Category Archives: Istanbul Olympiad 2012
GM Hoang at the Istanbul Olympiad 2012
GM Hoang led the Hungarian Womens Team at the recent Olympiad. 12th seeded Hungary finished 17th.
Bo. Name Rtg FED Pts. Games Rp
1 GM Hoang Thanh Trang 2464 HUN 6.0 10 2476
2 WGM Gara Ticia 2385 HUN 6.5 10 2320
3 WGM Rudolf Anna 2289 HUN 5.0 8 2231
4 IM Gara Anita 2306 HUN 3.5 7 2144
5 WGM Papp Petra 2302 HUN 6.5 9 2226
Rk. SNo Team Team Games + = – TB1 TB2 TB3 TB4
1 2 Russia RUS 11 8 3 0 19 450.0 33.0 155.00
2 1 China CHN 11 8 3 0 19 416.0 31.5 154.00
3 4 Ukraine UKR 11 7 4 0 18 408.5 30.5 154.00
4 6 India IND 11 8 1 2 17 336.0 28.0 148.00
5 10 Romania ROU 11 8 0 3 16 313.5 28.5 129.00
6 8 Armenia ARM 11 8 0 3 16 313.0 26.5 140.00
7 14 France FRA 11 7 1 3 15 347.5 29.0 147.00
8 3 Georgia GEO 11 6 3 2 15 344.0 28.5 144.00
9 26 Iran IRI 11 7 1 3 15 339.0 31.0 132.00
10 5 United States USA 11 6 3 2 15 326.0 29.5 133.00
11 9 Germany GER 11 7 1 3 15 316.0 27.0 144.00
12 22 Kazakhstan KAZ 11 6 3 2 15 309.0 27.0 138.00
13 21 Mongolia MGL 11 7 1 3 15 308.0 28.0 134.00
14 36 Belarus BLR 11 6 3 2 15 292.0 28.5 121.00
15 7 Poland POL 11 6 2 3 14 336.5 27.5 151.00
16 13 Bulgaria BUL 11 6 2 3 14 316.5 27.5 136.00
17 12 Hungary HUN 11 6 2 3 14 303.0 27.5 129.00
Here is a nice positional game
Hoang Thanh Trang (2464) – Pham Le Thao Nguyen (2393) [D23]
40th Olympiad Women Istanbul TUR (2.18), 29.08.2012
This game can be examined under the following themes
- Space advantage
- Bishop pair
- Infiltration
- Open file
Critical Position 1
Black is suffering from a lack of space and is slowly getting squeezed. How to continue? Is there a tactic?
White to play
Critical Position 2
White has made some progress. Black has an isolated pawn, White has increased the space advantage on the kingside and is pressing on the d-file. But what is next? More slow building? Is there a tactical blow?
White to Play