FIDE Online Olympiad 2020

[Wayne Komer]

FIDE Online Olympiad 2020

August 23, 2020

Top Division Pool D (continued)

Brazil – Canada

Round 8, August 23
Demchenko, Svitlana – De Freitas, Isabella Ribeiro
B42 Sicilian, Kan

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Qc7 6.Qe2 d6 7.c4 Nf6 8.O-O Nbd7 9.Nc3 Be7 10.f4 O-O 11.Be3 b6 12.Rac1 Bb7 13.b4 Rac8 14.a3 Qb8 15.g4 Qa8 16.Bf2 g6 17.Bg3 e5 18.Nb3 exf4 19.Bxf4 Ne5 20.Bxe5 dxe5 21.Nd5 Nxd5 22.exd5 Rce8 23.Be4 Bg5 24.Rc3 Kh8 25.Qd1 Bf4 26.c5 f5 27.Bg2 fxg4 28.c6 Bc8 29.d6 Bf5 30.d7 Rd8 31.Rxf4 exf4 32.Qd4+ Kg8 33.Bd5+ Rf7 34.c7 Rxd7 35.c8=Q+ Rd8 36.Qxd8+ Qxd8 37.Bxf7+ Kxf7 38.Qxd8 1-0

Round 8, August 23
Do Valle Cardoso, Lucas – Hua, Eugene
B48 Sicilian, Taimanov variation

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 a6 7.Qd2 Nf6 8.f3 Bb4 9.O-O-O O-O 10.g4 b5 11.h4 Ne5 12.g5 Nh5 13.Rg1 Bb7 14.a3 Bxc3 15.Qxc3 Qxc3 16.bxc3 Rac8 17.Kb2 d5 18.f4 Nc4+ 19.Bxc4 Rxc4 20.e5 Rfc8 21.Bd2 g6 22.Nb3 Ba8 23.Rdf1 Ng7 24.Rf3 Nf5 25.Rd3 Nxh4 26.Nd4 Nf5 27.Nxf5 exf5 28.Re1 a5 29.Rd4 Bc6 30.e6 Re8 31.e7 f6 32.gxf6 Kf7 33.Rxc4 dxc4 34.Re5 Kxf6 35.Be1 h6 36.Rc5 Bd7 37.a4 bxa4 38.Rxc4 Rxe7 39.Bf2 g5 40.Bb6 Be6 41.Rc6 Rb7 42.Ka3 g4 43.Bf2 h5 44.c4 Rb4 45.c5 Rxf4 46.Bh4+ Kf7 47.Rc7+ Kg6 48.Re7 Re4 49.c6 Bc8 50.Rc7 Re8 51.Bg3 Re3+ 52.Kxa4 Rxg3 53.Rxc8 Rc3 54.c7 Kg7 55.Kxa5 Rxc2 56.Kb6 h4 57.Rd8 Rxc7 58.Kxc7 h3 59.Kd6 h2 0-1

Final Position



Black wins in 15 moves

Round 8, August 23
Golubeva, Oksana – Alboredo, Julia
A05 Reti, King’s Indian Attack

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.b3 Bg7 4.Bb2 O-O 5.Bg2 d5 6.c4 dxc4 7.bxc4 c5 8.Nc3 Nc6 9.O-O Bd7 10.Rb1 Bf5 11.d3 Qd7 12.Nd5 Rab8 13.Qd2 Bh3 14.Nxf6+ exf6 15.Qf4 Bxg2 16.Kxg2 f5 17.Bxg7 Kxg7 18.Qe5+ Nxe5 19.Nxe5 Qe6 20.Nf3 Qxe2 21.Rb3 Qxa2 22.Rfb1 Qa6 23.Rb5 Qc6 24.R5b3 g5 25.d4 g4 26.d5 gxf3+ 27.Rxf3 Qd7 28.h3 b5 29.g4 fxg4 30.hxg4 bxc4 31.Rh1 Qxd5 32.Kg3 Rb3 0-1

Round 8, August 23
Panjwani, Raja – Fier, Alexandr
A05 Reti, King’s Indian Attack

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.b3 d6 4.d4 Bg7 5.Bb2 c5 6.c4 Ne4 7.Bg2 Qa5+ 8.Nbd2 Nc6 9.e3 O-O 10.O-O Nxd2 11.Qxd2 Qxd2 12.Nxd2 cxd4 13.Bxc6 dxe3 14.Bxg7 Kxg7 15.Bf3 exd2 16.Rfd1 Rb8 17.Rxd2 Be6 18.a4 a5 19.Re1 Kf6 20.Rd4 g5 21.h4 h6 22.Kg2 Rfc8 23.Rh1 Rc5 24.hxg5+ hxg5 25.g4 Re5 26.Kg3 Kg7 27.Be4 b6 28.Rh7+ Kg8 29.Rh6 Bc8 30.f4 gxf4+ 31.Kxf4 Bb7 32.Bf5 Re2 33.Rd3 Bg2 34.g5 Rf2+ 35.Kg4 e6 36.Bh7+ Kf8 37.Kg3 Re2 38.Rh2 Bf1 39.Rxe2 Bxe2 40.Rxd6 Ke7 41.Rd2 Bh5 42.Kh4 Bf3 43.Kg3 Bc6 44.Kf4 Rh8 45.Rh2 Kd6 46.Rh6 Be8 47.Be4 Rg8 48.Bh7 Rg7 49.Rh5 Bd7 50.Ke4 Bc6+ 51.Kf4 Be8 52.Ke4 f5+ 53.gxf6 Rg4+ 54.Kf3 Bxh5 0-1

Position after Black’s 51…Be8. What move should White now play?



Round 8, August 23
Supi, Luis Paulo – Noritsyn, Nikolay
B90 Sicilian, Najdorf, Adams Attack

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.h3 e6 7.g4 b5 8.Bg2 Bb7 9.O-O Nfd7 10.a4 bxa4 11.Rxa4 Be7 12.Rb4 Nc5 13.Nf5 exf5 14.Rxb7 Nxb7 15.exf5 Ra7 16.Qd4 Nc5 17.Qxg7 Bf6 18.Qh6 Bxc3 19.bxc3 Re7 20.Rd1 Nbd7 21.Bf4 Ne4 22.Kh2 Qb6 23.Rd4 d5 24.Rxd5 Qxh6 25.Bxh6 f6 26.Rd4 Nxc3 27.Rc4 Kf7 28.Rxc3 Nb6 29.Rc6 Rb8 30.Bf4 Rbb7 31.Rd6 a5 32.Be3 Nc8 33.Rd8 Nb6 34.Rd6 Nc8 35.Bd5+ Ke8 36.Rd8+ Kxd8 0-1

Round 8, August 23
Terao, Juliana Sayumi – Zhou, Qiyu
C77 Ruy Lopez, Anderssen variation

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d3 b5 6.Bb3 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.c3 d6 9.Nbd2 h6 10.Re1 Be6 11.Bc2 Re8 12.Nf1 Bf8 13.Bd2 d5 14.a4 Rb8 15.axb5 axb5 16.exd5 Bxd5 17.Ng3 Qd7 18.h3 Bd6 19.Ne4 Nxe4 20.dxe4 Be6 21.b3 Ra8 22.Qe2 Ne7 23.Be3 Qc6 24.Bd2 b4 25.c4 Qb6 26.Be3 c5 27.Red1 Rxa1 28.Rxa1 Nc6 29.Ne1 Nd4 30.Bxd4 cxd4 31.Nd3 Bd7 32.Qd2 Bc6 33.f3 Ra8 34.Rxa8+ Bxa8 35.Bd1 Qa5 36.Bc2 Bc6 37.Qe1 f6 38.Kf1 g6 39.Qb1 Qa3 1/2-1/2

Results of Round Eight

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

[Wayne Komer]

FIDE Online Olympiad 2020

August 23, 2020

Top Division Pool D (continued)

Canada – USA

Round 9, August 23
Abrahamyan, Tatev – Zhou, Qiyu
C50 Giuoco Piano

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.O-O Nf6 5.d3 a6 6.c3 Ba7 7.Re1 O-O 8.h3 h6 9.Nbd2 d6 10.Bb3 Be6 11.Bc2 Ne7 12.Nf1 Ng6 13.Ng3 Qd7 14.d4 c6 15.Be3 Bb8 16.Qd2 Bc7 17.Rad1 Rad8 18.Bxh6 gxh6 19.Qxh6 Qe7 20.Nf5 Bxf5 21.exf5 Nf4 22.Qxf4 exf4 23.Rxe7 Rd7 24.Rde1 Rfd8 25.Ng5 Rxe7 26.Rxe7 Rd7 27.Rxd7 Nxd7 28.Kf1 Kg7 29.Ke2 d5 30.Kf3 Nb6 31.Bb3 Kf6 32.h4 Kxf5 33.Bc2+ Kf6 34.b3 Nd7 35.Nh3 Ba5 36.b4 Bc7 37.Nxf4 Nf8 38.g4 Ng6 39.g5+ Kg7 40.Bxg6 Bxf4 41.Kxf4 Kxg6 42.Kg4 1-0

Round 9, August 23
Burtasova, Anna – Zatonskih, Anna
C02 French, Advance, Euwe variation

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bd7 6.a3 c4 7.Nbd2 Na5 8.Rb1 Bc6 9.b4 cxb3 10.Nxb3 Ne7 11.Bd3 Nxb3 12.Qxb3 Nc8 13.O-O Nb6 14.Qc2 h6 15.Qe2 Be7 16.Nd2 Qd7 17.f4 g6 18.Nb3 Nc4 19.Nc5 Bxc5 20.dxc5 Qc7 21.Rf2 O-O-O 22.Be3 Nxe3 23.Qxe3 Qa5 24.Qd4 Rd7 25.Qb4 Qa4 26.Rfb2 Rc7 27.Qd4 Rd8 28.Rb3 Qa5 29.h3 Rdd7 30.Kh2 Qa4 31.Bb5 Bxb5 32.Rxb5 Qa6 33.Qb4 Kb8 34.a4 Qc6 35.a5 a6 36.Rb6 Qxc5 37.Qxc5 Rxc5 38.Rxa6 Rxc3 39.Rab6 Rcc7 40.a6 Ka7 41.axb7 Rxb7 42.Rxb7+ Rxb7 43.Rc1 Kb6 44.Rc8 h5 45.g4 hxg4 46.hxg4 Rc7 47.Rf8 Kc5 48.Kg3 Kd4 49.Kh4 Ke3 50.Kg5 d4 51.Rd8 d3 52.f5 gxf5 53.gxf5 exf5 54.Kxf5 d2 55.Kf6 Ke2 0-1

Round 9, August 23
Hua, Eugene – Xiong, Jeffery
A20 English, Kingside Fianchetto

1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Nc6 7.d3 Bc5 8.Nf3 O-O 9.O-O Rb8 10.a4 Bf5 11.Ba3 Bxa3 12.Rxa3 Qe7 13.Rb3 b6 14.Nd2 Na5 15.Rb1 Bd7 16.Qc2 c5 17.Rfd1 Rbc8 18.Nc4 Nxc4 19.dxc4 Bc6 20.Bd5 e4 21.Ra1 h5 22.Bxc6 Rxc6 23.Rd5 h4 24.Rad1 Rh6 25.Qd2 Re8 26.Rd8 hxg3 27.hxg3 Kh7 28.Rxe8 Qxe8 29.Qd7 Qe6 30.Qxe6 Rxe6 31.e3 Kg6 32.Rd7 a5 33.Kg2 f5 34.Kh3 Rf6 35.Kg2 Re6 36.Kh3 Rf6 37.Kg2 Re6 1/2-1/2

Round 9, August 23
Noritsyn, Nikolay – So, Wesley
A01 Nimzowitsch-Larsen Attack, Modern variation

1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.e3 d5 4.Bb5 Bd6 5.Nf3 f6 6.c4 a6 7.Bxc6+ bxc6 8.d4 e4 9.Ng1 a5 10.Nc3 Bb4 11.Ne2 Ne7 12.O-O O-O 13.Na4 Ng6 14.c5 Nh4 15.Ng3 f5 16.a3 f4 17.exf4 Bd2 18.Qxd2 Bh3 19.f3 Bxg2 20.fxe4 dxe4 21.Rf2 Nf3+ 22.Rxf3 Bxf3 23.Nc3 Rxf4 24.Re1 Qh4 25.d5 Rg4 26.Ne2 Qh3 27.Nf4 Rxf4 28.d6 cxd6 29.cxd6 Rf7 30.Be5 h5 0-1

Position after Black’s 23…Rxf4. What is White’s best move now?



Round 9, August 23
Robson, Ray – Plotkin, Mark
B06 Robatsch (Modern) Defence

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.f4 a6 5.Nf3 b5 6.e5 e6 7.Bd3 Bb7 8.O-O Ne7 9.Ne4 Nf5 10.c3 Nd7 11.Qe2 d5 12.Ng3 c5 13.dxc5 Nxc5 14.Bxb5+ Nd7 15.Bd3 Nc5 16.Bc2 Rc8 17.Nxf5 gxf5 18.Be3 Bf8 19.Rad1 Rg8 20.c4 Qc7 21.cxd5 Bxd5 22.Rxd5 exd5 23.Bxf5 Ne6 24.Ng5 Rxg5 25.fxg5 Qxe5 26.Qf2 Bd6 27.g3 Rc7 28.Re1 Re7 29.Bb6 Qg7 30.h4 h6 31.g6 Be5 32.gxf7+ Rxf7 33.Rxe5 Qxe5 34.Bg6 Qg7 35.Qf5 Ke7 36.Bxf7 Qxf7 37.Qxd5 Qg6 38.Bc5+ Kf7 39.Qf3+ Kg8 40.Bf2 Qb1+ 41.Kg2 Qxa2 42.Qg4+ Kf8 43.Qf5+ Kg7 44.Qe5+ Kf7 45.Qf5+ Kg7 46.Qe5+ Kf7 47.Be3 Qc4 48.Bxh6 Qc2+ 49.Kh3 Qd3 50.Qe3 Qf1+ 51.Kh2 Qf5 52.Bf4 Kg6 53.Qd2 Nxf4 54.Qxf4 Qc2+ 55.Kh3 Qxb2 56.Qg5+ Kf7 57.Qd5+ Ke7 58.Qc5+ Kf7 59.Qc4+ Kg7 60.Qxa6 Qf2 61.Qb7+ Kg6 62.Qe4+ Kg7 63.Kg4 Qd2 64.Qe7+ Kh8 65.Qf6+ Kh7 66.Qf5+ Kh8 67.Qh5+ 1-0

Round 9, August 23
Wang, Annie – Ouellet, Maili-Jade
E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical variation

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 d5 7.Bg5 c5 8.e3 cxd4 9.Qxd4 Nc6 10.Qc3 Ne4 11.Bxd8 Nxc3 12.Bh4 Ne4 13.cxd5 exd5 14.Nf3 Be6 15.Bd3 f6 16.Rc1 Rfd8 17.Ke2 Rac8 18.Bb1 Nd6 19.Nd2 Nf5 20.Bg3 d4 21.Bxf5 Bxf5 22.e4 Be6 23.Kd3 Rd7 24.f4 f5 25.e5 Bd5 26.Rhg1 Rdc7 27.Rce1 Kf7 28.Bf2 Rd8 29.g3 Na5 30.Rc1 Nc6 31.b4 Rdc8 32.Rc5 Be6 33.Rgc1 b6 34.R5c2 b5 35.Bxd4 Ke8 36.Bc5 Ne7 37.Bxe7 Rxc2 38.Rxc2 Rxc2 39.Kxc2 Kxe7 40.Kc3 Kd7 41.Nb3 Bc4 42.Na5 Be6 43.Kd4 Kc7 44.Kc5 a6 45.Nc6 g6 46.Nd4 Bc4 47.a4 Bd3 48.axb5 axb5 49.Nxb5+ Kb7 50.Nd4 Be4 51.Kd6 Kc8 52.e6 Kd8 53.e7+ Ke8 54.Ne6 1-0

Position after White’s 27.Rce1. What is Black’s best reply?



Results of Round Nine

Poland-Cuba 5.5-0.5
Peru-Argentina 3-3
Canada-USA 0.5-5.5
Greece-Brazil 4-2
Paraguay-Italy 0-6

Final Standings after Round Nine

1 USA 39.5
2 Greece 32.0
3 Poland 33.0
4 Peru 32.5
5 Italy 29.5
6 Canada 21.5
7 Brazil 21.5
8 Argentina 21.5
9 Cuba 20.5
10 Paraguay 18.5

Final Results

Pool A

1 India
2 China
3 Germany

Pool B

1 Azerbaijan
2 Hungary
3 Ukraine

Pool C

1 Russia
2 Bulgaria
3 Armenia

Pool D

1 USA
2 Greece
3 Poland

[Wayne Komer]

FIDE Online Olympiad 2020

August 24, 2020

From:

https://www.fide.com/news/710

Online Olympiad: Top Division Round-up

India overthrows China in Pool A

As it was expected, the top place in Group A of the Chess Olympiad would only be decided in the very last round, when China and India were scheduled to face each other.

India beat China by 4-2 in the direct encounter, and thanks to this result India is the first team to qualify directly for the quarter-finals. China advances to the play-off stage.

The four games on the top four boards ended in a draw, but India proved to be stronger on the under-20 boards, were Praggnanandhaa won against Yan Liu and Deshmukh Divya outplayed Jiner Zhu. Some of the youngest and more promising Grandmasters in the world are from India, and this enormous potential is already starting to show in international competitions.

The Indian players were especially spurred after the technical difficulties that some of them experienced yesterday when Vidit and Humpy lost their games due to a power failure. This incident deprived the Indian team of a certain victory in a crucial match against Mongolia that could have cost them dearly. But the Indians didn't lose heart and reacted in the best possible way, turning frustration into motivation. Before the decisive victory against China, India had also defeated another two strong opponents: Georgia (4-2) and Germany (4½-1½).

Germany claimed third place and advanced to the play-off stage, despite collapsing in the last two rounds losing to India and Uzbekistan. Considering that the team could not count on some of its strongest players, making it into the playoff stage in this event is no mean achievement.

Azerbaijan, Hungary, and Ukraine advance to the play-offs (Pool B)

The most hard-fought and balanced group of the top division was decided by tie-breaks, as the top half of the table ended very tightly packed with five teams within 1-point of the leader. Azerbaijan, with 14 points, took the first place thanks to a strong performance on the final day and impressive total 37 board points out of 54 games.

Hungary (14) and Ukraine (13) claimed second and third place respectively, and they advance to the playoff, while top-placed Azerbaijan is seeded directly into Quarter-finals.

Kazakhstan and Spain, also with 13 points, had a worse tie-break than Ukraine, so they are out of the Olympiad. Sadly, the event says goodbye to Alexei Shirov, who emerged as one of the stars of the competition scoring 13/15 and exhibiting his characteristic fire-on-board style.

With such a close finish, exciting was there until the very last minute. But actually, the key clashes happened in the first round of the day, when the top teams had to face each other: Azerbaijan defeated Spain (4-2), Ukraine won against the Netherlands (4½-1½) and Hungary prevailed over Kazakhstan (3½-2½). In the end, these three teams would be the ones to advance to the next stage.

Ukraine was the top-seeded team in this group, despite the absence of Eljanov and the Muzychuk sisters, but they struggled a little and a last-round defeat against Kazakhstan was not the best possible ending. Ivanchuk did not play for the team in any of the day 3 matches, and it is not known whether he will be part of the line-up for the play-offs.

Russia enters the quarter-finals (Pool C)

Rampant Russia took clear first place in Group C of the Chess Olympiad, five points ahead of second-placed Bulgaria, after winning all nine matches.

Team Russia played the most difficult match in Round 8 against the always-dangerous Armenia. In this decisive clash, all games ended in a draw except on board 5, where Alexey Sarana defeated Haik Martirosyan to tip the balance in favor of the Russians.

So far, no other team in all the pools has been as effective and ruthless as Russia. Out of 54 individual games played, they have nicked 43.5 board points, with 37 victories, 13 draws and losing only four games.

Bulgaria earned a surprising second place, despite being #7 in the initial rankings. The Bulgarians had a tough start suffering a severe defeat in Round 1 against Russia (4½-1½), but they bounced back right after their defeat, beating Armenia in Round 2 and did not look back after that. The team rounded up its solid performance by winning 5-1 against England in the last round.

Armenia qualified for the play-offs finishing in third place, narrowly edging Romania on tie-break: both teams had 12 match points, but the Armenian players accumulated 37.5 "board points" against 33 by the Romanians.

It is a bit surprising that one of the most successful nations in chess Olympiads found itself struggling to advance to the next stage. Armenia had finished Saturday's session in second place, and today the team featured its main star Levon Aronian in all three matches, so everything seemed to be on track for them. However, they started the day with a shocking defeat against England (2½:3½), and in the next round bit the dust against Russia, so the situation got a bit worrisome. A 5-1 victory against Egypt in the last round saved the day for the Armenians.

Romania played a good tournament, but they knew they had to face the "final boss" in the last round, and that's where the team cracked and lost 1½ -4½ despite having winning positions on three boards. As for Croatia, they ended up in 5th place - winning all their three matches today did not help the team after a disastrous second day.

USA progresses into quarterfinals, Greece and Poland advance to play-offs (Pool D)

One could say there are no big surprises in Pool D of the Online Chess Olympiad, as three of the top five teams according to the initial ranking took the top three spots: USA, Greece, and Poland. However, the way things unfolded was a bit unexpected.

The USA won its first six matches in succession, but the third day of play turned out to be much more difficult for them. First, the team lost to Poland in Round 8 then drew against Peru in Round 9. It was unthinkable that the USA could lose the first place, but all of a sudden Greece had caught them in the standings.

In the match with Poland, the leader of the American team Wesley So suffered his only defeat, against Jan-Krzysztof Duda. Then the veteran Monika Socko scored the second victory for her team downing the young prodigy Carissa Yip. Only Samuel Shankland managed to grab a full point for the US in this match.

Against Peru, Carissa suffered a second defeat in a row, while Jorge Cori took down Samuel Shankland. The USA only managed to get away with a 3-3 draw thanks to victories in the lower boards: Jeffery Xiong, on board 5, and Annie Wang, on board 6, saved the day for the Americans. After all these troubles, a clear victory in the last round against Canada (5½-½) was enough to secure the USA a ticket to quarterfinals.

Meantime, Greece was in full flow. The team had an easier schedule compared to the direct rivals, and its main task was to win all three matches, scoring as many board points as possible. Everything went according to the script: first they beat Paraguay (4-2), then Italy (5-1), and finally Brazil (4-2). Greece tied for first place with the USA but finished second due to inferior tiebreaks (game points). The Greeks made a very good impression and they could be the biggest revelation in the playoffs.

Poland also won all three matches on the last day in Top Division: apart from defeating the USA, they also won against Argentina (2½-3½), and then clobbered Cuba (5½-½). For some reason, Deysi Cori, who had scored 6 out of 7 for her team, didn't play in the last two rounds for team Peru. As a result, Peru did not manage to win the match against Argentina missing a very likely victory and a qualification spot.

[Wayne Komer]

FIDE Online Olympiad 2020

August 25, 2020

FIDE Online #ChessOlympiad Play-off starts on Aug 27.

Pairings for preliminary round:

China - Ukraine (winner plays USA)
Hungary - Germany (winner plays Russia)
Bulgaria - Poland (winner plays Azerbaijan)
Greece - Armenia (winner plays India)

Quarterfinals to be played on Aug 28

Semi-finals to be played on Aug 29

Final is on Aug 30

https://olymp.fide.com

[Wayne Komer]

FIDE Online Olympiad 2020

August 26, 2020

From Peter Doggers at chess.com

https://www.chess.com/news/view/fide...division-day-3

The games of the FIDE Online Olympiad can be found here as part of our live events platform. The playoffs will be played August 27-30, with expert commentary on Chess.com/TV starting from 1 a.m. Pacific / 4 a.m. Toronto/Montreal time.

Schedule Thursday, August 27:

Hungary-Germany (winner plays Russia on Friday)

Round 1 08:00 UTC = 4 a.m. Toronto/Montreal time
Round 2 09:15 UTC = 5:15 a.m. Toronto/Montreal time

China-Ukraine (winner plays U.S. on Friday)

Round 1, 11:00 UTC = 7 a.m. Toronto/Montreal time
Round 2 12:15 UTC = 8:15 a.m. Toronto/Montreal time

Greece-Armenia (winner plays India on Friday)

Round 1, 14:00 UTC = 10 a.m. Toronto/Montreal time
Round 2 15:15 UTC = 11:15 a.m. Toronto/Montreal time

Bulgaria-Poland (winner plays Azerbaijan on Friday)

Round 1 17:00 UTC = 1 p.m. Toronto/Montreal time
Round 2 18:15 UTC = 2:15 p.m. Toronto/Montreal time

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Comment: This reminds me of watching football on New Year’s Day! Will there be anyone who gets up at 4 in the morning and watches through for 12 hours?

[Egidijus Zeromskis]

Demchenko, Svitlana

The last time I looked at chess-results it listed her twice for whatever reasons (maybe with FIDE and without FIDE #). Her results is solid +.

[Victor Plotkin]

The last time I looked at chess-results it listed her twice for whatever reasons (maybe with FIDE and without FIDE #). Her results is solid +.

Since we had only 3 players (A.Burtasova, Q.Zhou, O.Golubeva) on woman boards, FIDE allowed us to place the reserve player for girl section (S.Demchenko) to serve as a reserve player for women section as well.

I used this rule to get more flexibility for women/girl boards. Svetlana played 3 games on girl board (number 6) and 2 games on woman board (number 4). I initially wanted our "starting" girl player (M.-J.Ouellet) to play many games, so this option allowed me to give Svetlana more games.

[Wayne Komer]

FIDE Online Olympiad 2020

August 27, 2020

Playoffs

From the Official Site:

https://www.fide.com/news/715

Ukraine upsets China

Match 1

China 3 : 3 Ukraine
Ding Liren 1 : 0 Ivanchuk
Wei Yi ½ : ½ Korobov
Hou Yifan 1 : 0 Gaponenko
Ju Wenjun ½ : ½ Zhukova
Liu Yan 0 : 1 Shevchenko
Ning Kaiyu 0 : 1 Berdnyk

Match 2

Ukraine 3 : 3 China
Ivanchuk ½ : ½ Ding Liren
Korobov ½ : ½ Yu Yangyi
Osmak 1 : 0 Tan Zhongyi
Gaponenko ½ : ½ Lei Tingjie
Shevchenko ½ : ½ Liu Yan
Berdnyk 0 : 1 Zhu Jiner

Tie-break
(Armageddon)

Shevchenko (UKR)- Liu Yan (CHN) 1 : 0

Hungary beats Germany to face Russia in the Quarterfinals

Hungary knocks out Germany and will play Russia in Quarter Finals. The Hungarian team defeated Germany in a double-round match, in what was probably the narrowest win ever in the history of the Chess Olympiads. In the decisive game between Dennis Wagner (GER) and Tamas Banusz (HUN), the German Grandmaster lost on time, while his opponent, forced to win, had only 0,3 seconds left on the clock himself.

This do-or-die situation was caused by the result of the regular games. Hungary defeated Germany by the minimum score in the first round: 3½ - 2½, with 2 victories, three draws, and one defeat. However, in the second round, Germany managed to return the blow and won by exactly the same result, thanks to the victories of their first board, Dennis Wagner, and the best German female player, Elisabeth Paehtz.

Match 1

Hungary 3½ : 2½ Germany
Erdos ½ : ½ Wagner
Banusz ½ : ½ Fridman
Papp 0 : 1 Paethz
Gara 1 : 0 Schulze
Kozak 1 : 0 Vogel
Demeter ½ : ½ Muetsch

Match 2

Germany 3½ : 2½ Hungary
Wagner 1 : 0 Erdos
Fridman ½ : ½ Banusz
Paethz 1 : 0 Hoang Thanh Trang
Schulze 0 : 1 Gara
Vogel 0 : 1 Kozak
Muetsch 1 : 0 Gaal

Tie-break
(Armageddon)

Erdos (HUN) – Wagner (GER) 1 : 0

With one victory for each team, the match had to be decided in an "Armageddon" game. A random draw decided for the category, in which the game will be played - it could be open, women's, juniors' or girls' boards. In this case, it fell on the open boards. A hard task for the captains is to decide for a player to represent the whole team in this ultimate battle. Germany opted for their top board Dennis Wagner, while Hungary settled for board #2 Tamas Banusz.

An Armageddon is a single game guaranteed to produce a result because Black has draw odds: that is, for Black, a draw is equal to a victory. To compensate, White starts the game with 5 minutes on the clock, against 4 minutes for Black

Tamas Banusz got the white pieces and achieved an almost decisive advantage, but both players were really short of time - especially, Banusz, and it wasn't clear at all if he could materialize his advantage. But in the end, the player in an inferior position had to solve more problems, he played a bit slower, and he was the one to lost on time, giving Hungary a very important victory and a place in the Quarterfinals.


With 12 medals in total, Hungary is historically one of the most successful teams at the Chess Olympiads, only behind Russia/Soviet Union and the United States. They have achieved a total of 3 gold, 7 silver, and 2 bronze medals. Their last great success was in 2014, when the team led by Peter Leko and Judit Polgar got bronze at the Tromsø Chess Olympiad (Norway).

Hungary has also been one of the first countries to host a Chess Olympiad, in 1926, and recently the Hungarian Chess Federation has expressed their interest in bidding to host this competition again in 2024.

The Quarterfinals clash with Russia will take place tomorrow, Friday (August 28).

A selection of games to follow

[Wayne Komer]

FIDE Online Olympiad 2020

August 27, 2020

Playoffs/Knockouts

Selection of Games I

Germany-Hungary Match

Match 1, August 27
Germany - Hungary
Kozak, Adam (HUN) – Vogel, Roven (GER)
A11 English

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 c6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.b3 Bd6 6.Bb2 a6 7.d4 Nbd7 8.Be2 b5 9.O-O O-O 10.Qc2 b4 11.Na4 Bb7 12.Rfd1 Ne4 13.Ne5 Bxe5 14.dxe5 Qg5 15.f4 Qh6 16.Bf3 f5 17.cxd5 exd5 18.Rac1 a5 19.Bd4 Qe6 20.Bc5 Rfc8 21.h3 Ba6 22.Bxe4 fxe4 23.Bd6 h5 24.Qf2 g6 25.Kh2 Bb5 26.g4 hxg4 27.Rg1 Kf7 28.Rxg4 Rh8 29.Rcg1 Rag8 30.Nc5 Nxc5 31.Bxc5 Rh5 32.R1g3 Rgh8 33.Qg2 R8h6 34.Rg5 Rxg5 35.Rxg5 Rh7 36.Bd6 Bd3 37.f5 gxf5 38.Rg8 Rxh3+ 39.Kg1 Qh6 40.Rf8+ Ke6 41.Qg8+ 1-0

Match 1, August 27
Germany – Hungary
Papp, Petra (HUN) – Paehtz, Elisabeth (GER)
C95 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer, Borisenko 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.h3 Nb8 10.d4 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 c5 12.d5 c4 13.Bc2 Qc7 14.a4 Rb8 15.Nf1 Nc5 16.axb5 axb5 17.Ng3 Re8 18.Bd2 Bd7 19.Nh2 Ra8 20.Qf3 Reb8 21.Nf5 Bxf5 22.Qxf5 Qd7 23.Qf3 Ra7 24.Ng4 Nxg4 25.hxg4 h6 26.Be3 Qc7 27.Qf5 Rba8 28.Rab1 g6 29.Qf3 Bg5 30.Bxg5 hxg5 31.g3 Kg7 32.Kg2 Rh8 33.Rh1 Rxh1 34.Rxh1 Ra2 35.Rb1 Qa7 36.Qe3 Ra1 37.Qc1 Rxb1 38.Qxb1 Qa5 39.Qc1 Qa2 40.Kh3 Qa5 41.f4 gxf4 42.gxf4 exf4 43.Qxf4 Qc7 44.g5 Qe7 45.Kg4 Nd7 46.Kf3 Ne5+ 47.Ke3 Qa7+ 48.Kd2 Qg1 49.Bd1 Kg8 50.Be2 Qb1 51.Bd1 Qxb2+ 52.Bc2 Nd3 53.Qh2 Qc1+ 54.Ke2 Qxc2+ 0-1

Match 1, August 27
Germany – Hungary
Schulze, Lara (GER) – Gara, Ticia (HUN)
B36 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Gurgenidze variation

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 Nxd4 7.Qxd4 d6 8.f3 Bg7 9.Be3 O-O 10.Qd2 a5 11.Na4 Nd7 12.O-O-O Qc7 13.Kb1 Nc5 14.Nxc5 dxc5 15.Qd5 Bd4 16.Bxd4 Rd8 17.Qg5 cxd4 18.h4 a4 19.h5 f6 20.Qd2 g5 21.a3 Be6 22.Rc1 Bf7 23.Bd3 h6 24.Qf2 Ra5 25.Qc2 Rc8 26.Qf2 e5 27.Rc2 Rc5 28.Rhc1 Qd6 29.g3 b5 30.Qe2 Qe6 31.f4 bxc4 32.f5 Qc6 33.Bxc4 Rxc4 34.Rxc4 Bxc4 35.Qd2 Bd3+ 36.Qxd3 Qxc1+ 37.Ka2 Qc4+ 0-1

Match 2, August 27
Germany - Hungary
Wagner, Dennis – Erdos, Viktor
D15 QGD Slav Accepted

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.Qc2 dxc4 6.e4 b5 7.b3 cxb3 8.axb3 e6 9.Bd3 Bb7 10.O-O Nbd7 11.e5 Nd5 12.Nxd5 cxd5 13.Bxh7 Rc8 14.Qb1 Nb8 15.Bg5 Be7 16.Bxe7 Qxe7 17.Bd3 Nc6 18.Rd1 Kd7 19.Qb2 f5 20.exf6 Qxf6 21.Re1 g5 22.Ne5+ Nxe5 23.Rxe5 Qh6 24.h3 g4 25.Rae1 Rc6 26.Qe2 gxh3 27.g3 h2+ 28.Kh1 Rc1 29.f4 Rxe1+ 30.Qxe1 Bc8 31.f5 exf5 32.Bxf5+ Kc7 33.Re7+ Kb8 34.Qe5+ Ka8 35.Qxd5+ Kb8 36.Qe5+ Ka8 37.Be4+ Bb7 38.Bxb7+ Ka7 39.Be4+ Kb6 40.Qc7# 1-0

Match 2, August 27
Germany – Hungary
Paehtz, Elisabeth – Hoang, Thanh Trang (HUN)
A88 Dutch, Leningrad, main variation

1.d4 f5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.O-O O-O 6.c4 d6 7.Nc3 c6 8.Re1 Na6 9.b3 Bd7 10.Bb2 Ne4 11.Qc2 d5 12.a3 Rc8 13.Qd3 Nc7 14.Rad1 Ne8 15.Ne5 Be6 16.Qc2 N8f6 17.f3 Nxc3 18.Bxc3 Nd7 19.Nxd7 Qxd7 20.c5 f4 21.g4 Bf7 22.Qd2 g5 23.e3 Bg6 24.Qe2 Rce8 25.e4 e5 26.dxe5 Bxe5 27.Bxe5 Rxe5 28.Qf2 Rfe8 29.exd5 Rxe1+ 30.Rxe1 Rxe1+ 31.Qxe1 cxd5 32.Bf1 d4 33.Bc4+ Kf8 34.Qe5 d3 35.Qh8+ Ke7 36.Qe5+ Kf8 37.Qh8+ Ke7 38.Qg7+ Ke8 39.Qxd7+ Kxd7 40.Kf2 Kc6 41.b4 b6 42.cxb6 axb6 43.a4 Kd6 44.Ke1 Ke5 45.Kd2 Kd4 46.Bb5 h5 47.h3 hxg4 48.hxg4 Bh7 49.a5 bxa5 50.bxa5 Bg8 51.Bxd3 Bd5 52.Be4 Bc4 53.Bb7 Kc5 54.Kc3 Be2 55.a6 Kb6 56.Kd4 Bxf3 57.Bxf3 Kxa6 58.Ke5 Kb6 59.Kf5 Kc5 60.Kxg5 1-0

Armageddon, August 27
Germany – Hungary
Erdos, Viktor – Wagner, Dennis
D73 Neo-Grunfeld

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 d5 5.c4 c6 6.cxd5 cxd5 7.Nc3 O-O 8.Ne5 Bf5 9.O-O Ne4 10.Qb3 Nc6 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.Nxe4 dxe4 13.Be3 Qd5 14.Qc2 a5 15.Rfd1 a4 16.a3 Rfb8 17.Rac1 Rb6 18.Rd2 h5 19.h3 Bf6 20.g4 hxg4 21.hxg4 Bxg4 22.Qxe4 Qh5 23.d5 Rxb2 24.dxc6 Rxd2 25.Bxd2 Kg7 26.Bf4 Rh8 27.c7 Bh3 28.Bg3 Bxg2 29.Qxg2 Qf5 30.Qc6 Rc8 31.Qxa4 Be5 32.Qb5 f6 33.Bxe5 fxe5 34.Rc3 Qg5+ 35.Rg3 Qc1+ 36.Kg2 Rh8 37.Qxe5+ Kf7 38.Qf4+ Kg7 39.Qe5+ 1-0

China-Ukraine Match

Match 1, August 27
Ukraine – China
Ding, Liren – Ivnchuk, Vasyl
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 O-O 8.O-O d5 9.cxd5 exd5 10.Nc3 Bb7 11.Ne5 Na6 12.Bf4 Re8 13.Rc1 h6 14.h4 Bf8 15.e3 c5 16.Re1 cxd4 17.exd4 Nc7 18.Nd3 Rxe1+ 19.Qxe1 Ne6 20.Be5 Ng4 21.Nf4 Nxf4 22.Bxf4 Nf6 23.Be5 Ng4 24.Qd1 h5 25.Ne2 g6 26.Nf4 Bh6 27.Rc7 Rb8 28.Qc2 Nxe5 29.dxe5 Bxf4 30.gxf4 Rc8 31.Rxc8 Bxc8 32.Bxd5 Qxd5 33.Qxc8+ Kg7 34.Qc1 Qe4 35.a4 Qf3 36.Qe3 Qd1+ 37.Kg2 Kh7 38.Qf3 Qd2 39.f5 Qd4 40.fxg6+ fxg6 41.e6 Qxh4 42.Qf7+ Kh6 43.Kf3 Qg4+ 44.Ke3 Qd1 45.e7 Qe1+ 46.Kd4 Qd2+ 47.Ke5 Qc3+ 48.Kd6 Qc5+ 49.Kd7 1-0

Match 1, August 27
Ukraine – China
Hou, Yifan – Gaponenko, Inna (UKR)
B31 Sicilian, Nimzowitsch-Rossolimo Attack

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.d3 Bg7 6.h3 Nf6 7.Nc3 Nd7 8.Be3 e5 9.Qd2 h6 10.O-O b6 11.Nh2 Nf8 12.f4 exf4 13.Rxf4 Be6 14.Raf1 g5 15.R4f2 Qd6 16.Ng4 O-O-O 17.Nf6 Nd7 18.Nh5 Be5 19.g4 Nf8 20.a4 a5 21.b3 Ng6 22.Ne2 Nh4 23.Qe1 f5 24.Rxf5 Nxf5 25.gxf5 Bf7 26.Neg3 Rhg8 27.Kg2 g4 28.h4 Bxh5 29.Nxh5 g3 30.Qe2 Qe7 31.f6 Qf7 32.Rf5 Rde8 33.Bxh6 Rg6 34.Bg5 Rh8 35.Rxe5 Qh7 36.Qg4+ Kb8 37.Nxg3 Qg8 38.Qf4 Ka8 39.Re7 1-0

Match 1, August 27
Ukraine – China
Korobov, Anton – Wei, Yi
D35 QGD, Exchange variation

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 c5 7.a3 cxd4 8.cxd4 e5 9.d5 Bd6 10.Nf3 O-O 11.Be2 Nd7 12.O-O Nc5 13.Nd2 Bd7 14.a4 Qe7 15.a5 Rac8 16.Bb2 Qg5 17.Ra3 Na4 18.Rb3 Nxb2 19.Rxb2 Rc7 20.Nf3 Qg6 21.Qb1 Bh3 22.Nh4 Qg5 23.Rb3 Qxh4 24.Rxh3 Qe7 25.Rb3 g6 26.g3 h5 27.Rc1 Rfc8 28.Rxc7 Rxc7 29.Kg2 Kg7 30.h4 Bc5 31.Rc3 Bd4 32.Rxc7 Qxc7 33.a6 bxa6 34.Bxa6 Qd6 35.Qa2 Qb6 36.Bc4 Qd6 1/2-1/2

Match 2, August 27
Ukraine – China
Ivanchuk, Vasyl – Ding, Liren
E48 Nimzo-Indian

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Ne2 Re8 8.O-O Bd6 9.Bd2 b6 10.Rc1 c5 11.dxc5 bxc5 12.Nf4 Bxf4 13.exf4 Nc6 14.Bb5 Bd7 15.Na4 c4 16.Bc3 a6 17.Bxc6 Bxc6 18.Nc5 Ne4 19.Nxe4 Rxe4 20.Re1 Rxe1+ 21.Qxe1 d4 22.Rd1 Qd5 23.f3 Re8 24.Qf2 d3 25.Re1 Rxe1+ 26.Qxe1 f6 27.Qe3 h6 28.Kf2 Kh7 29.Qd4 Qe6 30.Qe3 Qd5 31.Qd4 Qe6 32.Qe3 1/2-1/2

Match 2, August 27
Ukraine - China
Osmak, Iulija – Tan, Zhongyi
D02 Queen’s Bishop game

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 d5 3.e3 e6 4.Nd2 c5 5.c3 Nc6 6.Ngf3 Bd6 7.Bg3 O-O 8.Bd3 b6 9.e4 Be7 10.e5 Nh5 11.Ng5 Bxg5 12.Qxh5 g6 13.Qe2 cxd4 14.h4 dxc3 15.bxc3 Bxd2+ 16.Qxd2 f5 17.exf6 Qxf6 18.h5 g5 19.h6 Ne5 20.Kf1 Nxd3 21.Qxd3 a5 22.Kg1 Ba6 23.Qe3 Qg6 24.Re1 Bc4 25.a3 b5 26.Be5 Rf5 27.Rh3 Raf8 28.f3 d4 29.Qxd4 Bd5 30.Qe3 Rc8 31.Rf1 g4 32.Rg3 Rc4 33.Bd4 Rg5 34.f4 Rh5 35.Qe2 Qxh6 36.Qxg4+ Qg6 37.Qxh5 Qxg3 38.Qe8# 1-0

Shevchenko – Liu went on for 126 moves, then abandoned. This was the position after 100 moves, clearly drawn



The two were back at again for the Armageddon:

Armageddon, August 27
Shevchenko, Kirill – Liu, Yan
B22 Sicilian, Alapin’s variation

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.Bc4 e6 5.d4 cxd4 6.cxd4 Nc6 7.Nf3 d6 8.O-O Be7 9.Qc2 Nb6 10.Be2 O-O 11.Nc3 Bd7 12.Qe4 d5 13.Qg4 f6 14.Bf4 fxe5 15.Nxe5 Nxe5 16.Bxe5 Bf6 17.Qg3 Bxe5 18.Qxe5 Qb8 19.f4 Qxe5 20.fxe5 Rxf1+ 21.Rxf1 Rf8 22.Rxf8+ Kxf8 23.Kf2 Ke7 24.Bd3 h6 25.Ne2 Be8 26.h4 Nd7 27.Nf4 Nf8 28.Ke3 Bf7 29.Kd2 Be8 30.Kc3 Kd8 31.Kb4 Kc7 32.a4 b6 33.a5 Bf7 34.g4 Be8 35.Bb5 Bf7 36.Ba4 Ng6 37.Ng2 Ne7 38.axb6+ axb6 39.Kc3 Bg6 40.Nf4 Bf7 41.Bc2 Kd7 42.Bd3 Kc7 43.g5 hxg5 44.hxg5 g6 45.b3 Kb7 46.Bb5 Kc7 47.Bd3 Kb7 48.Ng2 Be8 49.Ne3 Kc7 50.Ng4 Bf7 51.Nf6 Nc6 52.Nh7 Ne7 53.Bb5 Nf5 54.Bf1 Ng3 55.Bd3 Nh5 56.Be2 Nf4 57.Bg4 Kd7 58.Nf6+ Ke7 59.Kb4 Kd8 60.Kb5 Kc7 61.Nh7 Nd3 62.Ka4 Nf2 63.Bf3 Nh3 64.Bg2 Nf4 65.Bf1 Nh5 66.Kb4 Ng3 67.Bd3 Nh5 68.Kc3 Nf4 69.Bf1 Kd7 70.Kd2 Ke7 71.Nf6 Nh5 72.Ke3 Ng7 73.Bd3 Ne8 74.Kd2 Nc7 75.Kc3 Kd8 76.Kb4 Ke7 77.Nh7 Be8 78.Bc2 Bf7 79.Nf6 Kf8 80.Ng4 Ke7 81.Nf2 Be8 82.Nd1 Bf7 83.Nc3 Be8 84.Bd3 Kd8 85.Ne2 Ke7 86.Nf4 Na6+ 87.Kc3 1-0

[Wayne Komer]

FIDE Online Olympiad 2020

August 27, 2020

Playoffs/Knockouts

Armenia will be the rival of India in Quarter-Finals

Greece has become one of the revelations of the first online Olympiad, thanks, among other reasons, to the star performance by the young talent Stavroula Tsolakidou. However, their run in the FIDE Online Olympiad came to an end today, after the clash with a superior Armenian team. Despite Stavroula winning again both her games, Armenia outclassed the Greeks by 4½ - 1½ in the first round and won again by 3½ - 2½ in the second.

The pillars of the Armenian team were a veteran, Levon Aronian, and a relative newcomer, Anna Sargsyan. Aronian won both his games with relative ease, first against Dimitrios Mastrovasilis, and then against Hristos Banikas. Sargsyan defeated Anastasia Avramidou with both colors. This is not the first great performance by Anna with the national team, since she already won a bronze medal in the 4th board at the last European Teams Championship in Batumi last year, where she also achieved WGM and IM norms.

Woman Grandmaster Stavroula Tsolakidou, now a freshman at Saint Louis Chess University, took her overall score to an impressive 14.5 points out of 19 games.

The Armenians advance to Quarter-Finals, where they will face India (Friday, August 28).

Match 1
Greece 1½ : 4½ Armenia

Mastrovasilis 0: 1 Aronian
Halkias 0: 1 Sargissian
Tsolakidou 1: 0 Danielian
Botsari 0: 1 Mkrtchian
Theodoru ½ : ½ Martirosyan
Avramidou 0: 1 Sargsyan '

Match 2
Armenia 3½ : 2½ Greece

Aronian 1: 0 Banikas
Sargissian ½ : ½ Halkias
Danielian 1: 0 Tsolakidou
Mkrtchian ½ : ½ Botsari
Martirosyan ½ : ½ Theodoru
Sargsyan 0: 1 Avramidou

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Selection of Games

Match 1, August 27
Armenia - Greece
Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios (GRE) – Aronian, Levon
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 d5 9.exd5 cxd5 10.h3 Rb8 11.Qf3 Be6 12.Ne2 Bd6 13.Nd4 Rb6 14.Nxe6 fxe6 15.c4 c6 16.Qe2 e5 17.Be3 Rb7 18.Rad1 e4 19.Bb1 Bb8 20.cxd5 cxd5 21.Rd2 h5 22.Bg5 Qd6 23.g3 Qe5 24.h4 Ng4 25.f4 exf3 26.Rxf3 Rxf3 27.Qxf3 Rf7 28.Bh7+ Kf8 29.Bf4 Qe1+ 30.Kg2 Rxf4 31.Qa3+ Kf7 0-1

Match 1, August 27,
Armenia – Greece
Tsolakidou, Stavroula – Danielian, Elina
A62 Benoni, Fianchetto variation

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.Bg2 Bg7 8.Nf3 O-O 9.O-O a6 10.a4 Re8 11.Re1 h6 12.a5 Nbd7 13.Bf4 Nf8 14.e4 Bg4 15.Qb3 Bxf3 16.Bxf3 Qc7 17.Qb6 Qxb6 18.axb6 Rad8 19.e5 dxe5 20.Bxe5 Rxe5 21.Rxe5 N8d7 22.Re2 Nxb6 23.d6 Rxd6 24.Bxb7 Nc4 25.Rxa6 Rd8 26.Ra8 Rxa8 27.Bxa8 Ng4 28.h3 Nge5 29.Na4 Nd3 30.b3 Na5 31.Rd2 Nc1 32.Rd8+ Kh7 33.Nxc5 Naxb3 34.Nxb3 Nxb3 35.Bd5 Nc5 36.Bxf7 Bf6 37.Rc8 Bd4 38.Rc7 Kg7 39.Be8+ Kf6 40.Rc6+ Kg7 41.Bxg6 1-0

Match 1, August 27
Armenia - Greece
Sargsyan, Anna – Avramidou, Anastasia
D72 Neo-Grunfeld

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nb6 7.Ne2 c5 8.d5 e6 9.Nbc3 O-O 10.O-O exd5 11.exd5 Bf5 12.Be3 Na6 13.b3 Qd7 14.Qd2 Rac8 15.a4 Nb4 16.a5 Na8 17.Rac1 b6 18.Nf4 Rfd8 19.Rfd1 bxa5 20.Ne4 Bxe4 21.Bxe4 Bf8 22.Bg2 Qd6 23.Ne2 Nb6 24.Nc3 c4 25.Ne4 Qb8 26.Bf4 Qb7 27.d6 Qa6 28.Qd4 Bg7 29.Nf6+ Kh8 30.Be5 Nc6 31.Qh4 h5 32.Bxc6 Rxc6 33.Nxh5 Bxe5 34.Qxd8+ Kh7 35.Qe8 gxh5 36.Qxf7+ Bg7 37.Qxh5+ Kg8 38.d7 Nxd7 39.Rxd7 Rd6 40.Qf7+ 1-0

Match 2, August 27
Armenia – Greece
Aronian, Levon – Banikas, Hristos
A48 King’s Indian, East Indian Defence

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bf4 Bg7 5.Nb5 Na6 6.e3 Nh5 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bh4 c6 9.Na3 Bg4 10.Be2 Nc7 11.c4 O-O 12.Qb3 Rb8 13.Rc1 g5 14.Bg3 Nxg3 15.hxg3 Bxf3 16.gxf3 c5 17.cxd5 cxd4 18.e4 e6 19.Nb5 Nxb5 20.Bxb5 exd5 21.exd5 Qb6 22.O-O Rfd8 23.Kg2 Qd6 24.Rfe1 Bf6 25.Qd3 Kg7 26.Bc4 Rbc8 27.Rcd1 Qb4 28.Bb3 a5 29.a3 Qb6 30.Re2 Qa6 31.Qd2 Qb5 32.Ba2 a4 33.Re4 Qc5 34.f4 Qc2 35.Rxd4 Qxd2 36.R4xd2 gxf4 37.gxf4 Rd6 38.Re1 Rb6 39.d6 Rd8 40.d7 Rxb2 41.Rxb2 Bxb2 42.Re7 Bxa3 43.Rxf7+ Kg6 44.Kg3 h5 45.f5+ Kh6 46.f4 Bc5 47.Bb1 Rg8+ 48.Kh3 Bb6 49.Rf6+ 1-0

Match 2, August 27
Armenia – Greece
Danielian, Elina – Tsolakidou, Stavroula
D05 Queen’s Pawn game

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.e3 d5 4.c4 a6 5.Nbd2 c5 6.a3 cxd4 7.exd4 dxc4 8.Nxc4 Be7 9.Nce5 O-O 10.Bd3 b5 11.O-O Bb7 12.a4 b4 13.Bg5 Nbd7 14.Qe2 Nd5 15.Bd2 N7f6 16.Rfe1 Qd6 17.a5 Rac8 18.Rac1 Rxc1 19.Rxc1 Bd8 20.Rc5 Be7 21.h3 Nd7 22.Rc1 N7f6 23.Ng5 h6 24.Ngf3 Rc8 25.Rxc8+ Bxc8 26.Bc2 Qc7 27.Nc4 Bd7 28.Nfe5 Bb5 29.Bd3 Qd8 30.Qe1 Qc7 31.Qe2 Qd8 32.Qe1 Qb8 33.Qc1 Bf8 34.Qe1 b3 35.Qd1 Be8 36.Qf3 Bb4 37.Bc1 Qc7 38.Qg3 Kf8 39.Bf1 Ba4 40.Be2 Bxa5 41.Nxa5 Qxc1+ 42.Kh2 Qxb2 43.Bxa6 Qxd4 44.Nec6 Qf4 45.Qxf4 Nxf4 0-1

Match 2, August 27
Armenia – Greece
Avramidou, Anastasia – Sargsyan, Anna
B12 Caro-Kann, Advance variation

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.h4 h5 5.Bd3 Bxd3 6.Qxd3 e6 7.Bg5 Qb6 8.Nc3 Ne7 9.Nf3 Qa6 10.Qd2 Nf5 11.Ne2 c5 12.dxc5 Bxc5 13.b4 Be7 14.Bxe7 Nxe7 15.a4 Qc4 16.Ra3 Qg4 17.Ng3 Nd7 18.Rd3 Nc6 19.c3 O-O 20.Qe2 Ndxe5 21.Rd1 Ng6 22.Kf1 e5 23.Rxd5 Nf4 24.Qc4 Nxd5 25.Qxd5 Rad8 26.Qb3 e4 27.Ne1 e3 28.Ne2 Rd2 29.f3 Qg6 30.c4 Rxe2 0-1

[Wayne Komer]

FIDE Online Olympiad 2020

August 27, 2020

Playoffs/Knockouts

Match 1

Bulgaria 2.5:3.5 Poland

Delchev 0:1 Duda
Enchev 0:1 Wojtaszek
Stefanova 1:0 Socko
Salimova 1:0 Cyfka
Petrov 0:1 Gumularz
Radeva 0.5:0.5 Sliwicka

Match 2

Poland 4:2 Bulgaria

Duda 1:0 Delchev
Wojtaszek 1:0 Enchev
Socko 1:0 Stefanova
Cyfka 0:1 Salimova
Gumularz 1:0 Petrov
Sliwicka 0:1 Radeva

Poland defeats Bulgaria to advance to quarters

No prisoners were taken in the match between Poland and Bulgaria, where all the games in both rounds reached a decisive result. All except one, which ended in a draw by accident: Viktoria Radeva was a piece up in the first round encounter, but she inadvertently repeated the same position three times against Alicja Sliwicka, who couldn't hide her joy in front of the webcam. This half a point was decisive, as it allowed Poland scrape out a victory by a minimal margin (3½ - 2½) in a match that would have been a draw otherwise.

Poland's top players proved to be stronger than their Bulgarian counterparts, and both Duda and Wojtaszek made a clean sweep in their games against Delchev and Enchev respectively. On the other hand, Bulgaria dominated the female boards: Salimova defeated Karina Cyfka in both rounds, while Radeva took her little revenge winning her second game against Sliwicka. Socko lost to the former Women's World Champion Antoaneta Stefanova in the first game, but then won the second, and this was one of the results that tipped the balance towards a more comfortable victory (4-2) for the Polish team.

It was a busy day at the office for most of the Polish players, since these days they are also playing the national clubs competition: the super-strong Ekstraliga. Many of them had to play an over-the-board classical game starting at 1 pm, and then run to their hotel rooms in Katowice to play the Online Olympiad game at 6 pm.

Poland takes on Azerbaijan in Quarter-Finals, which will take place tomorrow, August 28. The other QF duels are India - Armenia, Russia - Hungary, and USA - Ukraine.

Selected Games

Match 1, August 27
Bulgaria – Poland
Delchev, Aleksander (BUL) – Duda, Jan-Krzysztof (POL)
C07 French, Tarrasch, open variation

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 Qxd5 5.dxc5 Qxc5 6.Ngf3 Nf6 7.Bd3 Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.Qe2 Nbd7 10.Ne4 Nxe4 11.Qxe4 Qh5 12.Bg5 Nf6 13.Qh4 Qxh4 14.Bxh4 b6 15.Ng5 h6 16.Ne4 g5 17.Bg3 Nd5 18.Bd6 Bxd6 19.Nxd6 Rd8 20.Nxc8 Raxc8 21.c3 Kg7 22.Rfd1 f5 23.Ba6 Rb8 24.Bc4 Nc7 25.a4 Kf6 26.Kf1 a5 27.Ke2 Ke7 28.Rxd8 Rxd8 29.Rd1 Rxd1 30.Kxd1 Kd6 31.Kd2 Ne8 32.Ba6 Nf6 33.f3 h5 34.g3 h4 35.gxh4 gxh4 36.Bc4 Ke5 37.Ke3 Nh5 38.b4 Nf4 39.Bb3 Ng6 40.Bc4 Ne7 41.f4+ Kd6 42.bxa5 bxa5 43.Kd4 Ng6 44.Ke3 Nf8 45.Kd4 Nd7 46.Bb5 Nc5 47.Be8 Ne4 48.Bb5 Nf6 49.Bc4 Ng4 50.h3 Nf2 51.Bf1 Ne4 52.Bd3 Nf6 53.Bc4 Nd7 54.Bb5 Nc5 55.Be8 Ne4 56.Bb5 Ng3 57.Bd3 Nh5 58.Ke3 Kc5 59.Bb1 Nf6 60.Ba2 Kd6 61.Kd4 Nh5 62.Ke3 e5 63.fxe5+ Kxe5 64.c4 Nf4 65.c5 Nxh3 66.c6 Kd6 67.Bd5 f4+ 0-1

Match 1, August 27
Bulgaria - Poland
Stefanova, Antoaneta (BUL) – Socko, Monika (POL)
E62 King’s Indian, Fianchetto, Larsen System

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 a6 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 Be6 7.e3 Nbd7 8.Bd3 Bd6 9.h3 O-O 10.Qc2 h6 11.Bf4 Qe7 12.O-O Rfc8 13.Rac1 c5 14.Bxd6 Qxd6 15.dxc5 Nxc5 16.Nd4 b5 17.Qe2 Qb6 18.Nb1 Rc7 19.Nd2 Rac8 20.N2b3 Nce4 21.Rxc7 Rxc7 22.Rc1 Nd6 23.Rxc7 Qxc7 24.Qc2 Qxc2 25.Bxc2 Nc4 26.Nc5 Bc8 27.b3 Nd6 28.Kf1 Kf8 29.Ke1 Nfe4 30.Nd3 Ke7 31.f3 Nf6 32.g4 g5 33.Kd2 Kd7 34.Kc3 a5 35.a3 Kc7 36.Ne5 Kb6 37.Bf5 Bxf5 38.Nxf5 Nxf5 39.gxf5 Kc5 40.b4+ axb4+ 41.axb4+ Kd6 42.Nxf7+ 1-0

Match 1, August 27
Bulgaria - Poland
Cyfka, Karina (POL) – Salimova, Nurgyul (BUL)
D81 Grunfeld, Russian variation

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Qb3 dxc4 5.Qxc4 Be6 6.Qb5+ Bd7 7.Qd3 c5 8.dxc5 Na6 9.e4 Nxc5 10.Qe2 Bc6 11.f3 Bg7 12.Be3 Qa5 13.Qc2 Rc8 14.Ne2 O-O 15.Nd4 Ba4 16.Qd2 Rfd8 17.e5 Nd5 18.f4 Nxe3 19.Qxe3 Qb4 20.Nb5 Bxb5 21.Bxb5 Qxb2 22.O-O Nd3 23.Bxd3 Rxc3 24.Rad1 Qa3 25.Rf3 e6 26.Qe2 Qc5+ 27.Kh1 b6 28.Rff1 Qc7 29.Be4 Rxd1 30.Rxd1 Rc1 31.g3 Bf8 32.Kg2 Rxd1 33.Qxd1 b5 34.Qc2 Qd8 35.Bf3 b4 36.Qd1 Qc7 37.Be4 a5 38.Qc2 Qd8 39.Qd3 Qb6 40.Qc2 Qd4 41.Qd3 Qb2+ 42.Qc2 Qa1 43.h4 Kg7 44.h5 Qd4 45.hxg6 hxg6 46.Qd3 Qc5 47.Qc2 Qe3 48.Qd3 Qe1 49.Qc2 Bc5 50.Bf3 Qg1+ 51.Kh3 Qe3 52.Kg2 Bd4 53.Qe2 Qg1+ 54.Kh3 a4 55.Qd1 Qf2 56.Qe2 Qg1 57.Qd1 Qe3 58.Qe2 b3 59.Qxe3 Bxe3 60.axb3 a3 0-1

Match 2, August 27
Bulgaria – Poland
Duda, Jan-Krzysztof – Delchev, Aleksander
E60 King’s Indian Defence

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.f3 Nc6 4.d5 Ne5 5.e4 d6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.f4 Ned7 8.Nh3 O-O 9.Be2 Nb6 10.Nf2 e6 11.O-O exd5 12.cxd5 c6 13.dxc6 bxc6 14.Bf3 Rb8 15.Qc2 d5 16.Rd1 Qe7 17.e5 Nfd7 18.a4 Nc5 19.b4 Na6 20.b5 Nb4 21.Qe2 a5 22.Be3 Be6 23.bxc6 Nc4 24.Rac1 Rfc8 25.Nxd5 Nxd5 26.Bxd5 Nb2 27.Bxe6 Nxd1 28.Bxc8 Nxe3 29.Bb7 Nd5 30.Qd2 Nc7 31.Qd6 Bf8 32.Ne4 Rd8 33.Nf6+ Kg7 34.Qxe7 Bxe7 35.Nd7 f6 36.exf6+ Bxf6 37.Rd1 Bc3 38.Kf2 Re8 39.Nc5 Re7 40.Rd7 Kf7 41.Kf3 Bb4 42.Nd3 Rxd7 43.cxd7 Be7 44.Ne5+ Ke6 45.Ke4 Kd6 46.d8=Q+ Bxd8 47.Nf7+ Ke7 48.Nxd8 Kxd8 49.Ke5 Ke7 50.g3 Ne8 51.Kd5 Nd6 52.Bc6 Nf5 53.Kc5 Ne3 54.Bf3 Nf1 55.Be2 Nxh2 56.Kb6 Kd6 57.Kxa5 Kc5 58.Ka6 Kc6 59.a5 h6 60.Ka7 Kc7 61.g4 h5 62.gxh5 gxh5 63.Bxh5 Nf1 64.f5 Ne3 65.f6 Kd6 66.a6 Nc4 67.f7 Ke7 68.Kb8 Ne5 69.Kc7 1-0

Final Position, White wins in 10 moves



Match 2, August 27
Bulgaria – Poland
Enchev, Ivajlo (BUL) – Wojtaszek, Radoslaw (POL)
E15 Queen’s Indian, Nimzowitsch variation

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Nbd2 Bb4 6.Qa4 Qe7 7.a3 Bxd2+ 8.Bxd2 O-O 9.Bg2 Bb7 10.O-O d6 11.Bg5 Nbd7 12.b4 h6 13.Bxf6 Nxf6 14.Rac1 a5 15.b5 Nd7 16.Qc2 f5 17.Nh4 Bxg2 18.Nxg2 e5 19.Ne3 exd4 20.Nd5 Qd8 21.Rcd1 Nc5 22.Rxd4 Qd7 23.Rfd1 Rae8 24.e3 Re4 25.f3 Re5 26.Kg2 Rfe8 27.R1d2 Qf7 28.Rd1 Ne6 29.R4d2 Nf8 30.Re1 Nh7 31.Qc3 Nf6 32.Qd4 Nxd5 33.cxd5 R8e7 34.Rd3 Kh7 35.Rc1 Qe8 36.a4 Rxe3 37.Rxe3 Rxe3 38.Rxc7 Re2+ 39.Kf1 Re1+ 40.Kg2 Qe2+ 41.Kh3 Qf1+ 42.Kh4 Re5 43.f4 Qe2 44.h3 Kg6 45.Rxg7+ Kxg7 46.fxe5 Kg6 0-1

Match 2, August 27
Gumularz, Szymon (POL) – Petrov, Martin (BUL)
D40 QGD, Semi-Tarrasch, symmetrical

1.Nf3 c5 2.e3 Nf6 3.d4 e6 4.c4 d5 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.a3 a6 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.b4 Ba7 9.Bb2 O-O 10.c5 e5 11.Be2 Bf5 12.Na4 Qc7 13.O-O Rad8 14.Qb3 Bb8 15.g3 Bg4 16.Rfe1 Rfe8 17.Rad1 h5 18.Nb6 d4 19.exd4 exd4 20.Bc1 Re4 21.Bf1 Qe7 22.Rxe4 Qxe4 23.Bg2 d3 24.Re1 Nd4 25.Qxf7+ Kxf7 26.Ng5+ Kg6 27.Nxe4 Ne2+ 28.Kf1 Nxc1 29.Rxc1 d2 30.Nxd2 Rxd2 31.Bxb7 Be2+ 32.Ke1 Ra2 33.c6 Bc7 34.Na8 Ng4 35.Nxc7 Nxh2 36.Rc3 Nf3+ 37.Rxf3 Bxf3 38.Nxa6 Re2+ 39.Kd1 Re6+ 40.Kd2 Bxc6 41.Bxc6 Rxc6 42.b5 Rb6 43.a4 Kf6 44.Ke3 Ke7 45.Nb4 Kd7 46.Nc6 Kd6 47.Kf4 Rb7 48.Kg5 Rf7 49.f4 Kc5 50.Kxh5 Rf6 51.Kg5 Rd6 52.f5 Rd3 53.g4 Ra3 54.Nd8 Rxa4 55.Ne6+ Kd6 56.Nxg7 Ke7 57.Kh5 Rb4 58.g5 Rxb5 59.Kg6 Rb6+ 60.f6+ Kf8 61.Nh5 Ra6 62.Kh7 Ra7+ 63.Kh6 Kg8 64.g6 Rd7 65.Nf4 Kh8 66.Ne6 Rh7+ 67.Kg5 Rh1 68.f7 Rg1+ 69.Kf5 Rf1+ 70.Ke5 Re1+ 71.Kd6 Rd1+ 72.Ke7 Rd7+ 73.Kf6 Rd8 74.g7+ 1-0

Position after Black’s 58….Rxb5 A draw, unless….

[Wayne Komer]

FIDE Online Olympiad 2020

August 27, 2020

This is the schedule for tomorrow, Friday August 28:

11:00 UTC, 7 AM Toronto/Montreal
India - Armenia

14:00 UTC, 10 AM Toronto/Montreal
Russia - Hungary

16:00 UTC, 12 PM Toronto/Montreal
Azerbaijan - Poland

16:00 UTC, 12 PM Toronto/Montreal
USA - Ukraine

[Wayne Komer]

FIDE Online Olympiad 2020

August 28, 2020

Quarter-Finals

The first match was Armenia – India. During this game:

Round 1, August 28
Armenia – India
Nihal Sarin – Martirosyan, Haik
E12 Queen’s Indian Accelerated, Petrosian System

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Qc2 g6 8.Bg5 Be7 9.Bh6 Nd7 10.e4 Nxc3 11.bxc3 Bf8 12.Bxf8 Kxf8 13.Bd3 c5 14.O-O Kg7 15.Rfe1 Rc8 16.Qe2 Qe7 17.a4 Rc7 18.a5 Rhc8 19.axb6 axb6 20.Qb2 Kg8 21.h3 Qd6 22.Ra7 Bc6 23.Rea1 Rxa7 24.Rxa7 Ra8 25.Rxa8+ Bxa8 26.Qa3 Qb8 27.Nd2 Bc6 28.Qb2 Qf4 29.e5 Kg7 30.Bf1 h5 31.Nc4 cxd4 32.cxd4 Bd5 33.Nd6 g5 34.Qb5 Nf8 35.Qxb6 g4 36.hxg4 hxg4 37.Qd8 g3 38.Qf6+ Qxf6 39.Ne8+ Kh6 40.Nxf6 gxf2+ 41.Kxf2 Bc6 42.Bd3 Nd7 43.Nxd7 Bxd7 44.Be4 Kg7 45.Ke3 Ba4 46.Kf4 Bd7 47.g4 Be8 48.g5 Kf8 49.Ke3 Ke7 50.Kd2 Bb5 51.Kc3 Ba4 52.Kb4 Bd1 53.Kc5 Bg4 54.Kc4 Be2+ 55.Kc3 Bb5 56.Kd2 Ba4 57.Ke3 Bd7 58.Kf4 Ba4 59.Kg4 Bd1+ 60.Bf3 Bc2 61.Kh5 Kf8 62.Kh6 Bf5 63.Bh5 Be4 64.Bg4 Bd5 65.Bh3 Bc4 66.Bg2 Bd3 67.Bf3 Bf5 68.Bd1 Be4 69.Bb3 1-0

Last Position



The Armenian suffered a disconnection. It appears that the game was awarded to India. Armenia appealed and when their appeal was rejected, resigned the match and left the tournament.

From Twitter:

https://twitter.com/FIDE_chess/statu...55413050200064

Following the disconnection of Haik Martirosyan in Match 1 of the Quarterfinal against India, Armenia filed an official appeal that was rejected by the Appeals Committee. Armenia defaulted Match 2. As a result, India is through to the semifinals.

Levon Aronian - As a leader of a 3 times Olympic champion I feel very dissatisfied with FIDE's decision to reject our just http://appeal.In our match against India Haik Martirosyan lost on time due to disconnection from http://chess.com We proved that our connection was stable

- I understand that it was out of their control and the loss wasn't their fault, but why withdraw? Just because the appeal was rejected? That's sad man, Indian players had lost games due to Power Outage earlier in the tournament, again, not their fault, nor their internet's fault.

- Armenia should have played the second round. If they would have won the second round then it would have been a tie and an armageddon match would have decided the final winner. If not, then you would have lost anyways. Worst case Armenia and India would have to play an extra round

More on this later

[Wayne Komer]

FIDE Online Olympiad 2020

August 28, 2020

Quarter-Finals

Match 1 - India- Armenia 3½:2½

India defeats Armenia and advances to semifinals

Anand - Aronian½-½
Vidit - Sargissian 1-0
Koneru - Danielian 0-1
Harika - Mkrtchian 1-0
Sarin - Martirosyan 1-0
Vantika - Sargsyan 0-1

Following the disconnection of Haik Martirosyan in Match 1 of the Quarterfinal against India, Armenia filed an official appeal that was rejected by the Appeals Committee. Armenia defaulted Match 2. As a result, India is through to the semifinals.

Russia prevails over Hungary to progress to semifinals

Match 1: Russia – Hungary 5-1

Nepomniachtchi 1-0 Erdos
Dubov ½-½ Gledura
Goryachkina 1-0 Hoang
Kosteniuk 1-0 Gara
Esipenko ½-½ Kozak
Shuvalova 1-0 Gaal

Match 1: Hungary - Russia 3-3

Banusz 0-1 Nepomniachtchi
Gledura ½-½ Artemiev
Papp 1-0 Lagno
Gara 1-0 Gunina
Kozak ½-½ Sarana
Demeter 0-1 Shuvalova

As a winner of the first match, Russia advanced to the semis.

India defeats Armenia and advances to semifinals

Selected Games

Match 1, August 28
India – Armenia
Anand, Vishy – Aronian, Levon
C42 Petrov, Classical Attack, Marshall variation

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Bd6 7.O-O O-O 8.c4 c6 9.Qc2 h6 10.Re1 Be6 11.cxd5 cxd5 12.Bxe4 dxe4 13.Qxe4 Bd5 14.Qg4 Qd7 15.Qxd7 Nxd7 16.Nc3 Bxf3 17.gxf3 Bb4 18.Kf1 Nb6 19.Be3 Rac8 20.Rec1 Bxc3 21.Rxc3 Nd5 22.Rc5 Rcd8 23.Rac1 Rfe8 24.Ke2 Kh7 25.a3 Nf4+ 26.Kd2 Ne6 27.R5c4 b5 28.R4c3 Nxd4 29.Bxd4 Rxd4+ 30.Rd3 Rh4 31.Re3 Rd8+ 32.Ke2 Rd7 33.Rc5 a6 34.Rc6 Ra7 35.Rec3 Rxh2 36.Rc7 Rxc7 37.Rxc7 Rh1 38.Rxf7 Rb1 39.Ra7 Rxb2+ 40.Kf1 Rb3 41.Rxa6 Rxf3 42.a4 bxa4 43.Rxa4 g5 44.Kg2 Rf6 45.Kg3 h5 46.f4 g4 47.Ra5 Rh6 48.Kh4 Kg6 49.Ra6+ Kg7 50.Ra7+ Kf8 51.f5 Rf6 52.Kxh5 Rxf5+ 53.Kxg4 Rf7 54.Rxf7+ Kxf7 1/2-1/2

Match 1, August 28
India – Armenia
Sargissian, Gabriel – Vidit, Santosh
E51 Nimzo-Indian

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.e3 O-O 6.Bd2 b6 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Bd3 Bd6 9.O-O Re8 10.Qc2 Ba6 11.Rac1 Bxd3 12.Qxd3 a6 13.Ne2 Nbd7 14.Rc6 Nb8 15.Rc2 Nbd7 16.Rfc1 c5 17.b3 Qe7 18.dxc5 bxc5 19.Ng3 g6 20.Ba5 Rec8 21.Rd1 Qe6 22.e4 d4 23.Re1 Ng4 24.Qd1 Nge5 25.Nxe5 Bxe5 26.Qc1 Bxg3 27.hxg3 Rc6 28.Qf4 Rac8 29.Rec1 Ne5 30.Qd2 Qd7 31.Qd1 h5 32.Bd2 c4 33.bxc4 Rxc4 34.Bf4 Rxc2 35.Rxc2 Rxc2 36.Qxc2 Qe6 37.Qc5 Nc6 38.f3 f6 39.Bd6 Qd7 40.Qd5+ Kh7 41.Kh2 a5 42.a3 g5 43.Bc5 Qc7 44.Bxd4 Nxd4 45.Qxd4 h4 46.Qf2 Qd6 47.a4 Kg6 48.f4 hxg3+ 49.Kxg3 gxf4+ 50.Qxf4 Qa3+ 51.Kh2 Qxa4 52.Qg4+ Kf7 53.Qd7+ Qxd7 0-1

Match 1, August 28
India – Armenia
Koneru, Humpy – Danielian, Elina
D26 QGA, Classical variation

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.O-O Nc6 7.Nc3 a6 8.Qe2 b5 9.Bb3 Bb7 10.Rd1 Be7 11.dxc5 Qc7 12.Bd2 Bxc5 13.Rac1 Bd6 14.a4 bxa4 15.Nxa4 O-O 16.Bc3 Ne4 17.Be1 Rfd8 18.Qc4 Nf6 19.h3 Rac8 20.Qe2 Qe7 21.Bc4 a5 22.Ba6 Nd5 23.Bxb7 Qxb7 24.Nc5 Bxc5 25.Rxc5 h6 26.Rdc1 Ncb4 27.Nd4 Rxc5 28.Rxc5 Rc8 29.Qb5 Qa8 30.Bxb4 axb4 31.Nc6 Qa1+ 32.Kh2 Kh7 33.Nxb4 Rxc5 34.Qxc5 Qxb2 35.Nxd5 exd5 36.f4 Qd2 37.Qb6 Qd3 38.Qc5 g6 39.Qe7 Kg7 40.Qe5+ Kg8 41.Kg3 h5 42.Kh4 Qe2 43.Kg5 Qxg2+ 44.Kh6 Kf8 45.Qf6 Ke8 46.Kg7 Qxh3 47.Qxf7+ Kd8 48.Qf6+ Kc7 49.Qf7+ Qd7 50.Qxd7+ Kxd7 51.Kxg6 h4 52.f5 h3 53.f6 h2 54.f7 h1=Q 55.f8=Q Qe4+ 56.Kg7 Qxe3 57.Qf5+ Qe6 58.Qd3 Qe5+ 59.Kf7 Qe7+ 60.Kg8 Qe4 61.Qb5+ Kd6 62.Qb6+ Ke5 63.Kf7 Kf4 64.Qf2+ Qf3 65.Qd4+ Kg3+ 66.Ke6 Qe4+ 67.Qe5+ Kf3 68.Kd6 d4 69.Qh5+ Ke3 70.Qh3+ Qf3 71.Qe6+ Kd2 72.Qa2+ Ke3 73.Qe6+ Qe4 74.Qh3+ Kd2 75.Qh6+ Kc2 76.Qh2+ Kc3 77.Qh8 Qf4+ 78.Kd5 Qf5+ 79.Kd6 Kd3 80.Qg7 Qf4+ 81.Kc5 Qf5+ 82.Kb4 Ke4 83.Qg2+ Ke3 84.Qg1+ Qf2 85.Qg5+ Ke2 86.Qg4+ Kd2 87.Qg5+ Kd3 88.Qg6+ Kd2 89.Qg5+ Qe3 90.Qg2+ Qe2 91.Qg5+ Kd3 92.Qb5+ Ke3 93.Qe5+ Kd3 94.Qb5+ Kd2 95.Qg5+ Qe3 96.Qg2+ Kd1 97.Qg4+ Kc2 98.Qf5+ Qd3 99.Qg4 Qc3+ 100.Kb5 d3 101.Qe4 Qb3+ 102.Kc5 Qa3+ 103.Kb5 Qb2+ 104.Kc4 Qb3+ 105.Kc5 Qc3+ 106.Kb5 Kb2 107.Qg2+ d2 108.Qe2 Kc1 0-1

Position after Black’s 94…Kd2, should be drawn, but..



Match 1, August 28
India – Armenia
Sargsyan, Anna – Vantika Agrawal
E62 King’s Indian, Fianchetto, Larsen System

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nc3 d6 6.Nf3 c6 7.O-O Bf5 8.Ne1 d5 9.Qb3 Qb6 10.cxd5 Qxb3 11.axb3 cxd5 12.Nxd5 Nxd5 13.Bxd5 Nc6 14.e3 Bh3 15.Ng2 Rfd8 16.Bf3 Be6 17.Ra3 Bd5 18.Bxd5 Rxd5 19.f4 f6 20.Ra4 Rad8 21.Rc4 Rb5 22.Bd2 e5 23.Bc3 exd4 24.exd4 f5 25.d5 Rbxd5 26.b4 a6 27.Re1 Kf7 28.Nh4 Rd1 29.Kf2 Rxe1 30.Kxe1 Re8+ 31.Kf2 Rd8 32.Nf3 h6 33.Rc5 Rd7 34.b5 axb5 35.Rxb5 Bxc3 36.bxc3 Kf6 37.h3 g5 38.fxg5+ hxg5 39.g4 fxg4 40.hxg4 Ne7 41.Nxg5 Nd5 42.Ne4+ Kg6 43.c4 Nf4 44.Rb6+ Kg7 45.Kf3 Nd3 46.Ke3 Ne5 47.Rb4 Nxg4+ 48.Kf4 Nf6 49.Nc5 Rc7 50.Ne6+ Kf7 51.Nxc7 1-0

Match 1, August 28
Russia – Hungary
Nepomniachtchi Ian – Erdos, Viktor
B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky Attack

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.d4 cxd4 5.Qxd4 a6 6.Bxd7+ Qxd7 7.c4 e5 8.Qd3 Qc6 9.Nc3 Be6 10.b3 Rc8 11.a4 Nf6 12.O-O Be7 13.Rd1 Qb6 14.Rb1 h6 15.Ba3 Rc6 16.h3 Nh5 17.Nd5 Bxd5 18.exd5 Rc7 19.c5 Rxc5 20.Bxc5 Qxc5 21.Rbc1 Qb6 22.Rc8+ Bd8 23.Nxe5 dxe5 24.Qf5 g6 25.Qxe5+ Kd7 26.Rc6 bxc6 27.dxc6+ Kc8 28.Qxh8 Nf4 29.Qe8 Ne6 30.b4 Qxb4 31.Rxd8+ Nxd8 32.Qd7+ Kb8 33.c7+ 1-0

Match 1, August 28
Russia - Hungary
Gara, Anita – Kosteniuk, Alexandra
C47 Four Knights, Scotch variation

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Bb4 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O d5 9.exd5 cxd5 10.h3 Rb8 11.Qf3 Rb6 12.Bg5 Bb7 13.Rad1 h6 14.Bh4 Re8 15.Na4 Rbe6 16.c3 Bd6 17.b4 Qa8 18.Bxf6 Rxf6 19.Qg4 Rf4 20.Qg3 Rxb4 21.f4 Rxa4 22.Bb5 Rxa2 23.Bxe8 Qxe8 24.Rde1 Qa4 25.Qe3 Rxg2+ 26.Kh1 d4 27.Qe8+ Qxe8 28.Rxe8+ Kh7 29.Rb8 Bc6 30.Rc8 dxc3 0-1

Match 2, August 28
Russia – Hungary
Banusz, Tamas – Nepomniachtchi, Ian
D85 Grunfeld, Modern Exchange variation

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 c5 8.Bb5+ Nc6 9.Rb1 O-O 10.d5 Ne5 11.O-O a6 12.Bd3 Nxf3+ 13.Qxf3 b5 14.c4 Bd7 15.Bb2 Bxb2 16.Rxb2 Qa5 17.Qe2 bxc4 18.Bxc4 Rfb8 19.Rfb1 Rxb2 20.Rxb2 Bb5 21.h4 Qc3 22.Bxb5 axb5 23.Rxb5 Qa1+ 24.Qf1 Qd4 25.Qe2 c4 26.Rb1 c3 27.Qc2 Ra4 28.g3 Rb4 29.Kf1 Rb2 30.Rxb2 cxb2 31.Ke2 h5 32.a3 Qb6 33.Qb1 Qa6+ 34.Kd2 Qxa3 35.Kc2 Qc5+ 36.Kxb2 Qxf2+ 37.Kc3 Qxg3+ 38.Kd4 Qxh4 39.Qb8+ Kg7 40.Ke3 Qg5+ 41.Kd3 h4 42.e5 h3 0-1

Match 2, August 28
Russia – Hungary
Papp, Petra – Lagno, Kateryna
C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defence

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.Bxc6 dxc6 6.Nbd2 Nd7 7.Nc4 f6 8.Qe2 Nf8 9.Bd2 Qe7 10.O-O-O Be6 11.Kb1 O-O-O 12.Be3 Bxc4 13.dxc4 Ne6 14.Bc1 Rxd1 15.Rxd1 Rd8 16.Rxd8+ Qxd8 17.g3 Qd7 18.c3 a5 19.Ne1 Bb6 20.f3 Qd6 21.Nd3 Nc5 22.Kc2 Nxd3 23.Qxd3 Qc5 24.Qe2 a4 25.b3 axb3+ 26.axb3 Qg1 27.Bd2 Qa1 28.Qd1 Qa2+ 29.Kd3 Bc5 30.b4 Be7 31.Qc2 Qa1 32.Qc1 Qa6 33.Qf1 b5 34.c5 Qa2 35.Qh3+ Kd8 36.Qxh7 Bf8 37.Qf5 Qb1+ 38.Ke2 Qg1 39.Be1 Qxh2+ 40.Bf2 Qh1 41.Qe6 Qa1 42.Be1 Qa6 43.Qf7 Be7 44.Bd2 Kd7 45.f4 exf4 46.gxf4 Qc8 47.e5 fxe5 48.fxe5 Qe8 49.e6+ Kd8 50.Qf5 Bf6 51.Bf4 Kc8 52.Kd3 Qd8+ 53.Kc2 Qe7 54.Be5 Bxe5 55.Qxe5 g5 56.Qf5 Kd8 57.Qg6 Kc8 58.Qg8+ Qd8 59.Qf7 Qd5 60.Qf8+ Kb7 61.e7 Qa2+ 62.Kd3 Qd5+ 63.Ke3 Qe5+ 64.Kf3 Qxc3+ 65.Kg4 Qxb4+ 66.Kh5 Qh4+ 67.Kg6 Qe4+ 68.Kf7 Qf5+ 69.Kg7 Qe5+ 70.Kg8 Qd5+ 71.Qf7 1-0

Match 2, August 28
Russia – Hungary
Gunina, Valentina – Gara, Ticia
E00 Queen’s Pawn game

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 a5 5.Bg2 O-O 6.Nf3 b6 7.O-O Bb7 8.Bf4 Be7 9.Nc3 Ne4 10.Qc2 Nxc3 11.Qxc3 d6 12.Rfe1 Nd7 13.a3 Be4 14.Rad1 a4 15.Bf1 g5 16.Bc1 f5 17.Nd2 Bb7 18.e4 f4 19.e5 dxe5 20.Bh3 Rf6 21.dxe5 Rh6 22.Bg4 fxg3 23.Qxg3 Nc5 24.Nf3 Qe8 25.h4 gxh4 26.Qf4 Rg6 27.Kh2 Qf8 28.Rg1 Qxf4+ 29.Bxf4 Rf8 30.Rd4 Kh8 31.Bh5 Rxg1 32.Nxg1 Nb3 33.Rd7 Rxf4 34.Rxe7 Rxf2+ 35.Kh3 Nd4 36.Rxc7 Be4 37.Kxh4 Rg2 38.Bf7 Rxg1 39.Rc8+ Kg7 0-1

(to be continued)

[Wayne Komer]

FIDE Online Olympiad 2020

August 28, 2020

Quarter-Finals

Match 1: Poland - Azerbaijan 4:2

Mamedyarov 0-1 Duda
Mamedov 0-1 Wojtaszek
Mammadzada ½-½ Socko
Mammadova 0-1 Cyfka
Asadli ½-½ Gumularz
Balajayeva 1-0 Sliwicka

Match 1: USA - Ukraine 4½:1½

So 1-0 Ivanchuk
Shankland ½-½ Korobov
Yip 1-0 Osmak
Zatonskih ½-½ Zhukova
Xiong ½-½ Shevchenko
Wang 1-0 Berdnyk

Selected Games

Match 1, August 28
Poland – Azerbaijan
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar – Duda, Jan-Krzysztof
D35 QGD, Exchange, positional line

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 c6 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 Bf5 8.f3 Nbd7 9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 Be7 11.Nge2 O-O 12.g4 b5 13.Rc1 Rc8 14.O-O Re8 15.Kg2 b4 16.Na4 Qa5 17.b3 c5 18.dxc5 Nxc5 19.Nxc5 Rxc5 20.Rxc5 Bxc5 21.Bxf6 gxf6 22.Qxd5 Qxa2 23.Qxc5 Qxe2+ 24.Rf2 Qxe3 25.Qxb4 Kg7 26.Qb7 Re7 27.Qb4 Rd7 28.Qc4 Rd1 29.b4 Rb1 30.h4 Qe1 31.Qf1 Qxb4 32.Qe2 a5 33.Qe3 a4 34.g5 Qxh4 35.gxh6+ Qxh6 36.Qxh6+ Kxh6 37.Ra2 Rb4 38.Kg3 Kg5 39.Ra1 f5 40.Ra2 Kf6 41.f4 Rb3+ 42.Kh4 a3 43.Rc2 Rb6 44.Rg2 Rb4 45.Kg3 Rb2 46.Rg1 a2 0-1

Match 1, August 28
Poland – Azerbaijan
Wojtaszek, Radoslaw – Mamedov, Rauf
D91 King’s Indian, Kazakh variation

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 Na6 7.O-O e5 8.Be3 Qe8 9.dxe5 dxe5 10.Rb1 c6 11.b4 Qe7 12.c5 Rd8 13.Qa4 Nc7 14.h3 a6 15.Rfd1 Bd7 16.Qc2 Nb5 17.Bxb5 axb5 18.Nd2 Nh5 19.a4 bxa4 20.Nxa4 Be6 21.Nf3 Nf4 22.Rxd8+ Qxd8 23.Bxf4 exf4 24.Rd1 Qe7 25.Nb6 Ra3 26.Qd2 Bc3 27.Qxf4 Bxb4 28.Qb8+ Kg7 29.Rd8 Rxf3 30.Rh8 Qxc5 31.gxf3 Qg5+ 32.Kh2 Qh5 33.Rg8+ Kh6 34.Qf4+ Qg5 35.Qxg5+ Kxg5 36.Kg2 Kh4 37.Rb8 Bxh3+ 38.Kg1 Be6 39.Rxb7 Bc5 40.Nd7 Bd4 41.Nf8 Ba2 42.Nxh7 c5 43.Kg2 g5 44.Nf8 g4 45.Nd7 Bc4 46.Rc7 Be2 47.fxg4 c4 48.f3 c3 49.Nc5 Bd1 50.Nd3 Bb3 51.Nc1 Be6 52.Ne2 Be5 53.Rc5 f6 54.Nxc3 Kg5 55.Ne2 Kg6 56.f4 Bd6 57.Rc6 Bxg4 58.Rxd6 1-0

Match 1, August 28
Poland – Azerbaijan
Cyfka, Karina – Mammadova, Guinar
A41 Modern Defence

1.d4 g6 2.Nf3 Bg7 3.c4 d6 4.g3 Nd7 5.Bg2 e5 6.O-O Ne7 7.Nc3 O-O 8.d5 h6 9.e4 f5 10.exf5 gxf5 11.Ne1 Nf6 12.f4 e4 13.Nc2 c5 14.dxc6 bxc6 15.Be3 Ba6 16.b3 d5 17.Nb4 Bb7 18.c5 a5 19.Nc2 Ba6 20.Re1 Bd3 21.Bd4 Bxc2 22.Qxc2 Ng4 23.Ne2 Qd7 24.a3 Ng6 25.Bh3 h5 26.Rab1 Rae8 27.Qc3 Bh6 28.Ra1 h4 29.Qxa5 hxg3 30.hxg3 Qh7 31.Kg2 e3 32.Bxg4 fxg4 33.Rh1 Nxf4+ 34.gxf4 Qe4+ 35.Kg1 Re6 36.Rf1 g3 37.Rh3 Rg6 38.Qc7 Rf7 39.Qe5 Qxe5 40.Bxe5 g2 41.Rb1 Bg7 42.Bxg7 Rfxg7 43.Rxe3 Rh6 44.Kf2 Rh1 45.Rg1 Rh2 46.Rg3 Kf7 47.Rxg7+ Kxg7 48.Rxg2+ Rxg2+ 49.Kxg2 1-0

Match 1, August 28
USA – Ukraine
So, Wesley – Ivanchuk, Vasyl
C07 French, Tarrasch, open variation

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.Ngf3 Nf6 5.exd5 Nxd5 6.Nb3 cxd4 7.Nbxd4 Bb4+ 8.Bd2 O-O 9.c3 Bd6 10.Bc4 Nb6 11.Bd3 N8d7 12.Qe2 e5 13.Bg5 Be7 14.Bxe7 Qxe7 15.O-O-O Nd5 16.Nf5 Qc5 17.Bc2 N7f6 18.Qxe5 Re8 19.Qd4 Qa5 20.Nd6 Rd8 21.Ne4 Bg4 22.Bb3 Rac8 23.Qe5 Nxe4 24.Rxd5 Nc5 25.Rhd1 Re8 26.Qd4 Be6 27.Rg5 1-0

Final Position



Chucky times out!

Match 1, August 28
USA – Ukraine
Korobov, Anton – Shankland, Sam
D46 QGD, Semi-Slav

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e3 c6 4.c4 e6 5.Nc3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 dxc4 8.Bxc4 O-O 9.O-O b5 10.Be2 Bb7 11.e4 e5 12.dxe5 Nxe5 13.Nh4 g6 14.f4 Neg4 15.g3 Bc5+ 16.Kh1 b4 17.Nd1 Bd4 18.Bf3 c5 19.e5 Nd5 20.Qg2 Qd7 21.h3 h5 22.hxg4 hxg4 23.Be4 f5 24.exf6 Rae8 25.Kh2 Rxf6 26.Nf2 g5 27.fxg5 Rxf2 28.Rxf2 Bxf2 29.Qxf2 Rxe4 30.Bd2 Qe6 31.Re1 Rxe1 32.Qxe1 Qxe1 33.Bxe1 c4 34.Nf5 c3 35.bxc3 bxc3 36.Nh6+ Kh7 37.Nxg4 Kg6 38.Nf2 Ba6 39.Nh3 c2 40.Bd2 Nb4 41.Nf4+ Kf5 42.g4+ Ke4 43.a3 Na2 44.g6 Bc4 45.g7 c1=Q 46.Bxc1 Nxc1 47.Ng6 Nd3 48.Kg3 Ne5 49.Ne7 a5 50.g8=Q Bxg8 51.Nxg8 Nc4 52.a4 Nb6 53.Ne7 Nxa4 54.Nc6 Nc5 55.Nxa5 Nd7 56.g5 Kf5 57.g6 Kxg6 1/2-1/2

Match 1, August 28
USA – Ukraine
Yip, Carissa – Osmak, Iulija
C07 French, Tarrasch, open variation

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 Qxd5 5.Ngf3 cxd4 6.Bc4 Qd7 7.O-O Nc6 8.Nb3 a6 9.Nbxd4 Nxd4 10.Nxd4 Nf6 11.Re1 b5 12.Be2 Bb7 13.Bf3 Rd8 14.c3 Be7 15.Bxb7 Qxb7 16.Qb3 O-O 17.Bf4 Nd5 18.Be5 Rd7 19.a4 b4 20.c4 Nf4 21.Bxf4 Rxd4 22.Be3 Rg4 23.g3 Rc8 24.Rac1 h5 25.c5 h4 26.Qd3 b3 27.a5 Bf6 28.Qe2 Rb4 29.Red1 h3 30.f3 Rc6 31.Qf1 Qc8 32.Rd2 e5 33.Rcd1 e4 34.fxe4 Rxe4 35.Qf3 Re8 36.Bf2 Be7 37.Rd7 Rf6 38.Qd5 Bf8 39.Bd4 Rfe6 40.Rf1 R8e7 41.Rd8 Qc7 42.Qa8 Re8 43.Rxe8 Rxe8 44.Qxe8 Qb7 45.c6 Qb4 46.Qxf7+ Kh7 47.Qf5+ Kg8 48.Qxf8+ Qxf8 49.Rxf8+ Kxf8 50.c7 1-0

Match 1, August 28
USA – Ukraine
Zhukova, Natalia – Zatonskih, Anna
D57 QGD, Lasker Defence, main line

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.e3 Ne4 8.Bxe7 Qxe7 9.cxd5 Nxc3 10.bxc3 exd5 11.Bd3 Rd8 12.O-O Nc6 13.Re1 Bg4 14.e4 dxe4 15.Bxe4 Qd6 16.Rb1 Rab8 17.Qc2 Bxf3 18.Bxf3 b6 19.Qf5 Ne7 20.Qb5 c6 21.Qa6 Qc7 22.Qc4 Nd5 23.Re5 Qd7 24.Rbe1 Re8 25.g3 Rxe5 26.Rxe5 Rd8 27.Kg2 Qd6 1/2-1/2

Match 1, August 28
USA – Ukraine
Xiong, Jeffery – Shevchenko, Kirill
B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky Attack

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.d4 cxd4 5.Qxd4 a6 6.Bxd7+ Bxd7 7.Nc3 Rc8 8.e5 f6 9.exd6 e5 10.Qd5 Qb6 11.O-O Qc6 12.Rd1 Qxd5 13.Rxd5 Bc6 14.Rd1 Rd8 15.Be3 Bxd6 16.Nd2 Ne7 17.Nc4 Bb4 18.Bb6 Rxd1+ 19.Rxd1 Kf7 20.Ba5 Bc5 21.Bb6 Bb4 22.Ba5 Bc5 23.Bb6 Bb4 1/2-1/2

Match 1, August 28
USA – Ukraine
Berdnyk, Mariia – Wang, Annie
E04 Catalan, open

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.Bg2 a6 6.O-O Nc6 7.e3 Bd7 8.Qe2 Bd6 9.Qxc4 O-O 10.Rd1 Qe7 11.Nc3 h6 12.Qe2 e5 13.dxe5 Bxe5 14.Nxe5 Qxe5 15.Bd2 Rad8 16.Be1 Rfe8 17.h3 Qe6 18.Nd5 Nxd5 19.Rxd5 Ne7 20.Rdd1 Bc6 21.Bc3 Bxg2 22.Kxg2 Nd5 23.Bd4 c5 24.Bc3 b5 25.Ba5 Rd7 26.Qf3 Nf6 27.Rxd7 Nxd7 28.Rd1 Ne5 29.Qd5 Nc4 30.Bc3 b4 31.Qxe6 Rxe6 32.b3 bxc3 33.bxc4 Re4 34.Rc1 Rxc4 35.Kf3 Kf8 36.Ke2 Ke7 37.Kd3 Ra4 38.Rxc3 Rxa2 39.f4 Kd6 40.e4 a5 41.g4 Kc6 42.f5 f6 43.Rb3 a4 44.Rb8 a3 45.Rg8 Ra1 46.Kc2 Rh1 47.Ra8 Rxh3 48.Rg8 Rh1 49.Kb3 Rh3+ 50.Ka2 Kd6 51.Rxg7 Ke5 52.Re7+ Kd4 53.e5 fxe5 54.f6 Rf3 55.f7 c4 56.Rd7+ Ke4 57.Rc7 Kd5 58.Rb7 Kc6 59.Re7 Kd6 60.Rb7 Ke6 61.Rc7 Rxf7 62.Rxc4 Kd5 63.Rc3 Rf4 64.Rh3 Rxg4 65.Rxh6 Ra4 66.Rh8 Kd4 67.Rd8+ Ke3 68.Re8 e4 69.Re7 Kd2 70.Rd7+ Ke2 71.Re7 e3 72.Re8 Kd2 73.Rd8+ Ke1 74.Re8 e2 75.Re7 Kf2 0-1

(to be continued)