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Rd 5 Game 1 Ivanchuk had interesting play with the knights but couldnt seem to put it together and Magnus took over. Gukesh got his C pawn running and it ended up winning a piece.
Dominguez has been having a great run. He played very dynamically in game one and won.
As you know, Pragga eliminated Hungary's Ferenc Berkes last night. The latter and I happened to cross paths later in the evening at the hotel resto. He was graciously thanking Organizers and Arbiters, and I was asking him about the Hungary Olympiad, etc. If you look at the ratings of the final 16 Open players, he was the lowest-rated, and clearly over-performed. Even though he had just lost to Pragga, there was a deep "at peace" look in his eyes as he explained to me that this had been "the tournament of his life"! I'm happy for him, I could just sense how it really mattered!
Thanks for that lovely anecdote on Ferenc Berkes. The Hungarian grandmasters that I know are all such modest and nice guys but also very interesting. I got to know Csaba Balogh at the Spice Cup and a friend of mine liked him so much that he became his student. Lovely people! It also must be something special to be on the same Olympic team as Judith Polgar and know her and analyze with her.
Thanks for that lovely anecdote on Ferenc Berkes. The Hungarian grandmasters that I know are all such modest and nice guys but also very interesting. I got to know Csaba Balogh at the Spice Cup and a friend of mine liked him so much that he became his student. Lovely people! It also must be something special to be on the same Olympic team as Judith Polgar and know her and analyze with her.
Yeah, there's a soft spot in my heart for the players just below the very top couple of dozen or so. The "fame" and sheer opportunities seem to drop off dramatically if you're "only" in the 2600s ...
I got slightly caught in the "Magnus Magic" tonight ... after he had won, I had to get something through the hotel lobby. So I'm scurrying out the playing venue, and I notice he's being interviewed, but I just keep going, head a bit down, and I push open the door from the playing venue into the hotel lobby. And I get this immediate sensation of a huge entity drawing in their breath - I look up and it must be at least 100 people waiting almost right against that door, with all kinds of chessboards and other things for Magnus to autograph! I gotta keep walking, and I feel this big collective exhale now, and almost a grumbling "oh, it's just some guy". There's even one man who kinda half-waves me away, and audibly announces "we JUST want to see Magnus". He's SO popular here!
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