page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 45  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. L Trent vs P Wells   ½-½ 11 2009 Howard Staunton Memorial C68 Ruy Lopez, Exchange 2. T Chapman vs E Wiersma 0-1 33 2009 Howard Staunton Memorial A04 Reti Opening 3. N Davies vs S Williams   ½-½ 47 2009 Howard Staunton Memorial C00 French Defense 4. W Hendriks vs Timman 0-1 39 2009 Howard Staunton Memorial B40 Sicilian 5. Korchnoi vs Cherniaev 0-1 59 2009 Howard Staunton Memorial A54 Old Indian, Ukrainian Variation, 4.Nf3 6. Korchnoi vs L Trent 1-0 66 2009 Howard Staunton Memorial E81 King's Indian, Samisch 7. P Wells vs N Davies 1-0 33 2009 Howard Staunton Memorial E00 Queen's Pawn Game 8. S Williams vs W Hendriks   1-0 35 2009 Howard Staunton Memorial E76 King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack 9. Cherniaev vs E Wiersma 1-0 26 2009 Howard Staunton Memorial A83 Dutch, Staunton Gambit 10. Timman vs T Chapman   1-0 42 2009 Howard Staunton Memorial B07 Pirc 11. E Wiersma vs Timman   0-1 33 2009 Howard Staunton Memorial E20 Nimzo-Indian 12. W Hendriks vs P Wells   ½-½ 18 2009 Howard Staunton Memorial B52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack 13. N Davies vs Korchnoi ½-½ 50 2009 Howard Staunton Memorial A07 King's Indian Attack 14. L Trent vs Cherniaev   ½-½ 58 2009 Howard Staunton Memorial B33 Sicilian 15. T Chapman vs S Williams 0-1 31 2009 Howard Staunton Memorial B04 Alekhine's Defense, Modern 16. L Trent vs N Davies 0-1 36 2009 Howard Staunton Memorial C10 French 17. S Williams vs E Wiersma   ½-½ 28 2009 Howard Staunton Memorial A80 Dutch 18. Korchnoi vs W Hendriks 0-1 75 2009 Howard Staunton Memorial E81 King's Indian, Samisch 19. Cherniaev vs Timman   ½-½ 20 2009 Howard Staunton Memorial B22 Sicilian, Alapin 20. P Wells vs T Chapman 1-0 37 2009 Howard Staunton Memorial A46 Queen's Pawn Game 21. N Davies vs Cherniaev ½-½ 53 2009 Howard Staunton Memorial A20 English 22. E Wiersma vs P Wells 1-0 39 2009 Howard Staunton Memorial E25 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch 23. T Chapman vs Korchnoi   0-1 36 2009 Howard Staunton Memorial A13 English 24. Timman vs S Williams 1-0 34 2009 Howard Staunton Memorial A05 Reti Opening 25. W Hendriks vs L Trent   1-0 44 2009 Howard Staunton Memorial B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 45    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)

< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 2 OF 2 ·  Later Kibitzing > Aug-10-09    Marmot PFL: UK has home edge but I will take Holland. Aug-10-09    PhilFeeley: Something's wrong here <CG>. You have the same lineup here as for the other Staunton match. What happened to the lineup with Adams, Short, et al? Aug-10-09    waustad: <kackhandler>With them charging 5 pounds to view, I doubt it. Aug-10-09    kackhander: <waustad> i mean the games that have already finished. this link purports to be to those games. Aug-10-09    aragorn69: <cg> Both homepage links lead to this page. Where is the link to the main (Schveningen) Staunton tourney games?? Aug-10-09    Chnebelgrind: <Where is the link to the main (Schveningen) Staunton tourney games??> The games are here: J Smeets vs Short, 2009 McShane vs I Sokolov, 2009 Adams vs Van Wely, 2009 G Jones vs E L'Ami, 2009 but there is no link to the tournament Aug-10-09    WhiteRook48: Timman will win this event! Korchnoi? Fat chance Aug-10-09    ray keene: HERES THE LINK TO THE STAUNTON GAMES ON THE WEBSITE http://howardstaunton.com/hsmt2009/... THEY ARE ALSO COVERED IN A SEPARATE SECTION HERE WITH KIBITZES Aug-10-09    Dredge Rivers: Why doesn't the US have tournaments in honor of its dead chessplayers? Why no Reshevsky or Marshall Memorial? (No tournament for Fischer, of course. He was an Icelander!) Aug-11-09    returnoftheking: why is keene so keen on caps lock? Aug-11-09    aragorn69: Thx Mr Keene. Good to see the website is progressively more user friendly. But what I was asking chessgames (and promptly got) was this link: Howard Staunton Memorial (Scheveningen Match) (2009) Aug-11-09    aragorn69: On the whole, I must say that the Staunton Memorial always interested and intrigued me as a tournament of a different kind, more congenial (I was tempted to write "hobbit-like"...) than the vast majority nowadays, with fun games to play through. But this may also explain why the games are quite blunders prone - and in other words nowhere near worth the 5 quids being asked to watch them live... I might one day fork out hard-earned money to watch a game live, but only if it is top-level chess with top-level live commentary. Aug-11-09    Eric Schiller: My analysis of the first round Staunton Gambit (!) is at http://www.chess.com/article/view/s.... Aug-13-09    Marmot PFL: Normally Korchnoi would be playing in Zurich, but came here out of respect to his old friend Howard Staunton. Aug-14-09    nuwanda: <Marmot PFL: ...but came here out of respect to his old friend Howard Staunton.> LOL Aug-14-09    diagonal: <Marmot PFL: ...but came here out of respect to his old friend Howard Staunton.> <nuwanda:LOL> ...unfortunately for his old friend, Korchnoi does not have that much time free until now to speak with him, because of a an average of about 60 moves per game (after six rounds, with only one game - win vs Chapman - lasting less than 50 moves), hopefully, Staunton is patient ;-) Aug-15-09    diagonal: old-friends-meeting in round 7: Timman - Korchnoi 0-1 Aug-15-09    kurtrichards: Before the game Timman-Korchnoi in round 7 I got this feeling that the latter will win. And so he did win. Congratulations! Aug-15-09    Octavia: does any1 watch the Staunton games for £ 5 when you can watch them for free the very next day & don't have to wait for the moves? and get commentary? Aug-17-09    amaurobius: <diagonal: ...an average of about 60 moves per game (after six rounds...)> Good point. After eight rounds Korchnoi's average is 61 moves per game. None of this 9 or 10 or 11-move draw nonsense for him. You have to admire the old fella's competitiveness. Aug-17-09    waustad: It Korchnoi had played in Zurich he'd have to play 2 rounds a day and a lot of GMs balk at that. A 4 round Saturday Swiss system tourney is not their cup of tea, though Naditsch was playing in two rapids tournaments at the same time in Mainz. That turned into an 11 round day if I recall. Aug-17-09    diagonal: JAN TIMMAN is sole WINNER of the Howard Staunton Memorial 2009 with 7/9. Congratulations! Strong finish for Victor Korchnoi (who has an amazing tournament-average of more than 60 moves per game) with three wins in a row against Timman, Williams and Wells. Aug-18-09    percyblakeney: <Strong finish for Victor Korchnoi (who has an amazing tournament-average of more than 60 moves per game) with three wins in a row against Timman, Williams and Wells> Very impressive by Korchnoi (while some other games in the last rounds were finished in ten moves or less). Aug-18-09    Astardis: <amaurobius: Good point. After eight rounds Korchnoi's average is 61 moves per game. None of this 9 or 10 or 11-move draw nonsense for him. You have to admire the old fella's competitiveness.> Totally agreed - yet, his unwillingness to draw is what cost him countless games. I'm pretty sure his record against some of the strongest (Kasparov in particular) would be much better if he had chosen one or two drawing lines instead of terribly unclear continuations that might at best chance offer some vague possibilities... Aug-20-09    moronovich: But then he wouldn“t have been Korthcnoi :) < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 2 OF 2 ·  Later Kibitzing >

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