Actually, both the women's and men's teams finished the Chess Olympiad on a positive winning note. Other than this 2½-1½ win against Nicaragua, the men's team had a rather expected and comfortable 3-1 result against Cyprus. But don't be flattered. Overall though, I believe both teams had under-performed. Especially, the men's team under-performed without the services of a bona fide fifth player. After Lye Lik Zang was laid low with a Covid-19 infection prior to departure, the responsibility landed on all four players to perform. It was a heavy task on them. Perhaps the team captain, Sumant Subramaniam, should have stepped in more often when the going went tough on the boys. But I'm very happy to note that the biggest winner was Poh Yu Tian, who will be Malaysia's latest Fide Master. He played on the fourth board most of the time and only climbed to third board twice when Lim Zhuo Ren and Wong Yinn Long were unable to play. In the next Fide rating list, his ELO rating will have risen from 2118 to 2244, an increase of an astounding 126 points!
Then of course, we've to address the elephant in the room. We have a young and promising team but...where was Yeoh Li Tian? Yes, where was Yeoh Li Tian, arguably Malaysia's strongest and most talented player? Why wasn't he playing to represent his country in the biggest team competition in the world? Is the Chess Olympiad not big enough? This would have been the perfect stage for him to go for his Grandmaster title; if not a direct title, then to achieve his third and final norm. Oddly, he has vanished from the chess scene after the debacle at this year's SEA Games in Vietnam. But these are questions that only he himself can answer. We can only speculate and guess. But I sincerely hope he hasn't given up on his quest. Please do continue to entertain us with your superb games.
| Bo. | 102 | Cyprus (CYP) | Rtg | - | 80 | Malaysia (MAS) | Rtg | 1 : 3 | ||||
| 47.1 | FM |
| 2300 | - | FM |
| 2318 | ½ - ½ | ||||
| 47.2 |
| 2165 | - | FM |
| 2381 | ½ - ½ | |||||
| 47.3 |
| 1974 | - | CM |
| 2191 | 0 - 1 | |||||
| 47.4 |
| 1817 | - |
| 2118 | 0 - 1 |
| Bo. | 78 | Nicaragua (NCA) | Rtg | - | 52 | Malaysia (MAS) | Rtg | 1½:2½ | ||||
| 36.1 | WIM |
| 1888 | - | WIM |
| 2188 | 1 - 0 | ||||
| 36.2 |
| 1811 | - | WIM |
| 2018 | 0 - 1 | |||||
| 36.3 |
| 1715 | - | WFM |
| 1940 | ½ - ½ | |||||
| 36.4 |
| 1753 | - | WFM |
| 1909 | 0 - 1 |
| 72. Malaysia (MAS / RtgAvg:2261, Captain: Subramaniam, Sumant / TB1: 12 / TB2: 224) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Bo. | Name | Rtg | FED | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Pts. | Games | Rp | K | rtg+/- | |
| 1 | FM | Lim Zhuo Ren | 2318 | MAS | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 4,5 | 10 | 2253 | 20 | -6,8 | |
| 2 | FM | Wong Yinn Long | 2381 | MAS | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 5,5 | 10 | 2263 | 20 | -9,8 | |
| 3 | CM | Tan Jun Ying | 2191 | MAS | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 2110 | 20 | -14,8 |
| 4 | Poh Yu Tian | 2118 | MAS | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 8,5 | 11 | 2322 | 40 | 126 | |
| 5 | FM | Subramaniam Sumant | 2152 | MAS | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 20 | -1,8 | |||||||||
| 61. Malaysia (MAS / RtgAvg:2038, Captain: Mok, Tze-Meng / TB1: 12 / TB2: 217,5) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Bo. | Name | Rtg | FED | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Pts. | Games | Rp | K | rtg+/- | |
| 1 | WIM | Foudzi Siti Zulaikha | 2188 | MAS | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 1998 | 20 | -28,2 | |
| 2 | WIM | Azhar Puteri Munajjah Az-Zahraa | 2018 | MAS | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 4,5 | 9 | 1964 | 20 | -1,8 | ||
| 3 | WFM | Azhar Puteri Rifqah Fahada | 1940 | MAS | + | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 5 | 9 | 1876 | 20 | -11,6 | ||
| 4 | WCM | Sim Jia Ru | 2005 | MAS | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 1775 | 40 | -60,8 | ||
| 5 | WFM | Chong Kai Ni Agnes | 1909 | MAS | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 1762 | 40 | -47,2 | ||||
[Event "44th Olympiad 2022"]
[Site "Chennai IND"]
[Date "2022.08.09"]
[Round "11.47"]
[Board "1"]
[White "Michaelides, Konstantinos"]
[Black "Lim, Zhuo Ren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2318"]
[ECO "E04"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "open, 5.Nf3"]
[WhiteTeam "Cyprus"]
[BlackTeam "Malaysia"]
[WhiteFideId "5901871"]
[BlackFideId "5702488"]
[EventDate "2022.07.29"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 a6 6. O-O Nc6 7. e3 Rb8 8. Qe2 b5
9. b3 cxb3 10. axb3 Bb7 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. Bxb7 Rxb7 13. dxe5 Nd5 14. e4 Nb4 15.
Rd1 Qc8 16. Bg5 Be7 17. Bxe7 Kxe7 18. Qd2 c5 19. Qg5+ Ke8 20. Qxg7 Rf8 21. Qxh7
Rd7 22. Nc3 Nd3 23. Qg7 b4 24. Na4 Qc6 25. h4 c4 26. bxc4 Qxe4 27. Nb6 Qd4 28.
Nxd7 Qxf2+ 29. Kh1 Qf3+ 30. Kg1 Qf2+ 31. Kh1 Qf3+ 32. Kh2 Qe2+ 33. Kg1 Qf2+ 34.
Kh1 Qf3+ 35. Kh2 Qe2+ 36. Kg1 1/2-1/2
[Event "44th Olympiad 2022"]
[Site "Chennai IND"]
[Date "2022.08.09"]
[Round "11.47"]
[Board "2"]
[White "Wong, Yinn Long"]
[Black "Isaakidis, Alexandros"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2381"]
[BlackElo "2165"]
[ECO "B10"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann defence"]
[WhiteTeam "Malaysia"]
[BlackTeam "Cyprus"]
[WhiteFideId "5707684"]
[BlackFideId "5903076"]
[EventDate "2022.07.29"]
1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d3 g6 4. Qe2 Bg7 5. g3 dxe4 6. dxe4 e5 7. Bg2 Ne7 8. O-O
O-O 9. b3 Qc7 10. Rd1 b6 11. Ba3 c5 12. Nbd2 Ba6 13. Qe3 Nbc6 14. c3 Rad8 15.
Bf1 Bxf1 16. Nxf1 Rxd1 17. Rxd1 Rd8 18. Qe2 Bh6 19. Rd3 Rxd3 20. Qxd3 Qd8 21.
Qe2 Qd7 22. Kg2 Kg7 23. Bb2 Kf8 24. Ne3 Bxe3 25. Qxe3 f6 26. Nd2 Kf7 27. Qe2 Nc8
28. Nc4 N6e7 29. f3 Ke8 30. Ne3 Kf7 31. a3 Qe6 32. b4 Qa2 33. Nc4 b5 34. Ne3 c4
35. Qd2 Nb6 36. Bc1 Qa1 37. Qc2 Na4 38. Nd1 Nc6 39. Qd2 Ne7 40. Qc2 Nc6 41. f4
Ke8 42. Kh3 Kf7 43. Qd2 Ne7 44. fxe5 fxe5 45. Qc2 Ke6 46. Bg5 Nb6 47. Bc1 Nd7
48. Nf2 Nf6 49. Kg2 Nc8 50. Bg5 Qe1 51. Bxf6 Kxf6 52. a4 a6 53. axb5 axb5 54.
Qd1 Qxd1 55. Nxd1 Ne7 56. Ne3 h5 57. Kf3 Ke6 58. g4 hxg4+ 59. Kxg4 Nc8 60. h4
Nd6 61. Kf3 Kf7 62. Ng4 Ke6 63. Nf2 Kf6 64. Kg4 Nf7 65. Kf3 Nd6 66. Kg4 Nf7 67.
Nh3 Nh6+ 68. Kg3 Nf7 69. Kf3 Ke6 70. Nf2 Kf6 71. Nd1 Nd6 72. Ne3 Kf7 73. Nf1 Ke6
74. Ng3 Kf6 75. Kg4 Nf7 76. Nh1 Nd6 77. Nf2 Nf7 78. h5 gxh5+ 79. Kxh5 Nd6 80.
Kh6 Nf7+ 81. Kh5 Nd6 82. Kh6 Nf7+ 83. Kh7 Ng5+ 84. Kg8 Nf3 85. Kf8 Ke6 86. Kg8
Kf6 87. Kh7 1/2-1/2
[Event "44th Olympiad 2022"]
[Site "Chennai IND"]
[Date "2022.08.09"]
[Round "11.47"]
[Board "3"]
[White "Florentiades, Michalis"]
[Black "Tan, Jun Ying"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "1974"]
[BlackElo "2191"]
[ECO "A01"]
[Opening "Nimzovich-Larsen attack"]
[WhiteTeam "Cyprus"]
[BlackTeam "Malaysia"]
[WhiteFideId "5900379"]
[BlackFideId "5710413"]
[EventDate "2022.07.29"]
1. b3 g6 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d6 5. d4 e5 6. dxe5 Nfd7 7. Nf3 dxe5 8. O-O
O-O 9. Qc1 e4 10. Nfd2 Bxb2 11. Qxb2 f5 12. e3 Nf6 13. c4 Nc6 14. a3 Be6 15. Nc3
Qe7 16. Rfd1 Rad8 17. Bf1 Ne5 18. Be2 Nd3 19. Bxd3 Rxd3 20. Nf1 c6 21. Ne2 Rfd8
22. Rxd3 exd3 23. Nf4 g5 24. Nxe6 Qxe6 25. Rd1 Ng4 26. Qc3 Ne5 27. f4 gxf4 28.
gxf4 Qg6+ 29. Ng3 Nf3+ 30. Kg2 Nh4+ 31. Kg1 d2 32. Qa5 b6 33. Qxa7 Qg4 34. Rxd2
Nf3+ 0-1
[Event "44th Olympiad 2022"]
[Site "Chennai IND"]
[Date "2022.08.09"]
[Round "11.47"]
[Board "4"]
[White "Poh, Yu Tian"]
[Black "Antoniou, Rafail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2118"]
[BlackElo "1817"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Anderssen variation"]
[WhiteTeam "Malaysia"]
[BlackTeam "Cyprus"]
[WhiteFideId "5734088"]
[BlackFideId "5904390"]
[EventDate "2022.07.29"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 Bb4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
Nxc3 d5 9. exd5 exd5 10. Bd3 d4 11. Ne2 O-O 12. O-O Bg4 13. Bg5 Re8 14. f3 Bh5
15. Kh1 Bg6 16. Re1 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 h6 18. Bh4 Rc8 19. Rad1 Qd6 20. Bf2 Qc7 21.
Bxd4 Ne5 22. Qc3 Qe7 23. Qd2 Nc4 24. Qc1 Ne3 25. Nc3 Nxd1 26. Rxe7 Rxe7 27. Qxd1
Rd8 28. Kg1 Red7 29. Ne2 Nd5 30. Kf2 b6 31. c3 Nc7 32. Qa4 Ne6 33. Qb5 Rd5 34.
Qa6 R8d7 35. a4 Kh7 36. b4 Rc7 37. Qd3+ Kg8 38. Qe3 Rc4 39. Nf4 Nxf4 40. Qxf4
Rd7 41. Qe5 1-0
[Event "Olympiad Women 2022"]
[Site "Chennai IND"]
[Date "2022.08.09"]
[Round "11.36"]
[Board "1"]
[White "Granados Diaz, Maria Esther"]
[Black "Foudzi, Siti Zulaikha"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "WIM"]
[BlackTitle "WIM"]
[WhiteElo "1888"]
[BlackElo "2188"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Opening "Robatsch (modern) defence"]
[WhiteTeam "Nicaragua"]
[BlackTeam "Malaysia"]
[WhiteFideId "6101488"]
[BlackFideId "5700965"]
[EventDate "2022.07.29"]
1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 e6 5. Qd2 h6 6. Be2 Ne7 7. f4 b6 8. Nf3 Bb7
9. O-O-O Nd7 10. d5 exd5 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Nf6 13. Bb5+ Kf8 14. Bc4 b5 15.
Bb3 a5 16. a3 Qd7 17. Bd4 Kg8 18. h3 Kh7 19. g4 Ne4 20. Qg2 a4 21. Ba2 b4 22.
Ng5+ Nxg5 23. fxg5 Bxd4 24. Rxd4 b3 25. cxb3 axb3 26. Bxb3 hxg5 27. Qd2 c5 28.
Rd3 Qe7 29. Rf3 Ba6 30. Re1 Qb7 31. Qxg5 Rhe8 32. Rfe3 Rxe3 33. Rxe3 Kg7 34. Bc2
Ra7 35. h4 Bc4 36. h5 Qxd5 37. h6+ Kh7 38. Qf6 Qd4 39. Qf3 Rb7 40. Bxg6+ Kxh6
41. Qh3+ Kxg6 42. Qh5+ Kg7 43. Qg5+ Kf8 44. Qh6+ Qg7 45. Re8+ Kxe8 46. Qxg7 Be6
47. g5 Re7 48. a4 Bf5 49. Qf6 Be6 50. a5 Ra7 51. g6 Rxa5 52. b4 cxb4 53. g7 Rc5+
54. Kb2 Rc8 55. g8=Q+ Kd7 56. Qgg5 b3 57. Qb5+ Rc6 58. Qf3 d5 59. Qc3 1-0
[Event "Olympiad Women 2022"]
[Site "Chennai IND"]
[Date "2022.08.09"]
[Round "11.36"]
[Board "2"]
[White "Azhar, Puteri Munajjah Az-Zahraa"]
[Black "Ferrufino, Michelle"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "WIM"]
[WhiteElo "2018"]
[BlackElo "1811"]
[ECO "D12"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "4.e3 Bf5"]
[WhiteTeam "Malaysia"]
[BlackTeam "Nicaragua"]
[WhiteFideId "5709040"]
[BlackFideId "6103162"]
[EventDate "2022.07.29"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bf5 5. Be2 e6 6. O-O h6 7. b3 Be7 8. Bb2 Nbd7
9. Nbd2 O-O 10. h3 a5 11. a3 Bd6 12. c5 Bc7 13. b4 axb4 14. axb4 Qe7 15. b5 e5
16. b6 Rxa1 17. Qxa1 Bb8 18. dxe5 Ne4 19. Nb3 Re8 20. Rc1 Nxe5 21. Nxe5 Bxe5 22.
Bxe5 Qxe5 23. Qxe5 Rxe5 24. Na5 Re7 25. Ba6 bxa6 26. b7 Rxb7 27. Nxb7 Nd2 28.
Na5 Bd3 29. Rd1 Nc4 30. Nxc6 Be4 31. Ne7+ Kf8 32. Nxd5 a5 33. Nb6 Nb2 34. Rd2
Nd3 35. c6 1-0
[Event "Olympiad Women 2022"]
[Site "Chennai IND"]
[Date "2022.08.09"]
[Round "11.36"]
[Board "3"]
[White "Alvarez Gutierrez, Patricia"]
[Black "Azhar, Puteri Rifqah Fahada"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "WFM"]
[WhiteElo "1715"]
[BlackElo "1940"]
[ECO "D43"]
[Opening "QGD semi-Slav"]
[WhiteTeam "Nicaragua"]
[BlackTeam "Malaysia"]
[WhiteFideId "6105548"]
[BlackFideId "5702879"]
[EventDate "2022.07.29"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
Re8 9. Qc2 h6 10. Bh4 Nh5 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Ne5 Nhf6 13. f4 dxc4 14. Bxc4 Nb6
15. Bd3 Bd7 16. Rac1 Rac8 17. Ne4 Nbd5 18. Qe2 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 Nf6 20. Bf3 Red8
21. Rc5 Be8 22. Rfc1 Nd7 23. Nxd7 Bxd7 24. R5c3 Rc7 25. Be4 Rdc8 26. Bb1 g6 27.
Bd3 Kg7 28. Qc2 Be8 29. a3 Bd7 30. Be4 Rh8 1/2-1/2
[Event "Olympiad Women 2022"]
[Site "Chennai IND"]
[Date "2022.08.09"]
[Round "11.36"]
[Board "4"]
[White "Chong, Kai Ni Agnes"]
[Black "Granados Ortiz, Maria Jose"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "WFM"]
[WhiteElo "1909"]
[BlackElo "1753"]
[ECO "D13"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteTeam "Malaysia"]
[BlackTeam "Nicaragua"]
[WhiteFideId "5722071"]
[BlackFideId "6103812"]
[EventDate "2022.07.29"]
1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bf4 Bd6 7. Bg3 O-O 8. e3
a6 9. a4 Qe7 10. Ne5 Nbd7 11. Bd3 Ne8 12. Qc2 f5 13. f4 Nef6 14. Bh4 Qe8 15. O-O
Be7 16. Rf3 Nxe5 17. fxe5 Ne4 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Raf1 Ng5 20. Rf4 Bd7 21. Qe2 Nf7
22. g4 Qg5 23. Kh1 Nh6 24. gxf5 Nxf5 25. Rg1 Qd8 26. Qh5 Be8 27. Qg4 g6 28. Bxf5
exf5 29. Rxf5 Bd7 30. e6 Bc6 31. Rgf1 Rxf5 32. Rxf5 Qd6 33. Rf7 Rf8 34. Qf3 Be8
35. Rxf8+ Qxf8 36. Kg2 Bc6 37. Qg3 Qf5 38. Qb8+ Kg7 39. Qc7+ Kh6 40. e7 Qg5+ 41.
Kf2 Qf5+ 42. Qf4+ Qxf4+ 43. exf4 Kg7 44. Nxd5 Kf7 45. Nc3 Kxe7 46. d5 Bd7 47.
Ke3 Kd6 48. Kd4 b6 49. b4 a5 50. b5 Bf5 51. Ne4+ Ke7 52. Ke5 h5 53. d6+ Kd8 54.
Nc3 Bc2 55. Ke6 Bf5+ 56. Ke5 Bc2 57. d7 Kxd7 58. Nd5 Bb3 59. Nxb6+ Kc7 60. Nd5+
Kb7 61. Nc3 Bc2 62. Kd6 Kb6 63. Kd5 Bb3+ 64. Kd4 Bc2 65. Kc4 Kb7 66. Kc5 Bf5 67.
Nd5 Bc2 68. Nb6 Bb3 69. Nc4 Bxa4 70. Nxa5+ Kc8 71. b6 Bc2 72. Nc4 Kb8 73. Nd6
Ba4 74. Nc4 Bc2 75. Na5 Be4 76. Kd4 Bc2 77. Kd5 Bf5 78. Nc4 Bc2 79. Nd6 Bd3 80.
Kc6 Bc2 81. b7 Ba4+ 82. Kb6 Bc2 83. Nc8 Be4 84. Ne7 Bxb7 85. Nxg6 Be4 86. Ne7
Bb1 87. Kc6 Ba2 88. Nd5 Kc8 89. h4 Kd8 90. Kd6 Bc4 91. f5 Be2 92. Nf4 Bg4 93.
Ke6 Ke8 94. Kf6 Kf8 95. Kg6 1-0
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