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Oct-12-23
 | | Atterdag: After round 6 yesterday (not yet appearing here), Carissa Yip and Gulrukhbegim Tokhirjonova (what a name) are still in the lead, now by impressive 5/6 with Irina Krush following with 4/6. Eswaran-Yip became an exciting game, tipping to Yip's advantage, when Eswaran played 13.Ne5 as the start of a plan of conquering the center that simply didn't work. A few moves later she was in a lost position, two pawns behind and desperate efforts to attack on the king side - all parried carefully and elegantly by Yip. Tokhirjonova's victory over Pourkashiyan was lengthy, hard-fought and on the edge of a draw, but she succeeded eventually. While the women's round had many decided games the men's 6th round was draws only. One more reason to follow the women's chess! :-) |
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Oct-12-23
 | | keypusher: After a bad start, young Alice Lee has won three in a row. |
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Oct-12-23
 | | perfidious: With games to come vs Tokhirjonova, Krush and Zatonskih, Lee's hopes of a high place are far from dead. |
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Oct-14-23
| | keypusher: Lee was unable to overcome Yan, who has managed eight draws in eight games, while Tokhirjoniva and Yip both won again. Yip was pretty fortunate to win, actually. |
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| Oct-14-23 | | Caissanist: Percentage of draws in games not played by Ruiyang Yan: 35%
Percentage of draws in games she does play: 100% This happens sometimes, but it's usually some solid older player who has seen it all and can't find any new ideas. Wouldn't expect it from a 16 year-old with the lowest rating of any participant. |
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Oct-14-23
| | perfidious: With games vs the two leaders, one would expect that string to end. |
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Oct-14-23
| | keypusher: Sometimes a string of draws just happens. And Yan's game against Krush seems like an impressive hang-on-by-your-fingernails effort. But against e.g. Eswaran, who's tied for last, Yan seemed to be gunning for a draw from move 1. You shouldn't be playing like that when you're 16, no matter what your rating is. <Yip was pretty fortunate to win, actually.> Doesn't really do her justice. She either won or was gifted the exchange, but her opponent got far too much in return. But Yip fought like crazy, as is her wont, and finally came out on top. Thalia Cervantes Landeiro -- that's a tough first and middle name to live up to. |
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| Oct-14-23 | | Caissanist: That's actually a pretty modest Latino/a name. Latinos all have double (at least) last names, one from each parent. Many have more than that, when a parent passes both surnames to their children. If she was named something like Victoria Guadalupe Salazar de la Hoya Gutierrez, now that would be a lot to live up to. |
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Oct-15-23
| | perfidious: <keypusher....But against e.g. Eswaran, who's tied for last, Yan seemed to be gunning for a draw from move 1. You shouldn't be playing like that when you're 16, no matter what your rating is....> At that age, I faced a player who was stronger than me and whom I could not make any impression against for quite some time. It was damned intimidating, but eventually I broke through. The first time I encountered John Curdo heads up, in January 1978, I was a bundle of nerves for the first hour, but settled down and put up a hard fight before losing. Things became very much different as a result of these experiences, though. |
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Oct-15-23
| | keypusher: > Caissanist: That's actually a pretty modest Latino/a name.> Yeah, you’re right. I was assuming Landeiro was her “ real” last name, but Cervantes is. |
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| Oct-15-23 | | EvanTheTerrible: What a race between Yip and Tokhirjonova! |
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Oct-15-23
 | | tamar: Close competition, a real Yip and Tok affair. |
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Oct-15-23
| | keypusher: *User was banned for this post.* |
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| Oct-15-23 | | Caissanist: Yip drew, Tokhirjonova won yet again (against Yan), so she's clear first. |
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| Oct-15-23 | | Caissanist: I wonder what name Tokhirjnova goes by. Or do you really say "hi Gulrukhbegim, how's it going?" when you see her in the hallway? |
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| Oct-15-23 | | EvanTheTerrible: Begim. |
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Oct-17-23
| | keypusher: And just like that, Yip is in first place. |
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Oct-17-23
| | Atterdag: Yes, it has been a close race between Tokhirjonova and Yip through the whole tournament. GT cashed her first defeat in a very tough battle with Irina Krush, who demonstrated her strength. Very impressive of T., though, to go nine rounds undefeated and with so many victories. Both T. and Yip are white against relatively weaker opponents in the last round. They will most certainly do all they can to win. Somehow I think they both deserve to win this tournament, they have both been magnificent and played very boldly. We, the spectators, have had a feast. |
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| Oct-17-23 | | rcs784: <Both T. and Yip are white against relatively weaker opponents in the last round. They will most certainly do all they can to win.> And they both lost, à la Carlsen and Kramnik, London 2013. |
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| Oct-18-23 | | edbermac: < And they both lost, à la Carlsen and Kramnik, London 2013.>
I’m sure Tokhir knew that Yip had already lost so I’m curious why she didn’t go for a draw and take her chances in a playoff |
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Oct-18-23
| | keypusher: So Yan, with two losses and eight draws going in, beats Yip in the last round. Figures. Alice Lee finished clear third after starting +0-2=1, so good for her. |
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Oct-18-23
| | Atterdag: LOL to my own <relatively weaker opponents>. Both players could have drawn their games but that would be inconsistant with their fierce will to win during this whole tournament. Congrats to Carissa Yip - her second championship, and she's only 20 years old. Also hats off to the fighter Gulrukhbegim Tokhirjonova and yes, Alice Lee, who almost caught up with the deadly duo. A wonderful, lively, entertaining championship, where all the women can be proud of their efforts. |
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Oct-19-23
 | | HeMateMe: Yip put up an impressive +6 to win first place. Good times in st. Louis. Thanks to the Rex family for supporting chess. 🎃 |
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Oct-19-23
| | Atterdag: <HeMateMe: ... Thanks to the Rex family for supporting chess.> Absolutely. The Rex'es are rather old people, and I wonder what will become of their massive support, when they pass away. Have they created a foundation for the future? Does anyone here have any info on that? |
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Oct-20-23
| | HeMateMe: you make a good point. I hope against hope that Rex S. has built in chess protections for a day when he is gone. Without that, almost certainly his heirs (do they have children?) will not support the royal game. |
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