Gibraltar 2017

Tim Harding

Stephen Jessel won yesterday (against a much lower-rated opponent).
Today in round 2 he has White in his favourite Reti against GM Sergey Grigoriants (2564) and his game is being shown live:


https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/tradewise-gibraltar-masters-2017/2/1/38

cdeb

Hou Yifan took a bit of a strop in this and threw the last round. A protest at having to play seven women in ten games. She then went and described the draw - which surely can be replicated? - as "unbelievable" and "weird"

All seems a bit daft and petulant surely? I've had tournaments where I've played three or four clubmates in the six rounds; it's annoying in a way, but never made me want to throw a game or have a go at the draw.

sodacat11

cdeb wrote: »

Hou Yifan took a bit of a strop in this and threw the last round. A protest at having to play seven women in ten games. She then went and described the draw - which surely can be replicated? - as "unbelievable" and "weird"

All seems a bit daft and petulant surely? I've had tournaments where I've played three or four clubmates in the six rounds; it's annoying in a way, but never made me want to throw a game or have a go at the draw.

I agree with you. I think perhaps that her loss to a fellow countrywoman and chief rival the day before may have had some bearing on her tantrum.
Having said that, I have always been impressed by Hou Yifan as a person in the past but I guess it's easy to be nice when you are winning. She is a fantastic chess talent, her win in the tournament's best game was truly fantastic. I've seldom been so impressed by a game.