After 5 rounds Carlsen is the only player with 5 pts. 4 1/2 for Nakamura. I think Naka would have a better chance if there was no increment.
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How much time do the players get in between rounds?
Just saw Viktor Balogan slap one of the arbitrators from Dubai after losing to Vakhidov Jahongir. LOL, you can't make this stuff up.
Not sure how much time they get between rounds. But the next round seems to start 10-15 minutes after the last game of a round is finished.
WalkontheWildSide wrote:
Just saw Viktor Balogan slap one of the arbitrators from Dubai after losing to Vakhidov Jahongir. LOL, you can't make this stuff up.
I saw that too! He slapped his hand. What was the arbiter doing, reaching for something? He wasn't trying to shake his hand was he? That was weird.
MrDamonSmith wrote:
WalkontheWildSide wrote:
Just saw Viktor Balogan slap one of the arbitrators from Dubai after losing to Vakhidov Jahongir. LOL, you can't make this stuff up.
I saw that too! He slapped his hand. What was the arbiter doing, reaching for something? He wasn't trying to shake his hand was he? That was weird.
I think Balogan was just upset and embarrassed that he lost to an "unknown" 19 year old.
Carlsen & Nakamura are paired together for round 10!! Carlsen has 7.5 & Naka has 7. Sauron (as Naka nicknamed him) is in 2nd while Naka is in 6th.
It's board one so we get to watch almost all of it.
Now THIS will be interesting:)
Naka draws Carlsen in round 10.
WalkontheWildSide wrote:
Naka draws Carlsen in round 10.
Yes, and Caruana beat Grishuk.
| 1 | 9 | GM | Nepomniachtchi Ian | RUS | 2816 | 8.0 | 2751 | 55.5 | 0.0 | |
| 2 | 39 | GM | Lu Shanglei | CHN | 2668 | 8.0 | 2735 | 60.5 | 0.0 | |
| 3 | 4 | GM | Carlsen Magnus | NOR | 2837 | 8.0 | 2729 | 62.0 | 0.0 | |
| 4 | 43 | GM | Meier Georg | GER | 2663 | 7.5 | 2751 | 58.5 | 0.0 | |
| 5 | 1 | GM | Nakamura Hikaru | USA | 2879 | 7.5 | 2728 | 60.5 | 0.0 | |
| 6 | 7 | GM | Mamedyarov Shakhriyar | AZE | 2822 | 7.5 | 2660 | 54.0 | 0.0 | |
| 7 | 8 | GM | Le Quang Liem | VIE | 2817 | 7.0 | 2726 | 62.0 | 0.0 | |
| 8 | 32 | GM | Sargissian Gabriel | ARM | 2689 | 7.0 | 2708 | 56.5 | 0.0 | |
| 9 | 29 | GM | Dreev Aleksey | RUS | 2701 | 7.0 | 2686 | 56.5 | 0.0 | |
| 10 | 55 | GM | Cheparinov Ivan | BUL | 2636 | 7.0 | 2659 | 53.0 | 0.0 | |
| 11 | 22 | GM | Tomashevsky Evgeny | RUS | 2725 | 7.0 | 2632 | 49.5 | 0.0 | |
| 12 | 36 | GM | Polgar Judit | HUN | 2673 | 6.5 | 2731 | 49.5 | 0.0 | |
| 13 | 49 | GM | Laznicka Viktor | CZE | 2650 | 6.5 | 2720 | 53.5 | 0.0 | |
| 14 | 74 | GM | Moradiabadi Elshan | IRI | 2599 | 6.5 | 2689 | 50.0 | 0.0 | |
| 15 | 37 | GM | Harikrishna P. | IND | 2669 | 6.5 | 2687 | 55.0 | 0.0 | |
| 16 | 40 | GM | Wang Hao | CHN | 2668 | 6.5 | 2674 | 50.0 | 0.0 | |
| 17 | 27 | GM | Fressinet Laurent | FRA | 2705 | 6.5 | 2668 | 56.0 | 0.0 | |
| 18 | 16 | GM | Bacrot Etienne | FRA | 2744 | 6.5 | 2656 | 59.0 | 0.0 | |
| 19 | 23 | GM | Iturrizaga Bonelli Eduardo | VEN | 2722 | 6.5 | 2644 | 51.5 | 0.0 | |
| 20 | 20 | GM | Dubov Daniil | RUS | 2729 | 6.5 | 2641 | 46.5 | 0.0 | |
| 21 | 3 | GM | Aronian Levon | ARM | 2863 | 6.5 | 2641 | 46.0 | 0.0 | |
| 22 | 31 | GM | Caruana Fabiano | ITA | 2697 | 6.5 | 2638 | 48.5 | 0.0 | |
| 23 | 2 | GM | Karjakin Sergey | RUS | 2866 | 6.5 | 2638 | 46.5 | 0.0 | |
| 24 | 6 | GM | Anand Viswanathan | IND | 2827 | 6.5 |
Ive never heard of Lu shanglei, apparently hes born in 95. Hes doing pretty darn well! Carlsen's only loss in the blitz is to him. These chinese players need to play in fide events more often
They do. All the time.
Top pairings for the last round of the day (round 11)
| Br. | Nr. | Name | Elo | Pkt. | Ergebnis | Pkt. | Name | Elo | Nr. | ||||
| 1 | 4 | GM | Carlsen Magnus | 2837 | 8 | 7½ | GM | Mamedyarov Shakhriyar | 2822 | 7 | |||
| 2 | 43 | GM | Meier Georg | 2663 | 7½ | 8 | GM | Nepomniachtchi Ian | 2816 | 9 | |||
| 3 | 32 | GM | Sargissian Gabriel | 2689 | 7 | 8 | GM | Lu Shanglei | 2668 | 39 | |||
| 4 | 1 | GM | Nakamura Hikaru | 2879 | 7½ | 7 | GM | Tomashevsky Evgeny | 2725 | 22 | |||
| 5 | 8 | GM | Le Quang Liem | 2817 | 7 | 7 | GM | Cheparinov Ivan | 2636 | 55 | |||
| 6 | 6 | GM | Anand Viswanathan | 2827 | 6½ | 7 | GM | Dreev Aleksey | 2701 | 29 | |||
| 7 | 2 | GM | Karjakin Sergey | 2866 | 6½ | 6½ | GM | Polgar Judit | 2673 | 36 | |||
| 8 | 37 | GM | Harikrishna P. | 2669 | 6½ | 6½ | GM | Aronian Levon | 2863 | 3 | |||
| 9 | 31 | GM | Caruana Fabiano | 2697 | 6½ | 6½ | GM | Bacrot Etienne | 2744 | 16 | |||
| 10 | 40 | GM | Wang Hao | 2668 | 6½ | 6½ | GM | Dubov Daniil | 2729 | 20 | |||
| 11 | 49 | GM | Laznicka Viktor | 2650 | 6½ | 6½ | GM | Iturrizaga Bonelli Eduardo | 2722 | 23 | |||
| 12 | 27 | GM | Fressinet Laurent | 2705 | 6½ | 6½ | GM | Moradiabadi Elshan | 2599 | 74 |
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Indian chess ace Viswanathan Anand came up with a thumping victory over reigning world champion Magnus Carlsen but had to settle for the bronze medal in the World Rapid Chess Championship.
The game with Carlsen, who won Gold despite the defeat, was the talking point for thousands of chess buffs on the social media as Anand is set for a re-match with Carlsen in November to determine the next world champion.
TerminatorRavi wrote:
Indian chess ace Viswanathan Anand came up with a thumping victory over reigning world champion Magnus Carlsen but had to settle for the bronze medal in the World Rapid Chess Championship.
The game with Carlsen, who won Gold despite the defeat, was the talking point for thousands of chess buffs on the social media as Anand is set for a re-match with Carlsen in November to determine the next world champion.
Press from India.
One of Komarov's best comments this far was after Yu Yangyi had beaten three Russian players: "Maybe we should recruit him for Ukrainian military forces".
WalkontheWildSide wrote:
TerminatorRavi wrote:
Indian chess ace Viswanathan Anand came up with a thumping victory over reigning world champion Magnus Carlsen but had to settle for the bronze medal in the World Rapid Chess Championship.
The game with Carlsen, who won Gold despite the defeat, was the talking point for thousands of chess buffs on the social media as Anand is set for a re-match with Carlsen in November to determine the next world champion.
Press from India.
yes quoted from a news article.
Watching the live FIDE World Blitz Chess Championship with commentary by GM Dmitry Komarov is like watching a Saturday Night Live skit.