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Ya, it's a good move, go into a slightly better endgame although black made is easier for him by going for some dubious tactics. I guess he was really intimidated by Nikita's rating.
At the end of the third day of the Tournament, 5 of 10 rounds completed, Canada is in 12th out of 22 with 10 points.
This morning saw Canada play India (with 3 IM's) Congratulations to Mike Ivanov for a great draw and fighting chess from the rest of the team.
In the afternoon, we played Portugal, another very strong team. Nikita and Mike drew, with Konstantin having the longest game in the hall.
A bit exhausting with 2 2 round days back to back.
Tomorrow Mike and I will visit the Mayor of Burdur and then everyone will partake in the "official" Opening Ceremonies.
We have one game at 4:00 p.m. (9 a.m. Eastern) against Uzbekistan, who is in 8th place with 12 points.
Wednesday is a rest day for chess, with an all day tour scheduled.
All the best from the Grand Ozeren Otel and Spa in Burdur Turkey.
Now that I have Internet in the playing hall, I wanted to give you an update on the organizational side of things.
In a word, EXCELLENT :)
Bulletins of all of the games are ready first thing in the morning and on the days with 2 rounds, about an hour after the round starts.
Except for a problem with Internet in the Hotel, everything has been posted online quickly and efficiently.
There is a large display board at the end of each table indicating round, teams, board, players name and rating and as results are recorded, the score is put on the Board.
I have spoken to a few people from the Turkish Chess Federation here and they have done an incredible job. They decided about 5-10 years ago to become a world chess power and look at the number of tournaments that they have hosted lately, they are on their way.
They like going to the smaller towns for their international tournaments, as the town bends over backwards for them, as they are so happy with the extra tourism and economic benefit.
From a player standpoint, the only disadvantage is transport. But they took care of that with ease running airport shuttles and meeting people at the airport. There was an extra fixed charge for the transport, publicized in advance, and we had no issues paying it.
This might be something to consider for some of our National Tournaments that could be hosted in cities up to 2 hours away from a major airport.
Today, the captain and a member of each delegation met with the Governor of Burdur and then drove over to meet the Mayor. I don't think that would happen in Istanbul:)
The opening ceremonies this afternoon was spectacular. We walked around the corner of our hotel to line up behind our flag and name of our country which were held by local citizens. We were also handed our countries flags to hold and wave ourselvesas we marched. We then marched, complete with a marching band, thru the middle of town to the playing hall. There were droves of children and towns people on the side of the road, cheering us on, for a few moments, we all felt what the Olympic athletes must feel walking into the stadium. The kids then started coming up to us and asking for our smaill flags and we all had a great time. I had gotten a lot of Canada pins from my MP and I was handing out lots of them. When we got to the playing hall, there was some Turkish dancing and then the obligatory speeches from the Mayor, the Turkish Chess Federation, a presentation about Burdur, etc..
The only shame I see was that the opening ceremonies weren't on the first day, but I guess they had some logistical issues.
Now the boys are playing Uzbekhistan and more reports later.
Gary Gladstone
We have just completed the ninth round, and figured an update was in order.
We spent the morning enjoying Burdur. We walked around, did some shopping and then played some Table Tennis. We came back for lunch and prepared in earnest for our match with Switzerland. Simon Gladstone and Konstantin Semianiuk won, Nikita Kraiouchkine drew and Mike Ivanov lost, so we won the match 2.5 – 1.5.
Did I mention that at most matches, our team is one of the last ones to finish, we like to make sure we get the most play
At the end of 9 matches, Nikita has 4.5, Konstantin 5, Mike, 4 and Simon 5 points.
To date we have won 4 matches (Burdur, Libya, Turkmenistan B and Switzerland) and lost 5 matches (Belarus, India, Portugal, Uzbekihstan and Turkey – White). We have a total of 18.5 points out of a possible 36.
We are currently tied for 10th place over all.
We hope for a good result against South African A team tomorrow morning, game starts at 10 am local (3 a.m. Toronto). After the game, we’ll come back to the hotel and pack. Then a soccer game leading up to the closing ceremonies at 6 p.m.
The long trek home begins just after midnite with a ride to Antalya, then fly to Istanbul, Vienna and finally home. It doesn’t look like Vienna is affected by the weather system, let’s hope for the best.
We’ll be back home Sunday night.
The great news is Canada won their final match 3 – 1 over South Africa A Team. Simon and Konstantin won, Mike and Nikita Drew.
We ended up tied for 8th place, actually 10th on tiebreak out of 22 teams. We started at 15th place, needless to say, we are all pleased.
6 of the 10 teams we played finished in the top 10, we were never shut out and we won 5 matches with a total score of 21.5 points.
Armenia went into the final round needing a ½ point to clinch, they all drew with Turkey White to guarantee them the win.
The closing ceremonies start shortly and then the long trek home.
A great time was had by all, thanks for all your support and encouragement.
Everyone should be very proud of how the “Canadian Youth Under 16 Team” represented themselves at the World Under 16 Youth Olympiad.
All final standings, games, etc.. are available at http://wyco2010.tsf.org.tr/
Gary Gladstone, Captain
Nikita Kraiouchkine Board 1
Konstantin Semianiuk Board 2
Mike Ivanov Board 3
Simon Gladstone Board 4
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