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London Chess Classic - Andy Howie - 01-12-2012
Gets underway today. Was a bit busy in the main hall at the start of play so could not get pics of the Scottish Players in the open, will try tomorrow
Pics will be uploaded here
Pics
What did we think of JR's game today???
Re: London Chess Classic - andyburnett - 01-12-2012
Quote:What did we think of JR's game today???
Well, I wouldn't be surprised if the position was still theory a move or 2 before his opponent blundered a piece (seriously blundered - he just left a knight en prise). Jonathan plays those Saemisch Variation positions really well; it's been his main weapon against the KID for a long time.
Re: London Chess Classic - andyburnett - 02-12-2012
Ranking after round 2 - Players by fed SCO
Scottish scores in round 1
Rank Name Flags Score Fed. M/F Rating TPR W-We 1 2
2 GM Rowson, Jonathan 1.0 SCO M 2586 2921 +0.08 1
19 GM Shaw, John 1.0 SCO M 2435 2773 +0.08 1
54 FM Berry, Neil 1.0 SCO M 2247 2661 +0.13 1
62 Grant, Jonathan I M 1.0 SCO M 2217 2636 +0.13 1
96 White, Alastair F 1.0 SCO M 2112 0 +0.00 1
126 McKerracher, Douglas 0.5 SCO M 2034 0 +0.00 =
214 Campbell, Eoin 0.0 SCO M 1819 1465 -0.09 0
215 Mc Aleenan, Charles 0.0 SCO M 1813 1462 -0.09 0
Generated by Swiss Master for Windows on 01-12-2012 at 21:22
Re: London Chess Classic - Andrew McHarg - 02-12-2012
Is Carlsen the greatest player ever... ?
Re: London Chess Classic - Calum MacQueen - 02-12-2012
Andrew McHarg Wrote:Is Carlsen the greatest player ever... ?
No. Gazza still the man to beat. Maybe when Magnus hits 2900 he's got a shout.
The classic is always great, love when the super GMs hit the commentary room afterwards. If there's one thing that'll make you feel bad about your own chess is watching Vlad Kramnik analyse
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The line he sees for fun after 8 minutes is absolutely ridiculous.
Looking good for the Scots down there! Nice to see Rowson back in tournament action.
Re: London Chess Classic - Andrew McHarg - 04-12-2012
Calum MacQueen Wrote:Andrew McHarg Wrote:The classic is always great, love when the super GMs hit the commentary room afterwards. If there's one thing that'll make you feel bad about your own chess is watching Vlad Kramnik analyse
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The line he sees for fun after 8 minutes is absolutely ridiculous.
Wow! And to think that Kramnik has actually lost some games in the past. What would you have to do to beat him? ;|
;P Carlsen is the best though.
Re: London Chess Classic - Hugh Brechin - 04-12-2012
Quote:No. Gazza still the man to beat. Maybe when Magnus hits 2900 he's got a shout.
Agreed. When Carlsen has a massive ratings lead and is winning tournaments with the sort of regularity Kasparov managed in his prime we'll talk. (A world championship win wouldn't hurt either...)
That analysis video is utterly depressing, by the way.
Re: London Chess Classic - Hugh Brechin - 04-12-2012
On another note, I'd managed to completely miss that McShane is now the British number 1. That's interesting. Though it presumably won't last if Mickey manages to keep up a TPR of 3410.
Re: London Chess Classic - Andy Howie - 04-12-2012
Not now. Mickey hass overtaken him again
Re: London Chess Classic - Hugh Brechin - 04-12-2012
I was going by the December 2012 list.