Russia’s big advantage in the Open section melted in one day as they went down against USA, allowing three other teams to catch up on the shared first place. Alex Onischuk and Sergey Karjakin made a relatively quick draw and then Dmitry Jakovenko outplayed the young Ray Robson. But USA prevailed on the top two […]
China continues to lead after 9 rounds
Top teams after 9 rounds Rk. SNo Team Team Games + = – TB1 TB2 TB3 TB4 1 1 China CHN 9 7 2 0 16 287.0 27.0 102.00 2 2 Russia RUS 9 6 3 0 15 266.5 25.5 102.00 3 4 Ukraine UKR 9 5 4 0 14 266.0 24.5 103.00 4 22 […]
4-way tie for 1st after Russia collapased against the US
Standings after 9 rounds Rk. SNo Team Team Games + = – TB1 TB2 TB3 TB4 1 6 China CHN 9 7 1 1 15 272.0 26.0 100.00 2 1 Russia RUS 9 7 1 1 15 268.5 23.0 107.00 3 3 Armenia ARM 9 7 1 1 15 258.5 23.5 104.00 4 5 United […]
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We have received both appreciation and expressed concern regarding an individual who is not accredited as journalist or as a guest to the Olympiad venue. First, the mentioned person is not a journalist. Second, we do not want to turn a blind eye, even to those present as guests, who attempt to improperly influence the […]
Liem continues to shine at the Chess Olympiad
Quang Liem continues to shine in 8th round of World Chess (VOV) – The Vietnamese men’s chess team has advanced 11 places to 23rd position in the 2012 World Chess Olympiad in Turkey, with Le Quang Liem outclassing Turkish rival Grand Master Dragan Solak on September 6. Women chess team remains its 7th place In […]
Baku bids for Chess Olympiad 2016
Azerbaijan World Chess Cup and Olympiad to be discussed in IstanbulAzerbaijan, Baku, Sept. 6 / Trend M. Aliyev / Holding of the Chess World Cup and Chess Olympiad in Azerbaijan will be discussed in Turkey. On September 7-8, in Istanbul at the General Assembly of the International Chess Federation a presentation and speech in relation […]
Photos from 2012 Istanbul Chess Olympiad
Amazing to see 3 Webster University students on the top 3 tables at the Chess Olympiad in round 9! Robson (USA – table 1), Wesley So (Philippines – table 2), Georg Meier (Germany – table 3)! Hoyos (Mexico) is also doing extremely on board 1 for Mexico! Photos from the Istanbul Chess Olympiad 2012: https://picasaweb.google.com/116302832360230031699/IstanbulChessOlympiad […]
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Istanbul Olympiad Chess Tactic
White to move. Is this a win or draw? How should white proceed? Source: ChessToday.net Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar