Breaking the duck

Congratulations to CM Helmut Marko who has scored Papua New Guinea's first point of the 2012 Olympiad. He played a very good game on board 2 against South Korea, eventually threatening death along the long dark diagonal. His opponent was not able to deal with the threat and resigned shortly after. Unfortunately the other 3 players went down, but at least PNG is on the score board.


Marko,Helmut - Jang,Kyungsik [A38]
2012 Olympiad Istanbul, 30.08.2012

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. c4 c5 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. d3 d6 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bd2 e5 10. a3 Be6 11. e4 Qd7 12. Rb1 a5 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. cxd5 Ne7 15. b4 axb4 16. axb4 b6 17. Ra1 Qb7 18. Qb3 Nd7 19. Bc3 Rfb8 20. b5 f5 21. Nd2 fxe4 22. dxe4 Nc8 23. Nc4 Bf8 24. f4 Rxa1 25. Bxa1 exf4 26. gxf4 Qc7 27. Qc3 Kf7 28. e5 Ke8 29. e6 1-0