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Sept 8 2012
Last battle for top slot in Chess Olympiad on Sunday
Saturday, 08 September 2012
ISTANBUL: The Open Section in the 40th World Chess Olympiad is heading
towards an exciting finish on Sunday as three teams are entering the
11th and final round with equal points - China, Armenia and Russia.
The top trio got eight wins from ten games with one draw and one loss.
China's top striker Ding Liren nicely outplayed Alexander Onischuk in
the Rook endgame, and with the other three games being drawn, China
signed an important victory against USA.
Russia assumed a quick lead against Argentina as Diego Flores lost the
wandering Knight right from the opening.
But Argentineans held two draws with white pieces and Sandro Mareco
pressed hard against Dmitry Jakovenko. Mareco was a pawn up but he
couldn't convert the advantage and the match finally ended in Russia's
favour.
Armenia achieved a relatively easy win against Netherlands. Levon
Aronian won a nice game against Anish Giri, while Vladimir Akopian
sacrificed a piece for three pawns and proceeded to an endgame where
his phalanx was unstoppable. Armenia won 3-1.
Ukraine leaped ahead to the 4th place thanks to a narrow 2,5-1,5
victory against Azerbaijan. Czech Republic took an early lead with
David Navara's win, but then the Polish team switched the gear and won
the remaining three games.
As the leaders have already played against each other, in round 11
they are paired with the teams in the lower point groups: Ukraine -
China, Hungary - Armenia and Russia - Germany.
In the Women Section the things are heating up again as the 22nd-seed
Kazakhstan bravely held the leading China to a 2-2 tie.
Women International Master (WIM) Guliskhan Nakhbayeva held the World
Champion Hou Yifan to a draw, while Madina Davletbayeva totally
outplayed Ding Yixin. Zhao Xue could only Russia convincingly defeated
Armenia by 3,5-0,5, as Lilit Galojan was the only player to make a
draw for her team.
Russia is now even with China in the term of match points, while China
still holds some edge in the tie-break.
Ukraine narrowly beat Poland 2,5-1,5, with Natalia Zhukova bringing
the key point, and is now in serious contention for one of the
medals.even up the score with a victory against Gulmira Dauletova.
>From the other matches, it should be noted that the 2011 World Junior
Champion Deysi Cori beat the top-rated player in the Section, Anna
Muzychuk (2606), as Peru defeated Slovenia by 2,5-1,5.
Top round 11 matches are Russia vs Kazakhstan, Bulgaria vs China,
Ukraine vs Germany and France vs India.
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Sept 8 2012
Last battle for top slot in Chess Olympiad on Sunday
Saturday, 08 September 2012
ISTANBUL: The Open Section in the 40th World Chess Olympiad is heading
towards an exciting finish on Sunday as three teams are entering the
11th and final round with equal points - China, Armenia and Russia.
The top trio got eight wins from ten games with one draw and one loss.
China's top striker Ding Liren nicely outplayed Alexander Onischuk in
the Rook endgame, and with the other three games being drawn, China
signed an important victory against USA.
Russia assumed a quick lead against Argentina as Diego Flores lost the
wandering Knight right from the opening.
But Argentineans held two draws with white pieces and Sandro Mareco
pressed hard against Dmitry Jakovenko. Mareco was a pawn up but he
couldn't convert the advantage and the match finally ended in Russia's
favour.
Armenia achieved a relatively easy win against Netherlands. Levon
Aronian won a nice game against Anish Giri, while Vladimir Akopian
sacrificed a piece for three pawns and proceeded to an endgame where
his phalanx was unstoppable. Armenia won 3-1.
Ukraine leaped ahead to the 4th place thanks to a narrow 2,5-1,5
victory against Azerbaijan. Czech Republic took an early lead with
David Navara's win, but then the Polish team switched the gear and won
the remaining three games.
As the leaders have already played against each other, in round 11
they are paired with the teams in the lower point groups: Ukraine -
China, Hungary - Armenia and Russia - Germany.
In the Women Section the things are heating up again as the 22nd-seed
Kazakhstan bravely held the leading China to a 2-2 tie.
Women International Master (WIM) Guliskhan Nakhbayeva held the World
Champion Hou Yifan to a draw, while Madina Davletbayeva totally
outplayed Ding Yixin. Zhao Xue could only Russia convincingly defeated
Armenia by 3,5-0,5, as Lilit Galojan was the only player to make a
draw for her team.
Russia is now even with China in the term of match points, while China
still holds some edge in the tie-break.
Ukraine narrowly beat Poland 2,5-1,5, with Natalia Zhukova bringing
the key point, and is now in serious contention for one of the
medals.even up the score with a victory against Gulmira Dauletova.
>From the other matches, it should be noted that the 2011 World Junior
Champion Deysi Cori beat the top-rated player in the Section, Anna
Muzychuk (2606), as Peru defeated Slovenia by 2,5-1,5.
Top round 11 matches are Russia vs Kazakhstan, Bulgaria vs China,
Ukraine vs Germany and France vs India.
http://www.brecorder.com/sports/other-sports/78005.html