Istanbul Chess Olympiad Round 9: China, Russia, Armenia, USA in Joint Lead in Open Section
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Philippines' tremendous run was also put to a stop by the powerful China. Ding Liren achieved another quick victory and his team-mates followed up with a huge 3-0 advantage. Wesley So was the only to take a draw for Philippines, in the game against Wang Hao. Armenia remained in the contention for the gold medal after defeating the European champion Germany with 2.5-1.5. The decisive moment was when Georg Meier blundered a Queen in an approximately equal ending.
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov played another excellent game to gain the lead for Azerbaijan in the match against Poland. However, the well-prepared Radoslaw Wojtaszek, who had been Vishy Anand's second for several years, defeated Teimour Radjabov in his favourite King's Indian defence. the other two games were drawn and the match ended in a 2-2 tie.
The game Vassily Ivanchuk - Maxime Vachier-Lagrave was very interesting. The French player practically "forced" Ivanchuk to execute the typical sicilian sacrifice on d5. Black defended well for awhile, but apparently he forgot about the danger hiding behind the opening of the g-file. Ivanchuk efficiently concluded the game. Another Ukrainian victory by Aleksandr Moiseenko sealed the fate of the French team. Netherlands are making their way to the top as they defeated Israel thanks to Loek Van Wely's swift victory against Emil Sutovsky and Jan Smeets' effort on the 4th board.
In the women's section, China continued the winning streak by defeating France. Again the top two boards were at work, securing the final score of 3-1 in the favour of China. Russia drew with black, won with white, for the overall score of 3-1 in the match with India. Poland recovered from the drama in the previous two rounds and bounced back by signing a minimal win 2,5-1,5 against Bulgaria. Jolanta Zawadzka delivered the decisive punch.
Kazakhstan edged the equally talented team of Uzbekistan by a narrow margin 2,5-1,5. Ukraine and Armenia beat USA and Iran respectively by 3-1, while Azerbaijan stunned the 3rd-seeded Georgia. Israel shocked the higher-rated Serbia by imposing them a 3-1 defeat.
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The Istanbul Chess Olympiad saw disaster for Russia in the open section. Russia lost to the US on both the top boards allowing three other teams to catch up. Their sole lead disappeared in a single match. Alex Onischuk and Sergey Karjakin made a relatively quick draw and then Dmitry Jakovenko outplayed the young Ray Robson. But, both Hikaru Nakamura and Gata Kamsky defeated Russian top stars Vladimir Kramnik and Alexander Grischuk.
The crucial Russia vs USA match in Round 9 at the 40th Chess Olympiad in Istanbul. Photo: David Llada
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov played another excellent game to gain the lead for Azerbaijan in the match against Poland. However, the well-prepared Radoslaw Wojtaszek, who had been Vishy Anand's second for several years, defeated Teimour Radjabov in his favourite King's Indian defence. the other two games were drawn and the match ended in a 2-2 tie.
The game Vassily Ivanchuk - Maxime Vachier-Lagrave was very interesting. The French player practically "forced" Ivanchuk to execute the typical sicilian sacrifice on d5. Black defended well for awhile, but apparently he forgot about the danger hiding behind the opening of the g-file. Ivanchuk efficiently concluded the game. Another Ukrainian victory by Aleksandr Moiseenko sealed the fate of the French team. Netherlands are making their way to the top as they defeated Israel thanks to Loek Van Wely's swift victory against Emil Sutovsky and Jan Smeets' effort on the 4th board.
In the women's section, China continued the winning streak by defeating France. Again the top two boards were at work, securing the final score of 3-1 in the favour of China. Russia drew with black, won with white, for the overall score of 3-1 in the match with India. Poland recovered from the drama in the previous two rounds and bounced back by signing a minimal win 2,5-1,5 against Bulgaria. Jolanta Zawadzka delivered the decisive punch.
Kazakhstan edged the equally talented team of Uzbekistan by a narrow margin 2,5-1,5. Ukraine and Armenia beat USA and Iran respectively by 3-1, while Azerbaijan stunned the 3rd-seeded Georgia. Israel shocked the higher-rated Serbia by imposing them a 3-1 defeat.
After nine rounds, China, Russia, Armenia and the USA are in joint lead in the open section with 15 points each. Ukraine, the Netherlands and Argentina are joint second with 14 points each.
In the women's section, China is in sole lead with 16 points. Right behind are Russia with 15 points. In joint third place are Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Poland and Armenia with 14 points each.
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1 Comments:
At September 8, 2012 at 6:49 AM ,
alexis cochran, nz said...
and it all comes down to the last few rounds whoa
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