Chess Olympiad 2014

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Karjakin

Karjakin


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Most top players rested in the first round. Still, top teams won 4-0 or 3.5 in both sections.

Results of top 5 matches in the Open:

Jordan 0 4 Russia
Basil, A. 2135 0-1 GM Grischuk, A. 2795
FM Samhouri, B. 2256 0-1 GM Svidler, P. 2751
FM Mansour, S. 2249 0-1 GM Karjakin, S. 2786
FM Mohannad, F. 2321 0-1 GM Nepomniachtchij, I. 2714

Bo. 2 Ukraine (UKR) Rtg – 88 Tunisia (TUN) Rtg 4 : 0
2.1 GM Ponomariov, Ruslan 2717 – FM Zaibi, Amir 2297 1 – 0
2.2 GM Eljanov, Pavel 2723 – FM Amdouni, Zoubaier 2350 1 – 0
2.3 GM Korobov, Anton 2680 – FM Boudriga, Med Ali 2282 1 – 0
2.4 GM Moiseenko, Alexander 2707 – CM Bouaziz, Mehdi 2246 1 – 0

Bo. 14 Norway (NOR) Rtg – 100 Yemen (YEM) Rtg 2½:1½
3.1 GM Agdestein, Simen 2630 – IM Al Qudaimi, Basheer 2396 1 – 0
3.2 GM Hammer, Jon Ludvig 2628 – FM Al Badani, Abdu 2180 ½ – ½
3.3 GM Johannessen, Leif Erlend 2528 – Al-Subaihi, Khalil 2082 1 – 0
3.4 GM Lie, Kjetil A. 2528 – FM Al-Hadarani, Hatim 2254 0 – 1

Bo. 89 Zambia (ZAM) Rtg – 3 France (FRA) Rtg 0 : 4
4.1 IM Chumfwa, Stanley 2317 – GM Bacrot, Etienne 2720 0 – 1
4.2 IM Jere, Daniel 2405 – GM Fressinet, Laurent 2708 0 – 1
4.3 IM Mwali, Chitumbo 2250 – GM Edouard, Romain 2680 0 – 1
4.4 FM Phiri, Richmond 2121 – GM Tkachiev, Vladislav 2624 0 – 1

Bo. 4 Armenia (ARM) Rtg – 90 Japan (JPN) Rtg 4 : 0
5.1 GM Sargissian, Gabriel 2686 – CM Nanjo, Ryosuke 2344 1 – 0
5.2 GM Movsesian, Sergei 2672 – FM Kojima, Shinya 2373 1 – 0
5.3 GM Akopian, Vladimir 2655 – FM Watanabe, Akira 2252 1 – 0
5.4 GM Kotanjian, Tigran 2500 – Averbukh, Alex 2183 1 – 0

View the full results here.

Some games of the Open section

Second round pairings of top 5 teams

1 RUS Russia 0 0 : 2 4 Qatar QAT
2 NOR2 Norway 2 4 2 : 2 4 Ukraine UKR
3 FIN Finland 4 2 : 2 2½ Norway NOR
4 FRA France 4 2 : 2 4 Mongolia MGL
5 AUS Australia 4 2 : 2 4 Armenia ARM

Top 5 results of the Women’s section

Bo. 2 Russia (RUS) Rtg – 69 Jordan (JOR) Rtg 4 : 0
1.1 GM Lagno, Kateryna 2540 – WIM Dahdal, Lougain 1973 1 – 0
1.2 GM Kosteniuk, Alexandra 2531 – WIM Fuad Kamel Jamaliah, Natalie 2003 1 – 0
1.3 WGM Girya, Olga 2484 – WFM Alattar, Ghayda M. 1950 1 – 0
1.4 WGM Pogonina, Natalija 2479 – WFM Boshra, Alshaeby 1947 1 – 0

Bo. 38 Norway (NOR) Rtg – 105 South Korea (KOR) Rtg 3 : 1
2.1 WIM Sahl, Sheila Barth 2216 – Wang, Chengjia 1989 0 – 1
2.2 WIM Bjerke, Silje 2189 – WCM Lim, Hakyung 1567 1 – 0
2.3 WGM Dolzhikova, Olga 2166 – WCM Cho, Yeonhee 1525 1 – 0
2.4 WGM Koskela, Niina 2213 – Kim, Yubin 1421 1 – 0

Bo. 70 Luxembourg (LUX) Rtg – 3 Ukraine (UKR) Rtg 0 : 4
3.1 WIM Steil-Antoni, Fiona 2112 – IM Muzychuk, Mariya 2530 0 – 1
3.2 Biryukov, Alice 1941 – GM Ushenina, Anna 2487 0 – 1
3.3 Kremer, Nadine 1844 – GM Zhukova, Natalia 2468 0 – 1
3.4 WFM Bakalarz, Grazyna 1972 – IM Gaponenko, Inna 2379 0 – 1

Bo. 4 Georgia (GEO) Rtg – 72 Kyrgyzstan (KGZ) Rtg 4 : 0
4.1 GM Dzagnidze, Nana 2550 – Samaganova, Alexandra 2012 1 – 0
4.2 GM Khotenashvili, Bela 2494 – Alymbay, Kyzy Aizhan 1859 1 – 0
4.3 IM Melia, Salome 2475 – Shyngys Kyzy, Aijarkyn 1800 1 – 0
4.4 IM Batsiashvili, Nino 2435 – Omurbekova, Diana 1707 1 – 0

Bo. 73 New Zealand (NZL) Rtg – 5 India (IND) Rtg 0 : 4
5.1 CM Milligan, Helen 1938 – IM Sachdev, Tanya 2418 0 – 1
5.2 WIM Meyer, Marany 2064 – IM Karavade, Eesha 2392 0 – 1
5.3 WFM Gao, Judy 1947 – WGM Gomes, Mary Ann 2352 0 – 1
5.4 WFM Tsoi, Nicole 1787 – WGM Padmini, Rout 2318 0 – 1

View the full results here.

Some games of the Women’s section

Second round pairings of top 5 teams

1 CHN China 4 2 : 2 4 Venezuela VEN
2 ECU Ecuador 4 2 : 2 3 Norway NOR
3 BRA Brazil 4 2 : 2 4 Russia RUS
4 UKR Ukraine 4 2 : 2 4 Australia AUS
5 MNE Montenegro 4 2 : 2 4 Georgia GEO

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Chess Olympiad 2014

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Mayor of Tromso, Carlsen

Mayor of Tromso, Carlsen


(Photo taken from the official site)

The Olympiad in Tromso, Norway started with a very nice opening ceremony! Lots of jokes, music and some speeches :). You can follow the events on the Official Site of the Olympiad. Carlsen (seen above on the photo) chose the Black King, which means the odd-numbered teams will get black on first board in the first round.

Pairings of top 5 matches of the Open section

Bo. 87 Jordan (JOR) Rtg – 1 Russia (RUS) Rtg 0 : 0
1.1 Basil, Alshouha 2135 – GM Grischuk, Alexander 2795
1.2 FM Samhouri, Bilal 2256 – GM Svidler, Peter 2751
1.3 FM Mansour, Sameer 2249 – GM Karjakin, Sergey 2786
1.4 FM Mohannad, Farhan 2321 – GM Nepomniachtchi, Ian 2714

Bo. 2 Ukraine (UKR) Rtg – 88 Tunisia (TUN) Rtg 0 : 0
2.1 GM Ponomariov, Ruslan 2717 – FM Zaibi, Amir 2297
2.2 GM Eljanov, Pavel 2723 – FM Amdouni, Zoubaier 2350
2.3 GM Korobov, Anton 2680 – FM Boudriga, Med Ali 2282
2.4 GM Moiseenko, Alexander 2707 – CM Bouaziz, Mehdi 2246

Bo. 14 Norway (NOR) Rtg – 100 Yemen (YEM) Rtg 0 : 0
3.1 GM Agdestein, Simen 2630 – IM Al Qudaimi, Basheer 2396
3.2 GM Hammer, Jon Ludvig 2628 – FM Al Badani, Abdu 2180
3.3 GM Johannessen, Leif Erlend 2528 – Al-Subaihi, Khalil 2082
3.4 GM Lie, Kjetil A. 2528 – FM Al-Hadarani, Hatim 2254

Bo. 89 Zambia (ZAM) Rtg – 3 France (FRA) Rtg 0 : 0
4.1 IM Chumfwa, Stanley 2317 – GM Bacrot, Etienne 2720
4.2 IM Jere, Daniel 2405 – GM Fressinet, Laurent 2708
4.3 IM Mwali, Chitumbo 2250 – GM Edouard, Romain 2680
4.4 FM Phiri, Richmond 2121 – GM Tkachiev, Vladislav 2624

Bo. 4 Armenia (ARM) Rtg – 90 Japan (JPN) Rtg 0 : 0
5.1 GM Sargissian, Gabriel 2686 – CM Nanjo, Ryosuke 2344
5.2 GM Movsesian, Sergei 2672 – FM Kojima, Shinya 2373
5.3 GM Akopian, Vladimir 2655 – FM Watanabe, Akira 2252
5.4 GM Kotanjian, Tigran 2500 – Averbukh, Alex 2183

See the full pairings here.

Pairings of top 5 matches of the Women’s section

Bo. 2 Russia (RUS) Rtg – 69 Jordan (JOR) Rtg 0 : 0
1.1 GM Lagno, Kateryna 2540 – WIM Dahdal, Lougain 1973
1.2 GM Kosteniuk, Alexandra 2531 – WIM Fuad Kamel Jamaliah, Natalie 2003
1.3 WGM Girya, Olga 2484 – WFM Alattar, Ghayda M. 1950
1.4 WGM Pogonina, Natalija 2479 – WFM Boshra, Alshaeby 1947

Bo. 38 Norway (NOR) Rtg – 105 South Korea (KOR) Rtg 0 : 0
2.1 WIM Sahl, Sheila Barth 2216 – Wang, Chengjia 1989
2.2 WIM Bjerke, Silje 2189 – WCM Lim, Hakyung 1567
2.3 WGM Dolzhikova, Olga 2166 – WCM Cho, Yeonhee 1525
2.4 WGM Koskela, Niina 2213 – Kim, Yubin 1421

Bo. 70 Luxembourg (LUX) Rtg – 3 Ukraine (UKR) Rtg 0 : 0
3.1 WIM Steil-Antoni, Fiona 2112 – IM Muzychuk, Mariya 2530
3.2 Biryukov, Alice 1941 – GM Ushenina, Anna 2487
3.3 Kremer, Nadine 1844 – GM Zhukova, Natalia 2468
3.4 WFM Bakalarz, Grazyna 1972 – IM Gaponenko, Inna 2379

Bo. 4 Georgia (GEO) Rtg – 71 Kyrgyzstan (KGZ) Rtg 0 : 0
4.1 GM Dzagnidze, Nana 2550 – Samaganova, Alexandra 2012
4.2 GM Khotenashvili, Bela 2494 – Alymbay, Kyzy Aizhan 1859
4.3 IM Melia, Salome 2475 – Shyngys Kyzy, Aijarkyn 1800
4.4 IM Batsiashvili, Nino 2435 – Omurbekova, Diana 1707

Bo. 72 New Zealand (NZL) Rtg – 5 India (IND) Rtg 0 : 0
5.1 CM Milligan, Helen 1938 – IM Sachdev, Tanya 2418
5.2 WIM Meyer, Marany 2064 – IM Karavade, Eesha 2392
5.3 WFM Gao, Judy 1947 – WGM Gomes, Mary Ann 2352
5.4 WFM Tsoi, Nicole 1787 – WGM Padmini, Rout 2318

The reason why China is not on the 1st table is simple – their opponent is IBCA which means they play in another area, specially designated for them.

See the full pairings here.