The Daily Update: Havana, Danzhou, Eindhoven and More
1. Havana (Capablanca Memorial): Ivanchuk and Short played unambitiously today, and both finished their games quickly with the Black pieces. The only winner was Ian Nepomniachtchi, whose second straight win brought him into a tie with Short for second place. Ivanchuk has 5/7, Short and Nepo 4. Three rounds remain in this 6-player double-round robin event.
2. Danzhou: Bu Xiangzhi won in round 6 (over Ni Hua), while Ding Liren only managed to draw. Thus Bu leads by half a point with 4.5 points; here too, three rounds remain.
3. Eindhoven (Dutch Championship): Smeets and Giri drew quickly with each other, leaving them tied with 4.5/6. Ernst is half a point behind, the only winner in round 6, and here too there are three rounds to go. [Website warning: The link I gave works fine, but when I've tried the tournament website it has consistently crashed my browser.]
4. Greece scored the first goals in its World Cup history, and even managed to win the game. Congrats!
5. The L.A. Lakers won their 16th NBA Championship; better still, their victims were the Boston Celtics. Good times.
Reader Comments (4)
Isn't it the 16th NBA win?
You're right - I was looking forward to next year. :)
Venting can be fun, but no ad hominems, please.
If I wanted to engage in some good old-fashioned character assassination, I'd pick the World Cup ref in the U.S. - Slovenia game who gave Finley a yellow card for an imaginary foul and then took away the winning goal.