The 2020 FIDE Online Olympiad is starting to become real serious, with a number of high profile players joining the fray. Pool C (of which I am an arbiter for) saw both Anish Giri and Alexei Shirov turn our for the federations, although Shirov had a much better time of it than Giri. Shirov finished the day with 3/3, while Giri only managed 0.5/3.
The Australian team also started with a bang, scoring successive 6-0 wins, before being brought down to earth, losing 2-4 to Bulgaria. However, the size of their opening wins, and some other results in their pool, leave them with high hopes of qualifying for Pool A.
2020 FIDE Online Olympiad Chess.com (1.1), 14.08.2020
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O b6 10. Qe1 f6 11. exf6 Nxf6 12. Bb5 Qc7 13. Bxc6 Qxc6 14. Ne5 Qc7 15. Qg3 Ba6 16. Rf2 Nd7 17. Qg4 Qd6 18. Rd1 Nxe5 19. fxe5 Qd7 20. Bh6 Bd8 21. Rxf8+ Kxf8 22. Rd2 Bc7 23. Rf2+ Kg8 24. Nxd5 Kh8 25. Bxg7+ 1-0
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