World Senior Teams

[Hans Jung]

Couldnt find the first round games of the Canadian Senior Team but wanted to wish them the best of luck. https://www.chessbomb.com/arena/2020...Jussupow_Artur Enjoyed this game and many others though.

[Grey Guo]

http://wstcc2020.net/

http://chess-results.com/tnr491114.a...et=YES&flag=30

http://chess-results.com/tnr491115.a...et=YES&flag=30

[Hans Jung]

Canada 4-0 - perfect start. Enjoy yourselves and play some interesting chess.

[Hans Jung]

Germany has fielded at least 26 teams. Reminds me of the old days. Nothing like team events.

[Wayne Komer]

World Senior Teams 2020 50+

March 7, 2020

Round One, Mar. 6

Canada – TSG Markkleeberg 4-0

Cummings-Hahn 1-0
Nuemberger-Plotkin 0-1
Findlay-Fuchs 1-0
Madalinski-Barron 0-1

Round Two, Mar. 7

Oslo Schakseskap – Canada 1.5-2.5

Dahl-Cummings 0.5-0.5
Plotkin-Berg 1-0
Johnsen-Findlay 1-0
Barron-Harstad 1-0

Round Three, Mar. 8

Canada-Island


Games

Round 2, Mar. 7
Dahl, Fredrik – Cummings, David
Board 1
A45 Trompovsky Attack

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 d5 3.e3 Nbd7 4.Nd2 h6 5.Bf4 e6 6.Bd3 c5 7.c3 Be7 8.Ngf3 b6 9.e4 dxe4 10.Nxe4 O-O 11.Nd6 Bxd6 12.Bxd6 Re8 13.dxc5 Nxc5 14.Bxc5 bxc5 15.Bb5 Bd7 16.Bxd7 Nxd7 17.O-O Qc7 18.b3 Nf8 19.Qe2 Ng6 20.Rad1 Rad8 21.g3 Ne7 22.Ne5 Rd5 23.Nc4 Red8 24.Ne3 Rxd1 25.Rxd1 Ng6 26.Nc4 Rd5 27.Rd2 Qd7 28.Qe3 h5 29.h4 f6 30.Qe2 Nf8 31.Kf1 g6 32.Ke1 Rxd2 33.Qxd2 Qc6 34.Kd1 Kf7 35.Kc2 Qe4+ 36.Kb2 Qc6 37.Qd6 Qxd6 38.Nxd6+ Ke7 39.Ne4 Nd7 40.Kc2 f5 41.Nd2 e5 42.Kd3 Kd6 43.b4 e4+ 44.Ke3 cxb4 45.cxb4 Kd5 46.f3 Nf6 47.a3 Ke5 48.Nc4+ Kd5 49.Na5 a6 50.a4 Nd7 51.fxe4+ fxe4 52.b5 axb5 53.axb5 Nb6 54.Nc6 Nc4+ 55.Ke2 Ke6 56.Nb4 g5 57.Nc2 gxh4 58.gxh4 Kd5 59.Ne3+ Nxe3 60.Kxe3 1/2-1/2

Round 2, Mar. 7
Plotkin, Victor – Berg, Anders Hoyer
Board 2
B40 Sicilian Defence

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.b3 Nc6 4.Bb2 d6 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 Nf6 7.Bd3 Be7 8.O-O e5 9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.Nd2 O-O 11.Nc4 Be6 12.Qe2 Nd7 13.Rad1 Qc7 14.Qe3 f6 15.Qd2 Nc5 16.Ne3 Nxd3 17.Qxd3 Rfd8 18.c4 a5 19.Bc3 Rd7 20.Rc1 Rdd8 21.Rfd1 Rdb8 22.h3 Rd8 23.Bb2 Rd7 24.Nd5 Bxd5 25.cxd5 c5 26.Rc4 Bd8 27.Ra4 Qb8 28.Rc1 Rb7 29.Bc3 Kf7 30.Bd2 Rba7 31.Qf3 Qc8 32.Qh5+ Kf8 33.Qxh7 g5 34.Qh8+ Kf7 35.Rc3 Bb6 36.Qh7+ Kf8 37.Qh6+ Kf7 38.Rf3 1-0

Round 2, Mar. 7
Johnsen, Sylvia – Findlay, Ian
Board 3
B24 Sicilian, Closed, Modern Botvinnik variation

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6 6.Nge2 e6 7.O-O Nge7 8.Bg5 h6 9.Be3 Nd4 10.Qd2 Bd7 11.Rab1 Bc6 12.a3 Qd7 13.b4 b6 14.f4 h5 15.h3 Rd8 16.Nd1 Nxe2+ 17.Qxe2 O-O 18.Nf2 f5 19.h4 d5 20.bxc5 d4 21.Bd2 bxc5 22.Nh3 fxe4 23.Bxe4 Nf5 24.Kh2 Rde8 25.Ng5 e5 26.Qg2 Bxe4 27.dxe4 Nh6 28.Qf3 Ng4+ 29.Kg1 c4 30.Rb4 c3 31.Bc1 a5 32.Rb3 exf4 33.gxf4 Ne5 34.Qh3 Qxh3 35.Nxh3 Nc4 36.e5 Rc8 37.Rd1 Rfd8 38.Rd3 Bf8 39.Kg2 a4 40.Rb7 Rc6 41.Ra7 Bxa3 42.Bxa3 Nxa3 43.f5 Nxc2 44.f6 Ne1+ 45.Kg1 Nxd3 46.Ng5 Nxe5 47.Rg7+ Kf8 48.Nh7+ Ke8 49.Re7# 1-0

Round 2, Mar. 7
Barron, Michael – Harstad, Christian
Board 4
B55 Sicilian, Prins variation

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.f3 g6 6.c4 Bg7 7.Be3 O-O 8.Nc3 Nc6 9.Qd2 Bd7 10.Be2 Qa5 11.O-O Rfc8 12.Rfd1 Ne5 13.b3 a6 14.Rac1 Rab8 15.Rc2 Qd8 16.h3 Nc6 17.a4 Nh5 18.Nd5 e5 19.Nxc6 bxc6 20.Nc3 Be6 21.Rb2 Nf4 22.Bf1 Qa5 23.Kh2 Rd8 24.b4 Qc7 25.a5 d5 26.Bb6 Rxb6 27.axb6 Qxb6 28.cxd5 cxd5 29.Na4 Qa7 30.Nc5 Bf6 31.Qf2 d4 32.g3 Nh5 33.Bxa6 Bg5 34.Bf1 Qe7 35.Nxe6 fxe6 36.Kg2 Be3 37.Qe1 Rf8 38.b5 Qg5 39.b6 Nf4+ 40.Kh2 Nh5 41.h4 Qf6 42.Be2 g5 43.g4 Qf4+ 44.Kh3 gxh4 45.gxh5 1-0

Rank after Round 2

1. Yamal Russia 8
2. USA USA 7.5
3. England 1 England 7
4. Czech Repub 2 7
5. Czech Repub 1 7
6. Moscow Russia 2 6.5
7. Slovakia Slovakia 6.5
8. Island Island 6.5
9. 1960-61 Czech 3 6.5
10. Canada Canada 6.5
11. Lasker Schachstiftung Germany 6.5
12. Germany 1 Germany 1 6.0
13. USA Too USA 2 6.0

[Hans Jung]

The USA fielded a team called 4 Brothers. Sure enough I looked. http://chess-results.com/tnr491114.a...et=YES&flag=30 Imagine that. Nice to see.

[Hans Jung]

Canadian team round 2 won 2.5 - 1.5. Go team go! By the way happy birthday Ian!

[Sam Sharpe]

Next round at 10am.... go team! Is this Team-A or Team-Eh?

[Wayne Komer]

World Senior Teams 2020 50+

March 8, 2020

Games from Round One

Canada – TSG Markkleeberg 4-0

Round 1, Mar. 6
Cummings, David – Hahn, Andreas
Board 1
A11 English

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 d5 4.e3 Bg4 5.Qb3 b6 6.cxd5 Bxf3 7.gxf3 Nxd5 8.Nxd5 Qxd5 9.Qxd5 cxd5 10.Bb5+ Nd7 11.Bc6 Rc8 12.Bxd5 Rc5 13.Bb3 e6 14.d4 Rf5 15.Ke2 Bd6 16.e4 Rh5 17.e5 Be7 18.Be3 O-O 19.Rac1 g6 20.Rc7 Rd8 21.Rxa7 Kf8 22.Ra6 Nb8 23.Rxb6 1-0

Round 1, Mar. 6
Nuernberger, Thomas – Plotkin, Victor
Board 2
A18 English, Mikenas-Carls, Flohr variation

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.e4 d5 4.e5 d4 5.exf6 dxc3 6.fxg7 cxd2+ 7.Bxd2 Bxg7 8.Qc2 Nc6 9.Nf3 Qe7 10.Be2 Bd7 11.a3 e5 12.O-O e4 13.Ne1 Nd4 14.Qd1 O-O-O 15.Nc2 Ba4 0-1

Round 1, Mar. 6
Findlay, Ian – Fuchs, Joachim
Board 3
B00 KP, Nimzowitsch Defence

1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.Nc3 Qa5 5.d4 Bg4 6.Bb5 O-O-O 7.Bxc6 bxc6 8.h3 Qh5 9.Qd3 Bxf3 10.gxf3 e5 11.Qa6+ Kb8 12.Qxc6 Rd6 13.Qe8+ Kb7 14.dxe5 Qxf3 15.exd6 Qxh1+ 16.Ke2 Bxd6 17.Qb5+ Kc8 18.Qf5+ Kb7 19.Qb5+ Kc8 20.Qe8+ Kb7 21.Qe4+ Qxe4+ 22.Nxe4 Be7 23.Be3 Nf6 24.Ng5 Rf8 25.Rd1 h6 26.Nf3 Rd8 27.Rxd8 Bxd8 28.Ne5 Nd5 29.Nxf7 Bf6 30.c3 a5 31.Kd3 Kc6 32.Bd2 Nb6 33.b3 Nd5 34.Nh8 Ne7 35.c4 Kb6 36.Ke4 Nc8 37.Nf7 Ne7 38.Ne5 Bh4 39.Be3+ Kb7 40.Bc5 Nc8 41.Ng6 Bf6 42.Kd5 Nb6+ 43.Ke6 Kc6 44.Be3 a4 45.Ne7+ Kb7 46.Nd5 axb3 47.axb3 Bb2 48.Nxb6 cxb6 49.Kd7 Bf6 50.b4 g5 51.c5 bxc5 52.bxc5 Be5 53.c6+ Kb8 54.Bb6 h5 55.c7+ 1-0

Round 1, Mar. 6
Madalinski, Rainer – Barron, Michael
Board 4
C50 Giuoco Piano

1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.Nc3 Qa5 5.d4 Bg4 6.Bb5 O-O-O 7.Bxc6 bxc6 8.h3 Qh5 9.Qd3 Bxf3 10.gxf3 e5 11.Qa6+ Kb8 12.Qxc6 Rd6 13.Qe8+ Kb7 14.dxe5 Qxf3 15.exd6 Qxh1+ 16.Ke2 Bxd6 17.Qb5+ Kc8 18.Qf5+ Kb7 19.Qb5+ Kc8 20.Qe8+ Kb7 21.Qe4+ Qxe4+ 22.Nxe4 Be7 23.Be3 Nf6 24.Ng5 Rf8 25.Rd1 h6 26.Nf3 Rd8 27.Rxd8 Bxd8 28.Ne5 Nd5 29.Nxf7 Bf6 30.c3 a5 31.Kd3 Kc6 32.Bd2 Nb6 33.b3 Nd5 34.Nh8 Ne7 35.c4 Kb6 36.Ke4 Nc8 37.Nf7 Ne7 38.Ne5 Bh4 39.Be3+ Kb7 40.Bc5 Nc8 41.Ng6 Bf6 42.Kd5 Nb6+ 43.Ke6 Kc6 44.Be3 a4 45.Ne7+ Kb7 46.Nd5 axb3 47.axb3 Bb2 48.Nxb6 cxb6 49.Kd7 Bf6 50.b4 g5 51.c5 bxc5 52.bxc5 Be5 53.c6+ Kb8 54.Bb6 h5 55.c7+ 1-0

[Hans Jung]

Rd3 Nice win Ian! Overall Canadian team suffered 1.5-2.5 tough loss against Iceland.

[Wayne Komer]

World Senior Teams 2020 50+

March 8, 2020

Round Three

Canada – Island 1.5-2.5

Round 3, Mar. 8
Cummings, David – Petursson, Margeir
Board 1
B36 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Maroczy bind

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 g6 3.e4 Nc6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.Nc3 d6 7.f3 Bg7 8.Be3 O-O 9.Be2 Bd7 10.Qd2 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 Bc6 12.O-O-O a6 13.g4 Nd7 14.Bxg7 Kxg7 15.h4 h6 16.Kb1 Qa5 17.f4 Qc5 18.g5 hxg5 19.hxg5 Rh8 20.Rh6 Rxh6 21.gxh6+ Kh7 22.Bd3 Qd4 23.Qe2 Qf6 24.Rf1 Rf8 25.Bc2 e5 26.f5 g5 27.Nd1 Qe7 28.f6 Nxf6 29.Qf3 Ne8 30.Ne3 Bd7 31.Nd5 Qe6 32.Qh5 Qg6 33.Qe2 g4 34.Ne7 Qg5 35.Nf5 Rg8 36.Ng3 Nf6 37.Qd3 Be6 38.Qxd6 Nh5 39.Nf5 g3 40.Rg1 g2 41.Qd1 Nf4 42.Qf3 Qg4 43.Bd1 Qxf3 44.Bxf3 Bxc4 45.Ne3 Rg3 0-1

Round 3, Mar. 8
Thorhallsson, Throstur – Plotkin, Victor
Board 2
C42 Petrov, Paulsen Attack

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nc4 Nxe4 5.Qe2 Qe7 6.Ne3 Nc6 7.c3 Be6 8.d4 d5 9.Nd2 O-O-O 10.Nxe4 dxe4 11.Qb5 Qd7 12.b3 a6 13.Qa4 Na7 14.Qxd7+ Rxd7 15.Bb2 f5 16.O-O-O g6 17.d5 Bf7 18.c4 Rg8 19.h4 h5 20.Be2 Bc5 21.Rhf1 c6 22.dxc6 Rxd1+ 23.Rxd1 Nxc6 24.g3 Rd8 25.Rxd8+ Kxd8 26.Kd2 Kd7 27.Ke1 Nd4 28.Bd1 Be6 29.Bc3 Nc6 30.Nc2 Bd6 31.Kd2 f4 32.gxf4 Bxf4+ 33.Ne3 Ne5 34.Bxe5 Bxe5 35.Bc2 Bf5 36.Nxf5 gxf5 37.f3 exf3 38.Bxf5+ Kc7 39.Ke3 Bf6 40.Kxf3 Bxh4 41.Bg6 1/2-1/2

Round 3, Mar. 8
Findlay, Ian T. – Gislason, Gudmundur
Board 3
B43 Sicilian, Kan

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be2 Nf6 7.Be3 Bb4 8.Qd3 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Bd2 Nxc3 11.bxc3 Be7 12.Qg3 Qxg3 13.hxg3 Nd7 14.Rb1 Nc5 15.Bf3 e5 16.Nb3 e4 17.Be2 Na4 18.O-O O-O 19.Rfd1 Bf6 20.Nd4 b5 21.Be1 Rd8 22.Nc6 Rxd1 23.Rxd1 Be6 24.c4 Nb2 25.cxb5 Nxd1 26.b6 Bc3 27.b7 Re8 28.Bxc3 Nxc3 29.Bxa6 Bd5 30.b8=Q Rxb8 31.Nxb8 Bxa2 32.Nc6 Kf8 33.Kf1 Nd5 34.Ke1 h5 35.Be2 g6 36.Kd2 f5 37.c4 Nb6 38.Kc3 Kg7 39.Nb4 Bb1 40.c5 Na4+ 41.Kd4 Kf6 42.Bb5 Nxc5 43.Kxc5 g5 44.Kd4 1-0

Round 3, Mar. 8
Karlsson, Agust – Barron, Michael
Board 4
A89 Dutch, King’s Knight

1.d4 f5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.O-O O-O 6.b3 Ne4 7.Bb2 c5 8.Qc1 cxd4 9.Bxd4 Nc6 10.Bxg7 Kxg7 11.Qb2+ Rf6 12.c4 b6 13.Nfd2 Nxd2 14.Nxd2 Bb7 15.e4 d6 16.exf5 gxf5 17.Nf3 e5 18.Rad1 Qe7 19.Rfe1 Re6 20.b4 Rf8 21.c5 dxc5 22.bxc5 bxc5 23.Ng5 Qxg5 24.Qxb7+ Rf7 25.Qc8 Qf6 26.Bd5 Rfe7 27.Bxe6 Qxe6 28.Qxe6 Rxe6 29.Rd5 c4 30.Rc1 e4 31.Rxc4 Ne5 32.Rc7+ Kg6 33.Rxa7 Nf3+ 34.Kg2 Rc6 35.Rd1 Ne5 36.Ra5 Nd3 37.Kg1 Rc2 38.f3 Kf6 39.fxe4 fxe4 40.Rf1+ Ke7 41.Ra4 Nc5 42.Ra7+ Ke6 43.Rf2 Rc1+ 44.Kg2 Ke5 45.Rxh7 Kd4 46.Rh8 Nd3 47.Re2 Ne1+ 48.Kh3 Kd3 49.Rb2 Ke3 50.Kg4 Nd3 51.Rb3 Ke2 52.Rd8 Rc4 53.Kf5 Nf2 54.Re8 Ra4 55.a3 Nd3 56.Rxe4+ Rxe4 57.Kxe4 Nc5+ 58.Kf4 Nxb3 59.h4 Kd3 60.h5 Nd4 61.Ke5 Ne2 62.g4 Ke3 63.a4 Nd4 64.h6 Nf3+ 65.Kf6 1-0

Tomorrow the pairing is

SK Sokol Vysehrad – Canada

It appears that SK Sokol is the seventh Czech team!

[Vadim Tsypin]

Bravo Team Canada for setting such a good example of being prudent as well. :)

https://twitter.com/keti_chess/statu...33616021880833

Best of luck in the tournament!

[Ian Findlay]

Rd3 Nice win Ian! Overall Canadian team suffered 1.5-2.5 tough loss against Iceland.

Thanks but bad game. I had to trick him in worse position. Trying to get over a cold and hopefully we can rebound next round. No DST here for 3 weeks so rounds start at 3pm CET.

[Ian Findlay]

Bravo Team Canada for setting such a good example of being prudent as well. :)

https://twitter.com/keti_chess/statu...33616021880833

Best of luck in the tournament!

Haha. That was not us but everyone here first pumps rather than shake hands.

[Wayne Komer]

World Senior Teams 2020 50+

March 9, 2020

Round Four

SK Sokol Vysehrad – Canada 1-3

Round 4, Mar. 9
Netusil, Miloslav – Cummings, David
Board 1
C47 Four Knights, Scotch variation

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Bb4 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O Re8 9.Bg5 h6 10.Bh4 g5 11.Bg3 Bxc3 12.bxc3 Nxe4 13.Qh5 d6 14.Rae1 Bf5 15.Qf3 Nxg3 16.Rxe8+ Qxe8 17.fxg3 Bxd3 18.cxd3 Rb8 19.Qf2 a5 20.h4 Rb5 21.d4 Qe6 22.h5 Kg7 23.c4 Rb4 24.d5 cxd5 25.cxd5 Qe7 26.Qd2 Qe5 27.Qf2 Qd4 28.Rc1 Qxf2+ 29.Kxf2 Rd4 30.Rxc7 Rxd5 31.Ke3 Kf6 32.Ra7 g4 33.Ke4 Rxh5 34.Kf4 Rc5 35.Kxg4 Rc4+ 36.Kf3 Ra4 0-1

Round 4, Mar. 9
Plotkin, Victor – Pilar, Miloslav
Board 2
C01 French, Exchange

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.exd5 exd5 5.Bd3 Nf6 6.Ne2 O-O 7.O-O Bg4 8.f3 Bh5 9.Nf4 Bg6 10.Nxg6 hxg6 11.Bg5 c6 12.Ne2 Bd6 13.Qd2 Nbd7 14.Rfe1 Qc7 15.g3 Rfe8 16.Kg2 Nh7 17.Be3 Re7 18.Bf2 Rae8 19.Ng1 Rxe1 20.Rxe1 Rxe1 21.Qxe1 Qd8 22.Bxg6 Nhf8 23.Bd3 a6 24.h4 Ne6 25.Nh3 Qf6 26.c3 Ndf8 27.Qe3 Nc7 28.Ng5 Nce6 29.Bc2 Nxg5 30.Qxg5 Qxg5 31.hxg5 Ne6 32.f4 g6 33.Kf3 Kg7 34.Be3 Be7 35.Bd3 Bd8 36.Ke2 Be7 37.Kd2 c5 38.Bf1 c4 39.Bg2 Nc7 40.g4 Bd6 41.Ke2 b5 42.Kf3 Kf8 43.Bf1 a5 44.Be2 b4 45.Bd1 Nb5 46.Bd2 bxc3 47.bxc3 Ba3 48.Ba4 Nc7 49.f5 Ke7 50.Bf4 Bd6 51.Be5 1-0

Round 4, Mar. 9
Groh, Jiri – Findlay, Ian
Board 3
A15 English Opening

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.e3 d5 4.Be2 c5 5.d4 dxc4 6.O-O Nc6 7.Nc3 a6 8.Bxc4 b5 9.Bb3 Bb7 10.a4 c4 11.axb5 axb5 12.Rxa8 Bxa8 13.Bc2 Qb6 14.b3 cxb3 15.Bxb3 Bb4 16.Qd3 Bxc3 17.Qxc3 O-O 18.Bb2 Ne4 19.Qd3 Nb4 20.Qb1 Qb7 21.d5 Nc5 22.Ba3 Nbd3 23.dxe6 fxe6 24.Bxe6+ Nxe6 25.Bxf8 Ne5 26.Qb3 Nxf3+ 27.gxf3 Qf7 28.Bd6 Ng5 29.Qxf7+ Kxf7 30.Rc1 Nxf3+ 31.Kf1 Ke6 32.Bb8 g5 33.Rc5 Bd5 34.Ke2 b4 35.Kd3 Ne1+ 36.Kd2 Nf3+ 37.Kc2 Ne1+ 38.Kd2 Nf3+ 39.Kc1 Ne1 40.Rb5 Nd3+ 41.Kd2 Bc4 42.Rxg5 b3 43.Kc3 b2 44.Rg1 Ba2 45.Kxd3 b1=Q+ 46.Rxb1 Bxb1+ 47.Kd4 Bc2 48.e4 Bd1 49.Ke3 Bc2 50.f4 Bb1 51.Ba7 Bc2 52.f5+ Kf7 53.Kf4 1-0

Round 4, Mar. 9
Barron, Michael – Vanek, Petr
Board 4
C06 French, Tarrasch, Closed variation, main line

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ne2 cxd4 8.cxd4 f6 9.exf6 Nxf6 10.O-O Bd6 11.Nf3 O-O 12.Bg5 Qc7 13.Bh4 Bd7 14.Bg3 Rae8 15.Rc1 Bxg3 16.hxg3 Qd6 17.Qb3 Qb4 18.Rc3 Qxb3 19.Rxb3 b6 20.Rc1 e5 21.dxe5 Nxe5 22.Nxe5 Rxe5 23.f3 Rfe8 24.Kf2 Bf5 25.Nd4 Bxd3 26.Rxd3 Kf7 27.Rd2 R5e7 28.g4 h6 29.Rdc2 Rd7 30.Rc7 Rxc7 31.Rxc7+ Re7 32.Rxe7+ Kxe7 33.Nc6+ Kd6 34.Nxa7 Kc5 35.Nc8 d4 36.Ne7 Kc4 37.Ke2 g5 38.Kd2 b5 39.Kc2 h5 40.Ng6 hxg4 41.Ne5+ Kd5 42.Nxg4 Nd7 43.b3 b4 44.Kd2 Nc5 45.Nf2 Ke6 46.Ne4 Nxe4+ 47.fxe4 Kd6 48.Kd3 Ke5 49.g4 Kf4 50.Kxd4 Kxg4 51.e5 Kf5 52.Kd5 g4 53.e6 Kf6 54.Kd6 1-0

In the fifth round, Canada will meet the Czech Republic2. The players in that team all have ratings in the 2300s –
Priehoda, Vokac, Zpevak, Polasek and Vrbata.

Canada is ranked seventh after four rounds:

1 USA1
2 Czech Republic 1
3 Lasker Schachstiftung GK
4 Slovakia
5 Yamal
6 Moscow
7 Canada
8 USA Too
9 England 1
10 Island

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