Round 1 – Tuesday 4th September
GM Wang, Yue 2696 – 2724 Adams, Michael GM
GM Wang, Hao 2626 – 2683 Short, Nigel GM
GM Rowson, Jonathan 2599 – 2649 Zhang, Pengxiang GM
GM Pert, Nicholas 2536 – 2685 Bu, Xiangzhi GM
GM Jones, Gawain 2526 – 2681 Ni, Hua GM
WGM Hou, Yifan 2523 – 2519 Howell, David GM
IM Arakhamia-Grant, Keti 2418 – 2439 Shen, Yang WGM
IM Houska, Jovanka 2401 – 2278 Ding, Yixin WFM
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Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Wang-Short: good thing Short had White.
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Will Short call his opponents Dunderheads?
Who will Short say threatened him in this match? He’s such an embarassment to the chess world.
Short has only ever claimed to have been threatened once.
When that happened two GM’s were required to drag Rustam Kamsky off him, while Rustam Kamsky screamed death threats at him.
This was a very real physical attack which had many witnesses.
Perhaps you can tell us when else Short claimed to be Threatened?
The embarrassment as far as I can see is that so many people are willing to criticize without a clue as to the real facts.
I was in the hall yesterday to watch the Wang-Short game. The time control is 120m+30s and Wang was at one stage down to 31s, before forcing capture on f7 and winning… Incredible stuff!