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Chess Olympiad Trivia After the World Chess Championship, the Chess Olympiad is the most important event in the international chess calendar, which occurs every two years. While the athletes get ready for the Summer Games on August 8, 2008 in Beijing, the chess players are getting ready for the Chess Olympiad in Dresden in November.
The Chess Olympiad has also been called the International Team Tournament, Tournament of Nations, and the World Team Championship. In 1922, during the British Chess Federation Chess Congress held in London, E. Znosko-Borovsky, a Russian master living in Paris, announced that the French Chess Federation wanted to organize a team tournament to coincide with the Olympic Games due to be held in Paris in 1924. The first world team competition (called the Chess Olympic Games or Tournament of Nations) took place in Paris at the Hotel Majestic from July 12-20, 1924, to coincide with the 8th Summer Olympic Games, also held in Paris. This was an attempt to include chess in the Olympic Games, but there was no way to distinguish professional chess players from amateur players. There were 54 players from 18 countries with a team maximum of four players. Czechoslovakia (Hromadka, Skalicka, Schulz, Vanek) won the Gold Medal. The Silver went to Hungary and the Bronze went to Switzerland. The individual Gold went to Herman Mattison of Latvia (5.5 points out of 8). The director of this event was Alexander Alekhine.
Another world team competition took place in Budapest in 1926 during the FIDE congress, but only 4 teams (Hungary, Yugoslavia, Romania, Germany) showed up (6 teams registered, but Austria and Czechoslovakia withdrew before the start). Hungary (Bakonyi, Negyesy, A. Steiner, Sterk, Vajda, and Zinner) won that event. Ernst Gruenfeld and Mario Monticelli won the individual event. Edith Holloway (1868-1956) won the women’s tournament, and Emil Zinner won the open tournament. This event was still considered an unofficial chess Olympiad and is known as the “Little Olympiad.” The very first official chess Olympiad began in London in 1927 in conjunction with the FIDE Congress. Hungary (Maroczy, Nagy, Vajda, A. Steiner, Havasi) won the gold medal (40 out of 60 points). 16 teams participated. The women did not participate until 1957, but there was a women’s tournament (the first official Women’s World Chess Championship), won by Vera Menchik. The official title of Chess Olympiad did not happen until 1952. English magnate Frederick G. Hamilton-Russell offered a trophy for the top men's team, which was won by Hungary. It is now known as the Hamilton-Russell Cup. The trophy for the top women's team is the Vera Menchik Cup, named after the first women's world chess champion. George Thomas of England and Holgar Norman-Hansen of Denmark both score 12 out of 15 and both received a gold medal. The bronze medal went to Richard Reti. Argentina was the only non-European team that entered... Read all of Bill Wall's Chess Olympiad Trivia
Where Was He? Between 1976 and 1989 David Bronstein was banned from travelling outside the USSR to play chess because he refused to denounce Viktor Korchnoi after his defection to the West. Who Am I? I was born in the middle part of the 20th century. I achieved success as a young player, winning a major junior championship as well as being a member of a victorious team as the World Student Team Championship. Shortly afterwards I achieved my best result in my country's national championship, finishing =2nd. My list of tournament victories include Odessa, Novi Sad, Yerevan, Hastings, Leningrad, Gausdal, Polanica Zdroij, Lvov, Jurmala, Moscow and Reggio Emilia. My best finishes in major international tournaments were 2nd at Tilburg and 2nd at Dortmund, as well as 3rd= at Sochi. Today I am less active as a tournament player, but I have maintained a highly competitive rating and continue to win smaller events on the grandmaster circuit, such as Solin-Split and Rome. I have competed in many international team tournaments, winning 6 gold medals, 3 silver medals and 2 bronze medals. My playing style has been described as aggressive, possibly because of the coaching I received as a junior. Along with a group of other aspiring masters, I was first coached by Viktor Kart (a legendary instructor of the Lvov Sports Academy) and then by Mikhail Tal. I have a reputation for the use of rare, offbeat and sometimes, long since discarded systems. Only by means of deep research and accurate preparation have I been able to employ these openings as weapons to sidestep known theory and fight for the full point. One example is 4.g3 in the Nimzo-Indian Defence. Previously known in the 1930s and revived by myself in the 1970s, the variation now carries my name in opening manuals. The newly popular variations arising from an early Be7 in the French Defence, were also pioneered by myself in the 1970s and have been further refined by the likes of Morozevich and Short in more recent practice. Who Am I? Drag your cursor across the space between the asterisks to reveal the answer! *** Oleg Romanishin (born January 10, 1952, Lvov, Ukraine) *** Submit your trivia to the
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Eljanov,P (2716) - Vaganian,R (2594) [A91] 1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 d5 5.Nh3 c6
6.0-0 Be7 7.Nd2 0-0 8.Qc2 Ne4 9.Nf4 Bd6 10.Nf3 Qe7 11.Nd3 b6 12.Bf4 Bxf4
13.Nxf4 Bb7 14.Ne5 Nd7 15.Nxd7 Qxd7 16.Rfd1 Qe7 17.e3 Rfd8 18.Rac1 Rac8
19.Qa4 Ba8 20.cxd5 exd5 21.b4 Nd6 22.Qb3 g5 23.Nd3 Nc4 24.a4 Kg7 25.Re1
Re8 26.Re2 Qf6 27.Rce1 Rc7 28.f4 gxf4 29.Nxf4 Kh8 30.b5 Qd6 31.Qd3 Rce7
32.Qxf5 Bb7 33.e4 Bc8 34.Qh5 dxe4 35.bxc6 Qxd4+ 36.Kh1 Qg7 37.Rxe4 Rxe4
38.Qxe8+ Rxe8 39.Rxe8+ Qg8 40.Rxg8+ Kxg8 41.Bd5+ 1-0 Nepomniachtchi,I (2602) -
Horvath,A (2513) [B48] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3
Qc7 6.Be3 a6 7.Qd2 Nf6 8.0-0-0 Bb4 9.f3 Ne5 10.Nb3 b5 11.Qe1 Be7 12.f4 Ng6
13.e5 Ng4 14.Ne4 0-0 15.Bd3 Bb7 16.Bd2 f6 17.h3 Nh6 18.exf6 Nxf4 19.Ba5
Nxd3+ 20.Rxd3 Qf4+ 21.Bd2 Qxe4 22.fxe7 Rfc8 23.Bxh6 gxh6 24.Qg3+ Qg6
25.Qd6 e5 26.Qxg6+ hxg6 27.Re1 Kf7 28.Rxd7 Bxg2 29.Rxe5 Re8 30.Re3 Rac8
31.Rd2 Bb7 32.Rf2+ Kg7 33.Nd4 Bd5 34.Ne6+ Bxe6 35.Rxe6 Rc5 36.h4 a5
37.Rff6 g5 38.Rxh6 gxh4 39.Rxh4 Kf7 40.Rhe4 1-0 Najer,E (2670) - Buhmann,R
(2561) [C11] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5
6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bc5 9.Qd2 0-0 10.0-0-0 a6 11.Nb3 b6 12.h4 Bb7
13.Rh3 Rc8 14.a3 Qe7 15.Kb1 Rfd8 16.Qf2 Bxe3 17.Rxe3 Nc5 18.Ree1 Nxb3
19.cxb3 b5 20.b4 a5 21.f5 axb4 22.f6 gxf6 23.exf6 Qf8 24.axb4 Nxb4 25.Re5
Qh6 26.Rg5+ Kh8 27.Qf4 d4 28.Rxd4 Rxd4 29.Qxd4 Nd5 30.Nxd5 Bxd5 31.Bxb5
Rd8 32.Bc4 Re8 33.Bd3 Rg8 34.Rxg8+ Kxg8 35.Qe5 Qf8 36.g4 h6 37.g5 Qa8
38.gxh6 Qa2+ 39.Kc1 Qa1+ 40.Bb1 1-0 Buhmann,R (2561) - Nakamura,H
(2697) [A41] 1.Nf3 d6 2.d4 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.e4 e5 5.Bg5 f6
6.Be3 Nh6 7.Be2 Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Nfd2 f5 10.f3 c5 11.Nc3 Nf7 12.h4 h5 13.g4
hxg4 14.fxg4 Bf6 15.Bf2 Ng8 16.h5 f4 17.Qc2 gxh5 18.gxh5 Ngh6 19.0-0-0 Ng4
20.Bxg4 Bxg4 21.Rdg1 Nh6 22.b4 b6 23.bxc5 bxc5 24.Qa4+ Kf7 25.Nb3 Bd7
26.Qa6 Qb6 27.Qxb6 axb6 28.Bh4 Ng4 29.Bxf6 Kxf6 30.Kb2 Rh6 31.Nd2 Rah8
32.Nb5 Ke7 33.Rh4 Nf6 34.Rg7+ Kf8 35.Rg5 Nxh5 36.Nxd6 Ng3 37.Rxh6 Rxh6
38.Rxe5 Rxd6 39.Rg5 Rh6 40.Kc3 Rh3 41.Kc2 Rh2 0-1 Ivanisevic,I (2664) - Meier,G
(2556) [E04] 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 d5 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.Bg2 c6
6.Ne5 Bb4+ 7.Nc3 Nd5 8.0-0 Nxc3 9.bxc3 Bxc3 10.Ba3 Qxd4 11.Qxd4 Bxd4
12.Nxc4 Bxa1 13.Rxa1 f6 14.Nd6+ Kd7 15.Rd1 Kc7 16.Nf7 Re8 17.Bd6+ Kb6
18.Rd3 a5 19.Rb3+ Ka6 20.a4 e5 21.Bc5 Nd7 22.Be3 Rb8 23.Nd6 Re6 24.Nb5 Nc5
25.Bxc5 b6 26.Nd6 Bd7 27.Nc4 b5 28.Bh3 Rbe8 29.axb5+ cxb5 30.Nxa5 b4
31.Bxb4 R6e7 32.Bg2 Ba4 33.Ra3 Rc7 34.Be4 Kb5 35.Bd2 Bd1 36.Bd3+ Kc5
37.Ra1 e4 38.Rc1+ Kd6 39.Bf4+ 1-0 Gelfand,B (2720) - Radjabov,T
(2744) [E97] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 0-0
6.Be2 e5 7.0-0 Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.b4 Nh5 10.Re1 f5 11.Ng5 Nf6 12.f3 Kh8 13.Be3
Bh6 14.Nf7+ Rxf7 15.Bxh6 f4 16.Bg5 Neg8 17.g4 h6 18.Bh4 g5 19.Bf2 h5 20.h3
Rh7 21.c5 Ne7 22.Kg2 Ng6 23.Rh1 Bd7 24.b5 dxc5 25.Bxc5 Kg7 26.d6 hxg4
27.hxg4 Rxh1 28.Kxh1 Qh8+ 29.Kg2 Nh4+ 30.Kg1 c6 31.bxc6 bxc6 32.Kf2 Be6
33.Rb1 Kg6 34.Ke1 Rd8 35.Kd2 Rd7 36.Qa4 Qc8 37.Kc2 Ne8 38.Rd1 Ng2 39.Ba6
Qa8 40.Bc4 Ng7 41.Nd5 cxd5 42.exd5 Qe8 43.dxe6 Nxe6 44.Bxa7 Kf6 45.Bb5
Qc8+ 46.Kb2 Rb7 47.d7 Qc6 48.Ka1 Rxb5 49.Qa3 Rd5 0-1 Kamsky,G (2723) - Al Modiahki,M
(2556) [B31] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.0-0 Bg7 5.Re1 e5 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.d3 Ne7 8.a3 a5 9.Be3 b6 10.Nbd2 a4 11.Qb1 Qc7 12.b3 0-0 13.bxa4 Rxa4 14.Qb3 Ra6 15.a4 Be6 16.Qc3 h6 17.Nb3 Bxb3 18.cxb3 Rd8 19.a5 Rxa5 20.Rxa5 bxa5 21.Bxc5 Nc8 22.h4 Nd6 23.Rc1 Nb5 24.Qc4 Rb8 25.Be3 Nd4 26.Bxd4 exd4 27.g3 Qb6 28.Nd2 Qb5 29.Kf1 Rd8 30.Ra1 Bf8 31.Qxb5 cxb5 32.Rxa5 Bb4 33.Ra2 Bxd2 34.Rxd2 Rc8 35.Ke2 Rc3 36.e5 f6 37.exf6 Kf7 38.Kf3 Kxf6 39.Ke4 Rxb3 40.Kxd4 b4 41.Kc4 Rb1 42.Re2 h5 43.d4 Kf5 44.Re3 Rd1 45.d5 Rd2 46.f4 Kf6 47.Rb3 Rd1 48.Rxb4 Rc1+ 49.Kd4 Rd1+ 50.Kc5 Rd3 51.Rd4 Rc3+ 52.Kb4 1-0 Short,N (2655) - Timman,J
(2562) [C67] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.0-0 Nxe4 5.Qe2 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.Qxe5+ Qe7 8.Qa5 Qd8 9.Qc3 Nf5 10.Re1+ Be6 11.Qb3 Rb8 12.Rxe6+ fxe6 13.Qxe6+ Ne7 14.Nc3 Qd7 15.Qe3 b6 16.d4 Kd8 17.Ne5 Qe6 18.Ne4 h6 19.Qb3 Qxb3 20.axb3 Kc8 21.Rxa7 Rb7 22.Ra1 Rb8 23.Ra7 Rb7 24.Ra1 Rb8 25.h4 Rg8 26.Ra7 Rb7 27.Ra4 Rb8 28.Bf4 Nd5 29.Bg3 Kb7 30.Ng6 Re8 31.f3 Nf6 32.Be5 Nxe4 33.fxe4 h5 34.Kf2 Bd6 35.Bxd6 cxd6 36.Ke3 Re6 37.Nf4 Re7 38.d5 c5 39.Ne6 Rf7 40.Ra1 0-1
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Instead of an immediate 5…Ke6, the black king executes a tempo move with 5…Kf6!, motivated by the need to use up the extra time available. In the second solution, it’s White who plays a tempo move, and the Frolkin promotion also changes: 1.g3! e5 2.g4 Be7 3.g5 Bf6 4.gxf6 h5 5.fxg7 Ke7 6.gxh8(N) Ke6 7.Ng6 fxg6. Return to the Position of the Week
Kosteniuk,A (2510) - Kazhgaleyev,M (2641) [B96] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6
6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Qc7 8.Bxf6 gxf6 9.Qd2 Nc6 10.Be2 h5 11.0-0-0 Bd7 12.Kb1
0-0-0 13.Rhf1 Be7 14.Rf3 Kb8 15.Nb3 Na5 16.Nxa5 Qxa5 17.Rh3 Rdg8 18.Bf3
Rc8 19.Qe1 Qc5 20.Qe2 b5 21.a3 h4 22.Qd2 Bc6 23.f5 Bb7 24.Ne2 Qe5 25.Nf4
Bxe4 26.Bxe4 Qxe4 27.fxe6 fxe6 28.Qf2 Kb7 29.Re3 Rxc2 30.Qxc2 Qxe3 31.Rc1
Rb8 32.Qc7+ Ka8 33.Qxe7 Qxf4 34.Qxe6 Qe5 35.Qd7 Rb7 36.Qc6 Ka7 37.Rd1 Qf5+
38.Ka1 Rd7 39.Rc1 Qe6 40.Qc8 Qe7 41.Rc6 Rb7 42.Qg4 Qe1+ 43.Ka2 Qe5 44.Qf3
Qd4 45.Rc3 b4 46.axb4 Qxb4 47.Qf2+ Kb8 48.Qc2 d5 49.Rc8+ Ka7 50.Rc3 d4
51.Ra3 Qb5 52.Qd2 Qc4+ 53.Kb1 Re7 54.Rf3 Re2 55.Qd1 Re6 56.Rd3 Rd6 57.Qe2
Rb6 58.Qd2 Rd6 59.Qe2 Rd7 60.b3 Qc5 61.Kb2 f5 62.Qf2 Qe5 63.g3 h3 64.Qf4
Qe4 65.Qd2 Qg2 66.Ka3 Qxd2 1-0 Almasi,Z (2668) - Nakamura,H
(2697) [B81] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6
6.Be3 e6 7.g4 h6 8.Bg2 g5 9.Qe2 Nbd7 10.0-0-0 Ne5 11.h3 Ng6 12.Rhe1 Qc7
13.Nf5 Bd7 14.Qd2 exf5 15.exf5 Ne5 16.h4 Bc6 17.Bxc6+ Qxc6 18.hxg5 Nfxg4
19.f4 Nf3 20.Bd4+ Nge5 21.Qe3 0-0-0 22.fxe5 Nxe1 23.e6 Ng2 24.Qg3 Rg8
25.g6 fxe6 26.f6 e5 27.Qg4+ Kb8 28.f7 Rxg6 29.Qxg6 exd4 30.Rxd4 Qf3 31.Re4
Qf1+ 32.Nd1 Nf4 33.Qg4 h5 34.Qg5 Rc8 35.Rxf4 Qe2 36.c3 Qe6 37.Qf5 Qe2
38.Qf6 d5 39.Rf2 Qe4 40.Rf4 Qe2 41.Rf2 Qe4 42.Rf4 Qe1 43.Kc2 Qe2+ 44.Kc1
Ka7 45.Qd4+ Bc5 46.Qxc5+ Rxc5 47.f8Q Rc6 48.Qg7 Rc8 49.Qd4+ Ka8 50.Rf2 Qe7
51.Ne3 h4 52.Nxd5 Qg5+ 53.Kc2 Rd8 54.Rd2 Rg8 55.Nb6+ Kb8 56.Nd7+ Ka8
57.Nb6+ Kb8 58.Qd6+ Ka7 59.Nd7 h3 60.Qd4+ Ka8 61.Qe5 Qg6+ 62.Kb3 Rd8
63.Qd4 Qe6+ 64.c4 Rg8 65.Nb6+ Ka7 66.Nd5+ Kb8 67.Qf4+ Ka7 68.Rf2 Rg4
69.Qc7 Rg8 70.Rf7 Qc8 71.Qxc8 Rxc8 72.Rh7 1-0 Nepomniachtchi,I (2602) -
Bareev,E (2655) [B12] 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nc3 h5 5.Bd3 Qc8
6.Nf3 g6 7.Nh4 Bxd3 8.Qxd3 Nh6 9.Bxh6 Bxh6 10.0-0 e6 11.Nxg6 fxg6 12.Qxg6+
Kd8 13.f4 Kc7 14.Qf6 Qe8 15.f5 Be3+ 16.Kh1 Bxd4 17.fxe6 Bxc3 18.Qg7+ Kc8
19.bxc3 Rg8 20.Qh7 Qxe6 21.Rf7 Re8 22.Rxb7 Nd7 23.Rab1 Rd8 24.Qxh5 Qxe5
25.Qg4 Qd6 26.c4 d4 27.h3 Re8 28.c5 Qd5 29.Qg3 Qe5 30.Qg4 Qd5 31.Qg3 Qe5
32.Qg4 Qd5 33.R7b4 Rg8 34.Qe2 Nxc5 35.Qf1 a5 36.Rb6 Ne4 37.Qf4 Nd6 38.Qf2
Kc7 39.c4 dxc3 40.R6b3 Nb5 41.a4 Raf8 42.Qe2 Re8 43.Qf2 Ref8 44.Qe2 c2
45.Qxc2 Nd4 1-0 Hou,Y (2557) - Georgescu,T
(2442) [B23] 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nd4 4.Nf3 g6 5.Bc4 Bg7 6.Nxd4 cxd4 7.Qf3 Nh6 8.Ne2 0-0 9.d3 d6 10.Qg3 Kh8 11.h4 f6 12.h5 g5 13.f4 Bg4 14.Nxd4 gxf4 15.Bxf4 e5 16.Bxh6 Bxh6 17.Qxg4 Qa5+ 18.c3 exd4 19.0-0 dxc3 20.bxc3 Qxc3 21.Rab1 b6 22.Rb5 a6 23.Rbf5 b5 24.Bd5 Rae8 25.Qg3 Qd4+ 26.Kh1 Re5 27.Kh2 Bg5 28.Qxg5 fxg5 29.Rxf8+ Kg7 30.R1f6 1-0 Amin,B (2561) - Negi,P (2529)
[B50] 1.Nf3 c5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 g6 4.0-0 Bg7 5.e4 d6
6.c3 Nf6 7.Re1 Bg4 8.h3 Bxf3 9.Qxf3 0-0 10.Rd1 Nd7 11.Qe2 Rb8 12.Na3 Qc7
13.h4 h5 14.Nc2 b5 15.d4 a5 16.Bg5 Rfe8 17.e5 Nf8 18.Qf3 Rbc8 19.exd6 Qxd6
20.dxc5 Qxc5 21.Be3 Ne5 22.Qb7 Qc7 23.Qxb5 Rb8 24.Qa4 Nc4 25.Bf4 e5 26.Bc1
Rec8 27.b3 Nd6 28.c4 e4 29.Bf4 Rd8 30.Qa3 Bxa1 31.Rxd6 Qe7 32.Nxa1 Ne6
33.Rxd8+ Qxd8 34.Bxb8 Qd1+ 35.Kh2 Nd4 36.Qe7 1-0 Radjabov,T (2744) -
Cheparinov,I (2687) [D43] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.e4 g5 8.Bg3 b5 9.Ne5 Bb7 10.h4 g4 11.Nxg4 Nbd7 12.Nxf6+ Qxf6 13.Be2 0-0-0 14.e5 Qf5 15.a4 b4 16.Bxc4 Nc5 17.Ne2 Rg8 18.0-0 Be7 19.Qc1 Ne4 20.Ba6 Kb8 21.Bxb7 Kxb7 22.a5 Rc8 23.a6+ Kb8 24.Qxh6 Ng5 25.d5 Rg6 26.Qxg6 Qxg6 27.d6 Bd8 28.hxg5 Bb6 29.Rfd1 Qxg5 30.Rac1 Qg4 31.d7 Rd8 32.Kf1 Kc7 33.Rd6 Rxd7 34.Rcxc6+ Kd8 35.f3 Qh5 36.Rxb6 Qh1+ 37.Ng1 Rxd6 38.exd6 1-0
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The World Open 'Knights' Review: Practical Chess Exercises by Ray Cheng, reviewed by NM Bill McGeary Annotated Game: licenser-kreider204, Itsyourturn.com, March 2007 Chess, Art and Barry Martin: GM Raymond Keene, OBE, (Keene On Chess) Nuestro Círculo #262: 11 de agosto de 2007, que dedicamos al Gran Maestro Internacional estoniano Vladas Ivanovich Mikenas (1910-1992). =============== =============== Eljanov,P (2716) - Movsesian,S (2723) [D11] 15th Ordix Open Mainz GER (8), 03.08.2008 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bg4 5.h3 Bxf3 6.Qxf3 e6 7.Nc3 Nbd7 8.Bd3 Bd6 9.cxd5 exd5 10.g4 h6 11.h4 Qe7 12.g5 hxg5 13.hxg5 Rxh1+ 14.Qxh1 Ng8 15.Qh7 0-0-0 16.Qxg7 Qe6 17.Bd2 Qg4 18.Ne2 c5 19.Qxf7 Ne7 20.dxc5 Rh8 21.Bc3 Nxc5 22.Bxh8 Nxd3+ 23.Kd2 Bb4+ 24.Bc3 Nxb2 25.Qf4 Nc4+ 26.Kd1 Qd7 27.Bxb4 Qa4+ 28.Ke1 Qxb4+ 29.Kf1 Kd7 30.Rd1 Qa4 31.Nc3 Qc2 32.Qd4 Nb6 33.Qd3 Qb2 34.Qb5+ 1-0 =============== Fressinet,L (2673) - Kosteniuk,A (2510) [B90] 15th Ordix Open Mainz GER (9), 03.08.2008 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.h3 Nc6 7.g4 e5 8.Nde2 Be6 9.Bg2 Be7 10.Be3 b5 11.Nd5 Bxd5 12.exd5 Na5 13.b3 Qc7 14.0-0 0-0 15.f4 exf4 16.Bxf4 Nd7 17.g5 f6 18.g6 hxg6 19.Nd4 Rfc8 20.Kh1 Ne5 21.Nc6 Naxc6 22.dxc6 Nxc6 23.Qg4 Nd8 24.Bd5+ Kf8 25.Qxg6 Qc3 26.Qh5 1-0 =============== Markowski,T (2606) - Bhat,V (2483) [A07] 15th Ordix Open Mainz GER (9), 03.08.2008 1.g3 d5 2.Nf3 c6 3.Bg2 Bg4 4.0-0 Nd7 5.d3 e6 6.h3 Bh5 7.c4 Bd6 8.cxd5 cxd5 9.Nc3 Ngf6 10.e4 0-0 11.exd5 Nxd5 12.Nxd5 exd5 13.Qb3 Qb6 14.Qxd5 Nf6 15.Qd4 Bc5 16.Qh4 Rad8 17.d4 Be7 18.Re1 Rfe8 19.Bg5 Bg6 20.Ne5 h6 21.Be3 Bh7 22.b3 Qa6 23.Bf1 Qd6 24.Bc4 Nd5 25.Qh5 Rf8 26.Rad1 a6 27.a4 b5 28.axb5 axb5 29.Bxb5 Nc3 30.Bc4 g6 31.Qxh6 Nxd1 32.Nxf7 Nxe3 33.Ng5+ 1-0 =============== Eljanov,P (2716) - Almasi,Z (2668) [E32] 15th Ordix Open Mainz GER (10), 03.08.2008 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 0-0 5.e4 d5 6.e5 Ne4 7.Bd3 c5 8.Nge2 Nc6 9.cxd5 exd5 10.0-0 Bxc3 11.bxc3 f5 12.exf6 Nxf6 13.dxc5 Qe7 14.Nd4 Qxc5 15.Nb5 Qb6 16.Ba3 Rd8 17.Bd6 Rd7 18.Bg3 Qd8 19.Rfe1 a6 20.Nd4 Rf7 21.Rab1 g6 22.Nxc6 bxc6 23.c4 d4 24.c5 Qd5 25.Bc4 Bf5 26.Qb3 Qd7 27.Bxf7+ Qxf7 28.Qxf7+ Kxf7 29.Rb7+ Kg8 30.Ree7 d3 31.Rg7+ Kf8 32.Bd6+ Ke8 33.Rgf7 Nd7 34.Rbxd7 1-0 =============== Bareev,E (2655) - Markowski,T (2606) [D27] 15th Ordix Open Mainz GER (10), 03.08.2008 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e3 Nf6 4.Bxc4 e6 5.Nf3 a6 6.0-0 Nbd7 7.Re1 b5 8.Bd3 c5 9.a4 bxa4 10.Nc3 Bb7 11.Nxa4 cxd4 12.Nxd4 Bb4 13.Bd2 Bxd2 14.Qxd2 0-0 15.h3 Qe7 16.Rec1 Ne5 17.Bf1 Ne4 18.Qe1 Rad8 19.f3 Ng5 20.Qg3 Rxd4 21.Qxe5 Rd5 22.Qc7 Rd7 23.Qg3 h6 24.h4 Nh7 25.Nc5 Rd2 26.Nd3 Rd8 27.Ra3 Rxb2 28.Rac3 Rb6 29.Rc7 Qa3 30.Rxf7 Kxf7 31.Rc7+ 1-0 =============== =============== Nakamura,H (2697) - Arutinian,D (2586) [D31] 15th Ordix Open Mainz GER (8), 03.08.2008 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 Qc7 8.Ra2 Ne7 9.Bd3 0-0 10.Ne2 Bf5 11.0-0 Bxd3 12.Qxd3 Nbc6 13.Ng3 Rac8 14.f3 f5 15.Re1 Kh8 16.Rae2 b6 17.Nh5 Qd7 18.dxc5 bxc5 19.c4 Qe8 20.Nxg7 Kxg7 21.cxd5 Nb8 22.e4 Qg6 23.exf5 Nxf5 24.Re4 Rce8 25.Qc3+ Kf7 26.Rxe8 Rxe8 27.Rxe8 Kxe8 28.Qe5+ Kd7 29.Qxb8 Qa6 30.h4 Qd3 31.Bg5 Qxd5 32.Qd8+ Ke6 33.Qg8+ Ke5 34.Qh8+ Ke6 35.Qe8+ Kd6 36.Bf4+ 1-0 =============== Bischoff,K (2545) - Kasimdzhanov,R (2679) [D31] 15th Ordix Open Mainz GER (8), 03.08.2008 1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Be7 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bf4 c6 6.e3 Bd6 7.Bg3 Ne7 8.Nf3 Nf5 9.Bd3 Nxg3 10.hxg3 Nd7 11.Qc2 Nf6 12.Bf5 Qa5 13.Bxc8 Rxc8 14.g4 Bb4 15.Nd2 g6 16.g5 Nd7 17.0-0 0-0 18.a3 Bxc3 19.Qxc3 Qd8 20.f4 f6 21.Nf3 fxg5 22.Nxg5 Qe7 23.Rae1 Nf6 24.Qd3 Rce8 25.Rf3 c5 26.dxc5 Qxc5 27.Rh3 Re7 28.Qd2 Rfe8 29.Rc1 Qb6 30.Rc3 Kg7 31.Rd3 h6 0-1 =============== Arkell,K (2506) - Conquest,S (2536) [A40] 95th ch-GBR Playoff Liverpool ENG (1), 09.08.2008 1.d4 g6 2.Nf3 Bg7 3.c4 Nf6 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Nc3 Nb6 7.Bg2 Nc6 8.e3 0-0 9.0-0 Re8 10.b3 e5 11.dxe5 Bg4 12.Qc2 Qe7 13.Bb2 Rad8 14.a3 Bf5 15.e4 Bg4 16.Ne2 Bxf3 17.Bxf3 Bxe5 18.Bg2 Bxb2 19.Qxb2 Ne5 20.Rfd1 c6 21.h3 Nd3 22.Qc3 Nc5 23.f3 Rd6 24.Rxd6 Qxd6 25.b4 Ne6 26.f4 Rd8 27.e5 Qd3 28.Qxd3 Rxd3 29.a4 a6 30.b5 axb5 31.axb5 cxb5 32.Rb1 Nc4 33.Rxb5 Rd2 34.Bf3 b6 35.Kf1 Rc2 36.Ke1 Nc5 37.Nd4 Nd3+ 38.Kf1 Ne3+ 39.Kg1 Rc1+ 40.Kh2 Nf1+ 41.Kg2 Ne3+ 42.Kh2 Nf1+ 43.Kg2 Ne3+ ½-½ =============== Conquest,S (2536) - Arkell,K (2506) [B17] 95th ch-GBR Playoff Liverpool ENG (2), 09.08.2008 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Ng3 c5 7.Be2 cxd4 8.Qxd4 e6 9.0-0 Bc5 10.Qh4 0-0 11.Bd3 Be7 12.Bg5 g6 13.Rad1 Re8 14.Bb5 a6 15.Bxd7 Nxd7 16.Ne4 f6 17.Rxd7 Bxd7 18.Nxf6+ Bxf6 19.Bxf6 Qc7 20.Be5 Qd8 21.Bf6 Qc7 22.Ne5 Bc6 23.Nxg6 Bd5 24.Qg5 Kf7 25.Be5 Qd8 26.Qh6 Re7 27.Qxh7+ Ke8 28.Nxe7 Qxe7 29.Qh8+ Qf8 30.Qxf8+ Kxf8 31.b3 b5 32.Re1 Rc8 33.Re2 Kf7 34.f3 a5 35.Kf2 a4 36.h4 Kg6 37.g4 Rf8 38.Re3 Rc8 39.Re2 Rf8 40.f4 Kh6 41.Kg3 axb3 42.axb3 Ra8 43.h5 Ra2 44.Rh2 Be4 45.g5+ Kh7 46.Rd2 Ra7 1-0 =============== Lahno,K (2507) - Ivanisevic,I (2664) [B83] 15th Ordix Open Mainz GER (8), 03.08.2008 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be2 Nf6 7.0-0 Be7 8.Be3 d6 9.f4 0-0 10.Ndb5 Qb8 11.a4 b6 12.Bf3 Bb7 13.Qd2 Na5 14.b3 d5 15.e5 Ne4 16.Nxe4 dxe4 17.Bg4 Bd5 18.f5 exf5 19.Qxd5 fxg4 20.Rxf7 Rxf7 21.Rf1 Qb7 22.Qxf7+ Kh8 23.e6 a6 24.Nc3 Rg8 25.Bd4 Nc6 26.Nd5 Ne5 27.Nxe7 Nxf7 28.Rxf7 Qa8 29.Nxg8 Kxg8 30.Rxg7+ Kf8 31.e7+ 1-0 ===============
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=============== Glek,I (2512) - Naiditsch,A (2665) [B50] 15th Ordix Open Mainz GER (10), 03.08.2008 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 Nf6 4.h3 Bd7 5.Bd3 Nc6 6.0-0 Rc8 7.Re1 Ne5 8.Bf1 Bc6 9.d4 Nxf3+ 10.Qxf3 cxd4 11.cxd4 Bxe4 12.Bb5+ Bc6 13.Nc3 d5 14.Bg5 e6 15.Bxf6 Qxf6 16.Qxd5 Bb4 17.Bxc6+ Rxc6 18.Qb5 Bxc3 19.Qxb7 0-0 20.bxc3 Rxc3 21.Qxa7 Rc2 22.Rf1 g5 23.a4 Rd8 24.a5 Rxd4 25.a6 Kg7 26.Qb7 Rf4 27.a7 Rcxf2 28.Rfd1 g4 29.hxg4 Qe5 30.a8Q Qe3 31.Qaa7 Rxg2+ 32.Kxg2 Rf2+ 0-1 =============== Kosteniuk,A (2510) - Ivanisevic,I (2664) [C88] 15th Ordix Open Mainz GER (10), 03.08.2008 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.a4 Na5 9.Ba2 d5 10.d4 dxe4 11.Nxe5 Bb7 12.Bg5 c5 13.c3 b4 14.Be3 Nd5 15.cxb4 Nxb4 16.Nc3 Nxa2 17.Rxa2 f6 18.Ng4 f5 19.Ne5 f4 20.Bd2 e3 21.fxe3 cxd4 22.exd4 Qxd4+ 23.Kh1 Rad8 24.Nf3 Bxf3 25.gxf3 Bh4 26.Re2 Nc4 27.Ne4 Qd3 28.Qf1 Rde8 29.b3 Rxe4 30.fxe4 f3 31.Rf2 Qxb3 32.Bc1 Bxf2 33.Rxf2 Ne5 34.Bg5 Ng4 35.Rd2 f2 0-1 =============== Almasi,Z (2668) - Kasimdzhanov,R (2679) [C78] 15th Ordix Open Mainz GER (11), 03.08.2008 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.a4 Rb8 8.axb5 axb5 9.c3 d6 10.d4 Bb6 11.Bg5 0-0 12.Qd3 Re8 13.Qxb5 Bd7 14.Bxf6 Qxf6 15.Bd5 Bg4 16.Bxc6 Bxf3 17.Bxe8 1-0 =============== Kazhgaleyev,M (2641) - Jaracz,P (2501) [E32] 15th Ordix Open Mainz GER (11), 03.08.2008 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 0-0 5.e4 d6 6.Bd3 e5 7.a3 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 Nfd7 9.Ne2 c5 10.d5 Nf6 11.f3 Kh8 12.g4 Ng8 13.h4 Nd7 14.Ng3 Ndf6 15.g5 Ne8 16.f4 exf4 17.Bxf4 f6 18.Qh2 Ne7 19.h5 b5 20.h6 g6 21.gxf6 bxc4 22.fxe7 Qxe7 23.0-0 cxd3 24.Bg5 1-0 =============== Narmontas,M (2369) - Laznicka,V (2601) [B85] World Junior Chess Championship U18 b Gaziantep (1.4), 03.08.2008 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 d6 7.0-0 Nf6 8.Be3 Be7 9.f4 0-0 10.Kh1 Bd7 11.Qe1 b5 12.a3 Qb8 13.Qg3 Re8 14.Rad1 b4 15.axb4 Nxb4 16.e5 Nfd5 17.Nxd5 Nxd5 18.Bc1 Ra7 19.Bh5 dxe5 20.fxe5 g6 21.Qf2 gxh5 22.c4 Ba4 23.b3 Nc3 24.Qg3+ Kh8 25.Qxc3 Bd7 26.Rxf7 Rg8 27.Rxe7 Qd8 28.Ba3 Bc6 29.Rg1 1-0 =============== Kamsky,G (2723) - Karjakin,S (2727) [B90] 2nd FIDE GP Sochi RUS (6), 06.08.2008 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.h3 e6 7.g4 d5 8.Bg2 dxe4 9.0-0 Qc7 10.Nxe4 Nxe4 11.Bxe4 Nd7 12.Re1 Be7 13.c3 0-0 14.Qf3 Ne5 15.Qg2 Ng6 16.Be3 Rb8 17.Rad1 Bd7 18.Qg3 Qc8 19.Bxg6 hxg6 20.Bf4 Ra8 21.Bd6 Bxd6 22.Qxd6 Rd8 23.Qe7 Re8 24.Qd6 Rd8 25.Qe7 Be8 26.Nf3 Rd7 27.Rxd7 Qxd7 28.Qxd7 Bxd7 29.Rd1 Be8 30.Rd6 Kf8 31.Rb6 Rd8 32.Kf1 Bb5+ 33.Ke1 e5 34.Rxb7 Bc6 35.Rxf7+ Kxf7 36.Nxe5+ Ke6 37.Nxc6 Rh8 38.Ke2 Rxh3 39.a4 Kd6 40.Nb4 a5 41.Nc2 Rh4 42.Ne3 Kc5 43.b3 Rh3 44.Kd3 Rf3 45.Ke2 Rh3 46.Kd3 Rf3 47.Ke2 ½-½ =============== Svidler,P (2738) - Ivanchuk,V (2781) [C65] 2nd FIDE GP Sochi RUS (8), 08.08.2008 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.c3 0-0 6.Bg5 d6 7.Nbd2 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Bg3 Nh5 10.Bxc6 bxc6 11.d4 exd4 12.Nxd4 Nxg3 13.hxg3 Qf6 14.N2b3 Bb6 15.Qf3 Qxf3 16.gxf3 Kg7 17.g4 d5 18.Nf5+ Bxf5 19.gxf5 Rfe8 20.Nd2 Rad8 21.Rd1 dxe4 22.fxe4 Rd5 23.Ke2 Rxf5 24.Rh2 Rf4 25.f3 f5 0-1 =============== Timman,J (2562) - Wade,R (2167) [B12] 6th Staunton Memorial London ENG (1), 08.08.2008 1.e4 d6 2.d4 c6 3.f4 Nf6 4.e5 Bg4 5.Qd3 dxe5 6.fxe5 Nd5 7.Be2 Qd7 8.c4 Nb6 9.Bxg4 Qxg4 10.Ne2 e6 11.0-0 N8d7 12.Nbc3 0-0-0 13.h3 Qh4 14.Qc2 f5 15.c5 Nd5 16.Nxd5 cxd5 17.c6 Nb6 18.a4 Qe4 19.Qd1 Nc4 20.cxb7+ Kb8 21.Rf4 Ne3 22.Rxe4 Nxd1 23.Rf4 1-0 =============== Werle,J (2591) - Cherniaev,A (2431) [E94] 6th Staunton Memorial London ENG (1), 08.08.2008 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 0-0 6.Be2 e5 7.0-0 c6 8.Re1 Na6 9.Be3 exd4 10.Nxd4 Re8 11.f3 Nc7 12.Bf1 d5 13.exd5 cxd5 14.c5 Ne6 15.Nb3 Bd7 16.Nxd5 Nxd5 17.Qxd5 Bxb2 18.Qxb7 Bxa1 19.Rxa1 Qc7 20.Qxc7 Nxc7 21.Bf4 Rac8 22.a4 Nd5 23.Bd6 Nb4 24.Nd4 Nc6 25.Nb5 f6 26.Nc7 Re3 27.Nd5 Re6 28.Rb1 Na5 29.Ne7+ Rxe7 30.Bxe7 Kf7 31.Bd6 Bc6 32.Ba6 1-0 =============== Smeets,J (2593) - Adams,M (2735) [C45] 6th Staunton Memorial London ENG (1), 08.08.2008 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.e5 Qe7 7.Qe2 Nd5 8.c4 Ba6 9.b3 0-0-0 10.Bb2 Qg5 11.Qf3 Bb4+ 12.Kd1 Nf4 13.h4 Qh6 14.g3 Ne6 15.Bc1 Qg6 16.h5 Qc2+ 17.Kxc2 Nd4+ 18.Kd3 Nxf3 19.Ke4 Nxe5 20.h6 Ng4 21.hxg7 Rhg8 22.Kf5 Rxg7 23.f3 Nf2 24.Rh2 Bc5 25.Bh6 Rg6 26.Nd2 Bd4 27.Bg5 Re8 28.Rxf2 Re5+ 0-1 ===============
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38th official Chess Olympiad will be played from November 12-25, 2008 in
Dresden. Who will win it? The Russian team will have the strongest team
ever to play in a chess Olympiad, with an average Elo rating of 2750 for the
team (Kramnik, Morozevich, Svidler, Grischuk, and Jakovenko). The USA
team will consist of Varuzkan Akobian, Gata Kamsky, Hikaru Nakamura,
Alexander Onischuk, and Yuri Shulman. The women's team will be Tatev
Abrahamyan, Rusudan Goletiani, Irina Krush, Katerina Rohanyan, and Anna
Zatonskih. None of the men’s or women’s USA team was born in the USA.
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