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  • #31

    FIDE Online Olympiad 2020

    August 5, 2020


    From the official FIDE website:

    The Online Olympiad Fair Play Panel has identified four cases in which there are sufficient grounds to believe the Fair Play Regulations have been violated.

    All the results of these players in the Online Olympiad have been turned into losses, and where applicable they will not be allowed to play any further part in the tournament. Tournament officials and team captains concerned have been informed to that effect.

    These cases affect four players from Mali (Base Division, Pool B), Brunei Darussalam (Division 4, pool A), Hong Kong (Division 4, pool A), and Nicaragua (Division 4, pool E).

    If your team belongs to any of these groups, please check the website for updated results, to see if the standings in your pool might have been affected.

    FIDE will not disclose any more information or respond to any inquiries on this matter until a full investigation has been conducted.

    https://www.fide.com/news/674

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    • #32
      http://chess-results.com/tnr532618.a...&art=8&flag=30

      FIDE published our pool and schedule.

      We play:

      1. Aug 21 at 1 PM - Argentina-Canada

      2. Aug 21 at 2 PM - Canada-Poland

      3. Aug 21 at 3 PM - Peru-Canada

      4. Aug 22 at 1 PM - Cuba-Canada

      5. Aug 22 at 2 PM - Canada-Greece

      6. Aug 22 at 3 PM - Paraguay-Canada

      7. Aug 23 at 1 PM - Canada-Italy

      8. Aug 23 at 2 PM - Brazil-Canada

      9. Aug 23 at 3 PM - Canada-USA

      We didn't get any team from Africa, but we got just 2 very strong teams (USA, Poland). If we play extremely well, we have some chances to finish third.

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      • #33
        FYI Captain Victor, they now (since the earliest Divisons) have a rather strict cutoff at 10 minutes to the hour for Captains to provide their lineup for the next round 10 minutes later. There is currently no provision for entering your lineup for any round past the coming round. Note that players need good-enough connectivity to always have Zoom video/audio on, with Share Screen.

        Finally, something that keeps coming up with new teams entering the Olympiad, is that the Task Bar should be configured to always be on, in other words, turn off auto-hides in device Settings.

        Finally finally, it MUST be a "computer" device, with cursor-moving (i.e. not touch-screen moving) --- (there's lots of regulations you've already received, I'm just flagging common speedbumps)

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        • #34
          Originally posted by Aris Marghetis View Post
          FYI Captain Victor, they now (since the earliest Divisons) have a rather strict cutoff at 10 minutes to the hour for Captains to provide their lineup for the next round 10 minutes later. There is currently no provision for entering your lineup for any round past the coming round. Note that players need good-enough connectivity to always have Zoom video/audio on, with Share Screen.

          Finally, something that keeps coming up with new teams entering the Olympiad, is that the Task Bar should be configured to always be on, in other words, turn off auto-hides in device Settings.

          Finally finally, it MUST be a "computer" device, with cursor-moving (i.e. not touch-screen moving) --- (there's lots of regulations you've already received, I'm just flagging common speedbumps)
          Thank you Aris.

          Yes, there is a lot of different rules and restrictions. Obviously, the regular Olympiad is much more comfortable for players and for captains.

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          • #35
            Just to understand "Who is who" in our group, I calculated the average FIDE rating for each team. I used the 6 top boards only ("starting" players). Also, I used standard (not rapid) FIDE rating, since I guess it's more accurate in some cases.

            1. USA 2566
            2. Poland 2523
            3. Greece 2440
            4. Cuba 2436
            5. Italy 2408
            6. Peru 2352
            7. Canada 2347
            8. Argentina 2301
            9. Brazil 2294
            10. Paraguay 2238
            Last edited by Victor Plotkin; Monday, 17th August, 2020, 12:21 PM.

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            • #36
              Originally posted by Victor Plotkin View Post

              Thank you Aris.

              Yes, there is a lot of different rules and restrictions. Obviously, the regular Olympiad is much more comfortable for players and for captains.
              LOL, I've just been told that as Canada is in Pool D, that I'll be starting at 330am Ottawa time!

              One more thing, I would encourage as many people (Captain & players) as feasible to try the Trial Day on Thursday. It's just so much better vs. discovering issues right before Round 1.

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              • #37
                Originally posted by Victor Plotkin View Post
                If we play extremely well, we have some chances to finish third.
                And not just one round :) Good luck

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                • #38
                  FIDE Online Olympiad 2020

                  August 20, 2020



                  Online Olympiad Top Division: Preview

                  From the official FIDE site:

                  https://www.fide.com/news/705

                  It is time for the decisive matches at the Online Olympiad. On August 21, 40 best teams divided into four pools are getting into action in Top Division to determine 12 participants of a playoff over the upcoming weekend. These 12 teams will fight for the champion title over August 27-30. The first place in every pool is particularly valuable as the winner gets straight into quarterfinals whereas the teams occupying 2-3d place will have to play an extra match to advance to this stage.

                  25 out of 40 teams got into Top Division outright (five best teams in accordance with “Gaprindashvili system” based on the last Olympiad in Batumi and five best teams representing each part of the world – Europe, Asia, Americas, and Africa), whereas the other 15 squads qualified from Division 2. There was a striking difference between Division 3 and Division 2 in terms of chess strength – none of the qualifiers from Division 3 had a bid for advancing to Top Division.

                  The situation will be somewhat different in Top Division – many teams, that started their Olympic quest last weekend in Division 2 have a fair chance to get into the top-3 in their pools.

                  Pool A (China, India, Germany, Vietnam, Georgia, Iran, Indonesia, Mongolia, Uzbekistan, Zimbabwe)

                  Two clear favorites – China and India – should not have many troubles progressing into the playoff. Both teams fielded optimal lineups which meant that they can count on maximum points on women's boards in almost all the matches. Indeed we will see in action #1 of women’s rating Hou Yufan, the World Champion Ju Wenjun, and the Rapid Chess Women’s World Champion Humpy Koneru.

                  It is really hard to predict the team to take third place in this group. Germany looks like a favorite based on the average rating, but the team has to enlist its best women (they did not play in Division 2) and solve the problem of a junior board (only 3 out of 9 points at the previous stage). Vietnam, Georgia, and Iran also have hopes for the third slot. A young and very promising team Uzbekistan is capable of springing a surprise as well. The team’s relatively low rating should not be misleading – young players from this country are really strong and have a great experience in online battles.

                  Pool B (Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Netherlands, Spain, Hungary, Slovakia, Norway, France, South Africa )

                  This is the most balanced pool out of four featuring two very strong qualifiers from Division 2 Spain and Hungary, whereas main favorite Ukraine did not manage to mobilize its best players. Nevertheless, team Ukraine headed by Vasyl Ivanchuk and Anton Korobov looks impressive but this quick tournament won’t be a walk in the park for this squad.

                  The best Azerbaijani players, including the youngsters who have made their presence felt lately, banded together under the banner of the national team. Most likely we will see this squad, led by Shakhriyar Mamedyarov and Teimour Radjabov in the knockout stage.

                  Kazakhstan has the most powerful duo on women’s boards – Zhansaya Abdumalik and Bibisara Assaubayeva can make the difference and pull the team into the next stage. It will be very interesting to follow the Netherlands – the team jumped into a bandwagon, scraped through to Top Division but in the decisive match Anish Giri and his teammates showed their mettle. Since the Dutchmen take on Azerbaijan in the first round, the team will have no time for a warm-up.

                  Pool С (Russia, Armenia, Romania, Turkey, England, Croatia, Bulgaria, Egypt, Algeria, Morocco)

                  The composition of this pool is similar to that of pool A. There are two clear favorites – if either Russia or Armenia does not advance this news will hit the headlines. Alexander Grischuk and Kateryna Lagno, who had skipped the Online Nations Cup, returned to team Russia; strong junior boards are another thing going for Russia. Indeed the online European Champion Alexey Sarana is just a substitute player, whereas the World Junior Champion U18 and U20 Polina Shuvalova plays on women’s junior board. Armenia is traditionally very good at team events. This time around it can boast of a very strong and balanced lineup.

                  Pointing out the main candidates for the third spot in the playoff is just an impossible mission. Two African teams – Algeria and Maroc don’t have enough experience on such a high level to count on a place in the top-3; all the other teams have a shot. Romania and Turkey are very consistent, England has very strong men’s boards, Croatia counts on Ivan Saric who has been in great shape lately, Bulgaria pins hopes on Antoaneta Stefanova who most likely will score a lot of points on a women’s board.

                  Pool D (USA, Cuba, Poland, Greece, Italy, Canada, Peru, Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay)

                  Team USA is the main candidate for first place in this “American” pool. Even in the absence of Fabiano Caruana and Hikaru Nakamura but with Wesley So on the first board and Jeffrey Xiong on a junior’s board this squad appears to be a prohibitive favorite. Cuba has the second-best average rating. As Cuban players are not very well known outside of the Caribbean area the Online Olympiad, followed by thousands of people around the world is a great chance to make a name for them.

                  Poland fielded a very impressive lineup lead by Jan-Krzysztof Duda and Radoslaw Wojtaszek. It is worth mentioning that the best players of this team already played a few tournaments after the quarantine and gained momentum. Team Peru with brother and sister Corie regularly showing good results in online tournaments looks the strongest of South American teams. Nevertheless, it will be quite a challenge for both Peru and Argentina, which became a real breakthrough in Division 2, to advance to the playoff.

                  The matches in Top Division start on Friday, August 21 at 08:00 UTC. The teams of Pool A are first to get into action. Then at 11:00 the matches in Pool B get underway, at 14:00 - Pool C, and finally, at 17:00 it is time for Pool D. We will know all the participants of the knockout stage by Sunday late night.

                  17:00 UTC (Canada's starting time) is 1PM Toronto/Montreal time (I hope!)

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                  • #39
                    Originally posted by Wayne Komer View Post
                    17:00 UTC (Canada's starting time) is 1PM Toronto/Montreal time (I hope!)
                    Yes, at this time of year, the Quebec-Windsor corridor is at UTC-4

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                    • #40
                      FIDE Online Olympiad 2020

                      August 21, 2020


                      The games can be followed on chessbomb.

                      Top Division Pool D

                      Argentina – Canada

                      Round 1, August 21
                      Besso, Guadalupe – Burtasova, Anna
                      A43 Old Benoni Defence

                      1.d4 c5 2.d5 b5 3.e4 a6 4.a4 bxa4 5.Rxa4 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.Nf3 Bg7 8.Be2 Nf6 9.O-O O-O 10.h3 Nbd7 11.Bf4 Rb8 12.Ra2 Rb4 13.Bd3 Ne8 14.Re1 Nc7 15.Qd2 Nb5 16.Nxb5 axb5 17.b3 Ne5 18.Bxe5 dxe5 19.Ra3 f5 20.c3 fxe4 21.cxb4 exf3 22.bxc5 fxg2 23.Ra8 Qd7 24.Re3 Bh6 25.c6 Qd6 26.Bxb5 Kg7 27.Ba6 Bxa6 28.Rxa6 Bxe3 29.fxe3 e4 30.Kxg2 Rf5 31.Qd4+ Kh6 32.h4 Rxd5 33.Qxe4 Rd2+ 34.Kf3 Kg7 35.Ra7 Qf6+ 36.Qf4 Qxc6+ 37.e4 Qc3+ 38.Qe3 Rd3 0-1

                      Round 1, August 21
                      Coro, Lucas – Talukdar, Rohan
                      B90 Sicilian, Najdorf, Byrne Attack

                      1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nf3 Qc7 8.a4 Be7 9.Be2 O-O 10.O-O b6 11.Nd2 Be6 12.f4 exf4 13.Bxf4 Nbd7 14.Nf3 Ne5 15.Nd4 Nc4 16.Bc1 Qc5 17.Kh1 d5 18.Nb3 Qc6 19.Rxf6 Bxf6 20.exd5 Bxd5 21.Qxd5 Rac8 22.Qxc6 Rxc6 23.Bf3 Re6 24.Bf4 Rfe8 25.h3 Nxb2 26.Nd5 Re1+ 27.Rxe1 Rxe1+ 28.Kh2 Nxa4 29.Nxf6+ gxf6 30.Nd4 a5 31.c4 Nb2 32.Bd5 a4 33.Nb5 Nxc4 34.Bxc4 Re4 35.Bxf7+ Kg7 36.Bc7 a3 37.Nxa3 Kxf7 38.Bxb6 Kg6 39.Bf2 h5 40.Nb5 Re2 41.Bg3 Kg5 42.Nd4 Ra2 43.Nf3+ Kg6 44.Bf4 Ra4 45.Bg3 Rb4 46.Bf2 Ra4 47.Be3 Rb4 48.Kg3 Kf5 49.Bc5 Rc4 50.Bf2 Ra4 51.Bd4 Rb4 52.Bc5 Rc4 53.Bf2 Ra4 54.Bc5 Rc4 1/2-1/2

                      Round 1, August 21
                      Ouellet, Maili-Jade – Borda Rodas, Anapaola
                      D85 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 Nc6 10.d5 Ne5 11.Nxe5 Bxe5 12.Qd2 e6 13.f4 Bc7 14.O-O exd5 15.exd5 Ba5 16.f5 Bxf5 17.Rxb7 Qd6 18.Bc4 Rfb8 19.Rb3 Bc7 20.Qh6 Qf8 21.g4 Rxb3 22.axb3 Qxh6 23.Bxh6 Bxg4 24.d6 Bxd6 25.Rxf7 1-0

                      Round 1, August 21
                      Pichot, Alan – Noritsyn, Nikolay
                      B53 Sicilian, Chekhover Variation

                      1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Qxd4 Nf6 5.Be2 Nc6 6.Qe3 Bg4 7.O-O e6 8.c4 Be7 9.Nc3 O-O 10.Rd1 Qc7 11.Nb5 Qb8 12.b3 a6 13.Nc3 Nb4 14.Qd2 d5 15.exd5 exd5 16.a3 Nc6 17.cxd5 Na5 18.Rb1 Rc8 19.h3 Bh5 20.b4 Nc4 21.Qd4 b5 22.Bf4 Bd6 23.Bxd6 Qxd6 24.a4 Na3 25.Rb3 Nc2 26.Qd2 Nxb4 27.axb5 a5 28.Qd4 Bg6 29.Rb2 Re8 30.Nd2 Nc2 31.Nc4 Nxd4 32.Nxd6 Nxe2+ 33.Rxe2 Rxe2 34.Nxe2 Rd8 35.Nc4 Rxd5 36.Rxd5 Nxd5 37.b6 Nb4 38.Nxa5 Be4 39.Nc3 Bd3 40.b7 Na6 41.Nc6 1-0

                      Round 1, August 21
                      Plotkin, Mark – Acosta, Pablo
                      A16 English Opening

                      1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 c5 3.e4 Nc6 4.d3 g6 5.f4 d6 6.g3 Bg7 7.Bg2 O-O 8.Nf3 Ne8 9.O-O Nc7 10.Be3 Ne6 11.Qd2 Ned4 12.Rae1 Rb8 13.f5 e6 14.fxg6 fxg6 15.Bg5 Qe8 16.Nxd4 Rxf1+ 17.Rxf1 Nxd4 18.Qf4 e5 19.Qh4 Be6 20.Nd5 Bxd5 21.cxd5 Qb5 22.Be7 Re8 23.Bxd6 Qb6 24.Be7 c4 25.Kh1 cxd3 26.d6 Nc6 27.Bh3 d2 28.Be6+ Kh8 29.Bf7 Qb5 30.Qh3 Qe2 31.Bxg6 h6 32.Bf6 Kg8 33.Bxe8 Nd4 34.Bf7+ Kh7 35.Bxg7 Kxg7 36.Bb3 Nxb3 37.Qd7+ Kg6 38.Qf7+ Kg5 39.Rf5+ Kg4 40.Qh5# 1-0

                      Round 1, August 21
                      Zhou, Qiyu – Francisco Guecamburu, Candela
                      B38 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Maroczy bind

                      1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Bg7 5.c4 Nc6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Nc3 d6 8.f3 O-O 9.Be2 Bd7 10.O-O Nxd4 11.Bxd4 a5 12.b3 Bc6 13.Kh1 Nd7 14.Rc1 Nc5 15.Qd2 Qb6 16.Bxg7 Kxg7 17.Nd5 Bxd5 18.exd5 Qb4 19.Qe3 a4 20.Bd1 axb3 21.axb3 Ra2 22.Rc2 Rfa8 23.Qxe7 Qxb3 24.Rxa2 Qxa2 25.Qxd6 Qxc4 26.Rg1 Nd3 27.h3 Ra1 28.Kh2 Qd4 29.Rf1 Nb4 30.Be2 Rxf1 31.Bxf1 Nxd5 32.Bb5 Qf4+ 33.Qxf4 Nxf4 34.Kg3 g5 35.h4 Kf6 36.hxg5+ Kxg5 37.Kf2 h5 38.g3 Ng6 39.Ke3 f5 40.f4+ Kg4 41.Kf2 h4 42.Be2+ Kh3 43.Bf1+ Kh2 44.gxh4 Nxh4 45.Bd3 Kh3 46.Be2 b6 47.Ke3 Kg3 48.Bd3 Ng2+ 49.Kd4 Kxf4 50.Kd5 Ne3+ 51.Kc6 Ke5 52.Bxf5 Kxf5 53.Kxb6 1/2-1/2

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                      • #41
                        FIDE Online Olympiad 2020

                        August 21, 2020


                        Top Division Pool D (continued)

                        Poland – Canada

                        Round 2, August 21
                        Golubeva, Oksana – Zawadzka, Jolanta
                        A06 Reti Opening

                        1.Nf3 d5 2.e3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.b3 a6 5.Bb2 Be7 6.g4 Nxg4 7.Rg1 Bf6 8.Qc2 Nh6 9.Bd3 dxc4 10.Bxc4 b5 11.Be2 Bb7 12.Nd4 Nd7 13.Ba3 c5 14.Bxc5 Rc8 15.b4 Nxc5 16.bxc5 Bxd4 17.exd4 Nf5 18.Qb2 Qxd4 19.Nc3 O-O 20.Rg4 Qe5 21.O-O-O Rxc5 22.Kb1 Qf6 23.d4 Rc7 24.Bd3 Bf3 25.Ne4 Qh6 26.Rdg1 Bxg4 27.Rxg4 Rfc8 28.Nc5 Qxh2 29.a3 Qh1+ 30.Ka2 Qd5+ 31.Kb1 Rxc5 32.Rg1 Rc3 0-1

                        Round 2, August 21
                        Hua, Eugene – Gumularz, Szymon
                        A22 English, Bremen, reverse Dragon

                        1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Nc3 Nb6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.a3 Be7 8.b4 Be6 9.d3 O-O 10.O-O f6 11.Rb1 a5 12.b5 Nd4 13.Nd2 Qc8 14.e3 Nf5 15.Qc2 Rd8 16.Bb2 a4 17.Ne2 Nd6 18.Bc3 Bh3 19.Rfc1 Bxg2 20.Kxg2 Qd7 21.Bb4 Rac8 22.Bc5 Nf7 23.Ne4 Kh8 24.d4 exd4 25.Nxd4 Re8 26.Rd1 Nd5 27.Nf3 Qf5 28.Qc4 Qxf3+ 29.Kxf3 Ne5+ 30.Kg2 Nxe3+ 31.fxe3 Nxc4 32.Rb4 Nxe3+ 33.Bxe3 Bxb4 34.Kf3 Bxa3 35.Ra1 Bf8 36.Rxa4 c5 37.Rc4 b6 38.Bf4 Kg8 39.Nc3 Ra8 40.Nd5 Ra3+ 41.Kg4 Rb3 42.Ra4 Rd8 43.Nxb6 Rxb5 44.Ra6 Rb4 45.Kf5 c4 46.Bc7 c3 47.Ra1 Kf7 0-1

                        Round 2, August 21
                        Silwicka, Alicja – Ouellet, Maili-Jade
                        B55 Sicilian, Prins variation

                        1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.f3 e5 6.Nb3 Be6 7.c4 Nbd7 8.Nc3 a6 9.Be3 Rc8 10.Nd5 g6 11.Be2 Bg7 12.Qd2 Nc5 13.Nxc5 dxc5 14.O-O O-O 15.Rfd1 Bxd5 16.cxd5 Qd6 17.Rac1 Nd7 18.Rc2 Rc7 19.Rdc1 Rfc8 20.Qa5 Bf8 21.a4 Nb8 22.Bf1 b6 23.Qd2 a5 24.g3 Ra7 25.Bh3 Re8 26.f4 Bg7 27.f5 Nd7 28.Rf1 Nf6 29.Qg2 Rc7 30.b3 Rf8 31.g4 Rb8 32.g5 Ne8 33.Qf2 Kh8 34.Bg4 Qd8 35.f6 Bf8 36.Qg3 Qd6 37.Bc1 b5 38.Bb2 bxa4 39.Bxe5 Qd8 40.Bxc7 Nxc7 41.bxa4 Rb4 42.Bf3 Rxa4 43.Rd1 Nb5 44.e5 Nd4 45.Rc3 Ra2 46.Rb1 Rd2 47.e6 Bd6 48.e7 Bxe7 49.Rb8 Nxf3+ 50.Rxf3 Rd1+ 51.Rf1 Rxd5 52.fxe7 1-0

                        Round 2, August 21
                        Szczepkowska-Horowska, Karina – Demchenko, Svitlana
                        E81 King’s Indian, Samisch

                        1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Nge2 Nc6 7.Be3 a6 8.Rc1 Rb8 9.Qd2 e5 10.d5 Ne7 11.g4 c6 12.Ng3 cxd5 13.cxd5 b5 14.Be2 Nd7 15.h4 f5 16.gxf5 gxf5 17.exf5 Nxf5 18.Nxf5 Rxf5 19.Ne4 Nb6 20.Bg5 Qf8 21.Rg1 Kh8 22.Ng3 Rxf3 23.Bxf3 Qxf3 24.Bh6 Bf6 25.Rc3 Qxd5 26.Rd3 Qc5 27.Be3 Qc7 28.Bg5 Bg7 29.Rxd6 Bg4 30.Rd8+ Rxd8 31.Qxd8+ Qxd8 32.Bxd8 Nd5 33.Ne4 h5 34.Nf2 Bf3 35.Rg5 Nf4 36.Rf5 Ng2+ 37.Kd2 e4 38.Nd1 Bxd1 39.Bf6 Bg4 40.Bxg7+ Kxg7 41.Rg5+ Kf6 0-1

                        For Karina’s new name see:

                        Quote 592

                        https://forum.chesstalk.com/forum/ch...e40#post207581

                        Round 2, August 21
                        Wojtaszek, Radoslaw – Panjwani, Raja
                        E91 King’s Indian

                        1.c4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.e4 d6 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 c5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Na5 9.Bg5 h6 10.Bd2 e5 11.g3 Nh7 12.Qc1 h5 13.Nh4 a6 14.b3 Bd7 15.Rb1 Rb8 16.Nd1 b5 17.Ne3 Ng5 18.Qc2 Bf6 19.Neg2 Nh3+ 20.Kh1 bxc4 21.bxc4 Rxb1 22.Qxb1 Qc7 23.Qb2 Rb8 24.Qa3 Bd8 25.f4 exf4 26.gxf4 Bg4 27.Bd3 Nb7 28.Bc3 g5 29.fxg5 Bxg5 30.Nf5 Bxf5 31.Rxf5 Qe7 32.Ba1 Nd8 33.Bc2 Rb4 34.Qxh3 Rxc4 35.Qd3 1-0

                        Round 2, August 21
                        Yang, Kaiqi – Duda, Jan-Krzysztof
                        A46 Queen’s Pawn

                        1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.c3 b6 4.Bf4 Bb7 5.e3 g6 6.Nbd2 Bg7 7.h3 O-O 8.Be2 d6 9.O-O Nbd7 10.a4 a6 11.Bh2 Qc7 12.Qb3 Rab8 13.Rfe1 Bh6 14.Bf1 b5 15.axb5 axb5 16.Ra7 Qb6 17.Rea1 Bd5 18.Qc2 Rfc8 19.e4 Bb7 20.d5 c4 21.b4 cxb3 22.Qxb3 Nc5 23.Qxb5 Qxb5 24.Bxb5 Nfxe4 25.Nxe4 Nxe4 26.c4 Kf8 27.Re1 Nc5 28.Nd4 Ra8 29.Rxa8 Rxa8 30.Bg3 Bd2 31.Re2 Bc3 32.Nc6 Bxc6 33.dxc6 Ne6 34.f3 g5 35.Rc2 Ra1+ 36.Kh2 Bd4 37.Bf2 Bxf2 38.Rxf2 h6 39.Rb2 Nc7 40.Kg3 f5 41.h4 Kg7 42.hxg5 hxg5 43.Kf2 Kf6 44.Re2 d5 45.Rd2 Ke5 46.Re2+ Kd6 47.Rd2 e5 48.Rb2 d4 49.Rd2 Ne6 50.Ke2 e4 51.fxe4 fxe4 52.Rb2 Nf4+ 53.Kf2 Nd3+ 0-1

                        Canada – Peru

                        Round 3, August 21
                        Cordova, Emilio – Noritsyn, Nikolay
                        A04 Reti

                        1.Nf3 e6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 b5 4.d3 Bb7 5.O-O Nf6 6.Nbd2 Be7 7.e4 dxe4 8.dxe4 O-O 9.e5 Nd5 10.Qe2 b4 11.Rd1 Ba6 12.Qe1 Nd7 13.h4 c6 14.Ne4 Qc7 15.Neg5 h6 16.Nh3 Rfd8 17.h5 Qb6 18.Bd2 Qc5 19.Rac1 Qc4 20.b3 Qg4 21.Nf4 Bc5 22.Nxd5 cxd5 23.Be3 Rac8 24.Bxc5 Rxc5 25.Rd4 Qxh5 26.Rxb4 Rdc8 27.Ra4 Bd3 28.Rxa7 Nf8 29.Nd4 Ng6 30.f4 Bxc2 31.Ra5 Rc3 32.Nb5 Rd3 33.Nd6 Rcc3 34.Ra8+ Kh7 35.Nxf7 Qg4 36.Kh2 Re3 37.Qf2 Re2 38.Qxe2 Qxe2 39.Rh1 Be4 40.Rg1 Qf2 0-1

                        Round 3, August 21
                        Cori T. Deysi – Burtasova, Anna
                        A43 Old Benoni Defence

                        1.d4 c5 2.e3 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.b3 Nf6 5.Bb2 Bd6 6.Nbd2 O-O 7.Bd3 Nc6 8.a3 Re8 9.Ne5 Qc7 10.f4 a6 11.Qf3 Ne7 12.g4 Ng6 13.h4 cxd4 14.exd4 Bf8 15.h5 Ne7 16.g5 Nd7 17.Bxh7+ Kxh7 18.g6+ Kh8 19.gxf7 Nxe5 20.fxe8=Q Nxf3+ 21.Nxf3 Qxf4 22.O-O Ng8 23.Kf2 b6 24.Bc1 Qf5 25.Qg6 Qxg6 26.hxg6 Ne7 27.Ne5 Kg8 28.Rh1 Nf5 29.Nf7 Nh6 30.Nxh6+ gxh6 31.Bxh6 Bd6 32.Ke3 e5 33.Raf1 exd4+ 34.Kxd4 Bc5+ 35.Kd3 a5 36.Kd2 Be6 37.Bf4 Bd4 38.Be3 Bg7 39.Bxb6 a4 40.b4 Rc8 41.Bc5 d4 42.Rf4 Bd5 43.Rh5 Rd8 44.Bxd4 Ba2 45.c3 Bb1 46.Rh7 Be5 47.Rg4 Bxg6 48.Rh6 Kf7 49.Rhxg6 Bxd4 50.cxd4 1-0

                        Round 3, August 21
                        Demchenko, Svitlana – Garcia Andrada, Heidy Nicole
                        B28 Sicilian, O’Kelly variation

                        1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 a6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Bd3 e5 6.Nb3 d5 7.exd5 Nxd5 8.O-O Nc6 9.c3 Be6 10.Qe2 Qc7 11.a3 Nxc3 12.Nxc3 Bxb3 13.Be3 Be7 14.Qg4 g6 15.f4 f5 16.Qe2 O-O-O 17.Rac1 Qd7 18.Bc2 Bxc2 19.Qxc2 exf4 20.Bxf4 Qd4+ 21.Kh1 Bd6 22.Bxd6 Qxd6 23.b4 Kb8 24.Qa4 Nd4 25.Rfd1 Qc6 26.Qa5 Rd7 27.Rxd4 Rxd4 28.Qe5+ Qd6 29.Qxh8+ Ka7 30.Ne2 Rd2 31.Ng1 Qd5 32.Nf3 Rd3 33.Qe5 Qb3 34.Qc5+ Kb8 35.Re1 Rd8 36.Ne5 Qxa3 37.Nd7+ Ka8 38.Nb6+ Kb8 39.Nd5 Rc8 40.Qd6+ Ka7 41.Qb6+ Kb8 42.Ne7 Qc3 43.Qd6+ Ka7 44.Rd1 Rc4 45.h3 Qxb4 46.Nc8+ Ka8 47.Nb6+ Ka7 48.Nxc4 Qxc4 49.Qd2 Qb3 50.Qd4+ Kb8 51.Re1 Kc7 52.Qc5+ Kd8 53.Qd6+ Kc8 54.Re8# 1-0

                        Round 3, August 21
                        Plotkin, Mark – Cori, Jorge
                        A25 English, Sicilian reversed

                        1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.d3 Bg7 5.h4 h6 6.Nf3 d6 7.Bg2 f5 8.Bd2 Nf6 9.Rb1 Be6 10.b4 Qd7 11.b5 Ne7 12.Qc1 Rb8 13.a4 Ng4 14.O-O O-O 15.Nh2 f4 16.Nxg4 Bxg4 17.c5 Bh3 18.Nd5 Bxg2 19.Nxe7+ Qxe7 20.Kxg2 Qe6 21.f3 d5 22.g4 Rbe8 23.Rb4 Kh8 24.Qc2 h5 25.g5 Rf7 26.a5 Kh7 27.c6 b6 28.axb6 axb6 29.Ra1 e4 30.dxe4 Bxa1 31.Qa2 Bg7 32.exd5 Qxe2+ 0-1

                        Round 3, August 21
                        Quirhuayo Chumbe, German – Talukdar, Rohan
                        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.Nd2 h6 10.Bxf6 Nxf6 11.Nc4 Be6 12.Ne3 Rc8 13.O-O O-O 14.Qd3 Qb6 15.Rab1 Qd4 16.Rfd1 Qxd3 17.Rxd3 Rc7 18.Kf1 Rfc8 19.f3 b5 20.a3 Rc5 21.Rbd1 a5 22.R3d2 g6 23.Nxb5 Ne8 24.Kf2 Bg5 25.Nxd6 Nxd6 26.Rxd6 Bxe3+ 27.Kxe3 Rxc2 28.Rd8+ Rxd8 29.Rxd8+ Kg7 30.Rd2 Rc1 31.Bd1 Kf6 32.Rd3 Rb1 33.Rd2 h5 34.g3 g5 35.f4 gxf4+ 36.gxf4 Bg4 37.Bxg4 hxg4 38.fxe5+ Kxe5 39.Rd5+ Ke6 40.Rb5 Rf1 41.Rxa5 Rf3+ 42.Kd4 Rb3 43.Rg5 Rxb2 44.Rxg4 Rxh2 45.Rg3 Ra2 46.Rf3 f6 47.Rb3 Ra1 48.Rb6+ Ke7 49.Ra6 Rd1+ 50.Ke3 Re1+ 51.Kd3 Rd1+ 52.Ke2 Ra1 53.Kd2 Ra2+ 54.Kd3 Ra1 55.a4 Kd7 56.a5 Ra4 57.Ke3 Ke7 58.Kf4 Ra1 59.Ra8 Rf1+ 60.Ke3 Kf7 61.a6 Ra1 62.Kd4 Ra4+ 63.Kd5 1-0

                        Round 3, August 21
                        Zhou, Qiyu – Chumpitaz, Ann
                        B47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) variation

                        1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.a3 a6 8.Be2 Be7 9.O-O O-O 10.Kh1 d6 11.f4 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 e5 13.Be3 Be6 14.Qe1 Bc4 15.Rf3 Rac8 16.Rg3 Kh8 17.Rh3 Bxe2 18.Qxe2 Qc4 19.Qf3 b5 20.f5 b4 21.axb4 Qxb4 22.Nd5 Nxd5 23.exd5 Rc4 24.b3 Rh4 25.Rxh4 Bxh4 26.g3 Bf6 27.Rxa6 Rc8 28.Rc6 Ra8 29.Kg2 h6 30.Kh3 Kh7 31.Rc4 Qe1 32.Qf2 Qd1 33.g4 Qxd5 34.Qg2 Qxg2+ 35.Kxg2 d5 36.Rc7 Ra2 37.Kf1 d4 38.Bf2 e4 39.h3 Be5 40.Rc4 e3 41.Be1 f6 42.Ke2 h5 43.Kd3 hxg4 44.hxg4 Ra1 45.Ke2 Kh6 46.c3 Ra2+ 47.Kd3 dxc3 48.Bxc3 Bxc3 49.Rxc3 e2 50.Rc1 Kg5 51.b4 Kxg4 52.b5 Rb2 53.b6 Kxf5 54.b7 Rxb7 55.Kxe2 Rb4 56.Kf3 Rb3+ 57.Kf2 g5 58.Rc4 Rd3 59.Kg2 Re3 60.Kf2 Re4 61.Rc6 Rd4 62.Kf3 Rd3+ 63.Ke2 Ra3 64.Kf2 Ke5 65.Rc5+ Kf4 66.Rc4+ Kf5 67.Rc5+ Kg4 68.Rc4+ Kh5 69.Rc5 Rd3 70.Ra5 Kg4 71.Ra4+ Kf5 72.Ra5+ Ke4 73.Ke2 f5 74.Ra8 Rd4 75.Re8+ Kf4 76.Rg8 Ra4 77.Rb8 Ra2+ 78.Kf1 Kg4 79.Rb4+ f4 80.Rc4 Kf3 81.Rc3+ Ke4 82.Rc4+ Kd3 83.Rb4 Rc2 84.Ra4 Rd2 85.Ke1 Rc2 86.Kf1 Rc4 87.Ra3+ Ke4 88.Kg2 Rc2+ 89.Kf1 g4 90.Ra4+ Ke3 91.Ra3+ Kd4 92.Ra4+ Rc4 93.Ra8 Ke4 94.Re8+ Kf3 95.Re1 Rc3 96.Rb1 g3 97.Kg1 Rc2 98.Rf1+ Kg4 99.Rb1 Kh3 100.Kf1 Rh2 101.Kg1 f3 102.Rb8 f2+ 0-1

                        Results after Round Three

                        Argentina – Canada 2-4
                        Canada – Poland 1-5
                        Peru – Canada 4-2

                        Rankings

                        1 USA 14.0
                        2 Peru 12.5
                        3 Poland 11
                        4 Italy 10.5
                        5 Greece 7.5
                        6 Argentina 8
                        7 Canada 7
                        8 Cuba 6.5
                        9 Brazil 6.5
                        10 Paraguay 6.5

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                        • #42
                          FIDE Online Olympiad 2020

                          August 22, 2020


                          The games can be followed on chessbomb.

                          Top Division Pool D

                          Cuba – Canada

                          Round 4, August 22
                          Quesada Perez, Ernesto – Noritsyn, Nikolay
                          A40 Queen’s Pawn, Franco-Indian (Keres) Defence

                          1.d4 e6 2.c4 Bb4+ 3.Bd2 a5 4.Nf3 d6 5.g3 Nc6 6.Bg2 e5 7.dxe5 dxe5 8.Nc3 Nf6 9.O-O O-O 10.a3 Bxc3 11.Bxc3 Qe7 12.b4 Rd8 13.Qb1 Nd4 14.Qb2 axb4 15.axb4 Rxa1 16.Rxa1 c5 17.bxc5 Qxc5 18.Nxd4 exd4 19.Rd1 Qxc4 20.Bxd4 Bg4 21.f3 Be6 22.e3 b5 23.Rb1 Rb8 24.Be5 Rd8 25.Bf1 Qc5 26.Bd4 Qf5 27.Kg2 Bc4 28.Bxc4 bxc4 29.Rc1 Rc8 30.g4 Qe6 31.Bxf6 gxf6 32.Qd4 h6 33.Rc3 Kg7 34.h4 Qe5 35.Qxe5 fxe5 36.f4 exf4 37.exf4 h5 38.Kf3 Kg6 39.gxh5+ Kxh5 40.Kg3 Rc5 41.Kh3 Kh6 42.Kg3 Kg6 43.Kg4 f5+ 44.Kg3 Kh5 45.Kh3 Rc8 46.Kg3 Rg8+ 47.Kh3 Rc8 48.Kg3 Rc7 49.Kh3 Rd7 50.Rxc4 Rd3+ 51.Kg2 Kxh4 52.Ra4 Kg4 53.Kf2 Rb3 54.Rc4 Rb2+ 55.Ke3 Kg3 56.Ra4 Rf2 57.Rb4 Rf1 58.Ra4 Re1+ 59.Kd3 Re8 60.Kd2 Kf3 61.Rd4 Re2+ 62.Kd3 Re4 63.Rd5 Kxf4 64.Ra5 Re8 65.Ra1 Kg3 66.Rg1+ Kf2 67.Rg5 f4 68.Re5 Rxe5 0-1

                          Final Position Black wins in 9 moves
                          


                          Round 4, August 22
                          Panjwani, Raja – Almeida Quintana, Omar
                          A36 English, ltra-symmetrical variation

                          1.c4 g6 2.g3 Bg7 3.Bg2 c5 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.e3 d6 6.Nge2 Nf6 7.h3 O-O 8.O-O Bd7 9.d4 a6 10.b3 Rb8 11.d5 Na5 12.Rb1 e6 13.dxe6 Bxe6 14.Nf4 Re8 15.Nxe6 Rxe6 16.Qe2 Nc6 17.Bb2 Nd7 18.Rfd1 Qf8 19.Rd2 Na7 20.Qd1 b5 21.Bd5 Ree8 22.Ne4 Bxb2 23.Rbxb2 Kg7 24.Nxd6 Qxd6 25.Bxf7 Qf6 26.Bxe8 Ne5 27.f4 Rxe8 28.fxe5 Qxe5 29.Rd7+ Kh8 30.Rg2 Qxe3+ 31.Kh2 Nc6 32.Qd6 Qe6 33.Qxe6 Rxe6 34.Rd5 bxc4 35.bxc4 Ne5 36.Rf2 Kg7 37.Rxc5 Kh6 38.Rc7 Nd3 39.Rd2 Ne1 40.Rf7 Re3 41.Rdd7 Nf3+ 42.Kg2 Ng5 43.Rfe7 Ra3 44.h4 Rxa2+ 45.Kf1 Ra1+ 46.Ke2 Ra2+ 47.Kd1 Ra1+ 48.Kc2 1-0

                          Round 4, August 22
                          Forgas Moreno, Yaniela – Golubeva, Oksana
                          C10 French, Paulsen variation

                          1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Be7 4.exd5 exd5 5.Bd3 Nc6 6.Be3 Bf6 7.Nf3 Bg4 8.Bb5 Ne7 9.h3 Bxf3 10.Qxf3 O-O 11.O-O-O a6 12.Ba4 Na5 13.g4 b5 14.Bb3 b4 15.Na4 Nxb3+ 16.axb3 Ng6 17.h4 Bxh4 18.Qh3 Re8 19.f4 Rxe3 20.Qxe3 Nxf4 21.Kb1 Bg5 22.Qf3 h6 23.Rde1 Qd6 24.Nc5 a5 25.Rhf1 Qf6 26.Re5 Qg6 27.Rf5 Ne6 28.Rxf7 Nxd4 29.Qxd5 Kh7 30.Qxa8 Nxc2 31.Qe4 Ne3 32.Qxg6+ Kxg6 33.R1f3 Nxg4 34.Rxc7 Ne5 35.Rf1 Bd8 36.Rb7 Ng4 37.Ne6 Bf6 38.Rb5 Ne5 39.Rxa5 h5 40.Ra7 h4 41.Nxg7 h3 42.Ne8 Bg5 43.Rg7+ Kh6 44.Rg8 Ng6 45.Rh1 Kh7 46.Rg7+ Kh6 47.Rxh3+ Nh4 48.Rg8 Kh5 49.Rh8+ Kg4 50.R8xh4+ Bxh4 51.Rxh4+ Kxh4 52.Kc2 Kg5 53.Kd3 Kf5 54.Kc4 Ke6 55.Kxb4 Ke7 56.Nc7 Kd7 57.Na6 Kc6 58.Ka5 Kb7 59.b4 Ka7 60.b5 Kb7 61.b6 Ka8 62.Nc5 Kb8 63.Ka6 Ka8 64.b7+ Kb8 65.Nd7+ Kc7 66.b8=Q+ Kc6 67.Qb6+ Kd5 68.Kb5 Ke4 69.Qd6 Kf5 70.Kc4 Ke4 71.Qe5+ Kf3 72.Kd3 Kg4 73.Ke3 Kh3 74.Kf3 Kh4 75.Qg7 Kh5 76.Kf4 Kh4 77.Qg4# 1-0

                          Round 4, August 22
                          Demchenko, Svitlana – Linares Napoles, Oleiny
                          B09 Pirc, Austrian Attack, Dragon formation

                          1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3 c5 6.Bb5+ Bd7 7.e5 Ng4 8.Bxd7+ Qxd7 9.d5 dxe5 10.h3 e4 11.hxg4 exf3 12.Qxf3 Na6 13.Bd2 O-O-O 14.O-O-O Nc7 15.Be1 f5 16.gxf5 Qxf5 17.Bf2 Bxc3 18.Qxc3 b6 19.Qa3 Rxd5 20.g3 Kb8 21.c4 Rxd1+ 22.Rxd1 Rc8 23.Qe3 Qe6 24.Qxe6 Nxe6 25.Re1 Rc6 26.g4 Kc8 27.Bh4 Nxf4 28.Rxe7 Rc7 29.Re8+ Kd7 30.Rd8+ Kc6 31.Kc2 Rf7 32.Rc8+ Kb7 33.Rd8 Ne6 34.Rd3 Kc6 35.Kc3 Nd4 36.b4 Rf3 37.b5+ Kb7 38.Be1 Rf4 39.g5 Rg4 40.Bd2 a6 41.a4 axb5 42.axb5 Kc8 43.Be3 Kc7 44.Rd1 Nf5 45.Bc1 Nd6 46.Kb3 Nxc4 47.Rh1 Nd6 48.Rxh7+ Kc8 49.Rg7 Nxb5 50.Rxg6 Kb7 51.Rg7+ Kc6 52.Rg8 Rg3+ 53.Kc2 Nd4+ 54.Kd1 Rg2 55.Be3 Nf5 56.Bf4 b5 57.g6 Ne7 58.Rf8 Nxg6 59.Rf6+ Kd5 60.Bd2 b4 61.Rb6 Kc4 62.Kc1 Ne5 63.Re6 Nd3+ 64.Kd1 Kd5 65.Re3 c4 66.Rh3 Rg1+ 67.Kc2 Rg2 68.Rh5+ Ne5 69.Kc1 c3 70.Bf4 Re2 71.Bxe5 Rxe5 72.Rh8 Kc4 0-1

                          Round 4, August 22
                          Perez Leiva, Jerzy – Hua, Eugene
                          White forfeit

                          Round 4, August 22
                          Ouellet, Maili-Jade – Obregon Garcia, Roxangel
                          D53 QGD, Orthodox Defence

                          1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 Nbd7 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Bd3 Ne4 9.Bf4 f5 10.Qc2 O-O 11.O-O Qe8 12.Ne5 g5 13.Nxd7 Bxd7 14.Be5 Bf6 15.f4 g4 16.Rab1 Rc8 17.Bxe4 fxe4 18.Qb3 Kh8 19.Qxb7 Rf7 20.Qxa7 h5 21.Qa6 Kg7 22.b4 h4 23.Qe2 Bf5 24.b5 cxb5 25.Nxb5 Bxe5 26.fxe5 g3 27.Nd6 gxh2+ 28.Kh1 Qe6 29.Rxf5 Rxf5 30.Qg4+ 1-0

                          Cuba – Canada 2-4

                          Other Round Four Results

                          Greece-Peru 3.5-2.5
                          Paraguay-Poland 2-4
                          Italy-Argentina 2-4
                          Brazil-USA 1-5

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                          • #43
                            FIDE Online Olympiad 2020

                            August 22, 2020


                            Top Division Pool D

                            Canada – Greece

                            Round 5, August 22
                            Avramidou, Anastasia – Ouellet, Maili-Jade
                            D45 QGD, Semi-Slav

                            1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 e6 3.c4 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 Be7 6.b3 O-O 7.Bd3 Nbd7 8.O-O b6 9.Bb2 Bb7 10.Rc1 Rc8 11.Qe2 Qc7 12.Rfe1 Rfd8 13.cxd5 exd5 14.e4 dxe4 15.Nxe4 Re8 16.Ne5 Bb4 17.Red1 Nxe4 18.Qxe4 Nf6 19.Qh4 Be7 20.d5 Ba3 21.d6 Bxb2 22.dxc7 Bxc1 23.Nc4 Rxc7 24.Rxc1 Rd7 25.Bf1 c5 26.Ne3 Rd4 27.Qg3 Be4 28.Rd1 h6 29.Qc7 g6 30.Rxd4 cxd4 31.Qd6 dxe3 32.Qxf6 exf2+ 33.Qxf2 Bd5 34.h3 Re5 35.Bc4 Bxc4 36.bxc4 Rc5 37.Qd4 Ra5 38.Qd2 Rc5 39.Qe2 Kg7 40.Kf2 h5 41.Kg3 Rf5 42.Qe7 Ra5 43.a3 Kg8 44.Kf3 Kg7 45.Ke3 Kg8 46.Kd4 Kg7 47.Qb4 Rg5 48.Qa4 a5 49.Qc6 Rg3 50.Qxb6 Rxa3 51.c5 Ra1 52.c6 a4 53.c7 Rc1 54.Qb7 Rd1+ 55.Ke3 1-0

                            Round 5, August 22
                            Burtasova, Anna – Tsolakidou, Stavroula
                            B22 Sicilian, Alapin

                            1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 e6 6.Na3 a6 7.Nc4 Nbd7 8.Ne3 Qc6 9.Bd3 b6 10.O-O Bb7 11.Ne5 Qc7 12.Nxd7 Nxd7 13.Re1 cxd4 14.cxd4 Bb4 15.Bd2 Bxd2 16.Qxd2 O-O 17.Rac1 Qf4 18.Qc2 Rac8 19.Qa4 Nf6 20.Qb4 Rxc1 21.Rxc1 Nd5 22.Qd2 g6 23.Bf1 Rd8 24.Rd1 Qe4 25.Nc4 b5 26.Ne5 f6 27.Nf3 Nf4 28.Qe3 Qf5 29.Re1 Bd5 30.b3 Rc8 31.Nh4 Qg4 32.g3 Nh3+ 33.Bxh3 Qxh3 34.Qd3 g5 35.Nf3 b4 36.Qxa6 Bxf3 37.Qxc8+ Kg7 38.Qb7+ Bxb7 0-1

                            Round 5, August 22
                            Hua, Eugene – Theodorou, Nikolas
                            A36 English, symmetrical, Modern Botvinnik System

                            1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Nge2 c5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d3 a6 9.h3 Rb8 10.a4 Bd7 11.Be3 Ne8 12.d4 b6 13.Kh2 Nc7 14.Rb1 Na5 15.b3 e5 16.dxe5 dxe5 17.Nd5 Nxd5 18.cxd5 c4 19.b4 Nb3 20.Nc3 f5 21.exf5 gxf5 22.f4 exf4 23.Rxf4 Rc8 24.Qc2 Qe7 25.Bd2 Qxb4 26.Ne4 Qxa4 27.Nd6 Nxd2 28.Qxd2 Rc5 29.Rb4 c3 30.Qe1 Qa3 31.Qe7 c2 32.Qxd7 c1=Q 33.Qe6+ Kh8 34.Rxb6 Qae3 35.Nf7+ Rxf7 36.Rb8+ Bf8 0-1

                            Round 5, August 22
                            Markantonaki, Haritomeni – Zhou, Qiyu
                            C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Bogolyubov variation

                            1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 9.d4 Bg4 10.d5 Na5 11.Bc2 c6 12.h3 Bc8 13.dxc6 Nxc6 14.Nbd2 g6 15.Nf1 Re8 16.Ng3 Bf8 17.a4 Rb8 18.axb5 axb5 19.Bb3 h6 20.Be3 Be6 21.Ra6 Qc8 22.Ra2 Kh7 23.Bxe6 Qxe6 24.Qa1 Qc8 25.Rd1 Ra8 26.Ne1 Qb7 27.Rxa8 Rxa8 28.Qc1 Na5 29.f3 Nb3 30.Qc2 Nc5 31.Nd3 Nxd3 32.Qxd3 b4 33.c4 b3 34.Ne2 Nd7 35.Nc3 Qb4 36.Nd5 Qa4 37.Rc1 Qa2 38.Qc3 Rc8 39.Kh2 Nc5 40.Bxc5 Rxc5 41.Rd1 Qa6 42.Ne3 Qa4 43.Rd3 h5 44.Rd5 Bh6 45.Rxc5 dxc5 46.Nd5 Bg7 47.h4 Qa2 48.Nb6 f6 49.Nd5 Bh8 50.Qd2 Bg7 51.Qc3 Bh8 52.Nc7 Bg7 53.Ne6 Bh6 54.Nxc5 Bf4+ 55.g3 Bh6 56.Qxb3 Qb1 57.Qc3 Qf1 58.Qc2 Be3 59.Nd3 Bg1+ 60.Kh1 Bf2+ 61.Kh2 Qg1+ 62.Kh3 Qxg3# 0-1

                            Final Position

                            

                            Round 5, August 22
                            Noritsyn, Nikolay – Banikas, Hristos
                            A01 Nimzowitsch-Larsen Attack, Indian variation

                            1.b3 Nf6 2.Bb2 d6 3.d4 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.e3 O-O 6.c4 e5 7.dxe5 Nfd7 8.Nc3 dxe5 9.Be2 e4 10.Nd2 Nc5 11.O-O Nc6 12.Rb1 Re8 13.b4 Nxb4 14.Ncxe4 Nxe4 15.Nxe4 Bf5 16.Bxg7 Kxg7 17.Rxb4 Bxe4 18.c5 Qxd1 19.Rxd1 Bc6 20.Bf3 Rad8 1/2-1/2

                            Round 5, August 22
                            Pavlidis, Antonios – Panjwani, Raja
                            B06 Robatsch Defence

                            1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6 4.Bc4 d6 5.Qf3 e6 6.Nge2 b5 7.Bd3 b4 8.Nd1 Nf6 9.O-O e5 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.a3 bxa3 12.b3 O-O 13.Bxa3 Re8 14.Ne3 Bf8 15.Bxf8 Rxf8 16.Rfd1 Qe7 17.Nc4 Nbd7 18.Qg3 Nh5 19.Qe3 Nc5 20.Ra5 Nxd3 21.Rxd3 f6 22.Qc5 Qg7 23.Qxc6 Bb7 24.Qe6+ Kh8 25.f3 Qh6 26.Qe7 Bc6 27.Rxa7 Rxa7 28.Qxa7 Ra8 29.Qc7 Ra1+ 30.Kf2 Ng7 31.Qxc6 Qh4+ 32.Ng3 h5 33.Rd8+ Kh7 34.Qc8 Kh6 35.Qh3 Qf4 36.Ne2 1-0

                            Round Five Results

                            USA-Cuba 4.5-1.5
                            Argentina-Brazil 1.5-4.5
                            Poland-Italy 2.5-3.5
                            Peru-Paraguay 4-2
                            Canada-Greece 1.5-4.5


                            They are still talking about this ending from Italy-Argentina in Round 4

                            Moroni, Luca (Italy) – Coro, Lucas (Argentina)

                            Position after Black’s 104…Kf7

                            

                            105.Rc6?? Rg5# 0-1

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                            • #44
                              FIDE Online Olympiad 2020

                              August 22, 2020


                              Top Division Pool D (continued)

                              Canada - Paraguay

                              Round 6, August 22
                              Benitez Galeano, Alejandro – Talukdar, Rohan
                              A05 Reti, King’s Indian Attack

                              1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.O-O d5 5.b3 c5 6.d4 cxd4 7.Bb2 O-O 8.Nbd2 Re8 9.Nxd4 e5 10.N4f3 Nc6 11.e3 Bf5 12.a3 Qd7 13.Rc1 Rad8 14.Qe2 Bg4 15.Qe1 a5 16.c4 e4 17.Nd4 Ne5 18.Rc2 Nd3 19.Qa1 Bh3 20.Bc3 a4 21.bxa4 Bxg2 22.Kxg2 Qxa4 23.Rb1 dxc4 24.Qa2 Rc8 25.Rxb7 Ne1+ 26.Kf1 Nxc2 27.Nxc2 Nd5 28.Bxg7 Kxg7 29.Nd4 Qa6 30.Rb5 Nc7 0-1

                              Final Position

                              

                              Round 6, August 22
                              Delgado Ramirez, Neuris – Noritsyn, Nikolay
                              C70 Ruy Lopez, Cozio Defence deferred

                              1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nge7 5.Nc3 Ng6 6.d3 Be7 7.Bb3 d6 8.Nd5 Na5 9.Bd2 Nxb3 10.axb3 f5 11.Qe2 Be6 12.h4 Bxd5 13.exd5 Bf6 14.Ng5 Qd7 15.Ne6 c6 16.h5 Ne7 17.h6 g6 18.Ng7+ Kf7 19.dxc6 Qxc6 20.O-O Qxc2 21.f4 Rac8 22.g4 e4 23.gxf5 Bd4+ 24.Kh1 Qxd3 25.Qg4 Qxd2 26.f6 Nf5 27.Nxf5 gxf5 28.Qg7+ Ke6 29.Qe7+ Kd5 30.Qxb7+ Rc6 31.Rxa6 Rc8 32.Qf7+ Kc5 33.Qc4# 1-0

                              Round 6, August 22
                              Demchenko, Svitlana – Montiel Caceres, Helen
                              E90 King’s Indian

                              1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d6 5.e4 O-O 6.h3 e5 7.d5 a5 8.Be3 Na6 9.g4 Nc5 10.Nd2 Bd7 11.Be2 Ne8 12.Nf1 f5 13.gxf5 gxf5 14.exf5 a4 15.Ng3 e4 16.Qc2 Be5 17.Ncxe4 Nxe4 18.Nxe4 Bxf5 19.Bd3 a3 20.Rg1+ Kh8 21.Ng5 Ng7 22.Bxf5 Nxf5 23.Ne6 Nxe3 24.Qe4 Qf6 25.Qxe3 axb2 26.Rb1 Rg8 27.Rxg8+ Rxg8 28.Ke2 Rg2 29.Qf3 Qxf3+ 30.Kxf3 Rh2 31.Nf4 Bxf4 32.Kxf4 Rxf2+ 33.Ke3 Rh2 34.Kd4 Kg7 35.Kc3 Rxh3+ 36.Kxb2 h5 37.Kc2 Rh2+ 38.Kd3 b6 39.a4 h4 40.c5 dxc5 41.Kc4 Rd2 42.Rh1 Rd4+ 43.Kb5 Kf6 44.a5 bxa5 45.Kxc5 Rb4 46.Kc6 Ke5 47.Re1+ Kf4 48.Kxc7 Rc4+ 49.Kb6 a4 50.d6 Rd4 51.Kc7 Rc4+ 52.Kb6 Rd4 53.Kc7 Rc4+ 54.Kb6 1/2-1/2

                              Round 6, August 22
                              Golubeva, Oksana – Vargas, Gabriela
                              A11 English, Caro-Kann Defensive System

                              1.Nf3 d5 2.e3 c6 3.c4 e6 4.b3 f5 5.Bb2 Nf6 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O Qe7 9.Be5 Bxe5 10.Nxe5 Nbd7 11.d4 Nxe5 12.dxe5 Ng4 13.Qc3 Qh4 14.h3 Nh6 15.Nd2 f4 16.e4 Bd7 17.Bf3 dxe4 18.Nxe4 Be8 19.Rad1 Bh5 20.Rd7 Bxf3 21.Qxf3 Nf5 22.Rfd1 Qh6 23.Rxb7 Nh4 24.Qg4 Rad8 25.Rxd8 Rxd8 26.Ng5 f3 27.Nxe6 Rd1+ 28.Kh2 g6 29.Ng5 fxg2 30.Qe6+ 1-0

                              Round 6, August 22
                              Perez Rodriguez, Jennifer – Burtasova, Anna
                              B22 Sicilian, Alapin

                              1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Nbd2 Nc6 7.Bc4 Bxf3 8.Qb3 Na5 9.Qa4+ Qd7 10.Qxa5 Bxg2 11.Rg1 b6 12.Qa3 Bd5 13.dxc5 e6 14.Bxd5 Nxd5 15.Ne4 bxc5 16.Nxc5 Qc6 17.Qa4 Rc8 18.Qxc6+ Rxc6 19.Nd3 g6 20.Bd2 Bg7 21.Rg4 O-O 22.Ra4 Rc7 23.Nb4 Nb6 24.Ra6 Nc4 25.O-O-O Nxd2 26.Kxd2 Be5 27.h3 Rd8+ 28.Kc2 Rxd1 29.Kxd1 Rd7+ 30.Kc2 Bf4 31.Nd3 Bb8 32.Rc6 Kg7 33.b4 h5 34.a4 g5 35.a5 g4 36.hxg4 h4 37.Ne1 h3 38.Nf3 h2 39.Nxh2 Bxh2 40.b5 Bg1 41.c4 Bxf2 42.c5 Rb7 43.b6 axb6 44.cxb6 Kf6 45.Kb3 Rb8 46.Kc4 Kg5 47.Kb5 Kxg4 48.a6 Bxb6 49.Rxb6 Ra8 50.Rb7 f5 51.Re7 f4 52.Rxe6 f3 53.Rf6 Kg3 54.Rg6+ Kh2 55.Rf6 Kg2 56.Kb6 f2 57.Kb7 Rxa6 58.Rxf2+ Kxf2 59.Kxa6 1/2-1/2

                              Round 6, August 22
                              Plotkin, Mark – Vazquez, Guillermo
                              B11 Caro-Kann, Two Knights

                              1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 Bg4 4.h3 Bxf3 5.Qxf3 e6 6.d4 Nf6 7.exd5 cxd5 8.Bd3 Nc6 9.Ne2 g6 10.c3 Bg7 11.Bf4 O-O 12.h4 Re8 13.O-O-O e5 14.Bxe5 Nxe5 15.dxe5 Rxe5 16.Nd4 Qe7 17.g4 Ne4 18.Kb1 Rc8 19.Bc2 Nd6 20.h5 b5 21.hxg6 hxg6 22.Qg2 b4 23.f4 Re3 24.Qxd5 bxc3 25.f5 cxb2 26.Nc6 Qe8 27.Ba4 Ne4 28.Kc2 Nc3 29.Qd8 b1=Q+ 0-1

                              Results of Round Six

                              Cuba-Greece 2.5-3.5
                              Paraguay-Canada 3-3
                              Italy-Peru 2.5-3.5
                              Brazil-Poland 3-3
                              USA-Argentina 5-1

                              Pool D Standings after Round Six

                              1 USA 28.5
                              2 Greece 19
                              3 Peru 22.5
                              4 Poland 20.5
                              5 Italy 18.5
                              6 Canada 15.5
                              7 Brazil 15.0
                              8 Argentina 14.5
                              9 Paraguay 13.5
                              10 Cuba 12.5

                              Tomorrow’s Pairings

                              Round 7

                              Argentina-Cuba
                              Poland-USA
                              Peru-Brazil
                              Canada-Italy
                              Greece-Paragua7

                              Round 8

                              Cuba-Paraguay
                              Italy-Greece
                              Brazil-Canada
                              USA-Peru
                              Argentina-Poland

                              Round 9

                              Poland-Cuba
                              Peru-Argentina
                              Canada-USA
                              Greece-Brazil
                              Paraguay-Italy

                              Composition of the USA Team

                              So, Wesley
                              Shankland, Sam
                              Yip, Carissa
                              Zatonskih, Anna
                              Xiong, Jeffery
                              Wang, Annie
                              Abrahamyan, Tatev

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                                FIDE Online Olympiad 2020

                                August 23, 2020


                                Top Division Pool D

                                Canada – Italy

                                Round 7, August 23
                                Panjwani, Raja – Valsecchi, Alessio
                                A13 English Opening, Agincourt variation

                                1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.d4 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Nbd2 c5 6.b3 Nc6 7.Bb2 cxd4 8.exd4 g6 9.Bd3 Bg7 10.O-O O-O 11.Qe2 b6 12.Rac1 Bb7 13.Rfd1 Re8 14.Nf1 Qb8 15.Ng3 Bh6 16.Rc3 Bf4 17.Bb1 e5 18.dxe5 Nxe5 19.Nxe5 Bxe5 20.Re3 Bxb2 21.Rxe8+ Qxe8 22.Qxb2 Qe6 23.cxd5 Bxd5 24.Qd4 Re8 25.h4 h5 26.Qf4 b5 27.f3 a5 28.Qg5 a4 29.bxa4 bxa4 30.Kh2 Qe5 31.Bc2 a3 32.Ba4 Re7 33.Rd2 Bc4 34.Rc2 Ba6 35.Qxe5 Rxe5 36.Rc6 Ra5 37.Bb3 Nd7 38.Rxg6+ Kf8 39.Rc6 Nc5 40.Bd5 Nd3 41.Be4 Nb4 42.Rc7 Nxa2 43.Nf5 Nb4 44.Ra7 Rxf5 45.Ra8+ Kg7 46.Bb1 Ra5 47.g3 a2 48.Bxa2 Rxa2+ 0-1

                                Round 7, August 23
                                Lodici, Lorenzo – Plotkin, Mark
                                B07 Pirc-Robatsch

                                1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.Be3 a6 5.g4 Nf6 6.h3 c5 7.Nge2 cxd4 8.Nxd4 b5 9.Bg2 Bb7 10.O-O e5 11.Nde2 b4 12.g5 bxc3 13.gxf6 Bxf6 14.Nxc3 O-O 15.Qd2 Nc6 16.Nd5 Bg7 17.c3 Ne7 18.Nb6 Rb8 19.Rfd1 Nc8 20.Nc4 Qh4 21.f3 f5 22.Bf2 Qh5 23.Ne3 fxe4 24.fxe4 Bh6 25.Qc2 Rf7 26.Ng4 Bf4 27.Qe2 Qg5 28.h4 Qe7 29.Rd3 Bc6 30.c4 h5 31.Nh2 Nb6 32.b3 Qc7 33.Rad1 Rbf8 34.Nf1 Nc8 35.Bh3 Qb7 36.Bg2 Rf6 37.Ne3 Bxe4 38.Nd5 Bxg2 39.Kxg2 Ne7 40.Qe4 Nxd5 41.Rxd5 Qd7 42.Qe2 e4 43.Bd4 R6f7 44.Rg1 Qe6 45.Kf1 Be3+ 46.Ke1 Bxg1 47.Bxg1 Rf1+ 48.Qxf1 Rxf1+ 49.Kxf1 Qh3+ 50.Ke1 Qh1 51.Rg5 Qxh4+ 0-1

                                Round 7, August 23
                                Burtasova, Anna – Brunello, Marina
                                B22 Sicilian, Alapin’s variation

                                1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.Bc4 e6 5.Nf3 d6 6.d4 cxd4 7.cxd4 Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.Qe2 b6 10.Nc3 Bb7 11.Nxd5 exd5 12.Bd3 dxe5 13.Nxe5 Bf6 14.f4 Nc6 15.Nxc6 Bxc6 16.Bxh7+ Kxh7 17.Qc2+ g6 18.Qxc6 Bxd4+ 19.Kh1 Kg7 20.f5 Rc8 21.Qa4 Rc4 22.Qxa7 Rh8 23.Bf4 g5 24.Bg3 Rc2 25.Rae1 Bf6 26.b4 d4 27.Re6 Qd5 28.Rg1 Ra8 29.Qxb6 fxe6 30.fxe6 Raxa2 31.e7 Bxe7 32.Qb8 Bf6 33.Bd6 Ra8 34.Bf8+ Kg6 35.Qg3 Rxf8 36.Qd3+ Qf5 0-1

                                An entertaining game to follow

                                Round 7, August 23
                                Sedina, Elena – Zhou, Qiyu
                                C50 Giuoco Piano

                                1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nc6 3.Nf3 Bc5 4.O-O Nf6 5.d3 a6 6.Re1 O-O 7.c3 Ba7 8.h3 h6 9.Nbd2 d6 10.Bb3 Be6 11.Nf1 Re8 12.Be3 d5 13.Bxa7 Rxa7 14.Ng3 Ra8 15.Qc2 Qd7 16.Rad1 Rad8 17.Nh4 g6 18.Qc1 Kh7 19.Nf3 Qc8 20.Nh2 d4 21.f4 Bxb3 22.axb3 Qe6 23.b4 Qd6 24.Rf1 Rd7 25.fxe5 Nxe5 26.Qf4 Kg7 27.Nf3 Nc6 28.Qxd6 Rxd6 29.Rd2 Nd7 30.Ne2 dxc3 31.bxc3 Nde5 32.Nxe5 Rxe5 33.Rfd1 f5 34.exf5 Rxf5 35.Ng3 Rf4 36.Ne4 Rd5 37.Nc5 Nd8 38.Re2 Kf7 39.Rde1 Nc6 40.d4 b6 41.Nxa6 Rd7 42.b5 Nd8 43.Nb8 Rd5 44.Re7+ Kf6 45.Nd7+ Kg5 46.R1e5+ Rxe5 47.Rxe5+ Rf5 48.Kh2 Rxe5 49.Nxe5 Kf4 50.Nxg6+ Ke3 51.Ne5 Ne6 52.g4 Nf4 53.h4 Ne2 54.g5 hxg5 55.hxg5 Nxc3 56.g6 Nd5 57.Kg3 Kxd4 58.Nc6+ Kc5 59.g7 Nf6 60.Kh4 Ng8 61.Kg5 Kxb5 62.Ne5 c5 63.Kg6 c4 64.Kf7 Nh6+ 65.Kg6 Ng8 66.Kf7 Nh6+ 67.Kg6 Ng8 1/2-1/2

                                Round 7, August 23
                                Talukdar, Rohan – Moroni, Luca
                                C70 Ruy Lopez, Cosio Defence deferred

                                1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nge7 5.c3 g6 6.d4 exd4 7.cxd4 Bg7 8.Nc3 O-O 9.O-O b5 10.Bb3 d6 11.h3 Bb7 12.Re1 Qd7 13.a4 Na5 14.Bc2 h6 15.b3 b4 16.Na2 c5 17.Bb2 Rad8 18.Rb1 Nac6 19.d5 Ne5 20.Bxe5 dxe5 21.Nc1 f5 22.Nd3 Qd6 23.Nd2 fxe4 24.Nxe4 Qxd5 25.Ndxc5 Bc8 26.Bd3 Qc6 27.a5 Nd5 28.Qd2 Nf4 29.Bc4+ Kh7 30.Qxb4 Bf5 31.Qb6 Qe8 32.Bxa6 Qe7 33.Bb7 Bxh3 34.Ng3 Rb8 35.gxh3 Nxh3+ 36.Kg2 Qh4 37.Nd3 Nf4+ 38.Nxf4 exf4 39.Nf1 Qg4+ 40.Kh1 f3 41.Ne3 Qh3+ 42.Kg1 Rf4 43.Qc7 Rf5 44.Qh2 Rg5+ 45.Kh1 Qxh2+ 46.Kxh2 Rxb7 47.b4 Rf7 48.Rg1 Be5+ 49.Kh3 Rh5+ 50.Kg4 Rg5+ 51.Kh3 Rh5+ 52.Kg4 Rf4+ 53.Kg3 g5 54.Ng4 Bb8 55.Rge1 Rh4 56.Ne5 Rf5 57.a6 Bxe5+ 58.Rxe5 Rxe5 59.a7 Re8 60.b5 Ra4 61.b6 Kg6 62.Kxf3 Rf8+ 63.Kg2 Ra2 64.b7 Rxa7 65.b8=Q Rxb8 66.Rxb8 Rf7 67.Kg3 Rf6 68.Rg8+ Kf5 69.Ra8 Rb6 70.Ra5+ Kg6 71.f3 h5 72.Ra4 Re6 73.Ra5 Kf6 74.Rb5 Re5 75.Rb8 Re7 76.Rb5 Re6 77.Ra5 Kg6 78.Rb5 Rf6 79.Ra5 h4+ 80.Kg2 Rf5 81.Ra6+ Rf6 82.Ra5 Re6 83.Ra8 Re2+ 84.Kh3 Rf2 85.Rf8 Kg7 86.Rf5 Kg6 87.Rf8 Ra2 88.Rg8+ Kf6 89.Rf8+ Kg7 90.Rf5 Kg6 91.Rf8 Ra1 92.Kg2 Ra6 93.Rg8+ Kf5 94.Rf8+ Ke5 95.Re8+ Re6 96.Ra8 Kf4 97.Rf8+ Ke5 98.Ra8 Kf5 99.Rf8+ Kg6 100.Rg8+ Kf6 101.Rf8+ Kg7 102.Rf5 Kg6 103.Rf8 Ra6 104.Kh3 Rf6 105.Rg8+ Kf5 106.Ra8 Kf4 107.Kg2 Rd6 108.Ra4+ Ke5 109.Kh3 Rd3 110.Kg2 Rd2+ 111.Kh3 Rf2 0-1

                                Position after Black’s 107…Rd6. What is the winning line for White?

                                


                                Round 7, August 23
                                Grimaldi, Angela Flavia – Ouellet, Maili-Jade
                                B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky Attack

                                1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.c3 Nf6 5.Qe2 a6 6.Ba4 b5 7.Bc2 Bb7 8.d4 e5 9.O-O g6 10.d5 Bg7 11.a4 O-O 12.Nbd2 Qb6 13.a5 Qc7 14.c4 b4 15.Re1 Rae8 16.Nf1 h6 17.h3 Bc8 18.g4 Nh7 19.Ng3 Ndf6 20.Be3 Kh8 21.Qd2 Ng8 22.Kg2 Bd7 23.Ba4 Rd8 24.Bxd7 Rxd7 25.h4 Qd8 26.Rh1 f6 27.b3 Rdf7 28.h5 g5 29.Nf5 Ne7 30.Nh2 Nxf5 31.gxf5 Rg8 32.Ng4 Nf8 33.Kf1 Nd7 34.Ke2 Bf8 35.f3 Rh7 36.Qa2 Be7 37.Qa4 Qc7 38.Kd3 Rc8 39.Qa2 Qd8 40.Qd2 Qe8 41.Rag1 Bd8 42.Ra1 Bc7 43.Qf2 Qd8 44.Qa2 Qe7 45.Qa4 Bd8 46.Rag1 Qf7 47.Rh2 Nf8 48.Bd2 Nd7 49.Ra1 Nf8 50.Rhh1 Nd7 51.Be3 Nf8 52.Qa2 Nd7 53.Qa4 Nf8 1/2-1/2
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                                From the top board of Poland vs USA. Haven’t seen too many games from Wesley So in the past six months.

                                Round 7, August 23
                                Duda, Jan-Krzysztof – So, Wesley
                                A13 English, Neo-Catalan

                                1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 d5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg2 Bd6 6.b3 O-O 7.Bb2 Re8 8.O-O c6 9.d3 Bg4 10.Nbd2 Nbd7 11.Re1 Bxf3 12.Nxf3 Bb4 13.Rf1 Bd6 14.Qc2 Qe7 15.Nd4 Ba3 16.Nf5 Qf8 17.Bxa3 Qxa3 18.e4 Qc5 19.Qb2 dxe4 20.dxe4 g6 21.Nh6+ Kf8 22.Rad1 Qh5 23.Rxd7 Nxd7 24.Qh8+ Ke7 25.Qg7 Rf8 26.f4 Rae8 27.e5 Qe2 28.Rf2 Qe1+ 29.Bf1 Kd8 30.Nxf7+ Kc7 31.Re2 Qd1 32.Nd6 Rxe5 33.Rxe5 Qxd6 34.Qxh7 Qd4+ 35.Kg2 Qd2+ 36.Be2 g5 37.fxg5 Kb6 38.Re7 Nc5 39.Qg7 Rf5 40.g6 Qd5+ 41.Kh3 Rf2 42.Qe5 Qg2+ 43.Kg4 Nd7 44.Rxd7 Rxe2 45.Qc7+ Kc5 46.Qa5+ b5 47.Qa3+ 1-0

                                Results of Round Seven

                                Argentina-Cuba 1.5-4.5
                                Poland-USA 3.5-2.5
                                Peru-Brazil 4-2
                                Canada-Italy 2-4
                                Greece-Paraguay 4-2

                                Canada Board Pairings in Round Eight

                                Brazil-Canada

                                Supi, Luis Paulo–Noritsyn, Nikolay
                                Panjwani, Raha-Fier, Alexandr
                                Terao, Juliana-Zhou, Qiyu
                                Golubeva, Oksana-Alboredo, Julia
                                Do Valle Cardoso Lucas – Hua, Eugene
                                Demchenko, Svilana-De Freitas, Isabella

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