| Airthings Masters Div 1 (2023) |
Name: Airthings Masters Div 1
Event Date: February 6 - 10, 2023
Site: chess.com INT
Format: 5 game (knockout match)
Time Control: 15 minutes for the entire game with a 3-second increment beginning from move 1. Official Website: https://www.chess.com/events/info/2...
Winners
Quarterfinals Semifinals
<Carlsen, Magnus 1 1 ½ - - 2½>
Sarana, Alexey 0 0 ½ - - ½
<Carlsen, Magnus 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ 2½>
Erigaisi Arjun 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 2½
Firouzja, Alireza 0 0 0 - - 0
<Erigaisi Arjun 1 1 1 - - 3>
Final Grand Final
Carlsen, Magnus ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 2½ <Carlsen, Magnus 1 ½ ½ ½ - 2½>
Nakamura, Hikaru ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 2½ Nakamura, Hikaru 0 ½ ½ ½ - 1½
<So, Wesley ½ ½ 1 ½ - 2½>
Mamedov, Rauf ½ ½ 0 ½ - 1½
So, Wesley ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 2½
<Nakamura, Hikaru ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 2½>
Gukesh D 0 0 ½ - - ½
<Nakamura, Hikaru 1 1 ½ - - 2½>
Losers
Round 1 Quarter Finals <Sarana, Alexey 1 1 - 2>
Firouzja, Alireza 0 0 - 0 Semi-Finals Finals
<So, Wesley 1 1 - 2> <So, Wesley 1 ½ - 1½> So, Wesley ½ ½ 0 1
Sarana, Alexey 0 0 - 0 Erigaisi Arjun 0 ½ - ½ <Nakamura, Hikaru ½ ½ 1 2> <Erigaisi Arjun 1 ½ - 1½>
Gukesh D 0 ½ - ½
Mamedov, Rauf 0 1 0 1
<Gukesh D 1 0 1 2>
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| Feb-12-23 | | metatron2: Carlsen & Nakamura should have their own separated category for speed chess. Its becoming boring when they both play. They are simply in a level of their own there. No real chance for the others (hence no real interest). |
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| Feb-12-23 | | Atterdag: <mt2: ... hence no real interest> may be true on CG, but the overall traffic on CG has shrunk significantly the past 2-3 years. Take Tata Steel as an example. In 2020 there were 46 pages with contributions (in my pages counting) - the latest, Tata 2023, had 16 pages! |
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| Feb-12-23 | | fabelhaft: <In 2020 there were 46 pages with contributions (in my pages counting) - the latest, Tata 2023, had 16 pages!> And 367 pages if you go back to 2007. |
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| Feb-12-23 | | Atterdag: Yes, it's sad, but it's even more sad that it isn't incomprehensible. I scrolled through the above mentioned Tata 2020 recently and I saw that many of the "old" well-known posters rarely post anymore - or not all. |
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Feb-12-23
 | | perfidious: The old master, Father Time, has claimed some of our better-known posters as well. |
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| Feb-12-23 | | metatron2: <Atterdag: may be true on CG, but the overall traffic on CG has shrunk significantly the past 2-3 years> True, but actually I wasn't referring to this (very) slim tournament page. I guess I got used to the new cg traffic volumes, and I hardly even noticed that.. Its just that it feels like its either Naka or Carlsen winning all the online (and OTB) speedy events. There really is no real competition for the two of them there, at the moment. <fabelhaft: And 367 pages if you go back to 2007.> I still remember the good old days, when cg was such a lively chess community.. Even the fights were big back then :) with camps of "fanboys", "haters", "trolls", and those who brought popcorn to watch the show |
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| Feb-13-23 | | Atterdag: <perfidious> That's likely true. Do you know of any such "casualties"? Aliases like Count Wedgemore, Sir Ruthless, Clemens Scheitz, Pedro Fernandez, parmetd, boz, rogge, Diademas, FSR, alexmagnus and of course AylerKupp among countless others come to my mind, but whether it's <Father Time> or disinterest is hard to say!? <metatron2> I see, the <boring> was a reference to your own conception. I feel the same, but not particularly about the two finalists here but rather about the inflation of numerous tournaments with rapids and blitzes and the same touring group of elite players. However, in the days of the two K's it was the same, perhaps even worse. I for one couldn't muster any enthusiasm when they began their fifth match. |
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Feb-13-23
 | | Troller: <rather about the inflation of numerous tournaments with rapids and blitzes and the same touring group of elite players. However, in the days of the two K's it was the same, perhaps even worse. I for one couldn't muster any enthusiasm when they began their fifth match.> Yes, I think this has something to do with the meagre interest in this event. But also the incomprehensible regulations - even the commentators did not know who were playing who and why. Old-fashioned Round-robins or big swisses are more to my liking, and old as most chessplayers are, I suppose I am not alone in this conservative stance. |
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Feb-13-23
| | perfidious: <Atterdag....Do you know of any such "casualties"? Aliases like Count Wedgemore, Sir Ruthless, Clemens Scheitz, Pedro Fernandez, parmetd, boz, rogge, Diademas, FSR, alexmagnus and of course AylerKupp among countless others come to my mind, but whether it's <Father Time> or disinterest is hard to say!?> Taking some of the posters whom you have named:
Been a long while since seeing <CW>; believe I spotted a quick visit from him last year. <Ruthless> had posted of having kidney disease some years ago, then I spotted a kibitz or three (again, maybe a year or two ago), but nothing since. <parmetd> has not kibitzed since last summer. <FSR> has been around, recently in fact. Saw <alex> a week or so ago for the first time in ages. No sign of <Diademas> for the longest while. <AylerKupp> last posted this past summer. The Grim Reaper took <tpstar> and <Phony Benoni>, the latter last summer. |
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| Feb-13-23 | | Atterdag: Many thanks, <perfidious>. Your list reflects pretty much what I know of. Somehow it's strange that we know a lot about the opinions of each other, but little to nothing about who we really are. By carefull tricky meandering Diademas, moronovich and I were able to make private contact, but it's difficult. Or else I would have made contact with you long ago! :-) (under my former alias). About <Diademas> I can actually tell something. He visited me twice in my home in Copenhagen by the end of 2021 and the beginning of 2022. We even had a lunch on his account at the luxury hotel d'Angleterre. A great person. But we lost contact (won't go further into it). |
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| Feb-13-23 | | Atterdag: Hi, <Troller> Fully concur with your notions. |
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| Feb-13-23 | | metatron2: <perfidious: The old master, Father Time, has claimed some of our better-known posters as well> Yes that's natural, but the problem is that new (contributing) members are not coming in to cg. I wrote about this issue some 2 years ago:
Garry Kasparov <Atterdag: <perfidious> That's likely true. Do you know of any such "casualties"?> In the thread I mentioned above, I also gave a (partial) list of noticeable members who left cg (its at the end of that post), that was relevant 2 years back: Garry Kasparov In case you are interested, the (quite interesting) discussion actually continued there, with possible improvements that might attract new users to cg |
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| Feb-13-23 | | hashtag: They possibly got #jabbedaway. |
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| Feb-13-23 | | Atterdag: <metatron2> Many thanks for this interesting reference. I have just checked it out and the various responses are pretty much in line with what I have thought myself. The site has long been a sort of historical relic, an old warehouse of games from the past. Which actually is great! Where else should I look when I want to see a game between Alekhine and Laster in 1914? But the whole outdated design, the ekstremely slow uploading of new and coming tournaments and games, the lack of a publisher's page where initiatives and and general information about the site could be listed and organised, all these things are discouraging negatives, which have never been addressed by the owner, who has become more and more invisible. I tried, when I was a member under the alias Sokrates, but I was disheartened by all this, with the addition of allowing obvious provocators to dominate under the false label of freedom of speech. Yes, I am sighing now, since it all seems in vain. And that's really bad since there are ... or rather was ... so many great people to support the contents and spirit of the site. That said, I'm glad that you, perfidious and troller are still here! :-) |
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Feb-13-23
 | | FSR: <Atterdag: <perfidious> That's likely true. Do you know of any such "casualties"? Aliases like . . . FSR . . . come to my mind, but whether it's <Father Time> or disinterest is hard to say!?> My 22,000th comment was on December 17, and this is my 345th comment since then. Sorry I've not been more productive. I was on a cruise the first half of January, so that slowed me down. |
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| Feb-14-23 | | Atterdag: <FSR> So you preferred being on a cruise to posting on CG? Shame on you! You've got to revaluate your priorities! No, really. I am glad you are still here, and your "production" is great. :-) |
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Feb-14-23
 | | Check It Out: <metatron2: I still remember the good old days, when cg was such a lively chess community.. Even the fights were big back then :) with camps of "fanboys", "haters", "trolls", and those who brought popcorn to watch the show> That last line cracked me up :D |
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Feb-14-23
| | Check It Out: Has anyone seen <FSR> lately? ;) |
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Feb-14-23
| | Troller: Ah, so <Atterdag> is <Socrates>. Nice we haven't lost you for good. Also <CIO> is alive and well. No one seems to miss the arrogant <Overgod> (sic!), he could bring life to discussions though. |
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| Feb-14-23 | | Atterdag: Thanks, <Troller>. My first alias was a moment's choice, never meant to last for so many years. So when I took a break from CG a couple of years ago I used the opportunity to adapt a name more to my liking. <Overgod> - "don't mention the war!". :-) |
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Feb-14-23
| | perfidious: <Troller: Ah, so <Atterdag> is <Socrates>. Nice we haven't lost you for good....> Cannot agree more. |
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Feb-15-23
 | | Diademas: < perfidious: <Atterdag....Do you know of any such "casualties"? Aliases like Count Wedgemore, Sir Ruthless, Clemens Scheitz, Pedro Fernandez, parmetd, boz, rogge, Diademas, FSR, alexmagnus and of course AylerKupp among countless others come to my mind, but whether it's <Father Time> or disinterest is hard to say!?> No sign of <Diademas> for the longest while.> I have it from good authority that he’s still lurking around. Last observed in Buenos Aires, living la vida loca. |
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Feb-15-23
| | perfidious: No harm in that. |
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Feb-15-23
| | FSR: <Diademas: . . . <No sign of <Diademas> for the longest while.> I have it from good authority that he’s still lurking around. Last observed in Buenos Aires, living la vida loca.> This video has surfaced: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p47... |
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Feb-16-23
 | | keypusher: Well hi, Diademas! |
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