Short is in excellent form at the Howard Staunton Memorial. He is now 5/6 against 2600+ competition. He is on his way to break 2700 again. Can he do it? Round 6 results:
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WHITE |
BLACK |
RESULTS |
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0.5 – 0.5 |
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0 – 1 |
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1 – 0 |
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GM Sokolov (4) |
GM McShane (3) |
1 – 0 |
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GM L’Ami (3) |
GM Jones (1.5) |
0 – 1 |
Standings after 6 rounds:
GM Short = 5
GM Sokolov, GM Smeets = 4
GM Van Wely = 3.5
GM Adams, GM McShane, GM L’Ami = 3
GM Howell = 2.5
GM Jones = 1.5
GM Werle = 0.5
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Short and Kamsky should play a match.
Short is doing better because the rest of the English GM-patzers are doing worse.
Make no illusions about Nigel.
Yo nige short i see yall tryin to backskate! RU sure you wanna mess with this Ultrastuff? hehe and we havent even started yet ! Even Korchnoi doin the ULTRAPOP! hahaha. yall funny.
He’s to short for 2700+.
If he will do it,
it will be Short, and it will be short.
He is now 5.5 /7