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Carlsen is still yet to play 2 of the 3 leaders (Giri and Caruana). So if he does wins some more games there's a good chance the leaders won't be on...

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Not unexpected that Wade was shelved - even if it's not permanent it's sensible to audition someone else, and he's more use in the T20. Head is...

Jhye Richardson should be in the squad ahead of any of Abbot, Neser or Steketee. Not sure we really need 7 fast bowlers in the squad. Dropping...

I thought 6.Qd3 looks new at this level.I don't think Carlsen will be too concerned about winning the event at this stage.He should be happy with 8...

Wade dropped for South Africa tour. Australia Test squad: Tim Paine (c), Sean Abbott, Alex Carey, Pat Cummins, Cameron Green, Marcus Harris, Josh...

Not entirely. In my database Caruana has played it twice and it's also been played by Vitiugov, Harikrishna, Fedoseev, Najer, Anton and several...

Thanks Graeme. Yes I remember him, first GM I ever played. I was so nervous. I had intended to play the Grob, but when he came around to me I...

Which website is that? I cannot see any link to a website in this thread.

Round 1 commences on Friday 29th January at 7.30 pm Players should come earlier to scan the club's QR code in the foyer 2021 Box Hill Summer...

Which website? Very surprising what Norton classified it as :hmm:

You well and truly cleaned them up congrats

I checked that Hungarian club's website and is barred by Norton as dangerous.

but John Lennon in Imagine song said imagine no countries to live or die for

As at round 9 in Wijk aan Zee, Giri has re-entered the top 10 MVL has crashed from #5 to #13 Firouzja is just 5 points away from entering the...

Of course juniors taking points off adults is normal, the difference is more around the overall pool of players being deflated in QLD. Australian...

I wonder how the format will work with people paying monthly fees...and one big prize in the end. Lets wait and see.

Aus Day weekender: Many juniors (e.g. Gao and Fan) performed significantly above their ratings and took a lot of points from seniors. This is normal...

https://tornelo.com/chess/orgs/melbourne-chess-club/events/mcc-allegro-over-the-board--8 Time to register for the upcoming allegro!

Thanks for excellent historical Oz game to go through. I may have played a Dutch GM with garden set at Byron Bay beach about 3 years ago.

https://www.chessbomb.com/arena/2021-tata-steel-masters/09-Wojtaszek_Radoslaw-Caruana_Fabiano Typical Caruana! 13...Bxc3 looks like a positional...

And much agree rating is not overly important. However, thanks for the great event organizers and successful coaches in QLD, we can see more and more...

Good question, this might cause some deviation. As lack of FIDE event, I think the FIDE rating is relatively less accurate, especially for QLD...

https://www.chessbomb.com/arena/2021-tata-steel-masters/09-Carlsen_Magnus-Grandelius_Nils A Fresh idea (at least at this level) 6.Qd3!?

It was 1996. https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/realestate/1996/09/07/chess/e18b4874-e129-48c8-a1cc-6cc981d0bdfb/

But does it take into account that the MCC and Rooty Hill events are being paired by FIDE ratings, not ACF ratings (except where there's no FIDE...

Yes, with the help of Ian Rogers we brought Lubo out to the Gold Coast around then. Wendy and I also got to stay with him and his wife in Washington...

Carleen defeats Grandelius to bounce back from his loss but probably needs to win every match now to have any chance of winning the tournament. ...