Sunday 7 August 2022

Chennai, round eight

Up to you to identify who's who in this picture, but safe to say that all the team members, including Mok Tze Meng and Sumant Subramaniam, are here in this picture, which was taken when they landed in Chennai.

Overall good show by our two teams at the Chess Olympiad in Chennai. In the eighth round, the men's team beat Burma while the women's team beat Uruguay, both teams winning by 3½-½. Lim Zhuo Ren had recovered and was back in the team but Wong Yinn Long was rested. I think that was a good decision because he seemed to be under-performing here. A short rest should put him in a better position in the run-up to the tournament's end. Just four rounds away. Poh Yu Tian was pushed up to the third board while our not-so-secret weapon, Sumant, came in again on the fourth board. With Puteri Munajjah rested in the women's competition, her sister, Puteri Rifqah, as well as  Sim Jia Ru and Agnes Chong were pushed up.

Bo.80
  Malaysia (MAS)
Rtg-125
  Myanmar (MYA)
Rtg3½: ½
50.1FM
Lim, Zhuo Ren
2318-FM
Maung, Maung Kyaw Zaw Hein
21211 - 0
50.2CM
Tan, Jun Ying
2191-
Sai, Han Thiha
1974½ - ½
50.3
Poh, Yu Tian
2118-
Nay, Lin Tun
20451 - 0
50.4FM
Subramaniam, Sumant
2152-
Zaw, Ye Htut
12551 - 0

Bo.52
  Malaysia (MAS)
Rtg-77
  Uruguay (URU)
Rtg3½: ½
31.1WIM
Foudzi, Siti Zulaikha
2188-WCM
Silva Rosas, Natalia
17801 - 0
31.2WFM
Azhar, Puteri Rifqah Fahada
1940-
Roepke, Sofia
1869½ - ½
31.3WCM
Sim, Jia Ru
2005-WCM
Malan, Lucia
17411 - 0
31.4WFM
Chong, Kai Ni Agnes
1909-
Silvera, Pilar
14361 - 0

[Event "44th Olympiad 2022"]
[Site "Chennai IND"]
[Date "2022.08.06"]
[Round "8.50"]
[Board "1"]
[White "Lim, Zhuo Ren"]
[Black "Maung, Maung Kyaw Zaw Hein"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2318"]
[BlackElo "2121"]
[ECO "D17"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "Carlsbad variation"]
[WhiteTeam "Malaysia"]
[BlackTeam "Myanmar"]
[WhiteFideId "5702488"]
[BlackFideId "13001698"]
[EventDate "2022.07.29"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Qc7 8. g3
e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Bf4 Nfd7 11. Bg2 g5 12. Ne3 gxf4 13. Nxf5 O-O-O 14. Qc2 Kb8
15. gxf4 Rg8 16. O-O Ng4 17. e3 Rg6 18. Kh1 Bd6 19. Rad1 Bxf4 20. exf4 Qxf4 21.
Ng3 Qh6 22. h3 Ne3 23. fxe3 Rxg3 24. Qf2 Rdg8 25. Rxd7 Rxg2 26. Qxg2 Rxg2 27.
Kxg2 f5 28. Rf3 Qe6 29. Rd2 a5 30. Kf2 Qf6 31. Rf4 h5 32. h4 b5 33. axb5 cxb5
34. Nxb5 Qc6 35. Nd4 Qd6 36. Rc2 a4 37. Nxf5 Qd1 38. Rb4+ Ka8 39. Rxa4+ Kb7 40.
Rb4+ Ka6 41. Rbc4 Qh1 42. e4 Qh2+ 43. Ke3 Qg1+ 44. Kf4 Qg4+ 45. Ke5 Qg8 46. Rc8
Qb3 47. R2c6+ Kb7 48. R6c7+ 1-0

[Event "44th Olympiad 2022"]
[Site "Chennai IND"]
[Date "2022.08.06"]
[Round "8.50"]
[Board "2"]
[White "Sai, Han Thiha"]
[Black "Tan, Jun Ying"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "1974"]
[BlackElo "2191"]
[ECO "A43"]
[Opening "Old Benoni"]
[Variation "Mujannah formation"]
[WhiteTeam "Myanmar"]
[BlackTeam "Malaysia"]
[WhiteFideId "13012290"]
[BlackFideId "5710413"]
[EventDate "2022.07.29"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 d6 5. Nf3 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. c4 O-O 8. Nc3 h6
9. Rb1 Na6 10. b3 g5 11. e3 Qe8 12. Bb2 Qg6 13. a3 Bd7 14. Qc2 Rae8 15. Ne2 b5
16. Qd3 Rb8 17. Ba1 Kh7 18. Nd2 Rb7 19. f4 g4 20. Rfe1 Rfb8 21. Qc2 Nc7 22. Nc3
Kh8 23. Bf1 a5 24. Bd3 b4 25. axb4 Na6 26. Na2 cxb4 27. e4 fxe4 28. Nxe4 Nxe4
29. Bxe4 Qf7 30. Bg6 Qf8 31. Nc1 Nc5 32. Nd3 Rc8 33. Nxc5 Rxc5 34. Qe4 Bc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "44th Olympiad 2022"]
[Site "Chennai IND"]
[Date "2022.08.06"]
[Round "8.50"]
[Board "3"]
[White "Poh, Yu Tian"]
[Black "Nay, Lin Tun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2118"]
[BlackElo "2045"]
[ECO "B76"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "dragon, Yugoslav attack, Rauser variation"]
[WhiteTeam "Malaysia"]
[BlackTeam "Myanmar"]
[WhiteFideId "5734088"]
[BlackFideId "13004255"]
[EventDate "2022.07.29"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. O-O-O d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bd4 e5 13. Bc5 Be6 14. Ne4 Re8
15. h4 h6 16. g4 Qc7 17. g5 h5 18. Bc4 Red8 19. Qf2 Qa5 20. Qe1 Qxe1 21. Rhxe1
Nf4 22. Bxe6 Nxe6 23. Bf2 f5 24. gxf6 Bh6+ 25. Kb1 Kf7 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27. Bxa7
Bf4 28. Bb6 Rb8 29. Be3 Bxe3 30. Rxe3 Nf4 31. Rc3 Rb6 32. Ra3 Nd5 33. Ra7+ Ke6
34. Ng5+ Kf5 35. f7 Rb8 36. Nh7 1-0

[Event "44th Olympiad 2022"]
[Site "Chennai IND"]
[Date "2022.08.06"]
[Round "8.50"]
[Board "4"]
[White "Zaw, Ye Htut"]
[Black "Subramaniam, Sumant"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "1255"]
[BlackElo "2152"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Opening "Scandinavian (centre counter) defence"]
[WhiteTeam "Myanmar"]
[BlackTeam "Malaysia"]
[WhiteFideId "13013955"]
[BlackFideId "5702720"]
[EventDate "2022.07.29"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. d4 Nc6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be3 e5 6. c4 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 Qa5 8. d5
O-O-O 9. Be2 e4 10. Nd2 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Qxc3 13. O-O Ne5 14. Rfc1
Qd3 15. Qh5 Re8 16. Rab1 Nf6 17. Qd1 Qa3 18. Rb3 Qa4 19. Rcb1 b6 20. Qc2 Neg4
21. Bd4 Nxd5 22. Nxe4 Nb4 23. Qe2 f5 24. Rxb4 Qd7 25. c5 Rxe4 26. Qc4 Rhe8 27.
Rf1 Qc6 28. cxb6 Qxc4 29. Rxc4 axb6 30. f3 Ne3 31. fxe4 Nxc4 32. exf5 Re7 33.
Rf4 Nd6 34. g4 c5 35. Bb2 Ne4 36. Bxg7 Ng5 37. Bf8 Ra7 38. Rc4 Rxa2 39. Bd6 Kd7
40. Bb8 Kc6 41. Kh1 b5 42. Rc1 b4 43. Rb1 Ne4 44. h3 Nf2+ 45. Kg2 Nxg4+ 46. Kf3
Nh6 47. f6 Ra6 48. Rd1 Nf7 49. Ke4 Ra8 50. Bf4 b3 51. Kf5 Re8 52. Bc1 c4 53. Bb2
Re2 54. Bd4 Nd6+ 55. Kg5 b2 56. Rb1 c3 57. Rf1 Rf2 58. Re1 Ne4+ 59. Kh6 Rxf6+
60. Kxh7 Rf3 61. h4 Nd2 62. h5 Rf1 63. Bxc3 Rxe1 64. Bxb2 Rg1 65. h6 Kd7 66. Bg7
Ke8 67. Kg8 Ne4 68. h7 Nf6+ 69. Kh8 Nxh7 70. Kxh7 Kf7 71. Kh8 Rh1+ 0-1

[Event "Olympiad Women 2022"]
[Site "Chennai IND"]
[Date "2022.08.06"]
[Round "8.31"]
[Board "1"]
[White "Foudzi, Siti Zulaikha"]
[Black "Silva Rosas, Natalia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "WIM"]
[BlackTitle "WCM"]
[WhiteElo "2188"]
[BlackElo "1780"]
[ECO "B20"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[WhiteTeam "Malaysia"]
[BlackTeam "Uruguay"]
[WhiteFideId "5700965"]
[BlackFideId "3000575"]
[EventDate "2022.07.29"]

1. e4 c5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d6 4. Bb2 g6 5. Bb5+ Nbd7 6. f4 a6 7. Bxd7+ Bxd7 8.
Qe2 e5 9. Nf3 Bg4 10. O-O-O Bg7 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 c4 13. g4 cxb3 14. axb3 O-O
15. f5 Qa5 16. g5 Nh5 17. f6 Bh8 18. Nd5 Rfe8 19. Rdg1 Rac8 20. Rg4 Qc5 21. Bc3
a5 22. Qe3 Qxe3 23. dxe3 Rc5 24. Kd2 Kf8 25. Ra1 Rxc3 26. Kxc3 Rc8+ 27. Kd3 Ra8
28. c4 Ra7 29. Ra4 h6 30. h4 Ke8 31. b4 b6 32. Nxb6 Bxf6 33. gxf6 Nxf6 34. Rg2
Rb7 35. bxa5 Kd8 36. a6 Ra7 37. Rb2 1-0

[Event "Olympiad Women 2022"]
[Site "Chennai IND"]
[Date "2022.08.06"]
[Round "8.31"]
[Board "2"]
[White "Roepke, Sofia"]
[Black "Azhar, Puteri Rifqah Fahada"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "WFM"]
[WhiteElo "1869"]
[BlackElo "1940"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[WhiteTeam "Uruguay"]
[BlackTeam "Malaysia"]
[WhiteFideId "3006360"]
[BlackFideId "5702879"]
[EventDate "2022.07.29"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Bd3 d5 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bc2 Qc7 7. d4 Be7 8. O-O h6
9. a3 b6 10. Be3 Ba6 11. Re1 Nc6 12. b4 Rc8 13. Bb3 Bb7 14. Qe2 a6 15. Nbd2 cxd4
16. cxd4 b5 17. Reb1 Nb6 18. Ne1 Nc4 19. Nd3 Rb8 20. Bd1 O-O 21. Nb3 a5 22. Nbc5
axb4 23. axb4 Ra8 24. Bb3 Na3 25. Rb2 Nc4 26. Rbb1 Na3 27. Rb2 Nc4 28. Rbb1 Na3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad Women 2022"]
[Site "Chennai IND"]
[Date "2022.08.06"]
[Round "8.31"]
[Board "3"]
[White "Sim, Jia Ru"]
[Black "Malan, Lucia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "WCM"]
[BlackTitle "WCM"]
[WhiteElo "2005"]
[BlackElo "1741"]
[ECO "C88"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed, anti-Marshall 8.a4"]
[WhiteTeam "Malaysia"]
[BlackTeam "Uruguay"]
[WhiteFideId "5716110"]
[BlackFideId "3007570"]
[EventDate "2022.07.29"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. Nbd2 Nb8 11. Nf1 Nbd7 12. c3 Nc5 13. Ng3 bxa4 14. Bxa4 Nxa4 15.
Qxa4 g6 16. Bh6 Re8 17. h3 Qd7 18. Qc2 c5 19. Qd2 Qb5 20. Nf5 Nd7 21. Nxe7+ Rxe7
22. b4 cxb4 23. cxb4 Nb6 24. Ra5 Qe8 25. Nh2 Rc7 26. Ng4 Qe6 27. Qe3 Nd7 28. d4
Rac8 29. d5 Qe7 30. Raa1 Rc3 31. Qa7 R8c7 32. Rac1 Rxc1 33. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 34. Bxc1
Nf8 35. h4 h5 36. Bg5 Qc7 37. Nf6+ Kh8 38. Ne8 Qd7 39. Qb8 Qc8 40. Qxc8 Bxc8 41.
Nxd6 Bd7 42. Nxf7+ Kg7 43. Nxe5 Bb5 44. f4 Nd7 45. Nxd7 Bxd7 46. Kf2 Kf7 47. Ke3
Bg4 48. Kd4 Ke8 49. Kc5 Be2 50. Kd6 Bd3 51. e5 Bf5 52. e6 Be4 53. Ke5 Bxg2 54.
d6 1-0

[Event "Olympiad Women 2022"]
[Site "Chennai IND"]
[Date "2022.08.06"]
[Round "8.31"]
[Board "4"]
[White "Silvera, Pilar"]
[Black "Chong, Kai Ni Agnes"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "WFM"]
[WhiteElo "1436"]
[BlackElo "1909"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Adams attack"]
[WhiteTeam "Uruguay"]
[BlackTeam "Malaysia"]
[WhiteFideId "3010201"]
[BlackFideId "5722071"]
[EventDate "2022.07.29"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f4
exf4 9. Bxf4 Nc6 10. Qd2 b5 11. a3 Be7 12. Be2 Rc8 13. O-O O-O 14. Nd4 Nxd4 15.
Qxd4 d5 16. Qd3 d4 17. Nd1 Qb6 18. Kh1 Bc4 19. Qf3 Bxe2 20. Qxe2 Qc6 21. e5 Nd5
22. Rc1 Nxf4 23. Rxf4 Bg5 24. Rf6 gxf6 25. exf6 Qxf6 0-1




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