Day 2 at 44th Chess Olympiad 2022 has started with Conor Murphy winning against GM Tabatabaei from Iran and Tarun has drawn with IM Seyed Khalil of Iran while Alex and Tom gave their best against GM Maghsoodloo and GM Idani of Iran.
Team were looking Fabulous with the blazers sponsered by EiraHost an Irish IT Firm
Open Team has got the previlege of winning and drawing with GM and IM. Coming to womens team, Trisha drew with GM Hoang of Hungary and Alice drew with IM Lazarne of Hungary while Lara and Diana gave their best against WIM Gaal Zsoka and WIM Terbe Julianna of Hungary.
Team Results as on Day 2 of 44th chess Olympiad
Tarun analysed his own game against Mousavi Seyed Khalil from Iran. Here is a snippet.
[pgnv][Event “44th Chess Olympiad Open 2022”]
[Site “Chennai”]
[Date “2022.07.30”]
[Round “2.13”]
[White “Kanyamarala, Tarun”]
[Black “Mousavi, Seyed Khalil”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[WhiteElo “2379”]
[BlackElo “2537”]
[TimeControl “60”]
[Annotator “RC”]
[UTCDate “2022.07.30”]
[UTCTime “19:59:31”]
[Variant “Standard”]
[ECO “E20”]
[Opening “Nimzo-Indian Defense: Romanishin Variation”]
1. d4 { 4 I wasn’t expecting him last night. I was looking forward to play
against Daneshwar, because he recently became this year’s Iran Champion. So I
was looking forward for Irish Champion vs Iranian Champion duel. } 1… Nf6 { 18 } 2. c4 { 11 } 2… e6 { 0 } 3. Nc3 { 35 } 3… Bb4 { 47 } 4. g3! { Recently I had many nimzo games where I went e3. Seyed wasn’t really a Nimzo player, hence I thought playing something he probably not have prepared would be smart. } 4… O-O { 207 } 5. Bg2 { 23 } 5… d5 { 442 } 6. Nf3 { 0 } 6… c5?! { 258 I couldn’t
recollect my notes here } 7. cxd5 { 445 } 7… Nxd5? { 242 } (7… cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nxd5 9. Bd2 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bc5) 8. Bd2! { 75 } 8… Nxc3 { 678 Seyed was quite disapointed at this point
because he actually wanted to play cxd4 but that is not good for him } (8… cxd4 9. Nxd5! { He missed this } 9… Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 Qxd5 11. Qxd4! { White has a
small yet lasting advantage. }) 9. bxc3 { 213 } 9… Ba5 { 9 } 10. O-O { 76 } 10… Nc6 { 6 } 11. Rb1! { 0 I took quite some time here. Primarily a waiting move, however one
could say it puts pressure on b7. } (11. e4 b6 12. d5 exd5 13. exd5 Ne7 14. c4 Bxd2 15. Qxd2 Nf5 { I felt black is in the game here }) 11… Bb6 { 271 } 12. e3 { I got
With this robust structure, I only needed to bring my pieces to better squares to
secure a lasting advantage. My bishop needs to relocate to a3 and my knight to
c4 via d2 – this was my plan. } 12… Qe7 { 242 } (12… e5!? 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Re8 15. c4!? { I believe this
is strong. } 15… Rxe5 16. Bc3 Qxd1 17. Rfxd1 Re8 18. a4 { White can put alot of
pressure here. }) 13. Bc1 { 266 } 13… cxd4 { 911 } (13… e5 14. Ba3 { This pin is
nastly it freezes the central tension. }) 14. cxd4 { 303 } 14… Rd8 { 354 } (14… e5?! 15. Qa4) 15. Qb3 { 819 } 15… e5 { 349 } 16. Ba3 { 0 } 16… Qf6 { 50 } 17. dxe5 { 748 } (17. d5 Na5 18. Qb4 Bf5 19. e4 Bg4!) 17… Nxe5 { 6 } 18. Nxe5 { 15 } 18… Qxe5 { 5 } 19. Bb2 { 53 } 19… Qa5 { 331 } 20. Bc3 { 111 } 20… Qg5 { 5 } 21. h4 { 0 } 21… Qg6 { 125 } 22. Be5?! { 139 } { This move was the start of my downfall. } (22. Rbd1! Be6 23. Qb2 Bc4 24. Rfe1) 22… Be6 { 354 } 23. Qb5 { 139 } 23… Rac8 { 193 } 24. Rbd1 { 158 } 24… Qc2 { 296 } 25. Rxd8+ { 141 } 25… Rxd8 { 4 } 26. Bxb7 { 28 } 26… Bc4 { 294 } 27. Qb1 { 115 } (27. Qc6 Qe2 28. Rb1 (28. Rc1 Bxe3 29. fxe3 Qxe3+)) 27… Qd2 { 0 } 28. Re1 { 25 } 28… Bxa2 { 61 } 29. Qa1 { 21 } 29… f6 { 179 } 30. Bc3 { 10 } 30… Qc2 { 1 } 31. Rc1 { 45 Here I felt I
was stablizing } 31… Qb3 { 93 } 32. Qb2 { 49 } 32… Rd1+ { 0 } 33. Rxd1 { 43 } 33… Qxd1+ { 6 } 34. Kh2 { 18 } 34… Bd5 { 43 } 35. Qa1 { 24 } 35… Qf3 { 40 } 36. Bxd5+ { 22 } 36… Qxd5 { 4 } 37. Qa4 { 46 } 37… Kf7 { 0 } 38. Bb4 { 41 } 38… h5 { 46 } 39. Kg1 { 19 } 39… Kg8 { 131 } 40. Qe8+ { 27 } 40… Kh7 { 1 } 41. Bf8 { 184 } 41… Bc5 { 251 I didn’t see this move } 42. Bxc5 { 196 } 42… Qxc5 { 0 } 43. Qe4+ { 23 I was unsure if I would be able to draw. } 43… g6 { 100 } 44. Qe6! { 428 } 44… Qf8 { 162 } (44… Kg7 45. Qd7+ Kf8 (45… Kg8 46. Qe8+ Qf8 47. Qxg6+) (45… Kh6 46. Qf7) 46. Qh7 { this was my point }) 45. e4! { 100 The best way to defend was to
create a passed pawn } 45… Kg7 { 200 } 46. f4 { 300 } 46… Qc5+ { 77 } 47. Kg2 { 138 } 47… Qc2+ { 0 } 48. Kh3 { 135 } 48… Qf2 { 148 pretty much inviting a draw } 49. Qe7+ { 193 } 49… Kg8 { 60 } 50. Qe8+ { 11 } 50… Kg7 { 7 } 51. Qe7+ { 7 Conclusion: This was a big slip. I think playing
the normal Rbd1/fd1 would have kept the advantage. Nonetheless I happy that I
was able to handle timepressure and display good technique in the end to seal
a draw. } 1/2-1/2
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