Day 18 saw won of the quickest games of the entire World Cup, when Alcantara and Sindarov reached a 'draw by repetition' position in about 20 minutes. Apparently the whole line has been played plenty of times before, although Sindarov did pause a few times, probably to make sure he remembered the whole line correctly.
Esipenko and Shankland also drew in under 2 hours, and so that was my days work finished. But I did hang around to see the finish of Arjun and Wei (another draw), but left before the long rook ending between Donchenko and Yakubboev, which was the 4th draw of the day. However, with Yakkubboev winning yesterday, he goes through to the semis, with the other 3 matches heading for playoffs.
Tomorrow will also be my last day working at the event, as the semis and finals will be handled by the CA and DCA. Then back to beautiful Canberra to enjoy the start of another glorious summer.
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Thanks for the on-the-spot updates Shaun!
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