Batumi Chess Olympiad 2018

[Wayne Komer]

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

[Wayne Komer]

Batumi Chess Olympiad 2018

September 25, 2018

Round Two Results

Round Three Pairings

Open

No. TeamTeam Pts. MP : MP Pts. TeamTeam

1 FRA France 8 4 : 4 7 Algeria ALG
2 POR Portugal 7 4 : 4 8 Poland POL
3 NED Netherlands 8 4 : 4 6½ United States of America USA
4 PER Peru 8 4 : 4 6½ China CHN
5 AZE Azerbaijan 6½ 4 : 4 8 SloveniaSLO
6 BRA Brazil 8 4 : 4 6½ England ENG
7 VIEVietnam 6½ 4 : 4 8 Bangladesh BAN
8 ISL Iceland 6½ 4 : 4 7½ Israel ISR
9 GER Germany 7½ 4 : 4 6½ Serbia SRB
10 PHI Philippines 6½ 4 : 4 7½ Croatia CRO
11 BIH Bosnia & Herzegovina 6½ 4 : 4 7½ Argentina ARG
12 UKR Ukraine 6 4 : 4 7½ Romania ROU
13 ARM Armenia 6 4 : 4 7½ Turkey TUR
14 IRI Iran 7½ 4 : 4 6 Belarus BLR
15 MDA Moldova 6 4 : 4 7½ Spain ESP
16 GRE Greece 7½ 4 : 4 6 Switzerland SUI
17 EGY Egypt 6 4 : 4 7½ Sweden SWE
18 GEO2Georgia 2 6 4 : 4 7 Russia RUS
19 CZE Czech Republic 7 4 : 4 6 Chile CHI
20 CAN Canada 5½ 4 : 4 7 India IND
21 LTU Lithuania 5½ 4 : 3 6 Norway NOR
22 GEO1Georgia 1 5½ 3 : 3 6 MongoliaMGL
23 CUB Cuba 5½ 3 : 3 6 Albania ALB
24 HUN Hungary 5 3 : 2 5½ Uzbekistan UZB
25 RSA South Africa 4 2 : 2 5½ Kazakhstan KAZ
26 AUS Australia 5½ 2 : 2 4 Andorra AND
27 MKD FYROM 5½ 2 : 2 4 Panama PAN
28 MNE Montenegro 5½ 2 : 2 4 Uganda UGA
29 NGR Nigeria 4 2 : 2 5½ ParaguayPAR
30 BOL Bolivia 4 2 : 2 5½ Denmark DEN
31 EST Estonia 5½ 2 : 2 4 Lebanon LBN
32 VENVenezuela 5½ 2 : 2 4 Syria SYR
33 JAM Jamaica 4 2 : 2 5½ TurkmenistanTKM
34 IPCAIPCA 3½ 2 : 2 4½ Colombia COL
35 JPN Japan 4½ 2 : 2 3 IBCA IBCA
36 NCA Nicaragua 4 2 : 2 5½ Georgia 3 GEO3
37 SUD Sudan 4 2 : 2 5½ Iraq IRQ
38 LAT Latvia 5 2 : 2 4 BarbadosBAR
39 SVKSlovakia 5 2 : 2 4 BotswanaBOT
40 FAI Faroe Islands 5 2 : 2 4 Malta MLT
41 SRI Sri Lanka 4 2 : 2 5 Italy ITA
42 FIN Finland 5 2 : 2 4 Chinese Taipei TPE
43 IRL Ireland 5 2 : 2 4 Mozambique MOZ
44 THA Thailand 4 2 : 2 5 Tajikistan TJK
45 QAT Qatar 4 2 : 2 5 Morocco MAR
46 WLSWales 3½ 2 : 2 4½ New Zealand NZL
47 BEL Belgium 4½ 2 : 2 3½ Angola ANG
48 NEP Nepal 3½ 2 : 2 4½ Singapore SGP
49 PUR Puerto Rico 2½ 2 : 2 4 Ecuador ECU
50 BRU Brunei 4 2 : 2 4½ Austria AUT
51 CRC Costa Rica 4½ 2 : 2 3½ Guatemala GUA
52 MYA Myanmar 4½ 2 : 2 3½ Trinidad & TobagoTTO
53 MNC Monaco 4½ 2 : 2 3½ United Arab Emirates UAE
54 MEX Mexico 4½ 2 : 2 3½ ZimbabweZIM
55 KOS Kosovo 4½ 2 : 2 3½ South Korea KOR
56 SUR Surinam 3½ 2 : 2 4½ Luxembourg LUX
57 DOM Dominican Republic 4½ 2 : 2 3½ Namibia NAM
58 MLI Mali 3½ 2 : 2 4½ Kyrgyzstan KGZ
59 TUN Tunisia 4½ 2 : 2 3½ MaldivesMDV
60 ESA El Salvador 4½ 2 : 2 3½ Rwanda RWA
61 ICCDICCD 4½ 2 : 2 3 Zambia ZAM
62 LIE Liechtenstein 3 2 : 2 4 Uruguay URU
63 MAWMalawi 3 2 : 2 4½ Cyprus CYP
64 CIVIvory Coast 3 2 : 2 4 Indonesia INA
65 ISVUS Virgin Islands 3 2 : 2 4 ScotlandSCO

Team composition for federation IND

Bo. Name Rtg

5. IND (RtgAvg:2724, Captain:Ramesh R B)
1 GM Anand Viswanathan 2771
2 GM Harikrishna Pentala 2743
3 GM Vidit Santosh Gujrathi 2711
4 GM Adhiban B. 2668
5 GM Sasikiran Krishnan 2672

Open Games Canada - Venezuela

Round 2, Sept. 25, Board 1
Hansen, Eric – Hurrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo
B42 Sicilian, Kan

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Nf6 6.O-O Qc7 7.c4 d6 8.Nc3 Nbd7 9.f4 Be7 10.Kh1 b6 11.Qe2 O-O 12.Bd2 Bb7 13.Rae1 Rad8 14.b4 Rfe8 15.a3 Bf8 16.Nf3 g6 17.Qf2 Bg7 18.Qh4 Nh5 19.Ne2 Ndf6 20.Nc3 Nd7 21.Ne2 Ndf6 22.Nc3 Nd7 23.Ne2 1/2-1/2

Round 2, Sept. 25, Board 2
Ynojosa Aponte, Felix Jose – Noritsyn, Nikolay
A21 English, Kramnik-Shirov Counter-Attack

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Bb4 3.e4 Nc6 4.Nf3 d6 5.d4 exd4 6.Nxd4 Nf6 7.Nxc6 bxc6 8.Bd3 Bxc3+ 9.bxc3 Nd7 10.Be3 c5 11.f4 Qh4+ 12.g3 Qh3 13.Qc2 O-O 14.O-O-O Nf6 15.Rhe1 Bg4 16.Rd2 Rfe8 17.Bf1 Qh6 18.f5 Qh5 19.h3 Bf3 20.g4 Qh4 21.Bf2 Qh6 22.Be3 Bxe4 23.Bxh6 Bxc2 24.Rxe8+ Rxe8 25.Bxg7 Kxg7 26.Kxc2 Kh6 27.Re2 Rxe2+ 28.Bxe2 Kg5 29.Kb3 Ne4 30.Bd3 Kf4 31.a3 c6 32.Kc2 h6 33.h4 Nf6 34.g5 hxg5 35.hxg5 Kxg5 36.Bf1 Kxf5 37.Bg2 d5 38.Kd3 Ke5 39.Bh3 Kd6 40.Ke3 Nd7 41.Kf4 Ne5 42.cxd5 cxd5 43.Bf1 c4 44.Kf5 Nd7 45.Bg2 Nc5 46.Kf6 Ne4+ 0-1

Round 2, Sept. 25, Board 3
Bareev, Evgeny – Zavarce Sayago, Oscar Enrique
A46 Queen’s Pawn, Yusupov-Rubinstein System

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.e3 b6 4.Bd3 Bb7 5.Nbd2 c5 6.b3 cxd4 7.exd4 Nd5 8.Bb2 Bb4 9.c4 Nf4 10.Bf1 Qf6 11.a3 Bxd2+ 12.Qxd2 Nxg2+ 13.Bxg2 Bxf3 14.d5 e5 15.Bxf3 Qxf3 16.Rg1 d6 17.Rxg7 Nd7 18.Rg3 Qh1+ 19.Ke2 Qe4+ 20.Qe3 Qc2+ 21.Qd2 Qe4+ 22.Qe3 Qc2+ 23.Qd2 Qe4+ 1/2-1/2

Round 2, Sept. 25, Board 4
Vias Zamora, Fabian Ernesto – Hambleton, Aman
B48 Sicilian, Taimanov variation

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 a6 7.Qf3 b5 8.O-O-O Bb7 9.Qg3 Bd6 10.f4 Nxd4 11.Rxd4 Bf8 12.Be2 Rc8 13.Rhd1 Nf6 14.Bd3 b4 15.Na4 d5 16.exd5 Nxd5 17.Rc4 Qa5 18.b3 Be7 19.Bd4 Bf6 20.Bxf6 gxf6 21.Rxc8+ Bxc8 22.Be4 Nc3 23.Qg7 Rf8 24.Bc6+ Ke7 25.Rd3 Ne2+ 26.Kb1 Nxf4 27.Rf3 Qc7 28.Qg3 e5 29.Qe1 Qxc6 30.Rxf4 a5 31.Rc4 Qd6 32.Qe3 Rd8 33.Qa7+ Kf8 34.Qxa5 Be6 35.Rh4 Qd1+ 36.Kb2 Rb8 37.Rxb4 Rc8 38.c4 Rd8 39.Rb7 Rd2+ 40.Ka3 Qc1+ 41.Kb4 Rxa2 42.Qd8+ Kg7 43.Nc5 Bf5 44.Kb5 Qd2 45.Qe7 Ra5+ 46.Kc6 Rxc5+ 47.Kxc5 Qa5+ 48.Kd6 Qa6+ 49.Kd5 Be6+ 50.Kc5 Qa5+ 51.Kc6 Qa6+ 52.Kc7 Qa8 53.Qc5 Qc8+ 54.Kb6 Qd8+ 55.Ka7 Qd2 56.Qc6 Qa5+ 57.Kb8 Qd8+ 58.Ka7 Qa5+ 59.Kb8 Qd8+ 1/2-1/2

Final position




Canada - Venezuela 2.5 - 1.5

[Wayne Komer]

Batumi Chess Olympiad 2018

September 25, 2018

Round Two Results

Round Three Pairings

Women

No. Team TeamPts. MP : MP Pts. TeamTeam

1 SRB Serbia 7 4 : 4 8 India IND
2 ENG England 7 4 : 4 8 Azerbaijan AZE
3 LTU Lithuania 7 4 : 4 8 Vietnam VIE
4 ROU Romania 8 4 : 4 6½ Ukraine UKR
5 CUB Cuba8 4 : 4 6½ China CHN
6 TUR Turkey 8 4 : 4 6½ Poland POL
7 GRE Greece 8 4 : 4 6½ Armenia ARM
8 ARG Argentina 8 4 : 4 6½ Hungary HUN
9 GEO2 Georgia 2 7½ 4 : 4 6½ Spain ESP
10 CZE Czech Republic 7½ 4 : 4 6½ Italy ITA
11 SVK Slovakia6½ 4 : 4 7½ Iran IRI
12 FRA France 6 4 : 4 7 Georgia 1 GEO1
13 USA United States of America 7 4 : 4 6½ Canada CAN
14 SLO Slovenia6 4 : 4 7 Netherlands NED
15 MGL Mongolia7 4 : 4 6 Belarus BLR
16 UZB Uzbekistan 6½ 4 : 4 7½ Indonesia INA
17 GER Germany 6 3 : 4 5½ Israel ISR
18 AUS Australia 5½ 3 : 3 6 PeruPER
19 LAT Latvia 6 3 : 3 5½ Kazakhstan KAZ
20 GEO3 Georgia 3 6 3 : 3 5 Brazil BRA
21 VEN Venezuela 4 2 : 2 5½ Philippines PHI
22 BEL Belgium 4 2 : 2 5½ Croatia CRO
23 CHI Chile 4 2 : 2 5½ Egypt EGY
24 ICCD ICCD4 2 : 2 5½ TurkmenistanTKM
25 MKD FYROM 5½ 2 : 2 4 Bolivia BOL
26 BAN Bangladesh 5½ 2 : 2 4 PortugalPOR
27 RUS Russia 5 2 : 2 4 MalaysiaMAS
28 WLS Wales 4 2 : 2 5 ColombiaCOL
29 CRC Costa Rica 4 2 : 2 5 Switzerland SUI
30 MNC Monaco 4 2 : 2 5 Estonia EST
31 IPCA IPCA4 2 : 2 5 Iceland ISL
32 AUT Austria 5 2 : 2 4 IBCA IBCA
33 MDA Moldova 5 2 : 2 4 New Zealand NZL
34 ALB Albania 4 2 : 2 5 Denmark DEN
35 BIH Bosnia & Herzegovina 5 2 : 2 4 Jordan JOR
36 ALG Algeria 5 2 : 2 4 Ireland IRL
37 SCO Scotland5 2 : 2 4 Dominican Republic DOM
38 GUA Guatemala 5 2 : 2 4 Sri Lanka SRI
39 UAE United Arab Emirates 4 2 : 2 4½ Uruguay URU
40 JPN Japan 4½ 2 : 2 3½ Kyrgyzstan KGZ
41 TPE Chinese Taipei 4½ 2 : 2 3 BotswanaBOT
42 ECU Ecuador 4½ 2 : 2 4 HondurasHON
43 IRQ Iraq4 2 : 2 4½ Sweden SWE
44 MAR Morocco 4 2 : 2 4½ Montenegro MNE
45 ANG Angola 4 2 : 2 4½ Finland FIN
46 TJK Tajikistan 4½ 2 : 2 4 Jamaica JAM
47 SYR Syria 4½ 2 : 2 3½ Nigeria NGR
48 SUR Surinam 4½ 2 : 2 3½ South Africa RSA
49 ZAM Zambia 4½ 2 : 2 3½ El SalvadorESA
50 PAN Panama 3 2 : 2 4½ Malta MLT

Team Composition USA

10. USA (RtgAvg:2382, Captain:Khachiyan Melikset)
1 IM Zatonskih Anna 2431
2 GM Krush Irina 2423
3 WGM Abrahamyan Tatev 2361
4 WGM Foisor Sabina-Francesca 2311
5 FM Yu Jennifer 2268

Games Canada – Moldova

Round 2, Sept. 25, Board 1
Matras-Clement, Agnieszka – Baciu, Diana
B27 Sicilian, Hungarian variation

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 Bg7 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nc6 6.Be3 Qa5 7.Qd2 Nf6 8.f3 a6 9.O-O-O b5 10.Nb3 Qc7 11.Nd5 Nxd5 12.exd5 Ne5 13.d6 exd6 14.Qxd6 Qxd6 15.Rxd6 O-O 16.Nc5 Re8 17.Bf2 Bf8 18.Rd1 d6 19.Ne4 Re6 20.h4 Bb7 21.Ng5 Ree8 22.Bd3 Nxd3+ 23.Rxd3 Re2 24.Rd2 Rae8 25.Kd1 Rxd2+ 26.Kxd2 f6 27.Nh3 Bh6+ 28.Kd3 Bc8 29.Re1 Bf5+ 30.Kd4 Rxe1 31.Bxe1 Bxc2 32.Bg3 Bb1 33.a4 bxa4 34.Bxd6 Bf8 35.Bxf8 Kxf8 36.Nf4 Kf7 37.Nd5 h5 38.Nb4 a5 39.Nc6 Ke6 40.Nxa5 Kf5 41.Ke3 Ba2 42.Nc6 g5 43.hxg5 fxg5 44.Nd4+ Ke5 45.Ne2 h4 46.Nc3 Bb3 47.Ne4 Kf5 48.Nd6+ Ke5 49.Ne4 1/2-1/2

Round 2, Sept. 25, Board 2
Hincu, Olga – Zhou, Qiyu
A05 Reti Opening

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.e3 e6 3.c4 d5 4.Nc3 b6 5.b3 Bb7 6.Bb2 a6 7.Qc2 Bd6 8.Be2 h6 9.d4 Nbd7 10.Nd2 c5 11.a4 O-O 12.Ba3 Qc7 13.Bf3 Rfe8 14.Kf1 cxd4 15.Bxd6 Qxd6 16.exd4 e5 17.Nxd5 Nxd5 18.cxd5 Bxd5 19.Nc4 Bxc4+ 20.bxc4 Rac8 21.d5 Qb4 22.Be2 Nc5 23.Rb1 Qxa4 24.Qxa4 Nxa4 25.Rb4 b5 26.g3 Nc3 27.d6 Red8 28.cxb5 axb5 29.d7 Rc5 30.Bg4 g6 31.Kg2 f5 32.Bd1 Rxd7 33.Bb3+ Kg7 34.Be6 Rd6 35.Bb3 Rd2 36.h4 Rb2 37.Ra1 Nd5 38.Ra7+ Kf8 39.Ra8+ Ke7 40.Ra7+ Kd8 41.Ra8+ Kc7 42.Ra7+ Kb6 0-1

Round 2, Sept. 25, Board 3
Demchenko, Svitlana – Petrenko, Svetlana
B09 Pirc, Austrian Attack

1.e4 d6 2.d4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.f4 Nf6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Bd3 c6 7.Be3 b5 8.e5 Ng4 9.Bg1 f5 10.h3 Nh6 11.h4 Qe8 12.Ne2 Na6 13.h5 Nb4 14.a3 Nxd3+ 15.Qxd3 Be6 16.hxg6 Qxg6 17.Ng5 Bc4 18.Qf3 Bd5 19.Qh3 Rfc8 20.O-O-O a5 21.Ng3 b4 22.Nh5 bxa3 23.Qxa3 Bxg2 24.Rh2 Bd5 25.Nxg7 Kxg7 26.Bf2 Bg8 27.Bh4 Ng4 28.Re2 Ra7 29.Be1 Bc4 30.Rg2 Bd5 31.Rg3 Rca8 32.Nf3 Be4 33.Nd2 Bd5 34.c4 Bf7 35.Rc3 Qh6 36.Bg3 Kh8 37.Nf3 Bg8 38.Nh4 Rf8 39.Kb1 d5 40.c5 e6 41.Qa4 Rc8 42.Rb3 Bf7 43.Rb6 Be8 44.Rd3 Qg7 45.Be1 Rca8 46.Rdb3 Qc7 47.Nf3 h6 48.Bh4 Kg8 49.Nd2 Kf8 50.Nf3 Kf7 51.Nd2 Bd7 52.Nf3 Kf8 53.Kc1 Be8 54.Kb1 Bd7 1/2-1/2

Round 2, Sept. 25, Board 4
Partac, Elena – Agbabishvili, Lali
B53 Sicilian, Chekhover variation

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Qxd4 a6 5.c4 Nc6 6.Qd2 Nf6 7.Nc3 Bg4 8.Nd4 g6 9.Nc2 Bg7 10.h3 Bd7 11.Be2 Rc8 12.Rb1 Ne5 13.b3 Bc6 14.f4 Ned7 15.Bf3 O-O 16.O-O Nc5 17.Qe3 b6 18.Bb2 a5 19.Nd5 e6 20.Nxf6+ Bxf6 21.Bxf6 Qxf6 22.Rbd1 e5 23.fxe5 Qxe5 24.Rd4 Rce8 25.Rfd1 Bxe4 26.Bxe4 Nxe4 27.Re1 f5 28.Rd5 Qb2 29.Nd4 Nf6 30.Ne6 Nxd5 31.cxd5 Rf7 32.Re2 Qa1+ 33.Kf2 Qd1 34.Rd2 Qc1 35.Qd4 b5 36.Rd1 Qc2+ 37.Rd2 Qe4 38.Qxe4 fxe4+ 39.Ke3 Rc8 40.Kxe4 Rf5 41.g4 Rf1 42.Kd4 Rcc1 43.Rd3 Rfd1 44.Ng5 Rxd3+ 45.Kxd3 Rd1+ 46.Ke4 Ra1 47.Kd4 Kg7 48.Ne4 Rd1+ 0-1

Canada – Moldova 3-1

[David Ottosen]

Up next for the Women: USA

[Wayne Komer]

Batumi Chess Olympiad 2018

September 25, 2018

The official FIDE page has a very nice photo of Eric Hansen at the board. It looks like Wei Yi is off to the left behind him.

http://fide.com/component/content/ar...in-batumi.html

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From the same article:

In the Women section 31st seed Uzbekistan stunned the top rated Russia thanks to the win of WIM Nodira Nadirjanova against WGM Natalija Pogonina.

Second seed Ukraine also faced resistance from the 54th seed Turkmenistan, but Natalia Zhukova brought the victory home. In the meantime India and Azerbaijan crushed Venezuela and Belgium respectively.

Georgia 3 excelled in this section too, holding the higher rated Germany to a tie. Peru also held Kazakhstan 2-2.

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Incredible thing happened to Georgia 2 boys, as Noe Tutisani managed to draw against world #2 Fabiano Caruana, and Petriashvili and Kacharava drew against Shankland and Robson. It must be said that Georgian young players had slightly better positions during the match and Americans pushed hard to escape the defeat. Even though Oboladze has lost his match to So, Georgians have gained a great and unbelievable experience. As for Georgia 2 women, they outplayed against Sweden with the score of 3,5-0,5

Russia - Uzbekistan

Round 2, Sept. 25, Board 4
Pogonina, Natalija – Nadirjanova, Nodira
D11 QGD Slav

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bg4 5.h3 Bxf3 6.Qxf3 e6 7.Nc3 Nbd7 8.Bd3 Bd6 9.O-O O-O 10.e4 dxe4 11.Nxe4 Nxe4 12.Qxe4 g6 13.Bh6 Re8 14.Rad1 Qa5 15.a3 Bf8 16.Bxf8 Kxf8 17.Bc2 Kg7 18.Rfe1 Rad8 19.Qf3 Qc7 20.b4 Nf6 21.Qc3 Re7 22.Re3 Red7 23.Qa1 b5 24.Re5 Rxd4 25.Rc5 Rxc4 26.Rxc4 bxc4 27.Qc3 Rxd1+ 28.Bxd1 Qf4 29.Bf3 e5 30.Bxc6 Ne4 31.Qe3 Nd2 32.Qxa7 c3 33.Ba4 Qd4 34.Qxd4 exd4 35.Bc2 Nc4 36.b5 Kf6 37.Kf1 Ke5 38.b6 Kd6 39.Ke2 Nxb6 40.Kd3 Kc5 41.Bb3 Nd7 42.f4 f6 43.g3 Nb8 44.Bg8 h6 45.Bf7 g5 46.Be6 Na6 47.Bb3 Nc7 48.fxg5 fxg5 49.Ke4 Nb5 50.a4 Nd6+ 51.Kd3 Nb7 52.Bd1 Na5 53.Kc2 Kb4 54.Kd3 Nc6 55.h4 g4 56.Ke4 Kc4 57.Bc2 Nb4 58.a5 d3 0-1

Position after 23….b5, Re5 was played. Better was 24.cxb5



USA – Georgia 2

Round 2, Sept. 25, Board
Robson, Ray – Kacharava, Nikolozi
C42 Petrov, Nimzowitsch Attack

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Be7 7.Be3 O-O 8.Qd2 Nd7 9.O-O-O c6 10.Bd3 d5 11.h4 Nc5 12.Ng5 Nxd3+ 13.Qxd3 g6 14.Rde1 Bf5 15.Qe2 Bf6 16.g4 Bd7 17.f4 Re8 18.h5 Bxg5 19.fxg5 Re4 20.Qf2 Qe7 21.Bxa7 Bxg4 22.hxg6 Rxe1+ 23.Rxe1 Qxg5+ 24.Kb1 Qxg6 25.Bd4 h5 26.Qf4 Kh7 27.Re7 Bf5 28.Qf2 b5 29.Re5 Bg4 30.b3 Rf8 31.Re7 Be6 32.Kb2 Qf5 33.Qh2 Rg8 34.Rc7 Rc8 35.Qg3 Rg8 36.Qh2 Rc8 37.Rxc8 Bxc8 38.Qg3 f6 39.a4 bxa4 40.bxa4 Qg4 41.Qd6 Qe6 42.Qf8 Kg6 43.Bxf6 Qxf6 44.Qxc8 d4 45.Qe8+ Kg5 46.a5 c5 47.Qb5 dxc3+ 48.Kb3 h4 49.a6 Qe7 50.Qb7 Qe6+ 51.Kxc3 Qe3+ 52.Kb2 Qd4+ 53.Ka2 Qc4+ 54.Kb1 Qf1+ 55.Kb2 Qf6+ 56.Ka2 Qe6+ 57.Ka3 Qe3+ 58.Qb3 Qe5 59.Ka2 c4 60.Qa4 c3 61.a7 Qe6+ 62.Ka3 Qb6 63.Qd7 Qb2+ 64.Ka4 Qxc2+ 65.Kb4 Qb2+ 66.Kc4 c2 67.Qd2+ Kg4 68.Qe2+ Kf4 69.Qf2+ Ke5 70.Qe3+ Kd6 71.Qh6+ Kc7 72.Qh7+ Kd6 73.Qh6+ Kc7 74.Qf4+ Kd7 75.Qd2+ Ke6 76.Qe2+ Kf6 77.Qf2+ Kg6 78.Qg2+ Kh6 79.Qd2+ Kg6 80.Qg2+ Kf6 81.Qf2+ Ke6 82.Qe2+ Kd7 83.Qd2+ 1/2-1/2

Position after 50….Qe6+ when White played 51.Kxc3 while Ka3 was much better.



Boos from the chessbomb kibitzers for Robson:

- 2 1/2 - 1 1/2 is still a win
- Damn that was close
- Lots of teams won 4-0 today
- you're a big letdown Ray, very disappointed in you!
- Not a big difference between 3-1 and 2.5-1.5 though
- We needed 4-0 today and didn't come close
- I agree. He should be able to beat a guy rated 2373 w/ the white pieces.
- I agree w/ u also! We’re going to face teams a lot better than this. We needed to score 4-0 in this match

[Egidijus Zeromskis]

Good luck guys!

Bo.	28	Canada (CAN)	Rtg	-	5	India (IND)	Rtg	0 : 0
20.1	GM	Hansen, Eric	2629	-	GM	Anand, Viswanathan	2771
20.2	GM	Preotu, Razvan	2513	-	GM	Harikrishna, Pentala	2743
20.3	GM	Bareev, Evgeny	2666	-	GM	Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi	2711
20.4	GM	Hambleton, Aman	2492	-	GM	Sasikiran, Krishnan	2672

[Wayne Komer]

Batumi Chess Olympiad 2018

September 26, 2018

Round Three

Results and Round Four Pairings

Open

No. TeamTeam Pts. MP : MP Pts. TeamTeam

1 VIEVietnam 10 6 : 6 11½France FRA
2 ISR Israel 11 6 : 6 10 Sweden SWE
3 USA United States of America 9½ 6 : 6 10½ India IND
4 CZE Czech Republic 9½ 6 : 6 10½ IranIRI
5 AZE Azerbaijan 10 6 : 6 9 England ENG
6 CHN China 9½ 6 : 6 10½Croatia CRO
7 GRE Greece 10 6 : 6 8½Armenia ARM
8 ARG Argentina 10 6 : 6 8½Ukraine UKR
9 POL Poland 10½ 6 : 6 9½Russia RUS
10 HUN Hungary 7½ 5 : 5 9½Germany GER
11 ESP Spain 9½ 5 : 5 8½Serbia SRB
12 CUB Cuba 9½ 5 : 5 8 Moldova MDA
13 GEO1Georgia 1 8½ 5 : 5 7½ Lithuania LTU
14 VENVenezuela 8 4 : 4 9½Brazil BRA
15 ROU Romania 9 4 : 4 8 Jordan JOR
16 TUR Turkey 9 4 : 4 8 Singapore SGP
17 SCO Scotland 8 4 : 4 9 PeruPER
18 POR Portugal 8½ 4 : 4 7½Chile CHI
19 NOR Norway 8 4 : 4 7 Iceland ISL
20 ZAM Zambia 5½ 4 : 4 8 Bosnia & Herzegovina BIH
21 SLO Slovenia 8½ 4 : 4 7½Switzerland SUI
22 LAT Latvia 8½ 4 : 4 7½Egypt EGY
23 GEO2Georgia 2 7½ 4 : 4 8½ Australia AUS
24 TJK Tajikistan 8 4 : 4 9 Netherlands NED
25 KAZ Kazakhstan 8 4 : 4 7 Belarus BLR
26 MAR Morocco 8 4 : 4 9 Georgia 3 GEO3
27 EST Estonia 8½ 4 : 4 7½Philippines PHI
28 URU Uruguay 8 4 : 4 9½FYRO Macedonia MKD
29 TKM Turkmenistan 9½ 4 : 4 8 Indonesia INA
30 AUT Austria 8 4 : 4 7½Japan JPN
31 ALG Algeria 7½ 4 : 4 8½Bangladesh BAN
32 LUX Luxembourg 8 4 : 4 9 Montenegro MNE
33 IRQ Iraq 8 4 : 4 9 SlovakiaSVK
34 CYP Cyprus 6 2 : 2 4 IPCAIPCA
35 IBCAIBCA 4 2 : 2 2½Cape Verde CPV
36 IRL Ireland 8½ 4 : 4 7½Faroe Islands FAI
37 ITA Italy 8 4 : 4 7½Tunisia TUN
38 PAR Paraguay 8 4 : 4 7 Belgium BEL
39 DEN Denmark 8 4 : 4 7 Myanmar MYA
40 COLColombia 8 4 : 4 6 Canada CAN
41 CRC Costa Rica 8½ 4 : 4 7½New Zealand NZL
42 KGZ Kyrgyzstan 7½ 4 : 4 8½El SalvadorESA
43 KOS Kosovo 7 4 : 4 8 Finland FIN
44 ECU Ecuador 7½ 4 : 4 8½Dominican RepublicDOM
45 MGL Mongolia 7 3 : 4 5½Malawi MAW

Team composition for federation COL

Bo. Name Rtg

(RtgAvg:2460, Captain:Sariego Figueredo Wilfredo)

1 IM Gallego Alcaraz Andres Felipe 2511
2 IM Rios Cristhian Camilo 2465
3 IM Sanchez Sebastian Felipe 2424
4 IM Martinez Romero Martin 2438
5 FM Cardoso Cardoso Jose Gabriel 2313

Round 3, Sept. 26, Board 1
Hansen, Eric – Anand, Vishy
C60 Ruy Lopez, Fianchetto Defence

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.c3 a6 5.Ba4 Bg7 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 exd4 8.cxd4 d6 9.h3 Nf6 10.O-O O-O 11.Re1 Bb7 12.Nbd2 Nb4 13.Nf1 c5 14.a3 Nc6 15.d5 Nd4 16.Nxd4 cxd4 17.Qxd4 Nxd5 18.Qd3 Nb6 19.Rd1 Rc8 20.Ng3 Nc4 21.Rb1 h5 22.f3 Qb6+ 23.Kh1 d5 24.exd5 Rfd8 25.Bf4 Qf6 26.Bc1 Rxd5 27.Qe2 Re5 28.Qf2 Rce8 29.Bxc4 bxc4 30.Nf1 Be4 31.Ra1 Bd3 32.Ne3 Qb6 33.Re1 R5e6 0-1

Round 3, Sept. 26, Board 2
Harikrishna, Pentala – Preotu, Razvan
B53 Sicilian, Chekhover variation

1.Nf3 c5 2.e4 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Qxd4 Nc6 5.Qe3 Nf6 6.Be2 Bg4 7.O-O e6 8.Rd1 Qb8 9.c4 Be7 10.Nc3 O-O 11.b3 Bd8 12.Na4 d5 13.h3 Bh5 14.g4 Bg6 15.e5 Ne4 16.Ba3 Be7 17.cxd5 exd5 18.Bxe7 Nxe7 19.Nc5 Rd8 20.Rac1 Nc6 21.Na6 Qc8 22.Nd4 Nxd4 23.Rxd4 bxa6 24.Rxc8 Raxc8 25.Bxa6 Rc3 26.Qe1 Rxh3 27.Qa5 Rf8 28.Rxd5 h5 29.Bf1 Rc3 30.Rd8 Rc8 31.Rxf8+ Rxf8 32.gxh5 Bxh5 33.e6 1-0

Round 3, Sept. 26, Board 3
Bareev, Evgeny – Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi
E11 Bogo-Indian Defence

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 e6 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O c6 8.Qc2 Nbd7 9.Bf4 b6 10.Rd1 Ba6 11.b3 Rc8 12.Nc3 h6 13.e4 dxc4 14.Nd2 b5 15.bxc4 bxc4 16.Na4 g5 17.Be3 Ng4 18.Nf1 Qc7 19.Bd2 c5 20.d5 Nde5 21.h3 Nf6 22.Bc3 Nd3 23.d6 Qxd6 24.e5 Qd8 25.exf6 Bxf6 26.Bxf6 Qxf6 27.Rab1 Rfd8 28.a3 Rd4 29.Nh2 Rcd8 30.Nf3 R4d7 31.Nh2 h5 32.Rf1 Qg7 33.Qc3 Qxc3 34.Nxc3 f5 35.Rfd1 Kg7 36.Nf1 Kf6 37.Rd2 g4 38.h4 Rd6 39.Ne3 Rb6 40.Rxb6 axb6 41.a4 Rd4 42.Nc2 Rd6 43.Na3 Rd4 44.Nc2 Rd6 45.Kf1 e5 46.Rd1 Ke6 47.Ke2 e4 48.Ke3 Ke5 49.Bf1 Bc8 50.Ne2 Bd7 51.Na3 Rd4 52.Nxd4 cxd4+ 53.Ke2 Kd5 54.Nxc4 Kxc4 55.Kd2 Bxa4 56.Bxd3+ exd3 57.Re1 b5 58.Re8 b4 59.Rc8+ Kd5 60.Rb8 b3 61.Kxd3 Kc5 62.Kd2 Kc4 63.Rb7 Bb5 64.Rb8 d3 65.Kc1 Bc6 66.Kd2 Be4 67.Kc1 Kc3 68.Rc8+ Kd4 69.Kd2 Bd5 70.Re8 Kc4 71.Rb8 Kd4 72.Re8 Kc4 1/2-1/2

Round 3, Sept. 26, Board 4
Sasikiran, Krishnan – Hambleton, Aman
B48 Sicilian, Taimanov variation

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 a6 7.a3 b5 8.Nxc6 Qxc6 9.Be2 Bb7 10.Qd2 Rc8 11.Rd1 Nf6 12.Bf3 b4 13.axb4 Bxb4 14.O-O Bxc3 15.bxc3 O-O 16.e5 Nd5 17.Bd4 a5 18.Ra1 Ba6 19.Rfe1 a4 20.Bxd5 Qxd5 21.Rxa4 Bb7 22.f3 Bc6 23.Rb4 Rb8 24.Ra1 h6 25.h4 Rfc8 26.Kh2 Re8 27.Qe3 Bb5 28.Rab1 1-0

Canada – India 0.5-3.5

[Wayne Komer]

Batumi Chess Olympiad 2018

September 26, 2018

Round Three

Results and Round Four Pairings

Women

No. TeamTeamPts. MP : MP Pts. TeamTeam

1 CHN China 10 6 : 6 9½ Uzbekistan UZB
2 ITA Italy 9 6 : 6 10 Armenia ARM
3 IRI Iran11 6 : 6 9½ MongoliaMGL
4 VIEVietnam 11½ 6 : 6 9½ Georgia 1 GEO1
5 AZE Azerbaijan 11 6 : 6 9½ United States of AmericaUSA
6 UKR Ukraine 9½ 6 : 6 8½ Slovenia SLO
7 HUN Hungary 8½ 5 : 5 9½ Georgia 2 GEO2
8 IND India 10 5 : 5 8½ Poland POL
9 TUR Turkey 10 5 : 5 9 Serbia SRB
10 GEO3Georgia 3 9½ 5 : 5 8 Australia AUS
11 ESP Spain 8½ 5 : 5 10 Argentina ARG
12 ISR Israel 7½ 5 : 4 9 Russia RUS
13 SGP Singapore 8 4 : 4 9 Czech RepublicCZE
14 BLR Belarus 7½ 4 : 4 9 TurkmenistanTKM
15 ROU Romania 9 4 : 4 8 Mexico MEX
16 FRA France 7½ 4 : 4 9 Austria AUT
17 KAZ Kazakhstan 7½ 4 : 4 9 Denmark DEN
18 NED Netherlands 8½ 4 : 4 7½ Norway NOR
19 CAN Canada 8 4 : 4 7 Syria SYR
20 SRI Sri Lanka 7 4 : 4 8 Germany GER
21 CRO Croatia 9 4 : 4 7½ Lithuania LTU
22 ESA El Salvador 7 4 : 4 8 England ENG
23 UAE United Arab Emirates 7 4 : 4 8 Latvia LAT
24 PHI Philippines 8½ 4 : 4 7 SlovakiaSVK
25 EST Estonia 7½ 4 : 4 9 Bangladesh BAN
26 COL Colombia8½ 4 : 4 7½ Scotland SCO
27 SUI Switzerland 8½ 4 : 4 7½ Kyrgyzstan KGZ
28 INA Indonesia 8½ 4 : 4 7 Bolivia BOL
29 EGY Egypt 8 4 : 4 5½ Zimbabwe ZIM
30 ALG Algeria 8½ 4 : 4 7 Montenegro MNE
31 BAR Barbados4½ 2 : 2 5½ IPCAIPCA
32 IBCAIBCA4 2 : 2 5½ Morocco MAR
33 ISL Iceland 7½ 4 : 4 8½ CubaCUB
34 BIH Bosnia & Herzegovina 7½ 4 : 4 8½ Greece GRE
35 RSA South Africa7 4 : 4 8½ Tajikistan TJK

Team Composition Syria

(RtgAvg:1757, Captain:Almostafa Bashar.)

1 Ahmad Murad Fatema Alzahraa. 1649
2 Yazji Mada 1726
3 Alkaseer Roaa. 1708
4 Mahmoud Roula 1795
5 Khalil Manar 1797


Round 3, Sept. 26, Board 1
Zatonskih, Anna – Matras-Clement, Agnieszka
D10 QGD Slav Defence, Exchange variation

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Bf4 Nc6 5.e3 Nf6 6.Nc3 a6 7.Bd3 e6 8.Rc1 Bd6 9.Bxd6 Qxd6 10.f4 O-O 11.Nf3 b5 12.O-O Bb7 13.Ne5 Rac8 14.Qe2 Ne7 15.Bb1 Ne4 16.Nd3 f5 17.a4 bxa4 18.Nxa4 Bc6 19.Ndc5 Bxa4 20.Bxe4 dxe4 21.Nxa4 Rxc1 22.Rxc1 Rb8 23.Nc5 Rb6 24.Rc4 h6 25.Qd2 Nd5 26.b3 a5 27.h3 Rb4 28.Rc1 Kh7 29.Ra1 Qb6 30.Kh2 Nf6 31.Qe2 Kg8 32.Qa2 Rb5 33.Qc2 Nd5 34.Re1 Qd6 35.Qe2 Rb4 36.Kh1 Kh7 37.Qh5 Qe7 38.Qe2 Qd6 39.Ra1 Qb6 40.Qd2 Kg8 41.Re1 Qb5 42.Qd1 Nf6 43.Qc2 Qc6 44.Qd2 Nd5 45.Rc1 Qb5 46.Re1 Kh7 47.Qd1 Nf6 1/2-1/2

Round 3, Sept. 26, Board 2
Zhou, Qiyu – Krush, Irina
B43 Sicilian, Kan

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 Bb4 7.Qd2 Nf6 8.Bd3 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nde2 Nxe3 11.Qxe3 Nc6 12.O-O O-O 13.Rad1 b6 14.Na4 Rb8 15.Be4 Be7 16.Qc3 Bb7 17.Qe3 Nb4 18.Nac3 Rfd8 19.a3 Bxe4 20.Qxe4 Nc6 21.h3 g6 22.Nf4 Bf6 23.Nfe2 Na5 24.Rxd8+ Rxd8 25.Rd1 Rc8 26.Nd4 Be5 27.Nce2 Nc4 28.b3 Nxa3 29.Ra1 Nb5 30.Rxa6 Nxd4 31.Nxd4 Rd8 32.Ra4 b5 33.Rb4 Qc5 34.c3 Qxc3 35.Qxe5 Qxb4 36.Nc6 Rd1+ 37.Kh2 Qd6 38.Qxd6 Rxd6 0-1

Round 3, Sept. 26, Board 3
Foisor, Sabina-Francesca – Ouellet, Maili-Jade
D31 QGD Charousek variation

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bf4 c6 6.Qc2 g6 7.e3 Bf5 8.Qd2 Nf6 9.f3 h5 10.Bd3 Bxd3 11.Qxd3 Nbd7 12.Nge2 b5 13.O-O O-O 14.Rad1 b4 15.Nb1 c5 16.b3 Qb6 17.Nd2 Rfe8 18.Bg3 Rac8 19.Bf2 cxd4 20.exd4 Nf8 21.Kh1 Bd6 22.Bh4 Bb8 23.Rc1 N8h7 24.Bg3 Bxg3 25.hxg3 Ng5 26.Nf4 Ne6 27.Nxe6 Qxe6 28.Qb5 Qd6 29.f4 Rxc1 30.Rxc1 h4 31.Nf3 Re4 32.Qc5 Qxc5 33.dxc5 hxg3 34.c6 Re8 35.Nd4 Rc8 36.Kg1 Kf8 37.Rc5 Ke7 38.Ra5 Rc7 39.Rb5 Kd6 40.Rxb4 Kc5 41.Rb7 Ne8 42.Ne2 Kxc6 43.Rxc7+ Nxc7 44.Nxg3 Kc5 45.Ne2 Kb4 46.Kf2 Ka3 47.Nd4 Kxa2 48.b4 Ne6 49.Nc6 a6 50.Ke3 Kb3 51.g4 Kc3 52.Ne5 d4+ 53.Ke4 f6 54.Nd3 Ng7 55.f5 gxf5+ 56.gxf5 Nxf5 57.Nc5 Nd6+ 58.Kd5 Nb5 59.Nxa6 f5 60.Nc5 Kxb4 61.Nd3+ Kc3 62.Nf2 d3 63.Ke5 d2 64.Kxf5 Kc2 65.Ke5 Nc3 66.Kd4 Ne2+ 67.Kc4 Nf4 68.Kb5 Nh3 69.Ng4 Kd3 70.Ne5+ Ke4 71.Nc4 d1=Q 0-1

Round 3, Sept. 26, Board 4
Agbabishvili, Lali – Yu, Jennifer
D02 Queen’s Bishop game

1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 Nf6 3.e3 e6 4.Nf3 Bd6 5.Ne5 O-O 6.Bd3 c5 7.c3 Nc6 8.Nd2 Qc7 9.Ndf3 b6 10.Nxc6 Qxc6 11.Bxd6 Qxd6 12.Ne5 Bb7 13.O-O Ne4 14.f3 f6 15.Ng4 Ng5 16.f4 Ne4 17.Qe2 Qe7 18.Rad1 Rad8 19.Rf3 Bc6 20.Qc2 Be8 21.Rh3 Bg6 22.Nf2 Nxf2 23.Kxf2 f5 24.Be2 Rc8 25.Qd2 Rc7 26.Kg1 c4 27.Rf1 b5 28.a3 a5 29.g4 fxg4 30.Bxg4 Rf6 31.Rg3 Rb7 32.Qg2 Bd3 33.Be2 Bf5 34.Bf3 Bd3 35.Be2 Bxe2 36.Qxe2 Qd6 37.Qg2 Rbf7 38.Kh1 Kf8 39.Rg1 Qd7 40.Qh3 Rh6 41.Qg4 Qe7 42.Rh3 Qf6 43.Rxh6 Qxh6 44.Rg3 Qf6 45.h3 Qf5 46.Kh2 Ke8 47.Qe2 h6 48.Qg2 Kf8 49.Qe2 Rb7 50.Qd2 g6 51.Rg2 Kf7 52.Re2 Qe4 53.Rg2 Kg7 54.Re2 Rf7 55.Rg2 Kh7 56.Qc2 Qxc2 57.Rxc2 g5 58.fxg5 hxg5 59.Kg2 Kg6 60.Re2 e5 61.dxe5 Re7 62.Kf3 Rxe5 63.e4 Kh5 64.exd5 Rxd5 65.Ke4 Rd3 66.Rh2 Kh4 67.Kf5 Rf3+ 68.Kg6 Rg3 69.Kf5 Rg1 70.Ke4 Kg3 71.Re2 Kxh3 72.Kd4 Rf1 73.Re5 g4 74.Rxb5 g3 75.Rb8 g2 76.Rh8+ Kg3 77.Rg8+ Kf3 78.Kxc4 g1=Q 79.Rxg1 Rxg1 80.b4 axb4 81.axb4 Ke4 82.b5 Ke5 83.Kc5 Ke6 84.Kc6 Rc1 85.b6 Rxc3+ 0-1

USA – Canada 2.5 – 1.5

[Wayne Komer]

Batumi Chess Olympiad 2018

September 26, 2018

Round Three

Various Games

USA – Netherlands

Mike Klein at chess.com – In a dead-equal ending, Van Foreest tried to simplify using a fancy method, but it backfired when he trapped his own knight.

Round 3, Sept. 26, Board 4
Shankland, Samuel – Van Foreest, Jorden
D11 QGD Slav

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.e3 Bg4 5.cxd5 Bxf3 6.Qxf3 cxd5 7.Bd3 Nc6 8.O-O e6 9.Nc3 Be7 10.Bd2 O-O 11.Qh3 Nb4 12.Bb1 Qb6 13.a3 Nc6 14.b4 a5 15.b5 Na7 16.Bd3 Nc8 17.Rfc1 Nd6 18.Na4 Qd8 19.Qf3 Nd7 20.Qd1 Nb6 21.Nxb6 Qxb6 22.Qa4 Rfc8 23.Rxc8+ Nxc8 24.Rc1 Qd8 25.Rc3 g6 26.g3 Nb6 27.Qc2 Bd6 28.Kg2 Qf8 29.Bc1 Rc8 30.e4 Rxc3 31.Qxc3 Qc8 32.Qxc8+ Nxc8 33.e5 Be7 34.a4 Bb4 35.Kf3 Nb6 36.Bc2 Bc3 37.Ke3 Bb2 38.Bxb2 Nc4+ 39.Ke2 Nxb2 40.Bb3 b6 41.Kd2 h6 42.Kc3 Nxa4+ 43.Bxa4 Kf8 44.Kd3 Ke7 45.Ke3 Kf8 46.Kf4 Kg7 1-0

Position after 37.Ke3

Black just has to hold with 37….Kg7 but instead..!




Peru - China

Jorge Cori of Peru outplayed Wei Yi but China still won 3-1

Round 3, Sept. 26, Board 3
Cori, Jorge – Wei Yi
A48 King’s Indian, Torre Attack

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7 4.Nbd2 O-O 5.e3 d5 6.c3 Nbd7 7.Bd3 Re8 8.O-O e5 9.dxe5 Nxe5 10.Nxe5 Rxe5 11.Bf4 Re8 12.h3 c6 13.a4 a5 14.Re1 Nd7 15.Nf3 Nc5 16.Bc2 Ne4 17.Nd4 Bd7 18.Bd3 Qb6 19.Rb1 Rad8 20.f3 Nc5 21.Bc2 Ne6 22.Nxe6 Bxe6 23.Bg5 Rd7 24.Kh1 f5 25.Qd2 h6 26.Bf4 Qd8 27.g4 Rf7 28.Rf1 Ref8 29.Qg2 g5 30.Bh2 Bd7 31.Rbe1 Qc8 32.Bd6 Rd8 33.Bc5 Qc7 34.f4 fxg4 35.fxg5 Be6 36.gxh6 Bxh6 37.hxg4 Qe5 38.Rxf7 Bxf7 39.g5 Bf8 40.Bd4 Qe6 41.Qh2 1-0

https://www.chess.com/news/view/so-g...atumi-olympiad

England – Brazil

Round 3, Sept. 26, Board 4
Jones, Gawain – Mekhitarian, Krikor Sevag
B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky Attack

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.O-O a6 5.Bd3 Ngf6 6.c3 b5 7.a4 Bb7 8.axb5 axb5 9.Rxa8 Qxa8 10.Bxb5 Bxe4 11.d4 Bxb1 12.dxc5 Be4 13.Re1 e6 14.Rxe4 Qxe4 15.c6 Be7 16.Nd2 Qd5 17.cxd7+ Nxd7 18.Qa4 Qb7 19.Bc6 Qc7 20.Ne4 f5 21.Ng5 Bxg5 22.Bxg5 Rg8 23.g4 fxg4 24.Qxg4 Kf7 25.Qh5+ Kf8 26.Bxd7 Qxd7 27.Qf3+ Ke8 28.Qa8+ Kf7 29.Qf3+ Kg6 30.h4 e5 31.Qd3+ Kf7 32.Qf3+ Kg6 33.Qd3+ Qf5 34.Qxd6+ Kh5 35.c4 Qg4+ 36.Kh2 h6 37.Be7 Qf4+ 38.Kg2 Qg4+ 39.Kh2 Qf4+ 40.Kg2 Qxc4 41.Qxe5+ Kg6 42.b4 Re8 43.Qg3+ Kh7 44.Bc5 Re1 45.Qf3 Re5 46.Bd6 Rd5 47.Bc5 Rd8 48.Kg3 Rd3 49.Be3 Rb3 50.Qf5+ Kg8 51.Qc5 Rxb4 52.Qxc4+ Rxc4 53.Bf4 Kf7 54.Be5 Re4 55.Bc3 Kg6 56.f3 Rc4 57.Be5 Rb4 58.h5+ Kf7 59.Bc3 Ra4 60.Bb2 Rc4 61.Ba1 Rc7 62.Bb2 Ke6 63.Kf4 Rc4+ 64.Kg3 Rc5 65.f4 Rc7 66.Be5 Rb7 67.Kg4 Rb1 68.Kf3 Rg1 69.Bd4 Rf1+ 70.Ke4 Kf7 71.Kf5 Rh1 72.Kg4 Ke6 73.Kf3 Rxh5 74.Bxg7 Kf5 75.Kg3 Rh1 76.Be5 Rb1 77.Kh4 Rg1 78.Kh3 Ke4 79.Kh4 Kf5 80.Kh3 Rg4 81.Bc7 h5 82.Be5 Kg6 83.Bd6 Kf6 84.Bc7 Ke6 85.Bb8 Rg1 86.Be5 Kf5 87.Kh2 Rd1 88.Kg3 Ke4 89.Bc7 Rg1+ 90.Kh4 Kf5 91.Be5 Rh1+ 92.Kg3 Rc1 93.Kh4 Kg6 94.Kh3 Rb1 95.Kg3 Kf5 96.Kh4 Rf1 97.Kg3 Rh1 98.Kg2 Rh4 99.Kg3 Rg4+ 100.Kh3 Ke4 101.Bc7 Rg1 102.Kh4 Rc1 103.Bd6 Rh1+ 104.Kg5 h4 105.f5 h3 106.f6 Rf1 107.Bc7 Rf2 108.Bb8 Rg2+ 109.Kh6 h2 110.Bxh2 Rxh2+ 111.Kg7 Rg2+ 112.Kh7 Rf2 113.Kg7 Rg2+ 114.Kh7 Ke5 115.f7 Rf2 116.Kg7 Rxf7+ 117.Kxf7 1/2-1/2

Position after Black’s 104….h4



Tim Harding on the EC Forum:

Yes I just checked with the tablebase.

The R+P v B+P ending was always theoretically drawn until 105 f5?? (the obvious Kg4 or even Be5 or Be7 still holds).

It certainly is not obvious, though, that 105..Rd1 was the unique winning move in reply.

After 105...h3? it would even be a draw with Black to move.

Then at move 108, Bg3 was essential. I wasn't watching so I don't know how little time Gawain had for these moves.

In reply, 108...Kd5 was best but the move played 108...Rg2+ still wins (nothing else does).
After 109 Kh6 the winning move was 109...Rf2.

Elementary draw once Black missed that.

Lucky Gawain, lucky England.

Iran – Belarus

Round 3, Sept. 26, Board 1
Maghsoodloo, Parham – Kovalev, Vladislav
E05 Catalan, open, classical line

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 e6 3.c4 d5 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.a4 Bd7 9.Bg5 Bc6 10.Rd1 b5 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.Nbd2 Bb7 13.Ng5 Bxg5 14.Bxb7 Ra7 15.Be4 c6 16.Bxh7+ Kh8 17.Be4 Qxd4 18.Nf3 Qc5 19.Nxg5 Qxg5 20.Rd6 Rd8 21.Rad1 Rxd6 22.Rxd6 Rd7 23.Rxd7 Nxd7 24.Bxc6 Nb6 25.axb5 axb5 26.Qe4 b4 27.Qd4 Qc1+ 28.Kg2 Nd5 29.Be8 c3 30.Bxf7 Qg5 31.bxc3 bxc3 32.Qc4 g6 33.h4 Qf6 34.e4 Ne7 35.Be8 Kh7 36.Qc5 Kh6 37.Ba4 Qg7 38.Bb3 Qf6 39.e5 Qf7 40.Qxc3 Nf5 41.Qc8 Qg7 42.Qxe6 Nd4 43.Qd5 Nxb3 44.Qxb3 Qxe5 45.Qe3+ 1-0


Serbia – India

Round 3, Sept. 26, Board 1
Rapport, Jovana – Koneru, Humpy
A45 Queen’s Pawn game

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bf4 a6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 c5 6.dxc5 Bxc5 7.Bd3 Nc6 8.O-O Bd6 9.Re1 Bb8 10.Bg5 h6 11.Bh4 g5 12.Bg3 Bxg3 13.hxg3 Kf8 14.Nd4 e5 15.Nxc6 bxc6 16.e4 d4 17.Na4 h5 18.Qd2 h4 19.Qb4+ Kg7 20.Qc5 Nd7 21.Qxc6 Rb8 22.a3 hxg3 23.fxg3 Nf6 24.Be2 Bb7 25.Qc4 Nxe4 26.Bf3 Bd5 27.Qe2 Rh1+ 0-1

Final position in Rapport-Koneru

[Egidijus Zeromskis]

Commentaries by India on the IND-CAN match
https://chessbase.in/news/Batumi-Chess-Olympiad-2018

[Hugh Brodie]

Some Round 4 upsets:

Poland 2.5 vs Russia 1.5
Lithuania 3.0 vs Georgia-1 1.0
Indonesia 3.0 vs Turkmenistan 1.0
Kosovo 2.5 vs Finland 1.5

[Egidijus Zeromskis]

Some Round 4 upsets:

Lithuania 3.0 vs Georgia-1 1.0

From this match Jobava - Sulskis worth to see the craziness of the game.

[Event "43rd Olympiad Batumi 2018 Open"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2018.09.27"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Sulskis, Sarunas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2525"]

1. b3 a5 2. a4 e5 3. Bb2 d6 4. e3 g6 5. d4 Bg7 6. dxe5 Nd7 7. Nc3 Nxe5 8. Qd2 Nf6 9. O-O-O O-O 10. h3 Ned7 11. g4 Nc5 12. Bg2 Be6 13. Kb1 b5 14. g5 Nfd7 15.
Nxb5 Bxb2 16. Kxb2 Rb8 17. Ne2 Qxg5 18. Nf4 Nb6 19. Qd4 Ncxa4+ 20. bxa4 Nxa4+ 21. Qxa4 Rxb5+ 22. Kc1 Rb4 23. Qc6 Rxf4 24. exf4 Qxf4+ 25. Rd2 Rb8 26. Qc3 Ba2
27. Kd1 Bc4 28. Qa1 Qg5 29. f4 Qf6 30. c3 Qf5 31. Kc1 Bd3 32. Rb2 Qxf4+ 33. Kd1 Bb5 34. Rd2 Qf5 35. Re1 Bd3 36. Rb2 Bb5 37. Be4 Qxh3 38. Qxa5 Qg4+ 39. Kc2 Qg5
40. Ra2 d5 41. Qxc7 Re8 42. Ra7 Qf6 43. Qc5 Bc4 44. Rc7 Qh4 45. Bxd5 Qh2+ 46. Kd1 0-1

[Wayne Komer]

Batumi Chess Olympiad 2018

September 27, 2018

Round Four

Open

Round Four Results
Round Five Pairings

No. TeamTeamPts. MP : MP Pts. TeamTeam

1 ARM Armenia 11½ 8 : 8 13½Azerbaijan AZE
2 FRA France 14 8 : 8 13 Poland POL
3 CHN China 13 8 : 8 12 Czech Republic CZE
4 USA United States of America 12 8 : 8 14 Israel ISR
5 UKR Ukraine 11 8 : 7 13 Spain ESP
6 GER Germany 12 7 : 7 10½ Moldova MDA
7 LTU Lithuania 10½ 7 : 6 13 Netherlands NED
8 IND India 12 6 : 6 11 ParaguayPAR
9 SWESweden 11 6 : 6 12½Turkey TUR
10 CHI Chile 10 6 : 6 11½Vietnam VIE
11 CRO Croatia 11 6 : 6 13 Romania ROU
12 IRI Iran12 6 : 6 11 Estonia EST
13 EGY Egypt 10 6 : 6 11½Argentina ARG
14 MKD FYRO Macedonia 13 6 : 6 11 Greece GRE
15 INA Indonesia 11 6 : 6 12 Norway NOR
16 RUS Russia 11 6 : 6 13 PeruPER
17 GEO3Georgia 3 12 6 : 6 10½Kyrgyzstan KGZ
18 ENG England 9½ 6 : 6 11½Italy ITA
19 BIH Bosnia & Herzegovina 12 6 : 6 10½ Ecuador ECU
20 MNE Montenegro 11½ 6 : 6 9½Canada CAN
21 BLR Belarus 9½ 6 : 6 11½Austria AUT
22 SVKSlovakia11½ 6 : 6 9½Kosovo KOS
23 SUI Switzerland 9½ 5 : 5 11 CubaCUB
24 DEN Denmark 10 5 : 5 9 Hungary HUN
25 BRA Brazil 11½ 5 : 5 9½Georgia 1 GEO1
26 FAI Faroe Islands 9½ 5 : 5 10½ Australia AUS
27 NZL New Zealand 9½ 5 : 5 10½Ireland IRL
28 MGL Mongolia11 5 : 5 9½Georgia 2 GEO2
29 SRB Serbia 9 5 : 5 10½Costa Rica CRC
30 ALG Algeria 9½ 5 : 5 10½SloveniaSLO
31 BAN Bangladesh 10½ 5 : 5 9½Madagascar MAD
32 MYA Myanmar 9 5 : 5 10 Venezuela VEN
33 UZB Uzbekistan 11 4 : 5 9 Yemen YEM
34 IPCAIPCA7½ 4 : 4 9½ El Salvador ESA
35 IBCAIBCA8 4 : 4 10 PortugalPOR
36 KAZ Kazakhstan 9½ 4 : 4 8 Tajikistan TJK
37 PHI Philippines 9 4 : 4 7½Lebanon LBN
38 JOR Jordan 8 4 : 4 10 Latvia LAT
39 JPN Japan 8 4 : 4 9½Luxembourg LUX
40 TUN Tunisia 8 4 : 4 9½Finland FIN
41 ZIM Zimbabwe7½ 4 : 4 9 Morocco MAR
42 THA Thailand8 4 : 4 9½IraqIRQ
43 TKM Turkmenistan10½ 4 : 4 8 Scotland SCO
44 COL Colombia8½ 4 : 4 7 South Sudan SSD
45 ISL Iceland 7 4 : 4 9 South Korea KOR
46 SGP Singapore 8½ 4 : 4 6½Honduras HON
47 GUA Guatemala 6½ 4 : 4 8½Mexico MEX
48 GHA Ghana 6 4 : 4 8½Hong Kong HKG
49 SUR Surinam 6½ 4 : 4 8½South Africa RSA
50 ALB Albania 8 4 : 4 5½Puerto Rico PUR

Team composition for federation MNE

Bo. Name Rtg

(RtgAvg:2489, Captain:Drasko Milan)

1 GM Djukic Nikola 2567
2 GM Blagojevic Dragisa 2476
3 GM Kosic Dragan 2465
4 IM Draskovic Luka 2449
5 IM Kalezic Blazo 2448

Canada - Colombia 3.5 – 0.5

Round 4, Sept. 27, Board 1
Gallego, Alcaraz, Andres Felipe – Hansen, Eric
E15 Queen’s Indian

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 c6 5.Bg2 d5 6.O-O Be7 7.b3 O-O 8.Bb2 Nbd7 9.Nbd2 Bb7 10.Ne5 Nxe5 11.dxe5 Nd7 12.e3 b5 13.cxd5 cxd5 14.Nf3 b4 15.Nd4 Qb6 16.f4 Ba6 17.Rf2 Nc5 18.Rd2 Rac8 19.a3 Ne4 20.Bxe4 dxe4 21.axb4 Bxb4 22.Rc2 Bd3 23.Rxc8 Rxc8 24.Rc1 Rd8 25.Rc6 Qb7 26.Qc1 h6 27.Bc3 Be7 28.Ba5 Rd7 29.Qc3 Kh7 30.Kg2 Bb5 31.Rc7 Qd5 32.Rxd7 Bxd7 33.Bb4 Bd8 34.Bc5 a6 35.Qc4 Qb7 36.Qc3 Qd5 37.Qc4 Qb7 38.Kf2 Bc7 39.Bd6 Bb6 40.Bc5 Bc7 41.h4 Bd8 42.h5 a5 43.f5 Qc8 44.fxe6 fxe6 45.Ne2 Kg8 46.Nc3 1/2-1/2

Round 4, Sept. 27, Board 2
Preotu, Razvan – Rios, Cristhian Camilo
B43 Sicilian, Kan

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.Nxc6 dxc6 8.O-O e5 9.f4 Nf6 10.Qf3 Bd6 11.Qg3 Nh5 12.Qg5 g6 13.f5 b5 14.Be3 Bb7 15.Rad1 Nf4 16.Bxb5 cxb5 17.Qf6 Bc5 18.Qxh8+ Ke7 19.Qxh7 Bxe3+ 20.Kh1 Rf8 21.Rf3 Bb6 22.fxg6 Nxg6 23.Rdf1 Qc4 24.Qg7 Bd4 25.b3 Qe6 26.Rf6 Bxc3 27.Rxe6+ Kxe6 28.Rf6+ Ke7 29.Rxg6 1-0

Round 4, Sept. 27, Board 3
Sanchez, Sebastian Felipe – Noritsyn, Nikolay
C41 Philidor, Exchange variation

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Be7 6.Be2 O-O 7.Bf4 Nc6 8.Qd2 Nxd4 9.Qxd4 Be6 10.O-O-O Re8 11.f3 Nd7 12.g4 Bg5 13.Qd2 Bxf4 14.Qxf4 a6 15.h4 b5 16.g5 Nb6 17.a3 Qe7 18.Rd4 Rf8 19.Rhd1 Rae8 20.Qg3 f5 21.Kb1 fxe4 22.fxe4 Bf7 23.h5 Qe5 24.Qg1 Be6 25.Bg4 Bxg4 26.Qxg4 Qf4 27.Qg1 Re5 28.Nd5 Nxd5 29.exd5 Qxg5 30.Rg4 Qh6 31.Qa7 Qxh5 32.Rgd4 Qf7 33.Qxa6 Qd7 34.Rb4 h5 35.Rxb5 Qg4 36.Rc1 h4 37.Rb4 Re4 38.Rb3 h3 39.Qd3 h2 40.Qg3 Qxg3 41.Rxg3 Rf2 42.b3 Ree2 43.Rh3 g5 44.a4 g4 45.Rh4 Rg2 46.a5 g3 47.a6 Rg1 48.a7 Re8 49.Kb2 Rxc1 50.Kxc1 g2 0-1

Round 4, Sept. 27, Board 4
Bareev, Evgeny – Martinez Romero, Martin
A48 King’s Indian, Torre Attack

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7 4.Nbd2 O-O 5.c3 d5 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Be2 Re8 8.O-O e5 9.Bh4 c5 10.dxc5 Nxc5 11.b4 Ncd7 12.c4 h6 13.Qb3 d4 14.exd4 exd4 15.Rae1 a5 16.a3 axb4 17.axb4 g5 18.Bg3 b6 19.Bd3 Bb7 20.Rxe8+ Nxe8 21.Re1 g4 22.Nh4 Qg5 23.f4 Qd8 24.Nf5 Bf8 25.Ne4 Ndf6 26.Nxf6+ Qxf6 27.Qb2 Qc6 28.b5 Qd7 29.Bf2 Ra3 30.Nxh6+ Kg7 31.Nf5+ Kg8 32.Nh6+ Kg7 33.Nf5+ Kg8 34.Qe2 Nf6 35.Bh4 Rxd3 36.Qxd3 Be4 37.Rxe4 Nxe4 38.Qxe4 d3 39.Qd5 Qxd5 40.cxd5 d2 41.Ne3 Bc5 42.Kf1 Bxe3 43.Ke2 Kf8 44.f5 Ke8 45.Bg3 Kd7 46.h3 gxh3 47.gxh3 Bh6 48.h4 Be3 49.Be5 Bh6 50.h5 Ke7 51.Kd1 Kd7 52.Kc2 Ke7 53.Kd1 Kd7 54.Bc3 Kd6 55.Bxd2 Bg7 56.h6 Bh8 57.Bb4+ Kxd5 58.Bf8 Bf6 59.Bg7 Ke5 60.Bxf6+ Kxf6 1-0

[Wayne Komer]

Batumi Chess Olympiad 2018

September 27, 2018

Round Four

Women

Round Four Results
Round Five Pairings

No. TeamTeam Pts. MP : MP Pts. TeamTeam

1 ARM Armenia 12½ 8 : 8 13 China CHN
2 USA United States of America 12 8 : 8 13 MongoliaMGL
3 GEO1Georgia 1 12½ 8 : 8 13½ Ukraine UKR
4 ARG Argentina 12½ 7 : 7 13 India IND
5 GEO2Georgia 2 12 7 : 7 12½ Turkey TUR
6 CZE Czech Republic 13 6 : 7 11 Australia AUS
7 GRE Greece 11½ 6 : 6 12½ Azerbaijan AZE
8 TJK Tajikistan 11 6 : 6 12 Canada CAN
9 IRI Iran 11½ 6 : 6 12½ Vietnam VIE
10 ECU Ecuador 12 6 : 6 10½ Italy ITA
11 LAT Latvia 12 6 : 6 11 Moldova MDA
12 UZB Uzbekistan 10½ 6 : 6 12 Egypt EGY
13 COL Colombia 11 6 : 6 12 Romania ROU
14 RUS Russia 12 6 : 6 11 Germany GER
15 ENG England 12 6 : 6 11 Philippines PHI
16 KAZ Kazakhstan 11½ 6 : 6 10 Belarus BLR
17 MNE Montenegro 10 6 : 6 11½ Netherlands NED
18 LTU Lithuania 11½ 6 : 6 12½ Switzerland SUI
19 CUB Cuba 12 6 : 6 11 Estonia EST
20 LUX Luxembourg 11½ 6 : 6 12½ Indonesia INA
21 SLO Slovenia 8½ 6 : 5 11½ Peru PER
22 POL Poland 9½ 5 : 5 11 Austria AUT
23 SRB Serbia 10½ 5 : 5 9½ France FRA
24 BRA Brazil 8 5 : 5 10 Spain ESP
25 FIN Finland 9½ 5 : 5 10½ Georgia 3 GEO3
26 ISR Israel 8½ 5 : 5 10 Hungary HUN
27 TKM Turkmenistan 10½ 4 : 4 8 New Zealand NZL
28 SVKSlovakia 8½ 4 : 4 7½ Chinese Taipei TPE
29 SCO Scotland 9 4 : 4 7½ HondurasHON
30 GUA Guatemala 8½ 4 : 4 7 United Arab Emirates UAE
31 IPCAIPCA 8 4 : 4 9½ Algeria ALG
32 NAM Namibia 4 2 : 2 5½ IBCA IBCA
33 BAN Bangladesh 9½ 4 : 4 8 Singapore SGP
34 MAS Malaysia 7 4 : 4 8½ Bosnia & Herzegovina BIH
35 ICCDICCD 7½ 4 : 4 9 Croatia CRO
36 SRI Sri Lanka 8 4 : 4 9½ Uruguay URU
37 DEN Denmark 9 4 : 4 7½ Costa RicaCRC
38 BOL Bolivia 7 4 : 4 8½ Sweden SWE
39 MLT Malta 7 4 : 4 8 Iceland ISL
40 JAM Jamaica 8 4 : 4 9½ Dominican Republic DOM
41 RSA South Africa 8½ 4 : 4 7 Trinidad & TobagoTTO
42 PAN Panama 8½ 4 : 4 6½ Albania ALB
43 MAR Morocco 8 4 : 4 9½ Jordan JOR
44 BEL Belgium 7½ 4 : 4 9 Mexico MEX
45 KGZ Kyrgyzstan 7½ 4 : 4 8½ Norway NOR

Team composition for federation TJK

(RtgAvg:1913, Captain:Odinaeva Saodat)

1 Nasriddinzoda Marvorii 2090
2 WFMAntonova Nadezhda 2038
3 Hotami Mutriba 1840
4 Abrorova Sabrina 1685
5 Antonova Lidiya 1672

Canada – Syria 4-0

Round 4, Sept. 27, Board 1
Zhou, Qiyu – Ahmad Murad, Fatema Alzahraa
C16 French, Winawer, Advance variation

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 b6 5.a3 Bf8 6.Be3 Ba6 7.Nge2 Ne7 8.Ng3 h6 9.h4 Bxf1 10.Rxf1 c6 11.Qd3 Ng6 12.h5 Nh4 13.Rg1 Nd7 14.O-O-O Qc7 15.f4 c5 16.dxc5 Nxc5 17.Qe2 Be7 18.Qg4 Rg8 19.f5 Qxe5 20.Bd4 Qd6 21.f6 Nf5 22.Nxf5 exf5 23.Qxf5 gxf6 24.Bxc5 Qxc5 25.Nxd5 Rg5 26.Qe4 Re5 27.Nxf6+ Bxf6 28.Qxa8+ Ke7 29.Qd8+ Ke6 30.Qd7# 1-0

Round 4, Sept. 27, Board 2
Yaji, Mada – Ouellet, Maili-Jade
B84 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Classical variation

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be2 Nf6 7.O-O d6 8.Be3 Be7 9.Kh1 b5 10.a3 Bb7 11.Bd3 Nbd7 12.f4 O-O 13.Qe2 Rac8 14.Rae1 Rfe8 15.Bd2 Nf8 16.f5 Rcd8 17.fxe6 Nxe6 18.Nxe6 fxe6 19.Qe3 Bc8 20.e5 dxe5 21.Qh3 Rf8 22.Rxf6 Bxf6 23.Qxh7+ Kf7 24.Qg6+ Ke7 25.Ne4 a5 26.b4 a4 27.Be3 Rd4 28.c3 Rd5 29.Bc5+ Rxc5 30.Nxc5 Bd7 31.Nxd7 Qxd7 32.Qe4 Rd8 33.Rd1 Qd5 34.Qxd5 Rxd5 35.Be2 e4 36.Rc1 e3 37.Kg1 Kd6 38.Kf1 Be5 39.g3 Rd2 40.c4 Bb2 41.Rd1 bxc4 42.Ke1 c3 0-1

Round 4, Sept. 27, Board 3
Demchenko, Svitlana – Mahmoud, Roula
B84 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Classical varation

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be2 a6 7.a4 Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.Be3 Qc7 10.f4 Nbd7 11.Bf3 Nb6 12.Kh1 Nc4 13.Bc1 Bd7 14.Qe1 Rac8 15.b3 Qc5 16.Nce2 e5 17.bxc4 exd4 18.Bb2 Qxc4 19.Nxd4 Bxa4 20.Nf5 Qe6 21.Rxa4 Rxc2 22.Bc3 Rc8 23.Nd4 Qd7 24.Ra3 d5 25.Nxc2 dxe4 26.Rb3 exf3 27.Rxf3 Qd5 28.Rb1 Ne4 29.Ne3 Qc6 30.Bd4 b5 31.Nf5 Bf8 32.Re3 Nd6 33.Nxd6 Bxd6 34.Rc3 Qb7 35.Rxc8+ Qxc8 36.Rc1 Qa8 37.Qg3 Bf8 38.f5 Qe4 39.Bxg7 Bxg7 40.Rc8+ 1-0

Round 4, Sept. 27, Board 4
Khalil, Manar – Agbabishvili, Lali
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 Be6 8.O-O Nbd7 9.Kh1 Rc8 10.f4 Be7 11.Qe1 O-O 12.Be3 b5 13.a3 Kh8 14.Rd1 Qc7 15.Qg3 Nb6 16.fxe5 dxe5 17.Bxb6 Qxb6 18.Qxe5 Rfe8 19.Qd4 Qxd4 20.Nxd4 Bxa3 21.Ncxb5 Bf8 22.Nc3 Bc4 23.Bd3 Kg8 24.Nf5 Re6 25.Ne3 Bxd3 26.cxd3 Rb6 27.Nc4 Rbc6 28.e5 Ng4 29.Rf3 Re8 30.Re1 f6 31.Na5 Rc5 32.Nc4 fxe5 33.h3 Nf6 34.Nd2 Rb8 35.Nc4 Re8 36.Ne4 Rc6 37.Rf5 Nd7 0-1

[Wayne Komer]

Batumi Chess Olympiad 2018

September 27, 2018

Round Four

The Rest of the News

Open

Poland – Russia 2.5 – 1.5

Duda-Karjakin 0.5-0.5
Nepomniachtchi-Wojtaszek 1-0
Tomczak-Kramnik 1-0
Jakovenko-Dragun 0-1

Kramnik was mated on the board

Round 4, Sept. 27, Board 3
Tomczak, Jacek – Kramnik, Vladimir
C45 Scotch, Mieses variation, main line

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.e5 Qe7 7.Qe2 Nd5 8.h4 Qe6 9.g3 Nb4 10.c4 Ba6 11.Bf4 d5 12.a3 Bxc4 13.Qd1 Bxf1 14.Kxf1 Na6 15.Nc3 Nc5 16.b4 d4 17.bxc5 dxc3 18.Qd4 Rd8 19.Qxc3 Qd5 20.Kg1 Bxc5 21.Rc1 Bb6 22.h5 O-O 23.h6 Rfe8 24.hxg7 Re6 25.Bg5 Qa2 26.Rh2 Rd5 27.Qb4 c5 28.Qh4 h6 29.Bxh6 Qb3 30.Bd2 Kxg7 31.Qh8+ Kg6 32.Qh7# 1-0

Final position



USA – India 2.5-1.5

Caruana-Anand 1-0
Harikrishna-So 0.5-0.5
Nakamura-Vidit 0.5-0.5
Sasikiran-Shankland 0.5-0.5

Round 4, Sept. 27, Board 1
Caruana, Fabiano – Anand, Vishy
E03 Catalan, open

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.Qa4+ Nbd7 6.Qxc4 a6 7.Be3 Bd6 8.Qc2 O-O 9.Nh3 e5 10.O-O h6 11.dxe5 Nxe5 12.Nc3 Qe7 13.Rad1 Re8 14.Nf4 c6 15.Bd4 g5 16.Nd3 Nxd3 17.Rxd3 Be5 18.Qd2 Bf5 19.e4 Bg6 20.f4 gxf4 21.Bxe5 Qxe5 22.gxf4 Qc5+ 23.Kh1 Nxe4 24.Nxe4 Rxe4 25.Rg3 Rd4 26.Qe3 1-0

Position after White’s 20.f4



China – Croatia 3.5-0.5

Ding Liren-Saric 1-0
Bosiocic-Yu Yangyi 0-1
Wei Yi-Stevic 1-0
Martinovic-Bu Xiangzhi 0-1

Round 4, Sept. 27, Board 1
Ding Liren – Saric, Ivan
E11 Bogo-Indian Defence, Grunfeld

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 O-O 5.a3 Be7 6.e4 d5 7.e5 Nfd7 8.Bd3 c5 9.h4 g6 10.O-O Nc6 11.Nb3 dxc4 12.Bxc4 cxd4 13.Re1 a5 14.Bh6 Re8 15.Rc1 Nb6 16.Bb5 a4 17.Bxc6 bxc6 18.Nbxd4 c5 19.Nc6 Qxd1 20.Nxe7+ Rxe7 21.Rexd1 Rd7 22.Nd2 Rd5 23.Ne4 Nd7 24.Nxc5 Nxc5 25.Rxd5 exd5 26.Rxc5 Be6 27.Rc6 Rd8 28.Ra6 d4 29.Rxa4 d3 30.Bd2 h5 31.f3 Rd5 32.Ra6 g5 33.hxg5 Rxe5 34.Rd6 Bc4 35.Rd4 Ba6 36.a4 Re2 37.Bc3 Rc2 38.Rd8+ Kh7 39.Rd6 1-0

Ding Liren is using a cane. He has been unbeaten since 9 August 2017 in 81 games.

Azerbaijan – England 3.5-0.5

Mamedyarov-Adams 1-0
McShane-Radjabov 0-1
Naiditsch-Howell 0.5-0.5
Jones-Mamedov 0-1

Round 4, Sept. 27, Board 1
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar – Adams, Michael
D41 QGD, Semi-Tarrasch

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 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 h6 16.h3 Re8 17.Re3 Qf6 18.Qe2 Qf4 19.g3 Qc7 20.d5 exd5 21.exd5 Rxe3 22.Qxe3 Qc5 23.Qf4 Qc3 24.Nd4 Re8 25.d6 Nf6 26.Kh2 Qb2 27.Nc2 Qc3 28.Nd4 Qb2 29.d7 Rd8 30.Nf5 Be4 31.Nd6 Bg6 32.Nc4 Qe2 33.Ne5 Kh7 34.g4 b5 35.Qe3 Qb2 36.Kg1 b4 37.Nxg6 1-0

Argentina – Ukraine 1.5-2.5

Mareco-Ivanchuk 0-1
Eljanov-Flores 0-1
Pichot-Kryvoruchko 0.5-0.5
Korobov-Perez 1-0

Round 4, Sept. 27, Board 1
Mareco, Sandro Ivanchuk, Vassily
A16 English

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.h4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 h6 7.e4 Bg7 8.d4 c5 9.Rb1 O-O 10.Be2 b6 11.Be3 Bb7 12.d5 e6 13.c4 Re8 14.O-O exd5 15.exd5 Nd7 16.Bf4 Bc8 17.d6 Bb7 18.Re1 Bc3 19.Bd2 Qf6 20.Rb3 Bxd2 21.Qxd2 Kg7 22.h5 Re6 23.hxg6 fxg6 24.Rd1 Rae8 25.Bf1 Bc6 26.Ra3 a5 27.Nh2 h5 28.Nf3 Re4 29.Qc3 Rf4 30.Qxf6+ Kxf6 31.Nh2 Re6 32.Nf3 g5 33.Re3 Rxe3 34.fxe3 Bxf3 35.gxf3 Rxf3 36.Be2 Rxe3 37.Bxh5 Re4 38.Rb1 Rxc4 39.Be8 Ke6 40.Bxd7+ Kxd7 41.Rxb6 Ra4 42.Kf2 Rxa2+ 43.Ke3 Ra4 44.Kd3 Rd4+ 45.Kc3 Rb4 46.Ra6 a4 0-1

Israel – Sweden 3-1

Gelfand-Grandelius 0-1
Hillarp-Rodshtein 0-1
Nabaty-Tikanen 1-0
Blomqvist-Smirin 0-1

Round 4, Sept. 27, Board 1
Gelfand, Boris – Grandelius, Nils
D12 QGD Slav

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 a6 6.Qb3 b5 7.c5 a5 8.Nh4 Bc8 9.f4 g6 10.Bd3 Nh5 11.Nf3 Bf5 12.e4 a4 13.Qc2 dxe4 14.Bxe4 Bxe4 15.Nxe4 Bg7 16.O-O O-O 17.f5 gxf5 18.Nc3 e6 19.g4 fxg4 20.Ng5 f5 21.Nxe6 Qh4 22.Ne2 g3 23.N2f4 Re8 24.Nxg7 Nxg7 25.hxg3 Qxg3+ 26.Qg2 Qxg2+ 27.Nxg2 Re4 28.Bh6 Nd7 29.Bxg7 Kxg7 30.Rxf5 Rf8 31.Rxf8 Nxf8 32.Rd1 Ne6 33.d5 cxd5 34.Rxd5 Re2 35.Rd7+ Kf6 36.c6 Rxb2 37.c7 Nxc7 38.Rxc7 Rxa2 39.Rc6+ Kf7 40.Rb6 Rb2 41.Ra6 Ke7 42.Ne3 Kd7 43.Nd5 Kc8 44.Rc6+ Kb8 45.Rc3 h5 46.Kf1 h4 47.Rh3 Kb7 48.Ke1 Kc6 49.Nc3 a3 50.Kd1 b4 51.Kc1 Rb3 52.Rxh4 Rxc3+ 53.Kb1 Kb5 0-1

Position after Black’s 48…Kc6



Open Standings

1-2 France, Israel 14
3 Azerbaijan 13.5
4-5 Poland, China 13
6-7 USA, Czech Rep. 12
8 Armenia 11.5
9 Ukraine 11
10 Spain 13

Interesting matchups in Round Five

Armenia-Azerbaijan
France-Poland
China-Czech Republic
USA-Israel
Ukraine-Spain