44th Olympiad, Chennai 28 July to 10 August 2022
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Re: 44th Olympiad, Chennai 28 July to 10 August 2022
White should win here if she can keep her head
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Re: 44th Olympiad, Chennai 28 July to 10 August 2022
Cliff Shaw rolls back the years and plays the exquisite quiet move 18...Kh8!!
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Re: 44th Olympiad, Chennai 28 July to 10 August 2022
Gawain playing the sort of game I've always liked to play: twenty moves in, hasn't had to do anything complicated, none of his pieces are beyond the second rank and he's plus four
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Re: 44th Olympiad, Chennai 28 July to 10 August 2022
He's certainly doing better now he's abandoned the Morra Gambit in favour of creating murky positions with the Birds (1. f4). With Black his French and Dutch mostly seem to be working well, none of his opponents playing anything near critical lines.John Saunders wrote: ↑Mon Aug 08, 2022 12:39 pmCliff Shaw rolls back the years and plays the exquisite quiet move 18...Kh8!!
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Re: 44th Olympiad, Chennai 28 July to 10 August 2022
What you did there, I see it.
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Re: 44th Olympiad, Chennai 28 July to 10 August 2022
Both US sides have won. The Armenia v Azerbaijan matches are going different ways: the open clash to Armenia, the women's to Azerbaijan. Uzbekistan are losing to India 2 so the open leaders should be beaten for the second consecutive round. The women's leaders, Poland, looked like they were strolling to victory against Georgia but Socko has suffered a reverse of fortunes against Batsiashvili and now it's not looking so easy. Kiolbasa drops a half-point!
Moldovan IM Schitco, 2490, has drawn with the world champion.
Serbia should draw with Netherlands after White won what looked like a wildly hard to calculate finale in time trouble. The Chess24 compyter seems to think White might have got away with a couple of things but see what you think.
England women struggling to beat Canada after a nightmare for Zoe.
Moldovan IM Schitco, 2490, has drawn with the world champion.
Serbia should draw with Netherlands after White won what looked like a wildly hard to calculate finale in time trouble. The Chess24 compyter seems to think White might have got away with a couple of things but see what you think.
England women struggling to beat Canada after a nightmare for Zoe.
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Re: 44th Olympiad, Chennai 28 July to 10 August 2022
Rather poor timing on Chessable's part to have just sent me an e-mail advertising this course.JustinHorton wrote: ↑Mon Aug 08, 2022 1:57 pmMoldovan IM Schitco, 2490, has drawn with the world champion.
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Hi Justin,
Thanks.
Recently due to a very good run in the battle Me v William Hills I have bought myself a brand new(!) laptop.
My old one, 19 years old (2nd hand) could never, or very rarely load in the links you often give.
I suspected they would be interesting but gave up trying to see them. Frustrating.
I have not tossed out the old one because William Hills has a habit of
getting their own back and my brand new laptop could end up in hock.
Sorry to keep mentioning 'brand new' but it's so exciting.
(everything else I have is 2nd hand. The wife has been married before, the kids are adopted....)
Thanks.
Recently due to a very good run in the battle Me v William Hills I have bought myself a brand new(!) laptop.
My old one, 19 years old (2nd hand) could never, or very rarely load in the links you often give.
I suspected they would be interesting but gave up trying to see them. Frustrating.
I have not tossed out the old one because William Hills has a habit of
getting their own back and my brand new laptop could end up in hock.
Sorry to keep mentioning 'brand new' but it's so exciting.
(everything else I have is 2nd hand. The wife has been married before, the kids are adopted....)
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Re: 44th Olympiad, Chennai 28 July to 10 August 2022
The jokes.
Most people round here understand pairing systems better than I do, but am I right that it's going to have to be India 2 v India in the last round?
Most people round here understand pairing systems better than I do, but am I right that it's going to have to be India 2 v India in the last round?
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Ah yes, good spot. That will teach me to not to check before posting.Tim Harding wrote: ↑Mon Aug 08, 2022 10:11 amThanks, Lawrence, I stand corrected.LawrenceCooper wrote: ↑Mon Aug 08, 2022 6:01 amHe transferred from England to Ireland on 24/1/18 and became eligible to play for them on the 25/1/20 according to the FIDE site:Tim Harding wrote: ↑Sun Aug 07, 2022 11:39 pm
Not sure what you are saying/implying here. Conor Murphy's parents are both Irish and he has always been IRL-registered with FIDE so far as I'm aware. He won the 2019 Irish Championship and has played in several other events here.
Conor's result (7.5.8 so far) has been terrific in this olympiad and a true GM quality performance.
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All the best to Tarun today who needs to win for a GM norm.
I see from the FIDE ratings site that he was born in 1999 and he made the big leap forward to 2300+ in 2017.
I've never spoken with Conor so I wasn't aware of the transfer.
Good luck indeed to Tarun but his opponent today is an IM. He will need to met a GM in the last round or else no norm is possible.
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Gukesh-Nodirbek looks very tense with India 2 leading 2-1 but Gukesh seemingly having overpressed. Armenia beat Azerbaijan. All to play for.
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Re: 44th Olympiad, Chennai 28 July to 10 August 2022
On the very next move Gukesh hangs a knights so the match will be drawn.LawrenceCooper wrote: ↑Mon Aug 08, 2022 3:35 pmGukesh-Nodirbek looks very tense with India 2 leading 2-1 but Gukesh seemingly having overpressed. Armenia beat Azerbaijan. All to play for.
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Re: 44th Olympiad, Chennai 28 July to 10 August 2022
I suspect that's the caseJustinHorton wrote: ↑Mon Aug 08, 2022 2:32 pmThe jokes.
Most people round here understand pairing systems better than I do, but am I right that it's going to have to be India 2 v India in the last round?
Not sure if Gukesh is going to lose the ending?
Pleased to see both England teams won
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Re: 44th Olympiad, Chennai 28 July to 10 August 2022
Socko's game unbearably tense
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Re: 44th Olympiad, Chennai 28 July to 10 August 2022
She loses, so Poland draw with Georgia
Was there a way for her to draw that ending, or was it always going to be very difficult to hold?
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