2014 Tromsø Chess Olympiad

[Hans Jung]

Re: Tromso Olympiad 2014

Eugenio Torre still plays amazing chess at his age. Congratulations to the Canadian teams for their performances and I hope they enjoyed their Olympic experience this time.

[Wayne Komer]

Tromso Olympiad 2014

Tromso Olympiad 2014

Eleventh and Final Round
August 14, 2014

Match Philippines – Canada Open Board 1
Sadorra, Julio (PHI) - Kovalyov, Anton (CAN)
E46 Nimzo-Indian, Reshevsky Variation

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Ne2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bd2 Nd7 9. g3 c6 10. Bg2 b5 11. O-O Bb7 12. Qc2 a5 13. Rfc1 Rc8 14. Qd1 Qb6 15. b4 axb4 16. Nxd5 cxd5 17. Bxb4 Bxb4 18. axb4 Rc4 19. Qd2 Rfc8 20. Nf4 Rxc1+ 21. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 22. Qxc1 Qc6 23. Qa3 Qa6 24. Qc3 Qc6 25. Qa3 Qa6 26. Qc1 Qc6 27. Qd1 Qc3 28. Nd3 Nf6 29. Bf1 Ne4 30. Qh5 Qc7 31. Nc5 Nxc5 32. dxc5 Bc6 33. Bd3 h6 34. Qe2 Qd7 35. Qb2 f6 36. f4 Kf7 37. Qe2 Kf8 38. Qg4 e5 39. Qxd7 ½-½

Match Philippines – Canada Open Board 2
Hansen, Eric (CAN) – Gomez, John (PHI)
C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defence

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. h3 a6 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. Re1 Re8 10. Be3 Bxe3 11. Rxe3 c5 12. Nbd2 Be6 13. Qc2 Nh5 14. d4 Nf4 15. Kh2 Qf6 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. Nb3 Qe7 18. Na5 f6 19. Rd1 c4 20. Nd2 Qc5 21. Ndxc4 Qf8 22. b3 Qf7 23. Nb2 c5 24. Nac4 Red8 25. Nb6 Rab8 26. Rxd8+ Rxd8 27. c4 f5 28. N6a4 fxe4 29. Qxe4 Nxh3 30. Rxh3 Bxh3 31. Qh4 Rd4 32. Qxh3 Qxf2 33. Nd3 Qf6 34. Qe3 e4 35. Nf2 Qh6+ 36. Qxh6 gxh6 37. Ng4 h5 38. Nh6+ Kh8 39. Nf5 Rd2 40. Nxc5 Rf2 41. Ne3 Re2 42. Nd5 e3 43. a4 a5 44. Kg3 Kg7 45. Ne4 Rb2 46. c5 h4+ 47. Kf3 e2 48. Kf2 e1=Q+ 49. Kxe1 Rxg2 50. Ne3 Rg6 51. Nf5+ Kf8 52. Kf2 h3 53. Nfg3 Ke8 54. Kg1 Kd7 55. Kh2 Rh6 56. Nf5 Re6 57. Nfd6 Rh6 58. Nc4 Re6 59. Ncd6 Rh6 60. Nc4 Re6 61. Ng5 Re2+ 62. Kxh3 Kc6 63. Nxa5+ Kxc5 64. Nc4 Kb4 65. Nf3 Kxb3 66. Nd4+ Kxa4 67. Nxe2 h5 68. Kh4 Kb4 69. Ne3 Kc5 70. Nf5 Kd5 71. Nfg3 Ke5 72. Ng1 Kf4 73. Nh3+ Kf3 74. Nf5 Kg2 75. Nd4 Kf1 76. Ng5 Kf2 77. Nf5 Ke2 78. Nh3 Kf3 79. Kg5 h4 80. Kh5 Ke4 81. Kg4 Ke5 82. Nxh4 ½-½

Match Philippines – Canada Open Board 3
Torre, Eugenio (PHI) – Gerzhoy, Leonid (CAN)
D00 Queen’s Pawn, Mason Variation

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 e6 3. e3 Bd6 4. Bxd6 cxd6 5. Nd2 Nf6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. c3 O-O 8. Ne2 e5 9. O-O Bg4 10. f3 Bh5 11. Ng3 Bg6 12. Bxg6 hxg6 13. f4 b5 14. f5 g5 15. Nh5 Na5 16. b3 Rc8 17. Rc1 Re8 18. Qf3 e4 19. Qe2 Nxh5 20. Qxh5 Qf6 21. h4 gxh4 22. Rf4 Kf8 23. Rxh4 Ke7 24. Rf4 Rh8 25. Qe2 a6 26. a4 Rh4 27. Rxh4 Qxh4 28. axb5 Rh8 29. Nf1 axb5 30. Ra1 Nxb3 31. Rb1 Na5 32. Rxb5 Nc4 33. Rxd5 Nb6 34. Rb5 Nd7 35. Rb7 Qh1+ 36. Kf2 Qh4+ 37. Ng3 Ra8 38. Qb5 Rd8 39. Qd5 Kf8 40. Qxd6+ Ke8 41. Qd5 Qf6 42. Nxe4 Qh4+ 43. Ng3 Qf6 44. Qb5 Qd6 45. c4 Ra8 46. Ne4 Qe7 47. f6 Qe6 48. fxg7 1-0

Match Philippines – Canada Open Board 4
Sambuev, Bator (CAN) – Gonzales, Jayson (PHI)
D12 QGD Slav, 4.e3 Bf5

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 c6 4. c4 Bf5 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nh4 Bg4 7. Qb3 Ra7 8. h3 Bc8 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. f4 Nc6 11. Bd3 e6 12. Nf3 Nd7 13. O-O f5 14. g4 g6 15. gxf5 gxf5 16. Kh2 Nf6 17. Rg1 b5 18. Bd2 Na5 19. Qd1 Nc4 20. Qe2 Bg7 21. Be1 O-O 22. Bh4 Qe8 23. b3 Nd6 24. Ne5 Kh8 25. Rac1 Nfe4 26. Nb1 Bd7 27. a3 a5 28. Rg2 a4 29. Rcg1 Bc8 30. bxa4 bxa4 31. Be1 Rg8 32. Bb4 h6 33. Nd2 Rc7 34. Ndf3 Kh7 35. Rg6 Nf7 36. Bb5 Qd8 37. Ba5 Nxe5 38. Nxe5 Nc3 39. Qh5 Nxb5 40. Nf7 Rxf7 41. Bxd8 Nd6 42. Bg5 1-0

PHI – CAN 2 – 2
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Match Canada – Slovakia Women Board 1
Yuan, Yuanling (CAN) – Repkova, Eva (SVK)
C11 French Defence

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 a6 6. Nf3 c5 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Qd2 b5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bd3 d4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Ne4 Qh4+ 13. Bf2 Qg4 14. Bxd4 Bxd4 15. Nd6+ Ke7 16. Be4 Bxb2 17. Rb1 Ra7 18. Rxb2 Rc7 19. O-O Nc5 20. h3 Qg3 21. Nf5+ exf5 22. Qd6+ Ke8 23. Bc6+ Bd7 24. Qxc7 Qe3+ 25. Kh1 Qd4 26. Bxd7+ Nxd7 27. Rbb1 Qc5 28. Qb7 Ke7 29. Rbd1 Qc8 30. Qa7 Rd8 31. Rd6 Qxc2 32. Rfd1 Qc8 33. Qd4 1-0

Match Canada – Slovakia Women Board 2
Stockova, Zuzana (SVK) – Khoudgarian, Natalia (CAN)
C16 French, Winawer, Advance Variation

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 b6 5. Qg4 Bf8 6. Bg5 Qd7 7. Nf3 Ba6 8. Bxa6 Nxa6 9. a3 c5 10. O-O h6 11. Qh3 Ne7 12. Rad1 Ng6 13. Bc1 Be7 14. Rfe1 c4 15. b3 cxb3 16. cxb3 Rc8 17. Ne2 O-O 18. Ng3 Kh7 19. Nh5 Rh8 20. Qg4 Rc3 21. Nd2 Nc7 22. b4 Nb5 23. a4 Nc7 24. b5 a6 25. Nf1 axb5 26. axb5 Nxb5 27. Nfg3 Rhc8 28. Be3 Na3 29. Rf1 Nc2 30. Ne2 Rxe3 31. fxe3 Nxe3 32. Qf3 Bg5 33. Qxf7 Qxf7 34. Rxf7 Nxd1 35. Rxg7+ Kh8 36. Rxg6 Rc2 37. h4 Be3+ 38. Kf1 b5 39. Rxe6 Nc3 40. Nxc3 Rxc3 41. Nf6 Kg7 42. Nxd5 Rc1+ 43. Ke2 Bxd4 44. Re7+ Kf8 45. e6 Be5 46. Rf7+ Ke8 47. Ra7 Ra1 48. Re7+ Kf8 49. Rf7+ Ke8 50. Re7+ Kf8 51. Rb7 Ra6 52. e7+ Kf7 53. e8=Q+ Kxe8 54. Re7+ Kd8 55. Rxe5 Kd7 56. Nb4 Rb6 57. g4 Rf6 58. Ke3 Rf1 59. Rxb5 Rb1 60. Kf4 Rf1+ 61. Ke5 Rh1 62. h5 1-0

Match Canada – Slovakia Women Board 3
Botez, Alexandra (CAN) – Kochetkova, Julia (SVK)
E11 Bogo-Indian Defence, Nimzowitsch Variation

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Bd2 Qe7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Nbxd2 d6 7. e3 b6 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. O-O c5 10. b4 Nbd7 11. Qc2 O-O 12. Ng5 h6 13. Nh3 Rac8 14. Qb1 Rfd8 15. Re1 Ba8 16. f3 d5 17. dxc5 bxc5 18. b5 Ne5 19. Bf1 Nfd7 20. Nf2 dxc4 21. f4 Nb6 22. Ra2 Nd3 23. Nxd3 cxd3 24. Bxd3 c4 25. Bc2 Nd5 26. Qa1 Nxf4 27. exf4 Qc5+ 28. Kh1 Bxg2+ 29. Kxg2 Rxd2+ 30. Kh1 Qf2 31. Bh7+ Kxh7 32. Qb1+ Kg8 33. Rxd2 Qxd2 34. a4 Qxf4 35. a5 Qf3+ 36. Kg1 Rc5 0-1

Match Canada – Slovakia Women Board 4
Machalova, Veronika (SVK) – Zhou, Qiyu (CAN)
C88 Ruy Lopez, Closed

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 Rb8 9. c3 O-O 10. axb5 axb5 11. h3 b4 12. Bd5 Qd7 13. Bb3 Bb7 14. d3 h6 15. Nbd2 Ra8 16. Rxa8 Bxa8 17. Nc4 Qc8 18. Ne3 Qb7 19. Nf5 bxc3 20. bxc3 Rb8 21. Bc2 Bf8 22. Nh2 Ne7 23. g4 Nh7 24. h4 d5 25. Nf1 Nxf5 26. gxf5 Qc6 27. Bd2 Be7 28. Qg4 Rb2 29. Bd1 dxe4 30. dxe4 Qf6 31. h5 Bc6 32. Bc1 Rb8 33. Bc2 Qh4 34. Qxh4 Bxh4 35. Nh2 Bg5 36. Nf3 Bxc1 37. Rxc1 f6 38. Ra1 Be8 39. Ra7 Bxh5 40. Nh4 c6 41. Ba4 Be8 42. Ng6 Bxg6 43. fxg6 Nf8 44. Bxc6 Nxg6 45. c4 Kf8 46. Bd5 Ne7 47. c5 Rc8 48. Be6 Rb8 49. Bd7 g6 50. c6 Nc8 51. Rb7 Ra8 52. Be6 Nd6 53. Rh7 Ra1+ 54. Kg2 Rc1 55. c7 Ke8 56. Rh8+ Ke7 57. c8=Q Nxc8 58. Rxc8 Rxc8 59. Bxc8 Kd6 60. Kf3 Kc5 61. Ke3 Kd6 62. Kd3 h5 63. Bh3 Kc5 64. Be6 h4 65. Bh3 Kb4 66. Bg4 Kc5 67. Ke3 Kc4 68. Be6+ Kc3 69. Bf7 g5 70. Be6 Kc2 71. Bg4 Kc3 72. Bh3 Kc2 73. Kf3 Kd3 74. Bf5 Kd2 75. Be6 Ke1 76. Bh3 Kd2 77. Bf5 Ke1 78. Bh3 Kd2 79. Bf5 ½-½

CAN – SVK 1.5 – 2.5

[Kerry Liles]

Re: Re : Re: Tromso Chess 2014

Kudos to Hungary for their silver medal but it's a little sad that they chose to sit Judit Polger the final 3 rounds ):

Given the fact that her 'retirement' seems official now (I guess?) perhaps it was her decision not the Team Captain?
I don't know if it matters who made the decision, but her retirement does put a little spin on it.

[Jack Maguire]

Re: Re : Re: Tromso Chess 2014

Kudos to Hungary for their silver medal but it's a little sad that they chose to sit Judit Polger the final 3 rounds ):

[Steve Douglas]

Re: Re : Re: Tromso Chess 2014

Not really. The pawn was blocked with the king instead of the knight. No way to win in 50 moves.

http://www.chesscafe.com/text/mueller36.pdf

After Black's 60th move it is a forced mate in 95 moves. During that series of forced moves, the pawn will move (twice) before the 50-move rule kicks in.

After Blacks 81st move, 12 moves later, there is still the forced mate, but now it's 92 moves. In that line the pawn will move at the 45 move into it so again the 50-move rule wouldn't affect things.

That all said, given that Eric had already gone astray between moves 69 and 81, and that he was very short on time, I think it's quite reasonable for him to just take the draw.

Steve

[Felix Dumont]

Re : Re: Re : Re: Tromso Chess 2014

That's quite possible. I also read this article a while ago (and I don't have the time to analyze the position in depth at this point), but the line the database gives forces Black to move a pawn before 50 moves (it might not be correct, as computers often do not take into account the 50 moves rules). I don't know if it's the best line, but then again White can't lose so he could just try and hope for a mistake by his opponent.

The position is very similar to 36.05 M.Malo Quiros - E.Rozentalis, which Black won.

[Rene Preotu]

Re: Re : Re: Tromso Chess 2014

Well... He didn't even try to win and took the pawn. Obviously it's extremely hard to win, but I don't see what's wrong in trying (especially in the last round).

Not really. The pawn was blocked with the king instead of the knight. No way to win in 50 moves.

http://www.chesscafe.com/text/mueller36.pdf

[Jack Maguire]

Re: Tromso Olympiad 2014

Australia, the #60 seed, will play on board #14 Thursday against Germany. Kudos to the Australian Chess Federation for having the cajones to send only their #20 FIDE rated player, but by far their youngest top player, 13-year-old Anton Smirnov. All that he's done in Tromso is score 7/8 (6 wins and 2 draws). Daniel King interviewed Anton after his latest win today.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxp76c1BPxY

Smirnov drew another GM today and Australia held a draw against Germany. A very nice tournament by the #60 seed, Australia, and especially their 13-year-old star, Smirnov.

[Felix Dumont]

Re : Re: Tromso Chess 2014

Well... He didn't even try to win and took the pawn. Obviously it's extremely hard to win, but I don't see what's wrong in trying (especially in the last round).

[Hugh Brodie]

Re: Tromso Chess 2014

If the clocks are accurate, Eric is running very short on time - but now, it's mate in 86, so he's making progress. :-)

[Felix Dumont]

Re : Susan Polgar asks: What's it like to beat a World Champion?

If Eric knows well (very well) his endgames, he could give Canada the victory today. But he is playing one of the most difficult endings possible (if not the most difficult). Two knights against a pawn. Charbonneau (?) failed to win this endgame at the Quebec Open a few years ago.

The engine says mate in 95 (probably with the help of a tablebase)...

[Nigel Hanrahan]

Susan Polgar asks: What's it like to beat a World Champion?

Susan Polgar, gracious as always, asks Croatian GM Ivan Saric "What's it like to beat a World Champion?"

Croatian GM Ivan Saric

[Jack Maguire]

Re: Tromso Olympiad 2014

Australia, the #60 seed, will play on board #14 Thursday against Germany. Kudos to the Australian Chess Federation for having the cajones to send only their #20 FIDE rated player, but by far their youngest top player, 13-year-old Anton Smirnov. All that he's done in Tromso is score 7/8 (6 wins and 2 draws). Daniel King interviewed Anton after his latest win today.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxp76c1BPxY

[Wayne Komer]

Re: Tromso Olympiad 2014

Tromso Olympiad 2014

Round Ten
August 12, 2014

Canada – Belgium Match Open Board 1
Kovalyov, Anton (CAN) – Winants, Luc (BEL)
E00 Catalan Opening

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.d4 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Bxd2+ 6.Nbxd2 O-O 7.Bg2 b6 8.cxd5 exd5 9.O-O Bb7 10.Rc1 Nbd7 11.b4 c6 12.Qb3 Qe7 13.Rfe1 Rfd8 14.a3 a5 15.Nh4 axb4 16.axb4 Qf8 17.e4 dxe4 18.Nxe4 Nd5 19.Nf5 Qxb4 20.Qf3 N7f6 21.Nxf6+ Nxf6 22.Re7 Qb2 23.Rce1 Ra1 24.Rf1 Ba6 25.Nh6+ gxh6 26.Qxf6 Rf8 27.Re4 Bd3 28.Rg4+ Bg6 29.h4 h5 30.Rg5 Re8 31.g4 Rxf1+ 32.Bxf1 Re1 33.gxh5 Qa3 34.hxg6 hxg6 35.Re5 Rxe5 36.dxe5 Qc3 37.Qg5 Qf3 38.Bg2 Qd1+ 39.Kh2 c5 40.f4 c4 41.e6 Qe2 42.e7 c3 43.Qe5 1-0

Canada – Belgium Match Open Board 2
Michiels, Bart (BEL) – Hansen, Eric (CAN)
D76 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.cxd5 Nxd5

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.O-O Nc6 8.Nc3 Nb6 9.e3 Re8 10.Re1 a5 11.Qe2 Be6 12.Nd2 Nb4 13.Rd1 c6 14.a3 N4d5 15.Nce4 Bf5 16.Nc5 e5 17.dxe5 Bc2 18.Re1 Qe7 19.Nde4 Bxe4 20.Nxe4 Qxe5 21.Qc2 a4 22.Rb1 Qe7 23.Bd2 Nd7 24.Red1 Ne5 25.Nc5 b5 26.Nd3 Nc4 27.Nb4 Nxb4 28.Bxb4 Qe6 29.Bf1 Ne5 30.Be2 Red8 31.Bc3 h5 32.Rxd8+ Rxd8 33.Rd1 Rxd1+ 34.Qxd1 Qd7 35.Bxe5 Qxd1+ 36.Bxd1 Bxe5 37.Bf3 c5 38.Bc6 Bxb2 39.Bxb5 Bxa3 40.Bxa4 Kg7 41.Bb3 Kf6 1/2-1/2

Canada – Belgium Match Open Board 3
Gerzhoy, Leonid (CAN) – Ringoir, Tanguy (BEL)
A29 English, Bremen, Reverse Dragon

1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Nc3 Nb6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.Rb1 a5 9.d3 Be6 10.b3 O-O 11.Na4 f6 12.Nxb6 cxb6 13.Bb2 Bc5 14.Rc1 Qd7 15.Nd2 Rac8 16.Ne4 Qe7 17.e3 Ba3 18.Qe2 Bxb2 19.Qxb2 Nb4 20.Qe2 Qd7 21.d4 exd4 22.exd4 Rxc1 23.Rxc1 Re8 24.Qd2 Rd8 25.Rd1 Bd5 26.Nc3 Bxg2 27.Kxg2 Nd5 28.Nxd5 Qxd5+ 29.Kg1 Re8 30.Re1 Rxe1+ 31.Qxe1 Kf7 32.Qc3 Qc6 33.Qd3 Qd5 34.h4 h6 35.a4 Ke6 36.Kf1 g5 37.hxg5 hxg5 38.Ke2 Kd6 39.Kd2 g4 40.Qe3 Kd7 41.Qd3 Kd6 42.Kc3 Qh1 43.Kb2 Qe1 44.Qc2 Qb4 45.Qd3 b5 46.axb5 a4 47.Qc4 Qd2+ 48.Ka3 axb3 49.Qc5+ Kd7 50.Qd5+ Kc7 51.Qc5+ Kd7 52.Qd5+ 1/2-1/2

Canada – Belgium Match Open Board 4
Docz, Stefan (BEL) – Sambuev, Bator (CAN)
D30 QGD (also Catalan and Dutch!)

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c6 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 b5 6.a4 Bb7 7.O-O Nd7 8.b3 cxb3 9.Qxb3 b4 10.Ne5 Nxe5 11.dxe5 a5 12.Rd1 Qc7 13.Nd2 Ne7 14.Nc4 Nd5 15.Bb2 c5 16.Rac1 O-O-O 17.e4 Nb6 18.Rxd8+ Qxd8 19.Nxa5 Qc7 20.Nxb7 Kxb7 21.Bf1 Be7 22.a5 Nd7 23.Qa4 Rc8 24.Bd4 Ka8 25.f4 Nb8 26.Bf2 Nc6 27.Ba6 Rb8 28.Bb5 Na7 29.Bc4 Qc6 30.Qb3 Nb5 31.f5 Na3 32.Bf1 Rc8 33.f6 gxf6 34.exf6 Bf8 35.e5 Kb8 36.Bg2 c4 37.Qd1 Qb5 38.Qf3 Bc5 39.Bxc5 Qxc5+ 40.Kh1 Qa7 41.Qd1 Nb5 42.Qg4 Qe3 43.Rf1 b3 44.Qh5 Qa7 45.Qxh7 c3 46.Qd3 Qa6 0-1

CAN – BEL 3-1
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Austria - Canada Match Women Board 1
Moser, Eva (AUT) – Yuan Yuanling (CAN)
A29 English, Bremen, Smyslov

1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 Nc6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O d6 7.d3 Bxc3 8.bxc3 h6 9.Ne1 Bd7 10.Rb1 Qc8 11.f4 exf4 12.gxf4 Rb8 13.e4 Bh3 14.Rb2 Qg4 15.Rf3 Nh7 16.Kh1 Bxg2+ 17.Rxg2 Qh5 18.Rxg7+ Kxg7 19.Rg3+ Qg6 20.f5 Qxg3 21.hxg3 Nf6 22.Bxh6+ Kxh6 23.Qd2+ Kh7 24.Qg5 Ne8 25.Qh5+ Kg7 26.Qg5+ Kh7 27.Qh4+ Kg8 28.Qg4+ Kh7 29.Qh4+ Kg8 30.f6 Ne5 31.Ng2 Ng6 32.Qg5 Kh7 33.Qh5+ Kg8 34.Qg5 Kh7 35.Qh5+ Kg8 36.Ne3 Nxf6 37.Qh6 Rfd8 38.g4 Ne8 39.g5 d5 40.exd5 Rd6 41.c5 Ra6 42.Ng4 Rd8 43.d6 Nf8 44.Qh5 Rd7 45.Nh6+ Kg7 46.Nf5+ Kg8 47.Qe2 Ne6 48.g6 N8g7 49.Nh6+ Kf8 50.Nxf7 cxd6 51.Qf2 dxc5 52.Ne5+ Ke8 53.Nxd7 Kxd7 54.Qg2 Kc7 55.Qh2+ Rd6 56.Kg1 Kd7 57.Qg2 Kc8 58.Qe4 Nf8 59.Qe7 Rxg6+ 60.Kf1 Nd7 61.d4 cxd4 62.cxd4 Rf6+ 63.Kg1 Nf5 64.Qe4 Nd6 65.Qc2+ Kb8 66.Qh2 a6 67.Qh3 Nf5 68.Qh7 Kc7 69.d5 Ne3 70.Qe4 Nf5 71.Qc2+ Kb8 72.Qe4 Nd6 73.Qh7 Rf7 74.Qh2 Kc7 75.Qc2+ Kb6 76.Qb1+ Ka7 77.Qg6 Rf6 78.Qg7 Rf7 79.Qg6 Nf6 80.Kf2 Nxd5+ 81.Ke1 Re7+ 82.Kd1 Ne3+ 83.Kd2 Nec4+ 84.Kd3 Ne5+ 0-1

Austria – Canada Match Women Board 2
Khoudgarian, Natalia (CAN) – Exler, Veronika (AUT)
C47 Four Knights, Scotch Variation

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Bb4 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bd3 d5 8.exd5 cxd5 9.O-O O-O 10.h3 Rb8 11.Bg5 c6 12.Qf3 Re8 13.Bxf6 Qxf6 14.Qxf6 gxf6 15.Ne2 Bd6 16.b3 c5 17.c4 d4 18.Ng3 Bxg3 19.fxg3 Kg7 20.Rae1 Bb7 21.Rxe8 Rxe8 22.Kf2 Re3 23.Rd1 a5 24.Bf5 h6 25.Rd2 Kf8 26.Rd3 Re5 27.g4 Ke7 28.Rd2 Kd6 29.Bd3 Re3 30.Bf5 Bc6 31.Rd3 Re7 32.a3 Rb7 33.a4 Ke5 34.Bc8 Be4 35.Bxb7 Bxd3 36.Bc6 Bc2 37.Ke2 Kf4 38.b4 cxb4 39.c5 Ke5 40.Kd2 Bb3 41.g3 Bd5 42.Bb5 Bg2 43.h4 Kd5 44.c6 Kd6 45.Kd3 Bxc6 46.Bc4 Kc5 47.Bb3 Bd7 48.Bxf7 Bxa4 49.g5 fxg5 50.h5 Bc6 0-1

Austria – Canada Match Women Board 3
Newrkla, Katharina (AUT) – Botez, Alexandra (CAN)
C11 French, Steinitz, Boleslavsky Variation

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3 a6 8.Qd2 b5 9.a3 Qb6 10.Ne2 Rb8 11.g4 h5 12.gxh5 Rxh5 13.Ng3 Rh8 14.h4 cxd4 15.Nxd4 Nxd4 16.Bxd4 Qc7 17.Bd3 Nc5 18.h5 Bd7 19.h6 Rxh6 20.Rxh6 gxh6 21.Nh5 Kd8 22.Qg2 Nxd3+ 23.cxd3 Be8 24.Qg8 Be7 25.Ng7 Qc6 26.Bc3 d4 27.Ba5+ Kd7 28.Nxe8 Qh1+ 29.Ke2 Qh2+ 30.Kf3 Rxe8 31.Qg1 Qh5+ 32.Qg4 Qxg4+ 33.Kxg4 Rc8 34.Bb6 Rc2 35.Bxd4 Rd2 36.Rh1 Rxd3 37.Bc3 Bxa3 38.Rxh6 b4 39.Be1 Bxb2 40.Bxb4 Rd4 41.Bf8 Bc1 42.Rf6 Ke8 43.Bc5 Rc4 44.Bb6 Bd2 45.Kf3 a5 46.f5 Bg5 47.fxe6 Bxf6 48.exf6 a4 49.exf7+ Kxf7 50.Ke3 a3 51.Kd3 Rc6 52.Bd4 Rd6 0-1

Austria – Canada Match Women Board 4
Zhou, Qiyu (CAN) - Novkovic, Julia (AUT)
B60 Sicilian, Richter - Rauzer, Larsen Variation

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 Bd7 7.Be2 Rc8 8.O-O a6 9.Kh1 e6 10.Qd2 h6 11.Be3 Ne5 12.f4 Neg4 13.Bg1 h5 14.Bf3 Qc7 15.Rae1 Be7 16.Qe2 Qc4 17.e5 dxe5 18.fxe5 Nd5 19.Qxc4 Rxc4 20.Nxd5 exd5 21.Bxd5 Rc5 22.Bxf7+ Kd8 23.e6 Bc6 24.Nf5 Rxc2 25.Bb6+ 1-0

AUT – CAN 1-3

Eleventh and Final Round Thursday August 14

[Wayne Komer]

Re: Tromso Olympiad 2014

Tromso Olympiad 2014

Round Nine
August 11, 2014

Brazil – Canada Match Open, Board 1
Leitao, Rafael (BRA) – Kovalyov, Anton (CAN)
E06 Catalan, Closed

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 c6 5.Bg2 d5 6.O-O Be7 7.Qc2 O-O 8.Rd1 Nbd7 9.b3 a5 10.Nbd2 Bb7 11.e4 a4 12.Bb2 a3 13.Bc3 Qb8 14.e5 Ne8 15.b4 dxc4 16.Nxc4 Nc7 17.Rab1 Rd8 18.Bd2 h6 19.Rb3 Nb5 20.Qb1 Ra4 21.Rc1 Qa8 22.Be3 c5 23.bxc5 Be4 24.Qa1 Bxf3 25.Bxf3 Qxf3 26.Rxb5 bxc5 27.dxc5 Qe2 28.c6 Rxc4 29.Re1 Qf3 30.cxd7 Rxd7 31.Rb8+ Kh7 32.Qb1+ Qe4 33.Qb5 Rcd4 34.Qb1 Rd3 35.Rb3 Qf5 36.Rxd3 Rxd3 37.Qb7 Bd8 38.Qb1 Ba5 39.Rd1 Rxd1+ 40.Qxd1 Bc3 41.Bc5 Bb2 42.Qb3 Qxe5 43.Bxa3 Qe1+ 44.Kg2 Qe4+ 45.Kg1 Bd4 46.Qd1 e5 47.Bc1 f5 48.a4 Qb1 49.Qd2 Qb3 50.a5 Qf3 51.a6 Qc6 52.Bb2 Qxa6 53.Bxd4 exd4 54.Qxd4 Qc6 55.h4 1/2-1/2

Brazil – Canada Match Open Board 2
Hansen, Eric (CAN) – Fier, Alexandr (BRA)
B48 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 a6 7.Qd2 Nf6 8.O-O-O Bb4 9.f3 O-O 10.g4 b5 11.Kb1 Rd8 12.g5 Ne8 13.h4 Bb7 14.a3 Nxd4 15.axb4 Nxf3 16.Qf2 Ne5 17.Bb6 Qb8 18.Bxd8 Qxd8 19.Be2 d6 20.Rhf1 a5 21.Qd4 Nc6 22.Qf2 Qe7 23.Nxb5 axb4 24.Nd4 Ne5 25.Qe3 Qc7 26.Nb3 Rc8 27.Rd2 Qc6 28.Na5 Qxe4 29.Qxe4 Bxe4 30.Rf4 d5 31.Rxe4 dxe4 32.Rd4 Nf3 33.Rxb4 Nd6 34.Rb6 Nf5 35.Nc6 h6 36.gxh6 N3d4 37.Nxd4 Nxd4 38.Ba6 e3 39.hxg7 e2 40.Bxe2 Nxe2 41.Rb4 f5 0-1

Brazil – Canada Match Open Board 3
Mekhitarian Krikor (BRA) – Sambuev, Bator (CAN)
A07 Reti, King’s Indian Attack, Keres Variation

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Bg4 3.Bg2 Nd7 4.O-O Ngf6 5.d3 e5 6.Nbd2 Bd6 7.h3 Bxf3 8.Bxf3 O-O 9.Bg2 Qe7 10.e4 dxe4 11.dxe4 b5 12.Qe2 a6 13.Rd1 Nc5 14.Nf1 Ne6 15.Ne3 g6 16.c3 c6 17.Bd2 Rfd8 18.h4 Bc7 19.Nc2 Rd6 20.Be3 Rad8 21.Nb4 a5 22.Rxd6 Rxd6 23.Nd3 Rd7 24.Rd1 Qd8 25.Bh3 Qe8 26.Bg5 Nh5 27.Bxe6 Qxe6 28.Nc5 Qc4 29.Qxc4 Rxd1+ 30.Qf1 Rxf1+ 31.Kxf1 f6 32.Be3 Kf7 33.Ke2 a4 34.c4 f5 35.Na6 Bd6 36.c5 Be7 37.exf5 gxf5 38.Nb4 f4 39.gxf4 Nxf4+ 40.Kf3 Bxh4 41.Nxc6 Nd3 42.Na7 Ke6 43.c6 Bd8 44.Nxb5 Ba5 45.b3 axb3 46.axb3 h5 47.Ke4 h4 48.c7 Kd7 49.Kxd3 Bxc7 50.Ke2 Ba5 51.Kf3 Kc6 52.Na3 Kd5 53.Kg4 Ke4 54.Kxh4 Kd3 55.Nc4 Be1 56.Kg4 Kc2 57.Nd2 1-0

Brazil – Canada Match Open Board 4
Hambleton, Aman (CAN) – El Debs, Felipe (BRA)
D12 QGD Slav, 4.e3 Bf5
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Be4 7.f3 Bg6 8.Qb3 Qc7 9.Nxg6 hxg6 10.Bd2 Be7 11.Be2 dxc4 12.Bxc4 Nbd7 13.g3 b5 14.Be2 a6 15.Rc1 c5 16.dxc5 Bxc5 17.Kf2 Qd6 18.Qc2 Rc8 19.Kg2 O-O 20.Rhd1 Qb8 21.Qb1 Qb6 22.e4 Ne5 23.f4 Neg4 24.e5 Bb4 25.Rf1 Rfd8 26.Rcd1 Rxd2 27.Rxd2 Ne3+ 28.Kh3 Nxf1 29.Bxf1 Bxc3 30.Rd6 Qf2 31.exf6 Bb4 32.Rxe6 fxe6 33.Qxg6 Qxf1+ 34.Kh4 Rc7 35.Qe8+ Bf8 36.Qxe6+ Rf7 37.fxg7 Bxg7 0-1

BRA – CAN 3.5 – 0.5
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Lebanon – Canada Match Women Board 1
Mouradian, Knarik (LIB) – Yuan, Yuanling (CAN)
B22 Sicilian, Alapin

1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Nbd2 cxd4 7.cxd4 e6 8.Bc4 Qa5 9.Qb3 Qc7 10.Ne5 Nc6 11.Bb5 Bf5 12.O-O Bd6 13.Ndc4 O-O 14.Bxc6 bxc6 15.Nxd6 Qxd6 16.Qc4 Rac8 17.b4 Rfd8 18.Be3 Nd7 19.Nxd7 Rxd7 20.Rac1 Be4 21.Qc5 Bd5 22.Qxd6 Rxd6 23.a3 Rd7 24.Rc5 Rb7 25.h3 Kf8 26.Rfc1 Rd8 27.Ra5 Ke7 28.Rac5 Kd7 29.Bg5 Rc8 30.Bf4 Rb5 1/2-1/2

Lebanon – Canada Match Women Board 2
Botez, Alexandra (CAN) – Nekrasova, Elena (LIB)
D27 QGA, Classical, Rubinstein Variation

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 dxc4 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 a6 6.a4 c5 7.O-O Nc6 8.Qe2 cxd4 9.Rd1 Be7 10.exd4 O-O 11.Nc3 Nb4 12.Ne5 Bd7 13.Bf4 Bc6 14.Nxc6 bxc6 15.Rac1 Nfd5 16.Be5 Re8 17.Ne4 a5 18.Nc5 Ra7 19.Ra1 Bf8 20.Ra3 f6 21.Bg3 e5 22.Re3 Bxc5 23.dxc5 Qe7 24.Rc3 Kh8 25.Rcc1 Rd7 26.h3 Red8 27.Qg4 Nc7 28.Rxd7 Rxd7 29.Rd1 Rxd1+ 30.Qxd1 Ncd5 31.Qg4 g5 1/2-1/2

Lebanon – Canada Match Women Board 3
Jalloul, Maya (LIB) – Zhou, Qiyu (CAN)
A25 English, Sicilian Reversed

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 Bc5 4.Bg2 a6 5.e3 d6 6.Nge2 Nge7 7.O-O h5 8.d4 exd4 9.exd4 Ba7 10.h3 Nf5 11.Re1 O-O 12.d5 Ne5 13.b3 Qf6 14.Bf4 h4 15.Ne4 Qg6 16.Kh2 Nh6 17.Nd4 f5 18.Ng5 Qf6 19.Nde6 Bxe6 20.Nxe6 Bxf2 21.Nxf8 hxg3+ 22.Kh1 Rxf8 23.Rf1 g5 24.Bxe5 dxe5 25.Qf3 g4 26.Qe2 f4 0-1

Lebanon – Canada Match Women Board 4
Starr, Nava (CAN) – Makhlouf, Youmna (LIB)
C00 French, Reti (Spielmann) Variation

1.e4 e6 2.b3 d5 3.Bb2 dxe4 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Qe2 Be7 6.Nxe4 O-O 7.Nf3 b6 8.O-O-O a5 9.a4 Ba6 10.Nxf6+ Bxf6 11.Qe4 Nd7 12.d4 Bxf1 13.Rhxf1 b5 14.axb5 a4 15.Rd3 axb3 16.Rxb3 Nb6 17.Ne5 Ra4 18.Ra3 Qd6 19.Rb3 Rfa8 20.Kb1 Be7 21.Qc6 Qd8 22.Qf3 Qf8 23.Rd1 f6 24.Nc6 Bd6 25.Rdd3 Nc4 26.Bc3 Na3+ 27.Kc1 Nc4 28.Kb1 Na3+ 29.Kc1 Nc4 30.Rb1 Na3 1/2-1/2

LIB – CAN 1.5 – 2.5