Okay, some very quick words on the Chess Olympiad now being played in Chennai, India, as I don't have much time before pushing off. Here are the results for the Malaysia teams in the fifth round. True to form, our men's team scored a 4-0 win against Ghana. I would have lots to say if we had not won by this margin, seeing how low the Ghana team were positioned in the standings. No adventurism from our players this time, just relying on plain time honoured chess principles. I was quite tickled by Tan Jun Ying's coup de grace: 42....h5+ and 43....g5+ were obvious moves but they were outstanding.
Our women's team also scored a 3-1 win against South Africa. On the first board, Siti Zulaikha struggled for a long time before finding the resource to force checkmate but her opponent resigned before the inevitable. There was an impressive sequence from Sim Jia Ru in the closing stages of her game. A curiosity was both Puteri Rifqah's and Agnes Chong's games which went into the Lucena position. Its a technique which any decent chess player must know well.
Oh yah, one other matter. I'm terribly disappointed with the photographers and webmasters of the official Chess Olympiad website. After five days of play, except for Poh Yu Tian whose picture appeared in the "Photos Round 3" link possibly by virtue of him having upset Lubomir Ftacnik in the second round, there are no other pictures of any Malaysia men's or women's team players. What gives with the Chennai organisers???
| Bo. | 136 | Ghana (GHA) | Rtg | - | 80 | Malaysia (MAS) | Rtg | 0 : 4 | ||||
| 61.1 |
| 1974 | - | FM |
| 2318 | 0 - 1 | |||||
| 61.2 |
| 1890 | - | FM |
| 2381 | 0 - 1 | |||||
| 61.3 |
| 1830 | - | CM |
| 2191 | 0 - 1 | |||||
| 61.4 | CM |
| 1824 | - |
| 2118 | 0 - 1 |
| Bo. | 81 | South Africa (RSA) | Rtg | - | 52 | Malaysia (MAS) | Rtg | 1 : 3 | ||||
| 29.1 | WIM |
| 1872 | - | WIM |
| 2188 | 0 - 1 | ||||
| 29.2 | WIM |
| 1704 | - | WFM |
| 1940 | 0 - 1 | ||||
| 29.3 | WCM |
| 1745 | - | WCM |
| 2005 | 0 - 1 | ||||
| 29.4 | WIM |
| 1736 | - | WFM |
| 1909 | 1 - 0 |
[Site "Chennai IND"]
[Date "2022.08.02"]
[Round "5.61"]
[Board "1"]
[White "Adu-Poku, Kwabena"]
[Black "Lim, Zhuo Ren"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "1974"]
[BlackElo "2318"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "4.Nf3"]
[WhiteTeam "Ghana"]
[BlackTeam "Malaysia"]
[WhiteFideId "12600598"]
[BlackFideId "5702488"]
[EventDate "2022.07.29"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 b5 6. e5 Nd5 7. Nxb5 Nb6 8. Be2
Nc6 9. O-O Be7 10. Be3 O-O 11. Qc1 Rb8 12. Nc3 Bb7 13. Rd1 Nb4 14. d5 N4xd5 15.
Bxb6 cxb6 16. Bxc4 Rc8 17. Bxd5 Bxd5 18. Qe3 Rc5 19. b4 Rc4 20. a3 a5 21. Nxd5
exd5 22. bxa5 bxa5 23. Qd3 Qc7 24. Qxd5 Rd8 25. Qb5 Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 Rc1 27. Rf1
Rxf1+ 28. Kxf1 Qc1+ 29. Ke2 Qxa3 30. e6 Qa2+ 31. Kd3 fxe6 32. Ne5 Bf8 33. Qd7
Qb1+ 34. Ke3 Qe1+ 35. Kd4 Qxf2+ 36. Kd3 Qf5+ 37. Kd4 Qf4+ 0-1
[Site "Chennai IND"]
[Date "2022.08.02"]
[Round "5.61"]
[Board "2"]
[White "Wong, Yinn Long"]
[Black "Anhwere, Bernard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2381"]
[BlackElo "1890"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn, Mason variation"]
[WhiteTeam "Malaysia"]
[BlackTeam "Ghana"]
[WhiteFideId "5707684"]
[BlackFideId "12600580"]
[EventDate "2022.07.29"]
1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 e6 3. e3 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nd2 Nf6 6. Ngf3 Bd6 7. Bg3 O-O 8. Bd3
c4 9. Bc2 Qc7 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 f6 13. Qa4 Bxg3 14. hxg3 f5 15.
Bxc6 Qxc6 16. Qxc6 bxc6 17. Ne5 Rb8 18. O-O-O c5 19. Nc6 Rb7 20. dxc5 Rc7 21.
Rd6 Bb7 22. Nd8 Bd5 23. c6 Bxg2 24. Rhd1 Re8 25. b4 Bd5 26. b5 Kf8 27. Re1 Ree7
28. a4 a6 29. b6 Rc8 30. b7 1-0
[Site "Chennai IND"]
[Date "2022.08.02"]
[Round "5.61"]
[Board "3"]
[White "Fomevor, Cephas Clinton"]
[Black "Tan, Jun Ying"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "1830"]
[BlackElo "2191"]
[ECO "A30"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical, hedgehog system"]
[WhiteTeam "Ghana"]
[BlackTeam "Malaysia"]
[WhiteFideId "12601330"]
[BlackFideId "5710413"]
[EventDate "2022.07.29"]
1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 e6 6. O-O Be7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bxg2 9. Kxg2 Qc8 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 Qb7+ 12. f3 a6 13. e4 Nc6 14. Re1 d6 15. Rc1
Rfd8 16. Nxc6 Qxc6 17. Qe2 Qb7 18. Red1 Rab8 19. Rc2 b5 20. Rcd2 Rdc8 21. cxb5
axb5 22. h3 b4 23. Na4 e5 24. Ba1 Ra8 25. Qf2 Ra6 26. Rc2 Rxc2 27. Qxc2 Rc6 28.
Qd3 Qc7 29. Rd2 Nh5 30. Kh2 Bg5 31. Rf2 h6 32. h4 Be7 33. Bb2 Qa7 34. Rc2 Kh7
35. Bc1 Rxc2+ 36. Qxc2 Nxg3 37. Kxg3 Qg1+ 38. Qg2 Qxc1 39. Qf2 Qh1 40. Kg4 Bxh4
41. Qxh4 Qg2+ 42. Qg3 h5+ 43. Kh4 g5+ 0-1
[Site "Chennai IND"]
[Date "2022.08.02"]
[Round "5.61"]
[Board "4"]
[White "Poh, Yu Tian"]
[Black "Adu Jnr, Lionel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2118"]
[BlackElo "1824"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[WhiteTeam "Malaysia"]
[BlackTeam "Ghana"]
[WhiteFideId "5734088"]
[BlackFideId "12600750"]
[EventDate "2022.07.29"]
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. dxc5 Nc6 6. c3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 Nxe5 8.
Bb5+ Nc6 9. c4 e6 10. Be3 Nf6 11. Nc3 a6 12. Bxc6+ bxc6 13. b4 a5 14. b5 Nd7 15.
cxd5 cxd5 16. Na4 Be7 17. O-O O-O 18. c6 Ne5 19. Qg3 Bd6 20. Bf4 Nc4 21. Bxd6
Qxd6 22. Qxd6 Nxd6 23. b6 Rac8 24. c7 Nc4 25. Rfc1 Nd6 26. Rab1 Nb7 27. Nc5 Nd6
28. b7 Rxc7 29. b8=Q Rfc8 30. Qxc7 1-0
[Site "Chennai IND"]
[Date "2022.08.02"]
[Round "5.29"]
[Board "1"]
[White "February, Jesse Nikki"]
[Black "Foudzi, Siti Zulaikha"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "WIM"]
[BlackTitle "WIM"]
[WhiteElo "1872"]
[BlackElo "2188"]
[ECO "B08"]
[Opening "Pirc"]
[Variation "classical (two knights) system"]
[WhiteTeam "South Africa"]
[BlackTeam "Malaysia"]
[WhiteFideId "14312336"]
[BlackFideId "5700965"]
[EventDate "2022.07.29"]
1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bc4 c6 6. a4 b6 7. h3 O-O 8. O-O Nxe4
9. Nxe4 d5 10. Bd3 dxe4 11. Bxe4 Bb7 12. c3 Nd7 13. Bf4 Nf6 14. Bd3 a6 15. Re1
Nd5 16. Be5 Bh6 17. Re4 f6 18. Rh4 Bg7 19. Bg3 e6 20. Qc2 f5 21. Qe2 Qe7 22. Be5
Rae8 23. Re1 h6 24. Bc4 b5 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. Bxd5 cxd5 27. axb5 axb5 28. Qxb5
Bc8 29. Qe2 Qf6 30. g3 Re7 31. Ne5 Rc7 32. Rf4 Rd8 33. Rf3 Rd6 34. Qd2 Ra7 35.
h4 g5 36. hxg5 Qxg5 37. Qxg5+ hxg5 38. g4 Ra2 39. b4 Rda6 40. Rh3 fxg4 41. Rh5
Kf6 42. Rh8 Ra1 43. Rxa1 Rxa1+ 44. Kh2 Ba6 45. Nxg4+ Kf5 46. Ne3+ Ke4 47. Re8
Kf3 48. Rxe6 Kxf2 49. Nxd5 Be2 50. Nf6 Bf3 51. Ne4+ Bxe4 52. Rxe4 Ra8 53. Kh3
Kf3 0-1
[Event "Olympiad Women 2022"]
[Site "Chennai IND"]
[Date "2022.08.02"]
[Round "5.29"]
[Board "2"]
[White "Azhar, Puteri Rifqah Fahada"]
[Black "Van Zyl, Charlize"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "WFM"]
[BlackTitle "WIM"]
[WhiteElo "1940"]
[BlackElo "1704"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's bishop game"]
[WhiteTeam "Malaysia"]
[BlackTeam "South Africa"]
[WhiteFideId "5702879"]
[BlackFideId "14307120"]
[EventDate "2022.07.29"]
1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. c3 Qb6 6. Qb3 c4 7. Qxb6 axb6 8. Na3
Bf5 9. Nh4 Bg6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Bc7 e6 12. Nb5 Ra6 13. Be2 Kd7 14. a4 Ne4 15.
f3 Nd6 16. Bxd6 Bxd6 17. Nxd6 Kxd6 18. b3 b5 19. Kf2 Rha8 20. Rab1 bxa4 21. bxc4
R6a7 22. cxd5 exd5 23. Rb5 Na5 24. Ra1 Nb3 25. Ra3 Kc6 26. e4 dxe4 27. fxe4 Ra5
28. Rb4 b5 29. Ke3 Kb6 30. Bd1 Rc8 31. Kd3 Rh8 32. Bxb3 axb3 33. Rxa5 Kxa5 34.
h3 g5 35. Rxb3 g4 36. hxg4 Rh4 37. d5 Rxg4 38. Rb2 Rh4 39. Rf2 f6 40. Ke3 Kb6
41. Kd4 Kc7 42. c4 bxc4 43. Rc2 Kd6 44. Rxc4 Rg4 45. Rc6+ Kd7 46. Rc2 f5 47. Ke5
fxe4 48. Kf5 Rg3 49. Kf4 Rd3 50. Kxe4 Rd1 51. Ke5 Re1+ 52. Kf5 Rd1 53. g4 Rxd5+
54. Kg6 Ke7 55. Rc7+ Kf8 56. Rc8+ Ke7 57. g5 Rb5 58. Rg8 Rb1 59. Kxg7 Rg1 60. g6
Rg2 61. Ra8 Rg1 62. Ra3 Rh1 63. Re3+ Kd7 64. Kg8 Rh2 65. g7 Rh1 66. Re5 Kd6 67.
Re3 Kd7 68. Rf3 Ke7 69. Ra3 Rh2 70. Ra4 Rh1 71. Re4+ Kd7 72. Kf7 Rf1+ 73. Kg6
Rg1+ 74. Kf6 Kd8 75. Re5 1-0
[Site "Chennai IND"]
[Date "2022.08.02"]
[Round "5.29"]
[Board "3"]
[White "Selkirk, Rebecca"]
[Black "Sim, Jia Ru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "WCM"]
[BlackTitle "WCM"]
[WhiteElo "1745"]
[BlackElo "2005"]
[ECO "B48"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Taimanov variation"]
[WhiteTeam "South Africa"]
[BlackTeam "Malaysia"]
[WhiteFideId "14306514"]
[BlackFideId "5716110"]
[EventDate "2022.07.29"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8.
O-O-O Be7 9. f4 b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. Nb3 Na5 12. Kb1 Nc4 13. Qe2 Bb4 14. Bd4 Rc8
15. e5 Nd5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. c3 Be7 18. f5 exf5 19. Bxf5 Qc6 20. Nd2 b4 21. Ne4
Qb5 22. Rhe1 Bxe4+ 23. Qxe4 Nxb2 24. c4 Nxc4 25. e6 dxe6 26. Bxg7 b3 27. Bxe6
Na3+ 28. Ka1 Nc2+ 29. Kb2 fxe6 30. Qxe6 bxa2+ 31. Qb3 a1=Q+ 32. Rxa1 Qxb3+ 33.
Kxb3 Nxa1+ 0-1
[Event "Olympiad Women 2022"]
[Site "Chennai IND"]
[Date "2022.08.02"]
[Round "5.29"]
[Board "4"]
[White "Chong, Kai Ni Agnes"]
[Black "Bouah, Denise"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "WFM"]
[BlackTitle "WIM"]
[WhiteElo "1909"]
[BlackElo "1736"]
[ECO "E60"]
[Opening "King's Indian, 3.Nf3"]
[WhiteTeam "Malaysia"]
[BlackTeam "South Africa"]
[WhiteFideId "5722071"]
[BlackFideId "14300818"]
[EventDate "2022.07.29"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nc3 Nb6 7. e3 O-O 8. Bg2
Nc6 9. O-O Re8 10. Nh4 a5 11. f4 e6 12. Nf3 a4 13. Ne4 f6 14. Nc5 e5 15. dxe5
fxe5 16. fxe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Qxd1 18. Rxd1 Bxe5 19. Nxb7 Ra7 20. Nc5 a3 21. Rb1
axb2 22. Bxb2 Rxa2 23. Bxe5 Rxe5 24. Nd3 Rxe3 25. Nf4 Rc2 26. Rb4 Bf5 27. Nd5
Nxd5 28. Bxd5+ Kg7 29. g4 Be6 30. Bxe6 Rxe6 31. g5 Re7 32. h4 h6 33. Rg4 hxg5
34. Rxg5 Kh6 35. Rgd5 c5 36. Rf1 Ree2 37. Rf4 Rc1+ 38. Rf1 Rcc2 39. Rf4 Re1+ 40.
Rf1 Rxf1+ 41. Kxf1 c4 42. Rc5 c3 43. Ke1 Rc1+ 44. Ke2 c2 45. Kd2 Rh1 46. Kxc2
Rxh4 47. Kd2 Re4 48. Rd5 g5 49. Rd8 Kh5 50. Rh8+ Kg4 51. Rg8 Kh4 52. Kd3 Re6 53.
Rg7 g4 54. Rh7+ Kg3 55. Rg7 Kf3 56. Rf7+ Kg2 57. Rg7 g3 58. Rg8 Kf2 59. Rf8+ Kg1
60. Rg8 g2 61. Rg5 Kf2 62. Rf5+ Kg3 63. Rg5+ Kf3 64. Rg8 Rd6+ 65. Kc2 Rf6 0-1
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