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Baku OLM 2016 Rd10

Sep 12

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Ukraine

Ukraine

Russia-Georgia

Russia-Georgia

Women

IM Gara, Anita won the only decisive game as Hungary narrowly beat France.

Bo. 23
 

  France (FRA)

 Rtg – 8
 

  Hungary (HUN)

 Rtg 1½:2½
6.1 IM
Milliet, Sophie
2362 – GM
Hoang, Thanh Trang
2467 ½ – ½
6.2 IM
Collas, Silvia
2301 – IM
Lazarne Vajda, Szidonia
2372 ½ – ½
6.3 WGM
Maisuradze, Nino
2256 – WGM
Gara, Ticia
2379 ½ – ½
6.4 WIM
Navrotescu, Andreea-Cristiana
2235 – IM
Gara, Anita
2355 0 – 1

Rank after Round 10 – Women

Hungary is doing nicely at 6th and will play Poland next round.

Rk. SNo Team Team Games   +   =   –  TB1  TB2  TB3  TB4
1 1 China CHN 10 8 2 0 18 316,5 28,5 118,00
2 3 Russia RUS 10 7 2 1 16 317,0 27,5 124,00
3 7 Poland POL 10 7 1 2 15 333,0 29,5 123,00
4 2 Ukraine UKR 10 6 3 1 15 332,0 27,5 131,00
5 5 India IND 10 6 3 1 15 290,5 26,0 120,00
6 8   Hungary HUN 10 6 3 1 15 281,5 25,5 119,00
7 6 United States of America USA 10 7 1 2 15 274,5 25,0 121,00
8 9 Bulgaria BUL 10 6 3 1 15 261,5 26,0 109,00
9 19 Vietnam VIE 10 6 2 2 14 268,0 25,0 120,00
10 15 Mongolia MGL 10 6 2 2 14 262,5 26,5 107,00
11 16 Azerbaijan 1 AZE 10 6 2 2 14 243,5 22,5 124,00
12 21 Netherlands NED 10 7 0 3 14 237,0 22,5 115,00
13 66 Malaysia MAS 10 6 2 2 14 235,0 26,5 97,00
14 18 Israel ISR 10 6 2 2 14 226,5 23,5 109,00
15 35 Austria AUT 10 6 2 2 14 216,0 22,5 103,00
16 4 Georgia GEO 10 6 1 3 13 288,5 27,5 115,00
17 13 Iran IRI 10 6 1 3 13 274,0 27,5 107,00
18 27 Serbia SRB 10 6 1 3 13 271,0 26,0 113,00
19 10 Germany GER 10 5 3 2 13 263,5 24,5 118,00
20 23 France FRA 10 6 1 3 13 256,0 26,0 110,00
21 28 Azerbaijan 2 AZE2 10 5 3 2 13 251,5 25,0 108,00
22 12 Lithuania LTU 10 6 1 3 13 249,5 26,0 107,00
23 46 Philippines PHI 10 6 1 3 13 249,5 25,0 111,00
24 34 Croatia CRO 10 6 1 3 13 239,5 25,5 102,00
25 36 Belarus BLR 10 6 1 3 13 239,0 25,5 104,00
26 26 Argentina ARG 10 5 3 2 13 232,0 23,5 107,00
27 31 Kazakhstan KAZ 10 6 1 3 13 223,0 21,5 118,00
28 24 Cuba CUB 10 6 1 3 13 216,0 22,5 103,00

Open

GM Balogh, Csaba came through with the only win as Hungary beat Holland.

Bo. 10
 

  Hungary (HUN)

 Rtg – 11
 

  Netherlands (NED)

 Rtg 2½:1½
12.1 GM
Berkes, Ferenc
2640 – GM
Giri, Anish
2755 ½ – ½
12.2 GM
Almasi, Zoltan
2684 – GM
L’Ami, Erwin
2611 ½ – ½
12.3 GM
Balogh, Csaba
2614 – GM
Van Wely, Loek
2674 1 – 0
12.4 IM
Gledura, Benjamin
2585 – GM
Van Kampen, Robin
2640 ½ – ½
Team Georgia

Team Georgia

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Baku OLM 2016 Rd9

Sep 11

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Standings

USA leads the Open while China leads the Women’s Section.

42nd Olympiad Baku 2016 Open
Rank after Round 9
Rk. Name FED Rtg Pts.  TB1 Rp
1 United States of America USA 2765 26,5 16 0
2 Ukraine UKR 2704 24,5 16 0
3 Russia RUS 2768 27,0 15 0
4 Georgia GEO 2613 23,5 14 0
5 Czech Republic CZE 2631 22,0 14 0
42nd Olympiad Baku 2016 Women
Rank after Round 9
Rk. Name FED Rtg Pts.  TB1 Rp
1 China CHN 2560 26,0 16 0
2 Poland POL 2405 28,0 15 0
3 Ukraine UKR 2505 25,5 14 0
4 Russia RUS 2504 25,0 14 0
5 India IND 2433 24,0 14 0

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Slovenia-South Africa

Slovenia-South Africa

Women

Hungary tied Bulgaria in a tough match.

WGM Papp, Petra continues her solid play.

Bo. 8
 

  Hungary (HUN)

 Rtg – 9
 

  Bulgaria (BUL)

 Rtg 2 : 2
6.1 GM
Hoang, Thanh Trang
2467 – GM
Stefanova, Antoaneta
2515 ½ – ½
6.2 IM
Lazarne Vajda, Szidonia
2372 – WGM
Nikolova, Adriana
2358 ½ – ½
6.3 WGM
Papp, Petra
2336 – WIM
Raeva, Elitsa
2232 ½ – ½
6.4 IM
Gara, Anita
2355 – WGM
Voiska, Margarita
2290 ½ – ½

Open

Hungary lost but Almasi continues to win.

Bo. 10
 

  Hungary (HUN)

 Rtg – 20
 

  Georgia (GEO)

 Rtg 1½:2½
7.1 GM
Rapport, Richard
2752 – GM
Jobava, Baadur
2665 0 – 1
7.2 GM
Berkes, Ferenc
2640 – GM
Mchedlishvili, Mikheil
2609 0 – 1
7.3 GM
Almasi, Zoltan
2684 – GM
Gelashvili, Tamaz
2575 1 – 0
7.4 GM
Balogh, Csaba
2614 – GM
Sanikidze, Tornike
2497 ½ – ½
China-USA

China-USA

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Baku OLM 2016 Rd8

Sep 10

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Both Hungarian teams had a great round.

Women

Lazarne Vajda beat GM Muzychuk, Mariya as the ladies tied the strong Ukraine team.

The Muzychuk sisters of UKR

The Muzychuk sisters of UKR

 

Bo. 8
 

  Hungary (HUN)

 Rtg – 2
 

  Ukraine (UKR)

 Rtg 2 : 2
3.1 GM
Hoang, Thanh Trang
2467 – GM
Muzychuk, Anna
2550 ½ – ½
3.2 IM
Lazarne Vajda, Szidonia
2372 – GM
Muzychuk, Mariya
2539 1 – 0
3.3 WGM
Papp, Petra
2336 – GM
Zhukova, Natalia
2475 ½ – ½
3.4 WGM
Gara, Ticia
2379 – IM
Gaponenko, Inna
2416 0 – 1

Open

GM Almasi, Zoltan won as the men beat China

Bo. 3
 

  China (CHN)

 Rtg – 10
 

  Hungary (HUN)

 Rtg 1½:2½
10.1 GM
Ding, Liren
2753 – GM
Rapport, Richard
2752 ½ – ½
10.2 GM
Yu, Yangyi
2725 – GM
Berkes, Ferenc
2640 ½ – ½
10.3 GM
Li, Chao b
2746 – GM
Almasi, Zoltan
2684 0 – 1
10.4 GM
Wei, Yi
2717 – IM
Gledura, Benjamin
2585 ½ – ½
Mexico team

Mexico team

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Baku OLM 2016 Rd7

Sep 9

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Yuan and Botez,A from team Canada

Yuan and Botez,A from team Canada

Women

The ladies won.

Tomorrow they will play Ukraine.

Bo. 46
 

  Philippines (PHI)

 Rtg – 8
 

  Hungary (HUN)

 Rtg 1 : 3
8.1 WIM
Frayna, Janelle Mae
2281 – GM
Hoang, Thanh Trang
2467 0 – 1
8.2 WIM
Fronda, Jan Jodilyn
2128 – IM
Lazarne Vajda, Szidonia
2372 1 – 0
8.3
Bernales, Christy Lamiel
2065 – WGM
Gara, Ticia
2379 0 – 1
8.4 WIM
Secopito, Catherine
2119 – IM
Gara, Anita
2355 0 – 1

Open

The men won convincingly but Rapport lost to Pelletier.

Bo. 10
 

  Hungary (HUN)

 Rtg – 48
 

  Switzerland (SUI)

 Rtg 3 : 1
15.1 GM
Rapport, Richard
2752 – GM
Pelletier, Yannick
2555 0 – 1
15.2 GM
Berkes, Ferenc
2640 – GM
Bogner, Sebastian
2559 1 – 0
15.3 GM
Almasi, Zoltan
2684 – IM
Georgiadis, Nico
2475 1 – 0
15.4 GM
Balogh, Csaba
2614 – IM
Studer, Noel
2445 1 – 0
Germany

Germany

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Baku OLM 2016 Rd6

Sep 8

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Women

Hungary drew 2-2 but I thought for sure the match was won as Gara,A had a massive attack in the middlegame but had to hang on for a draw.

KAZ(right) vs HUN(left)

KAZ(right) vs HUN(left)

 

Bo. 31
 

  Kazakhstan (KAZ)

 Rtg – 8
 

  Hungary (HUN)

 Rtg 2 : 2
3.1 WGM
Abdumalik, Zhansaya
2389 – GM
Hoang, Thanh Trang
2467 ½ – ½
3.2 WIM
Dauletova, Gulmira
2275 – IM
Lazarne Vajda, Szidonia
2372 ½ – ½
3.3 WFM
Zhylkaidarova, Sholpan
2162 – WGM
Papp, Petra
2336 ½ – ½
3.4
Mukhit, Aisezym
2065 – IM
Gara, Anita
2355 ½ – ½

Open

Hungary crushed Uruguay 4-0.

Bo. 73
 

  Uruguay (URU)

 Rtg – 10
 

  Hungary (HUN)

 Rtg 0 : 4
21.1 GM
Rodriguez Vila, Andres
2453 – GM
Rapport, Richard
2752 0 – 1
21.2 IM
Rodi, Luis Ernesto
2340 – GM
Berkes, Ferenc
2640 0 – 1
21.3 FM
Larrea, Manuel
2279 – GM
Balogh, Csaba
2614 0 – 1
21.4 IM
Coppola, Claudio
2230 – IM
Gledura, Benjamin
2585 0 – 1

Canada

Hansen won to give Canada a narrow win 2.5-1.5

Canada vs Belarus

Canada vs Belarus

 

Bo. 25
 

  Canada (CAN)

 Rtg – 23
 

  Belarus (BLR)

 Rtg 2½:1½
5.1 GM
Bareev, Evgeny
2675 – GM
Zhigalko, Sergei
2652 ½ – ½
5.2 GM
Kovalyov, Anton
2617 – GM
Kovalev, Vladislav
2599 ½ – ½
5.3 GM
Hansen, Eric
2582 – GM
Zhigalko, Andrey
2591 1 – 0
5.4 IM
Krnan, Tomas
2430 – GM
Aleksandrov, Aleksej
2547 ½ – ½

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Dynamic Decision Making in Chess(and More)

Sep 7

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Dynamic Decision Making in Chess

Christmas came early and now I can die happy (or happier depending on your point of view).

 

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Quality Chess clearly took a lot of trouble to make an excellent book but their PDF excerpt falls a bit short as a marketing tool.

There is a well hidden recipe for strawberry jam at the back.

Here is a quick look.

Chapter One-Minsk 1979

Geller is featured prominently.

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Ch1 Minsk 1979

Chapter Two Petrosian

The Petrosian chess school is described among many other things.

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Ch2 Petrosian

And Much More

In Chapter Three the reader is asked to think a bit.

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Ch3 Tactics at the top level

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Ch4 The Nature of Tactical Mistakes at the Top Level

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Ch5 Compensation

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Ch6 Time

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Ch7 Dynamic Masterpieces

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Ch8 Dynamic Defence

There is a special Appendix with interesting recipes.

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Appendix Borenka will Remember!

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Stuffed fish recipe

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Belorussian Style Village style Lunch and Strawberry Jam recipe

Something About Openings

These are important too but much less exiting than the Gelfand book.

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Baku OLM 2016 Rd5

Sep 6

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Tomorrow is a rest day.

Women

Hungary scored a narrow win as Vajda suffered an upset loss to Agrest.

Bo. 8
 

  Hungary (HUN)

 Rtg – 43
 

  Sweden (SWE)

 Rtg 2½:1½
10.1 GM
Hoang, Thanh Trang
2467 – GM
Cramling, Pia
2444 ½ – ½
10.2 IM
Lazarne Vajda, Szidonia
2372 – WIM
Agrest, Inna
2222 0 – 1
10.3 WGM
Papp, Petra
2336 –
Bengtsson, Jessica
2005 1 – 0
10.4 WGM
Gara, Ticia
2379 –
Cramling Bellon, Anna
1913 1 – 0

Open

Latvia got the upset win as Rapport and Berkes both lost. Balogh came through with the lone win.

Latvia(left) vs Hungary(right). Balogh,Cs on the far right. Photo from official site gallery

Latvia(left) vs Hungary(right). Balogh,Cs on the far right. Photo from official site gallery

Bo. 21
 

  Latvia (LAT)

 Rtg – 10
 

  Hungary (HUN)

 Rtg 2½:1½
11.1 GM
Shirov, Alexei
2673 – GM
Rapport, Richard
2752 1 – 0
11.2 GM
Kovalenko, Igor
2651 – GM
Berkes, Ferenc
2640 1 – 0
11.3 GM
Neiksans, Arturs
2628 – GM
Almasi, Zoltan
2684 ½ – ½
11.4 IM
Sveshnikov, Vladimir
2404 – GM
Balogh, Csaba
2614 0 – 1

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Baku OLM 2016 Rd4

Sep 5

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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

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Baku OLM 2016 Rd3

Sep 4

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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

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

Hungary(left) playing Turkey(right)

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Baku Olympiad 2016 Rd2

Sep 3

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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

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Mozambique

Chess Lady in the making

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