Irish Team started their 3rd day of the Olympiad with birthday celebrations of Head of Delegation for the Irish Team – Nandita Kanyamarala (Development Officer – Irish Chess Union).
Both the teams have achieved amazing results on Day 3.
Open Team were on 4/4 against Ethiopia while Womens Team were at 3.5 over Japan.
Team Results as on Day 3 of 44th chess Olympiad
After amazing results by both the teams, the day ended with celebrating birthday of Nandita Kanyamarala for the 2nd time and it was organized by the Hotel Team and Olympiad volunteers, where the players are residing currently in chennai.
Its very impressive to see hospitality of the entire Team and Organizers.
Wishing the Best to both the Irish Teams.
Tarun analysed his own game against Gole Habtamu Ashenafi from Ethiopia. Here is a snippet.[44th Chess Olympiad Open 2022]: Kanyamarala, Tarun – Ashenafi
[pgnv][Event “44th Chess Olympiad Open 2022”]
[Site “Chennai”]
[Date “2022.07.31”]
[Round “3.40”]
[White “Kanyamarala, Tarun”]
[Black “Gole, Habtamu Ashenafi”]
[Result “1-0”]
[WhiteElo “2379”]
[BlackElo “2044”]
[TimeControl “60”]
[Annotator “Tarun”]
[UTCDate “2022.07.31”]
[UTCTime “19:51:54”]
[Variant “Standard”]
[ECO “D35”]
[Opening “Queen’s Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation, Positional Variation”]
1. d4 { 6 I didn’t prepare much because I didn’t have enough recent data of my
Habtamu’s game. } 1… Nf6 { 9 } 2. c4 { 12 } 2… e6 { 0 } 3. Nc3 { 14 } 3… d5 { 11 } 4. cxd5 { 52 I thought steering the game to positional waters would be a safer and a
wise decision. } 4… exd5 { 10 } 5. Bg5 { 11 } 5… Nbd7 { 41 } 6. e3 { 30 } (6. Nxd5?? { Hoping that I would fall into the famous elephant gambit trap. I’m not sure
why it is called elephant gambit, though? }) 6… c6 { 69 } 7. Bd3 { 18 } 7… Be7 { 54 } 8. h3!? { 166 Quite an interesting setup. This way different that the
traditional Nge2, f2-f3 stuff. } (8. Nge2 O-O 9. O-O h6 10. Bh4 Nh5 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Qd2) 8… O-O { 10 } 9. Qc2 { 22 } 9… h6 { 57 } 10. Bf4 { 17 The point! } 10… a6 { 176 I have never seen this idea before! Black intends to expand his queenside
space by pushing b7-b5; c6-c5-c4. } (10… Nh5 11. Bh2 { now we can see why h3 was played. }) 11. Nf3 { 0 } 11… c5 { 17 } 12. O-O { 663 } (12. O-O-O { I took a good 10min to decide If I wanted to castle long. After
thinking for a while, my final verdict was castling long could be dangerous. } 12… c4 (12… Nb6) (12… b5!?) 13. Bf5 b5 14. Ne5) (12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Bf5 { I didn’t really like this, but I don’t understand why didn’t play this exactly }) 12… b5 { 289 } 13. a3 { 765 just waiting } 13… Bb7 { 87 } 14. dxc5 { 461 } 14… Nxc5 { 0 } 15. Bf5 { 49 I was happy at this moment because I was able to open the center (dxc5)
without having to trade by light-squared bishop (as the bihsop on b7 not c8
black can’t trade withBxf5 anymore). } 15… Bd6 { 672 } 16. Bxd6 { 73 } 16… Qxd6 { 2 } 17. Rfd1 { 133 Here I think my technique was a bit sloppy } (17. Rac1 { this would have
been accurate because it forces black’s knight on c5 to move away. }) 17… Qe7 { 123 } 18. Rac1 { 438 } 18… g6 { 140 I missed this } 19. Bd3 { 452 } (19. Bxg6 fxg6 20. Qxg6+ Qg7) 19… Rac8 { 0 } 20. Be2!? { 364 The start of the devilsh trap. I
calculated a queen sac line } 20… Nfe4 { 366 } (20… Nce4) 21. Nxd5 { 761 } (21. Na2 { for a long time I was wondering I can’t I play this but then…. } 21… Nxf2! 22. Kxf2 Ne4+! { discovery attack! }) 21… Bxd5 { 529 } 22. Rxd5 { 9 } 22… Nb3! { 42 } 23. Qxc8 { 18 } 23… Rxc8 { 14 } 24. Rxc8+ { 9 } 24… Kg7 { 0 } 25. Rdd8 { 153 } 25… Nf6 { 161 } 26. Ra8 { 266 } 26… Nc5 { 602 } 27. Rdc8 { 290 } 27… Qb7 { 976 } 28. Nd4 { 146 } 28… Na4 { 502 } 29. Bf3 { 248 } 29… Qe7 { 0 } 30. Rxa6 { 203 } 30… Nxb2 { 26 } 31. Rb8 { 75 } 31… Qc5 { 568 } 32. Rb7 { 90 } 32… Qc1+ { 12 } 33. Kh2 { 11 } 33… g5 { 145 } 34. Bh5!! { 234 } 34… Ng8 { 0 } (34… Nxh5 35. Nf5+ Kf8 (35… Kg8 36. Rb8+ Kh7 37. Rxh6#) 36. Ra8+) 35. Rxf7+ { 31 } 35… Kh8 { 3 } 36. Bg6 { 54 } { Conclusion: It was a good game overall. I spiced things up with queen sac, which I am proud of! } 1-0
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