2014 Tromsø Chess Olympiad

[Wayne Komer]

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Olympiad Tweets

Mostly from chessintweets.com

Tarjel J. Svensen : When Russia is facing Norway2 in the 9th round of the Chess Olympiad, it’s a clear sign that things are not (going) quite according to plan

- Both Akobian and Kamsky have been disappointing. Unfortunately you can bench only one of them.

- Yeah it’s just over, Czech Republic won 3-effing-1 against Russia. This is quite a dangerous result. Now we’re waiting for the Russian Chess Federation to sue the Czechs.

Kasparov: "The Russian CF throws a brick through your window. Then they knock on the door asking for the brick back."

#TromsoPickUpLines, so in case you need a pickup line at the party try this one: @Chessninja: “I’d love to buy you a drink but a beer here costs the average monthly salary in my country.”

- This Canadian team is impressively young. @MickeyAdamsGM was rated 2620 in 1992, when Hambleton, Hansen & Kovalyov were born.

- I honestly thought the United States would defeat Canada in the Chess Olympiad today…the big ouch. @SusanPolgar: “US lucky to tie Canada. Nakamura was near losing”.

And lastly, from Andy Stoker watching the Olympiad on the telly in England:

Flip me ... we were looking like we'd lose convincingly to Canada. India was 1 wicket down. I went out and dug the garden ... 7 wickets fell (Oh, 8 now) and some very odd things happened in the chess.

[Steve Douglas]

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Thanks Wayne. Some of those are priceless.

Steve

[Jack Maguire]

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Magnus Carlsen's 1st trainer, Torbjorn Ringdal Hansen, a 2450 FIDE IM playing the 3rd board for Norway 2, is having a remarkable tournament. After drawing Karjakin today, he remains undefeated with 5 wins and 3 draws. good enough for a 2732 TPR. I don't know how many GM norms he may or may not have, but he's clearly picking up one here.

[Wayne Komer]

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Tromso Chess 2014

Round Nine
August 11, 2014

Brazil – Canada Open 3.5 – 0.5

Leitao, Rafael (BRA) – Kovalyov, Anton (CAN) 0.5-0.5
Hansen, Eric (CAN) – Fier, Alexandr (BRA) 0-1
Mekhitarian, Krikor (BRA) – Samabuev, Bator (CAN) 1-0
Hambleton, Aman (CAN) – El Debs, Felipe (BRA) 0-1

Lebanon – Canada Women 1.5 – 2.5

Mouradian, Kharik (LIB) – Yuan, Yuanling (CAN) 0.5 – 0.5
Botez, Alexandra (CAN) – Nekrasova, Elena (LIB) 0.5 – 0.5
Jailoul, Maya (LIB) – Zhou, Qiyu (CAN) 0 – 1
Starr, Nava (CAN) – Makhlouf, Youmna (LIB) 0.5 – 0.5

[Jack Maguire]

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Romania has to be the Cinderella story of this Olympiad. The 32nd seed is only one point out of 1st heading into the penultimate round (:

All the more remarkable since Romania lost their only elite GM, Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu, to the German team (playing the #4 board there despite being the 2nd highest rated).

[Gary Ruben]

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I think that's called addition by subtraction.

[Jack Maguire]

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I think that's called addition by subtraction.

Why would you say that about the highest rated Romanian player ever, Gary?

Moreover, he hasn't lost a single game for Germany (3 wins and 5 draws), including a draw with Samuel Shankland today who had been a perfect 7/7 before running into Nisipeanu.

[Gary Ruben]

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They are in a 3rd place tie without him. We'll have to see how they finish but that's pretty good when you come in ranked 32nd.

[Jack Maguire]

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Tromso Olympiad 2014

From the Aftenposten August 7, 2014

Two fifteen-year olds and chess

He could be the next Magnus Carlsen
Paul V. Hagesæther

15-year-old Yi Wei from China is better than Magnus Carlsen was the same age.
Also Norwegian Aryan Tari (15) is a super talent who is predicted to have a bright chess future.

- I think I can be world champion, he said.

There are 79 players under the age of 16 participating in the Chess Olympiad, Aftenposten wrote yesterday. Among them are two who stand out. One is Yi Wei (15). China's reserve is in fact the youngest player in history with over 2600 rating. He surpassed that level when he was 14 years and four months.

Thus Wei is indisputably one of the world's top young chess talents. Magnus Carlsen by comparison was 15 years and one month when he reached the same level.

The shy 15-year-old speaks little English, and he had to utilize the leader of the Chinese Chess Federation as an interpreter when Aftenposten met him. Wei says he started playing at the age of six, and that he spends 7-8 hours on chess every day. He does not go to an ordinary school, but studies at China's national chess center in Beijing, where the greatest talents gather. He also gets an ordinary school education.

Finds schoolwork is easy

- He finds schoolwork very easy anyway, so he does not spend so much time on it, says the leader.

Wei says that his goal in the first place is to pass the 2700 rating. Then he will go from being super grandmaster to a "hyper grandmaster".

- I'm not thinking much of the future after that. But I do hope to beat Carlsen perhaps, he says, and smiles shyly.

In the Olympiad as Board 4, he has so far won two games against lower ranked players from Guatemala and Albania, and played a draw against a Grandmaster from the Netherlands (Lorenzana(GUA), Pasku(ALB) and Van Kampen (NED)).

- Anyway I feel no pressure. I think it's just as much fun to play as before, and I especially like complex positions and attack, he said.

Aryan Tari

The Norwegian Aryan Tari (15) also has good results. The youngster plays on the Norway 2nd team as Boards 3 or 4, and has so far taken 2.5 points in four games (beating Sebenik(SLO), Bueno(ARU), drawing with Stojanovic (BIH) and losing to Moiseenko (UKR)). Tari is the second best player under 16 in the Olympics, and is rated about 200 points under Wei. Tari, who lives in Lier outside Drammen, recently finished second in the elite class in the Championship in Trondheim.

His father worked as a chess player in Iran, and it was he who taught Tari game.

- Yes, I think I can be world champion, he says to Aftenposten.

- I'm young, I've been playing a long time and if I work very hard, I think I can be. Then I have to concentrate on chess, and forget everything else.

- Are you prepared for that?

- Yes. But of course one can fail. Then it is stupid.

Coach from Russia

Tari think it would be a disaster if the Norwegian Chess Federation were to join the NIF, and had to cut out the Championship for players under 13 years because of their children's sports rules.

- It is important for the development of young players to meet good enough resistance, and to play NM is only positive. I have only good experiences with competing, he said.

Tari studies chess for two to three hours each day. He has a coach from Russia, and besides, uses books, videos and exercises.

- Who do you think has the best chances of you and Wei to be the next Magnus Carlsen?

- Wei. He has a higher rating, and does not go to regular school. The only thing he spends time on is chess. I really admire his devotion to it.

Wei Yi GM 2668

Aryan Tari IM 2440

Wei Yi is playing the #5 board for China and has only played 1/2 of China's 10 games. Aryan Tari is the #4 board for the Norway 2 team and having a mediocre tournament (3/7). Jan-Krzysztof Duda is a year older than these 2 (having turned 16 on 26/4/2014) and playing the #3 board for Poland. He's played all 10 rounds so far and has the remarkable score of 8.5 (7 wins and 3 draws) after quickly beating Bulgaria's Valentin Ioday with the Black pieces. Duda is now comfortably into 2600+ status..

[Jack Maguire]

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Here's a Duda gem from the 2014 European Individual Championship that Najdorf lovers may want to take a gander at (:

http://www.chess.com/blog/mnowotny/2...n-najdorf-6-h3

[Jack Maguire]

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China is certainly well poised to win their inaugural Olympiad gold medal, needing only a draw against Poland on Thursday. I wonder if a gold medal has ever been won without that country's top board winning a single game. Unless Wang Yue wins his game Thursday, he will 'accomplish' that feat since he currently has zero wins, one loss (to Peter Leko in R3), and 7 draws. He also has the lowest TPR on the team by a good margin, 2671, 47 points below his 2718 FIDE rating.

The rest of the team however has certainly kicked some serious chess ass. Ding Liren, on board 2, has 4 wins and 5 draws in his 9 games, with a 2801 TPR. Board 3, Yangyi Yu, has been an absolute stud, playing all 10 games, with 7 wins and 3 draws, good for a 2902 TPR! Board 4, Ni Hua, has 4 wins and 4 draws in his 8 games and a 2740 TPR. Board 5, 15-year-old Wei Yi, has 3 wins and 2 draws in his 5 games and a 2739 TPR. Boards 2 through 5 have not lost a single game the entire Olympiad.

http://chess-results.com/tnr140380.a...flag=30&wi=821

[Jack Maguire]

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Canada's Women's team has worked their way all the way up to board 13 against Slovakia for the final round Thursday (:

The three youngest members are all having productive results now. The youngest, 14-year-old Qiyu Zhou, has rattled off 3 consecutive wins and 5 of 6 (:

http://chess-results.com/tnr140381.a...flag=30&wi=821

[Wayne Komer]

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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

[Wayne Komer]

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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

[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