Wednesday, 3 August 2022

2022 Chess Olympiad - Day 5

 At the end of round 5 of the 2022 Chess Olympiad, only 2 teams remain on a perfect score. India 2 defeated Spain 2.5-1.5, while Armenia beat England by a similar score*. So there is an Indian team leading the home Olympiad, just not the one that was expected.  Tied for third are India 1, USA and a couple of surprises in Uzbekistan and Cuba. Norway bounced back form a couple of poor (and in one case lucky) rounds, to beat Zambia 3.5-0.5

Australia missed a chance to stay in the top 10, drawing with the lower seeded Belgium 2-2. GM Justin Tan suffered his first loss of the tournament, but this was balanced out by a win for GM Zong Yuan Zhao. As a result the Australians now face Norway in Round 6. The Women's team continue their good form with a win over Moldova 3-1. WGM Julia Ryjanova is playing particularly well for the team scoring 4/5 on board 1.

New Zealand picked up their third win in the Open, beating Hong Kong 3-1. This moves them back to the middle of the field, after an upset loss to Oman earlier in the event. The New Zealand Women's team is also on 6 points, having scored a 4-0 win over Malta

PNG scored its first win of the tournament, defeating Comoros 4-0. All the PNG players played will, but there was a bit of luck on Board 1 when the Comoros player hung a rook in the ending (and refused the subsequent draw offer!) The other Oceania teams found this round quite tough, with losses for all of them.

(* When running a full tournament simulation to test the TAP procedures before the event, Armenia ended up as the overall winner of the Olympiad!)


Ahamada Abdillah - Age Jeremiah [B30]
WCO (5), 2022.08.02

Start positionPrevious MoveNext MoveEnd positionPlay movesStop playing
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 d6 4. Be2 Nf6 5. Bc4 Bg4 6. O-O a6 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 Ne5 9. Qe2 Nxc4 10. Qxc4 b5 11. Qe2 e6 12. e5 dxe5 13. Qxe5 Bd6 14. Qg5 O-O 15. d3 Qc7 16. g3 Rad8 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. dxe4 Qc6 19. Qg4 f5 20. Qh4 f4 21. g4 Qxe4 22. Bd2 Bc7 23. Rae1 Qd5 24. Bc3 b4 25. Rd1 Qf3 26. Bd2 Rd7 27. g5 Rfd8 28. Qg4 Qxg4+ 29. hxg4 Rxd2 30. Rde1 Kf7 31. Kg2 e5 32. Rh1 Kg6 33. Kf1 Rxc2 34. Kg2 Rdd2 35. Rhf1 Kxg5 36. Kh3 Rxf2 37. Rxf2 Rxf2 38. a4 f3 39. Kg3 Re2 40. Rf1 e4+ 41. Kh3 Rh2# 0-1

1 comment:

Garvin said...

Kevin Bonham is providing updates from some of the Commissions and some possible rule changes that might be coming.

Are you attending any of those meetings, or involved in those discussions in some form? And if you are, would you care to provide a blog post on some of the matters, especially given that today is the rest day.