Isle of Man 2023

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  • Draw today for Shawn = title.

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    • That is awesome news Victor. Thank you for your wonderful work of calculation!

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      • https://www.chess.com/news/view/2023...-swiss-round-7 Vidit is express train! Who is going to stop him?

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        • Shawn RL has arrived at a stellar moment. With a draw today he can obtain his final GM norm and therefore the GM title. A grand moment. Shawn in the tournament so far has only played GM's above 2600. Shawn has played 5 GMs in the top 100 in the world and is the only one to beat GM Ivanchuck in this tournament (so far).

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          • Bacrot has brass moxy. He plays d7-d5 into a 5 piece reception committee (with Caruana conducting the pieces)

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            • Vaishali vs Milliet Black captured on e3 twice with her knights with what looked like winning but superficial tactics. Vaishali used the subsequent open F-file and the target square f7 to demonstrate her winning tactics. This should vault her into clear first place as her other coleaders took an early draw.

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              • Tan played an amazing endgame to defeat Goryachkina.

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                • Roebers played a lovely game using two knights and a bishop vs two rooks to create winning play across the board.

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                  • Cute play by Navara to get the passed A pawn thru.

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                    • Pragga plays nice creeping tactics to win a pawn. Now lets see if he can win it.

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                      • Talk about a high pressure squeeze Caruana did a lot of shifting with his rooks before the exchange into the endgame. Bacrot maybe tried to hard to simplify and probably missed in advance the final moves a7, Ra8 and then Ra6 cutting off the king.
                        As a reward Caruana moves back into a tie for first.

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                        • Shawn RL unfortunately lost but I think gets another chance next game to draw for a GM norm.

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                          • Four way tie for first with 6 points after eight rounds. Caruana, Deac, Esipenko, and Vidit. Nine players at 5.5

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                            • Vaishali missed winning chances in an interesting endgame and is still tied for first with Stefanova and anna Muzychuk.

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                              • https://en.chessbase.com/post/grand-swiss-2023-r8 Rd 8 commentary.

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