Monday 1 August 2022

Chennai, round three

I hope our young boys are not running out of steam after only three rounds of the Chess Olympiad in Chennai, India. They must pace themselves well. But more importantly, they must shake off any euphoria from a good result in any one match or else they will be brought down to earth rudely in the next. I suspect the unexpected good score -- a 2-2 draw against Slovakia in the second round -- gave our players a temporary high which they couldn't shake off when they met the much higher rated Croatia one round later. It's a lesson learnt. Still, the team generally gave a good account of themselves despite the final results.

Tan Jun Ying lost rather meekly when he couldn't find a solution after his pieces were pressed down to the back rank. Poh Yu Tian's position was equal for most of the time but there was a mistake in the endgame when he suddenly lost a crucial pawn. After that, there was very little resistance left. Wong Yinn Long gave a good fight but could not neutralise the pressure from his opponent. But it was the exemplary performance of Lim Zhuo Ren on the first board who bounced back after his second round loss. Somehow, his grandmaster opponent found himself the exchange down but he had enough counterplay to worry our player. Zhuo Ren hatched a plan to sacrifice a rook to open up his opponent's defence and then went for a draw through a repetition of position. 

Where the women's team is concerned, they achieved a narrow 2½-1½ win over Uganda. Actually, I had hoped that the team could score a more resounding victory but our first three players were unable to get anything more than draws. It was left to Sim Jia Ru to carve out a quick win on the fourth board. She played out the essential combination with precision.

Bo.17
  Croatia (CRO)
Rtg-80
  Malaysia (MAS)
Rtg3½: ½
24.1GM
Saric, Ivan
2680-FM
Lim, Zhuo Ren
2318½ - ½
24.2GM
Brkic, Ante
2611-FM
Wong, Yinn Long
23811 - 0
24.3GM
Kozul, Zdenko
2602-CM
Tan, Jun Ying
21911 - 0
24.4GM
Bosiocic, Marin
2549-
Poh, Yu Tian
21181 - 0

Bo.52
  Malaysia (MAS)
Rtg-93
  Uganda (UGA)
Rtg2½:1½
33.1WIM
Foudzi, Siti Zulaikha
2188-
Nakabo, Peninah
1747½ - ½
33.2WIM
Azhar, Puteri Munajjah Az-Zahraa
2018-WCM
Ampaire, Shakira
1666½ - ½
33.3WFM
Azhar, Puteri Rifqah Fahada
1940-WFM
Nansubuga, Gloria
1538½ - ½
33.4WCM
Sim, Jia Ru
2005-
Kawuma, Patricia
16531 - 0

[Event "44th Olympiad 2022"]
[Site "Chennai IND"]
[Date "2022.07.31"]
[Round "3.24"]
[Board "1"]
[White "Saric, Ivan"]
[Black "Lim, Zhuo Ren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2318"]
[ECO "B31"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (with ...g6, without ...d6)"]
[WhiteTeam "Croatia"]
[BlackTeam "Malaysia"]
[WhiteFideId "14508150"]
[BlackFideId "5702488"]
[EventDate "2022.07.29"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Re1 O-O 7. h3 e5 8. d3 d6
9. Nbd2 a6 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Qa4 Qc7 12. Nc4 a5 13. d4 cxd4 14. cxd4 Nxe4 15.
Rxe4 d5 16. Rxe5 dxc4 17. Qxc4 Be6 18. Rxe6 fxe6 19. Be3 Qd7 20. Rc1 Rac8 21.
Ng5 Rfe8 22. b3 Qd5 23. Qa6 Qd7 24. Rc4 e5 25. dxe5 Qd1+ 26. Kh2 Bxe5+ 27. f4
Qd3 28. Bc1 Bg7 29. Qa7 Re2 30. Qf7+ Kh8 31. Qb7 Rxg2+ 32. Kxg2 Qe2+ 33. Kg3
Qe1+ 34. Kf3 Qf1+ 35. Kg3 Qg1+ 36. Kf3 Qf1+ 37. Kg3 Qg1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "44th Olympiad 2022"]
[Site "Chennai IND"]
[Date "2022.07.31"]
[Round "3.24"]
[Board "2"]
[White "Wong, Yinn Long"]
[Black "Brkic, Ante"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2381"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[ECO "B50"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[WhiteTeam "Malaysia"]
[BlackTeam "Croatia"]
[WhiteFideId "5707684"]
[BlackFideId "14506688"]
[EventDate "2022.07.29"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 dxe5 5. Nxe5 Bd7 6. g3 Nc6 7. Nxd7 Qxd7 8.
Bg2 e6 9. d3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 Rac8 12. b3 Rfd8 13. Bb2 Nd4 14. a4 b6 15.
Nb5 Ne8 16. Nc3 Nd6 17. Rb1 Bf6 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 a6 20. Kg2 g6 21. Bxd4
Bxd4 22. f4 b5 23. axb5 axb5 24. Bf3 Rc7 25. Qe2 Bc3 26. Rf1 Ra7 27. Qe4 Ra2 28.
Rf2 Qc7 29. Qc6 Qa5 30. Re2 Bd4 31. Kh3 Ra1 32. Rh1 Rxh1 33. Bxh1 h5 34. Qb7 Qa1
35. Bg2 b4 36. Qc7 Rf8 37. Qb7 Qc1 38. Qf3 Kg7 39. Qf1 Qb2 40. Bc6 Rc8 41. Qf3
Rc7 42. Bb7 Qa1 43. Qh1 Qa7 44. Bf3 Qb8 45. Re1 Ra7 46. Qf1 Ra2 47. Qg2 Qc8 48.
Bb7 Qd8 49. Bf3 Qf6 50. Qe2 c4 51. dxc4 Qf5+ 52. g4 Qxf4 53. Kg2 hxg4 54. Bxg4
Rxc2 55. Qxc2 Qxg4+ 56. Kh1 Qf3+ 57. Qg2 Qxb3 58. h4 Qxc4 59. h5 Qc5 60. hxg6
Qh5+ 61. Qh2 Qf3+ 62. Qg2 Qh5+ 63. Qh2 Qxh2+ 64. Kxh2 Kxg6 65. Rc1 b3 66. Rc4 b2
67. Rb4 Kf5 68. Kg2 Ke4 69. Rb3 Bc3 0-1

[Event "44th Olympiad 2022"]
[Site "Chennai IND"]
[Date "2022.07.31"]
[Round "3.24"]
[Board "3"]
[White "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Black "Tan, Jun Ying"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2191"]
[ECO "E10"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteTeam "Croatia"]
[BlackTeam "Malaysia"]
[WhiteFideId "14502879"]
[BlackFideId "5710413"]
[EventDate "2022.07.29"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. h3 g6 7. e4 Bg7 8. Bd3 O-O
9. O-O a6 10. Re1 Re8 11. a4 c4 12. Bc2 Nbd7 13. Nc3 Nc5 14. Nd2 Qc7 15. Nxc4
Ncxe4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Qxc4 18. Bd3 Rxe1+ 19. Qxe1 Qh4 20. Qe8+ Bf8 21.
Bd2 Qe7 22. Re1 Qxe8 23. Rxe8 Kg7 24. a5 f5 25. Bh6+ Kxh6 26. Rxf8 Kg7 27. Rd8
Kf6 28. f4 Ke7 29. Rh8 h5 30. Bc2 Kd7 31. Rg8 Kc7 32. Rxg6 Ra7 33. Rg7+ Kb8 34.
Kf2 b6 35. Rxa7 Kxa7 36. b4 bxa5 37. bxa5 h4 38. g3 hxg3+ 39. Kxg3 Bd7 40. h4
Be8 41. Bxf5 Kb7 42. Kg4 Bf7 43. Be4 Kc7 44. h5 1-0

[Event "44th Olympiad 2022"]
[Site "Chennai IND"]
[Date "2022.07.31"]
[Round "3.24"]
[Board "4"]
[White "Poh, Yu Tian"]
[Black "Bosiocic, Marin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2118"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[ECO "B33"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Pelikan, Chelyabinsk variation"]
[WhiteTeam "Malaysia"]
[BlackTeam "Croatia"]
[WhiteFideId "5734088"]
[BlackFideId "14507927"]
[EventDate "2022.07.29"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3
b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 Bg5 12. Nc2 Rb8 13. Be2 O-O 14. O-O Be6 15.
Ncb4 Nxb4 16. Nxb4 Qb6 17. Nd5 Qb7 18. c4 Rfc8 19. b3 Bxd5 20. Qxd5 Qxd5 21.
exd5 Bd2 22. cxb5 axb5 23. a4 bxa4 24. bxa4 Rb2 25. Rfb1 Rxb1+ 26. Rxb1 g6 27.
g3 Rc2 28. Bd1 Rc5 29. Be2 Rc2 30. Bd1 Rc4 31. Bb3 Rc5 32. Rb2 Rc1+ 33. Kg2 Ba5
34. Rc2 Ra1 35. Rc6 Ra3 36. Rc8+ Kg7 37. Rb8 e4 38. Rb5 Bc3 39. Bc2 e3 40. Bd3
Ra2 41. Kf3 exf2 42. Bf1 Bd4 43. a5 h5 44. Kg2 Ra1 45. a6 g5 46. Rb7 g4 47. Rd7
Bc5 48. Rb7 Kg6 49. Rb1 Ra3 50. h4 gxh3+ 51. Kxh3 h4 52. Kxh4 Re3 53. Kh3 Re1
54. Kg2 f5 55. Rb8 Kf6 56. Rf8+ Ke5 57. Rf7 Ra1 58. Rf8 Ke4 59. Rf7 Bd4 60. Rf8
Ra5 61. Rb8 Ra3 62. Rf8 Be5 63. Kxf2 Bxg3+ 64. Kg2 Be5 65. Rb8 Ra2+ 66. Kg1 f4
67. Rb4+ Bd4+ 68. Kh1 Ra1 69. Kg2 f3+ 0-1

[Event "Olympiad Women 2022"]
[Site "Chennai IND"]
[Date "2022.07.31"]
[Round "3.33"]
[Board "1"]
[White "Foudzi, Siti Zulaikha"]
[Black "Nakabo, Peninah"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "WIM"]
[WhiteElo "2188"]
[BlackElo "1747"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[WhiteTeam "Malaysia"]
[BlackTeam "Uganda"]
[WhiteFideId "5700965"]
[BlackFideId "10004556"]
[EventDate "2022.07.29"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. c3 Bg4 6. Be2 e6 7. Nbd2 Qb6 8. O-O
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bxe2 10. Qxe2 Nxd4 11. cxd4 Ne7 12. Nb3 Nc6 13. Be3 a5 14. Rac1 a4
15. Nc5 Bxc5 16. Rxc5 O-O 17. Rfc1 Rfc8 18. Qc2 Qd8 19. h3 h6 20. Kf1 Ne7 21.
Rxc8 Qxc8 22. Qc7 Nc6 23. Qxc8+ Rxc8 24. Rc5 Kf8 25. Rb5 Rb8 26. Rc5 Ke7 27. Ke2
Kd7 28. f4 b6 29. Rc1 Rc8 30. Kd2 Ne7 31. Rxc8 Nxc8 32. b3 axb3 33. axb3 Kc6 34.
Kc3 Kb5 35. Bc1 h5 36. Ba3 g6 37. g4 hxg4 38. hxg4 Na7 39. Bf8 Nc6 40. Bd6 Na7
41. Bf8 Kc6 42. Be7 Kd7 43. Bf8 Ke8 44. Bb4 Kd7 45. Bf8 Kc6 46. Be7 Nb5+ 47. Kd3
Nc7 48. Kc3 Ne8 49. Bd8 Kb5 50. Be7 Nc7 51. Bd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad Women 2022"]
[Site "Chennai IND"]
[Date "2022.07.31"]
[Round "3.33"]
[Board "2"]
[White "Ampaire, Shakira"]
[Black "Azhar, Puteri Munajjah Az-Zahraa"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "WCM"]
[BlackTitle "WIM"]
[WhiteElo "1666"]
[BlackElo "2018"]
[ECO "B43"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Kan, 5.Nc3"]
[WhiteTeam "Uganda"]
[BlackTeam "Malaysia"]
[WhiteFideId "10002782"]
[BlackFideId "5709040"]
[EventDate "2022.07.29"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 Nf6 7. Bg5 Be7 8. O-O
b5 9. Bf3 Qe5 10. Bh4 Nc6 11. Nxc6 dxc6 12. Bg3 Qc5 13. e5 Nd5 14. Ne4 Qb6 15.
Nd6+ Bxd6 16. exd6 O-O 17. b3 b4 18. a3 Bd7 19. Qd3 a5 20. Rfd1 f6 21. Be4 f5
22. Bxd5 cxd5 23. Be5 Rac8 24. axb4 Qxb4 25. Qd4 Qxd4 26. Bxd4 Rxc2 27. Rxa5
Rfc8 28. g3 R2c6 29. Ra7 Rd8 30. Be5 Kf8 31. b4 Ke8 32. Rb7 Rdc8 33. Rc7 Rb6 34.
Rxc8+ Bxc8 35. Rb1 Kd7 36. b5 Kd8 37. Rb2 Bd7 38. Bd4 Rxb5 39. Rxb5 Bxb5 40.
Bxg7 Kd7 41. Be5 Kc6 42. f3 Kc5 43. Kf2 d4 44. h3 Kd5 45. f4 Ke4 46. Bf6 h5 47.
Bd8 d3 48. Ba5 Kd5 49. Bb4 Kc4 50. Bd2 Kd4 51. Bb4 Bc6 52. Bd2 Ke4 53. Bc3 Bb5
54. Bb4 Kd4 55. Kf3 Kc4 56. Bd2 Kc5 57. g4 fxg4+ 58. hxg4 hxg4+ 59. Kxg4 Kxd6
60. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad Women 2022"]
[Site "Chennai IND"]
[Date "2022.07.31"]
[Round "3.33"]
[Board "3"]
[White "Azhar, Puteri Rifqah Fahada"]
[Black "Nansubuga, Gloria"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "WFM"]
[BlackTitle "WFM"]
[WhiteElo "1940"]
[BlackElo "1538"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game, Krause variation"]
[WhiteTeam "Malaysia"]
[BlackTeam "Uganda"]
[WhiteFideId "5702879"]
[BlackFideId "10000887"]
[EventDate "2022.07.29"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. c3 e6 4. Bf4 Bd6 5. Bg3 Bxg3 6. hxg3 c4 7. Qc2 h6 8. Nbd2
Nf6 9. e4 Nc6 10. e5 Nd7 11. g4 Ne7 12. g5 Ng6 13. gxh6 Rxh6 14. Rxh6 gxh6 15.
g3 Qe7 16. Bg2 b5 17. Ke2 Bb7 18. Rh1 Qf8 19. Nf1 Ke7 20. Qd2 Qg7 21. Rxh6 Rh8
22. Qg5+ Ke8 23. Rxh8+ Qxh8 24. Nh4 Ndf8 25. Nxg6 Nxg6 26. Ne3 Qh7 27. Ng4 Nf4+
28. Qxf4 Qd3+ 29. Ke1 Qb1+ 30. Ke2 Qd3+ 31. Ke1 Qb1+ 32. Ke2 Qd3+ 33. Ke1 Qb1+
34. Ke2 Qd3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad Women 2022"]
[Site "Chennai IND"]
[Date "2022.07.31"]
[Round "3.33"]
[Board "4"]
[White "Kawuma Patricia"]
[Black "Sim, Jia Ru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "WCM"]
[WhiteElo "1653"]
[BlackElo "2005"]
[ECO "B44"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[WhiteTeam "Uganda"]
[BlackTeam "Malaysia"]
[WhiteFideId "10012486"]
[BlackFideId "5716110"]
[EventDate "2022.07.29"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Be3 Qc7 6. Bd3 a6 7. a3 Nf6 8. Nc3 b5 9. Nxc6 dxc6 10. O-O Bb7 11. f3 Be7 12. Qe1 c5 13. Qf2 O-O 14. Bg5 c4 15. Be2 Ng4 16. fxg4 Bxg5 17. h4 Be7 18. Kh1 Qe5 19. Rad1 Bd6 20. Rxd6 
Qxd6 21. h5 h6 22. Bf3 Qe5 23. Qb6 Rab8 24. Qe3 f5 25. gxf5 exf5 26. Qc1 fxe4 27. 
Nxe4 Bxe4 28. Re1 Rxf3 29. Rxe4 Qxe4 30. gxf3 Qxf3+ 31. Kg1 Rd8 32. Kh2 Rd1 
33. Qxd1 Qxd1 34. Kh3 g5 35. hxg6 h5 36. g7 Qg4+ 37. Kh2 h4 38. a4 h3 39. axb5 
Qg2# 0-1

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