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12-09-2015 , 05:27 PM

#5701

The Yugoslavian

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It's moot now b/c he is going to lose

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Well, time to go 2-0!!

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12-09-2015 , 05:54 PM

#5702

coon74

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What title he ends up with doesn't really matter because he's so handsome that he's going to own the life hard regardless.

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12-09-2015 , 06:12 PM

#5703

RoundTower

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Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 14,563

John Bartholomew lost today with White which is a huge setback. He needs 6.5 vs 2434 or 7 vs 2433 average, counting his first round opponent as 2200. So if I did the maths right he needs opponents rated 2493+ in the last two rounds for 1.5 to be enough. I think he'll get one of the top players on 5/7 in round 8 and he needs to win with Black - a draw and he'll slip down to play a lower rated player in round 9.

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12-09-2015 , 06:26 PM

#5704

YouKnowWho

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Young prodigy Francesco Rambaldi is playing vs a good friend of mine and he is taking the "Carlsen grind" to a new level.

http://www.chessbomb.com/arena/2015-...aldi_Francesco

I, for one, think this deserves a good kick in the balls after the game.

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12-09-2015 , 07:00 PM

#5705

JSLigon

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86... f5! is very clutch. 108... g4?! may have been premature. 136... e5? is a terrible blunder.

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12-09-2015 , 08:17 PM

#5706

YouKnowWho

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Aaaaaaand John gets a 2330... 2/2 should still be enough, but 1.5 definitely not.

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12-09-2015 , 08:24 PM

#5707

The Yugoslavian

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Yeah. At least 2/2 is more likely with a 2330 opponent coming up, :/.

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12-09-2015 , 08:29 PM

#5708

YouKnowWho

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True, but I know his next opponent, he is a very dangerous player, pretty sure he has a couple IM norms. With John having black, it will be far from a walk in a park

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12-09-2015 , 09:16 PM

#5709

The Yugoslavian

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Still better than having a must win against a GM though!

He's having a very good tournament regardless. I just hope its not too much of a bummer and he keeps setting aside time to improve and take shots if he doesn't quite get one this time.

Last edited by The Yugoslavian; 12-09-2015 at 09:23 PM.

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12-10-2015 , 11:56 AM

#5710

Rei Ayanami

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12-10-2015 , 12:52 PM

#5711

The Yugoslavian

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Originally Posted by YouKnowWho

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Originally Posted by Rei Ayanami

I mean, this commercial is nice to watch once but I think we may be losing Rei to Miss OOT given how precise he usually is.

Btw, very good job with Miss OOT so far this year. Really enjoying the write-ups and pace, pretty much the two things it seems are most under your control.

What are your thoughts on it so far and in general? Does it suck having to run the thing or does it enhance the experience at all?

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12-10-2015 , 05:02 PM

#5712

Rei Ayanami

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Yeah it's less fun. The sh*tposters have always been annoying, since the first one I followed in 2011. But running Ms. OOT feels like actively enabling them.

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12-10-2015 , 05:47 PM

#5713

The Yugoslavian

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Rei - No way to just ignore them? Like, I don't OOT too hard but you must know who you should actually read, can't you just ignore everyone else?

Oh man, John was somehow able to finagle a draw after being completely lost for many moves. It seems he needs to play (and beat) a 2555 player and it looks to me like that is very unlikely since there are only a couple of players sitting on 5.5 above that and the chances of being paired with one seems extremely unlikely at this point.

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12-10-2015 , 05:59 PM

#5714

coon74

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The discussion of the 'Miss Russian Community' contest (Google knows where) that's in the registration phase now is usually surprisingly civil, except for a few funny trolls here and there.

The difference is that contestants are real, earthly women (they undergo a passport check). The downside to some voters is that the contestants are mostly married or at least 'in a relationship' (their men are often the ones who introduced them to poker). The upside is that they know at least a bit about poker and some of them actually crush it.

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12-10-2015 , 06:38 PM

#5715

The Yugoslavian

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Ooo, on the upside, perhaps he will be paired with Simon Williams! If it's not going to matter for a GM norm that would be pretty exciting!

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12-11-2015 , 07:11 PM

#5716

ScottTK

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Hikaru yet again is beaten by Magnus, this time in a 7-hour (!) game.

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12-11-2015 , 07:49 PM

#5717

ScottTK

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Ops, forgot the link to the game.

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12-11-2015 , 10:18 PM

#5718

Rei Ayanami

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I don't ignore. I go to war.

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12-11-2015 , 10:42 PM

#5719

The Yugoslavian

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Yeah, I've noticed that,

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12-13-2015 , 02:13 PM

#5720

Fabian

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Pretty ridiculous/hilarious situation with the tie-breakers in London, and how it affects the Grand Chess Tour's final standings.

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12-13-2015 , 02:53 PM

#5721

coon74

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It's so great that Daniel King is a co-commentator

I'm following the tiebreak matches live. On chess24, they're denoted as 'London Chess Classic Round 10' for some reason. (There's also the Gustaffson + Svidler commentary, hidden under the right Union Jack flag under the stream window, or available as 'Svidler and Gustaffson on the Bundesliga and London'.)

But MVL vs Giri is the bloody Berlin Wall again

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12-13-2015 , 03:20 PM

#5722

ScottTK

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At least the tie-breaks add some excitement to the tournament and series.

Despite the occasional interesting game(s), I feel like the Grand Chess Tour failed to add a distinct flavour to each tournament.

And since we're dealing with the top players in the world, they're somewhat not (visibly) affected by the large prize pool.