The other result was the 3.5-0.5 demolition of Mexico by the Australian team. The Mexicans had a rating edge on each board, but Smerdon drew on the top board and Ly, Ikeda and Smirnov all won. The win for Smirnov may also be enough to push his rating past the 2400 mark, which he needs to do to receive an IM title (subject to confirmation).
The Australian Women's team also had a good result, beating England 2.5-1.5.Again this was an underdog victory, as the English were seeded 12 places above the Australians.
Smirnov Anton (2334) - Torres Rosas Luis Carlos (2351) [E94]
WCO2014 Tromso (7.25), 09.08.2014
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Na6 8. Be3 h6 9. dxe5 Ng4 10. Bd2 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. Qc1 Qh4 13. g3 Qh3 14. Nd5 c6 15. Ne7+ Kh7 16. Nxc8 Qxc8 17. c5 Nc7 18. Qc4 f5 19. exf5 gxf5 20. Rad1 Nd5 21. f3 Kh8 22. Bd3 Qe6 23. g4 f4 24. Rfe1 Rad8 25. Qe4 Nf6 26. Qg6 Qd5 27. Be2 Qxc5+ 28. Kg2 Rd5 29. Bc3 Qd6 30. Bd3 Rd8 31. Bc2 Qe7 32. Bxe5 Rxe5 33. Rxe5 1-0
5 comments:
" The win for Smirnov may also be enough to push his rating past the 2400 mark, which he needs to do to receive an IM title (subject to confirmation)."
Not quite yet. He's up to 2390 or thereabouts.
james
Hi Shaun
I noticed my previous post that said that Anton's live rating had not yet reached 2400 didn't stick.
I've added 2334 (August rating) + 27.8 (politiken) + 30.6 (olympiad r7) = 2392.4
Did he participate in another tournament to pick up another 8 points or more?
James
In fact that's wrong, it's 2334 + 28.2 + 28.35 = 2390.5 after r10 at Tromso.
Chess-results.com have been using a K factor of 20 instead of 15 to calculate Smirnov's TPR at the Olympiad, inflating his rating gain by 10 points.
He can only gain the 2400 rating if he beats his 2600+ opponent in the last round.
Unless of course, he has picked 5 points somewhere else besides Politiken and Tromso in the last few weeks and draws his last round game.
Wrong on both counts! The rating formula changed the K factor to 20 last month. Shame FIDE hasn't updated its online calculator.
Wrong again. K=20 since 1 July 2014. Back to the drawing board.
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