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Aug-19-14
 | | Chessgames Bookie: Round 5 markets are now up:
Riga rd 5: WALRUS SPECIAL
Riga rd 5: PICK THREE
Riga rd 5: Argandoña-Melkumyan
Riga rd 5: Iturrizaga-Kovalenko
Riga rd 5: Rapport-Golod
Riga rd 5: Werle-Naroditsky
Riga rd 5: Shirov-Bailet
Riga rd 5: Sirosh-Boruchovsky: BLACK WIN
Good luck! |
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Aug-20-14
 | | Check It Out: Why did Shank withdraw? |
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Aug-20-14
 | | HeMateMe: He heard that Russia was about to annex Latvia. |
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| Aug-20-14 | | Everett: <Aug-20-14
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member Check It Out: Why did Shank withdraw?
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member HeMateMe: He heard that Russia was about to annex Latvia.> He heard that Murka was growing so stupid that his intelligence was needed back home. |
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| Aug-20-14 | | whiteshark: <CIO: Why did Shank withdraw?> Kinda <postolympic stress disorder> I'd guess: He drew a 2200 in the 1st round and lost against another 2200 in the 2nd round... |
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Aug-20-14
| | Chessgames Bookie: Betting on round 6 is now open:
Riga rd 6: Melkumyan-Iturrizaga
Riga rd 6: Kovalenko-Rapport
Riga rd 6: Kovalenko-Rapport: DRAW NO BET
Riga rd 6: Shirov-Kveinys
Riga rd 6: Shirov-Kveinys: OVER/UNDER
Riga rd 6: PICK THREE
Good luck! |
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Aug-21-14
| | Check It Out: <whiteshark> Shank shanked. |
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Aug-21-14
| | Chessgames Bookie: Richard Rapport has opened his first three White games with 1.Nc3, 1.f4 and 1.b3 respectively. Will he keep using unusual opening moves, or will he switch to something more normal now he's facing his strongest opponent yet in tournament leader Hrant Melkumyan? Place your bets: Riga rd 7: Rapport-Melkumyan: FIRST MOVE
Riga rd 7: Rapport-Melkumyan
Riga rd 7: Goganov-Oparin
Riga rd 7: Molner-Shirov
Riga rd 7: Iturrizaga-Naroditsky
Riga rd 7: DAILY DOUBLE
Good luck, and have fun! |
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| Aug-22-14 | | Ed Frank: Rapport played 1.e3 against Melkumayan.
Funny guy. |
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Aug-22-14
| | Chessgames Bookie: Betting on round 8 is now open:
Riga rd 8: LONGEST GAME
Riga rd 8: Melkumyan-Savchenko
Riga rd 8: Bok-Rapport
Riga rd 8: Bok-Rapport: DRAW NO BET
Riga rd 8: Shirov-Boruchovsky
Riga rd 8: Shirov-Boruchovsky: OVER/UNDER
Riga rd 8: PICK THREE
Good luck! |
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| Aug-23-14 | | Zhbugnoimt: Ha! I won the bet with Rapport winning. |
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| Aug-23-14 | | Zerebuh: Rapport played the Philidor today and mated Benjamin Bok on move 26!
He shares the lead with Melkumyan at 7/8 with a round to go. |
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| Aug-23-14 | | fgh: <chessgames.com>, these <A Aleksandrov vs A Kveinys> duplicates need to go. |
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| Aug-23-14 | | Zerebuh: What does Alexey Aleksandrov do at the top of the standings? |
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Aug-23-14
 | | tamar: Somebody will have to look into his 4 15 move draws against Kveinys... |
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Aug-23-14
 | | perfidious: <tamar> All prearranged, of course..... |
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Aug-23-14
| | Chessgames Bookie: Betting on the last round is now open:
Riga Technical University Open: WINNING SCORE: IN-PLAY
Riga rd 9: Savchenko-Rapport
Riga rd 9: Savchenko-Rapport: OPENING MOVES
Riga rd 9: Banusz-Melkumyan
Riga rd 9: Banusz-Melkumyan: HOW MANY MOVES?
Riga rd 9: Kveinys-Iturrizaga
Riga rd 9: Aravindh-Shirov
Riga rd 9: DAILY DOUBLE
Note that the last round will begin at 11:00 local time (04:00 US/Eastern), a full 5 hours earlier than the first eight rounds. Good luck, and have fun! |
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| Aug-23-14 | | PhilFeeley: Perhaps <CG.com> should stop generating results tables for tournaments like this. For many others, all they publish is a list of competitors names. It's impossible to tell from the table above who's winning or who's even leading. |
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Aug-24-14
 | | Penguincw: Rapport and Melkumyan both are tied with 7.5/9. Who wins? I looked at the tiebreaks below: < Tie Break1: Buchholz Tie-Breaks (variabel with parameter) > < Tie Break2: Buchholz Tie-Breaks (variabel with parameter) > < Tie Break3: Performance (variable with parameter) > I tried doing the math, and it looks like Melkumyan edged Rapport has 37.5-36.5. There is 1 game to go (Bonafede-Golod), but I don't think it matters. |
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Aug-24-14
| | Penguincw: Official results:
1. Melkumyan 7.5
2. Rapport 7.5
3. Iturrizaga 7
4. Naroditsky 7
5. Savchenko 7
6. Banusz 7
7. Fridman 7
8. Aravindh 7
The first tiebreaks was tied at 43.0 each, but the second one (whatever it is) was decisive, as Melkumyan edged Rapport by the narrowest of margins: 55.5-55.0. ...
Other 2600+ players
12. Goganov 6.5
18. Kovalenko 6
33. Erdos 6
40. Shirov 5.5
212. Shankland 0.5 (withdrew after 2 rounds)
Full standings: http://www.chess-results.com/tnr127... |
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| Aug-24-14 | | Strelets: Melkumian might have one won the tournament by half of a point on the second tiebreaker but the play of Rapport seems to leave a stronger impression. Going +3 -0 =1 with White (not to mention a neat win with the black pieces in the Philidor) while using such openings as the van Geet (1.Nc3), Bird's (1.f4), the Nimzo-Larsen (1.b3), and the van 't Kruijs (1.e3) is a pretty unique feat in modern day chess. |
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| Aug-25-14 | | Mating Net: Does this tournament confirm that Shirov is absolutely finished as a top notch contender? He couldn't even crack the top half of this tourney with not exactly elite level competition. |
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Aug-25-14
| | perfidious: Don't really see that this event is any more confirmation that Shirov is spent as a force at top level than that Carlsen's relatively poor form is a sign of his imminent decline. Shirov's overall pattern of results in recent years do more to buttress any such belief than this, subpar though it may be. |
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| Aug-26-14 | | notyetagm: B Bok vs R Rapport, 2014 <wordfunph: simply impressive.> Yes, a 2587-rated player (Bok) completely missed the elegant <MATE IN 3> beginning with 24 ♗c5x♖f8? ♕f5-h3+!!. 
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Aug-26-14
| | perfidious: Good of you to spam that position throughout the site and call attention to a near-2600 GM's blunder. |
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