.)

[Ian Jamieson]

Matthew’s white vs GM Sivuk 2493 SWE in the last round per info64.org

[LawrenceCooper]

Round 9 on 2025/01/07 at 9:30 (8:30 UK time)
Bo. No. White Rtg Pts. Result Pts. Black Rtg No.
1 4 GM Li, Di 2544 7 6½ IM Macias Pino, Diego 2491 7
2 9 IM Wadsworth, Matthew J 2473 6½ 6½ GM Sivuk, Vitaly 2493 6
3 2 GM Xu, Xiangyu 2611 6½ 6 GM Castellanos Rodriguez, Renier 2482 8

[Christopher Kreuzer]

If board 1 draws, depends how much the three people on 6.5 points on boards 2-3 want to win to tie for first. A draw is likely to get a share of second place. Good luck to Matthew for the final round!

[LawrenceCooper]

Round 9 game underway: https://lichess.org/broadcast/roquetas- ... U/qRE4hwaH

[LawrenceCooper]

Round 9 game underway: https://lichess.org/broadcast/roquetas- ... U/qRE4hwaH

Drawn in 31 moves so a third and final GM norm for Matthew and 10.4 points needed to reach 2500 and claim the title.