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🏆 MrDodgy Invitational (2020)

  PARTICIPANTS (sorted by highest achieved rating; click on name to see player's games)
Anish Giri, Peter Svidler, David Navara, Anton Korobov, Laurent Fressinet, David Howell, Peter Heine Nielsen, Nils Grandelius

Chessgames.com Chess Event Description
MrDodgy Invitational (2020)

The MrDodgy Invitational was an 8-player online knockout tournament taking place in the chess24 Playzone from 12th-14th June 2020. The event was named after one of chess24's most enthusiastic kibitzers. Each match consisted of 12 blitz games, with the first player to 6.5 points winning. The games were played at a time control of 5 minutes for all moves (no increment). If the players were tied at 6:6 they would play a single Armageddon game, with a coin flip to decide who chose color.

Anish Giri beat Navara 7-2 in the final.

         Quarterfinals, June 12                 Semifinals, June 13                     Final, June 14
Giri        1 0 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 - -  7
Fressinet   0 1 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 - -  3
                                         Giri     ½ 1 ½ 0 1 1 1 ½ 1 - - -  6½
                                         Korobov  ½ 0 ½ 1 0 0 0 ½ 0 - - -  2½
Korobov     ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 0 1 1 1 - -  7½
Nielsen     ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 1 0 0 0 - -  2½
                                                                               Giri    1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 - - -  7
                                                                               Navara  0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 0 - - -  2
Navara      1 0 0 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 0 0 1  7
Howell      0 1 1 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 1 1 0  5
                                         Navara   ½ 1 ½ 1 1 0 1 1 1 - - -   7	
                                         Svidler  ½ 0 ½ 0 0 1 0 0 0 - - -   2
Svidler     ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 0 0 1 ½ 1 ½ 1  6½
Grandelius  ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 1 1 0 ½ 0 ½ 0  5½
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 page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 71  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. Navara vs D Howell  0-1412020MrDodgy InvitationalD86 Grunfeld, Exchange
2. Svidler vs N Grandelius  1-0332020MrDodgy InvitationalA07 King's Indian Attack
3. N Grandelius vs Svidler  ½-½392020MrDodgy InvitationalB40 Sicilian
4. Svidler vs N Grandelius  0-1332020MrDodgy InvitationalA13 English
5. N Grandelius vs Svidler  1-0342020MrDodgy InvitationalB30 Sicilian
6. Svidler vs N Grandelius  1-0602020MrDodgy InvitationalB90 Sicilian, Najdorf
7. N Grandelius vs Svidler  ½-½482020MrDodgy InvitationalC55 Two Knights Defense
8. Svidler vs N Grandelius  1-0322020MrDodgy InvitationalB90 Sicilian, Najdorf
9. N Grandelius vs Svidler  ½-½512020MrDodgy InvitationalB40 Sicilian
10. Svidler vs N Grandelius  1-0342020MrDodgy InvitationalA06 Reti Opening
11. D Howell vs Navara  0-1462020MrDodgy InvitationalA06 Reti Opening
12. A Korobov vs P H Nielsen  1-0332020MrDodgy InvitationalD45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
13. D Howell vs Navara  1-0362020MrDodgy InvitationalA06 Reti Opening
14. Navara vs D Howell  1-0472020MrDodgy InvitationalB12 Caro-Kann Defense
15. D Howell vs Navara  ½-½452020MrDodgy InvitationalC46 Three Knights
16. Navara vs D Howell  1-0322020MrDodgy InvitationalC65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense
17. D Howell vs Navara  ½-½482020MrDodgy InvitationalA38 English, Symmetrical
18. Navara vs D Howell  1-0532020MrDodgy InvitationalC91 Ruy Lopez, Closed
19. D Howell vs Navara  0-1392020MrDodgy InvitationalA09 Reti Opening
20. Navara vs D Howell  0-1242020MrDodgy InvitationalB12 Caro-Kann Defense
21. D Howell vs Navara  1-0932020MrDodgy InvitationalC46 Three Knights
22. Navara vs D Howell  1-0682020MrDodgy InvitationalD85 Grunfeld
23. Svidler vs N Grandelius  ½-½372020MrDodgy InvitationalB52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack
24. N Grandelius vs Svidler  1-0312020MrDodgy InvitationalC55 Two Knights Defense
25. P H Nielsen vs A Korobov  ½-½382020MrDodgy InvitationalD44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
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Kibitzer's Corner
Jun-14-20  siamesedream: Semifinals:

Giri-Korobov 6,2-2,5
Navara-Svidler 7-2

Final on Sunday 14th June at 16:00 CET:

Giri-Navara.

Jun-14-20  siamesedream: Correction:

Final at 18:00 CEST

Jun-14-20  siamesedream: Final result: Giri 7-2 Navara

Congrats to GM Anish Giri.

Jun-14-20
Premium Chessgames Member		  FSR: Congratulations to Anish Giri on winning the inaugural edition of what will surely become the most storied event in chess history!!
Jun-14-20  jith1207: Or as a footnote in the most storied Chess career :D
Jun-15-20
Premium Chessgames Member		  perfidious: MrDodgy, is it? Vastly amusing.
Jun-15-20  Sokrates: Subconsciously, I must have dodged this event, and now it's aldready over.

I am surprised that Navara could beat Svidler so clearly. Great for Giri to win ... something.

Jun-15-20
Premium Chessgames Member		  MJCB: Anish can now tell Magnus he won a major tournament! Or at least a dodgy tournament ;-)
Jun-15-20
Premium Chessgames Member		  perfidious: <MJCB>, the response to which will be one word:

<udugelig>

Jun-16-20  soldal:

<Anish Giri beat Navara in the final <and netted $50,000 plus the money for clutch game wins>.>

Really? Just like Carlsen in the Clutch International (2020) ?

Jun-16-20
Premium Chessgames Member		  Tabanus: Dodged.

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