The three young phenoms Karjakin (19), Caruana (16) and So (15) won clear 1st at Corus A, B and C respectively. They are part of the future of chess and they are here to stay for a long time.
In Gibraltar, Nakamura lost 2 games early. But he made a big comeback and scored 4 straight wins to tie for 1st entering the final round. A draw against the co-top seed Gashimov in round 10 took him out of the title. In the mean time, Svidler defeated Milov 2-0 in the rapid playoff to add another title to his already impressive chess resume.
It’s Saturday Open Forum. The forum is yours. What would you like to discuss?
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Here is an idea on the topic of short GM draws in invitational events—in the spirit of the Karpov-Ghaem Maghami “Mate of the King” event’s rules on playing all positions out, but without going against the will of the players in the game.
Namely, in the event of a draw before Move 40, each player shall “prove it”—against a chess program of the organizers’ choice! The game will be set with clocks as they were before the move accompanying the draw offer (or claim—see below) was made, the move will be executed, and off they go until Move 40. The player’s objective will be to hold the evaluation to no more than a “slight edge” for the engine. As a “carrot”, if the player outplays the program—say improving the eval by at least 0.20 over that stretch—then a small prize can be given.
This way spectators and Internet kibitzers would get the compensating enjoyment of seeing how each player would have carried on the game, and would get some more explanation as to why they considered it a draw. In the event of repetitions, by agreement or claim, the computer would give its opinion of whether a player could have profitably deviated, and if not the ordeal would be short. The definition of “no more than a slight edge” could be keeping the eval within 0.70, which many engines use as the threshold for plus-over-minus. There would be no repercussion for cases where a player got outplayed by the engine, or the engine finds that one of the players “chickened out” in a tense position, other than the fact of the resolution thus being put on the record.
I imagine that most players would see facing a program as a moderate deterrent, and would hence play to Move 40, which is the idea. Indeed, this would enshrine the idea that organizers can reasonably expect to get one full session from players (assuming a 40-move first session), which is better than the old 30-move limit, while less strict than the Sofia rules.
Nice picture of You.
Who will win Kamsky – Topalov match?
I bet on Topalov. What’s your bet?
You are so beautiful and hot I forgot the topic.
The topic is this:
Which would you prefer, SS’s nuts slammed in a door or dipped in honey and fed to fire ants?
In other news, SS is still a pedophile child molester. More news later as the story develops…
It must be USCF-election time again.
Penalty points to anyone who mentions it after this!
Another young talent is Nepomniasch
from Russia. At Aeroflot 09 he is one of the top spots.
okay
Yo regan thats an !? idea but i think susan’s photo is still holding a slight edge Huh? hehe
For a twist on my idea, the players could switch sides when going against the computer.
For instance, if you agree a draw in a position that the computer thinks is +0.50 to you, then you only have a 0.20 margin when playing the other side…