Round 4 Underway in Dresden!

Posted by Frank | Chess Tournaments, International Chess, News | Sunday 16 November 2008 8:13 am
Photo by Susan Polgar

Photo by Susan Polgar

It is unclear what is going on in Dresden, Germany at the Olympiad this year.  Last round was a virtual nightmare for reporting.  It would appear that several results were misreported on multiple sites including the official site of the tournament.  Several games showed both players winning, even after looking to TWIC for the actual game score errors were found with games duplicated for the team entry.  Let’s hope Round four has found some resolution to this debacle.  The man behind the curtain must be revealed.

In this photo it looks like GM Shulman just received a text message that his game result has already been posted around the world, complete with his annotation!

Bo. 4 AZE Azerbaijan (AZE) Rtg - 10 USA United States of America (USA) Rtg 3 : 1
6.1 GM Radjabov Teimour 2752 - GM Kamsky Gata 2729 1-0
6.2 GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2731 - GM Nakamura Hikaru 2704 1-0
6.3 GM Gashimov Vugar 2703 - GM Onischuk Alexander 2644 .5-.5
6.4 GM Huseynov Gadir 2650 - GM Shulman Yuri 2616 .5-.5
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Chicago Open 2008 – Grueling test

Posted by Frank | Chess Tournaments, News | Monday 26 May 2008 10:07 pm

The Chicago Open has come and gone. This year the chess tournament was held in Wheeling Illinois, approximately an hour outside of Chicago. The facility was nice and well lit. There was a modest amount of participation.


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