Batumi Chess Olympiad 2018
September 25, 2018
Round Two
Alejandro Ramirez comments on the opening day in US Chess:
“After a simply spectacular opening ceremony, which has been the best one so far from the six Olympiads I have attended, expectations were high for the start of the first round. There were, however, too many issues clouding the first round to call it successful, at least from an organizational perspective.
As soon as players arrived, a huge security line was formed as the over 1500 players tried to all get into the playing hall at the same time. Being a sunny and hot day, it was very unpleasant for many of these teams to stand almost an hour trying to get into the playing hall. I say playing hall, but in reality there are two of them (one for the top-20 boards, open and women, and the other for the rest of the players). This was particularly important as it cost the American Open team a great deal of time. Trying to get into the wrong playing hall, Americans went through security on the wrong side, making them late for the game. The Americans arrived at 2:35 pm to the playing hall and weren’t allowed inside until 3:15! Captain John Donaldson told US Chess, “It took 50 minutes to go through the security check”, adding that the team left the hotel at 2:15.
The round started late by about 15 minutes, and the U.S. arrived another few minutes after that.
The playing hall in which our teams were playing, called “playing hall one” which is for the top boards, was quite a disaster. The players are very close to each other, with little room to breathe. The main hall is always extremely crowded, it is noisy and hot. Hopefully these issues are solved in the near future.”
https://new.uschess.org/internationa...und-1-matches/
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On the official site there are five sets of commentators:
English – Sopiko Guramishvili and Ivan Sokolov
Spanish – Pepe Cuenca and Miguel Santos
Russian – Sergey Shipov
Georgian – Georgian Chess TV
Italian – Matteo Zoldan and Luciano Carparelli
On twitch.tv, the commentary is by Yasser Seirawan and Robin van Kampen
At every Olympiad there is a goodie/gift bag for each of the players, captains and accompanying persons. This year’s contains T-shirts, a notebook, a pin, a pen, a small Qvevri clay traditional Georgian winemaking vessel.
Wikipedia says this about qvevris:
Qvevri are large earthenware vessels used for the fermentation, storage and ageing of traditional Georgian wine. Resembling large, egg-shaped amphorae without handles, they are either buried below ground or set into the floors of large wine cellars. Kvevris vary in size: volumes range from 20 litres to around 10,000; 800 is typical.
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Early games:
USA –- Georgia 3
Round 2, Sept. 25, Board
So, Wesley – Obolade, Luka
B80 Sicilian, Schevengingen Fianchetto variation
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.g3 Nc6 6.Bg2 Qc7 7.Nc3 Nf6 8.O-O d6 9.Re1 Bd7 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.Na4 Be7 12.c4 O-O 13.c5 dxc5 14.Be3 c4 15.Nb6 Rab8 16.Nxc4 e5 17.h3 Be6 18.Qc2 Nd7 19.Red1 Rfd8 20.Bf1 Nf6 21.Rxd8+ Bxd8 22.Bc5 Ne8 23.Rd1 a5 24.b3 Bf6 25.h4 h6 26.Qc3 Rb5 27.Ne3 Rb8 28.Ba3 a4 29.bxa4 Ra8 30.Bc4 Rxa4 31.Bxe6 fxe6 32.Qb3 Ra8 33.Qxe6+ Qf7 34.Qxf7+ Kxf7 35.Nc4 Ra4 36.Rc1 Ke6 37.Rc2 Bd8 38.Bf8 Kf7 39.Bc5 Bc7 40.f3 Ke6 41.Kf1 Nf6 42.Ne3 h5 43.Bb6 Bxb6 44.Rxc6+ Kf7 45.Rxb6 Rxa2 46.Rb7+ Kf8 47.Nc4 Ra1+ 48.Kg2 Ra2+ 49.Kh3 Rf2 50.Nxe5 Kg8 51.Rb3 Re2 52.Ng6 1-0
Russia –- Ireland
Round 2, Sept. 25, Board 1
Karjakin, Sergey – Baburin, Alexander
B04 Alekhine’s Defence, Modern, Larsen variation
1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 dxe5 5.Nxe5 c6 6.Be2 g6 7.c4 Nc7 8.O-O Bg7 9.f4 O-O 10.Nc3 Nd7 11.Be3 Nxe5 12.fxe5 f6 13.exf6 exf6 14.Qb3 f5 15.Rad1 Re8 16.Bf2 Be6 17.Qxb7 Rb8 18.Qxc6 Rxb2 19.Qf3 Bf7 20.Qd3 Ne6 21.Be3 Nc5 22.dxc5 Qxd3 23.Rxd3 Bxc3 24.Rxc3 Rxe2 25.Bf4 Rc8 26.Bd6 Be8 27.Rg3 Rxa2 28.Rxf5 Bc6 29.Re5 a5 30.h4 Re8 31.Rxe8+ Bxe8 32.h5 Bc6 33.h6 a4 34.Re3 Rxg2+ 35.Kf1 Rg5 36.Ke2 Rf5 37.Kd2 Rf2+ 38.Kc1 Rf1+ 39.Kb2 Rf2+ 40.Ka3 Rf3 41.Rxf3 Bxf3 42.Kxa4 Kf7 43.Kb5 Ke6 44.Bf4 g5 45.Bxg5 Kd7 46.Kb6 Kc8 47.c6 Be4 48.c7 Bb1 49.Kc6 Bc2 50.Kd6 Bb1 51.c5 Bc2 52.Bf4 Bb1 53.Ke7 Bc2 54.Kf6 Bb1 55.Kg7 Bc2 56.c6 Bb1 57.Be5 1/2-1/2
Round 2 Sept. 25, Board 2
Astaneh Lopez, Alex – Nepomniachtchi, Ian
A01 Nimzowitsch-Larsen Attack, Modern variation
1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e4 5.Nd4 Bc5 6.Nf5 g6 7.Ng3 d5 8.d3 Qe7 9.dxe4 dxe4 10.Nd2 Ba3 11.Bxa3 Qxa3 12.Ndxe4 Nxe4 13.Nxe4 Qb4+ 14.Nd2 Bf5 15.Bd3 O-O-O 16.a3 Qc3 17.O-O Ne5 18.e4 Be6 19.Ra2 Nxd3 20.cxd3 Rxd3 21.Rc2 Qxb3 22.Qc1 Qxa3 23.Rxc7+ Kb8 0-1
India -– Austria
Round 2, Sept. 25, Board 1
Anand, Vishy – Ragger, Markus
B53 Giuoco Piano
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 O-O 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 Be7 8.Nbd2 d6 9.a4 Nh5 10.g3 Nf6 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.h4 Ne7 13.Nh2 d5 14.Bb3 c6 15.Ng4 Qd6 16.Qf3 Bxg4 17.Qxg4 g6 18.h5 g5 19.Qf3 Bg7 20.g4 Rad8 21.Ke2 a5 22.Rhd1 Rd7 23.Nf1 Rfd8 24.Ne3 Qf6 25.Qxf6 Bxf6 26.Ba2 Bg7 27.b4 axb4 28.cxb4 dxe4 29.dxe4 Rd4 30.b5 Rxd1 31.Nxd1 Bf8 32.Ne3 cxb5 33.axb5 Nc8 34.Bd5 Nd6 35.b6 Rc8 36.Ra7 Rb8 37.Kd3 Nc8 38.Bxb7 Nxb6 39.Bd5 Rd8 40.Rb7 Nc8 41.Rb8 Re8 42.Bc6 Bd6 43.Ra8 Rf8 44.Nf5 Ne7 45.Nxd6 Nxc6 46.Rxf8+ Kxf8 47.Nf5 1-0
Albania - Hungary
Round 2, Sept. 25, Board 1
Dervishi, Erald – Leko, Peter
B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky variation
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.Kh1 Nc6 10.f4 b5 11.Bf3 b4 12.Nd5 a5 13.fxe5 Nxe5 14.Nxe7+ Qxe7 15.Bg5 h6 16.Bh4 g5 17.Bg3 Bb7 18.Nd4 Nxf3 19.Nf5 Qe6 20.Nxd6 Nxe4 21.Nxb7 Nfd2 22.Nc5 Qg6 23.Re1 Rac8 24.Nd3 Rfe8 25.Rc1 Re6 26.Bf2 Rce8 27.Bg1 Nc4 28.b3 Ncd6 29.Qf3 Rf6 30.Qh3 g4 31.Qe3 Nf5 32.Nf4 Qg5 33.Qxe4 Rxe4 34.Rxe4 Nd6 35.Rd4 Nb5 36.Rd8+ Kh7 37.Nd3 Rd6 38.Rc8 Rd8 39.Rc4 Nd6 40.Rc5 Qd2 41.Rf1 Kg7 42.Rf4 f5 43.Rc7+ Kf6 44.Rd4 Nb5 45.Rc6+ Ke7 46.Rdc4 Nd6 47.R4c5 f4 48.Rc7+ Rd7 49.Re5+ Kd8 50.Rc6 f3 51.Bb6+ Rc7 52.Rxd6+ Kc8 53.Re8+ Kb7 54.Nc5+ 1-0
China - Colombia
Round 2, Sept. 25, Board 2
Wei, Yi – Rios, Cristhian Camilo
B30 Sicilian Defence
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Qc7 5.O-O Nd4 6.Re1 a6 7.Bc4 d6 8.Nd5 Nxd5 9.exd5 b5 10.Bd3 Bg4 11.Be2 Nxe2+ 12.Qxe2 Qb7 13.a4 b4 14.Qe4 Qc8 15.Qf4 Bxf3 16.Qxf3 h5 17.h3 Rh6 18.c4 g5 19.Re4 Bg7 20.d4 Bf6 21.dxc5 Qxc5 22.Be3 Qc8 23.Re1 Kf8 24.h4 Rg6 25.Bxg5 Bxg5 26.hxg5 Rxg5 27.Rxe7 Qf5 28.Qxf5 Rxf5 29.b3 a5 30.Rd7 Rf6 31.Ree7 Rb8 32.Ra7 Rc8 33.Re3 Rc5 34.Ra8+ Kg7 35.Rg3+ Kh7 36.Rf3 Rxf3 37.gxf3 Kg6 38.Ra6 Kf6 39.Rxd6+ Ke5 40.Rc6 Rxc6 41.dxc6 Kd6 42.Kg2 Kxc6 43.Kg3 Kc5 44.Kh4 Kd4 45.Kxh5 Kc3 46.c5 Kxb3 47.c6 Ka2 48.c7 b3 49.c8=Q b2 50.Qc4+ Ka1 51.Qd4 Ka2 52.Qd5+ Ka1 53.Qxa5 b1=Q 54.Qe5+ Ka2 55.Qd5+ Ka3 56.Qd6+ Ka2 57.Kg5 Qg1+ 58.Kf6 Qxf2 59.Qd5+ Ka3 60.a5 Qh4+ 61.Kxf7 Qh7+ 62.Ke8 Qh8+ 63.Kd7 Ka4 64.Kc7 Qh2+ 65.Qd6 Qf2 66.a6 Kb5 67.Qd3+ Ka5 68.Qa3+ Kb5 69.Qb3+ Ka5 70.Kc6 1-0
September 25, 2018
Round Two
Alejandro Ramirez comments on the opening day in US Chess:
“After a simply spectacular opening ceremony, which has been the best one so far from the six Olympiads I have attended, expectations were high for the start of the first round. There were, however, too many issues clouding the first round to call it successful, at least from an organizational perspective.
As soon as players arrived, a huge security line was formed as the over 1500 players tried to all get into the playing hall at the same time. Being a sunny and hot day, it was very unpleasant for many of these teams to stand almost an hour trying to get into the playing hall. I say playing hall, but in reality there are two of them (one for the top-20 boards, open and women, and the other for the rest of the players). This was particularly important as it cost the American Open team a great deal of time. Trying to get into the wrong playing hall, Americans went through security on the wrong side, making them late for the game. The Americans arrived at 2:35 pm to the playing hall and weren’t allowed inside until 3:15! Captain John Donaldson told US Chess, “It took 50 minutes to go through the security check”, adding that the team left the hotel at 2:15.
The round started late by about 15 minutes, and the U.S. arrived another few minutes after that.
The playing hall in which our teams were playing, called “playing hall one” which is for the top boards, was quite a disaster. The players are very close to each other, with little room to breathe. The main hall is always extremely crowded, it is noisy and hot. Hopefully these issues are solved in the near future.”
https://new.uschess.org/internationa...und-1-matches/
__________
On the official site there are five sets of commentators:
English – Sopiko Guramishvili and Ivan Sokolov
Spanish – Pepe Cuenca and Miguel Santos
Russian – Sergey Shipov
Georgian – Georgian Chess TV
Italian – Matteo Zoldan and Luciano Carparelli
On twitch.tv, the commentary is by Yasser Seirawan and Robin van Kampen
At every Olympiad there is a goodie/gift bag for each of the players, captains and accompanying persons. This year’s contains T-shirts, a notebook, a pin, a pen, a small Qvevri clay traditional Georgian winemaking vessel.
Wikipedia says this about qvevris:
Qvevri are large earthenware vessels used for the fermentation, storage and ageing of traditional Georgian wine. Resembling large, egg-shaped amphorae without handles, they are either buried below ground or set into the floors of large wine cellars. Kvevris vary in size: volumes range from 20 litres to around 10,000; 800 is typical.
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Early games:
USA –- Georgia 3
Round 2, Sept. 25, Board
So, Wesley – Obolade, Luka
B80 Sicilian, Schevengingen Fianchetto variation
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.g3 Nc6 6.Bg2 Qc7 7.Nc3 Nf6 8.O-O d6 9.Re1 Bd7 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.Na4 Be7 12.c4 O-O 13.c5 dxc5 14.Be3 c4 15.Nb6 Rab8 16.Nxc4 e5 17.h3 Be6 18.Qc2 Nd7 19.Red1 Rfd8 20.Bf1 Nf6 21.Rxd8+ Bxd8 22.Bc5 Ne8 23.Rd1 a5 24.b3 Bf6 25.h4 h6 26.Qc3 Rb5 27.Ne3 Rb8 28.Ba3 a4 29.bxa4 Ra8 30.Bc4 Rxa4 31.Bxe6 fxe6 32.Qb3 Ra8 33.Qxe6+ Qf7 34.Qxf7+ Kxf7 35.Nc4 Ra4 36.Rc1 Ke6 37.Rc2 Bd8 38.Bf8 Kf7 39.Bc5 Bc7 40.f3 Ke6 41.Kf1 Nf6 42.Ne3 h5 43.Bb6 Bxb6 44.Rxc6+ Kf7 45.Rxb6 Rxa2 46.Rb7+ Kf8 47.Nc4 Ra1+ 48.Kg2 Ra2+ 49.Kh3 Rf2 50.Nxe5 Kg8 51.Rb3 Re2 52.Ng6 1-0
Russia –- Ireland
Round 2, Sept. 25, Board 1
Karjakin, Sergey – Baburin, Alexander
B04 Alekhine’s Defence, Modern, Larsen variation
1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 dxe5 5.Nxe5 c6 6.Be2 g6 7.c4 Nc7 8.O-O Bg7 9.f4 O-O 10.Nc3 Nd7 11.Be3 Nxe5 12.fxe5 f6 13.exf6 exf6 14.Qb3 f5 15.Rad1 Re8 16.Bf2 Be6 17.Qxb7 Rb8 18.Qxc6 Rxb2 19.Qf3 Bf7 20.Qd3 Ne6 21.Be3 Nc5 22.dxc5 Qxd3 23.Rxd3 Bxc3 24.Rxc3 Rxe2 25.Bf4 Rc8 26.Bd6 Be8 27.Rg3 Rxa2 28.Rxf5 Bc6 29.Re5 a5 30.h4 Re8 31.Rxe8+ Bxe8 32.h5 Bc6 33.h6 a4 34.Re3 Rxg2+ 35.Kf1 Rg5 36.Ke2 Rf5 37.Kd2 Rf2+ 38.Kc1 Rf1+ 39.Kb2 Rf2+ 40.Ka3 Rf3 41.Rxf3 Bxf3 42.Kxa4 Kf7 43.Kb5 Ke6 44.Bf4 g5 45.Bxg5 Kd7 46.Kb6 Kc8 47.c6 Be4 48.c7 Bb1 49.Kc6 Bc2 50.Kd6 Bb1 51.c5 Bc2 52.Bf4 Bb1 53.Ke7 Bc2 54.Kf6 Bb1 55.Kg7 Bc2 56.c6 Bb1 57.Be5 1/2-1/2
Round 2 Sept. 25, Board 2
Astaneh Lopez, Alex – Nepomniachtchi, Ian
A01 Nimzowitsch-Larsen Attack, Modern variation
1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e4 5.Nd4 Bc5 6.Nf5 g6 7.Ng3 d5 8.d3 Qe7 9.dxe4 dxe4 10.Nd2 Ba3 11.Bxa3 Qxa3 12.Ndxe4 Nxe4 13.Nxe4 Qb4+ 14.Nd2 Bf5 15.Bd3 O-O-O 16.a3 Qc3 17.O-O Ne5 18.e4 Be6 19.Ra2 Nxd3 20.cxd3 Rxd3 21.Rc2 Qxb3 22.Qc1 Qxa3 23.Rxc7+ Kb8 0-1
India -– Austria
Round 2, Sept. 25, Board 1
Anand, Vishy – Ragger, Markus
B53 Giuoco Piano
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 O-O 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 Be7 8.Nbd2 d6 9.a4 Nh5 10.g3 Nf6 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.h4 Ne7 13.Nh2 d5 14.Bb3 c6 15.Ng4 Qd6 16.Qf3 Bxg4 17.Qxg4 g6 18.h5 g5 19.Qf3 Bg7 20.g4 Rad8 21.Ke2 a5 22.Rhd1 Rd7 23.Nf1 Rfd8 24.Ne3 Qf6 25.Qxf6 Bxf6 26.Ba2 Bg7 27.b4 axb4 28.cxb4 dxe4 29.dxe4 Rd4 30.b5 Rxd1 31.Nxd1 Bf8 32.Ne3 cxb5 33.axb5 Nc8 34.Bd5 Nd6 35.b6 Rc8 36.Ra7 Rb8 37.Kd3 Nc8 38.Bxb7 Nxb6 39.Bd5 Rd8 40.Rb7 Nc8 41.Rb8 Re8 42.Bc6 Bd6 43.Ra8 Rf8 44.Nf5 Ne7 45.Nxd6 Nxc6 46.Rxf8+ Kxf8 47.Nf5 1-0
Albania - Hungary
Round 2, Sept. 25, Board 1
Dervishi, Erald – Leko, Peter
B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky variation
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.Kh1 Nc6 10.f4 b5 11.Bf3 b4 12.Nd5 a5 13.fxe5 Nxe5 14.Nxe7+ Qxe7 15.Bg5 h6 16.Bh4 g5 17.Bg3 Bb7 18.Nd4 Nxf3 19.Nf5 Qe6 20.Nxd6 Nxe4 21.Nxb7 Nfd2 22.Nc5 Qg6 23.Re1 Rac8 24.Nd3 Rfe8 25.Rc1 Re6 26.Bf2 Rce8 27.Bg1 Nc4 28.b3 Ncd6 29.Qf3 Rf6 30.Qh3 g4 31.Qe3 Nf5 32.Nf4 Qg5 33.Qxe4 Rxe4 34.Rxe4 Nd6 35.Rd4 Nb5 36.Rd8+ Kh7 37.Nd3 Rd6 38.Rc8 Rd8 39.Rc4 Nd6 40.Rc5 Qd2 41.Rf1 Kg7 42.Rf4 f5 43.Rc7+ Kf6 44.Rd4 Nb5 45.Rc6+ Ke7 46.Rdc4 Nd6 47.R4c5 f4 48.Rc7+ Rd7 49.Re5+ Kd8 50.Rc6 f3 51.Bb6+ Rc7 52.Rxd6+ Kc8 53.Re8+ Kb7 54.Nc5+ 1-0
China - Colombia
Round 2, Sept. 25, Board 2
Wei, Yi – Rios, Cristhian Camilo
B30 Sicilian Defence
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Qc7 5.O-O Nd4 6.Re1 a6 7.Bc4 d6 8.Nd5 Nxd5 9.exd5 b5 10.Bd3 Bg4 11.Be2 Nxe2+ 12.Qxe2 Qb7 13.a4 b4 14.Qe4 Qc8 15.Qf4 Bxf3 16.Qxf3 h5 17.h3 Rh6 18.c4 g5 19.Re4 Bg7 20.d4 Bf6 21.dxc5 Qxc5 22.Be3 Qc8 23.Re1 Kf8 24.h4 Rg6 25.Bxg5 Bxg5 26.hxg5 Rxg5 27.Rxe7 Qf5 28.Qxf5 Rxf5 29.b3 a5 30.Rd7 Rf6 31.Ree7 Rb8 32.Ra7 Rc8 33.Re3 Rc5 34.Ra8+ Kg7 35.Rg3+ Kh7 36.Rf3 Rxf3 37.gxf3 Kg6 38.Ra6 Kf6 39.Rxd6+ Ke5 40.Rc6 Rxc6 41.dxc6 Kd6 42.Kg2 Kxc6 43.Kg3 Kc5 44.Kh4 Kd4 45.Kxh5 Kc3 46.c5 Kxb3 47.c6 Ka2 48.c7 b3 49.c8=Q b2 50.Qc4+ Ka1 51.Qd4 Ka2 52.Qd5+ Ka1 53.Qxa5 b1=Q 54.Qe5+ Ka2 55.Qd5+ Ka3 56.Qd6+ Ka2 57.Kg5 Qg1+ 58.Kf6 Qxf2 59.Qd5+ Ka3 60.a5 Qh4+ 61.Kxf7 Qh7+ 62.Ke8 Qh8+ 63.Kd7 Ka4 64.Kc7 Qh2+ 65.Qd6 Qf2 66.a6 Kb5 67.Qd3+ Ka5 68.Qa3+ Kb5 69.Qb3+ Ka5 70.Kc6 1-0
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