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Zor Winner in an Exciting Photo Finish
1 month, 2 days ago
The last night was the longest of the whole tournament. A couple of decided games (7!) - not at top, but at the mid-table - reshuffled all Buchholz and SB points. An unbelievable photo finish at the end of this unique chess marathon!
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The Day of Decision
1 month, 5 days ago
Three players in the lead after 20 rounds, and only one round to goo... How could a half marathon be more exciting! It was the last game on Friday night, running until move 126, when Coco69 (Candada) resigned and congratulated Thomas_A_Anderson (Germany) to his brillant victory, which in fact was a hard-earned victory (like shoveling briquettes as someone said on chat).
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Situation normal as usual...
1 month, 6 days ago
The closer the end, all the more the tension is increasing, even though we haven't seen any decided games at top lately. As already reported, did Woodrun (Finland) promote to the group with +2 in round 18, and he hold his position in round 19 by a draw with Black against the mighty Zor (United Arab Emirates).
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Number of Wins as Tie-break Factor
1 month, 8 days ago
After 18 of 21 rounds tie-break matters come into focus, especially because the automatically generated server tables do not consider the number of wins (same as the number of Black wins). So the final table according to our more complete tie-break criteria might be slightly different from the server table, if players are level on total points, Buchholz and Sonneborn-Berger points.
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The Future has already started
1 month, 10 days ago
Draw, draw, draw... The closer it comes to the end, the more carefully get all players with a positive score. No one wants to miss the chance to promote to the prize ranks or staying there, if already on +2 or +3. Even two players with +1 are currently ranked 9th und 10th, but with a remarkable high Buchholz score.
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Best Games Awards - Ultimate Challenge Tour 2017
1 month, 12 days ago
We like to encourage players to try out new or unusual moves, to take risks and to be creative. Even though such games may end up in a draw same as other games, they might be worth an extra applause by the audience. For this reason Infinity Chess will give „best games awards“ to two players after each round. The player(s) with the highest number of such awards at the end of the tournament will rec
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The Quiet before the Storm?
1 month, 13 days ago
It might look like this, but regarding the high rate of draws it might also be "business as usual" - no storm gathering at all. At least the tension is increasing round by round.
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Dubious and weak Book Moves
1 month, 16 days ago
Engine players are updating and improving their books all the time. That's what you hear and witness, when regularly playing on Infinity Chess. Improving... really? Some players go in depth, regarding the most fashionable or just their favoured lines, and often we hear them groaning "puh, hard work!", sounds like they were working in a coal-mine.
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