CM Grouvilleknight goes through
CM Grouvilleknight (Graham Mooney) originates from Dundee, Scotland and has lived in Jersey since December 2006. I am pleased to report that he is through to the next round, hopefully not at my expense.
Westview is back!
Westview2016 who recently suffered a brilliant checkmate from Risdr (see earlier report) put Obispooscuro (Christie Williamson) to the sword with a classic checkmate in 9 moves.
Towey 2 Wins!
Two days ago Richard Two secured two victories to take him to the top of his group and closer to progressing to round two. This also happens to be his first two wins in his first daily tournament!
Group 6 update
Winawer99 (Jonathan) and BrianJosephC (Brian Cunningham) make it through to the next round. Brian has been online since 2018 and has 322 daily games under his belt whilst Jonathan, who also joined in 2018, has 3713 games to draw experience from.
Have you seen this man!
Check out Ben Hunt on Youtube. He is currently playing in Group 1 where he is facing WCM HorseyChess, TomSawyer and Bazfisher. He produces regular videos of the highest quality and gives great advice. So good that I have subscribed to his channel....
First win for PhishFinger
PhishFinger make short work of CDPDW (Chris de Planta) in just 19 moves as he captured blacks queen and Chris decided to resign. So far, at move 17, it’s 50/50 in their final game.
Checkmate!
Westview went from +5.2 playing black but on move 13 he played Qa5 only to suffer checkmate on the next move when Risdr played Bf4# Checkout the game as it unfolded here: Checkmate in 14 moves
Obispooscuro (Christie Williamson) second win
Obispooscuro (Christie Williamson) gets his second win playing black against Risdr (Harry). Honors were even until move 16 (see pic).
Don Pink has arrived!
Mazdadon (Don Pink) with 1000 games since 2013 makes a great start to the tournament with 2 early wins. He’s now putting all of that experience into good effect as he holds back Thatsagas in both games.
BluesRunner secures place in next round
BluesRunner (178 daily games since 2016) wins first 4 games, opening with the Accelerated London System and employing the Pirc defence. He holds a 400pt rating over both opponents, so I guess it’s to be expected. Meanwhile Thatsagas (62,000 daily ...
First game to finish
Heisenberg2511 v Judec after move 25 black resigned, so it's 1-0 to Heisenberg.
Final Positions
It does not get much closer at the top!
Vivaldi Summer Tournament Winner
This is the 5th tournament win for National Master Ieuan Ward on Chess.com. The tournament was in the balance until an epic final game of 64 moves between Gloxx and IM Plimsol ended in a draw. After 8 straight wins in round 1 Ieuan followed that ...
Victory for Sacbutt
Honors even as NM Sacbutt bounced back from his opening lost game. The National Master played a steady game with the white pieces but was handed the advantage on move 39 when IM Plimsol played Rb2# which turned out to be a blunder. Plimsol tried v...
NM Sacbutt and IM Plimsol final game
See the game as it unfolds up to move 35 - NM Sacbutt v IM Plimsol
IM Plimsol gets his 2nd win!
Just when we all thought Plimsol was playing the long game he wins again! See how the game unfolded here:Â https://www.chess.com/analysis/game/daily/353074563?tab=analysis
A win for IM Plimsol
Karparsov playing as black resigns after move 24
Table update of the final round
It's all happening! IMPlimsol is pacing himself but I'm sure NMSacbutt has his own master plan - that's not to rule out Gloxx and Kraparsov just yet.Â
Billy Edwards V NM Sacbutt - almost an upset!
Almost an upset
NMSacbutt v Karparsov - draw by agreement
Click to see how it ended. https://www.chess.com/analysis/game/daily/353074603?tab=analysis
NMSacbutt v Billyedwards - almost there!
Click to see the game at move 52 https://www.chess.com/game/daily/351297625
NMSacbutt defeats Heisenberg in final round
Click to see final position https://www.chess.com/game/daily/353074605
Gloxx v NMSacbutt - move 23
Click to see the game.
Update on IMPlimsol v NMSacbutt
It's only move 9 but it's interesting! To see how IMPlimsol v NMSacbutt is progressing follow this link: https://www.chess.com/game/daily/353074563
