2012 Olympiad rounds 10 and 11

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2012 Olympiad Rounds 10 & 11

The England open team of Michael Adams, Gawain Jones, Nigel Short, David Howell and Nicholas Pert captained by Peter Wells finished equal ninth (seventeenth on tie-break) after victories in rounds ten and eleven against Uruguay and the Czech Republic left them with six match wins, three draws and losses in rounds eight and nine. There were one hundred and fifty-seven teams in total and Armenia took the gold medals ahead of Russia on tie-break. Both scored nineteen match points whilst Ukraine took bronze on eighteen after defeating China, to overtake them, in the last round.

Chris Ross represented the International Braille Chess Association team and scored 5.5/8.

The women’s team of Anya Corke, Maria Yurenok, Sarah Hegarty, Sabrina Chevannes and Kanwal Bhatia captained by Stephen Gordon finished equal fortieth (forty-sixth on tie-break) out of one hundred and twenty-seven teams with twelve match points, four wins, four draws and three losses. Russia took the gold-medal on tie-break from China with Ukraine taking the bronze a point behind on eighteen points.

Open:

Round 10 England 4 Uruguay 0

17.1 GM Adams, Michael 2722 - GM Rodriguez, Andres 2536 1 - 0
17.2 GM Jones, Gawain 2653 - IM Crosa, Martin 2344 1 - 0
17.3 GM Howell, David 2635 - IM Roselli, Bernardo 2420 1 - 0
17.4 GM Pert, Nicholas 2555 - Ulaneo, Nicolas 2181 1 - 0

Round 11 England 2.5 Czech Republic 1.5

10.1 GM Adams, Michael 2722 - GM Laznicka, Viktor 2683 DRAW
10.2 GM Jones, Gawain 2653 - GM Navara, David 2691 0 - 1
10.3 GM Short, Nigel 2698 - GM Babula, Vlastimil 2595 1 - 0
10.4 GM Howell, David 2635 - GM Stocek, Jiri 2569 1 - 0

Women:

Round 10 Canada 2 England 2

23.1 WIM Khoudgarian, Natalia 2158 - WGM Corke, Anya 2254 0 - 1
23.2 WCM Orlova, Yelizaveta 1947 - WFM Yurenok, Maria 2058 ½ - ½
23.3 WCM Botez, Alexandra 2009 - WFM Chevannes, Sabrina 2090 1 - 0
23.4 Lacau-Rodean, Iulia 1999 - WFM Bhatia, Kanwal 2103 ½ - ½

Round 11 England 2 Moldova 2

25.1 WGM Corke, Anya 2254 - IM Petrenko, Svetlana 2199 DRAW
25.2 WFM Yurenok, Maria 2058 - WFM Baciu, Diana 2186 0 - 1
25.3 WFM Hegarty, Sarah 2120 - WGM Smokina, Karolina 2156 1 - 0
25.4 WFM Bhatia, Kanwal 2103 - WGM Partac, Elena 2102 DRAW

England individual open scores:

1 Michael Adams 5.5/10
2 Gawain Jones 4/10
3 Nigel Short 7.5/10
4 David Howell 5.5/9
5 Nick Pert 3.5/5


England individual women scores:

1. Anya Corke 5/10
2. Maria Yurenok 3.5/9
3. Sarah Hegarty 6.5/9
4. Sabrina Chevannes 4.5/7
5. Kanwal Bhatia 5/9

My thanks to all the England players and captains for their efforts over the last fortnight. It’s been a pleasure to work with them and I wish the teams every success under my successor, whoever it may be.

Website links:

http://results.chessolympiadistanbul.co ... =1&flag=30
http://results.chessolympiadistanbul.co ... =1&flag=30
http://results.chessolympiadistanbul.co ... 30&snr=447
http://www.chessdom.com/chess-olympiad-2012-live/
http://www.chessolympiadistanbul.com/livegames/

Lawrence Cooper
9th September 2012

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Thank you Lawrence for all your updates and links, very much appreciated.