Build a Chess Board. Pt.1 - The Top
My adventure in building a chess board out of wood. This is a seven part series: check out the rest of the video!
My adventure in building a chess board out of wood. This is a seven part series: check out the rest of the video!
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And if you look at the lengths of the games you also see a marked difference: in 2010 there were six games of less than 23 moves, and a total of 17 games of less than 30 moves (16 draws and one black win). This year so far, with slightly less than half the number of games played, there have been zero games of less than 23 moves, and just three with less than 30 moves (including a win by Carlsen over Caruana in 27 moves). Possible conclusions: odd years produce more exciting chess, or it has something to do with global warming, or it is critical to invite the right mix or players.
... and live ratingsFinally let us take a look at the current live ratings, as calculated by a site run by IM Artiom Tsepotan together with International Arbiter Dr. Christopher Wright. It is appropriately named Live Chess Ratings and is updated regularly, often minutes after each game in a tournament is completed. Yesterday, 26 July 2011, at 18:26 GMT, the ratings of the top twenty players in the world were as follows:
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