| Millionaire Chess Open (2014) |
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Played in Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada USA, 9-13 October 2014. After 7 rounds (this page), four players (So, Robson, Yu Yangyi and Zhou Jianchao) advanced (Yu and Zhou via a blitz playoff) to the Millionaire Monday knock-out final. The remaining players (minus four players from each of two lower rating groups) finished the 9-round Swiss, the results of which can be seen at http://www.chess-results.com/tnr147.... The overall winner was Wesley So.
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| Result | Moves |
Year | Event/Locale | Opening |
| 26. C Holt vs D Karatorossian |
| 1-0 | 34 | 2014 | Millionaire Chess Open | E90 King's Indian |
| 27. K Davidson vs Kaidanov |
 | 0-1 | 40 | 2014 | Millionaire Chess Open | C78 Ruy Lopez |
| 28. J Sheng vs I Chirila |
| 0-1 | 32 | 2014 | Millionaire Chess Open | C50 Giuoco Piano |
| 29. C S Matamoros Franco vs O Estay |
| 1-0 | 31 | 2014 | Millionaire Chess Open | E63 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Panno Variation |
| 30. Shabalov vs H Zygouris |
 | ½-½ | 41 | 2014 | Millionaire Chess Open | D37 Queen's Gambit Declined |
| 31. A Fishbein vs E Farfan Ortiz |
| 1-0 | 23 | 2014 | Millionaire Chess Open | B72 Sicilian, Dragon |
| 32. R Barcenilla vs C Crespo Hidalgo |
| 1-0 | 32 | 2014 | Millionaire Chess Open | A88 Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with c6 |
| 33. I Krush vs T Braunlich |
| 1-0 | 29 | 2014 | Millionaire Chess Open | A59 Benko Gambit |
| 34. C De Seroux vs R de Guzman |
| 0-1 | 47 | 2014 | Millionaire Chess Open | C45 Scotch Game |
| 35. R Burnett vs K A Stancil |
| 1-0 | 52 | 2014 | Millionaire Chess Open | A10 English |
| 36. J H Canty vs A Pourkashiyan |
| 0-1 | 41 | 2014 | Millionaire Chess Open | B23 Sicilian, Closed |
| 37. K Drozdowski vs Robson |
| ½-½ | 33 | 2014 | Millionaire Chess Open | B54 Sicilian |
| 38. R Felgaer vs X Bu |
| ½-½ | 30 | 2014 | Millionaire Chess Open | C42 Petrov Defense |
| 39. K Kulaots vs Shankland |
| ½-½ | 32 | 2014 | Millionaire Chess Open | B84 Sicilian, Scheveningen |
| 40. Lenderman vs J Stopa |
| 1-0 | 33 | 2014 | Millionaire Chess Open | D08 Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit |
| 41. So vs A Ramirez Alvarez |
| ½-½ | 26 | 2014 | Millionaire Chess Open | D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav |
| 42. E Ghaem Maghami vs I Chirila |
| ½-½ | 30 | 2014 | Millionaire Chess Open | D85 Grunfeld |
| 43. E Najer vs R Barcenilla |
| 1-0 | 40 | 2014 | Millionaire Chess Open | E90 King's Indian |
| 44. C Holt vs Y Yu |
| 0-1 | 59 | 2014 | Millionaire Chess Open | E34 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Noa Variation |
| 45. R Mamedov vs Brunello |
| ½-½ | 76 | 2014 | Millionaire Chess Open | A22 English |
| 46. G Margvelashvili vs T Gareyev |
| 1-0 | 62 | 2014 | Millionaire Chess Open | D39 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin, Vienna Variation |
| 47. J C Sadorra vs C S Matamoros Franco |
| 0-1 | 42 | 2014 | Millionaire Chess Open | E00 Queen's Pawn Game |
| 48. Xiong vs J Zhou |
| 1-0 | 54 | 2014 | Millionaire Chess Open | B22 Sicilian, Alapin |
| 49. V Akobian vs Y Wan |
| 1-0 | 50 | 2014 | Millionaire Chess Open | E76 King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack |
| 50. Robson vs J Bartholomew |
| 1-0 | 47 | 2014 | Millionaire Chess Open | C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
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| Oct-15-14 | | Wavy: <1d410: <MissScarlett>
So fans are nuts, don't bother with them. What is dismaying is that So looks like he might actually make a dent on the chess world soon and they will become mainstream.> People who generalize are nuts. I'm a So fan and I don't think I'm nuts. Generalization is always not a good thing to say. There are some So fans who are nuts but don't generalize. |
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| Oct-15-14 | | Pulo y Gata: Yes, I'm a So fan and I'm nuts and I don't generalize! |
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| Oct-16-14 | | dunkenchess: I'm a So fanatic. I get drunk when he wins and also get drunk when he draw. Hehehe... |
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| Oct-16-14 | | Absentee: Do you get even MORE drunk when he loses? |
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| Oct-16-14 | | Everett: <People who generalize are nuts.> that's priceless. Want to try again? |
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| Oct-16-14 | | john barleycorn: < Wavy: ... A real businessman will find a way not to spend money for something if it is possible. ...> agree. a businessman only spends if he has to. If you are in good health why buy omega3? Why spend a 1,000$ entrance fee if somebody else will? However, I think that the usual agreement among gamblers in a tournament applies. The winner will always compensate his not so successful teammates so there is a "no lose" for them. |
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Oct-16-14
 | | HeMateMe: <Although it's certainly not my specialty, I have had occasion to represent both a plaintiff and a defendant (William Brock, against a lawsuit brought by Sam Sloan) in separate Internet defamation cases.> Thanks for responding, Fred. I do respect your skills in research and organization. I simply don't have the interest you do in such things and don't hunt them down. The fact that Sam Sloan appears in your reply/court case tells me that no real money was at stake, no real cause was produced by the plaintiff, and the mess was probably thrown out by the judge before any serious litigating was done. I don't have to be a lawyer to see that much.
Since the topic was libel, I doubt anyone really can attack the anonymity provided by the internet, even when they use their real name. If both sides are airing dirty laundry on the net, neither side is guaranteed privacy or good behavior. Violent threats against another person might be actionable though, if means and activity show that a threat is credible. The other time when litigation might appear on the net is business fraud, when someone holds themselves out to be an expert in some field and advises people on the net without meeting stringent guidelines, such as posting your business history and licensing in newspapers and on television, where every internet reader is reasonably likely to see it. Seems an impossibility considering the global internet audience. So, financial advisers, doctors, lawyers and other professionals can't give specific tailor made advice to people, or risk losing their license. Even with all of that, it isn't libel litigation. |
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| Oct-17-14 | | Kanatahodets: Wes has potential to become a new WC. I think it will be the era of Magnus, Fabiano, Wei Yi and Wesley. |
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| Oct-18-14 | | Everett: Rapport? MVL? Many good, young players. Nepo is another. |
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Oct-21-14
 | | perfidious: <Benzol: I think <AJ> found the fact of other US LifeMasters on the site difficult to deal with. I don't think he liked the presence of <FSR> and <perfidious> somehow.> Lovely stuff.
Easy to forget that there is always someone out there who might be stronger than you. In mah part of this heah world, we calls em Gee Emms, cuz they's all tough. |
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| Oct-23-14 | | Benzol: Accusing <FSR> of being an alky and/or an imposter sounded like something out of a hack TV Whodunnit. Just what was he thinking? I guess flashing the LifeMaster title wasn't going to wash in this particular case. :) |
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| Oct-28-14 | | PhilFeeley: It's good to see the larger prizes, even for the lower rateds. I always thought the prize listings for every single golf tournament were absurdly high, down to the 20th participant. Chess deserves at least their money. |
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| Nov-02-14 | | freeman8201: they didn't post the rapid games between So and Robson? |
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Dec-19-14
 | | Richard Taylor: I have studied Wesley So's games at with great depth of thought and assiduity, putting all his moves into computers, analsying, comparing etc I finally reached some startling and greatly significant conclusions about his chess: It is so so. |
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Dec-19-14
| | HeMateMe: Didn't So finish in the middle of Tata "A" group, last year? I can't remember is he was in the sub group or the main group. If it was in the main group, then he has arrived as a top player. Probably not a threat to Carlsen, but someone who can win games, like a Moro, Mamey or a Nepi. |
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| Dec-19-14 | | SugarDom: Tata Steel (2014)
He finished tied for 4th-7th in the main Group won by Aronian. |
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Dec-19-14
| | HeMateMe: That's not too bad, Tat-A. Was he invited for this year? |
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| Dec-19-14 | | schweigzwang: Apparently So.
http://www.tatasteelchess.com/tourn... |
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Dec-20-14
| | HeMateMe: Hou will playing in the A group, terrific. She is near the bottom in ratings, just above local boy Van Wely. I would guess she'll do ok. she finished in the middle of the Chinese championships, playing in the men's draw. Are Judit Polgar and Hou Yifan the only women to ever play in the January Holland tournament? |
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Dec-20-14
| | Richard Taylor: ...............So! |
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Dec-21-14
| | HeMateMe: Are Judit Polgar and Hou Yifan the only women to ever play in the January Holland tournament (top group)? |
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Dec-21-14
 | | Troller: <HeMateMe: Are Judit Polgar and Hou Yifan the only women to ever play in the January Holland tournament (top group)?> Nona Gaprindashvili played in 1979. |
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Dec-21-14
| | HeMateMe: Well done, Troller. Thank you. Has Pia been invited, or has it been just Nona, Judit and Yifan? |
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Dec-21-14
| | Troller: I actually expected Pia Cramling to have had an appearance or two in the eighties, but apparently not: http://www.tatasteelchess.com/histo... |
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| May-17-15 | | iking: <Jambow: <TheFocus> AJ Goldsby isn't even here anymore so who is it you are making to look foolish other than yourself. Ironically you told us a hundred times how this was really it I'm done I'm not coming back and yet predictably your drivel persists.
On topic congrats to Wesley So his future just looks brighter all the time. Susan Polgar has helped him reach his potential and Robson another of her students got second place so those claiming she just got lucky by inheriting So need to take a second glance. This is a mutually beneficial relationship it appears. Not only do I like So's results his style is intriguing as well. I'm becoming a So fan I think?> .. it seems you are .... |
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