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🏆 MrDodgy Invitational (2020)

  PARTICIPANTS (sorted by highest achieved rating; click on name to see player's games)
Anish Giri, Peter Svidler, David Navara, Anton Korobov, Laurent Fressinet, David Howell, Peter Heine Nielsen, Nils Grandelius

Chessgames.com Chess Event Description
MrDodgy Invitational (2020)

The MrDodgy Invitational was an 8-player online knockout tournament taking place in the chess24 Playzone from 12th-14th June 2020. The event was named after one of chess24's most enthusiastic kibitzers. Each match consisted of 12 blitz games, with the first player to 6.5 points winning. The games were played at a time control of 5 minutes for all moves (no increment). If the players were tied at 6:6 they would play a single Armageddon game, with a coin flip to decide who chose color.

Anish Giri beat Navara 7-2 in the final.

Quarterfinals, June 12 Semifinals, June 13 Final, June 14

Giri 1 0 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 - - 7 Fressinet 0 1 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 - - 3 Giri ½ 1 ½ 0 1 1 1 ½ 1 - - - 6½ Korobov ½ 0 ½ 1 0 0 0 ½ 0 - - - 2½ Korobov ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 0 1 1 1 - - 7½ Nielsen ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 1 0 0 0 - - 2½ Giri 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 - - - 7 Navara 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 0 - - - 2 Navara 1 0 0 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 0 0 1 7 Howell 0 1 1 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 1 1 0 5 Navara ½ 1 ½ 1 1 0 1 1 1 - - - 7 Svidler ½ 0 ½ 0 0 1 0 0 0 - - - 2 Svidler ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 0 0 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 6½ Grandelius ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 1 1 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 5½

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 page 3 of 3; games 51-71 of 71  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
51. Svidler vs Navara  0-1362020MrDodgy InvitationalA07 King's Indian Attack
52. Navara vs Svidler  ½-½602020MrDodgy InvitationalB40 Sicilian
53. Svidler vs Navara  0-1222020MrDodgy InvitationalC65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense
54. A Korobov vs Giri  0-1562020MrDodgy InvitationalE54 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System
55. Giri vs A Korobov  ½-½442020MrDodgy InvitationalC01 French, Exchange
56. A Korobov vs Giri  0-1582020MrDodgy InvitationalD02 Queen's Pawn Game
57. Giri vs A Korobov  1-0342020MrDodgy InvitationalE97 King's Indian
58. A Korobov vs Giri  0-1352020MrDodgy InvitationalD45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
59. Giri vs A Korobov  0-1372020MrDodgy InvitationalC11 French
60. Giri vs A Korobov  1-0462020MrDodgy InvitationalC11 French
61. A Korobov vs Giri  ½-½522020MrDodgy InvitationalD27 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical
62. Navara vs Svidler  ½-½552020MrDodgy InvitationalA37 English, Symmetrical
63. Navara vs Giri 0-1412020MrDodgy InvitationalB90 Sicilian, Najdorf
64. Giri vs Navara  1-0312020MrDodgy InvitationalB76 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack
65. Navara vs Giri  ½-½412020MrDodgy InvitationalA20 English
66. Giri vs Navara  1-0372020MrDodgy InvitationalC53 Giuoco Piano
67. Navara vs Giri  ½-½432020MrDodgy InvitationalA15 English
68. Giri vs Navara  ½-½552020MrDodgy InvitationalE06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3
69. Navara vs Giri  0-1282020MrDodgy InvitationalA07 King's Indian Attack
70. Giri vs Navara  ½-½342020MrDodgy InvitationalD02 Queen's Pawn Game
71. Navara vs Giri  0-1872020MrDodgy InvitationalD19 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch
 page 3 of 3; games 51-71 of 71  PGN Download
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Kibitzer's Corner
Jun-14-20  siamesedream: Semifinals:

Giri-Korobov 6,2-2,5
Navara-Svidler 7-2

Final on Sunday 14th June at 16:00 CET:

Giri-Navara.

Jun-14-20  siamesedream: Correction:

Final at 18:00 CEST

Jun-14-20  siamesedream: Final result: Giri 7-2 Navara

Congrats to GM Anish Giri.

Jun-14-20
Premium Chessgames Member
  FSR: Congratulations to Anish Giri on winning the inaugural edition of what will surely become the most storied event in chess history!!
Jun-14-20  jith1207: Or as a footnote in the most storied Chess career :D
Jun-15-20
Premium Chessgames Member
  perfidious: MrDodgy, is it? Vastly amusing.
Jun-15-20  Sokrates: Subconsciously, I must have dodged this event, and now it's aldready over.

I am surprised that Navara could beat Svidler so clearly. Great for Giri to win ... something.

Jun-15-20
Premium Chessgames Member
  MJCB: Anish can now tell Magnus he won a major tournament! Or at least a dodgy tournament ;-)
Jun-15-20
Premium Chessgames Member
  perfidious: <MJCB>, the response to which will be one word:

<udugelig>

Jun-16-20  soldal:

<Anish Giri beat Navara in the final <and netted $50,000 plus the money for clutch game wins>.>

Really? Just like Carlsen in the Clutch International (2020) ?

Jun-16-20
Premium Chessgames Member
  Tabanus: Dodged.

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