Batumi Chess Olympiad 2018

[Wayne Komer]

Batumi Chess Olympiad 2018

September 27, 2018

Round Four

The Rest of the News (continued)

Women

China-Uzbekistan 3-1

Ju Wenjun-Tokhirjonova 1-0
Kurbonboeva-Shen Yang 0-1
Huang Qian-Gevorgyan 0.5-0.5
Baymuratova-Lei Tingjie 0.5-0.5

Round 4, Sept. 27, Board 1
Ju Wenjun – Tokhirjonova, Guirukhbegim
C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.d3 d6 7.c3 O-O 8.Nbd2 b5 9.Bc2 Re8 10.Re1 Bf8 11.Nf1 Ne7 12.d4 Ng6 13.Ng3 h6 14.a4 Bb7 15.b3 c6 16.Bd2 Qc7 17.Qc1 Rac8 18.Qb2 Qb6 19.h3 c5 20.d5 Nd7 21.Be3 b4 22.a5 bxc3 23.Qxc3 Qb4 24.Qxb4 cxb4 25.Bd3 Nc5 26.Bc4 Nf4 27.Red1 g6 28.Ne1 h5 29.f3 Rb8 30.Nc2 Bc8 31.h4 Bh6 32.Nf1 Kh7 33.Kh2 g5 34.hxg5 Bxg5 35.g3 Nh3 36.Bxc5 dxc5 37.d6 Bd7 38.Bxa6 Nf2 39.Rd5 Be6 40.Kg2 Bxd5 41.exd5 Ra8 42.Be2 Bd8 43.a6 Bb6 44.Kxf2 c4+ 45.Kg2 cxb3 46.Nxb4 Red8 47.Rb1 Rxd6 48.Rxb3 Ba5 49.Bd3+ Kg7 50.Nc2 Rb6 51.Ra3 Bb4 52.Nxb4 Rxb4 53.Ne3 Kf6 54.Rc3 Ra7 55.Nf5 Kg5 56.d6 Rb2+ 57.Kh3 Rd2 58.Ne7 Rd7 59.Nc8 f5 60.a7 Ra2 61.Bc4 Ra5 62.Be6 Rd8 63.d7 Ra6 64.Rc2 Kf6 65.Bc4 Rxa7 66.Nxa7 Rxd7 67.Nc6 f4 68.gxf4 exf4 69.Be2 1-0

Iran-Mongolia 0.5-3.5

Khademalshar-Munguntuul 0.5-0.5
Nomin-Erdene-Hejazipour 1-0
Alinasab-Munkhzul 0-1
Batchimeg-Asadi 1-0


Round 4, Sept. 27, Board 4
Batchimeg, Tuvshintugs – Asadi, Motahare
A65 Benoni

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.f4 Bg7 8.Bb5+ Nfd7 9.Nf3 a6 10.Bd3 b5 11.O-O O-O 12.Kh1 Re8 13.f5 c4 14.Bc2 Nc5 15.a3 Nbd7 16.Bg5 Bf6 17.h4 Bxg5 18.hxg5 Ne5 19.Nxe5 Rxe5 20.Qg4 f6 21.gxf6 Qxf6 22.Rf3 g5 23.Ne2 h5 24.Qxh5 Nxe4 25.Ng3 Nd2 26.Rf2 Ra7 27.Qg6+ Qxg6 28.fxg6 Nb3 29.Raf1 Re8 30.Rf7 Rae7 31.Nh5 1-0

Ukraine – Slovenia 4-0

Muzychuk, A. – Unuk 1-0
Janzelj-Muzychuk, M. 0-1
Ushenina-Krivec 1-0
Kaps-Osmak 0-1

Round 4, Sept. 27, Board 2
Janzelj, Lara – Muzychuk, Mariya
D85 Grunfeld, Exchange variation

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Qa4+ Bd7 8.Qa3 O-O 9.Nf3 Bg4 10.Be2 e5 11.dxe5 Bxf3 12.Bxf3 Nc6 13.O-O Bxe5 14.Rb1 b6 15.Be2 Qf6 16.f4 Bxc3 17.e5 Bd4+ 18.Kh1 Qe6 19.Qa4 Bc5 20.Bb2 Ne7 21.Bc4 Qf5 22.Bb3 Rad8 23.Rbd1 c6 24.e6 f6 25.Rxd8 Rxd8 26.Qxa7 Kg7 27.h3 Rd2 28.Bc3 Rd3 29.Bxf6+ Qxf6 30.Qb8 Rd2 0-1

Azerbaijan – USA 1.5-2.5

Mammadzada-Zatonskih 0-1
Krush-Mamedharova 1-0
Balajayeva-Abrahamyan 1-0
Yu-Mammadova 0.5-0.5

Round 4, Sept. 27, Board 1
Mammadzada, Gunay – Zatonskih, Anna
C07 French, Tarrasch, open variation

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.Ngf3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.exd5 Nxd5 7.N2f3 Bb4+ 8.Bd2 O-O 9.Bc4 Bxd2+ 10.Qxd2 Nb6 11.Be2 Qf6 12.Qg5 N8d7 13.Qxf6 Nxf6 14.c4 Rd8 15.b3 Bd7 16.Ne5 Be8 17.Rd1 Nbd7 18.Nxd7 Rxd7 19.f3 Rad8 20.Nc2 Kf8 21.Kf2 Ke7 22.Ke3 Rxd1 23.Bxd1 Nd7 24.f4 a5 25.a3 f6 26.Bf3 Bg6 27.Nd4 e5 28.fxe5 fxe5 29.Nb5 Nc5 30.b4 Rd3+ 31.Ke2 axb4 32.axb4 Ne6 33.Bxb7 Rb3 34.Rc1 Nf4+ 35.Kd2 Rd3+ 36.Ke1 Rb3 37.Rc3 Rxb4 38.Re3 Kf6 39.Nd6 Ke6 40.Nb5 Rxc4 41.Nc3 Rb4 42.Bf3 Rb2 43.Kf1 Bd3+ 44.Kg1 Rc2 45.Ne4 h6 46.h4 Be2 47.Nc5+ Rxc5 48.Bxe2 Kf5 49.Bf3 Rc4 50.g4+ Kf6 51.Kf2 Ne6 52.Ra3 Rb4 53.Ke3 Nc5 54.Ra5 Rb3+ 55.Ke2 Rc3 56.Kf2 e4 57.Be2 Ke5 58.Ra7 Ne6 59.Ra5+ Rc5 60.Ra7 Rc7 61.Ra5+ Rc5 62.Ra7 g6 63.Re7 Rc2 64.Ke3 Rc3+ 65.Kd2 Rc8 66.g5 Rd8+ 67.Ke3 Kd6 68.Rh7 hxg5 69.Kxe4 Re8 70.Bb5 Rb8 71.Rd7+ Kc5 72.Rd5+ Kb4 73.Be2 gxh4 74.Bg4 Nc5+ 75.Kf4 Kc4 76.Rd6 Rf8+ 77.Ke3 Re8+ 78.Kf4 Rf8+ 79.Ke3 Re8+ 80.Kf4 g5+ 81.Kf5 Ne4 82.Rd7 Rf8+ 83.Ke5 Re8+ 84.Kf5 Nf2 85.Bh5 Re1 86.Kxg5 h3 87.Bf3 h2 88.Kf4 Nd3+ 89.Kg3 Ne5 90.Rc7+ Kd4 91.Bg2 h1=Q 92.Bxh1 Rxh1 93.Rc2 Ke3 94.Rc3+ Ke4 95.Kg2 Rh8 96.Rh3 Rg8+ 97.Rg3 Ra8 98.Rb3 Nd3 99.Rb7 Nf4+ 100.Kf2 Ra2+ 101.Ke1 Nd5 102.Rf7 Ke3 103.Kf1 Ra1+ 104.Kg2 Nf4+ 105.Kg3 Rg1+ 106.Kh4 0-1

Final position




Peter Doggers at chess.com:

White apparently resigned on her opponent's move.

Instead 106...Kh2, the only other move, draws. White can be cornered but not mated. One important detail: After the text, 107. Kf3 Rg7 is not a stalemate since 108. Rh1+ Kg5 109. Ne6+ is a fork

Vietnam – Georgia 1 1-3

Vo Thi-Dzagnidze 0-1
Javakhishvili-Pham 0.5-0.5
Hoang-Batsiashvili 0-1
Arabidze-Nguyen 0.5-0.5

Peter Doggers at chess.com:

GM Nino Batsiashvili had a curious rope-a-dope strategy. After 19 moves, she had most of her pawns still sitting at home, while all but one of White's had advanced (at one point four-wide from a4 to d4).

Things were even more pronounced a few moves later, when the host lady let her guest improve while she moved her heavies around in the corner. Black's pieces then came to life en masse, almost like Batsiashvili got to make several moves at once

Round 4, Sept. 27, Board 3
Hoang, Thi Bao Tram – Batsiashvili, Nino
E16 Queen’s Indian, Riumin variation

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.Nc3 Ne4 9.Nxe4 Bxe4 10.Rc1 Bf6 11.b4 Nc6 12.e3 a6 13.Ne1 Bxg2 14.Kxg2 b5 15.Qc2 Qb8 16.a4 Qb7 17.f3 bxc4 18.Qxc4 Rfb8 19.Nd3 Be7 20.Rb1 h5 21.Rfc1 Ra7 22.e4 Nd8 23.Qc2 Qa8 24.h4 Rab7 25.d5 Qa7 26.Bc3 c6 27.Nf4 Bxb4 28.Ba1 Bf8 29.Rxb7 Qxb7 30.Qd2 exd5 31.exd5 cxd5 32.Nxd5 Ne6 33.Rd1 Qb3 34.Ne3 Qxa4 35.f4 Qe4+ 36.Kh2 Rb3 37.Re1 Bb4 0-1

Standings after Round Four

1 Ukraine 13.5
2-3 China, Mongolia 13
4-5 Armenia, Georgia 1 12.5
6 USA 12
7 India 13
8-9 Turkey, Argentina 12.5
10 Georgia 2 12

Interesting Round Five pairings

Armenia-China
USA-Mongolia
Georgia 1-Ukraine
Argentina-India

[Wayne Komer]

Batumi Chess Olympiad 2018

September 28, 2018

Round Five

The results of some of the matches:

Open

Armenia – Azerbaijan 1.5-2.5

Aronian-Mamedyarov 0-1
Radjabov-Sargissian 1-0
Melkumyan-Naiditsch 1-0
Mamedov-Martirosyan 0.5-0.5

Round 5, Sept. 28, Board 1
Aronian, Levon – Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar
C80 Ruy Lopez, open

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 Be7 7.Re1 b5 8.Rxe4 d5 9.Nxe5 Nxe5 10.Rxe5 bxa4 11.Qe1 f6 12.Re3 c5 13.Qd1 O-O 14.Nc3 Rb8 15.b3 cxd4 16.Qxd4 Bd6 17.Qxd5+ Kh8 18.Rd3 Qe8 19.Bb2 Be5 20.Nxa4 Rb5 21.Qf3 Bb7 22.Qe3 Be4 23.Rd2 Bxg2 24.Kxg2 Qg6+ 25.Kf1 Bxh2 26.Re1 Rg5 27.Ke2 Re8 28.Kd1 Rg1 29.Be5 Bxe5 30.Re2 h5 31.Qd3 Qg2 32.Nb6 Rxe1+ 33.Rxe1 Qxf2 34.Nd5 Rd8 35.c4 Qxa2 36.Qf3 g6 37.Re3 Kg7 38.Qh3 Qf2 39.Rd3 Qg1+ 40.Kc2 Qh2+ 41.Qxh2 Bxh2 42.Rh3 Be5 43.Kd3 a5 44.Ke4 Kf7 45.Kf3 Rh8 46.Kg2 g5 47.Ne3 Ke6 48.Kf1 f5 0-1

France – Poland 1-3

MVL – Duda 1-0
Wojtaszek-Bacrot 1-0
Fressinet-Piorun 0-1
Tomczak-Bauer 1-0

Round 5, Sept. 28, Board 1
MVL – Duda, Jan-Krzysztof
C42 Petrov, Classical Attack

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Bf5 7.O-O Be7 8.c4 dxc4 9.Bxc4 O-O 10.Re1 Nc6 11.d5 Nd6 12.dxc6 Nxc4 13.Qa4 Nb6 14.Qf4 Bg6 15.cxb7 Rb8 16.Nc3 Bd6 17.Qg4 Qd7 18.Qh4 Rxb7 19.Bf4 Bxf4 20.Qxf4 c5 21.Rad1 Qf5 22.Qe3 Bh5 23.Rd8 Nd7 24.Rxf8+ Nxf8 25.Ne5 Rxb2 26.h3 Bg6 27.Nd5 Qc2 28.Ne7+ Kh8 29.Qf3 f6 30.Qd5 Qxf2+ 31.Kh2 Qxg2+ 32.Qxg2 Rxg2+ 33.Kxg2 fxe5 34.Rxe5 Bd3 35.Rxc5 g6 36.Ra5 a6 37.Nd5 Ne6 38.Nb4 Bc4 39.Nxa6 g5 40.a4 Kg7 41.Nc7 Nf4+ 42.Kh2 1-0

China – Czech Republic 1-3

Ding Liren-Navara, David 0.5-0.5
Laznicka-Yu Yangyi 1-0
Wei Yi-Stockek 0-1
Michalik-Bu Xiangzhi 0.5-0.5

Round 5, Sept. 28, Board 3
Wei Yi – Stocek, Jiri
B69 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer, Rauzer Attack

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 d6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.O-O-O Be7 9.f4 Bd7 10.Nf3 b5 11.Bxf6 gxf6 12.Kb1 Qb6 13.g3 b4 14.Ne2 a5 15.f5 e5 16.Nc1 Rc8 17.Qd5 Na7 18.Nd2 Bc6 19.Qd3 a4 20.Nc4 Qc5 21.Qf3 Nb5 22.Qe3 Nd4 23.Bd3 d5 24.Nd2 a3 25.exd5 Bxd5 26.Ne4 Qc6 27.Nb3 O-O 28.Rhe1 Nxc2 29.Qh6 Bxb3 30.Ng5 Bxa2+ 31.Kc1 Nxe1+ 32.Kd2 Nf3+ 0-1

USA – Israel 2-2

Caruana-Gelfand 1-0
Rodshtein-So 0.5-0.5
Nakamura-Nabaty 0.5-0.5
Sutovsky-Shankland 1-0

Round 5, Sept. 28, Board 1
Caruana, Fabiano – Gelfand, Boris
B31 Sicilian, Nimzowitsch-Rossolimo Attack

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.d3 Bg7 6.h3 Nf6 7.Nc3 O-O 8.O-O Ne8 9.Be3 b6 10.e5 f6 11.Re1 Nc7 12.Qd2 fxe5 13.Bh6 Rxf3 14.Bxg7 Kxg7 15.gxf3 Bxh3 16.Rxe5 e6 17.Rg5 Qf6 18.Rg3 Bf5 19.Kg2 h5 20.Rh1 Rh8 21.Ne4 Qxb2 22.Qf4 Nd5 23.Qd6 e5 24.Rh4 Qd4 25.Kg1 Rf8 26.Rxh5 Bxe4 27.Qd7+ Kf6 28.Qxc6+ Kg7 29.Qd7+ Kf6 30.fxe4 Nf4 31.Rf5+ gxf5 32.Qxf5+ Ke7 33.Rg7+ 1-0

Ukraine – Spain 2.5-1.5

Ivanchuk-Anton 1-0
Perez-Eljanov 1-0
Kryvoruchko-Lopez 1-0
Vazquez-Ponomariov 0.5-0.5


Round 5, Sept. 28, Board 1
Ivanchuk, Vassily – Anton Guijarro, David
E10 Queen’s Pawn game

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.e3 b6 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bd3 Bd6 7.O-O O-O 8.b3 Re8 9.Ba3 Bg4 10.Bxd6 Qxd6 11.Nc3 c6 12.Rc1 Nbd7 13.Be2 Rac8 14.Qc2 Ne4 15.Nd2 Nxd2 16.Qxd2 Bxe2 17.Qxe2 Nf6 18.Rc2 Rc7 19.Rfc1 Ree7 20.Qf3 Ne8 21.Ne2 Rc8 22.Qf4 Qg6 23.h3 h6 24.Qg4 Qxg4 25.hxg4 Rec7 26.Nf4 Kf8 27.Nd3 Ke7 28.Nb4 Kd6 29.Na6 Rb7 30.b4 b5 31.Nc5 Rb6 32.Nd3 f6 33.Rc3 Kd7 34.Nc5+ Ke7 35.Ra1 Ra8 36.Nb3 Nd6 37.a4 Nc4 38.Rc2 Kf7 39.Rca2 Kg6 40.axb5 Rxb5 41.Rxa7 Rxa7 42.Rxa7 Rxb4 43.Nc5 Nd6 44.Rc7 Rb6 45.Ne6 Ne8 46.Re7 Rb8 47.f4 f5 48.g5 hxg5 49.fxg5 Nd6 50.Rxg7+ Kh5 51.Rh7+ Kg4 52.g6 f4 53.g7 Nf5 54.exf4 Re8 55.Kf2 Ra8 56.Rh3 Ra2+ 57.Kg1 Ra8 58.Kh2 Re8 59.Rc3 Rg8 60.Ra3 Re8 61.Ra6 Nxg7 62.Nxg7 Re7 63.Ra3 Kxf4 64.Rf3+ Kg4 65.Nf5 Re4 66.Ne3+ Kg5 67.Nc2 1-0

Women

Armenia – China 2-2

Danielian-Ju Wenjun 0.5-0.5
Shen Yang-Mkrtchian 0-1
Sargsyuan-Huang Qian 0.5-0.5
Lei Tinjie-Kursova 1-0

Round 5, Sept. 28, Board 1
Danielian, Elina – Ju Wenjun
A46 Queen’s Pawn, yusupov-Rubinstein System

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 e6 3.e3 b6 4.Bd3 Bb7 5.O-O d5 6.c4 Bd6 7.Nbd2 Nbd7 8.b3 O-O 9.Bb2 Ne4 10.Qc2 Ndf6 11.cxd5 exd5 12.Ne5 c5 13.Bxe4 dxe4 14.Ndc4 Be7 15.dxc5 Bxc5 16.Rfd1 Qe7 17.a3 a5 18.Qc3 Rfd8 19.Ng4 Ne8 20.Nh6+ Kf8 21.Nf5 Qg5 22.Ng3 Rac8 23.Qe1 Qe7 24.Qe2 Qe6 25.Qh5 Kg8 26.Ne2 Qe7 27.Nf4 Rxd1+ 28.Rxd1 Rd8 29.Rxd8 Qxd8 30.h3 Qe7 31.b4 axb4 32.axb4 Bxb4 33.Qb5 Bc5 34.Nxb6 Nc7 35.Qb3 Ne8 36.Nc4 h6 37.Na5 Bc8 38.Nc6 Qb7 39.Qxb7 Bxb7 40.Na5 Ba8 41.Nb3 Bd6 42.Ne2 f5 43.Nbd4 g6 44.Nc3 Kf7 45.Ncb5 Be7 46.Ba3 Bf6 47.Bc5 Be5 48.g3 Kf6 49.Bf8 h5 50.h4 Bd5 51.Bc5 Bc4 52.Na3 Bd3 53.Nab5 Kf7 54.Kg2 Bc4 55.Kg1 Kf6 56.Kg2 Nc7 57.Nxc7 Bxc7 58.Kg1 Kf7 59.Kg2 Be5 60.Kg1 Bd5 61.Ne2 Bc6 62.Nd4 Bd5 63.Ne2 Bc6 64.Nd4 Bd5 1/2-1/2

USA – Mongolia 3.5-0.5

Zatonskih-Munguntuul 1-0
Nomin-Erdene-Krush 0-1
Foisor-Yanjindulam 0.5-0.5
Batchimeg-Yu 0-1

Round 5, Sept. 28, Board 4
Bathimeg, Tuvshintugs – Yu, Jennifer
D11 QGD Slav

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 b5 6.O-O Bb7 7.b3 cxb3 8.axb3 e6 9.Bb2 Nbd7 10.Qc2 Nd5 11.Nc3 Be7 12.Ne4 O-O 13.Rfc1 a5 14.h4 h6 15.Ne5 Nb4 16.Qc3 Nd5 17.Qd2 Bb4 18.Qc2 Rc8 19.Nc5 Nxc5 20.dxc5 Qe7 21.Nd3 Rfd8 22.Be5 Ra8 23.e4 Nf6 24.Bd6 Qe8 25.Qb2 Qd7 26.Nxb4 axb4 27.Qd4 Ne8 28.e5 Nc7 29.Qxb4 Nd5 30.Qd4 Qe8 31.Be4 Rxa1 32.Rxa1 Ra8 33.Re1 Bc8 34.h5 Ra7 35.Bd3 g6 36.Qg4 Kg7 37.Qf3 Qd8 38.Kg2 Ra2 39.Rh1 Qg5 40.hxg6 Ne3+ 41.Kg1 Ra1+ 42.Kh2 Ng4+ 43.Kg2 Ra7 44.Be4 fxg6 45.Qf8+ Kh7 46.Bb1 Qd2 47.Rh4 Qd5+ 48.Qf3 Rf7 49.Qxd5 exd5 50.f4 Kg7 51.Kf3 h5 52.Rh1 Ra7 53.f5 Bxf5 54.Bxf5 Rf7 55.e6 Rxf5+ 56.Ke2 Rf2+ 57.Kd3 Rf3+ 58.Kd2 Rf2+ 59.Kd3 Rf3+ 60.Kd4 Nf2 61.Rf1 Kf6 62.Be5+ Kxe6 0-1

Georgia-Ukraine 2-2

Dzagnidze, N.-Muzychuk, A. 0.5-0.5
Muzychuk, M.-Javakhishvili 0.5-0.5
Batsiashvili-Ushenina 0-1
Zhukova-Khotenashvili 0-1

Argentina-India 0.5-3.5

Lujan-Komeru 0-1
Harika-Amura 0.5-0.5
Fernandez-Tania 0-1
Karavade-Martinez 1-0

Russia-Germany 3.5-0.5

Kosteniuk-Paehtz 1-0
Osmanodja-Goryachkina 0-1
Gunina-Hoolt 1-0
Schleining-Girya 0.5-0.5

[Wayne Komer]

Batumi Chess Olympiad 2018

September 28, 2018

Round 5

Open

Round Five Results
Round Six Pairings

No. Team TeamPts. MP : MP Pts. Team Team

1 AZE Azerbaijan 16 10 : 10 15 Czech Republic CZE
2 POL Poland 16 10 : 10 13½ Ukraine UKR
3 ISR Israel 16 9 : 9 14½ Germany GER
4 BIH Bosnia & Herzegovina 16 8 : 9 14 United States of America USA
5 IRI Iran15½ 8 : 8 14 China CHN
6 RUS Russia 14 8 : 8 15½ India IND
7 ENG England 12½ 8 : 8 15 France FRA
8 NED Netherlands 16½ 8 : 8 14½ Georgia 3 GEO3
9 NOR Norway 15½ 8 : 8 14 Croatia CRO
10 TUR Turkey 15 8 : 8 12½ Belarus BLR
11 MKD FYR Macedonia 15½ 8 : 8 13 Armenia ARM
12 SVK Slovakia14½ 8 : 8 12½ Egypt EGY
13 ESP Spain 14½ 7 : 7 12½ Switzerland SUI
14 GEO2 Georgia 2 12½ 7 : 7 13½ Vietnam VIE
15 BAN Bangladesh 13½ 7 : 7 12 Chile CHI
16 MDA Moldova 12 7 : 7 13½ Montenegro MNE
17 AUS Australia 13½ 7 : 7 12 Hungary HUN
18 CAN Canada 11½ 7 : 7 12½ Georgia 1 GEO1
19 VEN Venezuela 13 7 : 7 11½ Serbia SRB
20 IRL Ireland 13½ 7 : 7 12 Algeria ALG
21 UZB Uzbekistan 15 6 : 7 11 Lithuania LTU
22 ARG Argentina 13 6 : 6 11½ Indonesia INA
23 ALB Albania 11 6 : 6 12½ Greece GRE
24 ROU Romania 14 6 : 6 11½ Estonia EST
25 POR Portugal13 6 : 6 11½ Singapore SGP
26 SWE Sweden 12½ 6 : 6 11 Uruguay URU
27 ISL Iceland 9½ 6 : 6 12 Kazakhstan KAZ
28 ITA Italy 12½ 6 : 6 10½ Ecuador ECU
29 LAT Latvia 14 6 : 6 11½ Belgium BEL
30 IRQ Iraq13 6 : 6 11½ Hong KongHKG


Team composition for federation GEO1

Bo. Name Rtg

(RtgAvg:2637, Captain:Gurieli Nino)

1 GM Jobava Baadur 2634
2 GM Mchedlishvili Mikheil 2607
3 GM Cheparinov Ivan 2715
4 GM Pantsulaia Levan 2589
5 GM Jojua Davit 2590

Round Six takes place on Sunday, Sept. 30


Montenegro-Canada 2-2

Round 5, Sept. 28, Board 1
Djukic, Nikola – Hansen, Eric
C95 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer, Borisenko variation

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 9.h3 Nb8 10.d4 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.Bc2 Re8 13.a4 Bf8 14.Bd3 c6 15.b3 Qc7 16.Bb2 g6 17.Qc2 Bg7 18.Bf1 Rac8 19.Rad1 Qb8 20.Qb1 Re6 21.axb5 axb5 22.c4 bxc4 23.Bxc4 Re7 24.dxe5 dxe5 25.Ba3 c5 26.b4 Qa8 27.Qb3 h6 28.Nh4 Nf8 29.bxc5 Bc6 30.Ra1 Rd8 31.Bb2 Qc8 32.Qe3 Ne6 33.Nhf3 Nd7 34.Nb3 Nf4 35.Red1 Rde8 36.Na5 Ba8 37.Ba3 Nf6 38.c6 N6h5 39.Bxe7 Nxg2 40.Kxg2 Nf4+ 41.Kg1 Rxe7 42.Bf1 1-0

Round 5, Sept. 28, Board 2
Preotu, Razvan – Blagojevic, Dragisa
C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Ragozin-Petrosian variation

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 9.h3 Nd7 10.d4 Bb7 11.Nbd2 exd4 12.cxd4 Nb4 13.Nf1 c5 14.a3 Nc6 15.d5 Nce5 16.Nxe5 Nxe5 17.Ng3 Re8 18.Nf5 Bf8 19.Bc2 Bc8 20.Re3 Bxf5 21.exf5 Be7 22.Re4 Bf6 23.Rb1 Nd7 24.Rxe8+ Qxe8 25.Bf4 Be5 26.Be3 Qe7 27.Qd2 h6 28.Qa5 Nf6 29.Qb6 Qe8 30.Qc6 Qxc6 31.dxc6 Rc8 32.f4 Bd4 33.Bxd4 cxd4 34.Rd1 Rxc6 35.Bb3 h5 36.g3 Kf8 37.Rxd4 Ke7 38.Kg2 Rc5 39.Bd1 Rxf5 40.b4 Rd5 41.Rxd5 Nxd5 42.Bxh5 Ne3+ 43.Kf2 Nc2 44.Bf3 Nxa3 45.Bb7 Nc2 1/2-1/2

Round 5, Sept. 28, Board 3
Draskovic, Luka – Noritsyn, Nikolay
B90 Sicilian, Najdorf

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.a4 g6 7.Be2 Bg7 8.O-O O-O 9.a5 Nc6 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.Be3 Rb8 12.Ra2 Be6 13.b3 Qc8 14.Qd3 Nd7 15.Na4 c5 16.f4 Qc7 17.Qd2 Nf6 18.Bf3 Rb4 19.Nc3 Rfb8 20.Ra4 Bd7 21.Ra3 Be6 22.Kh1 Bd7 23.Re1 Bc6 24.Bf2 Qb7 25.Qd3 Nh5 26.Bxh5 gxh5 27.Nd5 Bxd5 28.exd5 Rxf4 29.Qe3 Rg4 30.h3 Rg6 31.Qe4 Rg5 32.Ra4 Qxd5 33.Qxd5 Rxd5 34.Rxe7 Be5 35.Re4 Rd2 36.Bxc5 Rxc2 37.R4xe5 dxe5 38.b4 Rd8 39.Rxe5 f6 40.Re3 Kf7 41.Re7+ Kg6 42.Re3 Rd1+ 43.Kh2 h4 44.Re4 Kh5 45.Rg4 Rcc1 0-1

Round 5, Sept. 28, Board 4
Bareev, Evgeny – Kalezic, Blazo
A07 Reti, King’s Indian Attack, Keres variation

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Bg4 3.Bg2 Nd7 4.d3 Ngf6 5.O-O e5 6.h3 Bxf3 7.Bxf3 c6 8.e4 dxe4 9.dxe4 Be7 10.Qe2 O-O 11.Nd2 Re8 12.a4 Bf8 13.Rd1 Qc7 14.Bg2 Nc5 15.a5 Rad8 16.b4 Ne6 17.c3 b5 18.axb6 axb6 19.Bb2 b5 20.Nf3 Nd7 21.h4 Nb6 22.Bf1 Rxd1 23.Qxd1 g6 24.Qb3 Bg7 25.Rd1 Rd8 26.Bc1 h6 27.Be3 Kh7 28.h5 gxh5 29.Rxd8 Qxd8 30.Bxb6 Qxb6 31.Bh3 c5 32.Bf5+ Kg8 33.bxc5 Nxc5 34.Qd5 Qc7 35.Kg2 Bf6 36.Kh3 Kg7 37.Nh4 Na4 38.Qxb5 Nxc3 39.Qd3 Qc5 40.Ng2 Bg5 41.Kh2 Nb5 42.f4 1/2-1/2

[Wayne Komer]

Batumi Chess Olympiad 2018

September 28, 2018

Round 5

Women

Round Five Results
Round Six Pairings

No. Team TeamPts. MP : MP Pts. TeamTeam

1 IND India 16½ 9 : 10 15½ United States of AmericaUSA
2 UKR Ukraine 15½ 9 : 9 15 China CHN
3 RUS Russia 15½ 8 : 9 14½ Armenia ARM
4 AZE Azerbaijan 15½ 8 : 8 14½ Latvia LAT
5 ITA Italy 14 8 : 8 15½ Cuba CUB
6 GEO1 Georgia 1 14½ 9 : 9 15½ Georgia 2 GEO2
7 LTU Lithuania 14 8 : 8 14½ Kazakhstan KAZ
8 CAN Canada 15 8 : 8 14 Uzbekistan UZB
9 CZE Czech Republic 15½ 8 : 8 14 IranIRI
10 MGL Mongolia13½ 8 : 8 14½ Romania ROU
11 NED Netherlands 14½ 8 : 8 14 Luxembourg LUX
12 AUS Australia 12½ 7 : 7 13 Serbia SRB
13 PER Peru14½ 7 : 7 13 Turkey TUR
14 ARG Argentina 13 7 : 7 14 England ENG
15 ESP Spain 14 7 : 7 13 Philippines PHI
16 HUN Hungary 12½ 7 : 7 13½ Georgia 3 GEO3
17 VIE Vietnam 14 6 : 6 12 Wales WLS
18 DEN Denmark 11½ 6 : 6 12½ ColombiaCOL
19 POL Poland 11½ 6 : 6 14 TurkmenistanTKM
20 INA Indonesia 14 6 : 6 12 South AfricaRSA
21 GER Germany 11½ 6 : 6 12½ Greece GRE
22 SUI Switzerland 14 6 : 6 12 Tajikistan TJK
23 NOR Norway 12½ 6 : 6 11 Belarus BLR
24 MDA Moldova 12½ 6 : 6 11½ ScotlandSCO
25 CRO Croatia 11½ 6 : 6 12½ SlovakiaSVK

Composition of Team Uzbekistan

(RtgAvg:2251, Captain:Gevorgyan Irina)

1 WGMTokhirjonova Gulrukhbegim 2369
2 WGMKurbonboeva Sarvinoz 2202
3 WIMGevorgyan Irina 2265
4 WIMNadirjanova Nodira 2167
5 WIMBaymuratova Sevara 2124

Round Six takes place on Sunday, Sept. 30

Tajikistan – Canada 1-3

Round 5, Sept. 28, Board 1
Nasriddinzoda, Marvoril – Matras-Clement, Agnieszka
D32 English, Tarrasch Defence

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.e3 Nf6 7.Be2 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bd6 9.Bf3 Be5 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.O-O O-O 12.h3 Bc7 13.Ne2 Qd6 14.Ng3 Rb8 15.b3 Re8 16.Qd3 h5 17.Rd1 h4 18.Nf1 Ne4 19.Bxe4 Rxe4 20.Qxe4 dxe4 21.Rxd6 Bxd6 22.Bb2 Be6 23.Rc1 Bd5 24.Nd2 f6 25.Nc4 Bc7 26.Bd4 a5 27.Bc5 Kf7 28.Kf1 Ke6 29.Ke2 g5 30.Nb2 f5 31.Na4 f4 32.Bd4 f3+ 33.gxf3 exf3+ 34.Kd3 Kf7 35.e4 Be6 36.Rxc6 Bf4 37.Nc5 Bxh3 38.e5 Bf1+ 39.Ke4 h3 40.Rf6+ Ke7 41.Re6+ Kf7 42.Rf6+ Ke7 43.Re6+ Kf7 44.Rf6+ Ke7 1/2-1/2

Round 5, Sept. 28, Board 2
Ouellet, Maili-Jade – Antonova, Nadezhda
E41 Nimzo-Indian

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Bd3 O-O 6.Nf3 b6 7.a3 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 Bb7 9.O-O d6 10.Qc2 Nc6 11.d5 Na5 12.dxe6 fxe6 13.Ng5 Qe7 14.Bxh7+ Kh8 15.f4 Nxc4 16.Bd3 Na5 17.Qf2 Ng4 18.Qh4+ Nh6 19.Qh5 Rf6 20.Nh7 g6 21.Qxh6 Qxh7 22.Qg5 Raf8 23.c4 Kg8 24.Bb2 Rf5 25.Bxf5 exf5 26.Rac1 Ba6 27.Rf3 Qh5 28.Qe7 Rf7 29.Qe8+ Rf8 30.Qe6+ 1-0

Round 5, Sept. 28, Board 3
Hotami, Mutriba – Demchenko, Svitlana
B23 Sicilian, Closed

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.d3 g6 4.Be3 d6 5.d4 cxd4 6.Bxd4 Nxd4 7.Qxd4 Nf6 8.e5 dxe5 9.Bb5+ Bd7 10.Qxe5 a6 11.Bxd7+ Qxd7 12.Nge2 Bg7 13.Rd1 Qf5 14.Qxf5 gxf5 15.O-O O-O 16.Rd3 e6 17.Rfd1 b5 18.a3 Ng4 19.b3 Rfc8 20.Rg3 Kh8 21.h3 Nf6 22.Rgd3 Bf8 23.b4 Ng8 24.Nd4 Ne7 25.f4 Rc4 26.Nde2 Bg7 27.Rd8+ Rxd8 28.Rxd8+ Ng8 29.Rd3 Bf6 30.Kf2 Ne7 31.Kf3 h5 32.g3 Kg7 33.Kf2 Nc8 34.Kf3 Rc6 35.Ke3 Nb6 36.Kf3 Nc4 37.a4 e5 38.Rd5 e4+ 39.Kf2 bxa4 40.Nxa4 Kg6 41.Nd4 Bxd4+ 42.Rxd4 Na3 43.c3 Nb5 44.Rd5 Nxc3 45.Nxc3 Rxc3 46.Rd6+ Kg7 47.h4 Ra3 48.Rb6 Rb3 49.Rxa6 Rxb4 50.Rd6 Rb2+ 51.Kf1 Rc2 52.Rb6 Rd2 53.Rc6 Rd5 54.Kf2 Rd7 55.Rb6 Re7 56.Ke3 Re6 57.Rb8 Rd6 58.Rc8 Rb6 59.Ra8 Rc6 60.Rb8 Kf6 61.Rb5 Ke6 62.Re5+ Kf6 63.Re8 Rd6 64.Re5 Rd3+ 65.Kf2 Rd2+ 66.Kf1 1/2-1/2

Round 5, Sept. 28, Board 4
Agbabishvili, Lali – Abrorova, Sabrina
E61 King’s Indian

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d6 5.e3 O-O 6.Be2 c5 7.O-O cxd4 8.exd4 d5 9.b3 Nc6 10.Bb2 b6 11.Ne5 Bb7 12.Bf3 e6 13.Nxc6 Bxc6 14.b4 Rc8 15.b5 Ba8 16.Ba3 Re8 17.c5 bxc5 18.Bxc5 Qa5 19.Qb3 Nd7 20.Bb4 Qb6 21.Rad1 Rc4 22.Be2 Rxd4 23.Na4 Qb8 24.Nc5 Nxc5 25.Bxc5 Rxd1 26.Rxd1 Bf8 27.Bxf8 Rxf8 28.Bf3 Rc8 29.h4 Qc7 30.h5 Qc4 31.Qb2 Qc3 32.Qe2 Rc4 33.h6 Bb7 34.Bxd5 Bxd5 35.Rxd5 Rc8 36.Rd1 e5 37.a4 Re8 38.Qe4 Qc5 39.Qh4 Qb6 40.Rd7 e4 41.Re7 Rc8 42.Qxe4 Rc1+ 43.Kh2 Qb8+ 44.g3 Rc8 45.Qd4 1-0

[Hans Jung]

At the first rest day Nikolay Noritsyn has 4 wins and a perfect score! A huge congratulations. Now Canada (and Nikolay) will be jousting with all GM teams. I want to wish Nikolay and the rest of the team all the best in those encounters!

[Hans Jung]

Team Canada (open) is sitting close to their starting ranking thanks to a huge win by Nikolay in the last round which saved a 2-2 tie for the team.

[Hans Jung]

The ladies are sitting in 11th position (actually pretty much the same as 10th place Kazakhstan) so in my mind in the top ten! Congratulations, keep it up! In their earlier matchup against Team USA they came very close to a 2-2 tie. Impressive.

[Hans Jung]

Jade-Maili Ouellet has a 4 win perfect score for the team! Congratulations!

[Jeffrey Xu]

At the first rest day Nikolay Noritsyn has 4 wins and a perfect score! A huge congratulations. Now Canada (and Nikolay) will be jousting with all GM teams. I want to wish Nikolay and the rest of the team all the best in those encounters!

Nikolay is doing very well

[John Upper]

Nikolay is doing very well

So is MJ, also with 4/4; but Nikolay has scored 4/4 all with Black!


After the team was announced I interviewed Eric and Aman in Montreal, and they said they thought Nikolay would end up playing Black a lot at the Olympiad.I said I thought that would be a bad choice since (I thought) the best outcome for Canada at this Olympiad was a GM Norm for Nik. But they said "no", Nik actually scores better with Black than he scores with White! That's not quite true -- according to CanBase, he scores around 72% as White and Black over the past 5 years -- but that's much better than the typical 10% drop between White and Black results.

I suppose that make Nikolay the anti-Pelts of the Canadian team!? (ask your grandparents)


FWIW: all Canadian games from rounds 1-3 are annotated and replayable on the CFC Newsfeed.

Rd.1
http://chess.ca/newsfeed/node/1081

Rd.2
http://chess.ca/newsfeed/node/1082

Rd.3
http://chess.ca/newsfeed/node/1091

Check out Nik's round 2 game where he shows what he can do with Black, and Bareev's round 3 game around move 50-52 for a totally loony position.

Games from other rounds will follow...

[Victor Plotkin]

So is MJ, also with 4/4; but Nikolay has scored 4/4 all with Black!


After the team was announced I interviewed Eric and Aman in Montreal, and they said they thought Nikolay would end up playing Black a lot at the Olympiad.I said I thought that would be a bad choice since (I thought) the best outcome for Canada at this Olympiad was a GM Norm for Nik. But they said "no", Nik actually scores better with Black than he scores with White! That's not quite true -- according to CanBase, he scores around 72% as White and Black over the past 5 years -- but that's much better than the typical 10% drop between White and Black results.

I suppose that make Nikolay the anti-Pelts of the Canadian team!? (ask your grandparents)


FWIW: all Canadian games from rounds 1-3 are annotated and replayable on the CFC Newsfeed.

Rd.1
http://chess.ca/newsfeed/node/1081

Rd.2
http://chess.ca/newsfeed/node/1082

Rd.3
http://chess.ca/newsfeed/node/1091

Check out Nik's round 2 game where he shows what he can do with Black, and Bareev's round 3 game around move 50-52 for a totally loony position.

Games from other rounds will follow...

Likely, Nikolay is the only player for the entire Olympiad who played all games with black and scored 100% (obviously, I don't count some players who play 1 or 2 games). Indeed, it was a plan to give him as much black as possible. However, the "Nikolay with black" strategy takes a break today as he plays white against Cheparinov. Color adjusting is great, but sometimes we need to take other factors into account.

About a GM norm opportunity - Olympiad norm doesn't count twice as it used to be. In 2010 (T.Roussel-Roozmon) and 2012 (E.Hansen) entered the Olympiad having 1 norm only and became GMs after the Olympiad. Eric had a lot of 2600+ performances since 2012, but for Thomas it was actually his last great result, so for him this rule was really important.

So, as a norm opportunity Olympiad is no better tournament than any other event. One of the requirements is the average opponent's rating of 2380. While this requirement is usually not a problem in individual tournamens, it could be a problem for team events, especially if a player performs better than his team in general. Although, a 2715 opponent today should help.

As a team, we don't have a great tournaments so far; I am talking about National Team only, ladies play very well. Some of our players had a very long period of inactivity and need certain time to return to normal shape, very likely they will play better in the 2nd half. The problem is that we have a low number of individual points, I expect more "not-friendly" pairings (like today) in the coming rounds.

[Wayne Komer]

Batumi Chess Olympiad 2018

September 30, 2018

Round Six

Early Results

Open

Azerbaijan – Czech Republic

Round 6, Sept. 30, Board 1
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar – Navara, David
D41 QGD, Semi-Tarrasch

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 c5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 cxd4 8.cxd4 Bb4+ 9.Bd2 Bxd2+ 10.Qxd2 O-O 11.Bc4 Nd7 12.O-O b6 13.Rad1 Bb7 14.Rfe1 Rc8 15.Bb3 Re8 16.h3 h6 17.Qf4 Qc7 18.e5 Nf8 19.Nd2 Ng6 20.Qg4 b5 21.Ne4 Bxe4 22.Qxe4 a5 23.d5 exd5 24.Rxd5 a4 25.Bd1 Qb7 26.Bf3 Ne7 27.Rd6 Qxe4 28.Bxe4 Ng6 29.e6 Nf4 30.exf7+ Kxf7 31.g3 Ke7 32.Rd2 Ne6 33.Rd5 b4 34.f4 b3 35.axb3 axb3 36.Bg6 Rf8 37.f5 Rf6 38.Rxe6+ Rxe6 39.fxe6 b2 40.Rb5 Kf6 41.Bh7 1-0

Poland – Ukraine

Round 6, Sept. 30, Board 1
Duda, Jan-Krzysztof – Ivanchuk, Vassily
A16 English, Ango-Grunfeld Defence

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.cxd5 Nxd5 4.Nf3 g6 5.Qb3 Nb6 6.d4 Bg7 7.Bf4 Be6 8.Qa3 O-O 9.e3 N8d7 10.Rd1 c6 11.Ng5 Bf5 12.e4 Bg4 13.Be2 Bxe2 14.Nxe2 Qe8 15.Qh3 h6 16.Nf3 h5 17.e5 Nd5 18.g4 Qc8 19.Qh4 Rd8 20.gxh5 Nf8 21.hxg6 Nxg6 22.Qg3 Qf5 23.Bc1 Kf8 24.h4 Qh5 25.Qg2 Ke8 26.Ng5 Bh6 27.Qf3 Qxf3 28.Nxf3 Bxc1 29.Rxc1 f6 30.Kd2 Kf7 31.Rcg1 Rh8 32.e6+ 1-0

Final position



Bosnia and Herzegovina – USA

Round 6, Sept. 30, Board 1
Kadric, Denis – Caruana, Fabiano
B43 Sicilian, Kan

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 a6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Qc7 6.Bd3 Nf6 7.O-O Bc5 8.Nb3 Ba7 9.Kh1 Nc6 10.f4 d6 11.Qe2 h5 12.Be3 Bxe3 13.Qxe3 Bd7 14.Rae1 O-O-O 15.Na4 Kb8 16.Nb6 Be8 17.c4 h4 18.Rc1 h3 19.g3 Ng4 20.Qg1 f5 21.Be2 Ne7 22.Na5 Qc5 23.Qxc5 dxc5 24.Bxg4 fxg4 25.Rfd1 Bg6 26.Rd7 Bxe4+ 27.Kg1 Nf5 28.Re1 Bf3 29.Rxe6 Ka7 30.Rc7 Rd1+ 31.Kf2 Rd2+ 32.Ke1 Rxh2 33.b4 Rxa2 34.Nd5 Rxa5 0-1

Netherlands – Georgia 3

Round 6, Sept. 30, Board 1
Giri, Anish – Tutisani, Noe
C53 Giuoco Piano

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 a6 6.a4 d6 7.O-O O-O 8.Re1 h6 9.Nbd2 Be6 10.Bxe6 fxe6 11.b4 Ba7 12.Nf1 Qe8 13.Ra2 b5 14.Be3 Bxe3 15.Nxe3 Qg6 16.g3 Qf7 17.Kg2 Nd7 18.Qe2 Nb6 19.axb5 axb5 20.Rxa8 Rxa8 21.Rc1 Qg6 22.Nf1 Qf6 23.h4 Nd7 24.N1h2 Qg6 25.Qe1 d5 26.Nf1 Rf8 27.N1d2 Qf6 28.Qe2 Nb6 29.Nb3 Nd7 30.Ra1 Nb6 31.Nc5 d4 32.cxd4 exd4 33.Rc1 e5 34.h5 Kh7 35.Nh4 Ra8 36.Qg4 Qg5 37.Qxg5 hxg5 38.Ne6 gxh4 39.Rxc6 hxg3 40.fxg3 Rc8 41.Kf3 Na4 42.Kg4 Nb2 43.Nc5 Rf8 44.Rxc7 Rf6 45.Re7 Nd1 46.Ne6 Kh6 47.Nxg7 Ne3+ 48.Kh4 Ng2+ 49.Kh3 Ne3 50.Nf5+ Kxh5 51.Rh7+ 1-0

Women

India – USA

Round 6, Sept. 30, Board 1
Koneru, Humpy – Zatonskih, Anna
D37 QGD, Hastings variation

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.a3 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.e3 Nc6 9.Qc2 Qa5 10.Rd1 Re8 11.Nd2 e5 12.Bg5 Nd4 13.Qb1 Bf5 14.Bd3 Bxd3 15.Qxd3 Ne4 16.Nxd5 Nxg5 17.exd4 Bxd4 18.b4 Qd8 19.Qb3 Ne6 20.O-O Qd7 21.Nf3 Rad8 22.a4 f6 23.a5 Qf7 24.Qa2 Rd7 25.Nxd4 Nxd4 26.f4 Nf5 27.fxe5 Rxe5 28.Qf2 Nd6 29.Qxa7 Nxc4 30.a6 Nd6 31.Nb6 Rd8 32.Rxd6 Rxd6 33.axb7 Re8 34.b8=Q Qe6 35.Qbc7 1-0

Round 6, Sept. 30, Board 3
Tania, Sachdev – Abrahamyan, Tatev
A40 Queen’s Pawn, Keres Defence

1.d4 e6 2.c4 b6 3.Nf3 Bb7 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Qb3 Qe7 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.Qxc3 Nf6 8.g3 O-O 9.Bg2 d6 10.O-O Nbd7 11.b4 Rac8 12.Bb2 Rfd8 13.Rfd1 c5 14.dxc5 bxc5 15.b5 d5 16.Qa5 a6 17.bxa6 Ra8 18.a7 Qd6 19.cxd5 exd5 20.Nh4 Qa6 21.Qxa6 Bxa6 22.Bxd5 Nxd5 23.Rxd5 Rxa7 24.Nf5 Rb7 25.Rd2 g6 26.Nd6 Nb6 27.Rad1 Rbd7 28.Bf6 Rb8 29.Rb1 Rc7 30.Nc4 Bxc4 31.Be5 1-0

China – Ukraine

Round 6, Sept. 30, Board 2
Shen Yang, Muzychuk, Mariya
D45 QGD, Semi-Slav

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.b3 O-O 8.Be2 b6 9.O-O Bb7 10.Bb2 Qe7 11.a4 a5 12.Rfd1 Rac8 13.h3 Rfd8 14.Rab1 e5 15.dxe5 Nxe5 16.cxd5 cxd5 17.Qf5 g6 18.Qg5 Nxf3+ 19.Bxf3 d4 20.exd4 Bxf3 21.gxf3 Qe6 22.Qh4 Qf5 23.Ne4 Be7 24.d5 Nxd5 25.Qg4 Rc2 26.Qxf5 gxf5 27.Ng3 Bc5 28.Bd4 Nc3 29.Bxc3 Rxd1+ 30.Rxd1 Rxc3 31.Nxf5 Rxf3 32.Rd8+ Bf8 33.Ne3 Rxh3 34.Rb8 Rh6 35.Nd5 Kg7 36.Nxb6 Rg6+ 37.Kh1 Bc5 38.Nc4 Bxf2 39.Nxa5 h5 40.Nc4 h4 41.Rb7 Bg3 42.Rb6 Rg4 43.Rb5 Re4 44.Rd5 Kg6 45.Kg2 f5 46.Kf3 Rf4+ 47.Ke3 Rf1 48.Ne5+ Bxe5 49.Ke2 Ra1 50.Rd3 Kg5 51.Kf2 Kg4 52.Kg2 h3+ 0-1

Russia – Armenia

Round 6, Sept. 30, Board 2
Mkrtchian, Lilit – Goryachkina, Aleksandra
D47 QGD, Semi-Slav, Meran variation

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bd6 9.Bd2 Bb7 10.Rc1 Rc8 11.Ne2 O-O 12.O-O b4 13.e4 c5 14.e5 Bxf3 15.exd6 Bxe2 16.Qxe2 Qb6 17.dxc5 Nxc5 18.Bb1 Ncd7 19.Be3 Qxd6 20.Bxa7 Rxc1 21.Rxc1 Ra8 22.Be3 Nd5 23.Bd2 Ne5 24.h3 Ng6 25.Qe4 f5 26.Qd4 h6 27.Re1 Kh7 28.Qd3 Kh8 29.Qc4 Rd8 30.Bc1 Ndf4 31.Bc2 Qb8 32.Bb3 Rc8 33.Qa6 Nxg2 34.Kxg2 Nh4+ 35.Kf1 Nf3 36.Bf4 Qxf4 37.Qxc8+ Kh7 38.Qxe6 Nd2+ 39.Ke2 Ne4 40.Qg8+ Kg6 41.Rg1+ Kh5 42.Qf7+ 1-0

Round 6, Sept. 30, Board 4
Ghukasyan, Siranush – Pogonina, Natalija
C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.d3 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.a3 O-O 9.Nc3 Nb8 10.Ng5 h6 11.f4 exf4 12.Nf3 Be6 13.Bxf4 Bxb3 14.cxb3 Nbd7 15.Nd4 Ne5 16.Nf5 Kh7 17.d4 Ng6 18.Be3 c6 19.Qf3 Ng8 20.Rad1 Nh4 21.Nxh4 Bxh4 22.d5 c5 23.e5 f5 24.exd6 Qxd6 25.Bf4 Qd7 26.d6 Rae8 27.Nd5 Bf6 28.Nb6 Qd8 29.Qc6 Bd4+ 30.Kh1 Re4 31.Nd7 Rfe8 32.Nxc5 Bxc5 33.Qxc5 Qd7 34.Bg3 Rf8 35.Qd5 Re2 36.Rc1 Nf6 37.Qd3 Rxb2 38.Rc7 Qe6 39.Re7 Qc8 40.Be5 Qc2 41.Qg3 1-0

Argentina – England

Round 6, Sept. 30, Board 1
Lujan, Carolina – Houska, Jovanka
B10 Caro-Kann, Two Knights variation

1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Nxf6+ exf6 6.d4 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.Be3 Na6 9.a3 Nc7 10.c4 Re8 11.Qc2 g6 12.h4 b5 13.c5 Bf4 14.O-O-O Bxe3+ 15.fxe3 Rxe3 16.h5 Kg7 17.hxg6 fxg6 18.Qf2 Rxd3 19.Rxd3 Bf5 20.Re3 Nd5 21.Nh4 Nxe3 22.Qxe3 Bg4 23.Nxg6 hxg6 24.Qh6+ Kf7 25.Qh7+ Ke6 26.Re1+ Kf5 27.Qb7 Rc8 28.Re7 Qxd4 29.Kb1 Rd8 30.Re1 Qf2 31.Qe7 Qxe1+ 0-1

[Hans Jung]

Of the top 5 picks (pre-Olympics) only Azerbaijan has set a torrid pace with a perfect 6-0 team performance. They will meet the surprising Polish team (also 6-0 including beating the mighty Russians) in the next round.

[Hans Jung]

Team Canada (both teams) had tough matches rd 6.

[Wayne Komer]

Batumi Chess Olympiad 2018

September 30, 2018

Round Six

Women

Round Six Results
Round Seven Pairings

No. Team Team Pts. MP : MP Pts. Team Team

1 ARM Armenia 17½ 11 : 11 17½ United States of America USA
2 CHN China 17 10 : 10 17½ Netherlands NED
3 IRI Iran 17 10 : 10 17½ Ukraine UKR
4 ITA Italy 17 10 : 10 18 Azerbaijan AZE
5 ROU Romania 17 10 : 10 16½ Uzbekistan UZB
6 IND India 18½ 10 : 11 17 Georgia 1 GEO1
7 PHI Philippines 16 9 : 9 17 Georgia 2 GEO2
8 KAZ Kazakhstan 16½ 9 : 9 15½ Argentina ARG
9 PER Peru 17½ 9 : 9 16 Lithuania LTU
10 SRB Serbia 15½ 9 : 9 16 Hungary HUN
11 JOR Jordan 15½ 8 : 8 18 Vietnam VIE
12 EGY Egypt 15 8 : 8 16½ Canada CAN
13 MGL Mongolia 15 8 : 8 18 Indonesia INA
14 GRE Greece 15 8 : 8 16½ Russia RUS
15 CUB Cuba 16½ 8 : 8 15 Norway NOR
16 LAT Latvia 16 8 : 8 14½ Algeria ALG
17 LUX Luxembourg 15 8 : 8 16½ Czech Republic CZE
18 ALB Albania 12½ 8 : 8 15½ Poland POL
19 MDA Moldova 15½ 8 : 8 13½ SloveniaSLO
20 TUR Turkey 14 7 : 7 15½ England ENG

Team Composition Egypt

(RtgAvg:2111, Captain: Mohamed Farag Amrou)

1 WGM Mona Khaled 2157
2 WGM Wafa Shrook 2136
3 WGM Wafa Shahenda 2129
4 WIM Moaataz Ayah 2020
5 WIM Sherif Amina 1946


Canada – Uzbekistan 1.5 – 2.5

Round 6, Sept. 30, Board 1
Matras-Clement, Agnieszka – Tokhirjonova, Gulrukhbegim
C53 Giuoco Piano

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 a6 6.Bb3 Ba7 7.h3 d6 8.Nbd2 O-O 9.Nf1 d5 10.Qe2 d4 11.Ng3 Be6 12.Bc2 Qd6 13.O-O b5 14.Bg5 Nd7 15.Nh4 Ne7 16.Nhf5 Nxf5 17.exf5 Bd5 18.Ne4 Bxe4 19.Qxe4 h6 20.Bh4 Rfe8 21.Rfe1 Rab8 22.Kh1 dxc3 23.bxc3 b4 24.d4 bxc3 25.f6 g6 26.Bb3 Rxb3 27.axb3 Bxd4 28.Qd3 Nc5 29.Qc4 Qe6 30.Qe2 Qxb3 31.Rac1 Qb5 32.Rcd1 Qxe2 33.Rxe2 Re6 34.f3 g5 35.Bf2 Nb3 36.Rb1 Bxf2 37.Rxb3 Bd4 38.Ra2 Rc6 39.Rc2 Rxf6 40.Kh2 Rb6 41.Ra3 f5 42.g3 Kf7 43.Kg2 Ke6 44.Kf1 Kd5 45.Ke2 e4 46.Ra5+ c5 47.fxe4+ Kxe4 48.Raa2 f4 0-1

Round 6, Sept. 30, Board 2
Kurbonboeva, Sarvinoz – Zhou, Qiyu
E06 Catalan, Closed

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.c4 c6 7.Qc2 b6 8.Nbd2 Bb7 9.e4 c5 10.e5 Ne8 11.Rd1 Nd7 12.b3 Rc8 13.Bb2 Nc7 14.Rac1 b5 15.Qd3 Ba6 16.cxb5 Nxb5 17.Qe3 Qb6 18.Bf1 Rc6 19.a4 Nc7 20.dxc5 Bxc5 21.Bd4 Bxf1 22.Kxf1 Na6 23.Bxc5 Rxc5 24.Nd4 Rfc8 25.N2f3 Nb4 26.Kg2 h6 27.Rxc5 Qxc5 28.Qd2 a6 29.Ne2 Qb6 30.Qf4 Nc5 31.Nfd4 Ne4 32.Qe3 Na2 33.Ra1 Nb4 34.Rd1 Na2 35.Ra1 Nb4 36.Rd1 Rc7 37.f3 Nc5 38.Rc1 Ncd3 39.Rd1 Nc5 40.Rc1 Nd7 41.f4 Rxc1 42.Qxc1 Qc5 43.Kf3 Kf8 44.Qxc5+ Nxc5 45.Ke3 Ke7 46.Kd2 Ne4+ 47.Ke3 f6 48.Nf3 Nc2+ 49.Kd3 Nb4+ 50.Ke3 Nc2+ 51.Kd3 Nb4+ 52.Ke3 1/2-1/2

Round 6, Sept. 30, Board 3
Ouellet, Maili-Jade – Gevorgyan, Irina
D43 QGD, Semi-Slav

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 Nd7 8.Bd3 g6 9.O-O dxc4 10.Bxc4 Bg7 11.Rc1 O-O 12.e4 e5 13.d5 Nb6 14.dxc6 bxc6 15.Be2 Bg4 16.Qc2 Bxf3 17.Bxf3 h5 18.Na4 Rac8 19.Nc5 Rfd8 20.Rcd1 Rxd1 21.Rxd1 Rd8 22.Rxd8+ Qxd8 23.Nb3 Qc7 24.Be2 Bf8 25.Bb5 c5 26.Nd2 Bh6 27.Qd3 Bxd2 28.Qxd2 Kf8 29.a4 a6 30.Bxa6 Nxa4 31.Bb5 Nb6 32.b3 Nc8 33.Bc4 Qd6 34.Qxd6+ Nxd6 35.Bd5 h4 36.Kf1 Ke7 37.Ke2 f5 38.exf5 Nxf5 39.Kf3 Kf6 40.Kg4 g5 41.g3 hxg3 42.hxg3 Nd4 43.f4 gxf4 44.gxf4 Ne2 45.fxe5+ Kxe5 46.Bf7 Nc1 47.Kf3 Kd4 48.Kf2 Kc3 49.Ke3 Nxb3 50.Bg8 Nd4 51.Bd5 Nf5+ 52.Ke4 Ne7 53.Be6 c4 54.Bxc4 1/2-1/2

Round 6, Sept. 30, Board 4
Baymuratova, Severa – Demchenko, Svitlana
E97 King’s Indian, Orthodox, Aronin-Taimanov

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.b4 Nh5 10.g3 f5 11.Ng5 Nf6 12.Bf3 Kh8 13.Ba3 Ne8 14.Ne6 Bxe6 15.dxe6 Qc8 16.Nd5 Qxe6 17.Nxe7 Qxe7 18.exf5 e4 19.Bg2 gxf5 20.Rb1 Nf6 21.Rb3 Qe6 22.Qc2 c6 23.b5 Rf7 24.bxc6 bxc6 25.Rfb1 h6 26.Rb7 Rxb7 27.Rxb7 e3 28.Qe2 exf2+ 29.Qxf2 Ng4 30.Qd2 Re8 31.Rb1 Qxc4 32.Bf3 Qd4+ 33.Qxd4 Bxd4+ 34.Kg2 c5 35.Rb7 Re3 36.Rxa7 Nxh2 37.Bh5 Ng4 38.Bc1 Re2+ 39.Kf1 Rh2 40.Bxg4 fxg4 41.Bf4 c4 42.Ra8+ Kg7 43.Bxd6 Bf6 44.Bf4 c3 45.a4 Kg6 46.a5 Rh1+ 47.Ke2 c2 48.Rc8 Ra1 49.Bd2 Bg5 50.Rc6+ Kf5 51.Rc5+ Ke4 52.Bxg5 hxg5 53.Rxc2 Rxa5 54.Rc4+ Kf5 55.Rb4 Ra2+ 56.Kf1 Rd2 57.Ra4 Rd5 58.Kf2 Re5 59.Rb4 Re4 60.Rb5+ 1/2-1/2