Saturday
Aug172019
Sinquefield Cup Starts Today
Saturday, August 17, 2019 at 12:27PM
I assume you're all aware that the 2019 Sinquefield Cup starts today - in just under an hour and a half, to be more precise - and the St. Louis Rapid & Blitz finished a few days ago with Levon Aronian eking out a victory, finishing half a point ahead of Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Ding Liren, and Yu Yangyi. Most notable, of course, was the absolutely disastrous performance of Magnus Carlsen, who lost TEN games, went -1 overall, and fell from the #1 spot in both rapid and blitz. I won't be covering the Sinquefield Cup, but as long as I'm hanging around I thought I'd mention it, as a PSA.
Reader Comments (3)
Ha - maybe we can tempt you back. How about making the blog a joint effort? Maybe of all things chess if not deep analysis. You can moderate.
Here's a nice picture in today's Guardian - only £50 for a print...
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2019/aug/17/buy-a-classic-guardian-photograph-szechenyi-baths-budapest-august-2006
St. Louis has been a disaster for Magnus so far... let's hope he rebounds in the classical portion.
Jan-July:
Total Losses: 5
Classical: 0
Rapid: 1
Blitz: 4
August:
Total: 10 + ?
Rapid: 3
Blitz: 7
He doubled his yearly losses in 5 days and finished minus score in two events in a row... Probably the first time he has had a minus score since Norwary 2015?
[DM: He had an even score in the blitz, but maybe I'm misunderstanding.]
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chess.pl?tid=85824
Occasional PSA's from The Chessmind are appreciated.