2012 Olympiad round 9 summary

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2012 Olympiad round 9 summary

Post by LawrenceCooper » Sun Sep 09, 2012 4:51 pm

Open:
Vietnam 3 England 1
10.1 GM Le, Quang Liem 2693 – GM Adams, Michael 2722 1 – 0
10.2 GM Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son 2639 – GM Short, Nigel 2698 DRAW
10.3 IM Nguyen, Van Huy 2506 – GM Howell, David 2635 1 – 0
10.4 IM Nguyen, Doc Hoa 2505 – GM Pert, Nicholas 2555 DRAW

Women:
England 2.5 Belgium 1.5
28.1 WGM Corke, Anya 2254 – WGM Zozulia, Anna 2346 1 – 0
28.2 WFM Yurenok, Maria 2058 – WFM Baekelant, Eva 2128 0 – 1
28.3 WFM Hegarty, Sarah 2120 – Goossens, Hanne 1998 DRAW
28.4 WFM Bhatia, Kanwal 2103 – Maeckelbergh, Anne-Marie 1892 1 – 0

England individual open scores:
1 Michael Adams 4/8
2 Gawain Jones 3/8
3 Nigel Short 6.5/9
4 David Howell 3.5/7
5 Nick Pert 2.5/4

England individual women scores:
1. Anya Corke 3.5/8
2. Maria Yurenok 3/7
3. Sarah Hegarty 5.5/8
4. Sabrina Chevannes 4.5/6
5. Kanwal Bhatia 4/7

After nine rounds England men have eleven match points out of a possible eighteen. Chris Ross is representing the International Braille Chess Association team and is on 5/6. England women have ten match points out of eighteen.
In round ten the men face Uruguay with white on odd boards whilst the women are black against Canada.