Monthly Archives: September 2016

Baku OLM 2016 Rd4

Women

Hungary lost a very close match against Russia, only losing on board 4.

Round 4 on 2016/09/05 at 15:00
Bo. 8
 

  Hungary (HUN)

Rtg 3
 

  Russia (RUS)

Rtg 1½:2½
1.1 GM
Hoang, Thanh Trang
2467 GM
Kosteniuk, Alexandra
2538 ½ – ½
1.2 IM
Lazarne Vajda, Szidonia
2372 GM
Gunina, Valentina
2520 ½ – ½
1.3 WGM
Papp, Petra
2336 WGM
Goryachkina, Aleksandra
2475 ½ – ½
1.4 IM
Gara, Anita
2355 WGM
Pogonina, Natalija
2484 0 – 1

Open

Business as usual for the men against the over matched Nicaragua team.

Bo. 10
 

  Hungary (HUN)

Rtg 102
 

  Nicaragua (NCA)

Rtg 4 : 0
18.1 GM
Rapport, Richard
2752 FM
Ampie, Mauro
2348 1 – 0
18.2 GM
Berkes, Ferenc
2640 FM
Pineda, Juan Jose
2175 1 – 0
18.3 GM
Balogh, Csaba
2614 FM
Alfaro, William
2188 1 – 0
18.4 IM
Gledura, Benjamin
2585 FM
Bravo, William
2194 1 – 0

Baku OLM 2016 Rd3

Women

Hungary won a close match.

Bo. 17
 

  Turkey (TUR)

Rtg 8
 

  Hungary (HUN)

Rtg 1½:2½
8.1 IM
Atalik, Ekaterina
2422 GM
Hoang, Thanh Trang
2467 ½ – ½
8.2 WGM
Yildiz, Betul Cemre
2369 IM
Lazarne Vajda, Szidonia
2372 0 – 1
8.3 WGM
Ozturk, Kubra
2277 WGM
Papp, Petra
2336 ½ – ½
8.4 WIM
Topel, Zehra
2156 WGM
Gara, Ticia
2379 ½ – ½

Open

A big loss but what is Naiditsch doing way down on board 4??

Bo. 4
 

  Azerbaijan 1 (AZE)

Rtg 10
 

  Hungary (HUN)

Rtg 3 : 1
4.1 GM
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar
2761 GM
Rapport, Richard
2752 1 – 0
4.2 GM
Radjabov, Teimour
2722 GM
Almasi, Zoltan
2684 0 – 1
4.3 GM
Mamedov, Rauf
2666 GM
Balogh, Csaba
2614 1 – 0
4.4 GM
Naiditsch, Arkadij
2696 IM
Gledura, Benjamin
2585 1 – 0

Photos from Official Site Gallery

 

Hungary Open team Almasi(left),Balogh(center) and Gledura(right). Standing behind Capain Polgar Judit

Hungary(left) playing Turkey(right)

Baku Olympiad 2016 Rd2

Both teams won but each had to concede a draw in their respective matches.

Yummy!

Women

Bo. 8
 

  Hungary (HUN)

Rtg 50
 

  Venezuela (VEN)

Rtg 3½: ½
9.1 GM
Hoang, Thanh Trang
2467 IM
Sanchez Castillo, Sarai Carolina
2182 1 – 0
9.2 WGM
Papp, Petra
2336 WIM
Montilla Reyes, Jorcerys
2194 ½ – ½
9.3 WGM
Gara, Ticia
2379 WIM
Varela La Madrid, Tilsia Carolina
2035 1 – 0
9.4 IM
Gara, Anita
2355 WIM
Ubaldo Suarez, Maria Gisela
2062 1 – 0

Open

Bo. 10
 

  Hungary (HUN)

Rtg 40
 

  Austria (AUT)

Rtg 3½: ½
23.1 GM
Rapport, Richard
2752 GM
Ragger, Markus
2697 ½ – ½
23.2 GM
Berkes, Ferenc
2640 GM
Shengelia, David
2573 1 – 0
23.3 GM
Almasi, Zoltan
2684 IM
Kreisl, Robert
2448 1 – 0
23.4 IM
Gledura, Benjamin
2585 IM
Dragnev, Valentin
2430 1 – 0

From Gallery of Official Site

Mozambique

Chess Lady in the making

Baku Olympiad 2016 Rd1

Chessbase report on Rd1

Anna Rudolf is the reporter and team captains GM Polgar(HUN) and GM Papp(HUN) are interviewed in the CB video.

Here is another I found from Youtube.

OLM Baku 2016 Rd1(HUN)

Women

The team got off to a good start against the overmatched Albania team.

WGM Gara,Ticia(HUN)

Bo. 74
 

  Albania (ALB)

Rtg 8
 

  Hungary (HUN)

Rtg 0 : 4
9.1 WCM
Gjergji, Rozana
1947 IM
Lazarne Vajda, Szidonia
2372 0 – 1
9.2 WCM
Shabanaj, Eglantina
1932 WGM
Papp, Petra
2336 0 – 1
9.3 WFM
Shabanaj, Alda
1881 WGM
Gara, Ticia
2379 0 – 1
9.4 WCM
Tuzi, Bruna
1807 IM
Gara, Anita
2355 0 – 1

Open

Almasi gave up a draw in the only surprise for the match.

Bo. 10
 

  Hungary (HUN)

Rtg 97
 

  Japan (JPN)

Rtg 3½: ½
9.1 GM
Berkes, Ferenc
2640 IM
Kojima, Shinya
2398 1 – 0
9.2 GM
Almasi, Zoltan
2684 IM
Nanjo, Ryosuke
2340 ½ – ½
9.3 GM
Balogh, Csaba
2614
Averbukh, Alex
2223 1 – 0
9.4 IM
Gledura, Benjamin
2585 CM
Yamada, Kohei
2100 1 – 0

Malta

Romania playing Malta(red shirts). Board 4 on far right is Psaila,Clarence who just played in the Budapest Open as preparation.

Malta(left) in red playing Romania