44th Olympiad, Chennai 28 July to 10 August 2022

[JustinHorton]

Lucky boys

[JustinHorton]

Did Barbados really win on the bottom two boards against Sweden.

Chess24 think probably not

[Reg Clucas]

Did Barbados really win on the bottom two boards against Sweden.

This must be a mistake. Chess.com shows three games still in progress, with Blomqvist having won for Sweden.

[David Sedgwick]

Did Barbados really win on the bottom two boards against Sweden.

This must be a mistake.

The correct result is now shown on Chess24.

Barbados ½ - 3½ Sweden

[JustinHorton]

Gawain

[Roger de Coverly]

The correct result is now shown on Chess24.

The Open results all went with the seedings with none of the underdogs scoring more than 1 game point. Chad are sitting on their own with one match point and two game points having been paired as a bye.

Acceleration whether by the Baku method or otherwise seems to have been abandoned. The sceond round will however be top quarter v second quarter and third quarter v fourth.

[LawrenceCooper]

The correct result is now shown on Chess24.

The Open results all went with the seedings with none of the underdogs scoring more than 1 game point.

76 open and 70 women's teams won 4-0.

[Mick Norris]

Round 2 board pairings Open and Women

[Geoff Chandler]

'76 open and 70 women's teams won 4-0.'

The USA dropped ½ a point v Angola, Silva (2315)- Aronian (2775).
It could have been a whole point.

1r1qbbk1/5p2/3Qp1p1/pNp4p/P1P5/1R1P1P1P/6P1/1R5K w - - 0 42
The USA were already 3-0 up so David Silva (white ) offered a draw.
Lev is not playing in round two (v Paraguay ) to give him time to rest and recover.

The biggest rating shock was in the Women's event when Cynthia Obondo from Kenya (1439)
defeated the Romanian Alessia-Mihaela Ciolacu (2163).
The Chess Drum give a valid explanation on ' How does something like this happen?
https://www.thechessdrum.net/blog/2022/ ... d-round-1/
If you go there check out the Angolan team shirts. Brilliant, real retina burners.

[Richard Bates]

Round 2 board pairings Open and Women

Gawain's opponent used to play for Harrow chess club. No idea if he is still based in the UK.

[JustinHorton]

Ravia's opponent has just replied to his apparently substandard 46th with an even more substandard 46th of her own, which the computer says gives him mate in eight if he finds it.

[JustinHorton]

Confirmed upsets so far would seem to include Zambia beating Denmark and Bulgaria whitewashing Croatia

[Nick Burrows]

Good luck Conor Murphy against the Maldivians. Charlton & Kent are pitching for you.

[Event "WCO"] [Site "Chennai, India"] [Date "2022.07.30"] [Round "2.13"] [White "Murphy Conor E"] [Black "Tabatabaei M. Amin"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B13"] [WhiteElo "2404"] [BlackElo "2664"] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/loepare"] [PlyCount "131"] [EventDate "2022.??.??"] 1. e4 {0.33/0} c6 {0.56/0} 2. d4 {0.41/0} d5 {0.28/0} 3. exd5 {0.31/0} cxd5 { 0.31/0} 4. Bd3 {0.32/0} Nc6 {0.29/0} 5. c3 {0.29/0} e6 {0.56/0} 6. Nf3 {0.31/0} Bd6 {0.36/0} 7. O-O {0.41/0} Nge7 {0.47/0} 8. Re1 {0.05/0} O-O {0.55/0} 9. a4 { 0.38/0} a6 {0.51/0} 10. h3 {0.44/0} Ng6 {0.36/0} 11. Nbd2 {0.22/0} Bd7 {0.57/0} 12. b4 {0.53/0} Qc7 {0.04/0} 13. Bb2 {0.11/0} Rfe8 {0.15/0} 14. Nb3 {0.12/0} a5 $6 {0.92/0 Inaccuracy. e5 was best.} (14... e5 15. Bxg6) 15. b5 {0.97/0} Nce7 { 0.86/0} 16. Rc1 {0.86/0} b6 {0.88/0} 17. c4 {0.73/0} dxc4 {0.75/0} 18. Rxc4 { 0.75/0} Qd8 {0.79/0} 19. Ne5 {0.61/0} Bb4 {0.65/0} 20. Rf1 {0.47/0} Nd5 {0.05/0 } 21. Qf3 {0.46/0} Qe7 {0.39/0} 22. Be4 {0.28/0} Rac8 {0.31/0} 23. Rfc1 {0.32/0 } Rxc4 {0.03/0} 24. Rxc4 {0.21/0} Rc8 {0.03/0} 25. Bxd5 {0.00/0} exd5 {0.11/0} 26. Qxd5 {0.15/0} Rxc4 {0.07/0} 27. Qxc4 {0.04/0} Nxe5 {0.45/0} 28. dxe5 { 0.27/0} Be6 {0.22/0} 29. Qd3 {0.24/0} h5 {0.46/0} 30. Nd4 {0.31/0} Qd7 {0.74/0} 31. Qf3 {1.47/0} Bc5 {0.73/0} 32. Nxe6 {0.63/0} fxe6 {0.78/0} 33. Bc3 {0.59/0} Bb4 $4 {2.75/0 Blunder. Qd8 was best.} (33... Qd8 34. g3 h4 35. g4 Qg5 36. Qa8+ Kf7 37. Kg2 Qc1 38. Qb7+ Kg8 39. Qc8+ Kh7 40. Bd4) 34. Kh2 $6 {1.75/0 Inaccuracy. Bxb4 was best.} (34. Bxb4) 34... h4 {1.08/0} 35. Qa8+ {1.25/0} Kf7 {1.91/0} 36. Qf3+ {1.58/0} Kg8 {1.24/0} 37. Qc6 {1.05/0} Qf7 {1.62/0} 38. Qa8+ {2.08/0} Bf8 {1.56/0} 39. Qf3 {2.01/0} Qxf3 $4 {6.83/0 Blunder. Qd7 was best.} (39... Qd7 40. Qc6 Qf7 41. Qxb6 Qf4+ 42. g3 hxg3+ 43. fxg3 Qc4 44. Qd4 Qa2+ 45. Kg1 Qb1+ 46. Kf2) 40. gxf3 {5.91/0} Be7 {7.19/0} 41. Bd4 {6.69/0} Bd8 {7.38/0} 42. f4 {6.79/0} Kf7 {6.93/0} 43. f5 $6 {5.06/0 Inaccuracy. Kg2 was best.} (43. Kg2 Kg6 44. Kf3 Kh5 45. f5 exf5 46. e6 Kg6 47. e7 Bxe7 48. Bxb6 Kf6 49. Bxa5 Ke6) 43... exf5 {5.36/0} 44. f4 {5.18/0} Ke6 {5.31/0} 45. Kg2 {6.08/0} Kd5 { 6.01/0} 46. Bf2 {5.44/0} Ke6 {5.86/0} 47. Kf3 {6.11/0} Kd5 {6.38/0} 48. Ke2 { 6.47/0} Ke6 {6.07/0} 49. Kd3 {6.51/0} Kd5 {6.78/0} 50. Be3 {6.76/0} Bc7 {6.65/0 } 51. Bd4 {7.24/0} Bd8 {7.13/0} 52. Bf2 {7.26/0} Ke6 {7.41/0} 53. Kc4 {8.11/0} g5 {8.43/0} 54. fxg5 {8.89/0} Kxe5 {9.08/0} 55. Bxh4 {8.46/0} Ke6 {8.12/0} 56. Kd3 {9.33/0} Bc7 {10.36/0} 57. Ke3 {8.56/0} Kf7 {10.16/0} 58. Kf3 {10.44/0} Kg6 {10.12/0} 59. Bg3 {10.04/0} Bd8 {10.65/0} 60. h4 {10.29/0} Be7 {11.62/0} 61. Bf2 {10.11/0} Bd8 {10.44/0} 62. Be3 {10.33/0} Kh5 {12.35/0} 63. Kf4 {14.16/0} Kg6 {14.63/0} 64. Bd4 {12.39/0} Bc7+ {17.03/0} 65. Be5 {16.83/0} Bd8 {20.79/0} 66. Bd6 {23.31/0} 1-0

[David Sedgwick]

Confirmed upsets so far would seem to include Zambia beating Denmark and Bulgaria whitewashing Croatia

Croatia didn't lose 0 - 4 to Bulgaria, but they did lose ½ - 3½. Denmark lost to Zambia 1½ - 2½.

A curiosity is that the latter encounter was a battle between the countries of two candidates for FIDE Deputy President, with Zambia (Cheripov; Ncube) prevailing over Denmark (Baryshpolets; Nielsen).

[A.Kluckova]

We play on the first board tomorrow ! Good luck !