2014 Olympiad - PNG Team (plus others) Day 5

The first rest day of the 2014 Olympiad sees the PNG team both where it usually is, and where it expected to be. After another narrow loss in round 3 to Saudi Arabia (1.5-2.5), the team scored their first match win over Swaziland 3-1. Stuart Fancy continued his winning run on the top board, while Nigel Marko scored his first ever win at a Chess Olympiad, coming 4 games into his career!. The fifth round saw the team face Kuwait, and despite some promising positions, the only point was once again scored by Stuart Fancy.
At this stage the team is on 2 points, with a total of 7 game points. Stuart Fancy is on an impressive 4/5, while Helmut Marko, Rupert Jones and Nigel Marko have score a point each.
Of the 'small' Oceania countries (sorry NZ), Guma is having an impressive debut. The beat North Pacific rivals Palau quite handsomely, and followed it up with a 2-2 result against a strong Puerto Rico team. Despite a 0-4 return to earth against Finland, they are on 3 points and in 139th place.
Palau are also on 2 points, scoring their first win in round 5 over the British Virgin Islands. The normally well performed Fiji team is still struggling, having only picked up a point via a drawn match against the Bahamas. Newcomers Solomon Islands has yet to win a match, but Chris Kaituu at least has the honour of scoring the first win for the Solomon Islands in a Chess Olympiad, in the 3-1 loss to Tanzania.


Marko Helmut Jr - Sbonelo Dlamini [C41]
WCO2014 Tromso (4.25), 05.08.2014

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ c6 4. Ba4 Qb6 5. O-O Nf6 6. Re1 Bg4 7. d3 Nbd7 8. c3 O-O-O 9. Be3 Qa6 10. Bc2 d5 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Re8 13. Nd2 dxe4 14. dxe4 Bc5 15. b4 Bxe3 16. Rxe3 Rhg8 17. Bd3 b5 18. Nb3 g5 19. Nc5 Nxc5 20. bxc5 Nd7 21. Bf1 Rgf8 22. Qf5 h6 23. Rd3 Re6 24. Rd6 Re7 25. Be2 Qa3 26. Rad1 Rd8 27. Rxc6+ Kb8 28. Bxb5 Qxc3 29. Rb1 Nxc5 30. Bc4+ Nb7 31. Qf6 Qc2 32. Rxb7+ Ka8 33. Rxe7 Qd1+ 34. Kh2 Rd7 35. Rc8+ Kb7 36. Qc6# 1-0