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  • #16
    "5th round will be played! March 10, 2020 11:06 AM

    Today´s round 5 will be played. Playing halls will be divided into smaller parts. Visitors will not be allowed to go to the playing halls.

    Based on resolution of Czech government, all events with more than 100 people will be restricted. To follow this, playing halls will be divided into smaller, separated parts. Visitors will not be allowed to go to the playing halls.Further information will be provided before the start of the game."

    http://www.wstcc2020.net/news/47/49/...%20-%20detail/

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    • #17
      Originally posted by Vadim Tsypin View Post
      "5th round will be played! March 10, 2020 11:06 AM

      Today´s round 5 will be played. Playing halls will be divided into smaller parts. Visitors will not be allowed to go to the playing halls.

      Based on resolution of Czech government, all events with more than 100 people will be restricted. To follow this, playing halls will be divided into smaller, separated parts. Visitors will not be allowed to go to the playing halls.Further information will be provided before the start of the game."

      http://www.wstcc2020.net/news/47/49/...%20-%20detail/
      Yes, it was actually very nice today. Less crowded. We just have to make sure we stay in main hall!

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      • #18
        World Senior Teams 2020 50+

        March 10, 2020

        Round Five

        Canada – Czech Republic 2 2-2

        Round 5, Mar. 10
        Cummings, David – Priehoda, Vitezslav
        Board 1
        A13 English Opening

        1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 a6 3.e3 Nf6 4.b3 d5 5.Bb2 Be7 6.Nc3 O-O 7.d4 b6 8.Bd3 Bb7 9.cxd5 exd5 10.O-O Nbd7 11.Ne5 Bd6 12.f4 c5 13.Qf3 b5 14.Qh3 c4 15.Nxd7 cxd3 16.Nxf8 Bxf8 17.Rad1 b4 18.Na4 Bc6 19.Nc5 Bb5 20.Nxd3 Qa5 21.Ba1 Qxa2 22.Rfe1 Qxb3 23.Nc5 Qa2 24.e4 Nxe4 25.Nxe4 dxe4 26.d5 Bd3 27.Qf5 Rd8 28.Rxd3 exd3 29.Qxd3 Rxd5 30.Qg3 Qa4 31.h3 Rd1 32.Kh2 Qxa1 0-1

        Round 5, Mar. 10
        Vokac, Marek – Plotkin, Victor
        Board 2
        A06 Reti Opening

        1.Nf3 d5 2.b3 Bg4 3.Bb2 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.h3 Bh5 6.Be2 h6 7.d3 Be7 8.Nbd2 O-O 9.g4 Bg6 10.Ne5 Bh7 11.h4 Nfd7 12.Nef3 e5 13.Nxe5 Nxe5 14.Bxe5 Bxh4 15.Nf3 Bf6 16.d4 Nd7 17.Bf4 Re8 18.Bd3 Be4 19.g5 hxg5 20.Bxe4 dxe4 21.Nxg5 Bxg5 22.Qh5 f6 23.O-O-O Nf8 24.Bxg5 fxg5 25.Rdg1 Ne6 26.Qh7+ Kf7 27.Qxe4 c6 28.Rg3 Qd5 29.Qxd5 cxd5 30.Kd2 b5 31.a3 Rh8 32.Rxh8 Rxh8 33.c4 bxc4 34.bxc4 dxc4 35.Kc3 Rc8 36.Rg4 Kf6 37.Re4 g6 38.Re5 Rc7 39.Ra5 g4 40.Ra6 Kf7 41.Ra5 Ng7 42.Rg5 Nh5 43.Rxg4 Nf6 44.Rg1 Nd5+ 45.Kc2 Rb7 46.Rg3 Rb3 47.Rg5 Rb5 48.Rg3 Nb6 49.Rh3 Kg7 50.Rh4 Na4 51.Re4 Rb2+ 52.Kc1 Rxf2 53.d5 Nb6 54.d6 c3 55.Rd4 Rd2 56.Re4 a5 57.Re5 Rxd6 58.Rxa5 Rd3 59.Ra7+ Kh6 60.e4 Re3 61.Kc2 Nc4 62.Ra4 Ne5 63.Rd4 Kg5 64.a4 Kf4 65.a5 Rxe4 66.Rxe4+ Kxe4 67.a6 Nc6 68.Kxc3 Kd5 69.Kd3 Nb4+ 70.Ke3 Nxa6 0-1

        Final Position. Black wins in 18 moves after 71.Kf4

        


        Round 5, Mar. 10
        Findlay, Ian – Zpevak, Pavel
        Board 3
        B49 Sicilian, Taimanov variation

        1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be2 Nc6 7.Be3 Nf6 8.a3 Be7 9.f4 d6 10.g4 d5 11.e5 Nd7 12.O-O Bc5 13.Kh1 Bxd4 14.Bxd4 Nxd4 15.Qxd4 Qc5 16.Rad1 Qxd4 17.Rxd4 b6 18.Bf3 Bb7 19.Ne2 O-O-O 20.Rfd1 g5 21.Re1 Rhg8 22.h4 h6 23.Kh2 f6 24.exf6 Nxf6 25.Kh3 Rdf8 26.Ng3 gxf4 27.Rxf4 Kd7 28.c4 Kd6 29.b4 Nd7 30.Nh5 Rxf4 31.Nxf4 Ne5 32.c5+ bxc5 33.bxc5+ Kxc5 34.Rxe5 Kd4 35.Rxe6 1-0

        Round 5, Mar. 10
        Vrbata, Zbynek – Barron, Michael
        Board 4
        A81 Dutch Defence

        1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.O-O O-O 6.b3 Ne4 7.Bb2 c5 8.Qc1 cxd4 9.Nxd4 e5 10.Nf3 Nc6 11.c4 d5 12.cxd5 Qxd5 13.Nc3 Nxc3 14.Qxc3 Qf7 15.Rfd1 e4 16.Qxg7+ Qxg7 17.Bxg7 Kxg7 18.Nd4 Bd7 19.f3 Nxd4 20.Rxd4 Bc6 21.fxe4 f4 22.Rad1 Rae8 23.Bf3 Re5 24.Kg2 Rf7 25.R1d2 Rf6 26.Rd6 Rf7 27.R2d4 Rf8 28.Rd8 Rf6 29.h4 Rf7 30.g4 h6 31.Kf2 Rfe7 32.e3 g5 33.exf4 gxf4 34.R8d6 Re8 35.h5 R8e6 36.Rxe6 Rxe6 37.Ke2 Kf6 38.Rd8 Ke5 39.Rg8 Bxe4 40.Bxe4 Kxe4 41.Kf2 Re7 42.Rg6 Ke5 43.Rxh6 Rc7 44.Rh8 Rc2+ 45.Kf3 Rc3+ 46.Ke2 f3+ 47.Kd2 f2 48.Rf8 Rg3 49.Rxf2 Rxg4 50.Rh2 Rg7 51.h6 Rh7 52.Kc3 Kd5 53.Rh5+ Ke6 54.Kc4 Kd6 55.Rh2 Ke5 56.a4 Rc7+ 57.Kb5 Rh7 58.Kc4 Rc7+ 59.Kb5 Rh7 60.b4 Kd5 61.Rh5+ Kd6 62.Kc4 Rc7+ 63.Kd4 Rh7 64.Ke4 Ke6 65.Rh2 Kf6 66.Kf4 Kg6 67.Ke5 Kf7 68.b5 b6 69.Kf5 Kg8 70.Kg6 Rd7 71.Rf2 Rd6+ 72.Rf6 Rd8 73.Rc6 Kh8 74.Rc7 Rd6+ 75.Kg5 Rd5+ 76.Kf6 Rd6+ 77.Ke5 Rxh6 78.Rxa7 Kg8 79.Re7 Kf8 80.Re6 Rh4 81.Kd5 Kf7 82.Rxb6 Rxa4 83.Ra6 Rb4 84.Kc5 Rb1 85.Rd6 Ke7 86.Rd2 Rc1+ 87.Kb6 Rb1 88.Kc6 Rc1+ 89.Kb7 Rb1 90.b6 Ke6 91.Kc7 Rc1+ 92.Kb8 Rb1 93.b7 Ke7 94.Ra2 Kd7 95.Ka8 Kc7 96.Rc2+ 1-0

        Canada is paired with England 1 tomorrow in Round 6

        England 1 team members are Arkell, Hebden, Flear, McDonald and Plaskett.

        Rankings at the end of Round 5

        1 USA
        2 Czech Republic 1
        3 Island
        4 Slovakia
        5 Lasker Schachstiftung GK
        6 Scotland 1
        7 Yamal
        8 Canada
        9 Moscow
        10 USA Too
        11 England 1

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        • #19
          Originally posted by Ian Findlay View Post

          Yes, it was actually very nice today. Less crowded. We just have to make sure we stay in main hall!
          Keep playing inspired chess and showing great results Ian! Team Canada in the main hall forever! ;-)

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          • #20
            World Senior Teams 2020 50+

            March 11, 2020

            Round Six

            Finally, Arkell-Cummings is over!

            England 1 – Canada 2-2

            Round 6, Mar. 11
            Arkell, Keith – Cummings, David
            Board 1
            E10 Queen’s Pawn game

            1.c4 e6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nf3 d5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nc3 c6 6.Qc2 g6 7.Bg5 Be7 8.Bxf6 Bxf6 9.e3 Bf5 10.Bd3 Bxd3 11.Qxd3 O-O 12.b4 a6 13.O-O Nd7 14.a4 Nb6 15.Rfc1 Be7 16.Qb1 Bd6 17.Qb3 Qd7 18.Rab1 Rfe8 19.g3 Qf5 20.Qd1 h5 21.Qe2 Kg7 22.Kg2 Re7 23.Qc2 Qd7 24.Qd3 Rae8 25.Re1 Qg4 26.h3 Qd7 27.a5 Na8 28.Na4 Nc7 29.Nc5 Qc8 30.Re2 Ne6 31.Qc3 Kg8 32.Nd3 Ng7 33.Nfe5 Kh7 34.Qc2 Nf5 35.Rbe1 f6 36.Nf3 Kg7 37.Qd2 Qc7 38.Nf4 Bxf4 39.gxf4 Qd7 40.Rg1 Qe6 41.Qd3 Kf7 42.Kh2 Rg8 43.Ree1 Qe4 44.Qxe4 Rxe4 45.Rc1 Re7 46.Kg2 Rge8 47.Rc3 Re6 48.Re1 R6e7 49.Kf1 Re4 50.Re2 R4e7 51.Ke1 Nd6 52.Kd1 Rg8 53.h4 Ne4 54.Rc1 g5 55.fxg5 fxg5 56.hxg5 Nxg5 57.Ne5+ Kf6 58.f3 Nf7 59.Nd3 Rg3 60.Kd2 Rxf3 61.Rh1 Rf5 62.Nf4 Nd6 63.Nxh5+ Kf7 64.Nf4 Ke8 65.Kd3 Kd7 66.Ng6 Rg7 67.Ne5+ Kc7 68.Reh2 Nf7 69.Rh7 Nxe5+ 70.dxe5 Rff7 71.Rxg7 Rxg7 72.Rh4 b6 73.Kd4 bxa5 74.bxa5 Kd7 75.e4 dxe4 76.Kxe4 Rg1 77.Rh7+ Ke6 78.Rh6+ Kd7 79.Rd6+ Ke7 80.Rxc6 Re1+ 81.Kd5 Rd1+ 82.Kc5 Re1 83.Rc7+ Ke6 84.Rc6+ Kxe5 85.Rxa6 Rc1+ 86.Kb6 Kd6 87.Kb7+ Kd7 88.Rb6 Rc7+ 89.Kb8 Rc8+ 90.Ka7 Rc7+ 91.Rb7 Kc8 92.a6 Rc6 93.Rb8+ Kc7 94.Rb1 Kc8 95.Rh1 Kc7 96.Rh7+ Kc8 97.Rb7 Re6 98.Rb8+ Kc7 99.Rb7+ Kc8 100.Rb6 Rxb6 101.Kxb6 Kb8 102.a7+ Ka8 103.Ka6 1/2-1/2

            Position after 85.Rxa6

            

            Round 6, Mar. 11
            Plotkin, Victor – Flear, Glenn
            Board 2
            C50 Giuoco Piano, Italian Four Knights variation

            1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.d3 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be3 Bxe3 7.fxe3 O-O 8.O-O Ne7 9.Qe1 c6 10.Bb3 Ng6 11.Nh4 Nxh4 12.Qxh4 Be6 13.Rf3 Nd7 14.Qf2 Nc5 15.Bxe6 fxe6 16.Rxf8+ 1/2-1/2

            Round 6, Mar. 11
            McDonald, Neil – Findlay, Ian
            Board 3
            B76 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, Rauser variation

            1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 Nc6 8.Qd2 O-O 9.O-O-O d5 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.Bh6 Bxh6 12.Qxh6 Rb8 13.e5 Nd7 14.Rd4 Re8 15.e6 fxe6 16.Bd3 Nf8 17.h4 Qd6 18.h5 Qe5 19.Rg4 Qg7 20.hxg6 Qxh6+ 21.Rxh6 hxg6 22.Bxg6 Nxg6 23.Rhxg6+ Kf7 24.Rh6 Rf8 25.Rf4+ Ke8 26.Rxf8+ Kxf8 27.Rh8+ Kg7 28.Rd8 e5 29.a3 a5 30.Na4 Kf7 31.Nc5 Rb5 32.Nd3 Bb7 33.a4 Rb6 34.Rb8 1-0

            Round 6, Mar. 11
            Barron, Michael – Plaskett, James
            Board 4
            B07 Pirc-Robatsch

            1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.Be3 c6 5.Qd2 b5 6.Bd3 Nd7 7.Nf3 Bb7 8.a4 b4 9.Ne2 a5 10.Ng3 h5 11.h4 Nh6 12.c3 Rb8 13.O-O Ng4 14.Bg5 c5 15.Bb5 bxc3 16.bxc3 O-O 17.Rfe1 Rc8 18.Rad1 cxd4 19.cxd4 Nb8 20.e5 dxe5 21.Nxe5 Qd5 22.f3 Nxe5 23.dxe5 Qc5+ 24.Qf2 Bxe5 25.Qxc5 Rxc5 26.Bxe7 Rxb5 27.axb5 Bxg3 28.Bxf8 Kxf8 29.Rd8+ Kg7 30.Ree8 Nc6 31.Rd7 1-0

            Ranking List after Round Six

            1 USA
            2 Czech Republic 1
            3 Island
            4 Yamal
            5 USA Too
            6 Lasker Schachstiftung
            7 Czech Republic 2
            8 1960-61 (CZECH3)
            9 Slovakia
            10 Canada
            11 England
            12 Scotland
            13 Germany 1
            14 Austria
            15 England 2

            Round Seven Pairings

            USA1-Island
            Yamal-Czech Republic 1
            USA2-Lasker Schachstiftung
            Slovakia-Czech Republic 2
            1960-61-SC Groebenzell Reloaded (Germ)
            Canada-England 2

            Members of England 2 are: Frostick, Fraser-Mitchell, White, Thurstan, Lawrence

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            • #21
              Point of note: it has been clarified that the new US travel ban applies only to foreign nationals. This was unclear from the speech.

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              • #22
                What does Victor need for an IM Norm here?

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                • #23
                  England (all GMs) escaped with a 2-2 draw against Canada.

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                  • #24
                    Victor Plotkin tied for the first place in a satellite Blitz event (photos). Bravo Victor!

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                    • #25
                      The tournament is being stopped today, after Rd 7.

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                      • #26
                        World Senior Teams 2020 50+

                        March 12, 2020

                        Round Seven

                        Round 7, Mar. 12
                        Cummings, David – Frostick, Clive
                        Board 1
                        A14 English, Neo-Catalan declined

                        1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.b3 b6 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Bb2 Bb7 9.d4 Re8 10.Nc3 Nbd7 11.Qc2 c5 12.Rfd1 Rc8 13.Rac1 Qc7 14.e3 Qb8 15.Qb1 Bf8 16.Ne2 Ne4 17.Ne5 Ndf6 18.Nf4 cxd4 19.Rxc8 Qxc8 20.Bxd4 Nc3 21.Bxc3 Qxc3 22.Ned3 Ne4 23.Rc1 1/2-1/2

                        Round 7, Mar. 12
                        Fraser-Mitchell, Jeremy – Plotkin, Victor
                        Board 2
                        D00 Queen’s Pawn, Mason variation

                        1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 Nf6 3.e3 c5 4.c3 Qb6 5.Qb3 Nc6 6.Nd2 e6 7.Ngf3 Be7 8.Be2 O-O 9.O-O Qxb3 10.axb3 Bd7 11.Ne5 Nxe5 12.Bxe5 cxd4 13.exd4 Rfc8 14.h3 Ne8 15.Ra2 f6 16.Bf4 Bd6 17.Bxd6 Nxd6 18.Rfa1 a6 19.Ra5 Re8 20.Bd3 Bc6 21.c4 Rad8 22.c5 Nb5 23.Bxb5 Bxb5 24.Nb1 e5 25.Nc3 Bd3 26.dxe5 fxe5 27.Rd1 e4 28.b4 d4 29.Na4 e3 30.fxe3 dxe3 31.Nc3 e2 32.Re1 Rf8 0-1

                        Round 7, Mar. 12
                        Findlay, Ian – Thurstan, Tim
                        Board 3
                        C04 French, Tarrasch, Guimard main line

                        1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nc6 4.Ngf3 Nf6 5.e5 Nd7 6.Be2 f6 7.exf6 Qxf6 8.Nf1 Bd6 9.Ne3 O-O 10.O-O Qg6 11.c4 Nf6 12.a3 Bd7 13.b4 Ne7 14.Ne5 Qe8 15.Bb2 dxc4 16.Bxc4 Ned5 17.Qb3 c6 18.Rae1 Qh5 19.f4 Bxe5 20.dxe5 Ng4 21.Nxg4 Qxg4 22.h3 Qh4 23.f5 Rxf5 24.Bxd5 cxd5 25.Rxf5 Qxe1+ 26.Rf1 Qe4 27.Qf3 Qxf3 28.Rxf3 Rc8 1/2-1/2

                        Round 7, Mar. 2
                        Lawrence, Paul – Barron, Michael
                        Board 4
                        A88 Dutch, Leningrad, main variation

                        1.c4 f5 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 d6 4.Nf3 g6 5.g3 Bg7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O c6 8.Bd2 h6 9.Qc2 Na6 10.a3 Bd7 11.Nh4 Qe8 12.b4 e5 13.dxe5 dxe5 14.e4 f4 15.gxf4 exf4 16.Bxf4 g5 17.e5 Ng4 18.Ng6 Bf5 19.Be4 Qxg6 0-1

                        Final Position

                        

                        News

                        Championship finishes by round 7
                        March 12, 2020 04:29 PM

                        In connection with the current development of the situation in Europe, the government of the Czech Republic and the National Security Council have declared preventive measures against spread of the coronavirus. As per the decision of the government and the National Security Council, which came in force on Tuesday 12th March, 2020, all cultural, sport, and social events with above 30 participants are banned.

                        The resolution for WSTCC 2020:

                        The tournament finishes by 7th round on 12th March 2020.

                        Final ceremony is moved to 12th March 2020, 10pm. Only the winners of each category will be allowed to participate.

                        Transfers announced for Sunday 15th March will be made without any changes.

                        Transfers on 13th March can be discussed upon request at the infocentre of the TRISTAR hotel (65+ hall).

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                        • #27
                          Originally posted by John Upper View Post
                          What does Victor need for an IM Norm here?
                          9 rounds of chess

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                          • #28
                            You were playing so well Victor, I feel for you (only two more days) but health and safety comes first.

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                            • #29
                              Exceptional games in round 7 that I enjoyed: Sveshnikov - Blodig, Kannenberg - Rashkovsky, Zhelnin - Seibold, Hort - Wahlbom, Brock - Hardicsay, Fraser-Mitchell - Plotkin, Bryson - Arkell, Hebden-Farrell

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                              • #30
                                orld Seniors Teams 2020

                                March 12, 2020

                                From FIDE:

                                WSTCC 2020: The winners declared after the 7th round

                                In connection with the current development of the situation in Europe, the government of the Czech Republic and the National Security Council have declared preventive measures against the spread of the coronavirus.

                                On Tuesday 10th, the National Security Council banned all cultural, sport, and social events with above 100 participants. Following the advice of the Czech Deputy Minister of Health of the Czech Republic Roman Prymula, the World Senior Team Championship was split across several smaller venues to be able to continue. It must be noted that Mr. Prymula, apart from being a FIDE Master, is an epidemiologist - the biggest national authority in this field. FIDE would like to take the chance to thank him for his personal involvement and support.

                                However, as the situation worsened, new measures have been put in place, effective today. The authorities have decided to cancel any event that involves the gathering of 30 or more people. In view of this new measure, the winners were declared after the seventh round.

                                The final ceremony was moved to 12th March 2020, 10 PM.

                                FIDE would like to thank the Tournament Director Jan Mazuch, the Deputy Director Petr Laušman, the tournament managers Jiří Petružálek and Michal Horacek, and all their team, for their professionalism and their many efforts into keeping this tournament going despite the difficulties.

                                50+ final standings:

                                1. USA – 12
                                2. LASKERSCHACHSTIFTUNGGK – 11
                                3. CZECHREPUBLIC1 – 11
                                4. ISLAND – 11
                                5. 1960-61 – 10
                                6. YAMAL – 10
                                7. ENGLAND1 – 10
                                8. CANADA – 10
                                9. SLOVAKIA – 10
                                10. MOSCOW – 9

                                65+ final standings:

                                1. GERMANY 1 – 10
                                2. GERMANY 2 – 8
                                3. RUSSIA – 8
                                4. ISRAEL – 8
                                5. HUNGARY – 8
                                6. CZECH REPUBLIC 1 – 8
                                7. FRANCE – 8
                                8. DIE FRANKEN – 8
                                9. SCHACHFREUNDE LEIPZIG – 7
                                10. SWEDEN 1 – 7

                                https://www.fide.com/news/439

                                _____________

                                Chess Results gives the board prizes with Victor Plotkin ranked 1 on Board 2 with 6/7 games and Michael Barron ranked 3 on Board 4 with 5/7


                                http://chess-results.com/tnr491114

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