World Youth Under 16 Olympiad 2011
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World Youth Under 16 Olympiad 2011
The World Youth Under 16 Chess Olympiad starts this weekend in Turkey. England are represented by Craig Whitfield, Peter Batchelor, James Holland and Henrik Stepanyan. The official website is http://wyco2011.tsf.org.tr/.
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Just a quick note to say that we have safely arrived at the Green Park Hotel, Ismit after an early start from Heathrow this morning. The chess will start tomorrow afternoon and I shall keep you posted as much as possible.
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http://wyco2011.tsf.org.tr/en/live-game ... rk-stadium - link to live boards England playing number 2 seeds - games in progess now
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Have been watching Craig's game, seems to be a fine win against an IM in the 2nd ranked team. Well done Craig!!
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Unless I am missing something when black played 41....Kh6, he could play 41....Rh5, with the threat of Rxh3 and maybe he's got at least a draw
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Evening Alan
Mmmm ... odd, my display did not have the clocks working, was this a mistake reaching a time control??
Mmmm ... odd, my display did not have the clocks working, was this a mistake reaching a time control??
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Just checked he has a trick with 42. b8=Q, though black earlier could have played Ng4 with a draw by repetition, but it looks like he actually pushed for the win being the higher rated player
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My report on the first round of the Olympiad can be found here: http://adamhuntchess.blogspot.com/2011/ ... und-1.html
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Reports from Rounds 2 and 3 are now up, along with viewable games of the round from James and Peter.
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Report for rounds 4 and 5 are now online.
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And now round 6. A rest day today- bliss!
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An interesting days chess yesterday- disappointing to lose to Armenia 4-0 but the boys gave them a run for their money. Rounds 7 and 8 reports online now.
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England playing 10th and final round now:
http://wyco2011.tsf.org.tr/en/live-game ... ik-stadium
http://wyco2011.tsf.org.tr/en/live-game ... ik-stadium
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James won after a horrible blunder by his opponent. James seemed to have a clear advantage out of the opening but let it drift and I was starting to prefer his opponent's position until 32. ... Re5? and 33. ... Qxe5??
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Craig managed to win from a dead drawn rook and pawn ending in 109 moves! Perhaps his opponent got tired, it seems strange that a WFM wouldn't know how to defend that ending properly.