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Isle of Man Masters (2014) After a seven years break, the Masters section of the PokerStars Isle of Man International Chess Tournament was played in Villa Marina, Douglas, Isle of Man, 4-12 October 2014. Time control: 100 minutes for the first 40 moves, 50 more minutes for the next 20 moves, then 15 more minutes for the rest of the game, with 30 seconds added per move from move one. Tournament director: Alan Ormsby. Chief arbiter: David Welch. Nigel Short won with 7.5/9, a full point ahead of the rest of the field. Official site: https://iominternationalchess.com/i... Chess-Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr147695.... Chess.com: https://www.chess.com/news/view/nig... ChessBase: https://en.chessbase.com/post/isle-... TWIC: https://theweekinchess.com/html/twi... Previous: Isle of Man Masters (2007). Next: Isle of Man Masters (2015)  page 12 of 13; games 276-300 of 323  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 276. Y Shvayger vs J Cox   1-0 52 2014 Isle of Man Masters C45 Scotch Game 277. M Peek vs V Hansen   1-0 38 2014 Isle of Man Masters D17 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 278. G L House vs A Tate   1-0 50 2014 Isle of Man Masters A07 King's Indian Attack 279. K Allen vs J Bakalchuk   ½-½ 53 2014 Isle of Man Masters E63 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Panno Variation 280. L Tolhuizen vs D Kolbus   ½-½ 41 2014 Isle of Man Masters D03 Torre Attack (Tartakower Variation) 281. C Wallis vs H Groffen   1-0 39 2014 Isle of Man Masters A45 Queen's Pawn Game 282. Y Afek vs K Gutkind   1-0 31 2014 Isle of Man Masters C13 French 283. M Efroimski vs J van den Bersselaar   0-1 35 2014 Isle of Man Masters B18 Caro-Kann, Classical 284. G Klein vs B Dahl   1-0 37 2014 Isle of Man Masters B16 Caro-Kann, Bronstein-Larsen Variation 285. S Sipos vs A J Walton   0-1 50 2014 Isle of Man Masters C03 French, Tarrasch 286. H Fabri vs A Hill   ½-½ 64 2014 Isle of Man Masters B22 Sicilian, Alapin 287. A Llewellyn vs C Boelhouwer   0-1 39 2014 Isle of Man Masters A21 English 288. G Smith vs A Ormsby   1-0 25 2014 Isle of Man Masters E76 King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack 289. G Jones vs D Raznikov 1-0 69 2014 Isle of Man Masters B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 290. J Tarjan vs C Duncan 1-0 70 2014 Isle of Man Masters A07 King's Indian Attack 291. Tiviakov vs Fressinet   ½-½ 14 2014 Isle of Man Masters C77 Ruy Lopez 292. D Gormally vs Fridman   ½-½ 30 2014 Isle of Man Masters D30 Queen's Gambit Declined 293. B G Smith vs A Greenfeld   ½-½ 23 2014 Isle of Man Masters B52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack 294. A Mindlin vs H Dronavalli   ½-½ 22 2014 Isle of Man Masters D50 Queen's Gambit Declined 295. Short vs D Howell 1-0 41 2014 Isle of Man Masters E47 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 296. J Hawkins vs G Sargissian   ½-½ 35 2014 Isle of Man Masters D58 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst 297. Adams vs K Arkell   1-0 30 2014 Isle of Man Masters B17 Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation 298. M Marin vs M Ferguson   1-0 39 2014 Isle of Man Masters A09 Reti Opening 299. G Popilski vs Vachier-Lagrave   ½-½ 43 2014 Isle of Man Masters E60 King's Indian Defense 300. A Gupta vs J van Foreest   ½-½ 55 2014 Isle of Man Masters D16 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav  page 12 of 13; games 276-300 of 323    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)   < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 4 OF 4 ·  Later Kibitzing> Oct-13-14    Conrad93: Compared to chess, poker isn't much of a skill game. Oct-13-14    Conrad93: The only reason to play it is for the money, but the game is pretty one-dimensional. Of course fanboys will be fanboys... Oct-13-14    Conrad93: Perfidious, if you want to waste your money in the hope that PokerStars is fair and completely reliable go ahead. I'll save my money by taking my chances at the casino where I evidently and clearly do much better. Is that a sign of some kind of magic, or is the reality that a site that was not too long ago shut down by the FBI might be a scam. You decide. Oct-13-14    lechacal: Conrad93<Is that a sign of some kind of magic, or is the reality that a site that was not too long ago shut down by the FBI might be a scam.> PokerStars (Along with FullTiltPoker and UltimateBet) was shut down by the FBI because USA (a.k.a land of the ''free'') arbitrarily decided it was illegal to play poker online. PokerStars is the only site to be shut down who paid back the money they owed to players. PokerStars even bought FullTiltPoker and paid the debt of FullTiltPoker (150 millions) to the poker players worldwide. PokerStars managed this situation very well (in opposition to FullTiltPoker) Oct-13-14    lechacal: Conrad93<The only reason to play it is for the money, but the game is pretty one-dimensional.> The only thing one-dimensional is your thinking process. <Compared to chess, poker isn't much of a skill game.> Poker is a game of skill but because you have no skills, you can't understand it. Oct-13-14    lechacal: Conrad93. After reading all of your kibitz, i draw the conclusion that OrigamiArtist was right to say : <Conrad93 is an idiot. There is no point debating with idiots.> Good luck with your life and enjoy your ignorance and your mediocrity. Oct-13-14    Conrad93: Aww, someone is upset...! This will surely ruin my day. Not. Oct-13-14    Conrad93: <PokerStars (Along with FullTiltPoker and UltimateBet) was shut down by the FBI because USA (a.k.a land of the ''free'') arbitrarily decided it was illegal to play poker online.> Yeah, that's not what happened. Oct-13-14    Conrad93: <Conrad93. After reading all of your kibitz, i draw the conclusion that OrigamiArtist was right to say : <Conrad93 is an idiot. There is no point debating with idiots.> Good luck with your life and enjoy your ignorance and your mediocrity.> That's saying a lot coming from a guy who seems to think poker is more than just gambling. Even knowing the theory won't guarantee that some complete newb won't beat you. Overall, it's a game for the mentally challenged and the eternally hopeful. May God have mercy on your soul, and may you recover from your gambling addiction. Oct-13-14    lechacal: <Even knowing the theory won't guarantee that some complete newb won't beat you.> In the long run, the best player will always take advantage of the newb. You will understand this the day you will play more than 50 hands of poker a month. Oct-14-14    lechacal: <May God have mercy on your soul, and may you recover from your gambling addiction.> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQH... listen at 1:25 and 2:54. Oct-14-14    lechacal: Conrad93. You are more close-minded about poker than Pope Radzinger was about homosexuality. Oct-15-14    GlennOliver: lechacal: < Good player can play 10+ tables at the same time. It is normal that they don't have time to chat.> Yes, for them it is normal. But, as you must know, I am not talking about top human players, I am talking about the bot-shills which corrupt poker sites use to skim off large sums from genuine human players. Oct-16-14    lechacal: <lechacal: < Good player can play 10+ tables at the same time. It is normal that they don't have time to chat.> Yes, for them it is normal. But, as you must know, I am not talking about top human players, I am talking about the bot-shills which corrupt poker sites use to skim off large sums from genuine human players.> Bots are not run by poker sites, they are run by some programmers (not linked with the poker sites) which wants to make some easy money. When PokerStars detect a bot, the account is banned, the money on the account confiscated and distributed to the players who have been cheated. Oct-18-14    fisayo123: Gawain had 9 decisive games in a row. Very rare at GM level. Oct-19-14    Ke2: Damn Nigel Short is still alive? Oct-19-14    lechacal: <Damn Nigel Short is still alive?> Long live Nigel Short !!! Nov-01-14    thegoodanarchist: <Sneaky: ... So if your allegation is true it would be fairly easy to prove it. All you need to do is gather your data and that of other PokerStars players, then process the data with a computer and see if there is any phenomenon which happens more often than chance would allow. Until you do that, I ascribe your experience to selective memory> Ahhhh, Sneaky is being.... well, he is being a little sneaky! I love it! Nov-01-14    thegoodanarchist: <Ke2: Damn Nigel Short is still alive?> Don't hate on Nigel! Nov-01-14    thegoodanarchist: James Tarjan 5.5/9: Darn good for a 62-year-old who hasn't played competitive chess for 30 years!!!!!! Count me a big fan of JT!!! A hero of mine from youth... Nov-06-14    perfidious: <donkrad93: Compared to chess, poker isn't much of a skill game.> Nice try, but you are comparing a game of complete information to one which is, by definition, incomplete. Sep-24-15    krippp: Since I can't seem to find a free chess forum where to post (how strange for a game played by millions), I decided to post this here: IDEA FOR MAKING CHESS MORE PROFITABLE: While poker is also a game of chance, it involves high skill. People play and lose at poker, because they think they can win, while in reality better players clean them dry eventually. If poker had ELO-rankings, and equal players were matched against each other, play would stop. Equal skill, equal chance, game dead. Add this idea to Internet Chess: remove all rankings, face players randomly against each other. Add arbitrary bets per game for the winner. A draw evenly divides the pot. This way, everyone can get the belief of being able to win big money, and as they win more, they gain more cash to play with bigger bets. So the game offer includes: 1) Time per game 2) Bet per game. Now we all get rich easy, huh ? Sep-28-15    krippp: Also doable is betting on other people's games, betting against other players who bet on the same game during the same move. This divides the profits among those who bet correctly. Of course the betting service takes its share of the profits, say 5% of winnings (or wherever the price competition between service providers sets the share). This lets lazy and unskilled people to betting. Sep-28-15    starry2013: It should be very easy to find the forum at chess.com Not a betting person myself. Sep-29-15    krippp: Earlier it seemed I couldn't post there. Now I can. Whe-hee. Jump to page #    (enter # from 1 to 4) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 4 OF 4 ·  Later Kibitzing> NOTE: Create an account today to post replies and access other powerful features which are available only to registered users. Becoming a member is free, anonymous, and takes less than 1 minute! 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