Batumi Chess Olympiad 2018

[Tom O'Donnell]

e.g. Bahamas board three is a female.

[Wayne Komer]

Batumui Chess Olympiad 2018

September 23, 2018

From the official site:

ON BOARD! FROM ISTANBUL TO BATUMI… WITH VISHY, JU WENJUN, MVL AND SO MANY OTHERS!!

23 SEPTEMBER 2018

NEWS On Board! From Istanbul to Batumi… With Vishy, Ju Wenjun, MVL and so many others!!

The competitors and representatives of the 189 countries involved in the 43rd Olympiad are currently arriving in Batumi airport. They come in Georgia from all over the World.

One flight was absolutely amazing!

N° TK0392 of Turkish Airlines from Istanbul to Batumi! It’s like a dream come true for any Chess lover or/and organizer. Really, it should have been possible to create a top private tournament only with the passengers of that flight. Guess who!?

Vishy Anand Super hero of India and former World Champion who was leading the impressive delegation of his country. Ding Liren current world n°4 and Ju Wenjun current Women’s World Champion with the two top teams of China. French star Maxime Vachier-Lagrave world n°5 with Etienne Bacrot and Romain Edouard. Ahmed Adly former Junior World Champion with the team of Egypt and so many others. All top players from their respectives countries of Africa, like the team of Liberia, Americas, Asia and Europe… and may be of Oceania!?

https://batumi2018.fide.com/en/news/...so-many-others

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From the EC Forum:

Nick Faulks - Sitting in Istanbul Airport transit area. Bermuda's top board is negotiating with Turkish Airlines on the subject of being bounced off the onward flight because they've overbooked it.

Alex Holowczak - I failed with similar negotiations the day before, along with about 8 others. I have now arrived in Batumi a day later than I should have done having been bumped off the corresponding Istanbul-Batumi flight on Saturday.

A number of other British passengers were on the standby list, but from what I can tell, they all made it on board.

I was lucky in that I could get a visa to get into a hotel the airport put me up in. The Algerian players who got bumped were less fortunate; they weren't able to get a visa because they had to go to the Embassy. This required leaving the airport, which they could only do with a visa.

Andrey Filatov (RCF President) in a letter to the FIDE –- With this letter, the Russian Chess Federation expresses serious concern about the round-the-clock work of the Boom Boom Beach night club near the official hotel Hilton where participants of the 43th World Chess Olympiad and delegates of the upcoming FIDE Congress are accommodated. We would like to remind you that an intense background noise of this kind during such an important international event as the World Chess Olympiad is inadmissible and we hope that this problem will be successfully resolved.

[Vadim Tsypin]

Rock Around the Clock. :)



Remember how Team Canada was similarly subjected to loud noise during the Summit Series in September 1972?

Here's a tweeted video of that disco, with sights and sounds.

[Rene Preotu]

Hi Vadim,

The Canadian delegation will be staying at the Hotel DIVAN Suites Batumi

https://www.divan.com.tr/divan-suites-batumi/en

[Wayne Komer]

Batumi Chess Olympiad 2018

September 24, 2014

Round One

Pairings

Open

No. Team Team

1 United States of America Panama
2 Uganda Russia
3 China Morocco
4 India El Salvador
5 Zambia Ukraine
6 France Yemen
7 Japan Armenia
8 England Angola
9 Bolivia Israel
10 Poland Guatemala
11 Madagascar Hungary
12 Netherlands Lebanon
13 ICCD Georgia 1
14 Czech Republic Trinidad & Tobago
15 Syria Germany
16 Belarus Malaysia
17 United Arab Emirates Croatia
18 Peru Jamaica
19 Zimbabwe Argentina
20 Romania Nicaragua
21 Sudan Turkey
22 Iran Barbados
23 Wales Spain
24 Greece Sri Lanka
25 Botswana Slovenia
26 Vietnam Chinese Taipei
27 Nepal Canada
28 Brazil Malawi
29 South Korea Moldova
30 Latvia Mozambique
31 Thailand Sweden
32 Cuba Cyprus
33 Honduras Italy
34 IPCA Azerbaijan
35 IBCA Eritrea
36 Austria Bahrain
37 Netherlands Antilles Uzbekistan
38 Kazakhstan Puerto Rico
39 Namibia Norway
40 Switzerland Malta
41 Libya Egypt
42 Australia Qatar
43 Liechtenstein Georgia 2
44 FYROM Brunei
45 Palestine Iceland
46 Serbia Surinam
47 Ethiopia Mongolia
48 Montenegro Kenya
49 Mali Slovakia
50 Chile Hong Kong
51 Oman Lithuania
52 Paraguay Ghana
53 Saudi Arabia Denmark
54 Finland Afghanistan
55 San Marino Philippines
56 Estonia Mauritania
57 Bermuda Bosnia & Herzegovina
58 Algeria Guernsey
59 Kuwait Colombia
60 Belgium Papua New Guinea
61 Guyana Albania
62 Venezuela Jersey
63 Mauritius Turkmenistan
64 Portugal Maldives
65 Palau Bangladesh
66 Georgia 3 Macau
67 South Sudan Ireland
68 Uruguay Cape Verde
69 Tanzania Costa Rica
70 Indonesia Aruba
71 Togo Scotland
72 Tajikistan Lesotho
73 Bahamas Myanmar
74 Monaco Gambia
75 Nauru Jordan
76 Mexico Timor Leste
77 Sierra Leone Faroe Islands
78 New Zealand Seychelles
79 Liberia Ecuador
80 Singapore Sao Tome & Principe
81 Cameroon Kosovo
82 Luxembourg Swaziland
83 Djibouti Dominican Republic
84 Kyrgyzstan Senegal
85 Haiti South Africa
86 Guam Iraq
87 Andorra Gabon
88 Antigua and Barbuda Tunisia
89 Central African Republic bye
90 Nigeria not paired
91 Pakistan not paired
92 Ivory Coast not paired
93 Rwanda not paired
94 Somalia not paired
95 US Virgin Islands not paired
96 Burundi not paired
97 Congo not paired

Women

No. Team Team

1 Costa Rica Russia
2 Ukraine Monaco
3 Tajikistan China
4 Georgia 1 South Korea
5 New Zealand India
6 France Albania
7 Guatemala Poland
8 Kazakhstan Singapore
9 United States of America Uruguay
10 Jordan Azerbaijan
11 Armenia Kyrgyzstan
12 Ireland Hungary
13 Georgia 2 South Africa
14 Dominican Republic Spain
15 Netherlands Panama
16 Sri Lanka Mongolia
17 Italy Syria
18 Honduras Vietnam
19 Romania El Salvador
20 Japan Israel
21 Cuba Iraq
22 Morocco Serbia
23 Turkey Angola
24 Jamaica England
25 Czech Republic Botswana
26 Nicaragua Greece
27 Iran Paraguay
28 Surinam Slovakia
29 Argentina Puerto Rico
30 Trinidad & Tobago Uzbekistan
31 IPCA Germany
32 Sierra Leone IBCA
33 Colombia Madagascar
34 United Arab Emirates Australia
35 Lithuania Tunisia
36 Zambia Slovenia
37 Belarus Malta
38 Netherlands Antilles Peru
39 Austria Zimbabwe
40 Barbados Switzerland
41 Canada Uganda
42 Kenya Estonia
43 Latvia Nepal
44 Mozambique Philippines
45 Croatia Thailand
46 Chinese Taipei Brazil
47 Moldova Namibia
48 Ethiopia Indonesia
49 Norway Sudan
50 Palestine Denmark
51 Ecuador Palau
52 Malawi Luxembourg
53 Egypt Bermuda
54 Ghana Mexico
55 Turkmenistan Lesotho
56 Guyana Venezuela
57 Georgia 3 Seychelles
58 Kuwait Belgium
59 FYROM Swaziland
60 Hong Kong Sweden
61 Bangladesh Kosovo
62 Maldives Chile
63 Iceland Bahamas
64 Mauritius Bosnia & Herzegovina
65 ICCD Togo
66 Cameroon Bolivia
67 Portugal Tanzania
68 Central African Republic Algeria
69 Malaysia Djibouti
70 Gabon Scotland
71 Montenegro Gambia
72 Sao Tome & Principe Wales
73 Finland Senegal
74 Nigeria not paired
75 Pakistan not paired
76 Rwanda not paired
77 Burundi not paired
78 Ivory Coast not paired

[Wayne Komer]

Batumi Chess Olympiad 2018

September 24, 2018

Round One

Team Composition

Nepal Open

Bo. Name Rtg

118. Open (RtgAvg:2134, Captain:Gautam Bidur Prasad)
1 CM Lama Himal 2057
2 CM Kayastha Madan Krishna 2077
3 CM Thing Bibek 2237
4 FM Jaiswal Rupesh 2165
5 CM Rajbhandari Rijendra 1937


Uganda Women

114. Women (RtgAvg:1578, Captain:Otim Isaac Jonathan )

1 WCMMutesi Phiona 1637
2 WFMNamaganda Christine 1581
3 Nakabo Peninah 1581
4 Nansubuga Gloria 1415
5 Ampaire Shakira 1512

[Vadim Tsypin]

Hi Vadim,

The Canadian delegation will be staying at the Hotel DIVAN Suites Batumi

https://www.divan.com.tr/divan-suites-batumi/en

Thank you Rene. Let's hope that everything will be quiet and peaceful there, with our players and officials having the best conditions for preparation and rest.

Good luck to both Canadian teams!

[Henri Hughes]

our mens and women's teams out rate Uganda an Nepal by at least 300 points, should be a good first round for us

[Vadim Tsypin]

@ChessMike:

"U.S. Captain John Donaldson explained to me timeline for 3pm start of #batumichess2018

2:15 Team leaves hotel
2:35 Arrives at playing all, lines up for screening
3:25 Team gets to board, 7 mins after delayed start and 8 mins before default

They did not get any time added back."

[Wayne Komer]

Batumi Chess Olympiad 2018

September 24, 2018

Round One

Open Canada

Nepal - Canada

Batumi Chess Olympiad Open
Round 1, September 24, 2018
Kayastha, Madan Krishna – Hansen, Eric
E00 Catalan Opening

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Bd6 6.Bg2 c6 7.Nc3 Nbd7 8.e4 Nxe4 9.Nxe4 dxe4 10.Ng5 f5 11.c5 Bb8 12.Nxe6 Qe7 13.Nf4 Nf6 14.O-O O-O 15.h4 Rd8 16.Be3 Be6 17.Qd2 Nd5 18.Nxd5 Rxd5 19.Rfd1 Be5 20.Qa5 Bf6 21.Rd2 a6 22.Rad1 Rad8 23.Qc3 Bf7 24.f3 exf3 25.Bxf3 R5d7 26.Bf4 Bd5 27.Bd6 Qf7 28.a4 Re8 29.Re2 Rdd8 30.Rxe8+ Rxe8 31.Kf2 Bxf3 32.Qxf3 Qc4 33.Qd3 Qxa4 34.b3 Qa5 35.d5 Re4 36.dxc6 bxc6 37.b4 Qa4 38.Rb1 Qa2+ 39.Kf3 Kh8 40.Bf4 Bd4 41.Bd2 Qd5 0-1

Round 1, September 24
Preotu, Razvan – Thing, Bibek
B90 Sicilian, Najdorf, Byrne Attack

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 Ng4 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Bg3 Bg7 10.h3 Ne5 11.f3 Nbc6 12.Bf2 Nxd4 13.Bxd4 Be6 14.Qd2 Qa5 15.a3 Rc8 16.O-O-O b5 17.Kb1 Rg8 18.h4 Nc6 19.Bxg7 Rxg7 20.hxg5 hxg5 21.Rh8+ Kd7 22.Rxc8 Kxc8 23.a4 b4 24.Nd5 Kb7 25.b3 Bxd5 26.exd5 Ne5 27.Re1 Qc5 28.Qe2 Qb6 29.g3 a5 30.f4 Ng6 31.Qg4 f6 32.Re4 Nf8 33.Rc4 Qd8 34.Rc6 Rh7 35.Qe2 1-0

Round 1, September 24
Jaiswal, Rupesh – Noritsyn, Nikolay
A48 King’s Indian, London System

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bf4 d6 4.e3 Nh5 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 g5 7.Nfd2 Ng7 8.Bg3 Nf5 9.Bd3 h5 10.f3 Nxe3 11.Qe2 Nf5 12.Bxf5 Bxf5 13.Qb5+ Qd7 14.Qxb7 Qc6 15.Qxc6+ Nxc6 16.c3 Rb8 17.b3 Bg7 18.Na3 e6 19.O-O Ne7 20.Bf2 Nd5 21.c4 Nf4 22.Nb5 Kd7 23.Rad1 Bc2 24.Ra1 Bd3 25.Rfd1 Ne2+ 26.Kh1 a6 27.Na3 Nxd4 28.Nf1 Nc6 29.Rxd3 Bxa1 30.Ng3 Nb4 31.Rd2 Bc3 32.Rd1 f5 33.Nb1 Nxa2 34.Nxc3 Nxc3 35.Ra1 Rxb3 0-1

Round 1, September 24
Hambleton, Aman – Rajbhandari, Rijendra
B38 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Maroczy bind

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.e4 Bg7 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nc6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Nc3 d6 8.Be2 O-O 9.O-O Nxd4 10.Bxd4 Be6 11.Re1 a6 12.Bf1 Rc8 13.Nd5 Nd7 14.Bxg7 Kxg7 15.a4 a5 16.Qd4+ f6 17.Re3 Bf7 18.b3 Nc5 19.Rb1 e6 20.Nc3 Qb6 21.h4 Nxa4 22.Qxb6 Nxb6 23.Ra1 Ra8 24.Nb5 Rfd8 25.Nc7 Rac8 26.Nb5 a4 27.bxa4 Nxc4 28.Rc3 d5 29.exd5 exd5 30.Nd4 Ra8 31.Rb3 Rd7 32.Rb4 Re7 33.f3 Rc8 34.Rc1 Rcc7 35.Nb5 Rcd7 36.Nd4 Rc7 37.Nb5 Rcd7 38.Nd4 Ne5 39.Rb5 Rc7 40.Rbc5 Rxc5 41.Rxc5 Nc4 42.Kf2 f5 43.Nb5 Nb2 44.a5 Kf6 45.Be2 Rd7 46.Ke3 d4+ 47.Kd2 d3 48.Bd1 Nc4+ 49.Kc3 Ne3 50.Kd2 Nxd1 51.Kxd1 d2 52.Rc3 Rd5 53.Na3 Be8 54.Rc4 Rxa5 55.Nb1 Ra4 56.Rc7 Bc6 57.Nxd2 Rxh4 58.Ke2 h5 59.Nb3 Rb4 60.Nc5 Rb2+ 61.Kf1 Kg5 62.Ne6+ Kf6 63.Nf8 Bd5 64.Nh7+ Ke5 65.Rg7 Rb6 66.Nf8 Rd6 67.Nd7+ Kf4 68.Kf2 h4 69.Nc5 b5 70.Rh7 Kg5 71.Rh8 Bc4 72.Ke3 f4+ 73.Ke4 Rd2 74.Rh7 Rxg2 75.Ke5 Re2+ 76.Ne4+ Rxe4+ 77.Kxe4 b4 78.Rb7 b3 79.Rb4 h3 80.Rxc4 b2 81.Rb4 h2 82.Rxb2 h1=Q 83.Rb5+ Kh6 84.Kxf4 Qc1+ 85.Kg3 Qe1+ 86.Kf4 g5+ 87.Kf5 Qe3 0-1

Black wins in 15 moves after 88.Rd5

Canada 3 – Nepal 1

Women’s Canada

Round 1, September 24
Matras-Clement, Agnieszka – Mutesi, Phiona
C05 French, Tarrasch, Closed variation

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ne2 Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.Nf3 f5 10.exf6 Nxf6 11.Nf4 cxd4 12.cxd4 Bd6 13.Re1 Re8 14.Ng5 Nxd4 15.Nxh7 Nc6 16.Nxf6+ Qxf6 17.Qh5 Rd8 18.Nxd5 Qd4 19.Bg6 Bxh2+ 20.Qxh2 Rxd5 21.Qh7+ Kf8 22.Qh8+ Ke7 23.Qe8+ Kd6 24.Qf8+ Kc7 25.Bf4+ e5 26.Qxg7+ Bd7 27.Bg3 Rd8 28.Be4 Rb5 29.Bxc6 Kxc6 30.Bxe5 Qh4 31.Qg6+ Kc5 32.Qd6+ 1-0

Round 1, September 24
Namaganda, Christine – Zhou, Qiyu
A45 Queen’s Pawn game

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 e6 3.e3 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Bd3 d5 6.Nd2 Bd6 7.Bg3 O-O 8.Ngf3 b6 9.Bh4 Be7 10.O-O Bb7 11.a3 Rc8 12.Rc1 h6 13.Re1 Ne4 14.Bxe7 Nxe7 15.Bb1 Nf5 16.Nxe4 dxe4 17.Nd2 Nd6 18.h3 Qe7 19.Qe2 Rfd8 20.Ba2 Rc7 21.Rf1 Bd5 22.c4 Bb7 23.dxc5 Rxc5 24.b4 Rg5 25.c5 Nf5 26.c6 Nh4 27.Nxe4 Rxg2+ 28.Kh1 Qc7 29.Ng3 Bxc6 30.e4 Qxg3 31.fxg3 Rxe2 32.Rxc6 Rdd2 0-1

Round 1, September 24
Ouellet, Maili-Jade – Nakabo, Peninah
D31 QGD, Charousek variation

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bf4 c6 6.e3 Nf6 7.Bd3 Bg4 8.Nge2 Nbd7 9.Qc2 Rc8 10.Rc1 h6 11.O-O Nh5 12.Nxd5 O-O 13.Nxe7+ Qxe7 14.Bg3 Bxe2 15.Qxe2 Nxg3 16.hxg3 Nb6 17.Rfd1 Rcd8 18.Bb1 g6 19.e4 Rd7 20.Rd2 Rfd8 21.Rcd1 Qb4 22.a3 Qc4 23.Qe3 Kg7 24.Bc2 Qe6 25.Bb3 Qg4 26.a4 Re7 27.Re1 Nd5 28.Qf3 Qxf3 29.gxf3 a5 30.Bxd5 Rxd5 31.Re3 Rd8 32.Kf1 Red7 33.Red3 c5 34.d5 Kf6 35.f4 Ke7 36.e5 f5 37.Ke2 b6 38.Kd1 Rb8 39.Kc2 b5 40.axb5 Rxb5 41.Rb3 Rb4 42.Rxb4 cxb4 43.Kb3 g5 44.fxg5 hxg5 45.Ka4 Ra7 46.Kb5 b3 47.Kb6 Ra8 48.Kb7 Rf8 49.Kc7 f4 50.d6+ Ke6 51.d7 fxg3 52.fxg3 Kxe5 53.d8=Q Rxd8 54.Rxd8 Ke4 55.Ra8 Kf3 56.Rxa5 g4 57.Rb5 Kxg3 58.Rxb3+ 1-0

Round 1, September 24
Nansubuga, Gloria – Demchenko, Svitlana
D02 Queen’s Bishop game

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 d5 3.e3 e6 4.Nf3 Bd6 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.c4 c6 7.c5 Be7 8.Nbd2 h6 9.Bf4 O-O 10.Bd3 b6 11.b4 a5 12.a3 Re8 13.O-O Nh5 14.Be5 Ba6 15.Bxa6 Rxa6 16.h3 Qa8 17.Bc7 Rc8 18.cxb6 Nxb6 19.Bxb6 Rxb6 20.Ne5 Nf6 21.bxa5 Qxa5 22.Ndc4 dxc4 23.Nxc4 Qa6 24.Nxb6 Qxb6 25.Qb1 Qa5 26.Qb7 Rc7 27.Qb8+ Kh7 28.Qb1+ g6 29.a4 Nd5 30.Qc2 c5 31.dxc5 Bxc5 32.Qb3 Nc3 33.Kh2 Bd6+ 34.Kh1 Qe5 35.f4 Qxe3 36.Rf3 Qd2 37.a5 Ne2 38.Qe3 Qxe3 39.Rxe3 Nxf4 40.a6 Ra7 41.Rb3 e5 42.Rb7 Rxb7 43.axb7 e4 44.Ra6 e3 45.Rxd6 e2 46.b8=Q e1=Q+ 47.Kh2 Qf2 48.Qb7 Ne2 49.Rd1 Qf4+ 50.Kh1 Ng3+ 51.Kg1 Ne4 52.Qa7 Ng5 53.Qf2 Qxf2+ 54.Kxf2 Kg7 55.Rd4 Kf6 56.Rd6+ Kf5 57.Rd7 Ke6 58.Rd1 Ke5 59.Ke3 f5 60.Rb1 f4+ 61.Ke2 f3+ 62.gxf3 Nxh3 63.Ke3 Nf4 64.Rb5+ Nd5+ 65.Kf2 h5 66.Kg3 g5 67.Rb8 Kf5 68.Rf8+ Nf6 69.Rc8 Nd7 70.Rc7 Ne5 71.Rc5 h4+ 72.Kg2 Kf4 73.Rb5 Nd3 74.Rb3 Ne1+ 75.Kf2 h3 76.Rb4+ Kf5 77.Kg3 h2 78.Rb5+ Kf6 79.Kxh2 Nxf3+ 80.Kg3 Ne5 81.Rb6+ Kf5 82.Rb5 Kf6 1/2-1/2

Uganda 0.5 – Canada 3.5

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Other games

Panama - USA

Round 1, September 24
Baules, Jorge – Nakamura, Hikaru
E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical variation

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 b6 5.e4 c5 6.e5 cxd4 7.a3 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 Ng8 9.cxd4 Bb7 10.Nf3 Bxf3 11.gxf3 Nc6 12.Bb2 Nge7 13.Rg1 Rc8 14.Qe4 Nf5 15.Bh3 Nce7 16.d5 b5 17.dxe6 Qa5+ 18.Kf1 dxe6 19.Qb7 O-O 20.Rd1 bxc4 21.Bc1 Qxe5 22.Rd7 Rcd8 23.Rxe7 Rd1+ 24.Kg2 Nh4+ 25.Kh1 Qe1 0-1

Uganda - Russia

Round 1, September 24
Ssegwanyi, Arthur – Karjakin, Sergey
B14 Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik Attack

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nf3 Bb4 7.c5 O-O 8.Bd3 b6 9.cxb6 axb6 10.O-O Bxc3 11.bxc3 Ba6 12.Bg5 Nbd7 13.Bxa6 Rxa6 14.Qb3 Qa8 15.Rfc1 Rc8 16.Qb2 h6 17.Be3 Ra4 18.h3 Qa6 19.Rc2 Ne4 20.Nd2 Ndf6 21.Nxe4 Nxe4 22.Bf4 Rac4 23.Rac1 b5 24.f3 Nc5 25.dxc5 Rxf4 26.Rd1 Rc4 27.Rd4 R8xc5 28.Rxc4 Rxc4 29.Rd2 Qc6 30.Rd3 h5 31.Kh1 b4 0-1

Morocco - China

Round 1, September 24
Onkoud, Abdelaziz – Wei Yi
A09 Reti, Advance variation

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 d4 3.e3 Nc6 4.d3 e5 5.exd4 exd4 6.a3 a5 7.b3 Nf6 8.Be2 Bc5 9.O-O O-O 10.h3 Re8 11.Re1 Bf5 12.Bf1 Qd6 13.Ra2 Rxe1 14.Nxe1 h6 15.g3 Rb8 16.Bg2 Qd7 17.g4 Bh7 18.Re2 h5 19.Bg5 hxg4 20.Bxf6 gxf6 21.hxg4 Kh8 22.f4 Bd6 23.Bxc6 Qxg4+ 24.Ng2 Rg8 25.Be4 Bxe4 26.dxe4 Bxf4 27.Qxd4 Qxe2 28.Qxf6+ Rg7 29.Qd8+ Kh7 30.Qh4+ Bh6 0-1

Iran - Barbados

Round 1, September 24
Maghsoodloo, Parham – Husbands, Orlando
E46 Nimzo-Indian, Reshevsky variation

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Ne2 c6 6.a3 Ba5 7.Ng3 d5 8.Bd2 Nbd7 9.cxd5 exd5 10.Bd3 Bc7 11.O-O Nb6 12.b3 Be6 13.a4 Re8 14.Re1 Nc8 15.f3 Ne7 16.Nce2 Qd7 17.Qc2 h5 18.Nf4 Bxf4 19.exf4 h4 20.f5 hxg3 21.fxe6 gxh2+ 22.Kxh2 fxe6 23.Bf4 Nf5 24.Qf2 Kf7 25.g4 Rh8+ 26.Kg1 Ne7 27.Re3 Ng6 28.Bg3 Rag8 29.Rae1 Nf8 30.Kg2 g6 31.Be5 g5 32.Bg3 Rh6 33.b4 Qd8 34.b5 Rgh8 35.bxc6 bxc6 36.Qc2 Qb6 37.Qc3 Rh3 38.Bd6 Ne8 39.Be5 R8h6 40.Rb1 Qd8 41.Qxc6 Kg8 42.Rb7 a5 43.Bb5 Nf6 44.Rc3 1-0

[Hans Jung]

A good success for all of Team Canada rd 1

[Wayne Komer]

Batumi Chess Olympiad 2018

September 24, 2018

Open

Round One Results

Round Two Pairings


No. TeamTeamPts. Res.: Res.Pts. TeamTeam

1 GEO3Georgia 3 4 : 4 United States of America USA
2 RUS Russia 4 : 4 Ireland IRL
3 URU Uruguay 4 : 4 France FRA
4 ISR Israel 4 : 4 Costa Rica CRC
5 INA Indonesia 4 : 4 Poland POL
6 SCO Scotland4 : 4 Netherlands NED
7 TJK Tajikistan 4 : 4 Czech Republic CZE
8 GER Germany 4 : 4 Myanmar MYA
9 CRO Croatia 4 : 4 Monaco MNC
10 JOR Jordan 4 : 4 PeruPER
11 ARG Argentina 4 : 4 Mexico MEX
12 SGP Singapore 4 : 4 Romania ROU
13 TUR Turkey 4 : 4 Kosovo KOS
14 LUX Luxembourg 4 : 4 IranIRI
15 ESP Spain 4 : 4 Dominican Republic DOM
16 KGZ Kyrgyzstan 4 : 4 Greece GRE
17 SLO Slovenia4 : 4 South AfricaRSA
18 IRQ Iraq4 : 4 Vietnam VIE
19 AND Andorra 4 : 4 Brazil BRA
20 SWESweden 4 : 4 Tunisia TUN
21 ITA Italy 4 : 3½Azerbaijan AZE
22 IND India 3½ : 4 Austria AUT
23 UZB Uzbekistan 4 : 3½Ukraine UKR
24 ARM Armenia 3½ : 4 Kazakhstan KAZ
25 NOR Norway 4 : 3½Georgia 1 GEO1
26 BLR Belarus 3½ : 4 Australia AUS
27 MDA Moldova 3½ : 4 FYROM MKD
28 ISL Iceland 4 : 3½Latvia LAT
29 MGL Mongolia4 : 3½CubaCUB
30 SUI Switzerland 3½ : 4 Montenegro MNE
31 EGY Egypt 3½ : 4 ParaguayPAR
32 DEN Denmark 4 : 3½Georgia 2 GEO2
33 SRB Serbia 3½ : 4 Finland FIN
34 PLE Palestine 0 : ½ IPCAIPCA
35 BAN Bangladesh 4 : 3 IBCAIBCA
36 PHI Philippines 4 : 3½SlovakiaSVK
37 CHI Chile 3½ : 4 Estonia EST
38 BIH Bosnia & Herzegovina 4 : 3½Faroe Islands FAI
39 NZL New Zealand 3½ : 4 Algeria ALG
40 COL Colombia4 : 3 China CHN
41 ENG England 3 : 4 Belgium BEL
42 ALB Albania 4 : 3 Hungary HUN
43 CAN Canada 3 : 4 Venezuela VEN
44 TKM Turkmenistan4 : 3 Lithuania LTU
45 ECU Ecuador 3 : 4 PortugalPOR
46 MAR Morocco 1 : 3 US Virgin IslandsISV
47 ANG Angola 1 : 0 HondurasHON
48 BRN Bahrain 0 : 1 Madagascar MAD
49 AHO Netherlands Antilles 0 : 1 Nepal NEP
50 PUR Puerto Rico 0 : 1 OmanOMA
51 NAM Namibia 0 : 1 Liberia LBR
52 ERI Eritrea 1 : 0 Qatar QAT
53 CAF Central African Republic 1 : 0 Brunei BRU
54 ESA El Salvador ½ : 0 EthiopiaETH
55 KEN Kenya 0 : ½ Zambia ZAM
56 GHA Ghana 0 : ½ Japan JPN
57 KSA Saudi Arabia0 : ½ ICCDICCD
58 MAS Malaysia½ : 0 Afghanistan AFG
59 SMR San Marino 0 : ½ South Korea KOR
60 MOZ Mozambique ½ : 0 Mauritania MTN
61 CYP Cyprus ½ : 0 Bermuda BER
62 MLT Malta ½ : 0 GuernseyGCI
63 KUWKuwait 0 : ½ Libya LBA
64 PNG Papua New Guinea 0 : ½ Liechtenstein LIE
65 SUR Surinam ½ : 0 Guyana GUY
66 JCI Jersey 0 : ½ MaliMLI
67 HKG Hong Kong ½ : 0 Mauritius MRI
68 MDVMaldives0 : ½ Sierra LeoneSLE
69 SEY Seychelles ½ : 0 Ivory Coast CIV
70 PAN Panama 0 : 0 Palau PLW
71 SOM Somalia 0 : 0 Uganda UGA
72 MAC Macau 0 : 0 Nigeria NGR
73 YEM Yemen 0 : 0 South Sudan SSD
74 CPVCape Verde 0 : 0 Bolivia BOL
75 GUA Guatemala 0 : 0 TanzaniaTAN
76 LBN Lebanon 0 : 0 Aruba ARU
77 TTO Trinidad & Tobago0 : 0 TogoTOG
78 LES Lesotho 0 : 0 Syria SYR
79 BAH Bahamas 0 : 0 United Arab Emirates UAE
80 JAM Jamaica 0 : 0 Gambia GAM
81 NRU Nauru 0 : 0 ZimbabweZIM
82 NCA Nicaragua 0 : 0 Timor Leste TLS
83 STP Sao Tome & Principe 0 : 0 Sudan SUD
84 BAR Barbados0 : 0 CameroonCMR
85 SWZSwaziland 0 : 0 Wales WLS
86 SRI Sri Lanka 0 : 0 DjiboutiDJI
87 SEN Senegal 0 : 0 BotswanaBOT
88 TPE Chinese Taipei 0 : 0 Haiti HAI
89 MAWMalawi 0 : 0 GuamGUM
90 GAB Gabon 0 : 0 ThailandTHA

Venezuela Open Team

Bo. Name Rtg

(RtgAvg:2429, Captain:Ostos Julio Eduardo)

1 GM Iturrizaga Bonelli Eduardo 2636
2 IM Ynojosa Aponte Felix Jose 2370
3 IM Zavarce Sayago Oscar Enrique 2346
4 CM Vivas Zamora Fabian Ernesto 2363
5 IM Palencia Morales Wilson Guillermo 2345

[Wayne Komer]

Batumi Chess Olympiad 2018

September 24, 2018

Women

Round One Results

Round Two Pairings


No. TeamTeamPts. : Pts. TeamTeam

1 TKM Turkmenistan4 : 4 Ukraine UKR
2 IND India 4 : 4 Venezuela VEN
3 GER Germany 4 : 4 Georgia 3 GEO3
4 AZE Azerbaijan 4 : 4 Belgium BEL
5 HUN Hungary 4 : 4 FYROM MKD
6 SWESweden 4 : 4 Georgia 2 GEO2
7 ESP Spain 4 : 4 Bangladesh BAN
8 ISL Iceland 4 : 4 Netherlands NED
9 MGL Mongolia4 : 4 Bosnia & Herzegovina BIH
10 VIEVietnam 4 : 4 ICCDICCD
11 BOL Bolivia 4 : 4 Romania ROU
12 POR Portugal4 : 4 CubaCUB
13 SRB Serbia 4 : 4 Algeria ALG
14 MAS Malaysia4 : 4 Turkey TUR
15 ENG England 4 : 4 ScotlandSCO
16 MNE Montenegro 4 : 4 Czech Republic CZE
17 GRE Greece 4 : 4 Wales WLS
18 FIN Finland 4 : 4 IranIRI
19 UZB Uzbekistan 4 : 3½Russia RUS
20 CHN China 3½ : 4 ColombiaCOL
21 PER Peru4 : 3½ Kazakhstan KAZ
22 ARM Armenia 3½ : 4 Austria AUT
23 SUI Switzerland 4 : 3½Italy ITA
24 EST Estonia 4 : 3½SlovakiaSVK
25 AUS Australia 3½ : 4 Latvia LAT
26 PHI Philippines 4 : 3½SloveniaSLO
27 BLR Belarus 3½ : 4 Croatia CRO
28 CAN Canada 3½ : 4 Moldova MDA
29 INA Indonesia 4 : 3½Chile CHI
30 GEO1Georgia 1 3 : 4 Norway NOR
31 SEY Seychelles 0 : 0 IPCAIPCA
32 IBCAIBCA4 : 4 Argentina ARG
33 DEN Denmark 4 : 3 France FRA
34 POL Poland 3 : 4 Ecuador ECU
35 LUX Luxembourg 4 : 3 United States of America USA
36 ISR Israel 3 : 4 Egypt EGY
37 MEX Mexico 4 : 3 Lithuania LTU
38 BRA Brazil 3 : 1 South Korea KOR
39 ALB Albania 1 : 0 Puerto Rico PUR
40 TTO Trinidad & Tobago0 : 1 Guatemala GUA
41 URU Uruguay 1 : 0 Madagascar MAD
42 AHO Netherlands Antilles 0 : 1 Japan JPN
43 TUN Tunisia 1 : 0 ZimbabweZIM
44 BAR Barbados0 : 1 Chinese Taipei TPE
45 KEN Kenya 0 : ½ Costa Rica CRC
46 NEP Nepal 0 : ½ Tajikistan TJK
47 SGP Singapore ½ : 0 Mozambique MOZ
48 KGZ Kyrgyzstan ½ : 0 ThailandTHA
49 SYR Syria ½ : 0 Namibia NAM
50 ETH Ethiopia0 : ½ Surinam SUR
51 SUD Sudan 0 : ½ United Arab Emirates UAE
52 PLE Palestine 0 : ½ Zambia ZAM
53 MLT Malta ½ : 0 Palau PLW
54 UGA Uganda ½ : 0 Malawi MAW
55 BER Bermuda 0 : ½ MaldivesMDV
56 MNC Monaco 0 : 0 Ghana GHA
57 LES Lesotho 0 : 0 New Zealand NZL
58 NGR Nigeria 0 : 0 Guyana GUY
59 KUWKuwait 0 : 0 Jordan JOR
60 SWZSwaziland 0 : 0 Ireland IRL
61 RSA South Africa0 : 0 Hong Kong HKG
62 KOS Kosovo 0 : 0 Dominican Republic DOM
63 PAN Panama 0 : 0 Bahamas BAH
64 MRI Mauritius 0 : 0 Sri Lanka SRI
65 TOG Togo0 : 0 HondurasHON
66 ESA El Salvador 0 : 0 CameroonCMR
67 IRQ Iraq0 : 0 TanzaniaTAN
68 CAF Central African Republic 0 : 0 Morocco MAR
69 ANG Angola 0 : 0 Gabon GAB
70 GAM Gambia 0 : 0 Jamaica JAM
71 BOT Botswana0 : 0 Ivory Coast CIV
72 STP Sao Tome & Principe 0 : 0 Nicaragua NCA
73 PAR Paraguay0 : 0 Senegal SEN

Women’s Team Moldova

(RtgAvg:2149, Captain: Slovineanu Viacheslav)

1 WIM Baciu Diana 2266
2 IM Petrenko Svetlana 2156
3 WFM Hincu Olga 2124
4 WGM Partac Elena 2051
5 WFM Gitu Paula-Alexandra 2026

[Henri Hughes]

our mens and women's teams out rate Uganda an Nepal by at least 300 points, should be a good first round for us

im sorry I jinxed you Aman (just my luck)

[Hans Jung]

Team Canada wins again! Both teams!