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Jan-27-19
 | | Chessgames Bookie: Lookie, Lookie at my Rookies
Number of rooks left on the 7 boards in the final positions: Anand - Vidit = 4 rooks
Duda - Ding = 0 rooks
Giri - Carlsen = 3 rooks
Kramnik - Shankland = 2 rooks
Mamedyarov - Fedoseev = 4 rooks
Nepomniachtchi - Radjabov = 2 rooks
Rapport - Van Foreest = 3 rooks
Total: 18 rooks left in the final positions.
Congrats to those who got it right! |
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| Jan-27-19 | | morfishine: Thank you <Chessgames Bookie> for a very well run event, your postings were crisp and accurate! This was a great Tata Tournament! |
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Jan-29-19
| | Chessgames Bookie: Thanks for that <morf>. So far the tournaments have been moving along smoothly. So long as none of the players fall off a bicycle on their off day or some other such horrific thing we should be all right. ;) |
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Jan-30-19
| | Chessgames Bookie: The final round 10 of the Gibraltar Masters will begin 4hrs sooner Thursday, January 31st. . The 10th round begins @ 10:00 hrs UTC & 05:00 hrs chessgames time EST(5am). Make sure to get your bets in early. |
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Jan-31-19
| | Chessgames Bookie: After Gibraltar is over we will have a few rest days of our own. Don't get too comfortable though because there is a new tournament coming up that I think will be fantastic. It is the 'Inaugural Cairns Cup 2019' which will be held in St. Louis, Missouri USA. This is a new women's event that will feature 8 of the top 20 women players in the world & the top two women players from the United States. Please take the time to read about this new event below. I believe this tournament will be to women's chess what the Sinquefield Cup is to men's chess. **********
Inaugural Cairns Cup 2019
<Women the world over will descend upon the Saint Louis Chess Club to compete in the inaugural Cairns Cup, an elite tournament for the top female players from around the world. The nine-round classical chess tournament, to take place from February 5-16, brings together one of the strongest international fields ever assembled in women’s chess with one of the largest prize funds for an all-female tournament.Inspired by its mission to further promote the game of chess to women and girls, the Saint Louis Chess Club created and named the Cairns Cup in honor of Chess Club co-founder Dr. Jeanne Sinquefield, whose maiden name is Cairns. The tournament format is similar in style to the prestigious Sinquefield Cup, with the 10 best female players from around the world earning invitations to compete at the Saint Louis Chess Club’s renowned facility for the $150,000 prize fund. The top three finishers will receive $40,000, $30,000, and $20,000 respectively. The inaugural tournament field features women from seven different countries and consists of legendary champions, including former Women’s World Champion Alexandra Kosteniuk, former Women’s World Blitz Champion Nana Dzagnidze, 4-time U.S. Women’s Champion Anna Zatonskih, and 7-time U.S. Women’s Champion Irina Krush.> (The above was found @ chessbomb.com)
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Official Site for the 'Cairns Cup 2019' :
https://uschesschamps.com/2019-cair... The field:
Alexandra Kosteniuk (Russia)
Nana Dzagnidze (Georgia)
Valentina Gunina (Russia)
Bela Khotenashvili (Georgia)
Elisabeth Paehtz (Germany)
Marie Sebag (France)
Harika Dronavalli (India)
Zhansaya Abdumalik (Kazakhstan)
Irina Krush (USA)
Anna Zatonskih (USA)
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| Jan-31-19 | | morfishine: <Chessgames Bookie: Thanks for that morf> NP, you are very welcome besides deserving! And what a fantastic tournament Cairns cup appears to be! I can hardly wait! |
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Jan-31-19
| | Chessgames Bookie: I have put up a 'Pick the Winner!' bet for the 2019 Cairns Cup. The tournament runs from February 6th thru February 16th. Official website: https://uschesschamps.com/2019-cair... |
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Feb-01-19
| | Chessgames Bookie: I have been working on a possible line-up of tournaments for the rest of the Championship Leg. This is what I have come up with so far: <2019 Cairns Cup (Feb. 6th-16th)Aeroflot Open (Feb. 19th-27th)
Prague Chess Festival 2019 - Master Tournament (March 6th-16th) The USA Championship 2019 (March 20th-April 1st)> None of this is set in stone just yet. |
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Feb-01-19
 | | moronovich: Good job <Bookie> ! |
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| Feb-01-19 | | morfishine: What a great way to finish this leg: The US Championship! |
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| Feb-01-19 | | morfishine: What a great way to finish the <CG> Champions leg: The US Championship |
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Feb-01-19
 | | WannaBe: My money is on Roger Federer... |
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Feb-01-19
| | Chessgames Bookie: <morfishine: What a great way to finish the <CG> Champions leg: The US Championship.> Yeah I think that is a good tournament to finish with <morf>. Always a hard fought
competition between the players. I'm happy with the Cairns Cup & Aeroflot is good also. The only one I'm not sure about is the Prague Chess Festival 2019. I don't recall ever having done that event before so I'm not sure what to expect. |
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Feb-05-19
| | Chessgames Bookie: I will post some bets for Round 1 of the Cairns Cup as soon as the pairings become available. |
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Feb-05-19
| | Chessgames Bookie: Bets are posted for Round 1 of the Cairns Cup. Place your bets! |
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Feb-07-19
| | Chessgames Bookie: A page for the Cairns Cup has been posted:
2019 Cairns Cup (2019) |
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Feb-09-19
| | Chessgames Bookie: In case anyone is wondering I will put in a request for 'Payday' once this Cairns tournament is over. That will be the halfway point in the Championship Leg. |
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Feb-09-19
| | Chessgames Bookie: 'FIRE on the boards today!'. Four of the Round 4 games were decisive. Congrats to all those that were brave enough to pick 'Four or more games will be decisive'. |
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Feb-09-19
| | Chessgames Bookie: We are not even at the half way mark of this tournament yet and we already have 12 decisive games in four rounds(12/20). Sometimes this is a bloody game. |
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Feb-10-19
| | Chessgames Bookie: Tomorrow, Monday Feb. 11th, is a rest day for the players. Play will resume Tuesday, Feb. 12th. |
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| Feb-10-19 | | morfishine: Great job <Chessgames.Bookie> keeping everything current! I know its hard, what with the time zone changes and members all around the world: Thanks! |
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Feb-11-19
| | Chessgames Bookie: Here is a sneak peek at the Prague Chess festival tournament coming up (March 6th-15th). Official Site: http://praguechessfestival.com/
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Prague International Chess Festival 2019
Masters Tournament
David Navara 2738
Richard Rapport 2738
Jan-Krzysztof Duda 2731
Samuel Shankland 2731
Harikrishna Pentala 2729
Nikita Vitiugov 2726
Radoslaw Wojtaszek 2722
Vidit Gujrathi 2711
Boris Gelfand 2669
Viktor Láznika 2669
Ratings as of 2/11/19 (2700chess.com)
Avg. 2716 Category XIX
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Schedule:
March 6th (Wed.) Rd. 1 - 15:00hrs (9am chessgames EST)
March 7th (Thu.) Rd. 2 - 15:00hrs (9am chessgames EST)
March 8th (Fri.) Rd. 3 - 15:00hrs (9am chessgames EST)
March 9th (Sat.) Rd. 4 - 15:00hrs (9am chessgames EST)
March 10th (Sun.) Rd. 5 - 15:00hrs (10am - Time change) March 11th (Mon.) Rest Day
March 12th (Tue.) Rd. 6 - 15:00hrs (10am chessgames EDT)
March 13th (Wed.) Rd. 7 - 15:00hrs (10am chessgames EDT)
March 14th (Thu.) Rd. 8 - 15:00hrs (10am chessgames EDT)
March 15th (Fri.) Rd. 9 - 15:00hrs (10am chessgames EDT) **********
This is the line-up & schedule as of 2/11/19 |
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Feb-14-19
| | Chessgames Bookie: Sneak peek of the next event in the Bookie Game: Aeroflot Open 2019 (Tournament A) Moscow, Russia **********
Participants:
Wei Yi 2733
Wang Hao 2717
Fedoseev 2715
Kovalev 2703
R Mamedov 2701
Nabaty 2694
Inarkiev 2692
Korobov 2685
Safarli 2681
Sasikiran 2678
Maghsoodloo 2666
Sjugirov 2666
Sethuraman 2651
Anton Guijarro 2642
Zvjaginsev 2642
Iturrizaga 2640
Ganguly 2636
Alekseenko 2634
Indjic 2630
Sarana 2630
Kobalia 2627
Paravyan 2627
Grachev 2626
& over 70 others
(Participants rated over 2625 listed above)
For complete list of players(so far) see Chess-Results below: http://chess-results.com/tnr403175....
Official site: http://ruchess.ru/en/news/all/inter... **********
Schedule:
Feb. 19th (Tue.) Rd.1 - 15:00hrs (7am chessgames EST)
Feb. 20th (Wed.) Rd.2 - 15:00hrs (7am chessgames EST)
Feb. 21st (Thu.) Rd.3 - 15:00hrs (7am chessgames EST)
Feb. 22nd (Fri.) Rd.4 - 15:00hrs (7am chessgames EST)
Feb. 23rd (Sat.) Rd.5 - 15:00hrs (7am chessgames EST)
Feb. 24th (Sun.) Rd.6 - 15:00hrs (7am chessgames EST)
Feb. 25th (Mon.) Rd.7 - 15:00hrs (7am chessgames EST)
Feb. 26th (Tue.) Rd.8 - 15:00hrs (7am chessgames EST)
Feb. 27th (Wed.) Rd.9 - 15:00hrs (7am chessgames EST)
(No rest days)
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| Feb-14-19 | | morfishine: Thanks <Chessgames Bookie>! I can hardly wait for AeroFlot though Cairns has been terrific! What a great tournament! What a great lineup we have! |
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Feb-14-19
| | Chessgames Bookie: So far so good <morf>. Things are running smoothly. Aeroflot is a good strong open. I'm not a big fan of Opens from the Bookie side of things. Waiting for pairings is a headache with Opens. Cairns has been a pleasant surprise. A lot of hard fought games & a lot of decisive games. That's always good for the game of chess. |
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