FIDE Online Olympiad 22 July to 30 August 2020

[Nick Grey]

Well done Akshaya

[Chris Rice]

Kalaiyalahan, Akshaya (ENG) - Sargsyan, Anna M. (ARM)

1-0

FIDE Online Olympiad Division 1 - Pool C 2020 round 07

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 f6 3. c4 c6 4. Nbd2 Bf5 5. e3 e6 6. Qb3 Qc7 7. Be2 Nd7 8. Nh4 Bg6 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. g3 f5 11. O-O Ngf6 12. Qd1 g5 13. Nf3 g4 14. Nd2 g5 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Re1 Bd6 17. Nf1 Ne4 18. Bd2 Ndf6 19. Qa4+ Kf7 20. Bb4 Nxf2 21. Kxf2 Rxh2+ 22. Nxh2 Ne4+ 23. Kg2 Bxb4 24. Nf1 Bxe1 25. Rxe1 Rh8 26. Bd3 Kf6 27. Bxe4 dxe4 28. Qd1 Qh7 29. Kf2 Qh1 30. d5 Rd8 31. Qd4+ e5 32. Qb4 b6 33. a4 Kf7 34. Rc1 f4 35. Rc7+ Kg6 36. Rc6+ Kf5 37. Qe7 1-0

[Chris Rice]

Danielian, Elina (ARM) - Houska, Jovanka (ENG)

0-1

FIDE Online Olympiad Division 1 - Pool C 2020 round 07

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 Ne4 8. Nxe4 dxe4 9. Ne5 Nxe5 10. Bxe5 Bf6 11. Bg3 Re8 12. Bc4 Bd7 13. Qc2 Bc6 14. O-O a5 15. Rad1 Qd7 16. b3 g6 17. f3 exf3 18. gxf3 b6 19. Be2 Red8 20. Rc1 b5 21. Rcd1 Qe7 22. Qc3 b4 23. Qb2 Bh4 24. Bc4 Bd5 25. Rc1 a4 26. Qf2 Bxg3 27. Qxg3 axb3 28. axb3 Ra3 29. Rf2 Bxc4 30. Rxc4 Rxb3 31. Qf4 Ra8 32. Kg2 Rb1 33. e4 Raa1 34. Kh3 Kg7 35. c6 f6 36. Rc5 h5 37. e5 f5 38. Rg2 Rg1 39. Rb5 g5 40. Qe3 g4+ 41. fxg4 hxg4+ 42. Kg3 Rgf1 43. Rf2 Rg1+ 44. Rg2 Ra3 45. Qxa3 Rxg2+ 46. Kxg2 bxa3 47. Ra5 Qb4 48. Ra7 Qb2+ 49. Kg3 a2 0-1

[John Moore]

Armenia must now be nervous with Russia in the next round.

[Chris Rice]

Pool C Standings after Rd 7:

1 Russia 14
2 Armenia 10
3 Romania 10
4 England 10
5 Bulgaria 9

Exciting stuff!

[Mick Norris]

Mick, I thought if we finished 3rd, we would play the second placed team in Group D but I have no idea where I saw that.

Sorry John, realise I read the groups wrong on TWIC

China v Ukraine and Hungary v Germany?

[John Moore]

Huge disappointment against Romania. Losing 3.5-2.5 with the ever reliable Mickey coming a cropper. Now even a win against Bulgaria will not be enough because Romania will presumably be ahead of us on tie breaks even if they lose 6-0 to Russia.

[David Sedgwick]

Huge disappointment against Romania. Losing 3.5-2.5 with the ever reliable Mickey coming a cropper. Now even a win against Bulgaria will not be enough because Romania will presumably be ahead of us on tie breaks even if they lose 6-0 to Russia.

Just the one very slim chance that Egypt might draw or win against Armenia.

[John Moore]

So slim, David, that I discounted it!

[Jonathan Rogers]

Unlike Mickey to be the most culpable but even he is not a robot and keeping absolute control of such positions is not so easy at speed.

Oh well, at least the win against Armenia raised the interest for a while. Can we finish with a win for fourth? Bulgaria are playing this without their two former world champions, could you imagine us doing that (!)

[John Moore]

Jonathan, Stefanova has been playing in the earlier rounds of the tournament.

[John Moore]

and indeed in this match.

[Leonard Barden]

So, the now traditional 1-5 score. Given that this is likely to be the England team's only international event in 2020, it is disappointing that probably only Jovanka and Gawain played to near their best standards. Others seemed underprepared.

[Jonathan Rogers]

Jonathan, Stefanova has been playing in the earlier rounds of the tournament.

ah well, practically every thing I have been writing this weekend has been wrong, other than the general theme of this format not suiting England. Sixth is a touch disappointing, but nothing more.

Was Martin Petrov really the junior player for Bulgaria?? He seems to have been around forever.

[Jonathan Rogers]

So, the now traditional 1-5 score. Given that this is likely to be the England team's only international event in 2020, it is disappointing that probably only Jovanka and Gawain played to near their best standards. Others seemed underprepared.

Didn't Howell do quite well too? (I haven't checked).