Open - final top 10:
Rk. SNo Team Team Games + = - TB1 TB2 TB3 TB4
1 2 Ukraine UKR 11 8 3 0 19 380,5 31,0 143,00
2 1 Russia 1 RUS1 11 8 2 1 18 379,5 28,0 157,00
3 11 Israel ISR 11 7 3 1 17 367,5 29,0 148,00
4 5 Hungary HUN 11 8 1 2 17 355,5 26,5 157,00
5 3 China CHN 11 7 2 2 16 362,0 29,0 147,00
6 4 Russia 2 RUS2 11 8 0 3 16 355,0 29,5 144,00
7 6 Armenia ARM 11 7 2 2 16 345,0 27,0 147,00
8 16 Spain ESP 11 7 2 2 16 332,0 28,5 137,00
9 9 United States of America USA 11 7 2 2 16 315,5 27,0 141,00
10 10 France FRA 11 6 4 1 16 311,5 25,0 149,00
Ivanchuk on Board 1 was incredible for Ukraine (8.0/10 points, with 1 draw and 1 loss), as was Board #4 Efimenko (8.5/11 with no losses)! Both players will add double digits to their ELOs. Well done!
Team Hungary - one can only ask "what if" - Leko had performed up to his rating - in this Olympiad, he did not, with 4.5/10 including two losses. Judit Polgar also had 2 losses, but she still garnered 6.0/10 and a PR of 2703, above her ELO of 2682. The star of the Hungarian team was GM Zoltan Almasi on Board 2 who will add about 12 points to his ELO. Well done!
Team USA - Kamsky played well, the others were - disappointing (except for youngster and Olympiad rookie Hess, who didn't have much opportunity to play).
A great medal for Team Israel, who came in ranked 11th. As for Russia 1, well, they should have medaled - good thing for them they did. One can only imagine what Putin would have done if they did not - is there anyone left to fire in the whole of Mother Russia?
And the ladies - here are the top 10 final:
Rk. SNo Team Team Games + = - TB1 TB2 TB3 TB4
1 1 Russia 1 RUS1 11 11 0 0 22 439,5 34,0 147,00
2 2 China CHN 11 9 0 2 18 386,5 31,5 146,00
3 4 Georgia GEO 11 7 2 2 16 384,0 29,0 155,00
4 18 Cuba CUB 11 8 0 3 16 348,5 30,0 136,00
5 6 United States of America USA 11 7 2 2 16 336,5 28,5 140,00
6 10 Poland POL 11 7 2 2 16 336,0 29,5 132,00
7 26 Azerbaijan AZE 11 8 0 3 16 320,0 28,0 136,00
8 12 Bulgaria BUL 11 7 2 2 16 296,5 24,5 147,00
9 3 Ukraine UKR 11 7 1 3 15 366,5 28,5 156,00
10 5 Russia 2 RUS2 11 6 3 2 15 335,5 26,5 152,00
China and Georgia battled back (some news accounts had writtten off both teams in earlier rounds after some match losses) to earn well-deserved medals. Well done, Ladies. Cuba and particularly Azerbaijan are pleasant surprises in the top 10 relative to their start positions. Both of those teams should be very proud of the way they played.
In the final round, Russia 1 played Russia 2. :
Bo. 5 Russia 2 (RUS2) Rtg - 1 Russia 1 (RUS1) Rtg 1½:2½ 1.1 WGM Pogonina Natalija 2491 - GM Kosintseva Tatiana 2573 ½ - ½
1.2 WGM Girya Olga 2414 - GM Kosteniuk Alexandra 2524 ½ - ½
1.3 IM Bodnaruk Anastasia 2399 - IM Galliamova Alisa 2482 ½ - ½
1.4 WGM Kashlinskaya Alina 2358 - WGM Gunina Valentina 2465 0 - 1
I guess Gunina didn't get the memo. Will Putin banish her to Mansky Kamsky for not drawing her final game against a much lower rated player, hmmm???
USA Women met Indian Women in the final round:
Round 11 on 2010/10/03 at 11:00
Bo. 6 United States of America (USA) Rtg - 8 India (IND) Rtg 2½:1½
5.1 IM Krush Irina 2490 - IM Harika Dronavalli 2515 ½ - ½
5.2 IM Zatonskih Anna 2480 - IM Tania Sachdev 2382 ½ - ½
5.3 WFM Abrahamyan Tatev 2352 - IM Karavade Eesha 2365 1 - 0
5.4 WGM Baginskaite Kamile 2328 - WGM Meenakshi Subbaraman 2336 ½ - ½
The match loss by India dropped the team out of the top 10 to 17th place, which must be a bitter disappointment for a team that started ranked 8th. I wish USA and India had been able to play other teams, because I like both teams very much.
As this is a USA-oriented blog, here are the individual totals for the USA Women's Team:
5. United States of America (USA / RtgAvg:2413, Captain: Khodarkovsky, Michael / TB1: 16 / TB2: 336,5)
Bo. Name Rtg FED 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Pts. Games Rp w we w-we K rtg+/-
1 IM Krush Irina 2490 USA 1 1 1 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 7,0 11 2494 7 6,55 0,45 10 4,5
2 IM Zatonskih Anna 2480 USA 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 6,5 10 2454 6,5 6,72 -0,22 10 -2,2
3 WFM Abrahamyan Tatev 2352 USA 1 1 0 1 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 1 6,0 10 2358 6 5,82 0,18 15 2,7
4 WGM Baginskaite Kamile 2328 USA 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 6,0 8 2354 6 5,48 0,52 15 7,8
5 WGM Foisor Sabina-Francesca 2293 USA 1 ½ 1 ½ 0 3,0 5 2279 3 2,85 0,15 15 2,3
It was, perhaps, fitting, that Abrahamyan had the decisive game in the final round. She often pushes the envelope and sometimes goes over the edge, resulting in a ZERO where another player would play for a draw - one has only to look at her game line in this Olympiad. She earned 6.0/10 on Board 3 despite 3 losses! Abrahamyan has won two Goddesschess Fighting Chess Award prizes for her performances at U.S. Women's Chess Championship. A leopard cannot change her spots. Do she and Nakamura date? Just saying - chesswise - they seem a perfect match...
Irina Krush was a rock-solid Board 1 and had no games off. Zatonskih disappointed, although her game did seem to pick up a bit in the second half of the Olympiad. Baginskaite delivered, as she has in many past Olympiads for the American women. She played 8 games on Board 4 and garnered 6.0, with no losses.
Women playing on Open teams:
GM Judit Polgar - see above (Team Hungary).
GM Victoria Cmilyte, Lithuania, Board 3:
Cmilyte had a sub-par performance, with 5.0/9 including 3 losses, but she did win her game in R11. Her performance rating of 2424 is quite a bit below her ELO of 2513.
GM Zhu Chen, Qatar, Board 3:
Zhu Chen garnered 7.0/11 (1 loss but 6 draws). Her performance rating of 2366 is well below her ELO of 2480.
GM Keti Arakhamia-Grant, Scotland, Board 2:
5.5/10, with 3 wins, 2 losses, and 5 draws. Her performance rating was 2395. Her ELO is 2451.
WIM Fiona Steil-Antoni, Luxembourg, Board 5:
Finished her Olympiad appearance with a draw (her team won 3.0/1.0 against Wales). Her score was 5.0/8 (3 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss) for a PR of 2014, below her ELO of 2152.
Canadian Women, disappointed by their 67th place finish (started at 58th), despite fine performances by Boards 1 and 2:
67. Canada (CAN / RtgAvg:2054, Captain: Shi, Shao Min / TB1: 10 / TB2: 217)
Bo. Name Rtg FED 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Pts. Games Rp w we w-we K rtg+/-
1 WIM Yuan Yuanling 2189 CAN 1 0 1 ½ 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 7,5 11 2271 6,5 4,43 2,07 15 31,0
2 WIM Kagramanov Dina 2086 CAN 1 1 1 0 1 0 ½ 0 1 5,5 9 2111 4,5 3,50 1,00 15 15,0
3 Lacau-Rodean Iulia 2024 CAN ½ ½ 0 1 0 0 1 ½ 0 3,5 9 1908 3 3,32 -0,32 15 -4,8
4 Orlova Yelizaveta 1917 CAN 1 1 0 ½ 1 0 0 0 3,5 8 1915 2,5 2,18 0,32 15 4,8
5 Kagramanov Dalia 1866 CAN 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 3,0 7 1810 2 2,21 -0,21 15 -3,2
Who won individual medals for board performances? Info from the official website:
Board 1
Rk. Name Rtg Team % Pts Rc Rp
1 GM Kosintseva Tatiana 2573 Russia 1 70 7/10 2479 2628
2 WGM Mamedjarova Zeinab 2234 Azerbaijan 81.8 9/11 2361 2623
3 GM Hou Yifan 2578 China 72.7 8/11 2398 2573
Board 2
Rk. Name Rtg Team % Pts Rc Rp
1 IM Kosintseva Nadezhda 2565 Russia 1 85 8.5/10 2366 2662
2 WGM Ju Wenjun 2516 China 86.4 9.5/11 2327 2636
3 WIM Pham Le Thao Nguyen 2304 Vietnam 85 8.5/10 2185 2481
Board 3
Rk. Name Rtg Team % Pts Rc Rp
1 WGM Marrero Lopez Yaniet 2324 Cuba 87.5 7/8 2175 2511
2 IM Melia Salome 2439 Georgia 70 7/10 2309 2458 (a personal favorite player)
3 WGM Berzina Ilze 2283 Latvia 81.8 9/11 2188 2450
Board 4
Rk. Name Rtg Team % Pts Rc Rp
1 IM Gaponenko Inna 2469 Ukraine 93.8 7.5/8 2247 2691
2 IM Bodnaruk Anastasia 2399 Russia 2 87.5 7/8 2233 2569
3 WIM Vasiliev Olga 2293 Israel 77.8 7/9 2159 2379
Board 5
Rk. Name Rtg Team % Pts Rc Rp
1 IM Muzychuk Mariya 2464 Ukraine 72.2 6.5/9 2265 2431
2 WGM Kashlinskaya Alina 2358 Russia 2 61.1 5.5/9 2247 2327
3 IM Khotenashvili Bela 2464 Georgia 62.5 5/8 2194 2289
Open Section medals:
Board 1
Rk. Name Rtg Team % Pts Rc Rp
1 GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2754 Ukraine 80 8/10 2650 2890 (a personal favorite player)
2 GM Aronian Levon 2783 Armenia 75 7.5/10 2695 2888
3 GM Nepomniachtchi Ian 2706 Russia 2 72.2 6.5/9 2655 2821
Board 2
Rk. Name Rtg Team % Pts Rc Rp
1 GM Sutovsky Emil 2665 Israel 81.3 6.5/8 2644 2895
2 GM Almasi Zoltan 2707 Hungary 70 7/10 2652 2801
3 GM Wang Hao 2724 China 75 7.5/10 2590 2783
Board 3
Rk. Name Rtg Team % Pts Rc Rp
1 GM Teterev Vitaly 2511 Belarus 87.5 7/8 2517 2853
2 GM Eljanov Pavel 2761 Ukraine 70 7/10 2588 2737
3 GM Rublevsky Sergei 2683 Russia 3 72.7 8/11 2552 2727
4 GM Polgar Judit 2682 Hungary 60 6/10 2631 2703 (a personal favorite player)
(honorable mention for Polgar)
Board 4
Rk. Name Rtg Team % Pts Rc Rp
1 GM Karjakin Sergey 2747 Russia 1 80 8/10 2619 2859
2 GM Efimenko Zahar 2683 Ukraine 77.3 8.5/11 2572 2783
3 GM Giri Anish 2677 Netherlands 72.7 8/11 2555 2730
Board 5
Rk. Name Rtg Team % Pts Rc Rp
1 GM Feller Sebastien 2649 France 66.7 6/9 2583 2708
2 GM Bartel Mateusz 2599 Poland 77.8 7/9 2486 2706
3 GM Babula Vlastimil 2515 Czech Republic 77.8 7/9 2448 2668
Showing posts with label 2010 Chess Olympiad. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2010 Chess Olympiad. Show all posts
Sunday, October 3, 2010
Friday, October 1, 2010
2010 Chess Olympiad - 1 Round to Go!
Russian Women 1 have the gold locked up, they can mail it in tomorrow and still win, evidently. China, whom some (who shall remain nameless) had counted out about 4 rounds ago, is in place to win a medal, as is Ukraine, Georgia and - well, you can read all about it at Susan Polgar's blog:
Top Standings (Open and Women) After R10
Possible Medal Scenarios for Open and Women (like figuring out the wild cards in the NFL)
I've lost interest since neither American team is in the medal hunt - I've been concentrating on the Family Tree project, realizing about 4 days ago that I've still got much to do on my family's tree and more to do yet on a couple of Tree projects that I'm doing as surprise gifts.
Report on Russian Women 1's win at official website. The Russian press is acting like it's a miracle, which is pretty funny, actually, considering how strong the team is; but then, since the Russian Open and Women's Teams didn't do squat in Dresden in 2008 a lot of pressure was/is on the players this year to WIN, and thereby prove that a tolatarian regime where most of the top players no longer live in the country because it absolutely sucks to do so is still a mighty chess power with nuclear weapons and He-Man Putin, the man behind the curtain. Cough cough. So, kudos to the Russian Women 1. The Kosintseva sisters are fab, darlings. I really would like to see them mix it up a lot more in open tournaments against higher rated male players instead of staying in the women's ratings ghetto. I really would like to see them move elsewhere and earn a decent living for their chessly efforts. Sigh.
US Open Team (Men) are in 14th place. US Women are in 8th place. There is day off tomorrow, which is very strange since then 1 game and closing take place on Sunday. What a silly schedule. The players would probably have benefited most from a 4 game/off day/4 game/off day/3 games schedule. Perhaps the rationale behind this schedule was to give the Russian teams a day off for prep before the final round - but it cuts all ways as the other teams who are in the hunt for medals also get time for more prep. Best scenario on Sunday in my book: Ivanchuk of Ukraine is the hero!
Judit Polgar watch:
Polgar is playing Board 3 on the Hungarian Open Team, which is currently in 5th place after R10 in possibly in medal contention (see link to SP's blog above - Possible Medal Scenarios...). Judit had two losses out of 9 games and played 9 straight; she did not play R10. Her score is 5.5/9 which is not the best on her team, but her performance rating is 2712 so that's good (it's above her current ELO of 2682).
Since R11 will be crucial to Hungary's chances for a medal, I expect she will play unless she is on her death bed.
There is excellent news for Canada today: IM Thomas Roussel-Roozmon earned his third GM norm and with the ratings points earned at the Olympiad, will qualify for the GM title! Hooray! Here is the info:
IM Thomas Roussel-Roozmon 2484 CAN 6,5/9 (with no losses) PR 2600 ELO + 16.3
Team Canada started in 53rd in the Open and is currently in 41st, an excellent showing with one more round to fight for higher position.
Canadian Women, who started in 58th place, are in 53rd place after R10, so they are still playing to move up in final position. Here are the stats for the Canadian women through R10:
53. Canada (CAN / RtgAvg:2054, Captain: Shi, Shao Min / TB1: 10 / TB2: 185,5)
Bo. Name Rtg FED 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Pts. Games Rp w we w-we K rtg+/-
1 WIM Yuan Yuanling 2189 CAN 1 0 1 ½ 1 0 1 1 1 1 7,5 10 2317 6,5 4,05 2,45 15 36,8
2 WIM Kagramanov Dina 2086 CAN 1 1 1 0 1 0 ½ 0 4,5 8 2075 3,5 2,91 0,59 15 8,9
3 Lacau-Rodean Iulia 2024 CAN ½ ½ 0 1 0 0 1 ½ 3,5 8 1936 3 2,87 0,13 15 2,0
4 Orlova Yelizaveta 1917 CAN 1 1 0 ½ 1 0 0 3,5 7 1945 2,5 1,86 0,64 15 9,6
5 Kagramanov Dalia 1866 CAN 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 3,0 7 1810 2 2,21 -0,21 15 -3,2
As you can see, WIM Yuan Yuanling is the best on the team and the workhorse - playing 10 out of 10 and no doubt will be back on Board 1 on Sunday to try and move her team up a few more notches in the final standings. Canadian Women will face Venezuela on Sunday. They started in 54th place (one below Canadian Women) and are currently in 63rd place.
By the way - Russian Women 2 play Russian Women 1 on Sunday. Yeah. Who doesn't think that Russian Women 1 will lay down to help Russian Women 2 currently in 5th place) possibly into medal contention? But perhaps I'm being overly cynical, darlings :)
I'll be back on the Olympiad Sunday to do a wrap-up.
Top Standings (Open and Women) After R10
Possible Medal Scenarios for Open and Women (like figuring out the wild cards in the NFL)
I've lost interest since neither American team is in the medal hunt - I've been concentrating on the Family Tree project, realizing about 4 days ago that I've still got much to do on my family's tree and more to do yet on a couple of Tree projects that I'm doing as surprise gifts.
Report on Russian Women 1's win at official website. The Russian press is acting like it's a miracle, which is pretty funny, actually, considering how strong the team is; but then, since the Russian Open and Women's Teams didn't do squat in Dresden in 2008 a lot of pressure was/is on the players this year to WIN, and thereby prove that a tolatarian regime where most of the top players no longer live in the country because it absolutely sucks to do so is still a mighty chess power with nuclear weapons and He-Man Putin, the man behind the curtain. Cough cough. So, kudos to the Russian Women 1. The Kosintseva sisters are fab, darlings. I really would like to see them mix it up a lot more in open tournaments against higher rated male players instead of staying in the women's ratings ghetto. I really would like to see them move elsewhere and earn a decent living for their chessly efforts. Sigh.
US Open Team (Men) are in 14th place. US Women are in 8th place. There is day off tomorrow, which is very strange since then 1 game and closing take place on Sunday. What a silly schedule. The players would probably have benefited most from a 4 game/off day/4 game/off day/3 games schedule. Perhaps the rationale behind this schedule was to give the Russian teams a day off for prep before the final round - but it cuts all ways as the other teams who are in the hunt for medals also get time for more prep. Best scenario on Sunday in my book: Ivanchuk of Ukraine is the hero!
Judit Polgar watch:
Polgar is playing Board 3 on the Hungarian Open Team, which is currently in 5th place after R10 in possibly in medal contention (see link to SP's blog above - Possible Medal Scenarios...). Judit had two losses out of 9 games and played 9 straight; she did not play R10. Her score is 5.5/9 which is not the best on her team, but her performance rating is 2712 so that's good (it's above her current ELO of 2682).
Since R11 will be crucial to Hungary's chances for a medal, I expect she will play unless she is on her death bed.
There is excellent news for Canada today: IM Thomas Roussel-Roozmon earned his third GM norm and with the ratings points earned at the Olympiad, will qualify for the GM title! Hooray! Here is the info:
IM Thomas Roussel-Roozmon 2484 CAN 6,5/9 (with no losses) PR 2600 ELO + 16.3
Team Canada started in 53rd in the Open and is currently in 41st, an excellent showing with one more round to fight for higher position.
Canadian Women, who started in 58th place, are in 53rd place after R10, so they are still playing to move up in final position. Here are the stats for the Canadian women through R10:
53. Canada (CAN / RtgAvg:2054, Captain: Shi, Shao Min / TB1: 10 / TB2: 185,5)
Bo. Name Rtg FED 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Pts. Games Rp w we w-we K rtg+/-
1 WIM Yuan Yuanling 2189 CAN 1 0 1 ½ 1 0 1 1 1 1 7,5 10 2317 6,5 4,05 2,45 15 36,8
2 WIM Kagramanov Dina 2086 CAN 1 1 1 0 1 0 ½ 0 4,5 8 2075 3,5 2,91 0,59 15 8,9
3 Lacau-Rodean Iulia 2024 CAN ½ ½ 0 1 0 0 1 ½ 3,5 8 1936 3 2,87 0,13 15 2,0
4 Orlova Yelizaveta 1917 CAN 1 1 0 ½ 1 0 0 3,5 7 1945 2,5 1,86 0,64 15 9,6
5 Kagramanov Dalia 1866 CAN 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 3,0 7 1810 2 2,21 -0,21 15 -3,2
As you can see, WIM Yuan Yuanling is the best on the team and the workhorse - playing 10 out of 10 and no doubt will be back on Board 1 on Sunday to try and move her team up a few more notches in the final standings. Canadian Women will face Venezuela on Sunday. They started in 54th place (one below Canadian Women) and are currently in 63rd place.
By the way - Russian Women 2 play Russian Women 1 on Sunday. Yeah. Who doesn't think that Russian Women 1 will lay down to help Russian Women 2 currently in 5th place) possibly into medal contention? But perhaps I'm being overly cynical, darlings :)
I'll be back on the Olympiad Sunday to do a wrap-up.
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
2010 Chess Olympiad - Women Round 8
Brief summary tonight only. Here are the top 10 Women's Teams after R8 - USA Women are out of it, in 15th place with 3 rounds to go. Are Russian Women 1 the real winners? Not yet convinced, sorry ladies. Too many matches skated through by the skin of your teeth.
Rk. SNo Team Team Games + = - TB1 TB2 TB3 TB4
1 1 Russia 1 RUS1 8 8 0 0 16 241,0 25,0 80,00
2 17 Serbia SRB 8 6 1 1 13 185,0 23,0 71,00
3 5 Russia 2 RUS2 8 5 3 0 13 182,5 20,5 72,00
4 2 China CHN 8 6 0 2 12 204,5 22,5 80,00
5 4 Georgia GEO 8 6 0 2 12 202,5 22,5 81,00
6 3 Ukraine UKR 8 6 0 2 12 199,5 22,0 81,00
7 18 Cuba CUB 8 6 0 2 12 196,5 23,5 72,00
8 9 Hungary HUN 8 5 2 1 12 178,5 20,0 81,00
9 8 India IND 8 6 0 2 12 173,5 21,0 75,00
10 12 Bulgaria BUL 8 5 2 1 12 171,0 18,5 79,00
Rk. SNo Team Team Games + = - TB1 TB2 TB3 TB4
1 1 Russia 1 RUS1 8 8 0 0 16 241,0 25,0 80,00
2 17 Serbia SRB 8 6 1 1 13 185,0 23,0 71,00
3 5 Russia 2 RUS2 8 5 3 0 13 182,5 20,5 72,00
4 2 China CHN 8 6 0 2 12 204,5 22,5 80,00
5 4 Georgia GEO 8 6 0 2 12 202,5 22,5 81,00
6 3 Ukraine UKR 8 6 0 2 12 199,5 22,0 81,00
7 18 Cuba CUB 8 6 0 2 12 196,5 23,5 72,00
8 9 Hungary HUN 8 5 2 1 12 178,5 20,0 81,00
9 8 India IND 8 6 0 2 12 173,5 21,0 75,00
10 12 Bulgaria BUL 8 5 2 1 12 171,0 18,5 79,00
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
2010 Chess Olympiad - Women Round 7
It's been a long rough day so this is going to be short.
Anna Zatonskih was the difference on USA Women's team today by coming through with a victory - good for Anna. She has, I hope, shaken off whatever was ailing her the first games in the Olympiad, and has won two in a row.
Round 7 on 2010/09/28 at 15:00
Bo. 6 United States of America (USA) Rtg - 7 Armenia (ARM) Rtg 2½:1½
5.1 IM Krush Irina 2490 - IM Danielian Elina 2466 ½ - ½
5.2 IM Zatonskih Anna 2480 - IM Mkrtchian Lilit 2484 1 - 0
5.3 WFM Abrahamyan Tatev 2352 - IM Galojan Lilit 2373 ½ - ½
5.4 WGM Baginskaite Kamile 2328 - WGM Aginian Nelly 2282 ½ - ½
Here are the top 10 Women's Teams after R7:
Rk. SNo Team Team Games + = - TB1 TB2 TB3 TB4
1 1 Russia 1 RUS1 7 7 0 0 14 176,5 21,5 60,00
2 4 Georgia GEO 7 6 0 1 12 157,5 21,0 59,00
3 8 India IND 7 6 0 1 12 148,0 20,5 53,00
4 17 Serbia SRB 7 5 1 1 11 147,5 20,5 55,00
5 9 Hungary HUN 7 5 1 1 11 143,5 18,0 61,00
6 6 United States of America USA 7 5 1 1 11 134,0 19,0 56,00 7 5 Russia 2 RUS2 7 4 3 0 11 131,5 17,5 54,00
8 12 Bulgaria BUL 7 5 1 1 11 131,0 16,5 59,00
9 2 China CHN 7 5 0 2 10 155,5 19,0 64,00
10 3 Ukraine UKR 7 5 0 2 10 152,5 19,0 64,00
Top match-ups tomorrow:
No. SNo Team Team Pts. MP Res. : Res. MP Pts. Team Team SNo
1 8 IND India 20½ 12 : 14 21½ Russia 1 RUS1 1
2 17 SRB Serbia 20½ 11 : 12 21 Georgia GEO 4
3 5 RUS2 Russia 2 17½ 11 : 11 19 United States of America USA 6
4 9 HUN Hungary 18 11 : 11 16½ Bulgaria BUL 12
5 36 RUS3 Russia 3 19 10 : 10 20 Cuba CUB 18
How did Canadian Women do? They split the match points:
Round 7 on 2010/09/28 at 15:00
Bo. 58 Canada (CAN) Rtg - 64 Singapore (SIN) Rtg 2 : 2
32.1 WIM Yuan Yuanling 2189 - WFM Tay Li Jin Jeslin 2119 1 - 0
32.2 Lacau-Rodean Iulia 2024 - WFM Liu Yang 2083 0 - 1
32.3 Orlova Yelizaveta 1917 - Neo Xiuwen Christabel 1846 1 - 0
32.4 Kagramanov Dalia 1866 - Lo Yin Ling Melissa 1814 0 - 1
Canadian Women moved up one spot, to 53rd.
There are four more games to go. Can the American Women advance further? They're back where they started - in 6th place. People are already crowning Russian Women 1 the Gold Medalists, and perhaps they are right. But, as the saying goes, it ain't over until the fat lady sings :)
The women playing on Open teams:
GM Judit Polgar, Hungary, Board 3: Bounced back from her loss yesterday, with a win against GM Alexandr Fier of Brazil. Judit's score is 5.0/7 with a current performance rating of 2782. Very nice :)
GM Viktorija Cmilyte, Lithuania, Board 3: She did her part by holding a draw against a higher rated player - "The Hammer" - GM Jon Ludvig Hammer 2633 of Norway - GM Cmilyte Viktorija 2513 ½ - ½. However, very few players can overcome GM Magnus Carlsen on Board 1 and neither could Lithuania's first board. Lithuania lost to Norway by 2.5/1.5. Cmilyte's score, 3.0/6; her current performance rating is below her ELO (not good).
GM Zhu Chen, Qatar, Board 3: Zhu Chen drew her game
31.2 GM Zhu Chen 2480 - Erdene Ganzorig 2330 ½ - ½
Zhu Chen's score is 4.0/7 and her performance rating is below her ELO (not good).
GM Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant, Scotland, Board 2:
29.2 GM Arakhamia-Grant Ketevan 2451 - GM Drasko Milan 2486 ½ - ½
Ketevan was the only draw, her teammates all lost their games to Montenegro. Keti's score is 4.0/6 and is the best performance on her team, but her performance rating is below her ELO.
WIM Fiona Steil-Antoni, Luxembourg, Board 5:
WIM Steil-Antoni Fiona 2152 - Shiomi Ryo 2105 1 - 0
Luxembourg took the match against Japan 3.5/0.5
Fiona has not lost a game and has a score of 4.5/6. Her performance rating is a little above her ELO, which is good.
Anna Zatonskih was the difference on USA Women's team today by coming through with a victory - good for Anna. She has, I hope, shaken off whatever was ailing her the first games in the Olympiad, and has won two in a row.
Round 7 on 2010/09/28 at 15:00
Bo. 6 United States of America (USA) Rtg - 7 Armenia (ARM) Rtg 2½:1½
5.1 IM Krush Irina 2490 - IM Danielian Elina 2466 ½ - ½
5.2 IM Zatonskih Anna 2480 - IM Mkrtchian Lilit 2484 1 - 0
5.3 WFM Abrahamyan Tatev 2352 - IM Galojan Lilit 2373 ½ - ½
5.4 WGM Baginskaite Kamile 2328 - WGM Aginian Nelly 2282 ½ - ½
Here are the top 10 Women's Teams after R7:
Rk. SNo Team Team Games + = - TB1 TB2 TB3 TB4
1 1 Russia 1 RUS1 7 7 0 0 14 176,5 21,5 60,00
2 4 Georgia GEO 7 6 0 1 12 157,5 21,0 59,00
3 8 India IND 7 6 0 1 12 148,0 20,5 53,00
4 17 Serbia SRB 7 5 1 1 11 147,5 20,5 55,00
5 9 Hungary HUN 7 5 1 1 11 143,5 18,0 61,00
6 6 United States of America USA 7 5 1 1 11 134,0 19,0 56,00 7 5 Russia 2 RUS2 7 4 3 0 11 131,5 17,5 54,00
8 12 Bulgaria BUL 7 5 1 1 11 131,0 16,5 59,00
9 2 China CHN 7 5 0 2 10 155,5 19,0 64,00
10 3 Ukraine UKR 7 5 0 2 10 152,5 19,0 64,00
Top match-ups tomorrow:
No. SNo Team Team Pts. MP Res. : Res. MP Pts. Team Team SNo
1 8 IND India 20½ 12 : 14 21½ Russia 1 RUS1 1
2 17 SRB Serbia 20½ 11 : 12 21 Georgia GEO 4
3 5 RUS2 Russia 2 17½ 11 : 11 19 United States of America USA 6
4 9 HUN Hungary 18 11 : 11 16½ Bulgaria BUL 12
5 36 RUS3 Russia 3 19 10 : 10 20 Cuba CUB 18
How did Canadian Women do? They split the match points:
Round 7 on 2010/09/28 at 15:00
Bo. 58 Canada (CAN) Rtg - 64 Singapore (SIN) Rtg 2 : 2
32.1 WIM Yuan Yuanling 2189 - WFM Tay Li Jin Jeslin 2119 1 - 0
32.2 Lacau-Rodean Iulia 2024 - WFM Liu Yang 2083 0 - 1
32.3 Orlova Yelizaveta 1917 - Neo Xiuwen Christabel 1846 1 - 0
32.4 Kagramanov Dalia 1866 - Lo Yin Ling Melissa 1814 0 - 1
Canadian Women moved up one spot, to 53rd.
There are four more games to go. Can the American Women advance further? They're back where they started - in 6th place. People are already crowning Russian Women 1 the Gold Medalists, and perhaps they are right. But, as the saying goes, it ain't over until the fat lady sings :)
The women playing on Open teams:
GM Judit Polgar, Hungary, Board 3: Bounced back from her loss yesterday, with a win against GM Alexandr Fier of Brazil. Judit's score is 5.0/7 with a current performance rating of 2782. Very nice :)
GM Viktorija Cmilyte, Lithuania, Board 3: She did her part by holding a draw against a higher rated player - "The Hammer" - GM Jon Ludvig Hammer 2633 of Norway - GM Cmilyte Viktorija 2513 ½ - ½. However, very few players can overcome GM Magnus Carlsen on Board 1 and neither could Lithuania's first board. Lithuania lost to Norway by 2.5/1.5. Cmilyte's score, 3.0/6; her current performance rating is below her ELO (not good).
GM Zhu Chen, Qatar, Board 3: Zhu Chen drew her game
31.2 GM Zhu Chen 2480 - Erdene Ganzorig 2330 ½ - ½
Zhu Chen's score is 4.0/7 and her performance rating is below her ELO (not good).
GM Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant, Scotland, Board 2:
29.2 GM Arakhamia-Grant Ketevan 2451 - GM Drasko Milan 2486 ½ - ½
Ketevan was the only draw, her teammates all lost their games to Montenegro. Keti's score is 4.0/6 and is the best performance on her team, but her performance rating is below her ELO.
WIM Fiona Steil-Antoni, Luxembourg, Board 5:
WIM Steil-Antoni Fiona 2152 - Shiomi Ryo 2105 1 - 0
Luxembourg took the match against Japan 3.5/0.5
Fiona has not lost a game and has a score of 4.5/6. Her performance rating is a little above her ELO, which is good.
Monday, September 27, 2010
2010 Chess Olympiad - Women Round 6
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| USA - Tatev Abrahamyan, R6 |
Round 6 on 2010/09/27 at 15:00
Bo. 4 Georgia (GEO) Rtg - 6 United States of America (USA) Rtg 2½:1½
2.1 GM Dzagnidze Nana 2534 - IM Krush Irina 2490 1 - 0
2.2 IM Javakhishvili Lela 2451 - IM Zatonskih Anna 2480 0 - 1
2.3 IM Melia Salome 2439 - WFM Abrahamyan Tatev 2352 1 - 0
2.4 IM Khotenashvili Bela 2464 - WGM Foisor Sabina-Francesca 2293 ½ - ½
As a result of its match loss today, USA Women fall from 3rd place to 8th, and Georgia moves into 3rd. That really sucks. One good thing - Anna Zatonskih won her game today!
Not a good result for Canada, either:
Round 6 on 2010/09/27 at 15:00
Bo. 34 Belarus (BLR) Rtg - 58 Canada (CAN) Rtg 3½: ½
17.1 WGM Sharevich Anna 2283 - WIM Yuan Yuanling 2189 1 - 0
17.2 WIM Ziaziulkina Nastassia 2284 - WIM Kagramanov Dina 2086 1 - 0
17.3 WFM Homiakova Elena 2156 - Lacau-Rodean Iulia 2024 1 - 0
17.4 FM Stetsko Lanita 2148 - Orlova Yelizaveta 1917 ½ - ½
Canada falls from 29th to 54th place, drastic!
Here are the top 10 Women's Teams after R6:
Rk. SNo Team Team Games + = - TB1 TB2 TB3 TB4
1 1 Russia 1 RUS1 6 6 0 0 12 123,0 17,5 43,00
2 9 Hungary HUN 6 5 1 0 11 120,5 18,0 42,00
3 4 Georgia GEO 6 5 0 1 10 121,0 18,5 44,00
4 3 Ukraine UKR 6 5 0 1 10 120,5 17,5 46,00
5 2 China CHN 6 5 0 1 10 117,0 17,5 43,00
6 8 India IND 6 5 0 1 10 113,5 18,0 39,00
7 14 Romania ROU 6 4 1 1 9 104,5 17,0 42,00
8 6 United States of America USA 6 4 1 1 9 104,5 16,5 43,00
9 7 Armenia ARM 6 4 1 1 9 99,5 17,0 38,00
10 17 Serbia SRB 6 4 1 1 9 96,0 17,0 39,00
GM Judit Polgar, Hungary, Board 3:
Round 6 on 2010/09/27 at 15:00
Bo. 2 Ukraine (UKR) Rtg - 5 Hungary (HUN) Rtg 3 : 1
2.1 GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2754 - GM Leko Peter 2724 1 - 0
2.2 GM Ponomariov Ruslan 2749 - GM Almasi Zoltan 2707 ½ - ½
2.3 GM Eljanov Pavel 2761 - GM Polgar Judit 2682 1 - 0
2.4 GM Efimenko Zahar 2683 - GM Berkes Ferenc 2678 ½ - ½
GM Viktorija Cmilyte, Lithuania, Board 3:
Round 6 on 2010/09/27 at 15:00
Bo. 69 Turkmenistan (TKM) Rtg - 39 Lithuania (LTU) Rtg 2½:1½
19.1 GM Amanov Mesgen 2493 - GM Rozentalis Eduardas 2611 1 - 0
19.2 IM Annaberdiev Meylis 2465 - GM Sulskis Sarunas 2544 0 - 1
19.3 FM Atabayev Maksat 2318 - GM Cmilyte Viktorija 2513 1 - 0
19.4 GM Odeev Handszar 2397 - GM Malisauskas Vidmantas 2510 ½ - ½
Not a good match for Lithuania today.
GM Zhu Chen, Qatar, Board 3:
Round 6 on 2010/09/27 at 15:00
Bo. 55 Qatar (QAT) Rtg - 95 Monaco (MNC) Rtg 3½: ½
39.1 GM Al-Sayed Mohammed 2495 - GM Efimov Igor 2433 1 - 0
39.2 GM Zhu Chen 2480 - Nelis Jean-Francois 2238 1 - 0
39.3 IM Nezad Husein Aziz 2394 - Gentilleau Jean-Philippe 2182 1 - 0
39.4 Al-Tamimi Hamad 2250 - Ribbegren Karl Johan 2153 ½ - ½
GM Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant, Scotland, Board 2: did not play today.
WIM Fiona Steil-Antoni, Luxembourg, Board 5:
Round 6 on 2010/09/27 at 15:00
Bo. 115 Korea (KOR) Rtg - 90 Luxembourg (LUX) Rtg 1½:2½
54.1 CM Lee Sanghoon 2146 - IM Wiedenkeller Michael 2431 0 - 1
54.2 Lee Kiyul 1971 - Linster Philippe 2264 0 - 1
54.3 Chogdov Munkhbat 2236 - Jeitz Christian 2235 1 - 0
54.4 Jung Young Hoon 1923 - WIM Steil-Antoni Fiona 2152 ½ - ½
Top pairings for R7 tomorrow:
No. SNo Team Team Pts. MP Res. : Res. MP Pts. Team Team SNo
1 1 RUS1 Russia 1 17½ 12 : 11 18 Hungary HUN 9
2 2 CHN China 17½ 10 : 10 18½ Georgia GEO 4
3 3 UKR Ukraine 17½ 10 : 10 18 India IND 8
4 5 RUS2 Russia 2 15 9 : 9 17 Romania ROU 14
5 6 USA United States of America 16½ 9 : 9 17 Armenia ARM 7
6 17 SRB Serbia 17 9 : 9 14½ Switzerland SUI 46
Saturday, September 25, 2010
2010 Chess Olympiad - Round 5 Women
Yes! Krush v. A. Muzychuk, both players fought hard for a win, but in the end, it was a draw. USA Women took the match:
Round 5 on 2010/09/25 at 15:00
Bo. 6 United States of America (USA) Rtg - 13 Slovenia (SLO) Rtg 2½:1½
4.1 IM Krush Irina 2490 - IM Muzychuk Anna 2535 ½ - ½
4.2 IM Zatonskih Anna 2480 - WGM Krivec Jana 2309 ½ - ½
4.3 WFM Abrahamyan Tatev 2352 - WGM Kaps Darja 2300 1 - 0
4.4 WGM Baginskaite Kamile 2328 - WIM Rozic Vesna 2289 ½ - ½
The Canadian Women took care of business against a lower rated team and moves into 29th place (from start place 58th):
Round 5 on 2010/09/25 at 15:00
Bo. 58 Canada (CAN) Rtg - 87 Syria (SYR) Rtg 4 : 0
26.1 WIM Yuan Yuanling 2189 - Mir Mahmod Afamya 2014 1 - 0
26.2 WIM Kagramanov Dina 2086 - Al-Gildah Nibal 1932 1 - 0
26.3 Lacau-Rodean Iulia 2024 - Al-Jelda Fatemah 1822 1 - 0
26.4 Kagramanov Dalia 1866 - Al-Mahmoud Rola 0 1 - 0
When play resumes Monday, Canada will have the black pieces against Belarus, currently in 44th place (start place 34th).
Top 10 Women's Standings after R5:
Rk. SNo Team Team Games + = - TB1 TB2 TB3 TB4
1 3 Ukraine UKR 5 5 0 0 10 85,0 16,0 28,00
2 1 Russia 1 RUS1 5 5 0 0 10 81,0 15,0 27,00
3 6 United States of America USA 5 4 1 0 9 77,5 15,0 29,00
4 9 Hungary HUN 5 4 1 0 9 76,5 14,0 30,00
5 4 Georgia GEO 5 4 0 1 8 77,0 16,0 27,00
6 2 China CHN 5 4 0 1 8 76,0 14,5 30,00
7 10 Poland POL 5 4 0 1 8 75,0 16,0 25,00
8 8 India IND 5 4 0 1 8 75,0 15,0 26,00
9 36 Russia 3 RUS3 5 4 0 1 8 69,0 15,5 19,00
10 17 Serbia SRB 5 4 0 1 8 69,0 15,0 26,00
Georgia bounced back:
Round 5 on 2010/09/25 at 15:00
Bo. 26 Azerbaijan (AZE) Rtg - 4 Georgia (GEO) Rtg 0 : 4
6.1 WGM Mamedjarova Zeinab 2234 - GM Dzagnidze Nana 2534 0 - 1
6.2 WGM Mamedjarova Turkan 2301 - IM Javakhishvili Lela 2451 0 - 1
6.3 WFM Mammadova Gulnar Marfat 2293 - IM Melia Salome 2439 0 - 1
6.4 WIM Umudova Nargiz 2251 - IM Khukhashvili Sopiko 2422 0 - 1
Melia Salome is having a very good Olympiad, the best record of the Georgia Women's Team, with 4.5/5 on Board 3.
Russia Women 1 took a very important match against a strong China Women's, despite GM Alexandra Kosteniuk's loss:
Round 5 on 2010/09/25 at 15:00
Bo. 2 China (CHN) Rtg - 1 Russia 1 (RUS1) Rtg 1½:2½
2.1 GM Hou Yifan 2578 - GM Kosintseva Tatiana 2573 ½ - ½
2.2 WGM Ju Wenjun 2516 - IM Kosintseva Nadezhda 2565 0 - 1
2.3 GM Zhao Xue 2469 - GM Kosteniuk Alexandra 2524 1 - 0
2.4 WGM Huang Qian 2436 - WGM Gunina Valentina 2465 0 - 1
Take a look at the Open top 10 standings after R5:
Rk. SNo Team Team Games + = - TB1 TB2 TB3 TB4 1 20 Georgia GEO 5 5 0 0 10 87,5 17,5 26,00
2 5 Hungary HUN 5 5 0 0 10 78,5 13,5 29,00
3 6 Armenia ARM 5 5 0 0 10 76,0 15,0 27,00
4 2 Ukraine UKR 5 4 1 0 9 70,0 15,5 25,00
5 13 Netherlands NED 5 4 1 0 9 69,5 13,0 28,00
6 4 Russia 2 RUS2 5 4 0 1 8 84,0 15,5 30,00
7 17 Czech Republic CZE 5 4 0 1 8 81,5 15,5 29,00
8 1 Russia 1 RUS1 5 4 0 1 8 81,0 14,0 31,00
9 7 Azerbaijan AZE 5 4 0 1 8 74,5 15,0 27,00
10 9 United States of America USA 5 4 0 1 8 71,0 14,5 26,00
As noted earlier, GM Judit Polgar drew her game against Karjakin. It was Peter Leko's win over Svidler that gave the match to Hungary today, propelling them into 2nd place at the half-way point!
Round 5 on 2010/09/25 at 15:00
Bo. 5 Hungary (HUN) Rtg - 1 Russia 1 (RUS1) Rtg 2½:1½ 3.1 GM Leko Peter 2724 - GM Grischuk Alexander 2760 1 - 0
3.2 GM Almasi Zoltan 2707 - GM Svidler Peter 2731 ½ - ½
3.3 GM Polgar Judit 2682 - GM Karjakin Sergey 2747 ½ - ½
3.4 GM Berkes Ferenc 2678 - GM Malakhov Vladimir 2725 ½ - ½
Judit has the best performance record on the Hungarian Open team, with 4.0 in 5 games and a performance rating of 2844! Go Judit, go Judit, go Judit!
USA Men is barely hanging on to the top 10 - come on dudes! The Russians want to give you a medal, start performing! Well, I shouldn't be so hard on them, perhaps, as today's match win did move them back up from 16th place to 10th. Perhaps some chess viagra is in order...
And - the Georgian Men? Everyone pays attention to the Georgian Women, no one to the Georgian Men, but somehow they ended up in first place, after convincingly defeating a strong Vietnamese team:
Round 5 on 2010/09/25 at 15:00
Bo. 27 Vietnam (VIE) Rtg - 20 Georgia (GEO) Rtg ½ :3½
2.1 GM Le Quang Liem 2694 - GM Jobava Baadur 2710 0 - 1
2.2 GM Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son 2633 - GM Gagunashvili Merab 2598 0 - 1
2.3 GM Nguyen Anh Dung 2500 - GM Mchedlishvili Mikheil 2628 ½ - ½
2.4 GM Dao Thien Hai 2520 - GM Pantsulaia Levan 2599 0 - 1
Back to the ladies:
GM Viktorija Cmilyte, Lithuania, Board 3, AND GM Zhu Chen, Qatar, Board 3, faced off against each other today:
Round 5 on 2010/09/25 at 15:00
Bo. 39 Lithuania (LTU) Rtg - 55 Qatar (QAT) Rtg 3 : 1
27.1 GM Rozentalis Eduardas 2611 - GM Al-Sayed Mohammed 2495 1 - 0
27.2 GM Cmilyte Viktorija 2513 - GM Zhu Chen 2480 ½ - ½
27.3 GM Malisauskas Vidmantas 2510 - IM Nezad Husein Aziz 2394 1 - 0
27.4 IM Zagorskis Darius 2497 - Al-Tamimi Hamad 2250 ½ - ½
GM Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant, Scotland, Board 2:
Round 5 on 2010/09/25 at 15:00
Bo. 114 Sri Lanka (SRI) Rtg - 63 Scotland (SCO) Rtg 1 : 3
51.1 Koggala W S V K 2026 - GM Arakhamia-Grant Ketevan 2451 0 - 1
51.2 Weerawardane R 2165 - GM Shaw John 2446 ½ - ½
51.3 Anuruddha G C 2144 - IM Burns-Mannion Stephen R 2372 ½ - ½
51.4 Peiris T S S 2002 - FM Morrison Graham 2345 0 - 1
Ketevan is leading her team with 3.5/5 and a performance rating of 2360.
WIM Fiona Steil-Antoni, Luxembourg, Board 5:
Round 5 on 2010/09/25 at 15:00
Bo. 90 Luxembourg (LUX) Rtg - 110 Surinam (SUR) Rtg 3 : 1
59.1 IM Wiedenkeller Michael 2431 - CM Matoewi Roger 2151 1 - 0
59.2 Linster Philippe 2264 - CM Gajadin Dewperkash 2179 0 - 1
59.3 Jeitz Christian 2235 - Mungroo Franklin 2156 1 - 0
59.4 WIM Steil-Antoni Fiona 2152 - Veer Willem 1957 1 - 0
Fiona is having a good Olympiad thus far, with 3.0/4 and no losses.
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Round 5 on 2010/09/25 at 15:00
Bo. 6 United States of America (USA) Rtg - 13 Slovenia (SLO) Rtg 2½:1½
4.1 IM Krush Irina 2490 - IM Muzychuk Anna 2535 ½ - ½
4.2 IM Zatonskih Anna 2480 - WGM Krivec Jana 2309 ½ - ½
4.3 WFM Abrahamyan Tatev 2352 - WGM Kaps Darja 2300 1 - 0
4.4 WGM Baginskaite Kamile 2328 - WIM Rozic Vesna 2289 ½ - ½
The Canadian Women took care of business against a lower rated team and moves into 29th place (from start place 58th):
Round 5 on 2010/09/25 at 15:00
Bo. 58 Canada (CAN) Rtg - 87 Syria (SYR) Rtg 4 : 0
26.1 WIM Yuan Yuanling 2189 - Mir Mahmod Afamya 2014 1 - 0
26.2 WIM Kagramanov Dina 2086 - Al-Gildah Nibal 1932 1 - 0
26.3 Lacau-Rodean Iulia 2024 - Al-Jelda Fatemah 1822 1 - 0
26.4 Kagramanov Dalia 1866 - Al-Mahmoud Rola 0 1 - 0
When play resumes Monday, Canada will have the black pieces against Belarus, currently in 44th place (start place 34th).
Top 10 Women's Standings after R5:
Rk. SNo Team Team Games + = - TB1 TB2 TB3 TB4
1 3 Ukraine UKR 5 5 0 0 10 85,0 16,0 28,00
2 1 Russia 1 RUS1 5 5 0 0 10 81,0 15,0 27,00
3 6 United States of America USA 5 4 1 0 9 77,5 15,0 29,00
4 9 Hungary HUN 5 4 1 0 9 76,5 14,0 30,00
5 4 Georgia GEO 5 4 0 1 8 77,0 16,0 27,00
6 2 China CHN 5 4 0 1 8 76,0 14,5 30,00
7 10 Poland POL 5 4 0 1 8 75,0 16,0 25,00
8 8 India IND 5 4 0 1 8 75,0 15,0 26,00
9 36 Russia 3 RUS3 5 4 0 1 8 69,0 15,5 19,00
10 17 Serbia SRB 5 4 0 1 8 69,0 15,0 26,00
Georgia bounced back:
Round 5 on 2010/09/25 at 15:00
Bo. 26 Azerbaijan (AZE) Rtg - 4 Georgia (GEO) Rtg 0 : 4
6.1 WGM Mamedjarova Zeinab 2234 - GM Dzagnidze Nana 2534 0 - 1
6.2 WGM Mamedjarova Turkan 2301 - IM Javakhishvili Lela 2451 0 - 1
6.3 WFM Mammadova Gulnar Marfat 2293 - IM Melia Salome 2439 0 - 1
6.4 WIM Umudova Nargiz 2251 - IM Khukhashvili Sopiko 2422 0 - 1
Melia Salome is having a very good Olympiad, the best record of the Georgia Women's Team, with 4.5/5 on Board 3.
Russia Women 1 took a very important match against a strong China Women's, despite GM Alexandra Kosteniuk's loss:
Round 5 on 2010/09/25 at 15:00
Bo. 2 China (CHN) Rtg - 1 Russia 1 (RUS1) Rtg 1½:2½
2.1 GM Hou Yifan 2578 - GM Kosintseva Tatiana 2573 ½ - ½
2.2 WGM Ju Wenjun 2516 - IM Kosintseva Nadezhda 2565 0 - 1
2.3 GM Zhao Xue 2469 - GM Kosteniuk Alexandra 2524 1 - 0
2.4 WGM Huang Qian 2436 - WGM Gunina Valentina 2465 0 - 1
Take a look at the Open top 10 standings after R5:
Rk. SNo Team Team Games + = - TB1 TB2 TB3 TB4 1 20 Georgia GEO 5 5 0 0 10 87,5 17,5 26,00
2 5 Hungary HUN 5 5 0 0 10 78,5 13,5 29,00
3 6 Armenia ARM 5 5 0 0 10 76,0 15,0 27,00
4 2 Ukraine UKR 5 4 1 0 9 70,0 15,5 25,00
5 13 Netherlands NED 5 4 1 0 9 69,5 13,0 28,00
6 4 Russia 2 RUS2 5 4 0 1 8 84,0 15,5 30,00
7 17 Czech Republic CZE 5 4 0 1 8 81,5 15,5 29,00
8 1 Russia 1 RUS1 5 4 0 1 8 81,0 14,0 31,00
9 7 Azerbaijan AZE 5 4 0 1 8 74,5 15,0 27,00
10 9 United States of America USA 5 4 0 1 8 71,0 14,5 26,00
As noted earlier, GM Judit Polgar drew her game against Karjakin. It was Peter Leko's win over Svidler that gave the match to Hungary today, propelling them into 2nd place at the half-way point!
Round 5 on 2010/09/25 at 15:00
Bo. 5 Hungary (HUN) Rtg - 1 Russia 1 (RUS1) Rtg 2½:1½ 3.1 GM Leko Peter 2724 - GM Grischuk Alexander 2760 1 - 0
3.2 GM Almasi Zoltan 2707 - GM Svidler Peter 2731 ½ - ½
3.3 GM Polgar Judit 2682 - GM Karjakin Sergey 2747 ½ - ½
3.4 GM Berkes Ferenc 2678 - GM Malakhov Vladimir 2725 ½ - ½
Judit has the best performance record on the Hungarian Open team, with 4.0 in 5 games and a performance rating of 2844! Go Judit, go Judit, go Judit!
USA Men is barely hanging on to the top 10 - come on dudes! The Russians want to give you a medal, start performing! Well, I shouldn't be so hard on them, perhaps, as today's match win did move them back up from 16th place to 10th. Perhaps some chess viagra is in order...
And - the Georgian Men? Everyone pays attention to the Georgian Women, no one to the Georgian Men, but somehow they ended up in first place, after convincingly defeating a strong Vietnamese team:
Round 5 on 2010/09/25 at 15:00
Bo. 27 Vietnam (VIE) Rtg - 20 Georgia (GEO) Rtg ½ :3½
2.1 GM Le Quang Liem 2694 - GM Jobava Baadur 2710 0 - 1
2.2 GM Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son 2633 - GM Gagunashvili Merab 2598 0 - 1
2.3 GM Nguyen Anh Dung 2500 - GM Mchedlishvili Mikheil 2628 ½ - ½
2.4 GM Dao Thien Hai 2520 - GM Pantsulaia Levan 2599 0 - 1
Back to the ladies:
GM Viktorija Cmilyte, Lithuania, Board 3, AND GM Zhu Chen, Qatar, Board 3, faced off against each other today:
Round 5 on 2010/09/25 at 15:00
Bo. 39 Lithuania (LTU) Rtg - 55 Qatar (QAT) Rtg 3 : 1
27.1 GM Rozentalis Eduardas 2611 - GM Al-Sayed Mohammed 2495 1 - 0
27.2 GM Cmilyte Viktorija 2513 - GM Zhu Chen 2480 ½ - ½
27.3 GM Malisauskas Vidmantas 2510 - IM Nezad Husein Aziz 2394 1 - 0
27.4 IM Zagorskis Darius 2497 - Al-Tamimi Hamad 2250 ½ - ½
GM Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant, Scotland, Board 2:
Round 5 on 2010/09/25 at 15:00
Bo. 114 Sri Lanka (SRI) Rtg - 63 Scotland (SCO) Rtg 1 : 3
51.1 Koggala W S V K 2026 - GM Arakhamia-Grant Ketevan 2451 0 - 1
51.2 Weerawardane R 2165 - GM Shaw John 2446 ½ - ½
51.3 Anuruddha G C 2144 - IM Burns-Mannion Stephen R 2372 ½ - ½
51.4 Peiris T S S 2002 - FM Morrison Graham 2345 0 - 1
Ketevan is leading her team with 3.5/5 and a performance rating of 2360.
WIM Fiona Steil-Antoni, Luxembourg, Board 5:
Round 5 on 2010/09/25 at 15:00
Bo. 90 Luxembourg (LUX) Rtg - 110 Surinam (SUR) Rtg 3 : 1
59.1 IM Wiedenkeller Michael 2431 - CM Matoewi Roger 2151 1 - 0
59.2 Linster Philippe 2264 - CM Gajadin Dewperkash 2179 0 - 1
59.3 Jeitz Christian 2235 - Mungroo Franklin 2156 1 - 0
59.4 WIM Steil-Antoni Fiona 2152 - Veer Willem 1957 1 - 0
Fiona is having a good Olympiad thus far, with 3.0/4 and no losses.
2010 Chess Olympiad - Round 5 Women
Right now I'm watching Krush v. Anna Muzychuk live action at Chessbomb. It's a long game - over 55 moves thus far and material is even... Krush has about 11 1/2 minutes left on her clock, Muzychuk a little over 14.
Zhao Xue and Alexandra Kosteniuk are still playing too - lots of pieces on the board (about move 46) and looks like a tactical melee! If the clock at Chessbomb is right Kosteniuk is down to 2 minutes or so to Zhao Xue's 14.
Polgar drew her game with Karjakin - did it take more than 5 minutes for them to play this game:
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. h3 h5 11. Rd1 Be7 12. Ne2 Be6 13. Nf4 Bc8 14. Ne2 Be6 15. Nf4 Bc8 ½-½
I hope she has a nice day of rest :)
Zhao Xue and Alexandra Kosteniuk are still playing too - lots of pieces on the board (about move 46) and looks like a tactical melee! If the clock at Chessbomb is right Kosteniuk is down to 2 minutes or so to Zhao Xue's 14.
Polgar drew her game with Karjakin - did it take more than 5 minutes for them to play this game:
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. h3 h5 11. Rd1 Be7 12. Ne2 Be6 13. Nf4 Bc8 14. Ne2 Be6 15. Nf4 Bc8 ½-½
I hope she has a nice day of rest :)
Friday, September 24, 2010
2010 Chess Olympiad - Round 4 Women
The USA did not do so good today, at least, I didn't think so - they split the match with Hungary -- I believe that means each team earns 1 point, but not sure.
Round 4 on 2010/09/24 at 15:00
Bo. 9 Hungary (HUN) Rtg - 6 United States of America (USA) Rtg 2 : 2
3.1 GM Hoang Thanh Trang 2482 - IM Krush Irina 2490 0 - 1
3.2 IM Madl Ildiko 2397 - IM Zatonskih Anna 2480 1 - 0
3.3 IM Vajda Szidonia 2342 - WFM Abrahamyan Tatev 2352 1 - 0
3.4 WGM Rudolf Anna 2366 - WGM Foisor Sabina-Francesca 2293 0 - 1
Perhaps I am expecting too much? I don't know - but it seems like Anna Zatonskih is off form. That can happen to a player at any time, of course, but I didn't want it to happen to a player on MY team right now! Maybe she has a bit of rust because she has not played in any events (that I'm aware of) since the US Women's Championship in July, where she seemed slightly off-form but still put up a 7.5/9 score! Irina Krush is on top of her game and, at present, also on top of the Women's leader board for Performance Rating with a scintillating 3037 (her ELO is 2490 for comparison) after 4 rounds. YOU GO, GIRL!
Tomorrow the American Women face off against Slovenia, and that won't be a stroll through the park. As in Dresden in 2008, this is a "shortened" format -- no longer 13 games, only 9 now - and tomorrow's round will put everyone over the half-way there mark. Wow.
How did the Canadian ladies do - Mr. Don wants to know! Hmmm, not so good. They were outranked each by about 200 points AND they were playing behind the black pieces. The 2010 City of Montreal Women's Chess Champion, however -- WIM Yuan Yuanling -- was able to hold her game for a draw.
Round 4 on 2010/09/24 at 15:00
Bo. 22 Latvia (LAT) Rtg - 58 Canada (CAN) Rtg 3½: ½
16.1 WGM Reizniece Dana 2318 - WIM Yuan Yuanling 2189 ½ - ½
16.2 WGM Berzina Ilze 2283 - WIM Kagramanov Dina 2086 1 - 0
16.3 WIM Skinke Katrina 2217 - Lacau-Rodean Iulia 2024 1 - 0
16.4 WFM Ni Viktorija 2199 - Orlova Yelizaveta 1917 1 - 0
Women's Team Canada is currently in 46th place (start 58th). USA Women are in 6th, which is where they started at.
Women's Team Georgia had a tough match loss today against Russian Women 1, who were evidently quite pumped and primed for this match-up, but it took a victory from Gallimova -- which seemed to shock the hell out of everyone, they forget she is a very fine chessplayer and that sort of ticked me off and maybe it ticked her off too -- to put Russia Women 1 over the top to take the match by half a point.
Round 4 on 2010/09/24 at 15:00
Bo. 4 Georgia (GEO) Rtg - 1 Russia 1 (RUS1) Rtg 1½:2½
2.1 GM Dzagnidze Nana 2534 - GM Kosintseva Tatiana 2573 ½ - ½
2.2 IM Javakhishvili Lela 2451 - IM Kosintseva Nadezhda 2565 ½ - ½
2.3 IM Melia Salome 2439 - GM Kosteniuk Alexandra 2524 ½ - ½
2.4 IM Khotenashvili Bela 2464 - IM Galliamova Alisa 2482 0 - 1
As a result of Gallimova's win, Russian Women 1 catapulted into 4th place but the Georgian Women aren't going to roll over and play dead, darlings.
Here are the top 10 women's teams after R4:
Rk. SNo Team Team Games + = - TB1 TB2 TB3 TB4
1 3 Ukraine UKR 4 4 0 0 8 54,0 13,0 18,00
2 2 China CHN 4 4 0 0 8 50,5 13,0 17,00
3 12 Bulgaria BUL 4 4 0 0 8 42,0 11,0 16,00
4 1 Russia 1 RUS1 4 4 0 0 8 39,0 12,5 14,00
5 9 Hungary HUN 4 3 1 0 7 50,0 11,5 19,00
6 6 United States of America USA 4 3 1 0 7 49,5 12,5 18,00
7 14 Romania ROU 4 3 1 0 7 45,0 13,0 15,00
8 13 Slovenia SLO 4 3 1 0 7 34,0 10,0 14,00
9 8 India IND 4 3 0 1 6 49,0 12,0 18,00
10 4 Georgia GEO 4 3 0 1 6 46,0 12,0 18,00
How are the chess femmes doing who are playing on the Open teams?
GM Judit Polgar continues to impress and, judging from comments I've read around the internet the past couple of days, more than a few chess dudes have absolutely fallen in love all over again :) By single-handedly pulling Team Hungary to match victory today, the Lady continues to add to her legend; from what I understand, she did it in fine style, too:
Round 4 on 2010/09/24 at 15:00
Bo. 5 Hungary (HUN) Rtg - 3 China (CHN) Rtg 2½:1½
2.1 GM Leko Peter 2724 - GM Wang Yue 2732 ½ - ½
2.2 GM Almasi Zoltan 2707 - GM Wang Hao 2724 ½ - ½
2.3 GM Polgar Judit 2682 - GM Bu Xiangzhi 2695 1 - 0
2.4 GM Berkes Ferenc 2678 - GM Li Chao B 2633 ½ - ½
GM Viktorija Cmilyte, Lithuana, Board 3, at 2.0/3 and doing her job:
Round 4 on 2010/09/24 at 15:00
Bo. 91 Algeria (ALG) Rtg - 39 Lithuania (LTU) Rtg ½ :3½
41.1 IM Haddouche Mohamed 2425 - GM Sulskis Sarunas 2544 ½ - ½
41.2 Oussedik Mahfoud 2222 - GM Cmilyte Viktorija 2513 0 - 1
41.3 Khelfallah Badreddine 2183 - GM Malisauskas Vidmantas 2510 0 - 1
41.4 Gueroui Nasreddine 2106 - IM Zagorskis Darius 2497 0 - 1
GM Zhu Chen, Qatar, Board 3 - ah p, she didn't have a good day individually but Team Qatar won the match:
Round 4 on 2010/09/24 at 15:00
Bo. 105 Malta (MLT) Rtg - 55 Qatar (QAT) Rtg 1 : 3
42.1 IM Sorensen Torben 2418 - GM Al-Sayed Mohammed 2495 0 - 1
42.2 CM Pace Colin 2161 - GM Zhu Chen 2480 1 - 0
42.3 Gauci Joseph 2099 - IM Nezad Husein Aziz 2394 0 - 1
42.4 Sammut Briffa Peter 2005 - Al-Tamimi Hamad 2250 0 - 1
GM Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant, Scotland, Board 2 - held her own - she did good:
Round 4 on 2010/09/24 at 15:00
Bo. 63 Scotland (SCO) Rtg - 41 Kazakhstan (KAZ) Rtg 1 : 3
37.1 GM McNab Colin A 2445 - GM Kazhgaleyev Murtas 2620 ½ - ½
37.2 GM Arakhamia-Grant Ketevan 2451 - GM Jumabayev Rinat 2547 ½ - ½
37.3 GM Shaw John 2446 - IM Kuderinov Kirill 2481 0 - 1
37.4 FM Morrison Graham 2345 - GM Ismagambetov Anuar 2492 0 - 1
WIM Fiona Steil-Antoni, Luxembourg, Board 5 - she's hanging in and getting the job done:
Round 4 on 2010/09/24 at 15:00
Bo. 90 Luxembourg (LUX) Rtg - 78 IBCA (IBCA) Rtg 1½:2½
40.1 IM Wiedenkeller Michael 2431 - IM Meshkov Yuri A 2419 1 - 0
40.2 Jeitz Christian 2235 - IM Krylov Sergey 2359 0 - 1
40.3 FM Mossong Hubert 2184 - FM Mueller Oliver 2311 0 - 1
40.4 WIM Steil-Antoni Fiona 2152 - FM Wassin Sergej 2295 ½ - ½
Sunday is a hard-earned free day for the players.
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| IM Irina Krush, R3 |
Bo. 9 Hungary (HUN) Rtg - 6 United States of America (USA) Rtg 2 : 2
3.1 GM Hoang Thanh Trang 2482 - IM Krush Irina 2490 0 - 1
3.2 IM Madl Ildiko 2397 - IM Zatonskih Anna 2480 1 - 0
3.3 IM Vajda Szidonia 2342 - WFM Abrahamyan Tatev 2352 1 - 0
3.4 WGM Rudolf Anna 2366 - WGM Foisor Sabina-Francesca 2293 0 - 1
Perhaps I am expecting too much? I don't know - but it seems like Anna Zatonskih is off form. That can happen to a player at any time, of course, but I didn't want it to happen to a player on MY team right now! Maybe she has a bit of rust because she has not played in any events (that I'm aware of) since the US Women's Championship in July, where she seemed slightly off-form but still put up a 7.5/9 score! Irina Krush is on top of her game and, at present, also on top of the Women's leader board for Performance Rating with a scintillating 3037 (her ELO is 2490 for comparison) after 4 rounds. YOU GO, GIRL!
Tomorrow the American Women face off against Slovenia, and that won't be a stroll through the park. As in Dresden in 2008, this is a "shortened" format -- no longer 13 games, only 9 now - and tomorrow's round will put everyone over the half-way there mark. Wow.
How did the Canadian ladies do - Mr. Don wants to know! Hmmm, not so good. They were outranked each by about 200 points AND they were playing behind the black pieces. The 2010 City of Montreal Women's Chess Champion, however -- WIM Yuan Yuanling -- was able to hold her game for a draw.
Round 4 on 2010/09/24 at 15:00
Bo. 22 Latvia (LAT) Rtg - 58 Canada (CAN) Rtg 3½: ½
16.1 WGM Reizniece Dana 2318 - WIM Yuan Yuanling 2189 ½ - ½
16.2 WGM Berzina Ilze 2283 - WIM Kagramanov Dina 2086 1 - 0
16.3 WIM Skinke Katrina 2217 - Lacau-Rodean Iulia 2024 1 - 0
16.4 WFM Ni Viktorija 2199 - Orlova Yelizaveta 1917 1 - 0
Women's Team Canada is currently in 46th place (start 58th). USA Women are in 6th, which is where they started at.
Women's Team Georgia had a tough match loss today against Russian Women 1, who were evidently quite pumped and primed for this match-up, but it took a victory from Gallimova -- which seemed to shock the hell out of everyone, they forget she is a very fine chessplayer and that sort of ticked me off and maybe it ticked her off too -- to put Russia Women 1 over the top to take the match by half a point.
Round 4 on 2010/09/24 at 15:00
Bo. 4 Georgia (GEO) Rtg - 1 Russia 1 (RUS1) Rtg 1½:2½
2.1 GM Dzagnidze Nana 2534 - GM Kosintseva Tatiana 2573 ½ - ½
2.2 IM Javakhishvili Lela 2451 - IM Kosintseva Nadezhda 2565 ½ - ½
2.3 IM Melia Salome 2439 - GM Kosteniuk Alexandra 2524 ½ - ½
2.4 IM Khotenashvili Bela 2464 - IM Galliamova Alisa 2482 0 - 1
As a result of Gallimova's win, Russian Women 1 catapulted into 4th place but the Georgian Women aren't going to roll over and play dead, darlings.
Here are the top 10 women's teams after R4:
Rk. SNo Team Team Games + = - TB1 TB2 TB3 TB4
1 3 Ukraine UKR 4 4 0 0 8 54,0 13,0 18,00
2 2 China CHN 4 4 0 0 8 50,5 13,0 17,00
3 12 Bulgaria BUL 4 4 0 0 8 42,0 11,0 16,00
4 1 Russia 1 RUS1 4 4 0 0 8 39,0 12,5 14,00
5 9 Hungary HUN 4 3 1 0 7 50,0 11,5 19,00
6 6 United States of America USA 4 3 1 0 7 49,5 12,5 18,00
7 14 Romania ROU 4 3 1 0 7 45,0 13,0 15,00
8 13 Slovenia SLO 4 3 1 0 7 34,0 10,0 14,00
9 8 India IND 4 3 0 1 6 49,0 12,0 18,00
10 4 Georgia GEO 4 3 0 1 6 46,0 12,0 18,00
How are the chess femmes doing who are playing on the Open teams?
GM Judit Polgar continues to impress and, judging from comments I've read around the internet the past couple of days, more than a few chess dudes have absolutely fallen in love all over again :) By single-handedly pulling Team Hungary to match victory today, the Lady continues to add to her legend; from what I understand, she did it in fine style, too:
Round 4 on 2010/09/24 at 15:00
Bo. 5 Hungary (HUN) Rtg - 3 China (CHN) Rtg 2½:1½
2.1 GM Leko Peter 2724 - GM Wang Yue 2732 ½ - ½
2.2 GM Almasi Zoltan 2707 - GM Wang Hao 2724 ½ - ½
2.3 GM Polgar Judit 2682 - GM Bu Xiangzhi 2695 1 - 0
2.4 GM Berkes Ferenc 2678 - GM Li Chao B 2633 ½ - ½
GM Viktorija Cmilyte, Lithuana, Board 3, at 2.0/3 and doing her job:
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| GM Viktorija Cmilyte, R2 |
Bo. 91 Algeria (ALG) Rtg - 39 Lithuania (LTU) Rtg ½ :3½
41.1 IM Haddouche Mohamed 2425 - GM Sulskis Sarunas 2544 ½ - ½
41.2 Oussedik Mahfoud 2222 - GM Cmilyte Viktorija 2513 0 - 1
41.3 Khelfallah Badreddine 2183 - GM Malisauskas Vidmantas 2510 0 - 1
41.4 Gueroui Nasreddine 2106 - IM Zagorskis Darius 2497 0 - 1
GM Zhu Chen, Qatar, Board 3 - ah p, she didn't have a good day individually but Team Qatar won the match:
Round 4 on 2010/09/24 at 15:00
Bo. 105 Malta (MLT) Rtg - 55 Qatar (QAT) Rtg 1 : 3
42.1 IM Sorensen Torben 2418 - GM Al-Sayed Mohammed 2495 0 - 1
42.2 CM Pace Colin 2161 - GM Zhu Chen 2480 1 - 0
42.3 Gauci Joseph 2099 - IM Nezad Husein Aziz 2394 0 - 1
42.4 Sammut Briffa Peter 2005 - Al-Tamimi Hamad 2250 0 - 1
GM Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant, Scotland, Board 2 - held her own - she did good:
Round 4 on 2010/09/24 at 15:00
Bo. 63 Scotland (SCO) Rtg - 41 Kazakhstan (KAZ) Rtg 1 : 3
37.1 GM McNab Colin A 2445 - GM Kazhgaleyev Murtas 2620 ½ - ½
37.2 GM Arakhamia-Grant Ketevan 2451 - GM Jumabayev Rinat 2547 ½ - ½
37.3 GM Shaw John 2446 - IM Kuderinov Kirill 2481 0 - 1
37.4 FM Morrison Graham 2345 - GM Ismagambetov Anuar 2492 0 - 1
WIM Fiona Steil-Antoni, Luxembourg, Board 5 - she's hanging in and getting the job done:
Round 4 on 2010/09/24 at 15:00
Bo. 90 Luxembourg (LUX) Rtg - 78 IBCA (IBCA) Rtg 1½:2½
40.1 IM Wiedenkeller Michael 2431 - IM Meshkov Yuri A 2419 1 - 0
40.2 Jeitz Christian 2235 - IM Krylov Sergey 2359 0 - 1
40.3 FM Mossong Hubert 2184 - FM Mueller Oliver 2311 0 - 1
40.4 WIM Steil-Antoni Fiona 2152 - FM Wassin Sergej 2295 ½ - ½
Sunday is a hard-earned free day for the players.
Thursday, September 23, 2010
2010 Chess Olympiad - Women Round 3
Round 3 on 2010/09/23 at 15:00
Bo. 6 United States of America (USA) Rtg - 28 Argentina (ARG) Rtg 3½: ½
10.1 IM Krush Irina 2490 - IM Lujan Carolina 2312 1 - 0
10.2 IM Zatonskih Anna 2480 - WGM Amura Claudia 2329 ½ - ½
10.3 WFM Abrahamyan Tatev 2352 - WIM Plazaola Maria De Los Angeles 2203 1 - 0
10.4 WGM Baginskaite Kamile 2328 - WIM Zuriel Marisa 2193 1 - 0
Round 3 on 2010/09/23 at 15:00
Bo. 67 Albania (ALB) Rtg - 58 Canada (CAN) Rtg 0 : 4
26.1 Shabanaj Eglantina 2070 - WIM Yuan Yuanling 2189 0 - 1
26.2 Shabanaj Alda 1926 - WIM Kagramanov Dina 2086 0 - 1
26.3 Cimaj Rozana 1972 - Orlova Yelizaveta 1917 0 - 1
26.4 WCM Pasku Roela 1912 - Kagramanov Dalia 1866 0 - 1
Round 3 on 2010/09/23 at 15:00
Bo. 4 Georgia (GEO) Rtg - 37 Kazakhstan (KAZ) Rtg 3 : 1
6.1 GM Dzagnidze Nana 2534 - WIM Dauletova Gulmira 2235 1 - 0
6.2 IM Javakhishvili Lela 2451 - WFM Davletbayeva Madina 2163 ½ - ½
6.3 IM Melia Salome 2439 - WFM Saduakassova Dinara 2142 1 - 0
6.4 IM Khotenashvili Bela 2464 - WFM Ankudinova Yelena 2124 ½ - ½
Top 10 Teams after R3:
Rk. SNo Team Team Games + = - TB1 TB2 TB3 TB4
1 3 Ukraine UKR 3 3 0 0 6 26,0 10,5 8,00
2 4 Georgia GEO 3 3 0 0 6 26,0 10,5 8,00
3 6 United States of America USA 3 3 0 0 6 26,0 10,5 8,00
4 8 India IND 3 3 0 0 6 26,0 10,5 8,00
5 18 Cuba CUB 3 3 0 0 6 26,0 10,0 8,00
6 1 Russia 1 RUS1 3 3 0 0 6 26,0 10,0 7,00
7 9 Hungary HUN 3 3 0 0 6 24,0 9,5 8,00
8 2 China CHN 3 3 0 0 6 22,5 10,5 7,00
9 12 Bulgaria BUL 3 3 0 0 6 22,0 8,5 8,00
10 17 Serbia SRB 3 3 0 0 6 18,0 10,5 6,00
Canada Women's Team has moved into 32nd place (from start place 58th).
The ladies in the Open:
GM Judit Polgar, Hungary, Board 3:
Round 3 on 2010/09/23 at 15:00
Bo. 17 Czech Republic (CZE) Rtg - 5 Hungary (HUN) Rtg 1½:2½
12.1 GM Navara David 2722 - GM Leko Peter 2724 1 - 0
12.2 GM Laznicka Viktor 2690 - GM Almasi Zoltan 2707 0 - 1
12.3 GM Hracek Zbynek 2633 - GM Polgar Judit 2682 ½ - ½
12.4 GM Votava Jan 2579 - GM Berkes Ferenc 2678 0 - 1
GM Viktorija Cmilyte, Lithuania, Board 3 - did not play.
GM Zhu Chen, Qatar, Board 3:
Round 3 on 2010/09/23 at 15:00
Bo. 55 Qatar (QAT) Rtg - 91 Algeria (ALG) Rtg 2 : 2
39.1 GM Al-Sayed Mohammed 2495 - IM Haddouche Mohamed 2425 ½ - ½
39.2 GM Zhu Chen 2480 - CM Goutali Tarek 2261 ½ - ½
39.3 IM Nezad Husein Aziz 2394 - Oussedik Mahfoud 2222 1 - 0
39.4 Al-Tamimi Hamad 2250 - Khelfallah Badreddine 2183 0 - 1
GM Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant, Scotland, Board 2:
Round 3 on 2010/09/23 at 15:00
Bo. 37 Philippines (PHI) Rtg - 63 Scotland (SCO) Rtg 2 : 2
24.1 GM So Wesley 2668 - GM McNab Colin A 2445 ½ - ½
24.2 GM Laylo Darwin 2522 - GM Arakhamia-Grant Ketevan 2451 0 - 1
24.3 GM Torre Eugenio 2489 - IM Burns-Mannion Stephen R 2372 1 - 0
24.4 IM Bitoon Richard 2447 - FM Morrison Graham 2345 ½ - ½
WIM Fiona Steil-Antoni, Luxembourg, Board 5:
Round 3 on 2010/09/23 at 15:00
Bo. 45 Austria (AUT) Rtg - 90 Luxembourg (LUX) Rtg 3 : 1
38.1 GM Ragger Markus 2628 - IM Wiedenkeller Michael 2431 ½ - ½
38.2 GM Shengelia David 2587 - Linster Philippe 2264 1 - 0
38.3 IM Neubauer Martin 2428 - FM Mossong Hubert 2184 1 - 0
38.4 IM Kreisl Robert 2376 - WIM Steil-Antoni Fiona 2152 ½ - ½
It's early days yet, but I took a look at the performance ratings thus far - here are the top 10 chess femmes:
No. Name Rtg Team Rp Pts. Games % Bo.
1 WGM Golubenko Valentina 2278 Croatia 3055 3,0 3 100,0 1
2 GM Hou Yifan 2578 China 3038 3,0 3 100,0 1
3 WGM Cori T Deysi 2368 Peru 3000 3,0 3 100,0 1
4 IM Zimina Olga 2334 Italy 2994 3,0 3 100,0 2
5 WGM Krivec Jana 2309 Slovenia 2981 3,0 3 100,0 2
6 WGM Ju Wenjun 2516 China 2980 3,0 3 100,0 2
7 IM Krush Irina 2490 United States of America 2956 3,0 3 100,0 1
8 IM Danielian Elina 2466 Armenia 2956 3,0 3 100,0 1
9 WGM Geldiyeva Mahri 2260 Turkmenistan 2935 3,0 3 100,0 1
10 GM Kosteniuk Alexandra 2524 Russia 1 2933 3,0 3 100,0 3
Some chess femmes of interest (at least, to me):
WGM Melia Salome, who was our Goddesschess star at the 2009 City of Montreal Open Chess Championship:
Canadian Women can bring it:
By the way, I saw at Susan Polgar's chess blog that GM Judit Polgar has a current performance rating of 2799.
Bo. 6 United States of America (USA) Rtg - 28 Argentina (ARG) Rtg 3½: ½
10.1 IM Krush Irina 2490 - IM Lujan Carolina 2312 1 - 0
10.2 IM Zatonskih Anna 2480 - WGM Amura Claudia 2329 ½ - ½
10.3 WFM Abrahamyan Tatev 2352 - WIM Plazaola Maria De Los Angeles 2203 1 - 0
10.4 WGM Baginskaite Kamile 2328 - WIM Zuriel Marisa 2193 1 - 0
Round 3 on 2010/09/23 at 15:00
Bo. 67 Albania (ALB) Rtg - 58 Canada (CAN) Rtg 0 : 4
26.1 Shabanaj Eglantina 2070 - WIM Yuan Yuanling 2189 0 - 1
26.2 Shabanaj Alda 1926 - WIM Kagramanov Dina 2086 0 - 1
26.3 Cimaj Rozana 1972 - Orlova Yelizaveta 1917 0 - 1
26.4 WCM Pasku Roela 1912 - Kagramanov Dalia 1866 0 - 1
Round 3 on 2010/09/23 at 15:00
Bo. 4 Georgia (GEO) Rtg - 37 Kazakhstan (KAZ) Rtg 3 : 1
6.1 GM Dzagnidze Nana 2534 - WIM Dauletova Gulmira 2235 1 - 0
6.2 IM Javakhishvili Lela 2451 - WFM Davletbayeva Madina 2163 ½ - ½
6.3 IM Melia Salome 2439 - WFM Saduakassova Dinara 2142 1 - 0
6.4 IM Khotenashvili Bela 2464 - WFM Ankudinova Yelena 2124 ½ - ½
Top 10 Teams after R3:
Rk. SNo Team Team Games + = - TB1 TB2 TB3 TB4
1 3 Ukraine UKR 3 3 0 0 6 26,0 10,5 8,00
2 4 Georgia GEO 3 3 0 0 6 26,0 10,5 8,00
3 6 United States of America USA 3 3 0 0 6 26,0 10,5 8,00
4 8 India IND 3 3 0 0 6 26,0 10,5 8,00
5 18 Cuba CUB 3 3 0 0 6 26,0 10,0 8,00
6 1 Russia 1 RUS1 3 3 0 0 6 26,0 10,0 7,00
7 9 Hungary HUN 3 3 0 0 6 24,0 9,5 8,00
8 2 China CHN 3 3 0 0 6 22,5 10,5 7,00
9 12 Bulgaria BUL 3 3 0 0 6 22,0 8,5 8,00
10 17 Serbia SRB 3 3 0 0 6 18,0 10,5 6,00
Canada Women's Team has moved into 32nd place (from start place 58th).
The ladies in the Open:
GM Judit Polgar, Hungary, Board 3:
Round 3 on 2010/09/23 at 15:00
Bo. 17 Czech Republic (CZE) Rtg - 5 Hungary (HUN) Rtg 1½:2½
12.1 GM Navara David 2722 - GM Leko Peter 2724 1 - 0
12.2 GM Laznicka Viktor 2690 - GM Almasi Zoltan 2707 0 - 1
12.3 GM Hracek Zbynek 2633 - GM Polgar Judit 2682 ½ - ½
12.4 GM Votava Jan 2579 - GM Berkes Ferenc 2678 0 - 1
GM Viktorija Cmilyte, Lithuania, Board 3 - did not play.
GM Zhu Chen, Qatar, Board 3:
Round 3 on 2010/09/23 at 15:00
Bo. 55 Qatar (QAT) Rtg - 91 Algeria (ALG) Rtg 2 : 2
39.1 GM Al-Sayed Mohammed 2495 - IM Haddouche Mohamed 2425 ½ - ½
39.2 GM Zhu Chen 2480 - CM Goutali Tarek 2261 ½ - ½
39.3 IM Nezad Husein Aziz 2394 - Oussedik Mahfoud 2222 1 - 0
39.4 Al-Tamimi Hamad 2250 - Khelfallah Badreddine 2183 0 - 1
GM Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant, Scotland, Board 2:
Round 3 on 2010/09/23 at 15:00
Bo. 37 Philippines (PHI) Rtg - 63 Scotland (SCO) Rtg 2 : 2
24.1 GM So Wesley 2668 - GM McNab Colin A 2445 ½ - ½
24.2 GM Laylo Darwin 2522 - GM Arakhamia-Grant Ketevan 2451 0 - 1
24.3 GM Torre Eugenio 2489 - IM Burns-Mannion Stephen R 2372 1 - 0
24.4 IM Bitoon Richard 2447 - FM Morrison Graham 2345 ½ - ½
WIM Fiona Steil-Antoni, Luxembourg, Board 5:
Round 3 on 2010/09/23 at 15:00
Bo. 45 Austria (AUT) Rtg - 90 Luxembourg (LUX) Rtg 3 : 1
38.1 GM Ragger Markus 2628 - IM Wiedenkeller Michael 2431 ½ - ½
38.2 GM Shengelia David 2587 - Linster Philippe 2264 1 - 0
38.3 IM Neubauer Martin 2428 - FM Mossong Hubert 2184 1 - 0
38.4 IM Kreisl Robert 2376 - WIM Steil-Antoni Fiona 2152 ½ - ½
It's early days yet, but I took a look at the performance ratings thus far - here are the top 10 chess femmes:
No. Name Rtg Team Rp Pts. Games % Bo.
1 WGM Golubenko Valentina 2278 Croatia 3055 3,0 3 100,0 1
2 GM Hou Yifan 2578 China 3038 3,0 3 100,0 1
3 WGM Cori T Deysi 2368 Peru 3000 3,0 3 100,0 1
4 IM Zimina Olga 2334 Italy 2994 3,0 3 100,0 2
5 WGM Krivec Jana 2309 Slovenia 2981 3,0 3 100,0 2
6 WGM Ju Wenjun 2516 China 2980 3,0 3 100,0 2
7 IM Krush Irina 2490 United States of America 2956 3,0 3 100,0 1
8 IM Danielian Elina 2466 Armenia 2956 3,0 3 100,0 1
9 WGM Geldiyeva Mahri 2260 Turkmenistan 2935 3,0 3 100,0 1
10 GM Kosteniuk Alexandra 2524 Russia 1 2933 3,0 3 100,0 3
Some chess femmes of interest (at least, to me):
WGM Melia Salome, who was our Goddesschess star at the 2009 City of Montreal Open Chess Championship:
| 13 |  | IM | Melia Salome | 2439 | Georgia | 2884 | 3,0 | 3 | 100,0 | 3 |
Canadian Women can bring it:
| 18 |  | WIM | Kagramanov Dina | 2086 | Canada | 2590 | 3,0 | 3 | 100,0 | 2 |
By the way, I saw at Susan Polgar's chess blog that GM Judit Polgar has a current performance rating of 2799.
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
2010 Chess Olympiad - Round 2 Women
Getting right to it, USA and Canadian Women's R2 results:
Bo. 49 Estonia (EST) Rtg - 6 United States of America (USA) Rtg 1 : 3
6.1 WIM Fomina Tatjana 2256 - IM Krush Irina 2490 0 - 1
6.2 WFM Gansvind Valeriya I 2218 - IM Zatonskih Anna 2480 0 - 1
6.3 WIM Piarnpuu Leili 2111 - WGM Baginskaite Kamile 2328 ½ - ½
6.4 WFM Vahtra Tuuli 1991 - WGM Foisor Sabina-Francesca 2293 ½ - ½
(Despite winning the match, the two draws shoved the USA Women down in the standings).
Round 2 on 2010/09/22 at 15:00
Bo. 58 Canada (CAN) Rtg - 37 Kazakhstan (KAZ) Rtg 1½:2½
23.1 WIM Yuan Yuanling 2189 - WIM Dauletova Gulmira 2235 0 - 1
23.2 WIM Kagramanov Dina 2086 - WIM Nakhbayeva Guliskhan 2243 1 - 0
23.3 Lacau-Rodean Iulia 2024 - WFM Saduakassova Dinara 2142 ½ - ½
23.4 Kagramanov Dalia 1866 - WFM Ankudinova Yelena 2124 0 - 1
Women's Top Team Rankings After R2 - rather shocking!
Rk. SNo Team Team Games + = - TB1 TB2
1 15 Slovakia SVK 2 2 0 0 4 8,0
2 16 Germany GER 2 2 0 0 4 8,0
3 17 Serbia SRB 2 2 0 0 4 8,0
4 2 China CHN 2 2 0 0 4 8,0
5 3 Ukraine UKR 2 2 0 0 4 8,0
6 4 Georgia GEO 2 2 0 0 4 8,0
7 8 India IND 2 2 0 0 4 8,0
8 10 Poland POL 2 2 0 0 4 8,0
9 14 Romania ROU 2 2 0 0 4 8,0
10 6 United States of America USA 2 2 0 0 4 8,0
11 19 Netherlands NED 2 2 0 0 4 8,0
12 1 Russia 1 RUS1 2 2 0 0 4 8,0
13 5 Russia 2 RUS2 2 2 0 0 4 8,0
14 9 Hungary HUN 2 2 0 0 4 7,0
15 18 Cuba CUB 2 2 0 0 4 7,0
With the new scoring system it is now quite obvious to the players - if it was not before - that even one draw by a top team is being punished. As the pairings have been going, tomorrow USA, Russia 1 and Russia 2 will face tough opponents - tougher opponents than if they had taken their matches by 4 wins. Interesting, very interesting.
Meantime, Canada Women have move up to 40th place from a start of 58th. There are many days yet to play, but of course Canada Women's goal is to improve over their initial start as much as possible and get as close to the top 10 as they can. And if one or more of their players can score an upset or two, so much the better! The possibility to score an individual performance medal is also a motivating factor. Individual medal winners are often not from the top-finishing teams.
How did the chess femmes do who are playing on teams in the Open?
GM Judit Polgar, Hungary, Board 3, thanks to Judit's timely win, Hungary eeked out a win against Argentina. Come on dudes, look at the ELO differentials between the Hungarian players and the Argentines. All of the Hungarians should have won their games. It took Judit to show 'em how to do it. Way to go, Girl!
Round 2 on 2010/09/22 at 15:00
Bo. 26 Argentina (ARG) Rtg - 5 Hungary (HUN) Rtg 1½:2½
11.1 GM Flores Diego 2615 - GM Leko Peter 2724 ½ - ½
11.2 GM Felgaer Ruben 2597 - GM Almasi Zoltan 2707 ½ - ½
11.3 GM Peralta Fernando 2572 - GM Polgar Judit 2682 0 - 1
11.4 GM Lafuente Pablo 2565 - GM Berkes Ferenc 2678 ½ - ½
GM Viktorija Cmilyte, Lithuania, Board 3:
Bo. 22 Slovakia (SVK) Rtg - 39 Lithuania (LTU) Rtg 3 : 1
19.1 GM Movsesian Sergei 2723 - GM Rozentalis Eduardas 2611 1 - 0
19.2 GM Ftacnik Lubomir 2568 - GM Sulskis Sarunas 2544 ½ - ½
19.3 GM Markos Jan 2566 - GM Cmilyte Viktorija 2513 1 - 0
19.4 IM Jurcik Marian 2466 - IM Zagorskis Darius 2497 ½ - ½
GM Zhu Chen, Qatar, playing Board 2 today:
Round 2 on 2010/09/22 at 15:00
Bo. 50 Turkey (TUR) Rtg - 55 Qatar (QAT) Rtg 3 : 1
32.1 IM Esen Baris 2538 - GM Al-Sayed Mohammed 2495 ½ - ½
32.2 GM Haznedaroglu Kivanc 2483 - GM Zhu Chen 2480 ½ - ½
32.3 GM Can Emre 2500 - IM Nezad Husein Aziz 2394 1 - 0
32.4 IM Erdogdu Mert 2428 - Al-Tamimi Hamad 2250 1 - 0
GM Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant, Scotland, playing Board 2 today:
Round 2 on 2010/09/22 at 15:00
Bo. 2 Ukraine (UKR) Rtg - 63 Scotland (SCO) Rtg 4 : 0
1.1 GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2754 - GM McNab Colin A 2445 1 - 0
1.2 GM Eljanov Pavel 2761 - GM Arakhamia-Grant Ketevan 2451 1 - 0
1.3 GM Efimenko Zahar 2683 - GM Shaw John 2446 1 - 0
1.4 GM Moiseenko Alexander 2658 - IM Burns-Mannion Stephen R 2372 1 - 0
WIM Fiona Steil-Antoni, Luxembourg, playing Board 4 today:
Bo. 90 Luxembourg (LUX) Rtg - 144 Mali (MLI) Rtg 4 : 0
71.1 IM Wiedenkeller Michael 2431 - Traore Bakary 0 1 - 0
71.2 Linster Philippe 2264 - Toure Amadou 0 1 - 0
71.3 Jeitz Christian 2235 - Coulibaly Abdoulaye 0 1 - 0
71.4 WIM Steil-Antoni Fiona 2152 - Alhousseyni Hasseye 0 1 - 0
Bo. 49 Estonia (EST) Rtg - 6 United States of America (USA) Rtg 1 : 3
6.1 WIM Fomina Tatjana 2256 - IM Krush Irina 2490 0 - 1
6.2 WFM Gansvind Valeriya I 2218 - IM Zatonskih Anna 2480 0 - 1
6.3 WIM Piarnpuu Leili 2111 - WGM Baginskaite Kamile 2328 ½ - ½
6.4 WFM Vahtra Tuuli 1991 - WGM Foisor Sabina-Francesca 2293 ½ - ½
(Despite winning the match, the two draws shoved the USA Women down in the standings).
Round 2 on 2010/09/22 at 15:00
Bo. 58 Canada (CAN) Rtg - 37 Kazakhstan (KAZ) Rtg 1½:2½
23.1 WIM Yuan Yuanling 2189 - WIM Dauletova Gulmira 2235 0 - 1
23.2 WIM Kagramanov Dina 2086 - WIM Nakhbayeva Guliskhan 2243 1 - 0
23.3 Lacau-Rodean Iulia 2024 - WFM Saduakassova Dinara 2142 ½ - ½
23.4 Kagramanov Dalia 1866 - WFM Ankudinova Yelena 2124 0 - 1
Women's Top Team Rankings After R2 - rather shocking!
Rk. SNo Team Team Games + = - TB1 TB2
1 15 Slovakia SVK 2 2 0 0 4 8,0
2 16 Germany GER 2 2 0 0 4 8,0
3 17 Serbia SRB 2 2 0 0 4 8,0
4 2 China CHN 2 2 0 0 4 8,0
5 3 Ukraine UKR 2 2 0 0 4 8,0
6 4 Georgia GEO 2 2 0 0 4 8,0
7 8 India IND 2 2 0 0 4 8,0
8 10 Poland POL 2 2 0 0 4 8,0
9 14 Romania ROU 2 2 0 0 4 8,0
10 6 United States of America USA 2 2 0 0 4 8,0
11 19 Netherlands NED 2 2 0 0 4 8,0
12 1 Russia 1 RUS1 2 2 0 0 4 8,0
13 5 Russia 2 RUS2 2 2 0 0 4 8,0
14 9 Hungary HUN 2 2 0 0 4 7,0
15 18 Cuba CUB 2 2 0 0 4 7,0
With the new scoring system it is now quite obvious to the players - if it was not before - that even one draw by a top team is being punished. As the pairings have been going, tomorrow USA, Russia 1 and Russia 2 will face tough opponents - tougher opponents than if they had taken their matches by 4 wins. Interesting, very interesting.
Meantime, Canada Women have move up to 40th place from a start of 58th. There are many days yet to play, but of course Canada Women's goal is to improve over their initial start as much as possible and get as close to the top 10 as they can. And if one or more of their players can score an upset or two, so much the better! The possibility to score an individual performance medal is also a motivating factor. Individual medal winners are often not from the top-finishing teams.
How did the chess femmes do who are playing on teams in the Open?
GM Judit Polgar, Hungary, Board 3, thanks to Judit's timely win, Hungary eeked out a win against Argentina. Come on dudes, look at the ELO differentials between the Hungarian players and the Argentines. All of the Hungarians should have won their games. It took Judit to show 'em how to do it. Way to go, Girl!
Round 2 on 2010/09/22 at 15:00
Bo. 26 Argentina (ARG) Rtg - 5 Hungary (HUN) Rtg 1½:2½
11.1 GM Flores Diego 2615 - GM Leko Peter 2724 ½ - ½
11.2 GM Felgaer Ruben 2597 - GM Almasi Zoltan 2707 ½ - ½
11.3 GM Peralta Fernando 2572 - GM Polgar Judit 2682 0 - 1
11.4 GM Lafuente Pablo 2565 - GM Berkes Ferenc 2678 ½ - ½
GM Viktorija Cmilyte, Lithuania, Board 3:
Bo. 22 Slovakia (SVK) Rtg - 39 Lithuania (LTU) Rtg 3 : 1
19.1 GM Movsesian Sergei 2723 - GM Rozentalis Eduardas 2611 1 - 0
19.2 GM Ftacnik Lubomir 2568 - GM Sulskis Sarunas 2544 ½ - ½
19.3 GM Markos Jan 2566 - GM Cmilyte Viktorija 2513 1 - 0
19.4 IM Jurcik Marian 2466 - IM Zagorskis Darius 2497 ½ - ½
GM Zhu Chen, Qatar, playing Board 2 today:
Round 2 on 2010/09/22 at 15:00
Bo. 50 Turkey (TUR) Rtg - 55 Qatar (QAT) Rtg 3 : 1
32.1 IM Esen Baris 2538 - GM Al-Sayed Mohammed 2495 ½ - ½
32.2 GM Haznedaroglu Kivanc 2483 - GM Zhu Chen 2480 ½ - ½
32.3 GM Can Emre 2500 - IM Nezad Husein Aziz 2394 1 - 0
32.4 IM Erdogdu Mert 2428 - Al-Tamimi Hamad 2250 1 - 0
GM Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant, Scotland, playing Board 2 today:
Round 2 on 2010/09/22 at 15:00
Bo. 2 Ukraine (UKR) Rtg - 63 Scotland (SCO) Rtg 4 : 0
1.1 GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2754 - GM McNab Colin A 2445 1 - 0
1.2 GM Eljanov Pavel 2761 - GM Arakhamia-Grant Ketevan 2451 1 - 0
1.3 GM Efimenko Zahar 2683 - GM Shaw John 2446 1 - 0
1.4 GM Moiseenko Alexander 2658 - IM Burns-Mannion Stephen R 2372 1 - 0
WIM Fiona Steil-Antoni, Luxembourg, playing Board 4 today:
Bo. 90 Luxembourg (LUX) Rtg - 144 Mali (MLI) Rtg 4 : 0
71.1 IM Wiedenkeller Michael 2431 - Traore Bakary 0 1 - 0
71.2 Linster Philippe 2264 - Toure Amadou 0 1 - 0
71.3 Jeitz Christian 2235 - Coulibaly Abdoulaye 0 1 - 0
71.4 WIM Steil-Antoni Fiona 2152 - Alhousseyni Hasseye 0 1 - 0
Chess Femme News!
Some news reports from around the world on their Olympiad Teams' (with emphasis on the women's teams) results in R1:
First up, a R1 report by Jen Shahade at the U.S. Chess Federation website
US Olympic Teams Perfect in Round 1
September 21, 2010
Our US Olympic teams swept the Faroe Islands (Open) and Dominican Republic (women's) in round 1 of the Olympiad! US Women's Champion Irina Krush executed a quick attack [you can play through her game at the link].
Azerbaijani chess teams start successfully at Olympic Games
Wed 22 September 2010 05:51 GMT | 0:51 Local Time
The first round of the Chess Olympig Games has been played in Khanti-Mansiysk (Russia). Men and women teams of Azerbaijan started participation with victories. Both teams won with the equal score 3.5:0.5. During the meeting of the women’s teams of Azerbaijan and Tajikistan Zeynab Mammadyarova (2234) beat Marvori Nasriddinzoda (1943), Turkan Mammadyarova (2301) played a draw with Nadejda Antonova (1838), Gulnar Mammadova (2293) beat Lydia Antonova (0), and Nargiz Umudova (2251) defeated Asila Mukhtojzoda.
Chess Olympiad: Indian women thrash Albania 4-0; men dump Wales
India Express.com
Posted: Wed Sep 22 2010, 12:55 hrs
Led by Dronavalli Harika, Indian women started off with a clean 4-0 first-round victory over Albania in the 39th Chess Olympiad here. The girls were quite impressive and made it all look easy without any hiccups. On the top board, Harika won with white against Eglantina Shabanaj in a chance-less game. Tania Sachdev had to sweat it out against Alda Shabanaj on the second board. Playing black, Tania was up against the Queen pawn opening and her choice of the Queen's Indian came good. The middle game saw Shabanaj caught in a tactical web and the Albanian got her queen trapped. On the last two boards for India, Eesha Karavade and S Meenakshi got the better of Rozana Cimaj and Roela Pasku, respectively.
From her popular chess blog, I learned that GM Susan Polgar is now in Mansky Kamsky (a/k/a Khanty-Mansiysk)! Actually, I thought she was already there, as she is the official ambassador for promoting Tromso's bid for the 2014 Chess Olympiad. SP is also co-chair of the FIDE Committee on Women's Chess (along with GM Alexandra Kosteniuk, who is playing on Russian Women's Team 1). I don't know if the Women's Chess Committee will be making a report or presentation to the FIDE Congress, but as a committee member SP would want to be present in any event.
First up, a R1 report by Jen Shahade at the U.S. Chess Federation website
US Olympic Teams Perfect in Round 1
September 21, 2010
Our US Olympic teams swept the Faroe Islands (Open) and Dominican Republic (women's) in round 1 of the Olympiad! US Women's Champion Irina Krush executed a quick attack [you can play through her game at the link].
Azerbaijani chess teams start successfully at Olympic Games
Wed 22 September 2010 05:51 GMT | 0:51 Local Time
The first round of the Chess Olympig Games has been played in Khanti-Mansiysk (Russia). Men and women teams of Azerbaijan started participation with victories. Both teams won with the equal score 3.5:0.5. During the meeting of the women’s teams of Azerbaijan and Tajikistan Zeynab Mammadyarova (2234) beat Marvori Nasriddinzoda (1943), Turkan Mammadyarova (2301) played a draw with Nadejda Antonova (1838), Gulnar Mammadova (2293) beat Lydia Antonova (0), and Nargiz Umudova (2251) defeated Asila Mukhtojzoda.
Chess Olympiad: Indian women thrash Albania 4-0; men dump Wales
India Express.com
Posted: Wed Sep 22 2010, 12:55 hrs
Led by Dronavalli Harika, Indian women started off with a clean 4-0 first-round victory over Albania in the 39th Chess Olympiad here. The girls were quite impressive and made it all look easy without any hiccups. On the top board, Harika won with white against Eglantina Shabanaj in a chance-less game. Tania Sachdev had to sweat it out against Alda Shabanaj on the second board. Playing black, Tania was up against the Queen pawn opening and her choice of the Queen's Indian came good. The middle game saw Shabanaj caught in a tactical web and the Albanian got her queen trapped. On the last two boards for India, Eesha Karavade and S Meenakshi got the better of Rozana Cimaj and Roela Pasku, respectively.
From her popular chess blog, I learned that GM Susan Polgar is now in Mansky Kamsky (a/k/a Khanty-Mansiysk)! Actually, I thought she was already there, as she is the official ambassador for promoting Tromso's bid for the 2014 Chess Olympiad. SP is also co-chair of the FIDE Committee on Women's Chess (along with GM Alexandra Kosteniuk, who is playing on Russian Women's Team 1). I don't know if the Women's Chess Committee will be making a report or presentation to the FIDE Congress, but as a committee member SP would want to be present in any event.
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Young Canadian Teams for 2010 Chess Olympiad
WIM Yuan Yuanling (western style: WIM Yuanling Yuan) leads the Canadian's Women's Team to the 2010 Chess Olympiad. Goddesschess was pleased to host her presence at the 90th City of Montreal Open Chess Championships held last week (September 10-12, 2010) in Montreal. Here is an article on the Women's and Open Teams Canada sent to the 2010 Chess Olympiad:
From insidetoronto.com
TIM FORAN|
Sep 21, 2010 - 8:28 AM
North Yorkers head Canada's national chess teams
Erase the image of two crafty old men sitting across a chess board and slowly strategizing their moves. The reality of Canada's competitive game is drastically different.
Two North Yorkers, Yuanling Yuan and Mark Bluvshtein, both of whom shot to the top of Canada's rankings at age 14, will lead the country's youngest ever women's and national chess teams respectively over the next two weeks at the 39th annual Chess Olympiad, the first round of which began play Tuesday, September 21.
Yuanling Yuan, a 16-year-old high school student at Victoria Park C.I. and Canada's top rated female player at year end in both 2008 and 2009, will play "first board", or leader, for Canada's five-person women's team.
"She's the youngest first board on the women's team that Canada has ever sent," said Bob Armstrong, governor for the Chess Federation of Canada, which is one of approximately 150 federations sending their nation's top players to the Olympiad in Khanty-Mansiysk, a small city in western Siberia. The Olympiad is a biannual affair attracting the world's top talent and organized by the international chess federation FIDE. Canada's two teams are both ranked in the fifties.
Despite Yuan's age, this will actually be her second Olympiad, as she also played in the last one in 2008 in Dresden, Germany.
Leading Canada's national team this year is Mark Bluvshtein, 22, a recent York University graduate and Newtonbrook Secondary School alumnus. This will be the fifth Olympiad for Bluvshtein, who became Canada's youngest ever grandmaster at the age of 16.
International masters Thomas Roussel-Roozman, 22, Leonid Gershoy, 22, and Artiom Samsonkin, 21, round out the starting squad for the national team, while Nikolay Noritsyn, 19, is the team's reserve, a position that generally sees quite a bit of playing time, said Armstrong.
The women's team is even younger. Both starter Yelizaveta Orlova and reserve Dalia Kagramanov are only 16, while Kagramanov's older sister, Dina, another York University grad, is the "elder" on Canada's teams at the age of 24. The other starter Iulia Lacau-Rodean is 22. ...
Rest of article.
With all due respect to the chess dudes, this is Goddesschess and we concentrate on the femmes! How did the Canadian women do?
Round 1 on 2010/09/21 at 15:00
Bo. 58 Canada (CAN) Rtg - 113 Uganda (UGA) Rtg 3½: ½
56.1 WIM Yuan Yuanling 2189 - Amoko Ivy Claire 0 1 - 0
56.2 WIM Kagramanov Dina 2086 - Mutesi Phiona 0 1 - 0
56.3 Lacau-Rodean Iulia 2024 - Kigeni Grace 0 ½ - ½
56.4 Orlova Yelizaveta 1917 - Butindo Joanitah Justine 0 1 - 0
Canada Women moved up from start rank 58th to 50th as a result of their R1 performance.
Note: Phiona Mutesi (see Goddesschess post) was not able to prevail against WIM Dina Kagramanov.
From insidetoronto.com
TIM FORAN|
Sep 21, 2010 - 8:28 AM
North Yorkers head Canada's national chess teams
Erase the image of two crafty old men sitting across a chess board and slowly strategizing their moves. The reality of Canada's competitive game is drastically different.
Two North Yorkers, Yuanling Yuan and Mark Bluvshtein, both of whom shot to the top of Canada's rankings at age 14, will lead the country's youngest ever women's and national chess teams respectively over the next two weeks at the 39th annual Chess Olympiad, the first round of which began play Tuesday, September 21.
Yuanling Yuan, a 16-year-old high school student at Victoria Park C.I. and Canada's top rated female player at year end in both 2008 and 2009, will play "first board", or leader, for Canada's five-person women's team.
"She's the youngest first board on the women's team that Canada has ever sent," said Bob Armstrong, governor for the Chess Federation of Canada, which is one of approximately 150 federations sending their nation's top players to the Olympiad in Khanty-Mansiysk, a small city in western Siberia. The Olympiad is a biannual affair attracting the world's top talent and organized by the international chess federation FIDE. Canada's two teams are both ranked in the fifties.
Despite Yuan's age, this will actually be her second Olympiad, as she also played in the last one in 2008 in Dresden, Germany.
Leading Canada's national team this year is Mark Bluvshtein, 22, a recent York University graduate and Newtonbrook Secondary School alumnus. This will be the fifth Olympiad for Bluvshtein, who became Canada's youngest ever grandmaster at the age of 16.
International masters Thomas Roussel-Roozman, 22, Leonid Gershoy, 22, and Artiom Samsonkin, 21, round out the starting squad for the national team, while Nikolay Noritsyn, 19, is the team's reserve, a position that generally sees quite a bit of playing time, said Armstrong.
The women's team is even younger. Both starter Yelizaveta Orlova and reserve Dalia Kagramanov are only 16, while Kagramanov's older sister, Dina, another York University grad, is the "elder" on Canada's teams at the age of 24. The other starter Iulia Lacau-Rodean is 22. ...
Rest of article.
With all due respect to the chess dudes, this is Goddesschess and we concentrate on the femmes! How did the Canadian women do?
Round 1 on 2010/09/21 at 15:00
Bo. 58 Canada (CAN) Rtg - 113 Uganda (UGA) Rtg 3½: ½
56.1 WIM Yuan Yuanling 2189 - Amoko Ivy Claire 0 1 - 0
56.2 WIM Kagramanov Dina 2086 - Mutesi Phiona 0 1 - 0
56.3 Lacau-Rodean Iulia 2024 - Kigeni Grace 0 ½ - ½
56.4 Orlova Yelizaveta 1917 - Butindo Joanitah Justine 0 1 - 0
Canada Women moved up from start rank 58th to 50th as a result of their R1 performance.
Note: Phiona Mutesi (see Goddesschess post) was not able to prevail against WIM Dina Kagramanov.
2010 Chess Olympiad - Round 1 Women
Hola! Whew, what a day - long and stormy, and a scary walk home from the bus stop with lightning all around. Getting right to it:
As expected, the Round 1 match-ups between the top and bottom teams were, to put it politely, a joke. Oh yeah, a few token surprises here and there, but not for the American Women! They were matched against the Domican Republic Women's Team in R1 and took care of business:
Round 1 on 2010/09/21 at 15:00
Bo. 6 United States of America (USA) Rtg - 65 Dominican Republic (DOM) Rtg 4 : 0
6.1 IM Krush Irina 2490 - Adames Rojas Ariella 1899 1 - 0
6.2 WFM Abrahamyan Tatev 2352 - WFM Perez Eneida 2099 1 - 0
6.3 WGM Baginskaite Kamile 2328 - Jose Polanco Kenia 1997 1 - 0
6.4 WGM Foisor Sabina-Francesca 2293 - Hazim Elizabeth 1858 1 - 0
Damned if I can figure out how this scoring works, but suffice to say that USA Women has not lost any position, it is still sitting in 6th place, where it was, coming into this Olympiad. The other teams above it (Russia 1, China, Ukraine, Georgia, and Russia2) also took their matches, and so as far as I can tell, nothing has changed regarding the standings of the top Women's Teams. It's early days. A team must take matches against weaker opponents wherever it can, to maintain the pace as long as possible. As the days grind on and fatigue begins to set in, those match points will add up. The actual win/draw/loss total will become important when it comes to tie-breaks (I think).
How did the chess femmes who are playing on the Open Teams do (i.e., with the chess dudes)?
GM Judit Polgar, Board 3 Hungary (today she played Board 2):
Round 1 on 2010/09/21 at 15:00
Bo. 5 Hungary (HUN) Rtg - 79 Jordan (JOR) Rtg 3½: ½
5.1 GM Almasi Zoltan 2707 - IM Khader Sami 2449 1 - 0
5.2 GM Polgar Judit 2682 - FM Samhouri Ahmad Fawzi 2372 1 - 0
5.3 GM Berkes Ferenc 2678 - FM Mansour Sameer 2283 1 - 0
5.4 GM Balogh Csaba 2608 - CM Samhouri Bilal 2269 ½ - ½
GM Viktorija Cmilyte, Board 3 Lithuania (today she played Board 2):
Round 1 on 2010/09/21 at 15:00
Bo. 39 Lithuania (LTU) Rtg - 114 Netherlands Antilles (AHO) Rtg 4 : 0
39.1 GM Rozentalis Eduardas 2611 - Dekker Marvin 2097 1 - 0
39.2 GM Cmilyte Viktorija 2513 - Maduro Sherman 2009 1 - 0
39.3 GM Malisauskas Vidmantas 2510 - Izijk Jimmy 2062 1 - 0
39.4 IM Zagorskis Darius 2497 - Da Silva John 2027 1 - 0
GM Zhu Chen, Board 3 Qatar (today she played Board 2):
Round 1 on 2010/09/21 at 15:00
Bo. 55 Qatar (QAT) Rtg - 134 Seychelles (SEY) Rtg 4 : 0
55.1 GM Al-Sayed Mohammed 2495 - CM Meier Kurt 1991 1 - 0
55.2 GM Zhu Chen 2480 - Pillay Ragul 0 1 - 0
55.3 IM Nezad Husein Aziz 2394 - Vinayagamurthy Kasthuri 0 1 - 0
55.4 Al-Tamimi Hamad 2250 - Louise Eli 0 1 - 0
GM Ketevan Arakhamia Grant, Board 2 Scotland:
Round 1 on 2010/09/21 at 15:00
Bo. 63 Scotland (SCO) Rtg - 141 Burundi (BDI) Rtg 4 : 0
63.1 GM McNab Colin A 2445 - Ndikumana Yves 0 1 - 0
63.2 GM Arakhamia-Grant Ketevan 2451 - Ntagasigumwami Deo 0 1 - 0
63.3 GM Shaw John 2446 - Nininahazwe Tony 0 1 - 0
63.4 FM Morrison Graham 2345 - Rwamavubi Jean Bosco 0 1 - 0
WIM Fiona Steil-Antoni, Board 5 Luxembourg - did not play today.
By the way, the playing venues look crappy to me (venues, yes, because not all of the teams are housed in one venue). Cramped and crowded. No room for anyone to stop by and overlook a game. Yeah, I get the thing about this being a TEAM event, but honestly, sitting four or five people at one long table, and then putting four or five people opposite them, with barely a foot in between each player. Yechy! This is supposed to be a world premiere event. Why cannot the players have world premiere playing conditions? What I saw in the photos online today from the venue - sucks. No room to move. No room to BREATHE!
Round 1 coverage elsewhere:
Susan Polgar's Chess Daily News and Information - she has top team pairings up for Round 2 (Open and Women's), as well as several news features on various Teams playing at the Olympiad gathered from news sources around the globe and chess problems taken directly from the Olympiad. I tell you, the Woman Never Sleeps.
Kudos to Chessdom.com for giving full coverage to the Women's R1 results. Thank you!
The Week in Chess:
39th Chess Olympiad Khanty-Mansiysk 2010 (1)
Grischuk concedes draw on top board for Russia on Day 1
Mark Crowther | Tue Sep 21 17:01:00 2010
39th Chess Olympiad Khanty-Mansiysk 2010 (Russia's FiveTeams)
Russia's Five Teams
Mark Crowther | Tue Sep 21 08:21:00 2010
[That is, Five Men's Teams. That is outrageous in and of itself. Even more outrage is that there are Three Women's Teams, for a total of eight. Russia gets to throw the best players it has - multiple times - against single teams of Open and Female players sent by the other nations. And FIDE says the Olympiad ain't rigged. Yeah, right.]
As expected, the Round 1 match-ups between the top and bottom teams were, to put it politely, a joke. Oh yeah, a few token surprises here and there, but not for the American Women! They were matched against the Domican Republic Women's Team in R1 and took care of business:
Round 1 on 2010/09/21 at 15:00
Bo. 6 United States of America (USA) Rtg - 65 Dominican Republic (DOM) Rtg 4 : 0
6.1 IM Krush Irina 2490 - Adames Rojas Ariella 1899 1 - 0
6.2 WFM Abrahamyan Tatev 2352 - WFM Perez Eneida 2099 1 - 0
6.3 WGM Baginskaite Kamile 2328 - Jose Polanco Kenia 1997 1 - 0
6.4 WGM Foisor Sabina-Francesca 2293 - Hazim Elizabeth 1858 1 - 0
Damned if I can figure out how this scoring works, but suffice to say that USA Women has not lost any position, it is still sitting in 6th place, where it was, coming into this Olympiad. The other teams above it (Russia 1, China, Ukraine, Georgia, and Russia2) also took their matches, and so as far as I can tell, nothing has changed regarding the standings of the top Women's Teams. It's early days. A team must take matches against weaker opponents wherever it can, to maintain the pace as long as possible. As the days grind on and fatigue begins to set in, those match points will add up. The actual win/draw/loss total will become important when it comes to tie-breaks (I think).
How did the chess femmes who are playing on the Open Teams do (i.e., with the chess dudes)?
GM Judit Polgar, Board 3 Hungary (today she played Board 2):
Round 1 on 2010/09/21 at 15:00
Bo. 5 Hungary (HUN) Rtg - 79 Jordan (JOR) Rtg 3½: ½
5.1 GM Almasi Zoltan 2707 - IM Khader Sami 2449 1 - 0
5.2 GM Polgar Judit 2682 - FM Samhouri Ahmad Fawzi 2372 1 - 0
5.3 GM Berkes Ferenc 2678 - FM Mansour Sameer 2283 1 - 0
5.4 GM Balogh Csaba 2608 - CM Samhouri Bilal 2269 ½ - ½
GM Viktorija Cmilyte, Board 3 Lithuania (today she played Board 2):
Round 1 on 2010/09/21 at 15:00
Bo. 39 Lithuania (LTU) Rtg - 114 Netherlands Antilles (AHO) Rtg 4 : 0
39.1 GM Rozentalis Eduardas 2611 - Dekker Marvin 2097 1 - 0
39.2 GM Cmilyte Viktorija 2513 - Maduro Sherman 2009 1 - 0
39.3 GM Malisauskas Vidmantas 2510 - Izijk Jimmy 2062 1 - 0
39.4 IM Zagorskis Darius 2497 - Da Silva John 2027 1 - 0
GM Zhu Chen, Board 3 Qatar (today she played Board 2):
Round 1 on 2010/09/21 at 15:00
Bo. 55 Qatar (QAT) Rtg - 134 Seychelles (SEY) Rtg 4 : 0
55.1 GM Al-Sayed Mohammed 2495 - CM Meier Kurt 1991 1 - 0
55.2 GM Zhu Chen 2480 - Pillay Ragul 0 1 - 0
55.3 IM Nezad Husein Aziz 2394 - Vinayagamurthy Kasthuri 0 1 - 0
55.4 Al-Tamimi Hamad 2250 - Louise Eli 0 1 - 0
GM Ketevan Arakhamia Grant, Board 2 Scotland:
Round 1 on 2010/09/21 at 15:00
Bo. 63 Scotland (SCO) Rtg - 141 Burundi (BDI) Rtg 4 : 0
63.1 GM McNab Colin A 2445 - Ndikumana Yves 0 1 - 0
63.2 GM Arakhamia-Grant Ketevan 2451 - Ntagasigumwami Deo 0 1 - 0
63.3 GM Shaw John 2446 - Nininahazwe Tony 0 1 - 0
63.4 FM Morrison Graham 2345 - Rwamavubi Jean Bosco 0 1 - 0
WIM Fiona Steil-Antoni, Board 5 Luxembourg - did not play today.
By the way, the playing venues look crappy to me (venues, yes, because not all of the teams are housed in one venue). Cramped and crowded. No room for anyone to stop by and overlook a game. Yeah, I get the thing about this being a TEAM event, but honestly, sitting four or five people at one long table, and then putting four or five people opposite them, with barely a foot in between each player. Yechy! This is supposed to be a world premiere event. Why cannot the players have world premiere playing conditions? What I saw in the photos online today from the venue - sucks. No room to move. No room to BREATHE!
Round 1 coverage elsewhere:
Susan Polgar's Chess Daily News and Information - she has top team pairings up for Round 2 (Open and Women's), as well as several news features on various Teams playing at the Olympiad gathered from news sources around the globe and chess problems taken directly from the Olympiad. I tell you, the Woman Never Sleeps.
Kudos to Chessdom.com for giving full coverage to the Women's R1 results. Thank you!
The Week in Chess:
39th Chess Olympiad Khanty-Mansiysk 2010 (1)
Grischuk concedes draw on top board for Russia on Day 1
Mark Crowther | Tue Sep 21 17:01:00 2010
39th Chess Olympiad Khanty-Mansiysk 2010 (Russia's FiveTeams)
Russia's Five Teams
Mark Crowther | Tue Sep 21 08:21:00 2010
[That is, Five Men's Teams. That is outrageous in and of itself. Even more outrage is that there are Three Women's Teams, for a total of eight. Russia gets to throw the best players it has - multiple times - against single teams of Open and Female players sent by the other nations. And FIDE says the Olympiad ain't rigged. Yeah, right.]
Sunday, September 19, 2010
2010 Chess Olympiad - Pre-Game This and That
A few notes:
I saw a report at Susan Polgar's blog and Chessdom on this story, and went to the source:
From Sunday Vision co.ug
(Run by The New Vision, which is a Christian ministry group)
By Phillip Corry
SPORTS Network ESPN will do a recording of the national team at the 39th Chess Olympiad due in Russia September 20 to October 4.
The American cable television network has taken keen interest in the team following the impressive display of the side’s youngest player Phiona Mutesi. The 14-year-old is on the ladies team set to make a debut at the World’s premier Chess show. [I saw a report elsewhere that Mutesi is 16 years old.]
Other players are Ivy Amoko, Mutesi, Joan Butindo, Grace Kigenyi and Rita Nsubuga Nansove.
Published on: Saturday, 18th September, 2010
So, someone to keep an eye on.
In addition to GM Koneru Humpy (India) not playing in the Olympiad, GM Pia Cramling is not listed on either of Sweden's teams.
I scrolled through the list of players in the Open (overwhelmingly male players) and found a handful of females:
GM Judit Polgar of Hungary, playing Board 3
GM Viktorija Cmilyte of Lithuania, playing Board 3
GM Zhu Chen of Qatar, playing Board 3
GM Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant of Scotland, playing Board 2
WIM Fiona Steil-Antoni of Luxembourg, playing Board 5
Popular acclaim has Russian Women #1 team as the one to beat:
Bo. Name Rtg FED
1 GM Kosintseva Tatiana 2573 RUS
2 IM Kosintseva Nadezhda 2565 RUS
3 GM Kosteniuk Alexandra 2524 RUS
4 IM Galliamova Alisa 2482 RUS
5 WGM Gunina Valentina 2465 RUS
Personally, I think Georgia is going to be the team to beat. It comes in as number four on ELO average rating:
Bo. Name Rtg FED
1 GM Dzagnidze Nana 2534 GEO
2 IM Javakhishvili Lela 2451 GEO
3 IM Khukhashvili Sopiko 2422 GEO
4 IM Melia Salome 2439 GEO
5 IM Khotenashvili Bela 2464 GEO
Nana Dzagnidze had the amazing performance at the Jermuk Women's Grand Prix. The Georgians won the Women's Gold at Dresden in 2008 (how quickly we forget). Ukraine won Silver and the fighting-chess-is-our-middle-name American women took home Bronze. The highly favored Russian women finished in 4th place, out of the team medals. Sure, the Russians will be out for blood. Let's see what happens.
I saw a report at Susan Polgar's blog and Chessdom on this story, and went to the source:
From Sunday Vision co.ug
(Run by The New Vision, which is a Christian ministry group)
By Phillip Corry
SPORTS Network ESPN will do a recording of the national team at the 39th Chess Olympiad due in Russia September 20 to October 4.
The American cable television network has taken keen interest in the team following the impressive display of the side’s youngest player Phiona Mutesi. The 14-year-old is on the ladies team set to make a debut at the World’s premier Chess show. [I saw a report elsewhere that Mutesi is 16 years old.]
Other players are Ivy Amoko, Mutesi, Joan Butindo, Grace Kigenyi and Rita Nsubuga Nansove.
Published on: Saturday, 18th September, 2010
So, someone to keep an eye on.
In addition to GM Koneru Humpy (India) not playing in the Olympiad, GM Pia Cramling is not listed on either of Sweden's teams.
I scrolled through the list of players in the Open (overwhelmingly male players) and found a handful of females:
GM Judit Polgar of Hungary, playing Board 3
GM Viktorija Cmilyte of Lithuania, playing Board 3
GM Zhu Chen of Qatar, playing Board 3
GM Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant of Scotland, playing Board 2
WIM Fiona Steil-Antoni of Luxembourg, playing Board 5
Popular acclaim has Russian Women #1 team as the one to beat:
Bo. Name Rtg FED
1 GM Kosintseva Tatiana 2573 RUS
2 IM Kosintseva Nadezhda 2565 RUS
3 GM Kosteniuk Alexandra 2524 RUS
4 IM Galliamova Alisa 2482 RUS
5 WGM Gunina Valentina 2465 RUS
Personally, I think Georgia is going to be the team to beat. It comes in as number four on ELO average rating:
Bo. Name Rtg FED
1 GM Dzagnidze Nana 2534 GEO
2 IM Javakhishvili Lela 2451 GEO
3 IM Khukhashvili Sopiko 2422 GEO
4 IM Melia Salome 2439 GEO
5 IM Khotenashvili Bela 2464 GEO
Nana Dzagnidze had the amazing performance at the Jermuk Women's Grand Prix. The Georgians won the Women's Gold at Dresden in 2008 (how quickly we forget). Ukraine won Silver and the fighting-chess-is-our-middle-name American women took home Bronze. The highly favored Russian women finished in 4th place, out of the team medals. Sure, the Russians will be out for blood. Let's see what happens.
2010 Chess Olympiad
The same old crap from FIDE - total incompetence.
Not the least of which - at the FIDE website which I visited about 10 seconds ago, this is the official website given for the Olympiad: http://www.ugra-chess.com/. I cannot find a team list on this website or anywhere where games will be reported.
Fortunately, The Week in Chess provides a correct link, http://www.ugra-chess.ru/eng/index.htm, to a website that says it contains a list of teams and will, one hopes, eventually present game results and standings. Let's just say I'm skeptical :) -- right now the "Teams" link does not work!
More serious incompetence that seriously impacts players and federations -- I've been reading also about the incredible mess the continually changing flight schedules have created for teams who have scheduled flights to arrive from all around the world. Since there is no airport in Mansky Kamsky, which appears to be known only as the home of frozen mammoth remains if one understands the official logo correctly, one has to take certain provided charter flights - and those are the exact flights that have changed several times, resulting in well, as I said, chaos! Not to mention extreme frustration on the part of federations who are trying to get their players to Siberia that have incurred financial penalties because other flight plans that were initially made weeks (if not months) ago must now be changed once again. We all know that most if not all airlines now impose a change fee of $150 to $200 per ticket for every single change made. Let's see, how many times have the charter flight schedules changed? Three times? Four times? Six times? The last change was on September 16 - FOUR DAYS before players are supposed to be present for the muckety muck opening ceremonies, which I'm sure will feature some kind of battle dance between people costumed as mammoths. Gee thanks, FIDE.
DISGUSTING. FIDE at its absolute best. The attitude of its entrenched incompetent bureaucrats is F - U to the players and the national federations. This is from an email, parts of which were published at The Week in Chess:
Team Participation Threatened by Travel Arrangements for Olympaid
September 17, 2010
By Mark Crowther
I [Nick Faulks] don't think they can do much about the departure time, because it has been clear for some time that the charter organiser made a mistake with the time zone. I drew this to the attention of Ugra weeks ago, but was evidently ignored.
I have been fighting on this issue for months, and have received absolutely no support from other federations ( nor, I should say, from the Karpov camp ). It is well known that the FIDE Board member charged with overseeing the event has suggested that, rather than complaining, our team should simply not go. He may now get his wish.
Lovely attitude toward the players who are your life's blood, FIDE.
Instead of FIDE's coverage, I will rely on proven English language sites like Susan Polgar, Chessdom, The Week in Chess, Chess Vibes, Chessbase, Chess Drum, etc. to provide my reports on the Olympiad.
I have great hopes for the American Women's Team, but I am worried about Irina Krush being in form. She (along with many other Olympiad bound women) just finished the Blitz Championship and that must have been exhausting. It would be exhausting just getting from Moscow to Manski Kampsky. This is information provided from the ex-official website that wasn't really the official website at all. For clarity's sake I omitted the undecipherable schedule of the charter flights - yes, the one that changed six times (seven times?) in six weeks, the last change on September 16:
Regular flights to Khanty-Mansiysk
People planning to get to Khanty-Mansiysk by regular domestic flights from Moscow should book and buy tickets by themselves. All the necessary information and schedule of the flights is available on the home page of Air Company “UTair”: www.utair.de . On this web-site you can also book tickets to the convenient flight.
The nearest airports to Khanty-Mansiysk are Tyumen, Yekaterinburg, Novosibirsk, Omsk, Surgut, Nizhnevartovsk, Kogalym.
Transfer between airports in Moscow
To book transfer from one airport in Moscow to another you can contact Moscow Transfer Service www.go-to.ru .On this web-site you can fill out an application, make payment, and specialists of this company will meet you in any airport in Moscow and transfer you to another airport in a convenient way.
Attention! There will be information desks of the Organizing Committee in Moscow airports at the arrival lounge of international flights, where you can get all the necessary information.
Besides, you can reach airports of Moscow area from the Sheremetyevo in the following way:
By car: 29 kilometers from Moscow center on the highway (M 10).
By bus: Airport Sheremetyevo is connected with the capital by highway (M 10), where nonstop buses, minibuses, scheduled buses ( № 851 from metro station “Rechnoy Voksal”, № 817 from metro station “Planernaya”) are going as well as taxi. You can get tickets in the taken transport. Work time of city transport from 5.25 am to 00.30 am.
You can get to the airport Domodedovo that is located 85 kilometers from the airport Sheremetyevo:
By taxi: 1 hour 30 minutes* [Oh yeah, real economical]
By bus: from the town airport station non-stop buses go every 30 minutes, duration of the way 1 hour 10 minutes.
By metro: Metro station “Belorusskaya” – “Paveletskaya” (16 minutes), then by aero-express (40-45 minutes).
You can get to the airport Vnukovo that is located 70 kilometers from the Sheremetyevo airport:
By taxi: 1 hour*
By bus: from the town airport station non-stop buses run every 30 minutes, duration of the way 1 hour 20 minutes.
By metro: Metro station “Belorusskaya” – “Kievskij Vokzal” (17 minutes), then by aero-express (35 minutes).
Transport connections between “Sheremetyevo – 2” and “Sheremetyevo – 1”
The bus “Sheremetyevo” goes between the Terminal 2 and the terminal 1/C. The bus station that is in the area of the railway station of the Terminal 2 is situated near the side of the road from the sideways of the hotel “Novotel”. The bus station in the area of terminal 1/C is situated near the railway station between the pavilion “Arrival” of Terminal 1 and terminal C.
Public Transport: From the terminal 1/C to the terminal 2: Bus №851, travel time 10-15 minutes.
From the Terminal-2 to the Terminal-1/C: Bus №817, travel time 10-15 minutes.
Time table: 06:00 a.m. – 23.00 p.m.
* Attention! Traveling time by car is approximate, without considering traffic jams. [Are they anything like the traffic jams around Bejing? If so, please add three weeks to your travel itinerary.]
IF YOU FLY THROUGH MOSCOW IT WILL BE BETTER TO BOOK THE TRANSFER FROM THE “SHEREMETYEVO-2” TO THE AIRPORTS “VNUKOVO”, “DOMODEDOVO” IN THE AGENCY WHERE YOU BUY TICKETS.
In order to avoid possible critical situations you need to have at least 3-4 hours (without considering possible traffic jams) between arrival and departure from different airports.
Each passenger may have 20 kilos of his luggage free. The extra luggage is paid 1% of the cost of the ticket.
Got all that?
By the way, the airport tax is $60 USD. I don't know if that is per airport or a group airport fee.
Will all of the teams make it on time? Stay tuned...
Not the least of which - at the FIDE website which I visited about 10 seconds ago, this is the official website given for the Olympiad: http://www.ugra-chess.com/. I cannot find a team list on this website or anywhere where games will be reported.
Fortunately, The Week in Chess provides a correct link, http://www.ugra-chess.ru/eng/index.htm, to a website that says it contains a list of teams and will, one hopes, eventually present game results and standings. Let's just say I'm skeptical :) -- right now the "Teams" link does not work!
More serious incompetence that seriously impacts players and federations -- I've been reading also about the incredible mess the continually changing flight schedules have created for teams who have scheduled flights to arrive from all around the world. Since there is no airport in Mansky Kamsky, which appears to be known only as the home of frozen mammoth remains if one understands the official logo correctly, one has to take certain provided charter flights - and those are the exact flights that have changed several times, resulting in well, as I said, chaos! Not to mention extreme frustration on the part of federations who are trying to get their players to Siberia that have incurred financial penalties because other flight plans that were initially made weeks (if not months) ago must now be changed once again. We all know that most if not all airlines now impose a change fee of $150 to $200 per ticket for every single change made. Let's see, how many times have the charter flight schedules changed? Three times? Four times? Six times? The last change was on September 16 - FOUR DAYS before players are supposed to be present for the muckety muck opening ceremonies, which I'm sure will feature some kind of battle dance between people costumed as mammoths. Gee thanks, FIDE.
DISGUSTING. FIDE at its absolute best. The attitude of its entrenched incompetent bureaucrats is F - U to the players and the national federations. This is from an email, parts of which were published at The Week in Chess:
Team Participation Threatened by Travel Arrangements for Olympaid
September 17, 2010
By Mark Crowther
I [Nick Faulks] don't think they can do much about the departure time, because it has been clear for some time that the charter organiser made a mistake with the time zone. I drew this to the attention of Ugra weeks ago, but was evidently ignored.
I have been fighting on this issue for months, and have received absolutely no support from other federations ( nor, I should say, from the Karpov camp ). It is well known that the FIDE Board member charged with overseeing the event has suggested that, rather than complaining, our team should simply not go. He may now get his wish.
Lovely attitude toward the players who are your life's blood, FIDE.
Instead of FIDE's coverage, I will rely on proven English language sites like Susan Polgar, Chessdom, The Week in Chess, Chess Vibes, Chessbase, Chess Drum, etc. to provide my reports on the Olympiad.
I have great hopes for the American Women's Team, but I am worried about Irina Krush being in form. She (along with many other Olympiad bound women) just finished the Blitz Championship and that must have been exhausting. It would be exhausting just getting from Moscow to Manski Kampsky. This is information provided from the ex-official website that wasn't really the official website at all. For clarity's sake I omitted the undecipherable schedule of the charter flights - yes, the one that changed six times (seven times?) in six weeks, the last change on September 16:
Regular flights to Khanty-Mansiysk
People planning to get to Khanty-Mansiysk by regular domestic flights from Moscow should book and buy tickets by themselves. All the necessary information and schedule of the flights is available on the home page of Air Company “UTair”: www.utair.de . On this web-site you can also book tickets to the convenient flight.
The nearest airports to Khanty-Mansiysk are Tyumen, Yekaterinburg, Novosibirsk, Omsk, Surgut, Nizhnevartovsk, Kogalym.
Transfer between airports in Moscow
To book transfer from one airport in Moscow to another you can contact Moscow Transfer Service www.go-to.ru .On this web-site you can fill out an application, make payment, and specialists of this company will meet you in any airport in Moscow and transfer you to another airport in a convenient way.
Attention! There will be information desks of the Organizing Committee in Moscow airports at the arrival lounge of international flights, where you can get all the necessary information.
Besides, you can reach airports of Moscow area from the Sheremetyevo in the following way:
By car: 29 kilometers from Moscow center on the highway (M 10).
By bus: Airport Sheremetyevo is connected with the capital by highway (M 10), where nonstop buses, minibuses, scheduled buses ( № 851 from metro station “Rechnoy Voksal”, № 817 from metro station “Planernaya”) are going as well as taxi. You can get tickets in the taken transport. Work time of city transport from 5.25 am to 00.30 am.
You can get to the airport Domodedovo that is located 85 kilometers from the airport Sheremetyevo:
By taxi: 1 hour 30 minutes* [Oh yeah, real economical]
By bus: from the town airport station non-stop buses go every 30 minutes, duration of the way 1 hour 10 minutes.
By metro: Metro station “Belorusskaya” – “Paveletskaya” (16 minutes), then by aero-express (40-45 minutes).
You can get to the airport Vnukovo that is located 70 kilometers from the Sheremetyevo airport:
By taxi: 1 hour*
By bus: from the town airport station non-stop buses run every 30 minutes, duration of the way 1 hour 20 minutes.
By metro: Metro station “Belorusskaya” – “Kievskij Vokzal” (17 minutes), then by aero-express (35 minutes).
Transport connections between “Sheremetyevo – 2” and “Sheremetyevo – 1”
The bus “Sheremetyevo” goes between the Terminal 2 and the terminal 1/C. The bus station that is in the area of the railway station of the Terminal 2 is situated near the side of the road from the sideways of the hotel “Novotel”. The bus station in the area of terminal 1/C is situated near the railway station between the pavilion “Arrival” of Terminal 1 and terminal C.
Public Transport: From the terminal 1/C to the terminal 2: Bus №851, travel time 10-15 minutes.
From the Terminal-2 to the Terminal-1/C: Bus №817, travel time 10-15 minutes.
Time table: 06:00 a.m. – 23.00 p.m.
* Attention! Traveling time by car is approximate, without considering traffic jams. [Are they anything like the traffic jams around Bejing? If so, please add three weeks to your travel itinerary.]
IF YOU FLY THROUGH MOSCOW IT WILL BE BETTER TO BOOK THE TRANSFER FROM THE “SHEREMETYEVO-2” TO THE AIRPORTS “VNUKOVO”, “DOMODEDOVO” IN THE AGENCY WHERE YOU BUY TICKETS.
In order to avoid possible critical situations you need to have at least 3-4 hours (without considering possible traffic jams) between arrival and departure from different airports.
Each passenger may have 20 kilos of his luggage free. The extra luggage is paid 1% of the cost of the ticket.
Got all that?
By the way, the airport tax is $60 USD. I don't know if that is per airport or a group airport fee.
Will all of the teams make it on time? Stay tuned...
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