Tuesday 9 August 2022

Chennai, round 10

Pic from Lanachessphotography

Oh dear, oh dear, it was a crucial 10th round at the Chess Olympiad and both our teams lost. The men's team went down to Indonesia by a 1-3 score. Wong Yinn Long and Poh Yu Tian salvaged a draw each, while the other two players lost. Lim Zhuo Ren and Tan Jun Ying were simply out of their depths and were outplayed easily, and to think that the Indonesia side had not bothered to field their strongest line-up against Malaysia. 

Similarly, the women's team lost but narrowly by 1½-2½ to Albania. In my opinion, the big disappointment was Sim Jia Ru's form which seemed to have collapsed after losing in yesterday's round. Poor girl. Her mind was simply not in her game today. In a rock solid position, she sacrificed her bishop for two of her opponent's pawns. I hope she has a good reason for this adventure because I couldn't find one looking at the board from far away in Penang. Jia Ru couldn't find compensation and her opponent took the time to convert her extra piece into a win. And with this loss, all her hopes of getting the Woman Fide Master title has vanished. What else can I say? We are all sad for her.

Jia Ru must have felt terrible from her loss in the previous round. Despite a last chance at gaining the WFM title, I would understand if she was reluctant to play in the 10th round against Albania. But there was a good chance that she could beat the weakest player in the Albania team, seeing the difference in their rating points. And if Malaysia had beaten Albania without Jia Ru, the women would in all likelihood face a strong opposing team in the final round where it would be more difficult for her to win. But finally, Jia Ru did accede to play, if she plays. Nevertheless, I had reservations about her being able to give her best despite playing, seeing the psychological pressure that she was under. How true it turned out to be. I hope this disappointment can be put behind her fast because the most important thing (can I call it a "cure"?) is to enjoy your chess, for now and in the future, and be damned with what has occurred in the past. That is done, and finished.

  83. Malaysia (MAS / RtgAvg:2261, Captain: Subramaniam, Sumant / TB1: 10 / TB2: 173,5)
Bo.NameRtgFED1234567891011Pts.GamesRpKrtg+/-
1FMLim Zhuo Ren2318MAS10½01½10049224520-6,2
2FMWong Yinn Long2381MAS1½001101½59227720-4,2
3CMTan Jun Ying2191MAS1½0½1½0½00410209120-19,2
4Poh Yu Tian2118MAS110111011½7,510233340120
5FMSubramaniam Sumant2152MAS0112020-1,8


Bo.80
  Malaysia (MAS)
Rtg-46
  Indonesia (INA)
Rtg1 : 3
30.1FM
Lim, Zhuo Ren
2318-GM
Priasmoro, Novendra
24940 - 1
30.2FM
Wong, Yinn Long
2381-IM
Taher, Yoseph Theolifus
2463½ - ½
30.3CM
Tan, Jun Ying
2191-IM
Ervan, Mohamad
24020 - 1
30.4
Poh, Yu Tian
2118-FM
Kurniawan, Muhamad Agus
2328½ - ½

  75. Malaysia (MAS / RtgAvg:2038, Captain: Mok, Tze-Meng / TB1: 10 / TB2: 167)
Bo.NameRtgFED1234567891011Pts.GamesRpKrtg+/-
1WIMFoudzi Siti Zulaikha2188MAS10½½1010159205320-11,2
2WIMAzhar Puteri Munajjah Az-Zahraa2018MAS10½0½10½3,58194020-6,4
3WFMAzhar Puteri Rifqah Fahada1940MAS+0½110½½4,58189920-6
4WCMSim Jia Ru2005MAS11011010059177540-60,8
5WFMChong Kai Ni Agnes1909MAS0½0½1026169740-58,8


Bo.52
  Malaysia (MAS)
Rtg-70
  Albania (ALB)
Rtg1½:2½
29.1WIM
Foudzi, Siti Zulaikha
2188-WCM
Shabanaj, Eglantina
19401 - 0
29.2WIM
Azhar, Puteri Munajjah Az-Zahraa
2018-WCM
Shuqja, Klean
1883½ - ½
29.3WCM
Sim, Jia Ru
2005-
Caku, Kler
16260 - 1
29.4WFM
Chong, Kai Ni Agnes
1909-WCM
Gjergji, Rozana
19200 - 1

[Event "44th Olympiad 2022"]
[Site "Chennai IND"]
[Date "2022.08.08"]
[Round "10.30"]
[Board "1"]
[White "Lim, Zhuo Ren"]
[Black "Priasmoro, Novendra"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2318"]
[BlackElo "2494"]
[ECO "E62"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "fianchetto, Uhlmann (Szabo) variation"]
[WhiteTeam "Malaysia"]
[BlackTeam "Indonesia"]
[WhiteFideId "5702488"]
[BlackFideId "7105029"]
[EventDate "2022.07.29"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 O-O 5. c4 d6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 e5 8. dxe5
dxe5 9. Bg5 Be6 10. Qa4 h6 11. Rad1 Qe8 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nd5 Bd8 14. Qb3 Bc8
15. c5 Kh7 16. e4 Bg4 17. Qxb7 Rb8 18. Qa6 Rxb2 19. Rb1 Rxb1 20. Rxb1 Qe6 21.
Ne1 Nd4 22. Qxe6 Bxe6 23. Rb7 c6 24. Rxa7 cxd5 25. exd5 Bf5 26. Nf3 Kg8 27. g4
Bxg4 28. Nxe5 Bf5 29. h3 Bg5 30. d6 Re8 31. Ra8 Kf8 32. a4 Bf6 33. Ng4 Bxg4 34.
hxg4 Rxa8 35. Bxa8 Be5 36. Bd5 Ne2+ 37. Kf1 Nc3 38. d7 Bc7 39. Bc6 Ke7 40. f3
Na2 41. Ke2 Nc1+ 42. Ke3 Nb3 43. f4 Nxc5 44. f5 gxf5 45. gxf5 Nxd7 0-1

[Event "44th Olympiad 2022"]
[Site "Chennai IND"]
[Date "2022.08.08"]
[Round "10.30"]
[Board "2"]
[White "Taher, Yoseph Theolifus"]
[Black "Wong, Yinn Long"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2463"]
[BlackElo "2381"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (without ...d6)"]
[WhiteTeam "Indonesia"]
[BlackTeam "Malaysia"]
[WhiteFideId "7105347"]
[BlackFideId "5707684"]
[EventDate "2022.07.29"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6 7. Bf1 Bg4 8. d4
Bxf3 9. gxf3 cxd4 10. cxd4 d5 11. e5 Nh5 12. e6 g6 13. exf7+ Kxf7 14. Bh3 Ng7
15. Bg5 Qd6 16. Qd2 e6 17. Nc3 Be7 18. Bf4 Qd7 19. Be5 Bf6 20. Bxf6 Kxf6 21.
Qf4+ Nf5 22. Bxf5 exf5 23. Re5 Nxe5 24. Qxe5+ Kf7 25. Nxd5 Rhe8 26. Qf6+ Kg8 27.
Rc1 Re6 28. Rc7 Qxc7 29. Qxe6+ Qf7 30. Qd6 Rf8 31. h4 f4 32. Qe5 Qg7 33. Qe4 g5
34. h5 g4 35. Qe6+ Qf7 36. Qe5 Qg7 37. Qe6+ Qf7 38. Qe5 Qg7 39. Qe6+ Qf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "44th Olympiad 2022"]
[Site "Chennai IND"]
[Date "2022.08.08"]
[Round "10.30"]
[Board "3"]
[White "Tan, Jun Ying"]
[Black "Ervan, Mohamad"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2191"]
[BlackElo "2402"]
[ECO "E46"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "Reshevsky variation"]
[WhiteTeam "Malaysia"]
[BlackTeam "Indonesia"]
[WhiteFideId "5710413"]
[BlackFideId "7102135"]
[EventDate "2022.07.29"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Ne2 c6 6. a3 Ba5 7. c5 d5 8. cxd6
Qxd6 9. b4 Bc7 10. g3 a5 11. b5 cxb5 12. Bg2 Bd7 13. O-O Na6 14. e4 e5 15. dxe5
Qxe5 16. Be3 Bc6 17. Bd4 Qe6 18. Re1 Rfe8 19. Nf4 Bxf4 20. gxf4 b4 21. axb4 Nxb4
22. Qe2 Qg4 23. Qxg4 Nxg4 24. Re2 Nd3 25. f3 Nxf4 26. Rea2 Ne5 27. Rxa5 Rxa5 28.
Rxa5 f6 29. Bxe5 Rxe5 30. Ra8+ Kf7 31. Bf1 Rc5 32. Ra3 Ke6 33. Kf2 Kd6 34. Ke3
Ne6 35. f4 Rh5 36. Ra2 Rh4 37. Rd2+ Ke7 38. Nd5+ Bxd5 39. exd5 Nxf4 40. d6+ Kd8
41. Bb5 Rh5 42. Bc4 Ne6 43. Rb2 Re5+ 44. Kd3 Kc8 45. Rb6 Nd8 46. Bg8 Rh5 47. Kd4
Rxh2 48. Bd5 Rh4+ 49. Kc5 Rh5 50. Kd4 Rg5 51. Rb2 Kd7 52. Kc5 h5 53. Re2 b6+ 54.
Kc4 Kxd6 55. Rd2 b5+ 56. Kxb5 Rxd5+ 0-1

[Event "44th Olympiad 2022"]
[Site "Chennai IND"]
[Date "2022.08.08"]
[Round "10.30"]
[Board "4"]
[White "Kurniawan, Muhamad Agus"]
[Black "Poh, Yu Tian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2328"]
[BlackElo "2118"]
[ECO "B51"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Canal-Sokolsky (Nimzovich-Rossolimo, Moscow) attack"]
[WhiteTeam "Indonesia"]
[BlackTeam "Malaysia"]
[WhiteFideId "7103735"]
[BlackFideId "5734088"]
[EventDate "2022.07.29"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Bxd7+ Bxd7 7. O-O e5 8.
Qd3 Rc8 9. c4 b5 10. Nfd2 Nf6 11. Nc3 Qb6 12. b3 Be7 13. Bb2 O-O 14. Rac1 Rc7
15. cxb5 axb5 16. b4 Rfc8 17. a3 h6 18. h3 Qb8 19. Rfd1 Rb7 20. Nf1 Be6 21. Ne3
Bc4 22. Qb1 g6 23. Nxc4 Rxc4 24. Nd5 Nxd5 25. Rxc4 Ne3 26. Rc6 Nxd1 27. Qxd1 Rc7
28. Qc2 Bd8 29. Bc1 h5 30. a4 Rxc6 31. Qxc6 bxa4 32. Qxa4 Bb6 33. Qd7 Qc7 34.
Qxc7 Bxc7 35. Be3 Bb8 36. g4 hxg4 37. hxg4 f6 38. Bb6 Kf7 39. Bd8 Ke6 40. Kg2 d5
41. exd5+ Kxd5 42. Bxf6 Bd6 43. b5 Kc5 44. Kf3 Kxb5 45. Ke4 Kc6 46. Bxe5 Bb4 47.
Bd4 Kd6 48. Kf4 Kd5 49. Be3 Be7 50. Bb6 Ke6 51. Bd4 Kf7 52. Bb6 Ke6 53. f3 Kf7
54. Ke5 Bf6+ 55. Kd6 Be7+ 56. Kd7 Bg5 57. Bd8 Bf4 58. Bh4 Be5 59. Bg5 Bc3 60.
Kd6 Bb4+ 61. Kd5 Bc3 62. Be3 Bb2 63. Bd4 Bc1 64. Ke5 Ba3 65. Bb6 Bb2+ 66. Kf4
Bf6 67. Be3 Be7 68. Ke5 Bf6+ 69. Kd5 Be7 70. Bc5 Bg5 71. Bd6 Bf6 72. Bc7 Be7 73.
Ke5 Bf6+ 74. Kd6 Be7+ 75. Kd7 Bf6 76. Bd8 Be5 77. Bg5 Bc3 78. Kd6 Bb4+ 79. Kd5
Ba3 80. Bd8 Bc1 81. Ke4 Bd2 82. Kd3 Bf4 83. Ke2 g5 84. Kd3 Kg6 85. Ke4 Bd6 86.
Kd5 Bf4 87. Ke6 Be3 88. Ke5 Bf4+ 89. Ke4 Bd2 90. Bb6 Bf4 91. Bd4 Bd6 92. Be5 Bb4
93. Bg3 Bd2 94. Bd6 Bc1 95. Kd3 Bb2 96. Bb4 Be5 97. Bc3 Bd6 98. Ke4 Bc7 99. Be5
Bb6 100. Bd6 Bd8 101. Kd5 Bf6 102. Be5 Bd8 103. Kc6 Ba5 104. Bd4 Bd2 105. Be5
Ba5 106. Kb5 Bd2 107. Bd6 Be3 108. Kc4 Bb6 109. Be5 Be3 110. Bd6 Bb6 111. Be5
Be3 112. Bd4 Bf4 113. Kd5 Bd2 114. Bc5 Bf4 115. Bd6 Bd2 116. Ke4 Ba5 117. Be7
Bd2 118. Bc5 Bc3 119. Be3 Bb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad Women 2022"]
[Site "Chennai IND"]
[Date "2022.08.08"]
[Round "10.29"]
[Board "1"]
[White "Foudzi, Siti Zulaikha"]
[Black "Shabanaj, Eglantina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "WIM"]
[BlackTitle "WCM"]
[WhiteElo "2188"]
[BlackElo "1940"]
[ECO "C71"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "modern Steinitz defence"]
[WhiteTeam "Malaysia"]
[BlackTeam "Albania"]
[WhiteFideId "5700965"]
[BlackFideId "4700562"]
[EventDate "2022.07.29"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. Qe2 Bd7 6. c3 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. d3 Nf6
9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Re1 Qe7 11. Bb3 Nh5 12. Nf1 Kh8 13. h3 f6 14. d4 Rad8 15. a3 Be8
16. Qc2 Bf7 17. Bd5 Qd7 18. b4 Bxd5 19. exd5 Ne7 20. c4 c6 21. dxc6 Qxc6 22. Qe2
Ng8 23. d5 Qd7 24. g4 Nf4 25. Bxf4 exf4 26. Rac1 f5 27. g5 Rde8 28. Qd3 h6 29.
h4 Be5 30. c5 hxg5 31. hxg5 Qd8 32. N1d2 Rf7 33. Kg2 Rh7 34. Rh1 Re7 35. Nc4 Kg7
36. cxd6 Bxd6 37. Rxh7+ Kxh7 38. Qd4 1-0

[Event "Olympiad Women 2022"]
[Site "Chennai IND"]
[Date "2022.08.08"]
[Round "10.29"]
[Board "2"]
[White "Shuqja, Klean"]
[Black "Azhar, Puteri Munajjah Az-Zahraa"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "WCM"]
[BlackTitle "WIM"]
[WhiteElo "1883"]
[BlackElo "2018"]
[ECO "C70"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Classical defence deferred"]
[WhiteTeam "Albania"]
[BlackTeam "Malaysia"]
[WhiteFideId "4701585"]
[BlackFideId "5709040"]
[EventDate "2022.07.29"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Bc5 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Nf6 7. d3 O-O 8. Bg5
h6 9. Bh4 Be7 10. Re1 d6 11. c3 Rb8 12. Nbd2 g5 13. Bg3 Bg4 14. Nf1 Na5 15. Bc2
Qd7 16. Ne3 c5 17. Nxg4 Qxg4 18. d4 exd4 19. cxd4 Rbd8 20. e5 dxe5 21. Bxe5 Nd5
22. Qd3 f5 23. h3 Qh5 24. Bc7 Nxc7 25. Rxe7 Nd5 26. Ra7 Nb4 27. Qc3 Nac6 28. Rb7
Nxc2 29. Qxc2 c4 30. Qc3 Rf7 31. Rb6 g4 32. hxg4 fxg4 33. Ne5 Nxe5 34. dxe5 Rd3
35. Rb8+ Kh7 36. Qe1 Qf5 37. Qe2 Re7 38. Re1 Rd5 39. Qe4 Rexe5 40. Qxf5+ Rxf5
41. Rb6 Rfe5 42. Rxe5 Rxe5 43. Kf1 a5 44. Ra6 b4 45. Rc6 Re4 46. Ra6 c3 47. bxc3
bxc3 48. Rc6 Ra4 49. Rxc3 Rxa2 50. Rc5 a4 51. Ra5 Kg6 52. Kg1 a3 53. Kh2 Rxf2
54. Rxa3 Kg5 55. Kg3 Rf5 56. Ra8 h5 57. Rg8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad Women 2022"]
[Site "Chennai IND"]
[Date "2022.08.08"]
[Round "10.29"]
[Board "3"]
[White "Sim, Jia Ru"]
[Black "Caku, Kler"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "WCM"]
[WhiteElo "2005"]
[BlackElo "1626"]
[ECO "C96"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed, Borisenko defence"]
[WhiteTeam "Malaysia"]
[BlackTeam "Albania"]
[WhiteFideId "5716110"]
[BlackFideId "4704703"]
[EventDate "2022.07.29"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. Re1 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nc6 12. d5 Nb8 13. Nbd2 Nbd7 14. a4 Rb8 15. axb5
axb5 16. b4 c4 17. Nf1 Re8 18. Be3 Nf8 19. Qd2 Bb7 20. Ra7 Qd7 21. Ng3 Ra8 22.
Rea1 Rxa7 23. Rxa7 Ra8 24. Rxa8 Bxa8 25. Nf5 Ng6 26. Qc1 Bb7 27. Qa1 Bf8 28. Qa7
Bc8 29. Qb6 Ne8 30. Nd2 Ne7 31. Ng3 Qb7 32. Ne2 f5 33. Qxb7 Bxb7 34. f3 Nf6 35.
Nb1 Kf7 36. Na3 Ba6 37. g4 f4 38. Bxf4 exf4 39. Nxf4 Ng6 40. Ne6 Ne8 41. Kf2 Be7
42. Ke3 Bf6 43. Nb1 Bc8 44. f4 Bxe6 45. dxe6+ Kf8 46. g5 Bd8 47. Nd2 Ke7 48. Nf3
Bb6+ 49. Nd4 Bxd4+ 50. cxd4 Nc7 51. f5 Nh4 52. d5 Na6 53. e5 dxe5 54. Ke4 Nxb4
55. Kxe5 Nf3+ 56. Kf4 Nxc2 57. Kxf3 Nd4+ 58. Ke4 Nxf5 0-1

[Event "Olympiad Women 2022"]
[Site "Chennai IND"]
[Date "2022.08.08"]
[Round "10.29"]
[Board "4"]
[White "Gjergji, Rozana"]
[Black "Chong, Kai Ni Agnes"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "WCM"]
[BlackTitle "WFM"]
[WhiteElo "1920"]
[BlackElo "1909"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "closed"]
[WhiteTeam "Albania"]
[BlackTeam "Malaysia"]
[WhiteFideId "4700147"]
[BlackFideId "5722071"]
[EventDate "2022.07.29"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. f4 d5 4. Bb5+ Bd7 5. Bxd7+ Qxd7 6. d3 Nc6 7. Nf3 Nf6 8.
O-O Be7 9. Ne5 Qc7 10. Ng4 O-O-O 11. Nf2 h5 12. Bd2 h4 13. Ne2 Nh5 14. c3 f6 15.
d4 dxe4 16. Nxe4 cxd4 17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18. cxd4 Kb8 19. Qa4 Qb6 20. Be3 e5 21. fxe5
fxe5 22. Nc5 Nf6 23. Rac1 Rd5 24. dxe5 Bxc5 25. Rxc5 Rxc5 26. exf6 gxf6 27. Qf4+
Ka8 28. b4 Rf5 29. Bxb6 Rxf4 30. Rxf4 axb6 31. Rxf6 h3 32. g3 Rc8 33. Rh6 Rc1+
34. Kf2 Rc2+ 35. Kf3 Rxh2 36. Kg4 Rb2 37. Kxh3 Rxb4 38. g4 Rb5 39. Kh4 Ra5 40.
Rxb6 Rxa2 41. g5 Rg2 42. Kh5 Ka7 43. Rb4 Ka6 44. g6 b5 45. Rg4 Rh2+ 46. Kg5 Rh8
47. g7 Rg8 48. Kf6 Ka5 49. Kf7 Rc8 50. g8=Q Rxg8 51. Rxg8 Kb4 52. Rc8 Kb3 53.
Ke6 b4 54. Kd5 Ka2 55. Kd4 b3 56. Kc3 b2 57. Ra8+ Kb1 58. Rb8 Ka1 59. Kc2 1-0


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