International Master Larry Kaufman of Maryland is leading the World Senior Championship now taking place in Bad Zwischenahn, Germany.
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After ten rounds of play, Kaufman leads with 8 1/2 points. There are four players with 8.
Only one round remains. In the last round, Kaufman has white against Alexander Zakharov. If Kaufman wins, he is World Senior Champion. Even if he only draws, that guarantees at least a tie for first.
There are nine grandmasters in the tournament. If Kaufman wins, he is automatically awarded the grandmaster title.
Sam Sloan
In the last round, Kaufman agreed to a 16 move draw, thereby guaranteeing at least a tie for first.
Uhlmann lost but it seems that Suba is winning or has won, so Kaufman and Suba have tied for first with 9-2 each.
The rules state about tie-breaks, “If two or more players are tied, the sum of progressive scores.”
Unfortunately, Suba was a half point ahead of Kaufman during three of the early rounds, so I believe that Suba wins on tie-breaks, assuming that he wins his last round game.
Sam Sloan
It has been announced that Larry Kaufman won the World Senior Championship on tie-breaking points, after being tied with Mikhail Suba of Romania.
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I certainly am glad that my friend Kaufman won. However, when I calculated the tie-breaking points, my friend Suba came out one point ahead.
Would somebody explain how the tie-breaking system works?
This easily explains why Kaufman took a quick draw with White in the last round.
Sam Sloan