Since many of you have asked about the issue of the importance of a captain in the Olympiad, this post will be dedicated to this topic. 1. A good captain MUST know his / her players. This includes personalities,...
France versus USA
US board 1 IM Anna Zatonskih Round 10 Pairings:Women’s Olympiad: Ukraine 21 – 19 GeorgiaRussia 20½ – 18½ BulgariaArmenia 18 – 18½ ChinaFrance 17½ – 17½ USACroatia 17 – 17½ Romania Overall Olympiad: Armenia 26½ – 25½ ChinaFrance 24...
Ukraine – Armenia lead the Olympiad
IM Krush, US top performer in the 2006 OlympiadStandings after 9 rounds (women) Standing – Rank – Country – Points 1 2 Ukraine UKR 21.02 1 Russia RUS 20.53 3 Georgia GEO 19.04 6 China CHN 18.55 10 Bulgaria...
US Women lost – US men tied in round 9
Gata Kamsky won again! Onischuk held the fort with the Black pieces. Nakamura is in the middle of a complicated endgame and it looks like Okobian is losing. This match may result in a 2-2 tie and this is...
Miscellaneous Olympiad Items
Feel free to post any interesting Olympiad story that you know, especially this Olympiad.Top Olympiad Peformers after 8 rounds:Women’s Section:1 IM Kosintseva, Tatiana 2489 Russia 2665 (According to Kasparov, Tatiana is the most talented young Russian female player)2 IM...
Crucial round 9 board matchups
#7 USA [21.5 points] vs. #20 Czech Republic [21 points] (Overall) 4.1 GM Kamsky Gata 2671 – GM Navara David 26584.2 GM Onischuk Alexander 2650 – GM Hracek Zbynek 25934.3 GM Nakamura Hikaru 2664 – GM Laznicka Viktor 25514.4...
Fight Chess Award
After 8 rounds (3 games per round X 8 rounds), the women’s teams from Turkmenistan and Lithuania have a total of 0 draw. That is a combine 48 games by these two teams with all decisive results! What fighting...
Important Endgame Practice
This was the game between GM LB Hansen (Denmark) and GM H. Nakamura earlier today. For some strange reasons, White chose to go for a safe draw with 48. Bxg3. White is clearly better and should have gone for...
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Photo courtesy of ChessBase From left to right: F. Campomanes, B. Kok and K. Ilyumzhinov. This picture was taken at the Olympiad in Turin, Italy. Bessel and Kirsan are engaged in a bitter election for the Presidency of FIDE....