With three more winners on Friday and Saturday, the IM Not A GM Speed Chess Championship moves to the next stage: the quarterfinals. IMs Teddy Coleman, Lawrence Trent, and Carissa Yip defeated IMs Danny Rensch, Kostya Kavutskiy, and Dean Ippolito, respectively.
Schedule Quarterfinals:
- April 29, 2020 at 9:30 a.m. Pacific / 12:30 p.m. Eastern / 18:30 CEST: Kashlinskaya vs. Rosen
- April 29, 2020 at 5:00 p.m. Pacific / 8:30 p.m. Eastern / April 30, 2:30 CEST: Rozman vs. Coleman
- April 30, 2020 at 9:30 a.m. Pacific / 12:30 p.m. Eastern / 18:30 CEST: Bartholomew vs. Trent
- April 30, 2020 at 6:00 p.m. Pacific / 9 p.m. Eastern / May 1, 03:00 CEST: Shahade vs. Yip (tentative)
All matches will have GM commentary and the occasional banter on Twitch.tv/Chess.
Trent-Kavutskiy: 15.5-6.5
This match, played on Friday, had a remarkable start. Trent won the five-minute portion 5-3, but that solid lead was achieved only after winning five in a row and losing the next three!
