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7th Edmonton International-Gardner needs a point for norm
7th Edmonton International-Gardner needs a point for norm
A major upset occurred in the 5th round of the 7th Edmonton International as NM Rob Gardner (2202) had his first ever GM scalp against GM Anton Kovalyov (2619). Rob already played his 9th round game thus for him this was round 6. He now needs to score one more point (according to the traditional scoring system) to earn an IM norm.
The tournament is lead by GM Victor Mikhalevski with 13 points (4.5/5 traditional) followed by GM Nigel Short with 12 points (4/5) and NM Rob Gardner (11 points) 4/6
Follow the action including live and played games, pictures, standings at: http://albertachess.org/2012EICF.html (click the different tabs at the top).
Re: 7th Edmonton International-Gardner needs a point for norm
I enjoyed reading your reports Vlad - and I look forward to checking out the games. It's great to see Alberta players facing this level of competition.
A major upset occurred in the 5th round of the 7th Edmonton International as NM Rob Gardner (2202) had his first ever GM scalp against GM Anton Kovalyov (2619). Rob already played his 9th round game thus for him this was round 6. He now needs to score one more point (according to the traditional scoring system) to earn an IM norm.
The tournament is lead by GM Victor Mikhalevski with 13 points (4.5/5 traditional) followed by GM Nigel Short with 12 points (4/5) and NM Rob Gardner (11 points) 4/6
Follow the action including live and played games, pictures, standings at: http://albertachess.org/2012EICF.html (click the different tabs at the top).
Looks like Rob got his norm, with a last-round draw against Pechenkin. Congratulations Rob!
Yes, Rob is now the first Albertan to ever score a norm in the Edmonton International. He had a truly remarkable event and I hope that he can keep it up!
Looks like Rob got his norm, with a last-round draw against Pechenkin. Congratulations Rob!
From the tournament website:
Special rules:
1) Draws should not be agreed upon before move 30.
Pechenkin-Gardner was drawn in 19 moves according to the game viewer. Boooooo. This game should be scored 0-0 (not kingside castles but zero-zero) and all norms scrapped.
Special rules:
1) Draws should not be agreed upon before move 30.
Pechenkin-Gardner was drawn in 19 moves according to the game viewer. Boooooo. This game should be scored 0-0 (not kingside castles but zero-zero) and all norms scrapped.
The penalty for early draws is also specified on the website: "10% taken off prizes won per incident". Nothing is said about losing a norm as a result.
Why hold Gardner to a higher standard than others chasing norms?
The penalty for early draws is also specified on the website: "10% taken off prizes won per incident". Nothing is said about losing a norm as a result.
Why hold Gardner to a higher standard than others chasing norms?
Re: 7th Edmonton International-Gardner needs a point for norm
So it's bad enough they went with a silly 3-1-0 scoring system, which already punishes draws, but they're going to further punish draws of less than 30 moves by deducting prize money? Why exactly????
No matter how big and bad you are, when a two-year-old hands you a toy phone, you answer it.
So it's bad enough they went with a silly 3-1-0 scoring system, which already punishes draws, but they're going to further punish draws of less than 30 moves by deducting prize money? Why exactly????
Is this a trick question? The answer if fairly obvious, to discourage draws. As for the scoring system, it is also used in some silly sport called soccer.
If you were putting up a ton of money to host an international tournament, would you want to see a bunch of short draws? I think not. If the participants didn't like the rules they shouldn't have joined the tournament. Some guy named Magnus Carlsen seems to take the same view of anti-draw rules and he tweeted this during the Anand-Gelfand match: "Seriously though, I don't blame the players for agreeing to all those early draws, it's just appalling that the rules allow them to"
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