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USA now 22nd.

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Keep an eye on Australia's board 5 (today) Could be world champ someday!!!

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some surprises today, hack attacks beaten back, Polgar tried it with Americas Sam Shankland and was toast, Krammers tried it with Spanish GM Vallejo and he got toasted, always nice to see hackers get wasted to sound positional chess 😛

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Originally posted by robbie carrobie
some surprises today, hack attacks beaten back, Polgar tried it with Americas Sam Shankland and was toast, Krammers tried it with Spanish GM Vallejo and he got toasted, always nice to see hackers get wasted to sound positional chess 😛
I think Polgar could've put up a good fight with 51...Bxc4

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S.Shankland - J. Polgar, Chess Olympiad (2014)

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Or even earlier, keeping the queens on with 49. ... Bxc4 must have been better than the line she went for:

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I got banned from chess.com's live discussion of the Olympiad because i said Sam Shanklands Caro Kann videos sucked, which they do if you ever have the misfortune to watch them. He might be a grandmaster but hes a poor teacher. On a more positive note, Roddy Macky game was epic.

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22. e5!

Perunovic vs. Radjabov







20. Bxh6



28. g6

Navara vs. Grischuk

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Originally posted by ketchuplover
Keep an eye on Australia's board 5 (today) Could be world champ someday!!!
Do you mean Anton Smirnov?

EDIT: Wow! He's on plus 6! That's only 1/2 point behind Samuel Shanklin for board 5 performance (though Shanklin has played an extra game, which is a win so he's actually 1.5 points behind, but still!)

This is a great win, i really love the tactical vision to find 15.Qa6! at the end of that long series of exchanges. Really creative play. 🙂

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Originally posted by ketchuplover
Rhoda Masiyazi v. Akua Kosife Esse

1.e4 g5 2.d4 f6 3.Qh5#
I believe Esse is on 4.5 / 10, which means that she will be awarded the Canidate Womens Master title if she wins tomorrow, thus achieving a 50% score!

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Saric vs. Carlsen
Bird's variation in Ruy Lopez

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USA open team finished 14th. Women's team finished 8th. Sam Shankland took gold on board 5. A Seychelles player died yesterday. Bahamas ended 40 places above its seeding.

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Originally posted by ketchuplover
USA open team finished 14th. Women's team finished 8th. Sam Shankland took gold on board 5. A Seychelles player died yesterday. Bahamas ended 40 places above its seeding.
His chess.com Caro Kann videos still suck

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Originally posted by Data Fly
I believe Esse is on 4.5 / 10, which means that she will be awarded the Canidate Womens Master title if she wins tomorrow, thus achieving a 50% score!
And she did it!
http://chess-results.com/tnr140381.aspx?lan=1&art=9&flag=30&wi=821&snr=593

I hadn't realised that Esse didn't play in the first round, so her 5.5 points was out of ten rounds, not eleven. Indeed she actually scored all her points in the last six rounds.

So it looks like Esse will be awarded an official FIDE title (WCM) for a performance in a tournament in which she lost in three moves!

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Originally posted by Data Fly
And she did it!
http://chess-results.com/tnr140381.aspx?lan=1&art=9&flag=30&wi=821&snr=593

I hadn't realised that Esse didn't play in the first round, so her 5.5 points was out of ten rounds, not eleven. Indeed she actually scored all her points in the last six rounds.

So it looks like Esse will be awarded an official FIDE title (WCM) for a performance in a tournament in which she lost in three moves!
Wow! What were her other games like? She must have played against some players with a half decent rating??