There's a reason why I said it was a near perfect start and that's because the countries they played with were ranked so far below Malaysia. Dropping a full point or even a half point against them would be disappointing. A perfect start would have been 4-0 scores against teams of equal strength or stronger teams but that would be asking too much of any team in this competition. But I wouldn't want to steal any thunder from our men's and women's teams. It was a winning start and our players performed absolutely well by my reckoning. Games will become more challenging from now onwards and I hope this win in the very first round will bolster their confidence for the rounds to come.
In the second today, our men's team will be facing Slovakia while our women's team will meet Spain. Agnes Chong will replace Sim Jia Ru but otherwise, the other Malaysians lining up remain unchanged. The match against Spain will be interesting to watch. Note: all games can be followed online from the organiser's homepage or chess24.com. Take your pick.
Meanwhile, these two tables are reproduced from the chess-results website. I've taken the liberty to shorten Puteri Munajjah and Puteri Rifqah's names in order to fit them nicely into the columns.
| Bo. | 80 | Malaysia (MAS) | Rtg | - | 175 | US Virgin Islands (ISV) | Rtg | 4 : 0 | ||||
| 80.1 | FM |
| 2318 | - |
| 1557 | 1 - 0 | |||||
| 80.2 | FM |
| 2381 | - |
| 1505 | 1 - 0 | |||||
| 80.3 | CM |
| 2191 | - |
| 1460 | 1 - 0 | |||||
| 80.4 |
| 2118 | - |
| 1444 | 1 - 0 |
| Bo. | 52 | Malaysia (MAS) | Rtg | - | 134 | Eswatini (SWZ) | Rtg | 4 : 0 | ||||
| 52.1 | WIM |
| 2188 | - |
| 1313 | 1 - 0 | |||||
| 52.2 | WIM |
| 2018 | - |
| 1225 | 1 - 0 | |||||
| 52.3 | WFM |
| 1940 | - |
| 1153 | + - - | |||||
| 52.4 | WCM |
| 2005 | - | WCM |
| 1081 | 1 - 0 |
[Event "44th Olympiad 2022"]
[Site "Chennai IND"]
[Date "2022.07.29"]
[Round "1.80"]
[Board "1"]
[White "Lim, Zhuo Ren"]
[Black "Smith, Michael ISV"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2318"]
[BlackElo "1557"]
[ECO "A53"]
[Opening "Old Indian defence"]
[WhiteTeam "Malaysia"]
[BlackTeam "US Virgin Islands"]
[WhiteFideId "5702488"]
[BlackFideId "6800092"]
[EventDate "2022.07.29"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nf3 c5 4. dxc5 dxc5 5. Qxd8+ Kxd8 6. Nc3 e6 7. Ne5 Bd6 8.
Nxf7+ Ke7 9. Nxh8 Nc6 10. Bg5 Bd7 11. O-O-O Be5 12. Nf7 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Kxf7 14.
Bxf6 Be8 15. Bh4 Kg8 16. e3 a5 17. Be2 a4 18. Rd6 Bf7 19. Rhd1 h6 20. Rxc6 bxc6
21. Rd8+ Rxd8 22. Bxd8 Kf8 23. Kb2 1-0
[Event "44th Olympiad 2022"]
[Site "Chennai IND"]
[Date "2022.07.29"]
[Round "1.80"]
[Board "2"]
[White "Hair, Justin M"]
[Black "Wong, Yinn Long"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "1505"]
[BlackElo "2381"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "advance, Paulsen attack"]
[WhiteTeam "US Virgin Islands"]
[BlackTeam "Malaysia"]
[WhiteFideId "6800726"]
[BlackFideId "5707684"]
[EventDate "2022.07.29"]
1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. d4 Qb6 6. Be2 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nh6 8. Nbd2
Nf5 9. Nb3 a5 10. Be3 a4 11. Nc5 Nxe3 12. fxe3 Bxc5 13. dxc5 Qxc5 14. Qd2 Qb4
15. Qxb4 Nxb4 16. O-O Bd7 17. a3 Nc6 18. Ng5 Nxe5 19. Rac1 Bc6 20. Rf4 Ke7 21.
Rcf1 f6 22. Nf3 Nxf3+ 23. R4xf3 Rac8 24. g4 Be8 25. R3f2 Rc2 26. Bd1 Rxf2 27.
Rxf2 Bd7 28. Rc2 Kd6 29. Kf2 b5 30. Bf3 Rc8 31. Rd2 Ke7 32. e4 dxe4 33. Bxe4 g6
34. Kg3 b4 35. Bd3 bxa3 36. bxa3 Rc3 37. Kf2 Rxa3 38. Ke2 e5 39. Rc2 Bxg4+ 40.
Kd2 Rxd3+ 0-1
[Event "44th Olympiad 2022"]
[Site "Chennai IND"]
[Date "2022.07.29"]
[Round "1.80"]
[Board "3"]
[White "Tan, Jun Ying"]
[Black "Conhoff, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2191"]
[BlackElo "1460"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "exchange, positional line"]
[WhiteTeam "Malaysia"]
[BlackTeam "US Virgin Islands"]
[WhiteFideId "5710413"]
[BlackFideId "6800378"]
[EventDate "2022.07.29"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Bb4 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 b6 8. Bxf6
Qxf6 9. Qh5 h6 10. Qxd5 c6 11. Qf3 Nd7 12. Qxf6 Nxf6 13. a3 Bxc3+ 14. bxc3 Be6
15. Ne2 Rab8 16. e4 b5 17. f3 Bc4 18. Kd2 Nd7 19. Bxc4 bxc4 20. Rhb1 g5 21. Kc2
Rb5 22. a4 Rb6 23. a5 Rb5 24. Rxb5 cxb5 25. a6 Rb8 26. Ra5 Rb6 27. d5 Nb8 28.
Nd4 Nxa6 29. Nxb5 Nc5 30. Na3 a6 31. Rxc5 Rb5 32. Nxb5 1-0
[Event "44th Olympiad 2022"]
[Site "Chennai IND"]
[Date "2022.07.29"]
[Round "1.80"]
[Board "4"]
[White "Bansal, Nayan"]
[Black "Poh, Yu Tian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1444"]
[BlackElo "2118"]
[ECO "A02"]
[Opening "Bird's opening"]
[WhiteTeam "US Virgin Islands"]
[BlackTeam "Malaysia"]
[WhiteFideId "6800467"]
[BlackFideId "5734088"]
[EventDate "2022.07.29"]
1. f4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. c4 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. d3 Nc6 6. e4 Nc7 7. Nc3 Bg4 8. Be2
e6 9. O-O Be7 10. Be3 O-O 11. d4 Bxf3 12. Rxf3 cxd4 13. Qd2 dxe3 14. Qxe3 Nd4
15. Bd3 Nxf3+ 16. Qxf3 e5 17. Rd1 Bc5+ 18. Kh1 Qf6 19. f5 Rfd8 20. Rc1 Qg5 21.
Ne2 Qe3 22. Qxe3 Bxe3 23. Rd1 Na6 0-1
[Event "Olympiad Women 2022"]
[Site "Chennai IND"]
[Date "2022.07.29"]
[Round "1.52"]
[Board "1"]
[White "Foudzi, Siti Zulaikha"]
[Black "Nosimilo, Mkhonto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "WIM"]
[WhiteElo "2188"]
[BlackElo "1313"]
[ECO "C62"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "old Steinitz defence"]
[WhiteTeam "Malaysia"]
[BlackTeam "Eswatini"]
[WhiteFideId "5700965"]
[BlackFideId "20700130"]
[EventDate "2022.07.29"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. h3 Bd7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Qe2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. d4 a6
9. Bc4 Qc8 10. Kh2 Bd8 11. Re1 Re8 12. Nbd2 b5 13. Bb3 Nh5 14. Nf1 Na5 15. Nxe5
dxe5 16. Qxh5 Nxb3 17. axb3 Bf6 18. d5 g6 19. Qe2 c6 20. c4 cxd5 21. cxd5 Qc5
22. Be3 Qb4 23. Qd3 Rec8 24. Rec1 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Rc8 26. Ra1 Ra8 27. Nd2 Qe7 28.
d6 Qf8 29. b4 Kg7 30. Nb3 Qe8 31. Nc5 Qc8 32. Rc1 Qd8 33. Qd5 Rc8 34. Nxd7 Qxd7
35. Rxc8 Qxc8 36. d7 Qc7 37. Bc5 Kh6 1-0
[Event "Olympiad Women 2022"]
[Site "Chennai IND"]
[Date "2022.07.29"]
[Round "1.52"]
[Board "2"]
[White "Nomcebo, Sibisi"]
[Black "Azhar, Puteri Munajjah Az-Zahraa"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "WIM"]
[WhiteElo "1225"]
[BlackElo "2018"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteTeam "Eswatini"]
[BlackTeam "Malaysia"]
[WhiteFideId "20701152"]
[BlackFideId "5709040"]
[EventDate "2022.07.29"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 c6 7. Bb2 Qc7 8. c4
Nbd7 9. Nbd2 Re8 10. Rc1 e5 11. d5 a5 12. e4 Nc5 13. Ne1 Qb6 14. Qc2 Bg4 15. Nd3
Bh6 16. Rfe1 Bd7 17. Ba3 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 c5 19. Bb2 Qd8 20. a4 Nh5 21. Bf3 Qg5 22.
Rc2 Nf4 23. Qc3 Nh3+ 24. Kf1 f5 25. Ke2 Rf8 26. Rf1 f4 27. Kd1 fxg3 28. hxg3 Bg4
29. Bxg4 Qxg4+ 30. f3 Qxg3 31. Kc1 Qg2 32. Kb1 Bxd2 33. Qd3 Nf4 34. Rxd2 Qh3 35.
Qe3 Qxf1+ 36. Ka2 Nh5 37. Rf2 Qg1 38. Qd2 Qg3 39. Qe3 Rf6 40. Bxe5 Qxe5 41. Qd2
b6 42. Qh6 Raf8 43. Qd2 Rxf3 44. Rxf3 Rxf3 45. Qe2 Qc3 46. e5 Qxb3+ 47. Ka1 Qa3+
48. Kb1 Rb3+ 49. Kc2 Rb2+ 50. Kd1 Qa1# 0-1
[Event "Olympiad Women 2022"]
[Site "Chennai IND"]
[Date "2022.07.29"]
[Round "1.52"]
[Board "3"]
[White "Azhar, Puteri Rifqah Fahada"]
[Black "Dlamini Sincobile"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "WFM"]
[WhiteElo "1940"]
[BlackElo "1153"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn"]
[WhiteTeam "Malaysia"]
[BlackTeam "Eswatini"]
[WhiteFideId "5702879"]
[BlackFideId "20700997"]
[EventDate "2022.07.29"]
1. d4 1-0
[Event "Olympiad Women 2022"]
[Site "Chennai IND"]
[Date "2022.07.29"]
[Round "1.52"]
[Board "4"]
[White "Dlamini, Nosipho"]
[Black "Sim, Jia Ru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "WCM"]
[BlackTitle "WCM"]
[WhiteElo "1081"]
[BlackElo "2005"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[WhiteTeam "Eswatini"]
[BlackTeam "Malaysia"]
[WhiteFideId "20700237"]
[BlackFideId "5716110"]
[EventDate "2022.07.29"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Nxd4 cxd4 6. Ne2 Qg5 7. Nxd4 Qc5 8.
c3 e5 9. b4 Qb6 10. Bxd7+ Bxd7 11. Nf3 Bd6 12. Qb3 Nf6 13. d3 O-O 14. O-O a5 15.
Bd2 axb4 16. cxb4 Be6 17. Qb2 Qb5 18. Bc3 Nd7 19. Rfd1 Bg4 20. d4 Bxf3 21. gxf3
exd4 22. Rxd4 Qe5 23. Rxd6 Qxd6 24. Kf1 f6 25. h4 Qd3+ 26. Kg2 Ne5 27. Qb3+ Kh8
28. Bxe5 Qxb3 29. axb3 fxe5 30. Rc1 Rac8 31. Rd1 Rc3 32. Rd7 Rxb3 33. Rxb7 Rbxf3
34. Kf1 Rxf2+ 35. Ke1 Rb2 36. Rb5 Ra8 37. Ra5 Rxa5 38. bxa5 Ra2 39. h5 Rxa5 40.
Kf2 Ra3 41. Ke2 g6 42. h6 g5 43. Kf2 Kg8 44. Kg2 Kf7 45. Kf2 Kg6 46. Ke2 g4 47.
Kd2 g3 0-1
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