Batumi Chess Olympiad 2018

[Wayne Komer]

Batumi Chess Olympiad 2018

September 30, 2018

Round Six

Open

Round Six Results
Round Seven Pairings

No. Team TeamPts. MP : MP Pts. TeamTeam

1 POL Poland 18½ 12 : 12 19 Azerbaijan AZE
2 CRO Croatia 17 10 : 11 17½ United States of AmericaUSA
3 UKR Ukraine 15 10 : 10 16½ China CHN
4 GER Germany 16½ 10 : 10 19 Netherlands NED
5 CZE Czech Republic 16 10 : 10 18 Israel ISR
6 BLR Belarus 15 10 : 10 16½ Armenia ARM
7 IND India 17½ 9 : 10 15 Egypt EGY
8 HUN Hungary 15 9 : 9 17 France FRA
9 ALG Algeria 15 9 : 9 17 Spain ESP
10 SRB Serbia 15 9 : 9 16 Russia RUS
11 ARG Argentina 17 8 : 9 14½ England ENG
12 DOM Dominican Republic 15½ 8 : 8 17 IranIRI
13 RSA South Africa15½ 8 : 8 16½ Turkey TUR
14 VIE Vietnam 15½ 8 : 8 13½ Canada CAN
15 LTU Lithuania 13 8 : 8 15½ Sweden SWE
16 IRQ Iraq15½ 8 : 8 16½ Norway NOR
17 GEO3 Georgia 3 16 8 : 8 14 Moldova MDA
18 AUT Austria 15 8 : 8 16½ Bosnia & Herzegovina BIH
19 GRE Greece 15½ 8 : 8 14 Chile CHI
20 ITA Italy 15½ 8 : 8 12½ Nepal NEP
21 MNE Montenegro 15½ 8 : 8 12 Zambia ZAM
22 KAZ Kazakhstan 14½ 8 : 8 16 SlovakiaSVK
23 GEO1 Georgia 1 14½ 8 : 8 16 FYR Macedonia MKD
24 COL Colombia16 8 : 8 14½ Georgia 2 GEO2
25 TKM Turkmenistan17 8 : 8 15½ Bangladesh BAN
26 LUX Luxembourg 14½ 7 : 7 17 Uzbekistan UZB
27 SGP Singapore 13½ 7 : 7 14½ SloveniaSLO
28 MAR Morocco 13½ 7 : 7 15 PortugalPOR
29 SUI Switzerland 14 7 : 7 16 PeruPER
30 ROU Romania 16 7 : 7 14 Nigeria NGR

Team composition for federation VIE

Bo. Name Rtg

(RtgAvg:2576, Captain:Dao Thien Hai)

1 GM Le Quang Liem 2715
2 GM Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son 2620
3 GM Tran Tuan Minh 2491
4 IM Nguyen Anh Khoi 2463
5 GM Dao Thien Hai 2477


Canada – Georgia 1 2 - 2

Round 6, Sept. 30, Board 1
Hansen, Eric – Jovava, Baadur
B42 Sicilian, kan, Polugaievsky variation

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Bc5 6.Nb3 Ba7 7.O-O Nc6 8.Qg4 Qf6 9.Nc3 Nge7 10.Kh1 O-O 11.f4 d5 12.a3 dxe4 13.Nxe4 Qh6 14.Nd6 Nf5 15.Nxc8 Raxc8 16.Bd2 Ncd4 17.Nxd4 Nxd4 18.Bc3 Rfd8 19.Rae1 Bb8 20.g3 f5 21.Qg5 Qxg5 22.fxg5 Kf7 23.Re4 Ba7 24.Rff4 Nb5 25.Bc4 Rd1+ 26.Kg2 Nxc3 27.bxc3 Rd2+ 28.Kf1 Rxc4 29.Rxc4 Kg6 30.Rf3 Rxh2 31.Rc7 e5 32.Rd3 f4 33.gxf4 exf4 34.Rxb7 Be3 35.Ke1 Kxg5 36.Rxg7+ Kf5 37.Re7 h5 38.Kd1 h4 39.c4 h3 40.Rdxe3 fxe3 41.Rxe3 Kg4 42.Re4+ Kf3 43.Rh4 Kg3 44.Rh8 Rg2 45.c5 h2 46.c6 Rg1+ 47.Ke2 h1=Q 48.Rxh1 Rxh1 49.Ke3 Rh4 0-1

Position after Black’s 38…h4



Round 6, Sept. 30, Board 2
Mchedishvili, Mikheil – Preotu, Razvan
B90 Sicilian, Najdorf

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.Be3 Be7 9.Qd2 O-O 10.O-O-O Nbd7 11.g4 b5 12.g5 Nh5 13.Nd5 Bxd5 14.exd5 f6 15.h4 fxg5 16.hxg5 Rxf3 17.Rxh5 Rxe3 18.Qxe3 g6 19.Bd3 gxh5 20.Kb1 Bxg5 21.Rg1 h6 22.Nd2 Kh8 23.Qf3 Qf6 24.Qh3 Nc5 25.Rf1 Qe7 26.Ne4 Nxd3 27.cxd3 h4 28.a3 a5 29.Qg4 b4 30.a4 b3 31.Qd1 Bf4 32.Rh1 Qd7 33.Qxb3 h3 34.Qc2 h2 35.Qf2 Qh3 36.Qe2 Rg8 0-1

Round 6, Sept. 30, Board 3
Noritsyn, Nikolay – Cheparinov, Ivan
A48 King’s Indian, Torre Attack, main line

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7 4.Nbd2 O-O 5.c3 d6 6.e4 c5 7.d5 h6 8.Bh4 e6 9.dxe6 Bxe6 10.Be2 Nc6 11.O-O Qc7 12.Re1 Rfe8 13.Qc2 Nh5 14.Nc4 d5 15.exd5 Bxd5 16.Ne3 Be4 17.Qb3 Nf4 18.Bg3 Nxe2+ 19.Rxe2 Qb6 20.Qxb6 axb6 21.Nc4 Bd3 22.Rxe8+ Rxe8 23.Nxb6 Re2 24.Na4 c4 25.Re1 Rc2 26.Bf4 f5 27.Rc1 g5 28.Be3 f4 29.Ne1 Rxc1 30.Bxc1 Bb1 31.Nc5 b6 32.Ne6 Bf6 33.g3 Kf7 34.Nc7 Bd8 35.Nb5 fxg3 36.fxg3 Bxa2 37.Nf3 Ke6 38.h4 Kf5 39.Kf2 gxh4 40.gxh4 Kg6 41.Kg3 Bb1 42.Kf4 Bc2 43.Kg3 Ba4 44.Nd6 b5 45.Bf4 Ne7 46.Ne5+ Kh5 47.Kh3 Bc2 48.Nxb5 Ng6 49.Nxg6 Bf5+ 50.Kh2 Bxg6 51.Nd4 Bf6 52.Bg3 Kg4 53.Kg2 Bf7 54.Kf2 Bxh4 55.Bxh4 Kxh4 56.Kf3 Kg5 57.Kg3 Bd5 58.Nc2 h5 59.Nd4 h4+ 60.Kh3 Kh5 61.Nc2 Bf3 62.Nd4 Bd1 63.Nb5 Kg5 64.Nd4 Kh5 65.Nb5 Bg4+ 66.Kh2 Be6 67.Nd4 Bd5 68.Kh3 Kg5 69.Nb5 Be6+ 70.Kh2 Kg4 71.Nd4 Bd5 72.Nb5 1/2-1/2

Round 6, Sept. 30, Board 4
Pantsulaia, Levan – Bareev, Evgeny
A28 English, Four Knights, Nimzowitsch variation

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.e4 Bb4 5.d3 d6 6.a3 Bc5 7.b4 Bb6 8.Na4 Bd4 9.Nxd4 Nxd4 10.Nc3 c6 11.Ne2 Ne6 12.g3 d5 13.exd5 cxd5 14.Bg2 dxc4 15.dxc4 Qxd1+ 16.Kxd1 a5 17.Bb2 Ng4 18.Ke1 O-O 19.h3 Nf6 20.Bxe5 Nd7 21.Bc3 Nb6 22.c5 Na4 23.Be5 Re8 24.Rd1 f6 25.Ba1 Nc7 26.Kf1 Nb5 27.c6 Ra7 28.Bd4 b6 29.Bd5+ Kf8 30.Bb3 axb4 31.axb4 Be6 32.Bxa4 Rxa4 33.Nf4 Bc4+ 34.Kg2 g5 35.Nh5 Bd5+ 36.Kh2 Bxh1 37.Kxh1 Nxd4 38.Rxd4 Kf7 39.Rd7+ Re7 40.Rb7 Rxb4 41.Ng7 1/2-1/2

[Wayne Komer]

Batumi Chess Olympiad 2018

October 1, 2018

Round Seven

Today the commentators are the Polgar sisters – they are Sofia (b. 1974), Susan (b. 1969) and Judit (b. 1976).

Sofia’s Biography on the internet has this interesting paragraph:

I started to play chess at the age of four and played professionally for more than 20 years. Since then I have pursued my long time passion: art. Currently residing in Toronto, Canada, I'm a chess teacher, artist and freelance designer.

Game Selection

Open

Poland – Azerbaijan 2-2

Round 7, Oct. 1, Board 1
Duda, Jan-Krzysztof – Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar
C54 Giuoco Piano, d3 variation

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.Nbd2 a6 7.Bb3 h6 8.Nf1 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Ng3 O-O 11.O-O Re8 12.Re1 Nf6 13.h3 Be6 14.Bc2 Bd5 15.Nh4 Qd7 16.Nhf5 Bf8 17.f4 Rad8 18.fxe5 Nxe5 19.d4 Ng6 20.Rf1 Qc6 21.Rf2 Ne4 22.Nxe4 Bxe4 23.Bb3 Bd5 24.Bd2 Qe6 25.Bxd5 Qxd5 26.Ne3 Qd7 27.b4 b6 28.Qf1 c5 29.bxc5 bxc5 30.d5 c4 31.Qxc4 Qb5 32.d6 Qxc4 33.Nxc4 Re4 34.Na5 Rxd6 35.Nb3 Rd3 36.Re1 Ra4 37.Re3 Rd5 38.Be1 Ne5 39.Rc2 f6 40.Bg3 Bd6 41.Bxe5 Bxe5 42.c4 Rd6 43.Kf1 Rc6 1/2-1/2

Croatia – USA 1-3

Round 7, Oct. 1, Board 2
So, Wesley – Bosiocic, Marin
B90 Sicilian, Najdorf, Byrne Attack

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.Be2 Be7 9.h4 h5 10.Nd5 Bxd5 11.exd5 Nbd7 12.c4 g6 13.g3 b6 14.Nd2 a5 15.f4 Qc8 16.O-O Nc5 17.Kg2 Ra7 18.Qc2 Bd8 19.f5 Rg8 20.fxg6 Rxg6 21.Rf5 b5 22.Raf1 Rc7 23.Bxh5 Nxh5 24.Rxh5 Rg8 25.Qh7 Qg4 26.Rg5 Rxg5 27.Bxg5 1-0

Ukraine – China 2-2

Round 7, Oct. 1, Board 2
Wei Yi – Eljanov, Pavel
A17 English, Queens Indian formation

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 b6 3.g3 Bb7 4.Bg2 e6 5.O-O Be7 6.Nc3 O-O 7.Re1 d5 8.cxd5 Nxd5 9.e4 Nxc3 10.bxc3 c5 11.d4 Re8 12.d5 exd5 13.exd5 Nd7 14.Nd2 Bf8 15.Rxe8 Qxe8 16.c4 b5 17.cxb5 Nb6 18.a4 Bxd5 19.Bxd5 Nxd5 20.Bb2 Rd8 21.Qf3 Nb4 22.Ne4 Qe6 23.a5 Nc2 24.Rc1 Nd4 25.Bxd4 cxd4 26.Qd3 Qd5 27.b6 axb6 28.axb6 Rb8 29.Rb1 Rb7 30.Nd2 h5 31.Qb5 Qe6 32.Nc4 d3 33.Na5 Rd7 34.b7 d2 35.Qf1 Bd6 36.b8=R+ Bxb8 37.Rxb8+ Kh7 38.Rb1 Qd5 39.Rd1 Qxa5 40.Qe2 Qd5 41.h4 g6 42.Qe3 Qc4 43.Kh2 Qc2 44.Qe2 Qc3 45.Qe4 Qc5 46.Kg2 Qc1 47.Qe2 Qc2 48.Kh2 Qc3 49.Qe4 Kg7 50.Kg2 Rd6 51.Qe2 Qd4 52.Kh2 Rd7 53.Kg2 Rd8 54.Kh2 Rd5 55.Kg1 Rd6 56.Kh2 Rd7 57.Kg2 f5 58.Qe6 Kh7 59.Kg1 f4 60.gxf4 Qa4 61.Kg2 Qxd1 62.Qxd7+ Kh6 63.Qd4 Qg4+ 64.Kh2 Qxh4+ 65.Kg2 Qg4+ 66.Kh2 Kh7 67.Qxd2 Qf5 68.Qd6 Kg7 1/2-1/2

Hungary – France 1-3

Round 7, Oct. 1 Board 1
Leko, Peter – MVL
B90 Sicilian, Najdorf

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.Be3 h5 9.Qd2 Nbd7 10.Nd5 Bxd5 11.exd5 g6 12.Be2 Bg7 13.O-O-O O-O 14.g4 a5 15.a4 Nb6 16.gxh5 Nxh5 17.Bb5 Nf6 18.h4 Qc7 19.h5 Nxh5 20.Bh6 Nf4 21.Bxf4 exf4 22.Qxf4 Rfc8 23.Qe4 Nxa4 24.Bxa4 b5 25.Bxb5 a4 26.Nd4 a3 27.Bc6 axb2+ 28.Kd2 Ra2 29.Rb1 Qa5+ 30.c3 Ra4 31.Bxa4 Qxc3+ 32.Kd1 Qc1+ 33.Ke2 Qc4+ 34.Qd3 Qxa4 35.Nc6 Re8+ 36.Kf2 Qf4 37.Rbe1 Rxe1 38.Rxe1 Qh2+ 39.Kf1 Qh1+ 40.Kf2 Qh2+ 41.Kf1 Bf6 42.Rd1 Bh4 43.Qd4 Bg3 44.Nb4 b1=Q 45.Rxb1 Qh1+ 46.Ke2 Qxb1 47.Nd3 Qc2+ 48.Kf1 Qd2 49.Qe4 Bh4 50.f4 Qd1+ 51.Kg2 Qg4+ 52.Kf1 Kf8 53.Qe3 Qf5 54.Qf3 g5 55.Ke2 g4 56.Qg2 Qg6 57.Qh1 Bf6 58.Ke3 Kg7 59.Qg2 Bd8 60.Qb2+ Kh7 61.Qh2+ Kg8 62.Qb2 Ba5 63.Qg2 Bb6+ 64.Ke2 g3 65.Ne1 Ba5 66.Nd3 Kf8 67.Ke3 Bb6+ 68.Kd2 Qg4 69.Kc3 Be3 70.Kc2 Bxf4 71.Ne1 Be5 0-1

Dominican Republic – Iran 1-3

Round 7, Oct. 1, Board 1
Munoz Santana, Jose – Maghsoodloo, Parham
A28 English, Four Knights, Stean variation

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.e3 Bb4 5.Qc2 O-O 6.Nd5 Re8 7.Qf5 d6 8.Nxf6+ Qxf6 9.Qxf6 gxf6 10.a3 Bc5 11.b4 Bb6 12.Bb2 a5 13.b5 Ne7 14.d4 a4 15.O-O-O Ng6 16.h4 h5 17.Be2 Kg7 18.dxe5 fxe5 19.Ng5 Rh8 20.Ne4 f6 21.Bc3 Kf7 22.Bb4 Bf5 23.Bd3 Ne7 24.c5 dxc5 25.Nxc5 Bxc5 26.Bxc5 Be6 27.Be2 Nd5 28.Bc4 Rhd8 29.Kb2 c6 30.bxc6 bxc6 31.Bxd5 Bxd5 32.f3 Rab8+ 33.Ka1 Rb5 34.Bb4 c5 35.Bc3 Rb3 36.Bb2 Rxe3 37.Rd2 c4 38.Rc1 Rd3 39.Rcc2 Bxf3 40.Rf2 Rd1+ 41.Rc1 Bxg2 42.Ka2 Rxc1 43.Bxc1 Bd5 44.Rxf6+ Kxf6 45.Bg5+ Kf5 46.Bxd8 e4 47.Kb2 e3 48.Bg5 Ke4 0-1

Women

Armenia – USA 2.5-1.5

Round 7, Oct. 1, Board 1
Danielian, Elina – Zatonskih, Anna
D37 QGD, Hastings variation

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.cxd5 exd5 9.Be2 Nc6 10.O-O Be6 11.Rc1 Rc8 12.a3 a6 13.b4 Be7 14.Nd4 Nxd4 15.Qxd4 Qd7 16.Rfd1 Rfd8 17.Be5 Qe8 18.h3 Qf8 19.Qf4 h6 20.Bd3 Rc6 21.Ne2 Rxc1 22.Rxc1 Rc8 23.Rd1 Nd7 24.Bc7 a5 25.bxa5 Bxa3 26.Nd4 Nc5 27.Bb1 Qe8 28.Qg3 Ne4 29.Bxe4 dxe4 30.Rb1 Bd5 31.Nf5 Bf8 32.Bd6 Kh7 33.Bxf8 Qxf8 34.Qe5 Bc6 35.Nd6 Rc7 36.Rc1 f6 37.Qf4 g5 38.Qf5+ Kh8 39.Qc5 Qe7 40.Nxb7 Qxc5 41.Nxc5 Bd5 42.Rc3 f5 43.Nxe4 Ra7 44.Rc8+ Kg7 45.Nd6 Be6 46.Rc7+ 1-0

China – Netherlands 3-1

Round 7, Oct. 1, Board 1
Ju Wenjun Peng, Zhaoqin
B30 Sicilian, Nimzowitsch-Rossolimo Attack

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6 4.O-O Bd7 5.Re1 a6 6.Bf1 Bg4 7.h3 Bxf3 8.Qxf3 Nf6 9.d3 g6 10.c3 Bg7 11.Be3 O-O 12.Nd2 Nd7 13.Qd1 b5 14.Nf3 Nb6 15.d4 cxd4 16.cxd4 d5 17.e5 Qd7 18.b3 Rfc8 19.Qd2 Nd8 20.Rec1 Rxc1 21.Rxc1 Rc8 22.h4 Rxc1 23.Qxc1 Qc6 24.Qd2 Na8 25.h5 Nc7 26.g3 Nce6 27.Bg2 f6 28.exf6 exf6 29.Nh4 Kf7 30.Qd3 Nf8 31.Qd1 Nde6 32.Qf3 Nc7 33.Bf1 Nfe6 34.hxg6+ hxg6 35.Bd3 Nf8 36.Nxg6 Nxg6 37.Qh5 f5 38.Qxf5+ 1-0

Iran – Ukraine 1.5-2.5

Round 7, Oct. 1, Board 2
Muzychuk, Mariya – Hejazipour, Mitra
D38 QGD, Ragozin variation

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.Qa4+ Nc6 8.e3 O-O 9.Bd3 dxc4 10.Bxc4 e5 11.O-O exd4 12.Nd5 Qd6 13.Nxb4 Qxb4 14.Qxb4 Nxb4 15.Nxd4 Bd7 16.Rfd1 a6 17.Rd2 Nc6 18.Rad1 Rae8 19.Nb3 Bc8 20.Nc5 Ne5 21.Be2 Re7 22.f3 a5 23.Kf2 b6 24.Na4 Be6 25.b3 Rd7 26.Rxd7 Nxd7 27.e4 f5 28.exf5 Rxf5 29.Rc1 b5 30.Nb2 Rd5 31.Nd3 Bf5 32.Nf4 Rc5 33.Rxc5 Nxc5 34.Bxb5 Bb1 35.a3 Ba2 36.b4 axb4 37.axb4 Nb7 38.Bc6 Nd8 39.Bd5+ Bxd5 40.Nxd5 c6 41.Nc3 Kf7 42.Ke3 Ke6 43.Kd4 Nf7 44.Ne4 Nd8 45.g4 g6 46.f4 h5 47.Ng5+ Kf6 48.h3 hxg4 49.hxg4 Nb7 50.Nf3 Nd8 51.Ne5 Ne6+ 52.Ke4 Nd8 53.g5+ Kg7 54.f5 gxf5+ 55.Kxf5 Nb7 56.Nxc6 Nd6+ 57.Ke5 Nc4+ 58.Kd4 Na3 59.Ne5 1-0

Greece – Russia 1-3

Round 7, Oct. 1, Board 1
Botsari, Anna-Maria – Kosteniuk, Alexandra
E44 Nimzo-Indian, Fischer variation

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6 5.Ne2 Ne4 6.f3 Nxc3 7.Nxc3 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 c5 9.Bd3 Qh4+ 10.g3 Qh3 11.Kf2 Bb7 12.e4 O-O 13.Bf4 Nc6 14.Bd6 Rfc8 15.dxc5 Na5 16.Rb1 Bc6 17.cxb6 axb6 18.Bf1 Qh5 19.a3 Nb7 20.Bb4 f5 21.exf5 Qxf5 22.Qd3 Qh5 23.Bg2 Nc5 24.Qe3 Rf8 25.Rhf1 Qxh2 26.Rh1 Ne4+ 27.Qxe4 Bxe4 28.Rxh2 Bxb1 29.f4 Ra7 30.Bxf8 Kxf8 31.Rh1 Bd3 32.Ke3 Bxc4 33.Kd4 Ra4 34.Ke3 Rxa3 35.Be4 h6 36.Kd4 Ra4 37.Ke3 Ra2 38.Rb1 b5 39.Kd4 Ke7 40.Kc5 Re2 41.Kd4 d5 42.Bh7 Kf6 43.Rg1 g6 44.Ra1 Ra2 45.Rxa2 Bxa2 46.Bg8 Bc4 47.g4 Be2 48.g5+ hxg5 49.fxg5+ Ke7 50.Ke5 Bg4 0-1

[Wayne Komer]

Batumi Chess Olympiad 2018

October 1, 2018

Round Seven

Round Seven Results
Round Eight Pairings

Women

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

1 UKR Ukraine 20 12 : 13 20 Armenia ARM
2 CHN China 20 12 : 12 19½Romania ROU
3 USA United States of America 19 11 : 11 19 Italy ITA
4 HUN Hungary 19½ 11 : 11 20½India IND
5 GEO2 Georgia 2 20 11 : 11 20 Azerbaijan AZE
6 GEO1 Georgia 1 *) 19 12 : 11 20 Kazakhstan KAZ
7 NED Netherlands 18½ 10 : 10 19½ Russia RUS
8 IRI Iran 18½ 10 : 10 19½Peru PER
9 POL Poland 19½ 10 : 10 18½ Mongolia MGL
10 VIE Vietnam 21 10 : 10 19 Cuba CUB
11 UZB Uzbekistan 18 10 : 10 19½ Czech Republic CZE
12 CAN Canada 18½ 9 : 10 18 Lithuania LTU
13 FRA France 18 9 : 9 17 Ecuador ECU
14 ESP Spain 18 9 : 9 17 Egypt EGY
15 LAT Latvia 18 9 : 9 16½ Croatia CRO
16 SRB Serbia 16 9 : 9 17½Moldova MDA
17 ALG Algeria 16½ 9 : 9 18 Georgia 3 GEO3
18 TJK Tajikistan 18 9 : 9 16½ Malaysia MAS
19 PHI Philippines 17 9 : 9 16 Argentina ARG
20 SVK Slovakia 18 9 : 9 16½Israel ISR
21 SLO Slovenia 15½ 9 : 9 17½South Korea KOR
22 INA Indonesia 18½ 8 : 9 13½ Brazil BRA
23 ENG England 17½ 8 : 8 16 Greece GRE
24 BEL Belgium 13½ 8 : 8 16 Turkey TUR
25 MNE Montenegro 15 8 : 8 16½ Colombia COL

Team Composition for federation LTU

(RtgAvg:2223, Captain:Sakalauskas Vaidas)

1 IM Cornette Deimante 2462
2 WIM Zaksaite Salomeja 2278
3 WIM Batyte Daiva 2172
4 WCM Sibajeva Marija 1980
5 Perminaite Guoda 1840

Egypt – Canada 2-2

Round 7, Oct. 1, Board 1
Mona, Khaled – Matras-Clement, Agnieszka
D00 Queen’s Pawn game

1.d4 d5 2.e3 c5 3.c3 Nc6 4.dxc5 e6 5.b4 a5 6.Bb5 Nf6 7.Nf3 Bd7 8.Bxc6 Bxc6 9.O-O Be7 10.Bb2 O-O 11.a3 Ne4 12.Nbd2 f5 13.Nd4 Bd7 14.f3 Nf6 15.N4b3 b6 16.cxb6 Qxb6 17.Re1 a4 18.Nd4 e5 19.Nc2 Qe6 20.Qe2 Rac8 21.Rad1 Bd8 22.Nf1 Bb6 23.Rd2 Qe8 24.Red1 Bb5 25.Qe1 Rc4 26.Kh1 Qh5 27.Ng3 Qg6 28.f4 exf4 29.exf4 Re8 30.Re2 Rcc8 31.Rxe8+ Rxe8 32.Qd2 Ng4 33.Nd4 Bc4 34.Re1 Bxd4 35.cxd4 Re6 36.h3 Nh6 37.Kh2 Qe8 38.Re5 Nf7 39.Nxf5 Nxe5 40.dxe5 Qg6 41.Nd4 Re8 42.f5 Qh5 43.e6 Qh4 44.Nf3 Qe4 45.Qg5 d4 46.Bxd4 Qb7 47.Ne5 Qc7 48.Kh1 Bxe6 49.fxe6 Rxe6 50.b5 Qd6 51.Qe3 Rf6 52.Qc3 Rf1+ 53.Kh2 Qf8 54.Be3 Rb1 55.Qc4+ Kh8 56.Nf7+ Kg8 57.Ng5+ Kh8 58.Qe4 1-0

Round 7, Oct. 1, Board 2
Zhou, Qiyu – Wafa, Shrook
B75 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 Nc6 8.Qd2 O-O 9.g4 Ne5 10.Be2 Be6 11.Nxe6 fxe6 12.g5 Ne8 13.f4 Nc6 14.O-O-O Qa5 15.Bc4 Nc7 16.h4 Qb4 17.Qd3 Na5 18.Bb3 Nxb3+ 19.axb3 Qa5 20.Kb1 Rac8 21.Bd2 Qc5 22.h5 Kf7 23.Be3 Qa5 24.Bd4 Bxd4 25.Qxd4 Ke8 26.hxg6 hxg6 27.Qg7 Kd7 28.e5 d5 29.Ne4 Rxf4 30.Nf6+ Kc6 31.Qxe7 b6 32.Rh7 Qc5 33.Qd7+ Kb7 34.Qxe6 Rf2 35.Qxd5+ Qxd5 36.Rxd5 Rf1+ 37.Ka2 Kc6 38.Rd4 b5 39.Rd6+ Kc5 40.Ne4+ Kb4 41.c3+ Ka5 42.b4+ Ka4 1-0

Round 7, Oct. 1, Board 3
Wafa, Shahenda – Ouellet, Maili-Jade
B43 Sicilian, Kan

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be2 Nf6 7.O-O Nc6 8.Be3 Bb4 9.Nxc6 dxc6 10.Bd3 e5 11.Na4 Ng4 12.Nb6 Rb8 13.Nxc8 Nxe3 14.fxe3 b5 15.a4 Rxc8 16.axb5 axb5 17.c4 Bc5 18.cxb5 Bxe3+ 19.Kh1 O-O 20.bxc6 Qxc6 21.b3 Kh8 22.Qh5 Bd4 23.Rae1 Qg6 24.Qxg6 fxg6 25.Bc4 Rf6 26.g3 h5 27.Kg2 Kh7 28.g4 hxg4 29.Kg3 Rcf8 30.Rxf6 gxf6 31.Kxg4 Kh6 32.Rf1 Be3 33.Bd5 Bf4 34.Rf2 Kg7 35.b4 f5+ 36.Kf3 Rh8 37.b5 Bxh2 38.b6 Bg1 39.Rg2 Rh3+ 40.Ke2 Bxb6 41.exf5 Rh6 1/2-1/2

Round 7, Oct. 1, Board 4
Agbabishvili, Lali – Sherif, Amina
A07 Reti King’s Indian Attack

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 c5 4.O-O e6 5.d3 Nc6 6.c4 Be7 7.b3 O-O 8.Na3 b6 9.Bb2 Bb7 10.cxd5 exd5 11.d4 Re8 12.dxc5 bxc5 13.e3 Qa5 14.Nc2 Rad8 15.Qd2 Qc7 16.Qc3 Bf8 17.Rfd1 Ne4 18.Qe1 d4 19.Qf1 Qb6 20.Na3 dxe3 21.fxe3 Nb4 22.Nc4 Qe6 23.a3 Nd5 24.Nfe5 Nd6 25.Qf2 f6 26.Nxd6 Bxd6 27.Nc4 Bc7 28.e4 Nb6 29.Rxd8 Bxd8 30.Qxc5 Nxc4 31.Qxc4 Qxc4 32.bxc4 Bxe4 33.Bd4 Bxg2 34.Kxg2 Re4 35.Bxa7 Rxc4 36.a4 Ba5 37.Ra2 Kf7 38.Kf3 Ke6 39.Ra3 Kd5 40.Rd3+ Kc6 41.Re3 Rxa4 42.Re7 g5 43.Rxh7 Kd5 44.Rg7 Bc3 45.Bf2 Be5 46.h4 gxh4 47.gxh4 Ra3+ 48.Kg2 Ke6 49.h5 Bf4 50.Bh4 Ra5 51.Rh7 Kf5 1/2-1/2

[Wayne Komer]

Batumi Chess Olympiad 2018

October 1, 2018

Round Seven

Round Seven Results
Round Eight Pairings

Open

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

1 USA United States of America 20½ 13 : 13 21 Azerbaijan AZE
2 ARM Armenia 19½ 12 : 13 20½ Poland POL
3 CZE Czech Republic 18 11 : 11 20 India IND
4 ESP Spain 20½ 11 : 11 18½ Germany GER
5 ISR Israel 20 11 : 11 17 England ENG
6 FRA France 20 11 : 11 17 Ukraine UKR
7 CHN China 18½ 11 : 11 21 Netherlands NED
8 CRO Croatia 18 10 : 10 20 IranIRI
9 RUS Russia 18 10 : 10 16 Belarus BLR
10 SWE Sweden 19 10 : 10 17½ Austria AUT
11 NOR Norway 20½ 10 : 10 18 Greece GRE
12 VIE Vietnam 19½ 10 : 10 18 Kazakhstan KAZ
13 TUR Turkey 19½ 10 : 10 18 Italy ITA
14 MDA Moldova 17 10 : 10 18½ Georgia 1 GEO1
15 SRB Serbia 17 10 : 10 19 Montenegro MNE
16 EGY Egypt 16½ 10 : 10 18½ ColombiaCOL
17 HUN Hungary 16 9 : 9 18½ Finland FIN
18 BAN Bangladesh 17½ 9 : 9 20 Romania ROU
19 BEL Belgium 16 9 : 9 17½ SloveniaSLO
20 UZB Uzbekistan 20½ 9 : 9 17½ MongoliaMGL
21 DEN Denmark 18½ 9 : 9 16½ Switzerland SUI
22 IRL Ireland 17½ 9 : 9 19 TurkmenistanTKM
23 POR Portugal 18 9 : 9 15½ Algeria ALG
24 AUS Australia 18 9 : 9 16 Estonia EST
25 PAR Paraguay 15½ 8 : 8 18½ Argentina ARG
26 BIH Bosnia & Herzegovina 18 8 : 8 15½ Cyprus CYP
27 GEO2 Georgia 2 16 8 : 8 14 Nepal NEP
28 CHI Chile 15½ 8 : 8 13 Guatemala GUA
29 INA Indonesia 15 8 : 8 17 Georgia 3 GEO3
30 CAN Canada 13½ 8 : 8 16 FYR Macedonia MKD
31 LAT Latvia 18 8 : 8 15½ IraqIRQ

Team composition for federation MKD

(RtgAvg:2514, Captain:Kutirov Rolando)

1 GM Georgiev Kiril 2590
2 GM Georgiev Vladimir 2479
3 IM Pancevski Filip 2489
4 GM Nedev Trajko 2496
5 IM Nikolovski Nikola 2388

Viet Nam – Canada 4-0

Round 7, Oct. 1, Board 1
Le, Quang Liem – Hansen, Eric
C53 Giuoco Piano

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.e5 d5 7.Bb5 Ne4 8.cxd4 Bb6 9.Nc3 O-O 10.Be3 Bg4 11.h3 Bh5 12.Qc2 Bg6 13.Qb3 Ne7 14.O-O c6 15.Bd3 Nxc3 16.Qxc3 Bxd3 17.Qxd3 Qd7 18.Nh4 f6 19.Rae1 fxe5 20.dxe5 Qe6 21.g4 c5 22.Bg5 c4 23.Qg3 Nc6 24.Kh2 Ba5 25.f4 Bxe1 26.Rxe1 d4 27.f5 Qd5 28.e6 Rac8 29.Qf4 c3 30.f6 gxf6 31.Nf5 Kh8 32.Bh4 Qd8 33.e7 Nxe7 34.Rxe7 1-0

Round 7, Oct. 1, Board 2
Preotu, Razvan – Nguyen, Ngo Truong Son
B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky variation

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nf3 Be7 8.Bg5 Nbd7 9.a4 Qc7 10.Nd2 h6 11.Bxf6 Nxf6 12.Nc4 Be6 13.Qd3 Rc8 14.Ne3 Qb6 15.Rb1 Qd4 16.O-O Bd8 17.Nf5 Bxf5 18.exf5 Qxd3 19.cxd3 Bb6 20.Bf3 Rc7 21.Rfc1 Ke7 22.a5 Bxa5 23.b4 Rhc8 24.bxa5 Rxc3 25.Rxb7+ Ke8 26.Re1 Ra3 27.Rb6 Rxa5 28.Bb7 Rc7 29.Rxa6 Rxa6 30.Bxa6 Ra7 31.Bb5+ Kd8 32.h3 Ra5 33.Bc6 Ra3 34.Re3 Kc7 35.Bf3 Kb6 36.g4 Rc3 37.Kg2 Kc5 38.h4 g5 39.fxg6 fxg6 40.Re1 Rxd3 41.Rc1+ Kd4 42.Rc6 e4 43.Rxd6+ Nd5 44.Be2 Ke5 45.Ra6 Nf4+ 46.Kf1 Rd2 47.Ra5+ Kd6 48.Ra6+ Kc5 49.Rf6 Nxe2 50.Ke1 Ra2 51.Rxg6 Nf4 52.Rf6 Ng2+ 53.Kf1 Nxh4 54.Rxh6 Nf3 55.Rf6 Ra1+ 56.Kg2 Rg1+ 57.Kh3 Kd4 58.Rd6+ Ke5 59.Rd8 Ng5+ 60.Kh4 Nh7 0-1

Round 7, Oct. 1, Board 3
Tran, Tuan Minh – Noritsyn, Nikolay
A81 Dutch (stonewall & Ilyin-Genevsky)

1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 f5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 d5 5.O-O Bd6 6.c4 O-O 7.Nc3 c6 8.Qc2 Qe8 9.Rb1 Nbd7 10.b4 dxc4 11.b5 Nd5 12.bxc6 bxc6 13.e4 Nb4 14.Qe2 Nb6 15.Ne5 Bxe5 16.dxe5 Nd3 17.Ba3 Rf7 18.f4 Ba6 19.Bf3 Rc8 20.Bd6 Rd8 21.exf5 exf5 22.Qg2 Bb7 23.a4 Ba8 24.Qa2 Qe6 25.a5 Nd5 26.Qxc4 N5xf4 27.Qxe6 Nxe6 28.Be2 Ndc5 29.Bc4 g6 30.Rfc1 Re8 31.Ne2 Nb7 32.Nf4 Nxf4 33.gxf4 Nxa5 34.Bxf7+ Kxf7 35.Ra1 Nb3 36.Rxa7+ Ke6 37.Rb1 c5 38.Rxb3 c4 39.Rc3 Kd5 40.Rc7 Bc6 41.Rc1 1-0

Round 7, Oct. 1, Board 4
Bareev, Evgeny – Nguyen, Anh Khoi
A14 English, symmetrical, hedgehog

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 b6 3.Bg2 Bb7 4.O-O e6 5.c4 Be7 6.b3 O-O 7.Bb2 d5 8.cxd5 exd5 9.d4 Nbd7 10.Nc3 Re8 11.Rc1 a6 12.Ne5 Bd6 13.f4 Qe7 14.Qc2 Qe6 15.e3 Rac8 16.Rfd1 c5 17.Qe2 b5 18.g4 cxd4 19.exd4 g5 20.f5 Qe7 21.Qd2 Nxe5 22.Qxg5+ Kh8 23.dxe5 Bxe5 24.Re1 Rg8 25.Nxd5 Bxb2 26.Qxg8+ Nxg8 27.Nxe7 Rxc1 28.Rxc1 Bxc1 29.Bxb7 Nxe7 30.Bxa6 b4 31.Kf2 Kg7 32.Kf3 Kf6 33.Ke4 h5 34.h3 hxg4 35.hxg4 Kg5 0-1

Final position

[Wayne Komer]

Batumi Chess Olympiad 2018

October 2, 2018

Round Eight

Selected Games

Open

USA – Azerbaijan 2.5-1.5

Round 8, Oct. 2, Board 1
Caruana, Fabiano – Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar
C80 Ruy Lopez, open, Bernstein variation

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6 9.Nbd2 Nc5 10.c3 Be7 11.Bc2 d4 12.Nb3 d3 13.Bb1 Nxb3 14.axb3 Bf5 15.Be3 O-O 16.Bd4 Qd5 17.Re1 d2 18.Re2 Bxb1 19.Rxb1 Nxd4 20.Nxd4 Bg5 21.g3 c5 22.Nf5 Qd3 23.Nd6 Qg6 24.h4 Bf4 25.Ne4 f5 26.Nxd2 Rad8 27.Ra1 Rfe8 28.Qe1 Bxd2 29.Rxd2 Rxd2 30.Qxd2 Rxe5 31.Qd8+ Re8 32.Qd5+ Qe6 33.Rd1 c4 34.bxc4 bxc4 35.Qb7 Re7 36.Rd8+ Kf7 37.Qf3 g6 38.Qf4 Qc6 39.Rd1 Re4 40.Qh6 Kg8 41.h5 Re8 42.hxg6 hxg6 43.Kf1 Re6 44.Qh4 Re8 45.Rd4 Rc8 46.Qh6 Qe6 47.Rh4 Kf7 48.Qh7+ Kf6 49.Rd4 Qe7 50.Qh6 Kf7 51.Qd2 Rc7 52.Rh4 Kf6 53.Qd4+ Qe5 54.Qb6+ Kg7 55.Qb8 Kf6 56.Qh8+ Ke6 57.Qg8+ Kf6 58.Rd4 Qe7 59.Rd8 Kg5 60.f4+ Kh5 61.Rd2 Qg7 62.Rh2+ Kg4 63.Kg2 g5 64.Qe8 1-0

Mate in one

Round 8, Oct. 2, Board 4
Mamedov, Rauf – Shankland, Samuel
C54 Giuoco Piano, d3 variation

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.Bb3 a5 7.Nbd2 O-O 8.Nf1 Be6 9.Ng3 h6 10.O-O Bxb3 11.axb3 d5 12.Qe2 Re8 13.Bd2 Bf8 14.Rfd1 Qd7 15.exd5 Qxd5 16.c4 Qe6 17.Bc3 Nd7 18.Qc2 Nc5 19.Ne4 Na6 20.Re1 Rad8 21.Rad1 Nab4 22.Qb1 Qg6 23.Nh4 Qh5 24.Nf3 Qg6 25.h3 b6 26.Nh4 Qh5 27.Nf3 Bc5 28.Kh2 Nd4 29.Bxd4 Bxd4 30.g4 Qg6 31.Nh4 Qc6 32.Nf5 Bc5 33.Nxc5 Qxc5 34.Re3 Nc6 35.Rde1 Nd4 36.Nxd4 Rxd4 37.Qc2 Qd6 38.Kg2 f6 39.Rf3 Rd8 40.Ree3 Kf7 41.Kf1 Ke7 42.Ke2 Qc6 43.Qc3 Kd7 44.Qc2 Kc8 45.Kf1 Kb7 46.Rg3 Rf4 47.Kg1 g5 48.Re1 Qe8 49.Kg2 h5 50.Re4 Qc6 51.Rf3 Qd7 52.Rg3 Qh7 53.gxh5 Qxh5 54.c5 Rd4 55.b4 Rxb4 56.Rxb4 Rxb4 57.Rf3 Qf7 58.Kg1 Qe6 59.cxb6 Qxb6 60.b3 Ka7 61.Qa2 Kb7 62.Qc2 Kc8 63.Qa2 g4 64.hxg4 Rxg4+ 65.Kf1 Qc6 66.Ke2 Qb6 67.Kf1 Rb4 68.Qc2 Kb7 69.Kg1 Qd6 70.Qc3 Qd4 71.Qc2 Rb6 72.Rg3 Qd5 73.Qc4 Qxc4 74.dxc4 Kc6 75.Kf1 Kc5 76.Ke2 Kb4 77.Kd2 Rd6+ 78.Kc2 Rd4 79.Rg7 a4 80.bxa4 Rxc4+ 81.Kd3 e4+ 82.Ke3 f5 83.Rf7 Rc3+ 84.Kd4 c5+ 85.Kd5 Rf3 86.a5 Kxa5 87.Kxc5 Ka4 88.Kc4 Ka3 89.Rb7 Rxf2 90.Kc3 Rf3+ 91.Kd4 e3 92.Kc3 Ka4 93.Kd3 f4 94.Kc4 Ka5 95.Rb1 e2 96.Kc5 Rf1 97.Kd4 0-1

Armenia – Poland 2-2

Czech Republic – India 1.5-2.5

Spain – Germany 1.5-2.5

Israel – England 1.5-2.5

Round 8, Oct. 2, Board 2
McShane, Luke – Rodshtein, Maxim
B11 Caro-Kann, Two Knights

1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 Bg4 4.h3 Bxf3 5.Qxf3 e6 6.Qg3 Ne7 7.d3 Nd7 8.Be2 g6 9.O-O Bg7 10.Kh1 O-O 11.f4 Kh8 12.Bf3 b5 13.a3 a5 14.Qe1 Rb8 15.Ne2 c5 16.c3 c4 17.d4 dxe4 18.Bxe4 Nf5 19.g4 Nd6 20.Bg2 Nb6 21.Ng1 Qc7 22.Nf3 Rfe8 23.Ne5 Kg8 24.h4 f6 25.Nf3 Nd5 26.Bd2 f5 27.Ne5 Nf6 28.g5 Nfe4 29.Bf3 Rf8 30.Be3 Nc8 31.Bf2 Ne7 32.Bxe4 fxe4 33.Qxe4 Bxe5 34.dxe5 Nd5 35.Bd4 Rf5 36.Rf3 Rbf8 37.Raf1 h6 38.Kh2 Qh7 39.Kg3 Qe7 40.R3f2 a4 41.Be3 Qb7 42.Rd1 Rd8 43.Bc5 Rd7 44.Rd4 Qc6 45.Bd6 Rdf7 46.gxh6 Kh7 47.Rxd5 exd5 48.Qe3 Kxh6 49.e6 Qxd6 50.exf7 Rxf7 51.Re2 Rf5 52.Qd4 Qd8 53.Re6 Rh5 54.Qf6 Qxf6 55.Rxf6 d4 56.cxd4 Rd5 57.Kg4 Rxd4 58.h5 Rd2 59.hxg6 Rxb2 60.f5 Rg2+ 61.Kf4 Rf2+ 62.Kg4 Rg2+ 63.Kh4 Rh2+ 64.Kg3 Rh1 65.Rf7 Rg1+ 66.Kf4 Rf1+ 67.Ke5 c3 68.Rh7+ Kg5 69.g7 1-0

France – Ukraine 2.3-1.5

Round 8, Oct. 2, Board 2
Kryvoruchko, Yuriy – Bacrot, Etienne
C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defence

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.c3 d5 6.Nbd2 O-O 7.O-O dxe4 8.dxe4 a5 9.Qe2 Qe7 10.Ba4 h6 11.Nc4 Bd7 12.Ne3 Bxe3 13.Qxe3 Nb8 14.Bc2 Na6 15.b3 Rfd8 16.Nh4 Be6 17.Re1 Nb8 18.h3 Nc6 19.Bd3 Kh8 20.Bb5 Na7 21.Bf1 Nc6 22.Qf3 Nh7 23.Qg3 Ng5 24.f4 exf4 25.Bxf4 Rd7 26.Kh2 Rc8 27.Bd3 Rcd8 28.Bc2 Qc5 29.Re2 Ne7 30.Rae1 Nh7 31.Nf5 Bxf5 32.exf5 Nf6 33.Re5 Qa3 34.Bc1 Qxa2 35.Rxe7 Rxe7 36.Rxe7 Qxc2 37.Rxf7 Rg8 38.Bf4 Qxf5 39.Kh1 Qb1+ 40.Kh2 Nh5 41.Qg4 Nxf4 42.Qxf4 Qxb3 43.Rxc7 a4 44.Qf3 b5 45.Ra7 Qe6 46.Qf4 Rd8 47.Qc7 Qf6 48.c4 Rd6 49.Qc8+ Kh7 50.Qg4 Qe5+ 51.Qg3 Qxg3+ 52.Kxg3 bxc4 53.Rxa4 Rc6 54.Ra2 Kg6 55.Kf4 c3 56.Rc2 Rc4+ 57.Ke3 Kg5 58.g3 h5 59.Kf3 Kf5 60.Ke3 Rc7 61.Kd3 Kg5 62.Ke3 Kf5 63.Kd3 Rc6 64.Ke3 Ke5 65.Kd3 Kd5 66.g4 hxg4 67.hxg4 Ke5 68.Re2+ Kf4 69.Kc2 g5 70.Rg2 Kf3 71.Rg1 Rc5 0-1

China – Netherlands 2.5-1.5

Russia – Belarus 3-1

Round 8, Oct. 2, Board 3
Kramnik, Vladimir – Aleksandrov, Aleksej
D35 QGD, Exchange

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 c6 6.e3 Bf5 7.Qf3 Bg6 8.Bxf6 Qxf6 9.Qxf6 gxf6 10.Nf3 Nd7 11.Nh4 Be7 12.Ne2 f5 13.g3 Bxh4 14.gxh4 Nf6 15.Rg1 Ke7 16.Bh3 Rae8 17.Nf4 Kd6 18.Kd2 Re7 19.a4 a5 20.Ra3 Rhe8 21.Rb3 Kc7 22.Rc1 Kd6 23.Bg2 Nh5 24.Nxd5 cxd5 25.Rb6+ Kd7 26.Bf1 Kd8 27.Bb5 Re4 28.Rxb7 Nf6 29.b4 f4 30.bxa5 fxe3+ 31.fxe3 Rxh4 32.Bxe8 Rxh2+ 33.Kc3 Ne4+ 34.Kb3 Nd2+ 35.Kb4 Nc4 36.Bb5 Rb2+ 37.Kc5 Nxa5 38.Rd7+ Kc8 39.Kxd5+ Kb8 40.Rd8+ Kb7 41.Kd6 Kb6 42.Ra8 1-0

Women

Ukraine – Armenia 3-1

Round 8, Oct. 2, Board 1
Muzychuk, Anna – Danielian, Elina
C17 French, Winawer, Advance

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Ba5 6.Bd2 Nc6 7.dxc5 Bxc3 8.Bxc3 d4 9.Bd2 Nxe5 10.Nf3 Qd5 11.Be2 Nf6 12.O-O Nc6 13.b4 O-O 14.c4 Qf5 15.Qb1 Rd8 16.Bd3 Qh5 17.Re1 Ng4 18.Be4 a5 19.b5 Ne7 20.c6 bxc6 21.bxc6 Re8 22.c7 Ra7 23.Qb6 Ra6 24.Qb5 f5 25.Bb7 Bxb7 26.Qxb7 Rc6 27.h3 Nf6 28.Nxd4 Rxc4 29.Nxe6 Ne4 30.Nd8 Qh4 31.Be3 Nd6 32.Qb3 a4 33.Qd3 Qf6 34.Bg5 Qxg5 35.Qxd6 h6 36.Qe6+ 1-0

China – Romania 3.5-0.5

Round 8, Oct. 2, Board 1
Ju Wenjun – Bulmaga, Irina
B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky Attack

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.O-O a6 5.Bd3 Ngf6 6.Re1 b5 7.c4 b4 8.a3 bxa3 9.Rxa3 e5 10.Nc3 g6 11.Bf1 Bg7 12.d3 O-O 13.Bd2 h6 14.Qa1 Nb8 15.Na2 Nc6 16.b4 Bg4 17.Be2 Nd7 18.Qc1 Bxf3 19.Bxf3 Nd4 20.Bd1 Kh7 21.Ba4 f5 22.exf5 gxf5 23.Be3 f4 24.Bxd4 exd4 25.Bc6 f3 26.Be4+ Kg8 27.Bd5+ Kh7 28.Be4+ Kh8 29.Bxa8 Qxa8 30.g3 Ne5 31.bxc5 Qc8 32.Re4 dxc5 33.Rxe5 Qh3 34.Qf1 Qxf1+ 35.Kxf1 Bxe5 36.Nc1 Rb8 37.Nb3 a5 38.Nd2 Rb2 39.Nxf3 Bc7 40.Ke1 Kg7 41.Nd2 Kg6 42.Kd1 Kf5 43.Kc1 Rb8 44.h3 h5 45.Ne4 h4 46.Nxc5 hxg3 47.fxg3 Bxg3 48.Rxa5 Kf4 49.Ne4 Bh4 50.Kc2 Rg8 51.Ra1 Rg2+ 52.Kb3 Ke3 53.Rd1 Bg5 54.h4 Bh6 55.Nc5 Bf8 56.Ne6 Bh6 57.c5 Ke2 58.Rb1 Kxd3 59.c6 Rg3 60.c7 Ke4+ 61.Kb4 Bd2+ 62.Kb5 1-0

USA – Italy 3-1

Round 8, Oct. 2, Board 2
Sedina, Elena – Krush, Irina
B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky Attack

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.d4 Nf6 5.O-O cxd4 6.Qxd4 a6 7.Bxd7+ Bxd7 8.c4 g6 9.Nc3 Bg7 10.a4 O-O 11.Bg5 Rc8 12.Qd3 Be6 13.b3 Nd7 14.Rac1 Nc5 15.Qb1 Qb6 16.Nd2 Bxc3 17.Rxc3 Qb4 18.Rfc1 f6 19.Bh6 Rfe8 20.Nf1 b5 21.axb5 axb5 22.Ne3 bxc4 23.Nxc4 Rb8 24.Nd2 Bxb3 25.Be3 Be6 26.Qxb4 Rxb4 27.Bxc5 dxc5 28.Rxc5 Rd8 29.Nf1 Rxe4 30.f3 Ra4 31.R5c2 Kf7 32.Kf2 h5 33.Re1 Rd7 34.Rce2 Bc4 35.Rc2 e5 36.Nd2 Bd3 37.Rb2 g5 38.h3 h4 39.Ne4 Rc7 40.Rd2 Rc2 41.Rxc2 Bxc2 42.Nc3 Rd4 43.Re2 Bf5 44.Rb2 Kg6 45.Ne2 Rc4 46.Ke3 Ra4 47.Kf2 Ra3 48.Rd2 Bd3 49.Nc1 Ba6 50.Na2 Rb3 51.Nc1 Rb1 52.Rc2 Kf5 53.Ke3 Bb5 54.Na2 Ba4 55.Rd2 Rb3+ 56.Kf2 Bb5 57.Nc1 Rb1 58.Rc2 Kf4 59.Ne2+ Bxe2 60.Rxe2 f5 61.Ra2 e4 62.fxe4 fxe4 63.Ra5 Rb2+ 64.Kf1 e3 65.Ra3 Kg3 66.Rxe3+ Kh2 67.Ra3 Rxg2 68.Rb3 Rg3 69.Rb5 Kxh3 70.Kf2 g4 71.Rb4 Kh2 72.Rf4 h3 73.Ke1 Rg1+ 0-1

Hungary – India 3-1

Netherlands – Russia 0-4

Round 8, Oct. 2, Board 1
Haast, Anne – Kosteniuk, Alexandra
C50 Giuoco Piano, Italian Four Knights variation

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.d3 Nf6 5.Nc3 O-O 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 Be7 8.Bg3 d6 9.d4 Nh5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.dxe5 Nxg3 12.hxg3 dxe5 13.Nd5 Bc5 14.Qe2 Be6 15.O-O-O c6 16.Ne3 Qg5 17.Bxe6 fxe6 18.Rd3 Rad8 19.Rhd1 Rd4 20.Kb1 Rxe4 21.Rd7 Rd4 22.R1xd4 Bxd4 23.Rxb7 Bxe3 24.fxe3 Qg4 25.Qe1 Qxg3 26.Qe2 Qg4 0-1

[Wayne Komer]

Batumi Chess Olympiad 2018

October 2, 2018

Round Eight

Open

Round Eight Results
Round Nine Pairings

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

1 POL Poland 22½ 14 : 15 23 United States of America USA
2 AZE Azerbaijan 22½ 13 : 13 21 China CHN
3 IND India 22½ 13 : 13 21½Armenia ARM
4 GER Germany 21 13 : 13 22½France FRA
5 ENG England 19½ 13 : 12 23 Norway NOR
6 ITA Italy 20½ 12 : 12 21 Russia RUS
7 AUT Austria 20½ 12 : 12 20½Croatia CRO
8 NED Netherlands 22½ 11 : 12 19½Moldova MDA
9 ISR Israel 21½ 11 : 11 19 Hungary HUN
10 ESP Spain 22 11 : 11 20 Bangladesh BAN
11 SUI Switzerland 19 11 : 11 21½Vietnam VIE
12 UKR Ukraine 18½ 11 : 11 21 Montenegro MNE
13 POR Portugal 21½ 11 : 11 19½Czech Republic CZE
14 SLO Slovenia 20½ 11 : 11 18½Egypt EGY
15 KAZ Kazakhstan 20 11 : 11 22½ Turkmenistan TKM
16 COL Colombia 20½ 11 : 11 19 Serbia SRB
17 IRI Iran 21½ 10 : 10 19½Mongolia MGL
18 GRE Greece 19½ 10 : 10 22½Uzbekistan UZB
19 EST Estonia 18 10 : 10 21 Turkey TUR
20 SVKSlovakia 19½ 10 : 10 21½Bosnia & Herzegovina BIH
21 ISL Iceland 16½ 10 : 10 20 Sweden SWE
22 GEO1Georgia 1 20 10 : 10 17 Belarus BLR
23 ARG Argentina 21 10 : 10 19 Chile CHI
24 GEO2Georgia 2 19½ 10 : 10 22 Latvia LAT
25 AUS Australia 20 10 : 10 16½ Lithuania LTU
26 PHI Philippines 20 10 : 10 16½Zambia ZAM
27 ECU Ecuador 17½ 10 : 10 20½South Africa RSA
28 ROU Romania 21½ 9 : 9 17½Luxembourg LUX
29 BEL Belgium 17 9 : 9 20 Denmark DEN
30 CUB Cuba 20½ 9 : 9 17 Indonesia INA
31 JPN Japan 17½ 9 : 9 20½Peru PER
32 GEO3Georgia 3 19 9 : 9 16 Algeria ALG
33 MKD FYR Macedonia 18 9 : 9 16 Myanmar MYA
34 IPCAIPCA *) 15 9 : 9 18 Ireland IRL
35 IBCAIBCA *) 17½ 9 : 9 21 Brazil BRA
36 SGP Singapore 17 9 : 9 19½ Finland FIN
37 CAN Canada 15½ 9 : 9 18½ Malaysia MAS


Team composition for federation MAS

Bo. Name Rtg

(RtgAvg: 2211, Captain: Nik Nik Ahmad Farouqi)

1 FM Lim Zhuo Ren 2182
2 FM Lye Lik Zang 2351
3 CM Zulkipli Zaidan 2203
4 CM Fong Yit San 2108
5 Mahmood Shah Mukhriez Shah 1826


Canada – FYROM (Macedonia) 2-2

Round 8, Oct. 2, Board 1
Preotu, Razvan – Georgiev, Kiril
C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defence

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.c3 d6 6.d4 exd4 7.cxd4 Bb4+ 8.Bd2 Bxd2+ 9.Nbxd2 Bd7 10.O-O O-O 11.Re1 Ne7 12.Bd3 Ng6 13.Qb3 b6 14.d5 c6 15.dxc6 Bxc6 16.Nd4 Bb7 17.Rad1 Ne5 18.Bb1 Re8 19.Nf1 Ng6 20.Nb5 d5 21.Qg3 Re5 22.exd5 Rxe1 23.Rxe1 Bxd5 24.Rd1 Qf8 25.Qc7 Rc8 26.Qd6 a6 27.Qxf8+ Nxf8 28.Nc3 Be6 29.Ne3 N8d7 30.f4 h5 31.Bd3 Nc5 32.Be2 g6 33.Bf3 b5 34.a3 Kf8 35.h3 Ke7 36.g4 hxg4 37.hxg4 Bb3 38.Rd2 Rd8 39.Re2 Kf8 40.g5 Nh5 41.Bxh5 gxh5 42.Nf5 Be6 43.Ng3 h4 44.Nge4 Nd3 45.Rh2 h3 46.Rd2 Ke7 47.Ne2 Bg4 48.Kh2 Bxe2 49.Rxe2 Nxf4 50.Rf2 Ne6 51.Kxh3 Rd4 52.Ng3 Nxg5+ 53.Kg2 Rd3 54.Nf5+ Kd7 55.Ng7 Kc6 56.Kf1 Rf3 57.Rxf3 Nxf3 58.Ke2 Nd4+ 59.Kd3 Kd5 60.Ne8 Ne6 61.Nf6+ Ke5 62.Nd7+ Kd6 63.Nf6 Ke5 64.Nd7+ Kf4 65.Nb8 Nc7 66.Kd4 f5 67.Nd7 Kg5 68.Kc5 f4 69.Ne5 Kf5 70.Nf3 Ke4 71.Nh2 Kd3 72.Kb6 Kc2 73.b4 Kb3 74.Kxc7 Kxa3 75.Kb6 Kxb4 76.Kxa6 Ka4 0-1

Black wins in 24 moves after 77.Kb6

Round 8, Oct. 2, Board 2
Georgiev, Vladimir – Noritsyn, Nikolay
A80 Dutch

1.d4 f5 2.Bf4 Nf6 3.e3 e6 4.Nf3 b6 5.Be2 Bb7 6.O-O Be7 7.c4 Ne4 8.Nfd2 Nxd2 9.Nxd2 O-O 10.Bf3 Qc8 11.Rc1 d6 12.c5 bxc5 13.dxc5 d5 14.b4 Bc6 15.Be2 Qd7 16.Nf3 Ba4 17.Qd3 a6 18.Qa3 a5 19.c6 axb4 20.Qxa4 Rxa4 21.cxd7 c5 22.Bxb8 Rxb8 23.Ne5 Rd8 24.Nc6 Rxd7 25.Bb5 Ra3 26.Nxe7+ Rxe7 27.Rxc5 Rxa2 28.Rb1 Rea7 29.Rcc1 Rd2 30.Rxb4 Raa2 31.Bd7 Kf7 32.Rb6 Rxf2 33.Bxe6+ Ke7 34.Rc7+ Kd8 35.Rd7+ 1-0

Round 8, Oct. 2, Board 3
Bareev, Evgeny – Pancevski, Filip
B07 Pirc, Bayonet Attack

1.d4 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Be2 Bg7 5.h4 h5 6.Nh3 Nbd7 7.Ng5 e5 8.dxe5 Nxe5 9.Bf4 Qe7 10.Qd2 a6 11.O-O-O Be6 12.Rhe1 O-O 13.Bg3 b5 14.b3 Nc6 15.f4 Bg4 16.Bf3 Bxf3 17.gxf3 Rad8 18.f5 b4 19.Nd5 Nxd5 20.Qxd5 Ne5 21.f4 c6 22.Qa5 Ng4 23.fxg6 fxg6 24.Qxb4 Qf6 25.e5 dxe5 26.Rxd8 Rxd8 27.fxe5 Qf5 28.Qc4+ Rd5 29.Qxc6 1-0

Round 8, Oct. 2, Board 4
Nedev, Trajko – Hambleton, Aman
C07 French, Tarrasch, open variation

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.Ngf3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nc6 6.Bb5 Bd7 7.Nxc6 Bxc6 8.Bxc6+ bxc6 9.c4 Nf6 10.Qa4 Qd7 11.e5 Ng4 12.cxd5 exd5 13.O-O c5 14.Qf4 Be7 15.Nf3 O-O 16.Re1 Nh6 17.b3 a5 18.Ba3 Rfc8 19.Rac1 d4 20.Rc4 a4 21.b4 Qe6 22.Rc2 d3 23.Rc3 cxb4 24.Bxb4 Rxc3 25.Bxc3 Qxa2 26.Qe4 Rd8 27.Ba5 Rd5 28.Bd2 a3 29.g4 Kh8 30.g5 Ng8 31.e6 Rd8 32.Bc3 Qxe6 33.Qf4 Qd5 34.Ne5 Rf8 35.Rd1 f6 36.Ng6+ hxg6 37.Qh4+ Nh6 38.gxh6 a2 39.Qg3 gxh6 40.h4 Qc4 41.Ba1 Qc2 42.Rf1 Qe2 0-1

[Wayne Komer]

Batumi Chess Olympiad 2018

October 2, 2018

Round Eight

Women

Round Eight Results
Round Nine Pairings

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

1 KAZ Kazakhstan 23 13 : 14 23½ China CHN
2 AZE Azerbaijan 22½ 13 : 14 23 Ukraine UKR
3 USA United States of America 22 13 : 13 22½ Hungary HUN
4 ARM Armenia 21 13 : 12 22 IranIRI
5 RUS Russia 23½ 12 : 12 20 Romania ROU
6 MGL Mongolia 21½ 12 : 12 20 Georgia 1 *)GEO1
7 GEO2 Georgia 2 21½ 11 : 11 20 Serbia SRB
8 ITA Italy 20 11 : 11 21½ India IND
9 UZB Uzbekistan 20 11 : 11 21 France FRA
10 GEO3 Georgia 3 20½ 11 : 11 23 Vietnam VIE
11 ISR Israel 19 11 : 11 21 Spain ESP
12 SLO Slovenia 18 11 : 11 21 Canada CAN
13 CZE Czech Republic 21½ 11 : 11 19½ MalaysiaMAS
14 ARG Argentina 18½ 11 : 11 21 CubaCUB
15 LTU Lithuania 19½ 10 : 10 20½ Poland POL
16 BRA Brazil 15½ 10 : 10 20 Latvia LAT
17 PER Peru 20 10 : 10 18½ Netherlands NED
18 SWE Sweden 19½ 10 : 10 20½ Belarus BLR
19 TUR Turkey 19½ 10 : 10 21 TurkmenistanTKM
20 JOR Jordan 20 10 : 10 18½ Croatia CRO
21 COL Colombia 19 10 : 10 20 England ENG
22 GER Germany 20½ 10 : 10 19½ Norway NOR
23 AUS Australia 18 9 : 9 21 Switzerland SUI
24 ECU Ecuador 18 9 : 9 20½ Indonesia INA
25 KOR South Korea 19 9 : 9 18½ Philippines PHI
26 AUT Austria 17½ 9 : 9 19 Tajikistan TJK

Team composition for federation SLO

(RtgAvg:2222, Captain:Grosar Aljosa)

1 WIM Unuk Laura 2299
2 WFM Janzelj Lara 2254
3 WGM Krivec Jana 2185
4 WGM Kaps Darja 2148
5 WFM Vidic Teja 2116


Canada – Lithuania 2.5-1.5

Round 8, Oct. 2, Board 1
Matras-Clement, Agnieszka – Cornette, Deimante
C46 Three Knights, Steinitz variation

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4 d6 8.O-O O-O 9.f3 Ne5 10.Be2 d5 11.Bg5 dxe4 12.Nxe4 Ned7 13.c3 Qe8 14.Nxf6+ Nxf6 15.Re1 Qd8 16.Bc4 a6 17.a4 Bd7 18.Qb3 c5 19.Nc2 Bc6 20.Rad1 Qc7 21.Ne3 Rae8 22.Nd5 Nxd5 23.Bxd5 Re5 24.Bxc6 Qxc6 25.Rxe5 c4 26.Qb4 Bxe5 27.Qe7 Qxa4 28.Rc1 Qb5 29.Rd1 Re8 30.Qd7 Qxd7 31.Rxd7 b5 32.Be7 a5 33.Kf2 b4 34.cxb4 axb4 35.Bxb4 Bxb2 36.Rc7 Bd4+ 37.Kf1 Be5 38.Rxc4 Bxh2 39.Kf2 Bb8 40.Bc3 h6 41.Bd4 Kh7 42.Rb4 Bd6 43.Rb7 Re7 44.Rb6 Bf4 45.Ra6 Rd7 46.Be3 Be5 47.f4 Bg7 48.Kf3 h5 49.Rc6 Bf8 50.Ke4 Bg7 51.Ra6 Rb7 52.Bb6 Re7+ 53.Kd5 Re6 54.g3 Bf6 55.Kc4 Bd8 56.Kb5 Rxb6+ 57.Rxb6 Bxb6 58.Kxb6 g5 0-1

Round 8, Oct. 2, Board 2
Batyte, Dalva – Zhou, Qiyu
A07 Reti, King’s Indian Attack

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 e6 4.O-O c5 5.b3 Nc6 6.Bb2 Be7 7.e3 O-O 8.d4 b6 9.Nbd2 Bb7 10.c4 Rc8 11.Ne5 Qc7 12.cxd5 exd5 13.Rc1 Qd6 14.Qe2 Nb4 15.dxc5 bxc5 16.Rfd1 Ba6 17.Qf3 Nxa2 18.Ra1 Nb4 19.Bh3 Rcd8 20.Ng4 Nxg4 21.Bxg4 Qb6 22.Bc3 Bb7 23.Qf4 d4 24.Bxb4 cxb4 25.e4 d3 26.Nc4 Qd4 27.Qe3 Bc5 28.Ra5 Bb6 29.Rb5 Bc6 30.Rxb4 Bc5 31.Qxd4 Rxd4 32.Ne5 Rxb4 33.Nxc6 Rxb3 34.Ne5 Rd8 35.Nc6 Rd6 36.Ne5 g6 37.Nd7 Bd4 38.e5 Ra6 39.Kg2 Kg7 40.Bf3 Ra2 41.Bd5 Rxf2+ 42.Kh3 Ra3 43.Nf6 Bxe5 44.Ng4 Rf5 45.Bc4 h5 46.Ne3 Rf2 47.Nf1 Rc3 48.Bb5 g5 49.Nd2 g4+ 50.Kh4 Kh6 0-1

Round 8, Oct. 2, Board 3
Ouellet, Maili-Jade – Sibajeva, Marija
B85 Grunfeld, Modern Exchange variation

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Nf3 c5 8.Rb1 O-O 9.Be2 b6 10.O-O Bb7 11.Qd3 e6 12.Bg5 Qc7 13.Qe3 Nd7 14.Nd2 Rfc8 15.Nc4 cxd4 16.cxd4 Qc6 17.Qd2 Nf8 18.Rfd1 Qd7 19.Qe3 Ba6 20.Ne5 Qa4 21.Bxa6 Qxa6 22.Qf4 Qb7 23.d5 exd5 24.exd5 Rc5 25.Nc6 Re8 26.Re1 Rb5 27.Rbc1 Rxe1+ 28.Rxe1 h6 29.Bf6 Qd7 30.Qe5 Bxf6 31.Qxf6 Kh7 32.Ne7 Qe8 33.Qe5 Nd7 34.Qd6 Nc5 35.h4 Qd7 36.Qf6 Qe8 37.Re3 Nd7 38.Qd4 Qh8 39.Qa4 Rb1+ 40.Kh2 Nc5 41.Qf4 Qg7 42.h5 Rd1 43.hxg6+ fxg6 44.Nxg6 Nd3 45.Qf5 1-0

Round 8, Oct. 2, Board 4
Perminaite, Guoda – Demchenko, Svitlana
B22 Sicilian-Alekhine-Alapin

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.d4 cxd4 5.cxd4 d6 6.Nf3 e6 7.Bc4 Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.Qe2 b6 10.a3 Bb7 11.Bd2 Nd7 12.Nc3 dxe5 13.dxe5 Nxc3 14.Bxc3 Rc8 15.Nd2 Qc7 16.Rac1 Qb8 17.b4 Qa8 18.Qg4 Kh8 19.Rfd1 Rfd8 20.Be2 Nf8 21.Nc4 Bd5 22.Ne3 Ng6 23.Nxd5 Rxd5 24.Bf3 Rxd1+ 25.Rxd1 Qb8 26.Qd4 Nh4 27.Qe3 Nf5 28.Qe1 Rd8 29.Be4 Nh4 30.Qe2 Ng6 31.Rxd8+ Qxd8 32.Qd3 Qxd3 33.Bxd3 Nf4 34.Bc4 Kg8 35.Kf1 Kf8 36.g3 Ng6 37.Ke2 Bd8 38.Ke3 Bc7 39.f4 Ke8 40.Bb5+ Kd8 41.Ke4 Ne7 42.Bc4 h5 43.h3 Kd7 44.Bb5+ Kd8 45.Bc4 Kd7 46.b5 Bb8 47.g4 hxg4 48.hxg4 g6 49.Bb4 Bc7 50.Bc3 Bb8 51.Bd4 Bc7 52.a4 Bb8 53.Bc3 Bc7 54.Bb4 Kd8 55.Bd2 Kd7 56.Bb4 Kd8 57.Bxe7+ Kxe7 58.f5 gxf5+ 59.gxf5 exf5+ 60.Kxf5 Bb8 61.Ke4 Bc7 62.Kd5 Bb8 63.Bd3 Bc7 64.Bf5 Bb8 65.e6 fxe6+ 66.Bxe6 Bf4 67.Bg4 Bd2 68.Kc6 Ba5 69.Kb7 Kd6 70.Kxa7 Kc5 1/2-1/2

[Wayne Komer]

Batumi Chess Olympiad 2018

October 3, 2018

Round Nine

Open

Poland – USA 2.5-1.5

Duda-Caruana 0.5-0.5
So-Wojtaszek 0.5-0.5
Piorun-Nakamura 1-0
Shankland-Tomczak 0.5-0.5

Round 9, Oct. 3, Board 3
Piorun, Kacper – Nakamura, Hikaru
B01 Scandinavian (Centre Counter) Defence

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd8 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 g6 6.Be2 Bg7 7.O-O O-O 8.Bf4 Nc6 9.Qd2 b6 10.Rad1 Bb7 11.Rfe1 e6 12.Bh6 Ne7 13.Bxg7 Kxg7 14.Ne5 Rc8 15.Qf4 a6 16.Rd3 b5 17.a3 Qd6 18.b4 Rcd8 19.Red1 Nfd5 20.Nxd5 Nxd5 21.Qh4 f6 22.c4 g5 23.Rg3 Ne7 24.Qh5 Be4 25.Re3 Bf5 26.c5 Qd5 27.Bf3 Qa2 28.Nc6 Nxc6 29.Bxc6 Qc4 30.Be4 Bxe4 31.Rxe4 e5 32.h4 h6 33.Qf3 Qd5 34.h5 exd4 35.Rdxd4 Qf7 36.g4 Rxd4 37.Rxd4 Qe6 38.Qd3 f5 39.Rd7+ Rf7 40.Qd4+ Kh7 41.Rd8 Rg7 42.Rf8 Qc4 43.Qxc4 bxc4 44.Rxf5 c6 45.Re5 Rd7 46.Re4 Rd1+ 47.Kg2 Rc1 48.Kf3 Kg7 49.Ke3 Kf6 50.Kd4 c3 51.Re8 c2 52.Kc3 a5 53.Rc8 axb4+ 54.axb4 Ke5 55.Rxc6 Rb1 56.Kxc2 Rxb4 57.f3 Kd4 58.Rxh6 Rc4+ 59.Kd2 Rxc5 60.Re6 1-0

Azerbaijan – China 1.5-2.5

Mamedyarov-Ding Liren 0.5-0.5
Yu Yangyi-Radjabov 0.5-0.5
Naiditsch-Wei Yi 0.5-0.5
Bu Xiangzhi-Safari 1-0

India – Armenia 1.5-2.5

Anand-Aronian 0.5-0.5
Harikrishna-Sargissian 0.5-0.5
Adhiban-Melkumyan 0.5-0.5
Sasikiran-Martirosyan 0-1

Germany – France 2-2

Nisipeanu-MVL 1-0
Bacrot-Bluebaum 0.5-0.5
Fridman-Fressinet 0.5-0.5
Bauer-Svane 1-0

Round 9, Oct. 3, Board 1
Nisipeanu,Liviu-Dieter-MVL
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.Bc1 Nf6 9.Bc4 e6 10.Bb3 Be7 11.Be3 Nc6 12.Nxc6 bxc6 13.Qf3 Qc7 14.Qg3 Bb7 15.O-O-O g5 16.h4 gxh4 17.Rxh4 O-O-O 18.Rxh6 Rxh6 19.Bxh6 c5 20.e5 dxe5 21.Rxd8+ Bxd8 22.Bc4 Nd5 23.Bd2 Kb8 24.Qg8 Ka7 25.Na4 Qe7 26.b3 Nb6 27.Nxb6 Bxb6 28.Qg7 e4 29.g4 Bd5 30.g5 Qb7 31.Be3 Bxc4 32.bxc4 a5 33.a4 Qc7 34.Qh7 Qb7 35.Kd1 Qd7+ 36.Ke1 Qxa4 37.Qxf7+ Ka6 38.Qxe6 Qxc2 39.Qc8+ Ka7 40.Qd7+ Ka6 41.Qd5 Ka7 42.g6 a4 43.Kf1 a3 44.g7 a2 45.g8=Q Qd3+ 46.Kg2 Qxd5 47.Qxd5 a1=Q 48.Qd7+ Ka6 49.Bxc5 Bxc5 50.Qb5+ Ka7 51.Qxc5+ Kb7 52.Qd5+ Kb6 53.Qxe4 Qg7+ 54.Kf3 Qf6+ 55.Qf4 Qc6+ 56.Ke3 1-0

England-Norway 3-1

Adams-Tari 0.5-0.5
Urkedal-McShane 0.5-0.5
Howell-Notkevich 1-0
Salomon-Jones 0-1

Italy-Russia 1-3

Vocaturo-Karjakin 0-1
Nepomniachtchi-Moroni 0.5-0.5
Brunello-Kramnik 0.5-0.5
Vitiugov-Vaisecchi 1-0

Austria-Croatia 1-3

Netherlands-Moldova 3-1

Israel-Hungary 3-1

Spain-Bangladesh 3.5-0.5

Switzerland-Vietnam 0-4

Ukraine-Montenegro 3-1

Round 9, Oct. 3, Board 1
Ivanchuk, Vassily – Djukic, Nikola
B76 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 O-O 8.Qd2 Nc6 9.Bc4 Nxd4 10.Bxd4 Be6 11.Bb3 Qa5 12.O-O-O b5 13.Kb1 b4 14.Nd5 Bxd5 15.exd5 Qb5 16.Qd3 Qxd3 17.Rxd3 Nd7 18.Re1 Ne5 19.Rdd1 g5 20.c3 bxc3 21.Bxc3 Rfc8 22.Re4 f5 23.Rb4 Rab8 24.Rd2 Nc4 25.Rxc4 Rxc4 26.Bxg7 1-0

Women

Kazakhstan-China 1-3

Saduakassova-Wenjun 0.5-0.5
Shen Yang-Abdumalik 0.5-0.5
Nakhbayev-Huang Qian 0-1
Lei Tingjie-Dauletova 1-0

Azerbaijan-Ukraine 2-2

Mammadzada-Muzychuk,Anna 0-1
Muzychuk, M-Balajayeva 0.5-0.5
Mammadova-Ushenina 1-0
Osmak-Fataliyeva 0.5-0.5

USA – Hungary 2.5-1.5

Zatonskih-Hoang 0.5-0.5
Gara, A-Krush 0.5-0.5
Abrahamyan-Gara, T 1-0
Terbe-Yu 0.5-0.5

Armenia-Iran 3-1

Danielian-Khademalshar 1-0
Alinasab-Mkrtchian 0.5-0.5
Sargsyan-Asadi 1-0
Zahedifar-Ghukasyan 0.5-0.5

Russia-Romania 3-1

Kosteniuk-Bulmaga 1-0
Peptan-Gunina 0.5-0.5
Pogonina-Cosma 0.5-0.5
Lehaci-Girya 0-1

Mongolia-Georgia 1-3

Georgia 2-Serbia 2-2

Italy-India 2-2

Uzbekistan-France 2-2

Georgia 3-Vietnam 0.5-3.5

Standings Open after Round Nine

1 Poland 25 BP 16 MP
2 USA 24.5 15
3 Armenia 24 15
4 China 23.5 15
5 England 22.5 15
6 France 24.5 14
7 Russia 24 14
8 Croatia 23.5 14
9 Germany 23 14
10 Netherlands 25.5 13
58 Canada 18.5 11


Standings Women after Round Nine

1 China 26.5 BP 16 MP
2 Ukraine 25 15
3 USA 24.5 15
4 Armenia 24 15
5 Russia 26.5 14
6 Azerbaijan 24.5 14
7 Georgia 1 23 14
8 Vietnam 26.5 13
9 Czech Republic 25.5 13
10 Kazakhstan 24 13
36 Canada 22 11

[Hans Jung]

Nice wins by the chessbrahs! Bxf7+ and Aman's pawn endgame. Pawns are the soul of chess!

[Hans Jung]

Turns out the weak link of the American team is not Shankland but Nakamura!

[Wayne Komer]

Batumi Chess Olympiad 2018

October 3, 2018

Round Nine

Women

Round Nine Results
Round Ten Pairings

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

1 CHN China 26½ 16 : 15 24½ United States of America USA
2 UKR Ukraine 25 15 : 14 26½ Russia RUS
3 AZE Azerbaijan 24½ 14 : 15 24 Armenia ARM
4 VIE Vietnam 26½ 13 : 13 24 Hungary HUN
5 ESP Spain 23½ 13 : 13 24 Kazakhstan KAZ
6 GEO1 Georgia 1 *) 23 14 : 13 25½ Czech Republic CZE
7 BLR Belarus 24 12 : 13 21 SloveniaSLO
8 IND India 23½ 12 : 12 22½ PeruPER
9 ITA Italy 22 12 : 12 23½ Georgia 2 GEO2
10 ROU Romania 21 12 : 12 23 IranIRI
11 ARG Argentina 20½ 12 : 12 22½ MongoliaMGL
12 CRO Croatia 22½ 12 : 12 23½ Poland POL
13 GER Germany 23 12 : 12 22 Uzbekistan UZB
14 FRA France 23 12 : 12 22 ColombiaCOL
15 CUB Cuba 23 12 : 12 18 Brazil BRA
16 TKM Turkmenistan 23½ 12 : 12 22 Serbia SRB
17 SUI Switzerland 25 11 : 11 21½ FYR Macedonia MKD
18 INA Indonesia 24 11 : 11 21 Austria AUT
19 PHI Philippines 21½ 11 : 11 20 Moldova MDA
20 CAN Canada 22 11 : 11 20½ Israel ISR
21 EST Estonia 22½ 11 : 11 21 Georgia 3 GEO3
22 SVK Slovakia 22 11 : 11 20½ Bangladesh BAN
23 MAS Malaysia 19½ 11 : 10 21½ Latvia LAT
24 KGZ Kyrgyzstan 19½ 10 : 10 20½ Lithuania LTU
25 SWE Sweden 20 10 : 10 21 Turkey TUR

Team composition for federation ISR

21. ISR (RtgAvg:2309, Captain:Glaz Ilana David)
1 IM Shvayger Yuliya 2375
2 WGM Efroimski Marsel 2313
3 IM Klinova Masha 2288
4 WIM Gutmakher Olga 2258
5 WFM Lahav Michal 2151


Slovenia – Canada 3-1

Round 9, Oct. 3, Board 1
Unuk, Laura – Zhou, Qiyu
E15 Queen’s Indian, Nimzowitsch variation

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Bg2 c6 8.Bc3 d5 9.Ne5 Nfd7 10.Nxd7 Nxd7 11.Nd2 O-O 12.O-O Rb8 13.e4 b5 14.Re1 bxc4 15.bxc4 dxc4 16.Qa4 Bb5 17.Qc2 Ba3 18.Rab1 Nb6 19.Ba1 Re8 20.Bf1 a5 21.Nxc4 Ba4 22.Qd3 Bb4 23.Re3 Bb5 24.Qc2 Ba4 25.Qc1 Qe7 26.Ne5 Rec8 27.Rf3 f6 28.Nd3 c5 29.dxc5 Nd7 30.Bd4 e5 31.Nxb4 axb4 32.Qc4+ Kf8 33.Rxb4 exd4 34.Rxa4 Ne5 35.Qe2 Nxf3+ 36.Qxf3 Qxc5 37.Kg2 Qe5 38.Bc4 Rc5 39.Qd3 Rbc8 40.Bd5 Rc3 41.Qxd4 Qxd4 42.Rxd4 Ra3 43.Bb3 1/2-1/2

Round 9, Oct. 3, Board 2
Ouellet, Maili-Jade – Janzeij, Lara
A50 Kevitz-Trajkovich

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nf3 e6 4.a3 d6 5.Nc3 g6 6.e4 Bg7 7.h3 O-O 8.Be3 e5 9.d5 Ne7 10.Bd3 Nd7 11.g4 f5 12.gxf5 gxf5 13.exf5 Nxf5 14.Bg5 Qe8 15.Ne4 Nd4 16.Nxd4 exd4 17.Qe2 Ne5 18.O-O-O Nxd3+ 19.Qxd3 Bf5 20.f3 b5 21.Rde1 Qf7 22.Rhg1 Bg6 23.cxb5 Qxd5 24.h4 Kh8 25.Be7 Rf7 26.Rxg6 hxg6 27.Ng5 Rf5 28.f4 Qxb5 29.Qxb5 Rxb5 30.Bd8 Rf5 31.Re8+ Rf8 32.Rxf8+ Bxf8 33.Ne6 c5 34.Kc2 Kg8 35.Kd3 Kf7 36.Ng5+ Ke8 37.Ba5 Be7 38.Nf3 Kd7 39.b4 Bf6 40.Ng5 Re8 41.bxc5 dxc5 42.Bd2 Kc6 43.Kc4 Bxg5 44.hxg5 Re2 45.Kd3 Rf2 0-1

Round 9, Oct. 3, Board 3
Krivec, Jana – Demchenko, Svitlana
A26 English, Botvinnik System

1.e4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.g3 Nc6 5.d3 e5 6.Bg2 Nge7 7.Nge2 Be6 8.Nd5 h6 9.O-O O-O 10.Rb1 Nd4 11.Nxe7+ Qxe7 12.Nxd4 exd4 13.f4 Bd7 14.f5 Kh7 15.Bh3 Be5 16.Qg4 Rad8 17.Qf3 Rg8 18.Bd2 g5 19.Bg4 f6 20.Kg2 Be8 21.Rh1 Kg7 22.h4 Kf8 23.hxg5 hxg5 24.Rh6 Bf7 25.Bh5 Qe8 26.Bxf7 Qxf7 27.Rbh1 Ke7 28.g4 Kd7 29.Qd1 Kc8 30.Qa4 Kb8 31.b4 Rdf8 32.Rh7 Rg7 33.R7h5 Qe8 34.Qxe8+ Rxe8 35.Rh8 Re7 36.R1h7 Kc8 37.Rxe8+ Rxe8 38.b5 b6 39.a4 Kb7 40.a5 Kc8 41.a6 Kd8 42.Be1 Rf8 43.Bg3 Bxg3 44.Kxg3 Kc8 45.Kf3 Kd8 46.e5 dxe5 47.c5 Kc8 48.c6 Kb8 49.Ke4 Kc8 50.Rd7 Kb8 51.Kd5 Re8 52.Ke4 Rf8 53.Rh7 Kc8 54.Kd5 Re8 1/2-1/2

Round 9, Oct. 3, Board 4
Agbabishvili, Laili – Kaps, Darja
D02 Queen’s Pawn, London System

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bf4 b6 4.e3 Bb7 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 d6 7.O-O Be7 8.Nbd2 Nh5 9.Bb5+ Nd7 10.dxc5 bxc5 11.Nc4 Nxf4 12.exf4 O-O 13.Nxd6 Bxf3 14.Qxf3 Bxd6 15.Rad1 Nf6 16.Qc6 Ne8 17.c4 Rb8 18.b4 Qc7 19.Qxc7 Bxc7 20.bxc5 Nf6 21.g3 Rfd8 22.Bc6 h5 23.Kg2 Rxd1 24.Rxd1 Rb2 25.a4 Ba5 26.h3 Kh7 27.Bf3 Rc2 28.Rb1 Rxc4 29.Rb7 Rxc5 30.Rxa7 Kg6 31.g4 hxg4 32.hxg4 Bc7 33.Be2 Nd5 34.Bd3+ Kf6 35.g5+ Ke7 36.Be4 Nxf4+ 37.Kf3 Rc3+ 38.Kg4 Nd5 39.Bg2 f5+ 40.gxf6+ gxf6 41.a5 Rc4+ 42.Kf3 Ra4 43.a6 Kd6 44.Bf1 Rf4+ 45.Kg3 Bb6 46.Rh7 Bxf2+ 47.Kh3 Ra4 48.Bb5 Ra1 49.Kg2 Bd4 50.Kf3 Ke5 51.Bc4 Ra3+ 52.Ke2 f5 53.Rb7 f4 54.Rf7 Ra1 55.Kf3 Be3 56.Rb7 Ra4 57.Bd3 Ra3 58.Bc4 Bc5+ 59.Ke2 f3+ 60.Kd2 Be3+ 61.Kd1 Rc3 0-1

[Wayne Komer]

Batumi Chess Olympiad 2018

October 3, 2018

Round Nine

Open

Round Nine Results
Round Ten Pairings

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

1 CHN China 23½ 15 : 16 25 Poland POL
2 ARM Armenia 24 15 : 15 24½ United States of America USA
3 RUS Russia 24 14 : 15 22½ England ENG
4 FRA France 24½ 14 : 14 23½ Croatia CRO
5 VIE Vietnam 25½ 13 : 14 23 Germany GER
6 AZE Azerbaijan 24 13 : 13 21½ Ukraine UKR
7 NED Netherlands 25½ 13 : 13 24 India IND
8 KAZ Kazakhstan 23 13 : 13 24½ Israel ISR
9 CZE Czech Republic 23 13 : 13 25½ Spain ESP
10 NOR Norway 24 12 : 13 21½ Serbia SRB
11 EGY Egypt 20½ 12 : 12 22½ Georgia 1 GEO1
12 ARG Argentina 23½ 12 : 12 22 Georgia 2 GEO2
13 SWE Sweden 23 12 : 12 21½ Italy ITA
14 MDA Moldova 20½ 12 : 12 22½ SloveniaSLO
15 SVK Slovakia 23 12 : 12 21½ Austria AUT
16 ECU Ecuador 20 12 : 12 22½ Philippines PHI
17 LTU Lithuania 19 12 : 11 25½ Romania ROU
18 IRI Iran 23½ 11 : 11 21½ Georgia 3 GEO3
19 TUR Turkey 23 11 : 11 19 Switzerland SUI
20 BRA Brazil 24 11 : 11 21½ Greece GRE
21 UZB Uzbekistan 24½ 11 : 11 22 PortugalPOR
22 MKD FYR Macedonia 21 11 : 11 23½ CubaCUB
23 MGL Mongolia 21½ 11 : 11 23½ Denmark DEN
24 TKM Turkmenistan 23½ 11 : 11 20 Hungary HUN
25 PER Peru 23 11 : 11 20 Estonia EST
26 MNE Montenegro 22 11 : 11 22 ColombiaCOL
27 FIN Finland 23½ 11 : 11 20½ Bangladesh BAN
28 CRC Costa Rica 23 11 : 11 19 Panama PAN
29 CHI Chile 20½ 10 : 10 17½ Nepal NEP
30 KGZ Kyrgyzstan 20½ 10 : 10 23½ Latvia LAT
31 BIH Bosnia & Herzegovina 22 10 : 10 20 Sri Lanka SRI
32 BLR Belarus 18½ 10 : 10 21 Tajikistan TJK
33 PAR Paraguay 19½ 10 : 10 22 South AfricaRSA
34 IPCA IPCA *) 18 11 : 11 18½ Canada CAN

Team composition for federation IPCA

International Physically Disabled Chess Association (IPCA)

Bo. Name Rtg

(RtgAvg:2285, Captain: Gurbanov Andrei)
1 IM Yarmonov Igor 2376
2 IM Gurbanov Andrei 2305
3 IM Scerbin Dmitrij 2264
4 Tersinsev Andrey 2194
5 Glazar Domagoj 2145

Canada – Malaysia 3-1

Round 9, Oct. 3, Board 1
Hansen, Eric – Lim, Zhuo Ren
B90 Sicilian, Najdorf, Byrne Attack

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.h3 Nbd7 9.g4 h6 10.Bg2 Be7 11.Nd5 Bxd5 12.exd5 Rc8 13.a4 Qc7 14.c3 Nb6 15.a5 Nc4 16.Bc1 Nd7 17.h4 Qd8 18.Ra4 Bxh4 19.Qe2 b5 20.axb6 Ndxb6 21.Rxa6 O-O 22.Nd2 e4 23.Nxe4 Nxd5 24.O-O Nf6 25.b3 Nxe4 26.Qxe4 Re8 27.Qd4 Bf6 28.Qd1 Ne5 29.c4 Be7 30.Bb2 Bf8 31.Bd5 Rc7 32.f4 Nd7 33.Bxf7+ Kh8 34.Bxe8 Qxe8 35.Re1 Qc8 36.Ra5 Nc5 37.Re3 d5 38.Be5 Rd7 39.Qf3 Nb7 40.Rxd5 Bc5 41.Rxc5 Qxc5 42.Kg2 Rd2+ 43.Re2 Rd7 44.g5 1-0

Round 9, Oct. 3, Board 2
Lye, Lik Zang – Noritsyn, Nikolay
A80 Dutch, 2.Bg5 variation

1.d4 f5 2.Bg5 g6 3.Nd2 Bg7 4.c3 Nc6 5.d5 Ne5 6.Ngf3 Nxf3+ 7.Nxf3 Nf6 8.Bxf6 Bxf6 9.h4 c6 10.h5 Qb6 11.Qd2 cxd5 12.hxg6 hxg6 13.Rxh8+ Bxh8 14.Qxd5 Kf8 15.Qd2 Bf6 16.O-O-O Kg7 17.e3 d5 18.Be2 Be6 19.Nd4 Bf7 20.f4 Re8 21.Rh1 e5 22.fxe5 Rxe5 23.Rh3 Qd8 24.Kb1 Qe7 25.Bd3 a6 26.Rg3 Kf8 27.a3 Bg5 28.Nc2 Qf6 29.Rf3 Qe7 30.Qf2 Kg7 31.Rh3 Be8 32.Qg3 Bf7 33.Qf2 Kg8 34.Qg3 Qf6 35.Qf2 Kg7 36.Nd4 Kg8 37.Nc2 Re7 38.Nd4 Qe5 39.Nc2 Be8 40.Qg3 Qf6 41.Nb4 Bf7 42.Qb8+ Re8 43.Qxb7 d4 44.cxd4 Bxe3 45.Qxa6 Qxd4 46.Nc2 Qg4 47.Be2 Qxg2 48.Bc4 Bf2 49.Bxf7+ Kxf7 50.Rh7+ Kg8 51.Rd7 Bg1 52.Qc4+ 1-0

Round 9, Oct. 3, Board 3
Bareev, Evgeny – Zulkipli, Zaidan
A22 English, Bremen, reverse Dragon

1.g3 Nf6 2.Bg2 e5 3.c4 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Nc3 Nb6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.a3 O-O 9.b4 Be6 10.d3 Nd4 11.Nd2 Nd5 12.Bb2 Nxc3 13.Bxc3 Bd5 14.Bxd5 Qxd5 15.Bxd4 Qxd4 16.Qb3 Qg4 17.Rfe1 Rad8 18.Rac1 c6 19.Rc4 Qh5 20.b5 c5 21.Ra4 Rd4 22.Nf3 Rd7 23.Rxa7 e4 24.dxe4 Rfd8 25.Kg2 c4 26.Qxc4 Bc5 27.Ra4 b6 28.Qb3 h6 29.Rc4 Ra7 30.a4 Rda8 31.Rd1 Qg6 32.Rd5 Qe6 33.h4 Kh7 34.Qc2 Kh8 35.Nd4 Qf6 36.e5 Qg6 37.Qxg6 fxg6 38.Nc6 Rf7 39.f4 Kg8 40.a5 Be3 41.Re4 Bc5 42.a6 Kf8 43.e6 Rc7 44.Rd7 1-0

Round 9, Oct. 3, Board 4
Mahmood Shah, Mukhriez Shah – Hambleton, Aman
B41 Sicilian, Kan, Maroczy bind

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.c4 Qc7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Nc3 b6 8.Bd3 Bb7 9.O-O d6 10.Kh1 Nbd7 11.f3 Be7 12.Rc1 Rc8 13.Qd2 h5 14.Rfd1 h4 15.Qf2 h3 16.g3 g5 17.Bxg5 Ng4 18.fxg4 Bxg5 19.Rc2 Ne5 20.Qe2 Qc5 21.Nf3 Nxf3 22.Qxf3 Rh6 23.Rf1 Rf6 24.Qe2 Ke7 25.Rxf6 Bxf6 26.Qf3 Qe5 27.Re2 Qg5 28.Qf4 Rg8 29.Qxg5 Rxg5 30.Kg1 Rxg4 31.Nd1 Bd4+ 32.Kf1 Rg5 33.Nf2 Rh5 34.Ng4 Kd7 35.b3 f5 36.Nf2 f4 37.gxf4 Rh4 38.Ke1 Rxf4 39.Bc2 Ke7 40.Bb1 Rf3 41.Nd1 b5 42.cxb5 axb5 43.Kd2 b4 44.Bd3 Rf1 45.Re1 Rf4 46.Rf1 Rg4 47.Re1 Rg2+ 48.Re2 Bg1 49.Ne3 Rxe2+ 50.Bxe2 Bxh2 51.Bf1 Bf4 52.Bxh3 Ba6 53.Bg4 Kf6 54.Be2 Bxe2 55.Kxe2 Bxe3 56.Kxe3 Ke5 57.Kd3 d5 58.exd5 Kxd5 59.Ke3 e5 60.Kd3 e4+ 61.Ke3 Ke5 62.Ke2 Kd4 63.Kd2 e3+ 64.Ke2 Ke4 65.Ke1 Kd3 66.Kd1 e2+ 67.Ke1 Ke3 0-1

[Wayne Komer]

Batumi Chess Olympiad 2018

October 4, 2018

Round Ten

Open

Round Ten Results
Round Eleven Pairings

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

1 USA United States of America 27 17 : 17 26½ China CHN
2 FRA France 27 16 : 16 26½ Russia RUS
3 IND India 27 15 : 16 26 Poland POL
4 GER Germany 25 15 : 15 25½ Armenia ARM
5 UKR Ukraine 24 15 : 15 25½ Czech Republic CZE
6 ENG England 24 15 : 15 25½ Kazakhstan KAZ
7 PHI Philippines 25½ 14 : 14 27½ Vietnam VIE
8 CRO Croatia 25 14 : 14 26 Sweden SWE
9 AUT Austria 24½ 14 : 14 26½ Norway NOR
10 MDA Moldova 24 14 : 13 27½ Uzbekistan UZB
11 SRB Serbia 23 13 : 13 25½ Azerbaijan AZE
12 GRE Greece 24 13 : 13 26 Israel ISR
13 GEO1 Georgia 1 24½ 13 : 13 27 Spain ESP
14 MGL Mongolia 24½ 13 : 13 26½ Netherlands NED
15 GEO2 Georgia 2 24 13 : 13 26 Iran IRI
16 LTU Lithuania 21 13 : 13 25½ Argentina ARG
17 HUN Hungary 23 13 : 13 26 Costa Rica CRC
18 EGY Egypt 22½ 13 : 13 25½ Peru PER
19 CAN Canada 22½ 13 : 13 26 Finland FIN
20 ROU Romania 27½ 12 : 12 23½ Paraguay PAR
21 SLO Slovenia 23 12 : 12 25½ Cuba CUB
22 BLR Belarus 21½ 12 : 12 24½ Chile CHI
23 LAT Latvia 26½ 12 : 12 23½ Albania ALB
24 TUR Turkey 25 12 : 12 23 FYR Macedonia MKD
25 ISL Iceland 21 12 : 12 24 Montenegro MNE
26 SUI Switzerland 21 12 : 12 24 Slovakia SVK
27 ITA Italy 22½ 12 : 12 25 Bosnia & Herzegovina BIH
28 AUS Australia 24½ 12 : 12 22½ Uruguay URU
29 COL Colombia 24 12 : 12 21 Ecuador ECU
30 BEL Belgium 21½ 11 : 11 25½ Brazil BRA


Team composition for federation FIN

Bo. Name Rtg

(RtgAvg: 2475, Captain: Karttunen Mika)
1 GM Nyback Tomi 2579
2 IM Karttunen Mika 2472
3 IM Agopov Mikael 2447
4 FM Keinanen Toivo 2402
5 IM Sipila Vilka 2381

IPCA – Canada 0-4

Round 10, Oct. 4, Board 1
Yarmonov, Igor – Hansen, Eric
D85 Grunfeld, Exchange variation

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Be3 c5 8.Qd2 Qa5 9.Rc1 O-O 10.Nf3 Rd8 11.d5 e6 12.c4 Qxd2+ 13.Nxd2 Na6 14.Be2 b6 15.O-O Nb4 16.a3 Na2 17.Rc2 Nc3 18.Bd3 Ba6 19.Bg5 exd5 20.Bxd8 Rxd8 21.exd5 Nxd5 22.Be4 Nc3 23.Bf3 Kf8 24.Re1 Bc8 25.Ne4 Nxe4 26.Bxe4 Be6 27.Bf3 Rd3 28.Re3 Rd6 29.h3 h5 30.Re1 Bd4 31.g4 hxg4 32.hxg4 Kg7 33.Kg2 Kf6 34.Re4 Rd8 35.Be2 g5 36.f3 Be5 37.Re3 Rh8 38.Rd3 Rh2+ 39.Kg1 Bf4 40.Bd1 Rh8 41.Be2 Rh2 42.Bd1 Rxc2 43.Bxc2 Ke5 44.Kf2 Bxc4 45.Rd7 a6 46.Bd3 Be6 47.Ra7 Kd4 48.Bxa6 c4 49.Ke2 Bd6 50.Rb7 Bc5 51.a4 Kc3 52.Bb5 Kb4 53.Rd7 c3 54.Rd1 c2 55.Rc1 Kc3 56.a5 bxa5 57.Ba4 Bc4+ 58.Ke1 Bd3 0-1

Round 10, Oct. 4, Board 2
Noritsyn, Nikolay – Gurbanov, Andrei
C45 Scotch, Romanishin variation

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Nb3 Bb4+ 6.c3 Be7 7.Bf4 d6 8.c4 Bf6 9.Qd2 Nge7 10.Be2 Ng6 11.Be3 O-O 12.O-O a5 13.Nc3 Re8 14.Rad1 a4 15.Nd4 a3 16.b3 Nxd4 17.Bxd4 Bxd4 18.Qxd4 Qg5 19.g3 Nf4 20.Bf3 Ra5 21.h4 Qg6 22.Qd2 Ne6 23.Nd5 b6 24.Bg2 h6 25.Kh2 Ra7 26.Rde1 Nc5 27.e5 Qd3 28.Qf4 dxe5 29.Rxe5 Be6 30.b4 Nd7 31.Re3 Qc2 32.Nxc7 Rxc7 33.Qxc7 Nf6 34.Kg1 Qxa2 35.Qxb6 Qb2 36.Qa5 a2 37.Qa3 Qxa3 38.Rxa3 Bxc4 39.Rc1 Be6 40.b5 Rd8 41.b6 Rb8 42.b7 1-0

Round 10, Oct. 4, Board 3
Scerbin, Dmitrij – Bareev, Evgeny
B18 Caro-Kann, Classical variation

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.Bc4 Nf6 7.N1e2 e6 8.O-O Bd6 9.f4 Bf5 10.Nxf5 exf5 11.Ng3 g6 12.Re1+ Kf8 13.Qf3 Qc7 14.b3 Nbd7 15.Re5 Rd8 16.Bb2 h5 17.Rae1 h4 18.Nxf5 gxf5 19.Rxf5 b5 20.d5 bxc4 21.dxc6 Bb4 22.cxd7 c3 23.Bc1 Qxd7 24.Rg5 Qd4+ 25.Be3 Qe4 26.Qf2 Qc6 27.Bd4 h3 28.gxh3 Rxh3 29.Bxf6 Qxf6 30.Qg2 Rh8 31.Kh1 Rd2 32.Qa8+ Qd8 33.Qxd8+ Rxd8 34.Re4 Be7 35.Rg2 Rd1+ 36.Rg1 Rd2 37.Rg2 Bc5 38.Re1 Rh4 0-1

Round 10, Oct. 4, Board 4
Hambleton, Aman – Glazar, Domagoj
A22 English, Bremen, reverse Dragon

1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Nc3 Nb6 6.e3 Be7 7.Nge2 O-O 8.f4 exf4 9.Nxf4 N8d7 10.O-O Nf6 11.b3 c6 12.Bb2 Nbd5 13.Ncxd5 Nxd5 14.Bxd5 cxd5 15.Qf3 Bg5 16.Nh5 Bh6 17.Ba3 Bh3 18.Bxf8 Qxf8 19.Rf2 Be6 20.Nf4 Bxf4 21.exf4 g6 22.g4 Bd7 23.Re1 Bc6 24.f5 Re8 25.Rxe8 Qxe8 26.Qe3 Qd8 27.f6 Qf8 28.d4 Bd7 29.Qe7 Qc8 30.Rc2 Bc6 31.h3 h5 32.gxh5 Qxh3 33.Qd8+ Kh7 34.hxg6+ 1-0

[Wayne Komer]

Batumi Chess Olympiad 2018

October 4, 2018

Round Ten

Women

Round Ten Results
Round Eleven Pairings

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

1 RUS Russia 28½ 15 : 17 28½ China CHN
2 USA United States of America 26½ 16 : 16 27 Ukraine UKR
3 VIE Vietnam 28½ 14 : 15 26½ Azerbaijan AZE
4 HUN Hungary 26 14 : 14 23 Slovenia SLO
5 POL Poland 27 14 : 14 25½ Spain ESP
6 ARM Armenia 26 16 : 15 25 Georgia 1 *) GEO1
7 MGL Mongolia 26 14 : 14 26½ India IND
8 CZE Czech Republic 27½ 14 : 14 26 Georgia 2 GEO2
9 SRB Serbia 24½ 14 : 14 26 Kazakhstan KAZ
10 CUB Cuba 25½ 14 : 14 26½ France FRA
11 IRI Iran 25 13 : 13 23½ Georgia 3 GEO3
12 UZB Uzbekistan 24 13 : 13 28 Switzerland SUI
13 ISR Israel 23½ 13 : 13 26 Belarus BLR
14 ROU Romania 23 13 : 13 25 Germany GER
15 AUT Austria 23½ 13 : 13 25½ Slovakia SVK
16 TUR Turkey 25 12 : 13 22½ Moldova MDA
17 ENG England 24 12 : 12 23½ Italy ITA
18 NED Netherlands 24 12 : 12 21½ Malaysia MAS
19 PER Peru 23½ 12 : 12 25 Turkmenistan TKM
20 GRE Greece 24½ 12 : 12 23 Croatia CRO
21 NOR Norway 24½ 12 : 12 22½ Colombia COL
22 LUX Luxembourg 22½ 12 : 12 21 Argentina ARG
23 BRA Brazil 19½ 12 : 11 24 Estonia EST
24 AUS Australia 21 11 : 11 23 Philippines PHI
25 MKD FYR Macedonia 22½ 11 : 11 25½ Indonesia INA
26 LTU Lithuania 22½ 11 : 11 21 Bangladesh BAN
27 KOR South Korea 22½ 11 : 11 23 Canada CAN
28 LAT Latvia 23½ 11 : 11 22½ Dominican Republic DOM

Team composition for federation KOR

(RtgAvg:1900, Captain:Lee Sanghoon)

1 WFM Wang Chengjia 2050
2 WFM Eynula Roza 2030
3 CM Lee Seyeon 1727
4 WCM Park Sunwoo 1793
5 Kim Yubin 1671

Canada – Israel 1-3

Round 10, Oct. 4, Board 1
Matras-Clement, Agnieszka – Shvayger, Yullya
B22 Sicilian, Alapin’s variation

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Bc4 e6 7.cxd4 d6 8.O-O Be7 9.Qe2 O-O 10.Nc3 Nxc3 11.bxc3 dxe5 12.dxe5 Qa5 13.Bd2 Rd8 14.Qe4 Qa4 15.Rfe1 Na5 16.Ng5 g6 17.Qf4 Rf8 18.Re4 Nxc4 19.Rxc4 Bxg5 20.Qxg5 Qxc4 21.Qf6 g5 22.Qxg5+ Kh8 23.Qf6+ Kg8 24.Qg5+ Kh8 25.Qf6+ Kg8 26.Qg5+ Kh8 1/2-1/2

Round 10, Oct. 4, Board 2
Efroimski, Marsel – Zhou, Qiyu
B56 Sicilian Defence

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.f3 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.Be3 Be6 9.Qe2 O-O 10.O-O-O a5 11.Nc5 Qc8 12.Nxe6 fxe6 13.g4 Kh8 14.Kb1 Nb4 15.a3 Na6 16.h4 Qc6 17.h5 Nc7 18.g5 Ng8 19.Bc1 a4 20.Na2 Na6 21.Bh3 Qd7 22.Nc3 Rac8 23.Nd5 Bd8 24.f4 Qe8 25.fxe5 dxe5 26.h6 Rc5 27.hxg7+ Kxg7 28.Nc3 Ba5 29.Qh2 Bxc3 30.Bxe6 h6 31.Rd7+ 1-0

Round 10, Oct. 4, Board 3
Ouellet, Maili-Jade – Gutmakher, Olga
A41 Old Indian Defence

1.d4 d6 2.c4 e5 3.Nf3 e4 4.Ng5 f5 5.Nc3 Be7 6.Nh3 Nf6 7.Bg5 c6 8.e3 O-O 9.Be2 Na6 10.Nf4 Nc7 11.h4 Bd7 12.Qb3 Rb8 13.O-O Qe8 14.g3 Kh8 15.a4 b6 16.Qc2 a5 17.Rae1 Rc8 18.Qb1 Ne6 19.f3 Nxf4 20.Bxf4 d5 21.cxd5 cxd5 22.Ba6 Rd8 23.Bc7 Qg6 24.Kh2 Be6 25.Bxd8 Bxd8 26.Ne2 Bc7 27.Qc2 Bb8 28.Nf4 Bxf4 29.exf4 exf3 30.Rxf3 Ne4 31.Rc1 Qf6 32.Qd3 Bf7 33.Rc2 h6 34.Bb7 Re8 35.Rc8 Kh7 36.Rxe8 Bxe8 37.Bxd5 Qg6 38.Rf1 Nf6 39.Bf3 Bxa4 40.d5 Bd7 41.Re1 Qf7 42.Qd4 b5 43.Qe5 Qf8 44.Rc1 Qb4 45.Qc3 Qa4 46.Re1 Qa2 47.Re7 Kg8 48.Qe5 Qb3 49.Qb8+ Kh7 50.Kg2 Qxb2+ 51.Re2 Qb3 52.Qf8 Nxd5 53.Rd2 Nf6 54.h5 a4 55.Qc5 Qf7 56.Re2 Qb3 57.Re7 Qb2+ 58.Re2 Qb1 59.Qe7 Qb3 60.Rd2 Qe6 61.Qb4 Bc6 62.Qa3 Nxh5 63.Qd3 Qg6 64.Kf1 Nxg3+ 65.Ke1 Be4 66.Qe3 Qf6 67.Kf2 Qh4 68.Kg2 Qg4 69.Rf2 Bxf3+ 70.Rxf3 Ne4+ 71.Kh1 b4 72.Kh2 b3 73.Rf1 Qg6 74.Rb1 Qc6 75.Rc1 Qd5 76.Ra1 Qd2+ 77.Qxd2 Nxd2 78.Rxa4 b2 0-1

Round 10, Oct. 4, Board 4
Lahav, Michal – Demchenko, Svitlana
B01 Scandinavian Defence

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Bg4 4.Nf3 Qxd5 5.Be2 e6 6.h3 Bh5 7.O-O Nc6 8.c4 Qd7 9.Qb3 Be7 10.Rd1 Bxf3 11.Bxf3 Nxd4 12.Qxb7 Rd8 13.Nc3 O-O 14.Be3 c5 15.Qxd7 Nxf3+ 16.gxf3 Nxd7 17.f4 Nb6 18.b3 Bf6 19.Rxd8 Rxd8 20.Rc1 Bxc3 21.Rxc3 Rd1+ 22.Kg2 Nd7 23.b4 cxb4 24.Rc2 Rd6 25.Bxa7 Rc6 26.Be3 Nb6 27.Bxb6 Rxb6 28.c5 Rb8 29.Kf3 Kf8 30.Ke4 Ke7 31.Kd4 Kd7 32.Kc4 Kc6 33.Rd2 Rb7 34.Rd8 Ra7 35.Rc8+ Kd7 36.Rf8 Rxa2 37.Rxf7+ Kc6 38.Rxg7 Rxf2 39.Kxb4 Rxf4+ 40.Kc3 Rh4 41.Re7 Kxc5 42.Rxe6 Rxh3+ 43.Kd2 Kd5 44.Re3 Rh4 45.Ke2 h5 46.Kf2 Rg4 47.Rg3 Ke4 48.Rxg4+ hxg4 49.Kg3 Kf5 50.Kg2 Kg5 51.Kg3 Kf5 52.Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Hans Jung]

Sam Shankland had the big win (only decisive game) as the US beat Armenia in rd 10.