Tromso OL 2014 Rd5

Women HUN 2.5: IRI 1.5

The ladies won again, carried by a win by GM Hoang. Now they are in a 3-way tie for first with 5-0. Next round they play China.

Go ladies!!

Board 1 GM Hoang-Pourkashiyan, Atousa

Hoang showed that one does not need massive theory to win games and started with a London System against a Queen’s Indian formation.

After 35..Qc7(diagram)

After 35..Qc7

Hoang used a little combination and won a piece with 36.Qc8+! and converted the extra piece with no problems.

Round 5 on 2014/08/06 at 14:00
Bo. 13

Hungary (HUN)

Rtg 21

Iran (IRI)

Rtg 2½:1½
3.1 GM Hoang, Thanh Trang 2485 WGM Pourkashiyan, Atousa 2352 1 – 0
3.2 IM Madl, Ildiko 2347 WGM Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat 2324 ½ – ½
3.3 IM Gara, Anita 2327 WIM Hejazipour, Mitra 2269 ½ – ½
3.4 WGM Papp, Petra 2274 WFM Asgarizadeh, Minoo 2147 ½ – ½

Rank after Round 5 – Women

Rk. SNo Team Team Games   +   =   –  TB1  TB2  TB3  TB4
1 1 China CHN 5 5 0 0 10 97.0 18.0 28.00
2 13 Hungary HUN 5 5 0 0 10 86.0 16.5 28.00
3 2 Russia RUS 5 5 0 0 10 68.5 15.5 25.00

Open: HUN 2.5: ESP 1.5

The Open team beat a tough Spanish side. Rapport had a tough round and lost, but Almasi and Balogh came through with wins.

Round 5 on 2014/08/06 at 14:00
Bo. 5

Hungary (HUN)

Rtg 17

Spain (ESP)

Rtg 2½:1½
20.1 GM Leko, Peter 2740 GM Vallejo Pons, Francisco 2698 ½ – ½
20.2 GM Balogh, Csaba 2637 GM Anton Guijarro, David 2624 1 – 0
20.3 GM Almasi, Zoltan 2690 GM Salgado Lopez, Ivan 2620 1 – 0
20.4 GM Rapport, Richard 2704 GM Illescas Cordoba, Miguel 2618 0 – 1

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