George Trundle Masters 2020

[Keong Ang]

George Trundle Masters 2020 and concurrent Qualifiers, Reserves and Talents round robins information available from event website.
Pairings for all rounds have already been published.

2pm NZDT daily start time for every round. 4th to 12th January 2020.

Schedule Exception for Masters that is a 6 player double round robin of 10 rounds.
Double round day is Sunday 5th January 2020 where round 2 starts 9am and round 3 starts 2pm.

[Keong Ang]

George Trundle Masters 2020 and concurrent Qualifiers, Reserves and Talents round robins information available from event website.
Pairings for all rounds have already been published.

2pm NZDT daily start time for every round. 4th to 12th January 2020.

Schedule Exception for Masters that is a 6 player double round robin of 10 rounds.
Double round day is Sunday 5th January 2020 where round 2 starts 9am and round 3 starts 2pm.

Pairings for all rounds are published within Vega generated webpages. Access from Vega menu "Tables > Schedule".

Direct links to all rounds pairings in each round robin's schedule are here:
Masters, Qualifiers, Reserves, Talents.

The webpage accessed under Vega "Pairings" menu just displays pairings for upcoming round and previous rounds that have all game results. A bit confusing when looking up pairings for all rounds in single or double round robins, but is what works for mainly swiss system pairings software that prevents improper actions.

[Capablanca-Fan]

The veteran GM Darryl Johansen is showing his class by winning his first three games and drawing the fourth to move into an early lead.

Johansen, Darryl K - Gong, Daniel Hanwen, R2

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Steadman, Michael V R - Johansen, Darryl K, R3

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[Keong Ang]

All 3 boards of Masters are broadcast live on Follow Chess.
Board 1 of Qualifiers and Reserves are also broadcast live on Follow Chess.

Direct links to Follow Chess for "Masters" and "Qualifiers & Reserves".
Live means live, means moves are broadcast as fast as technology allows without delays.

All games are available for replay and download in each tournament's Vega generated webpage under "Games" menu.
Direct links for replay: Masters, Qualifiers, Reserves, Talents.

[ChrisBurns]

All 3 boards of Masters are broadcast live on Follow Chess.
Board 1 of Qualifiers and Reserves are also broadcast live on Follow Chess.

Direct links to Follow Chess for "Masters" and "Qualifiers & Reserves".
Live means live, means moves are broadcast as fast as technology allows without delays.

All games are available for replay and download in each tournament's Vega generated webpage under "Games" menu.
Direct links for replay: Masters, Qualifiers, Reserves, Talents.

Also the companion app “Analyze This” will allow you to switch from the “Follow Chess” app with the current game and you can see the blunders more easily.

[ChrisBurns]

The 2 New Zealanders that are the only players that can get an IM norm seem to be out of the running with only 2 points so far. Has anyone calculated the score needed at the start of the tournament for an IM norm?

[Craig_Hall]

The 2 New Zealanders that are the only players that can get an IM norm seem to be out of the running with only 2 points so far. Has anyone calculated the score needed at the start of the tournament for an IM norm?

Vega calculates that, but no doubt Keong has been keeping track of it as well so Mike could work out who to invite.

[Keong Ang]

Vega calculates that, but no doubt Keong has been keeping track of it as well so Mike could work out who to invite.

Score required by both FMs for IM norm is
6.5/10 for 10 game IM norm.

Score required for 9 game IM norm from first 9 games played:
FM Gong 6/9 for 9 game IM norm.
FM Steadman 5.5/9 for 9 game IM norm.

With 6 games out of 10 played and after shedding so many points, both FMs cannot earn an IM norm from this event anymore.

[Keong Ang]

All 3 boards of Masters are broadcast live on Follow Chess.
Board 1 of Qualifiers and Reserves are also broadcast live on Follow Chess.

Direct links to Follow Chess for "Masters" and "Qualifiers & Reserves".
Live means live, means moves are broadcast as fast as technology allows without delays.

All games are available for replay and download in each tournament's Vega generated webpage under "Games" menu.
Direct links for replay: Masters, Qualifiers, Reserves, Talents.

For last 2 rounds, ALL games are now going to be broadcast live.

All 3 boards of Masters.
All 5 boards of Qualifiers.
All 5 boards of Reserves.
All 5 boards of Talents.

Replay and download of all past games available as usual.
Sometimes web browser cache needs to be flushed or refreshed before latest pages are viewable.

[Craig_Hall]

Great work team!

[Capablanca-Fan]

Johansen now leading with 7/9, with GM Daniel Howard Fernandez on 6.5, GM Vasily Papin 6, non-GMs on 3.5 or less.

Johansen, Darryl K - Steadman, Michael V R, R8

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Another game:

Steadman, Michael V R - Gong, Daniel Hanwen, R9

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