Four nations chess challenge
Oslo – Norway, 15 – 17 February 2008
Report by http://www.chessdom.com/
Four Nations Chess Challenge will be a match between Norway, Sweden, England and Latvia in Oslo – Norway, 15 – 17 February 2008. It is a part of the preparation of the teams for the upcoming Chess Olympiad in Dresden 2008. For this reason the rate of play is 40 moves in 90 minutes and 30 minutes for the rest with 30 seconds increment per move.
The games will take place in Bridgesenteret, Oslo. All games from the Norway match and the top man and woman board (board 1 and 6) from the other match will be live on the internet. The other games will be available at Chessdom.com after every round. There will be live commentary at the playing venue by IM Torstein Bae. Entry is free and visitors are welcome.
England was the first to announce their team and today Mr. Dag Danielsen, Secretary General of the Norwegian Chess Federation, sent us the other teams together with the schedule.
Schedule
Round 1: Norway – Latvia, England – Sweden (start 17:00 CET)
Round 2: Norway – Sweden, England – Latvia (start 15:00 CET)
Round 3: Norway – England, Sweden – Latvia (start 10:00 CET)
Norway Chess team
1. GM Kjetil A. Lie 2556
2. GM Leif Erlend Johannessen 2521
3. GM Berge Ostenstad 2482
4. GM Rune Djurhuus 2452
5. IM Espen Lie 2428
Average rating men 2488
6. WIM Sheila B. Sahl 2227
7. WIM Ellen Hages�ther 2234
8. WFM Silje Bjerke 2162
9. Torill Skytte 1971
10. Yerazik Khachatourian 2044
Average rating women 2128
England chess team
1. GM Gawain Jones 2562
2. GM David Howell 2528
3. GM Peter Wells 2520
4. IM Stephen Gordon 2501
5. GM Stewart Haslinger 2495
Average rating men 2521
6. WGM Harriet Hunt 2457
7. WFM Sabrina Chevannes 2074
8. Kanwal Bhatia 2054
9. Sarah Hegarty 1974
10. Amisha Parmar 1995
Average rating women 2111
Sweden chess team
1. GM Emanuel Berg 2593
2. GM Tiger Hillarp-Persson 2567
3. GM Evgenij Agrest 2541
4. GM Jonny Hector 2520
5. GM Pontus Carlsson 2481
Average rating men 2540
6. GM Pia Cramling 2531
7. WIM Svetlana Agrest 2255
8. WIM Christin Andersson 2209
9. Inna Agrest 2121
10. Ellinor Frisk 2109
Average rating women 2245
Latvia chess team
1. GM Normunds Miezis 2553
2. GM Maris Krakops 2525
3. GM Evgeny Sveshnikov 2506
4. IM Arturs Neiksans 2470
5. Vitalijs Samolins 2444
Average rating men 2500
6. WGM Dana Reizniece 2309
7. WIM Ilze Berzina 2281
8. WIM Tatjana Voronova 2242
9. WFM Viktorija Ni 2132
10. WFM Renate Praude 2131
Average rating women 2219
Here is the full information.
What happened to Carlsen, Adams, etc?
I don’t know about Adams, but Carlsen is going to be playing in the Linares-Morelia tournament, which begins February 14 or 15.
In the chess olympiad there are the open and the women sections, in contrast to the men and women sections here. Pia should definitely take a place in the tougher men section to get a better preparation for the olympiad.