Sep-18-24 Budapest Olympiad (Women) (2024) 
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| GlennOliver: Bodhana Sivanandan, aged 9, must surely be the youngest player ever to appear in the Chess Olympiads. A tremendous achievement, congratulations to her. |
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Sep-11-24 Firouzja vs Carlsen, 2024
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| GlennOliver: This looks very like a drawn endgame to my best understanding. Perhaps Firouzja simply ran out of time? |
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Aug-29-24 S Royal vs B Sivanandan, 2024
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| GlennOliver: The first ever match between Shreyas Royal and Bodhana Sivanandan, players who are likely to be the mainstays of the respective male and female England teams for decades to come. |
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Aug-01-24 D Howell vs S Royal, 2024
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| GlennOliver: No, just looked it up, and Robert Bellin actually won the 66th British Championship in 1979, although Nigel at the age of 14 tied on 8 points. Which means, I think, that Shreyas can indeed become youngest-ever male British Chess Champion. |
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Jul-22-24 R Praggnanandhaa vs Mishra, 2024
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| GlennOliver: I have never seen anything like that highly improbable defence from Mishra played at tournament level. Quite exceptional, a new talent on the scene. |
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Jul-17-24 Yates vs C Gurnhill, 1926
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| GlennOliver: Very hard over the board for Black to forego the tempting - 35... Bd1
~ and instead find the resource to play the more prosaic, but more successful - 35... Bf7 |
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Jun-09-24 Sharjah Masters (2024)
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| GlennOliver: Belatedly catching up with the 2024 Sharjah Masters tournament. A very fine performance from Shreyas Royal, the lowest-ranked of the 88 players at the start of the tournament but finishing in a solid mid-table position and picking up a couple of GM scalps along the way. |
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May-08-24 Miles vs A Dake, 1973
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| GlennOliver: <cibator> Kudos. Delightful pun today. |
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Apr-22-24 World Championship Candidates (2024)
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| GlennOliver: <FSR> Indeed.
I cited the age records for both the undisputed and the disputed strands of the chess world championship. Readers can make their own choices as to which one(s) of those to give credence. |
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Apr-18-24 V S Gujrathi vs Nepomniachtchi, 2024
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| GlennOliver: Incredibly complex endgame.
Hard to follow and understand all of the nuances in both directions, even with computer assistance. A brilliant performance from Ian Nepomniachtchi. If Nepomniachtchi does win this tournament and become the challenger, this game will be seen as the ... |
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