Open team gained a spectacular win over Zimbabwe (3-1)
Day 5 of the Irish team started with a miracle win as women’s team won on Tajikistan (4-0)
Team Results as on Day 5 of 44th chess Olympiad
Tarun Analysis on Day 5
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[Event “WCO”]
[Site “Chennai, India”]
[Date “2022.08.02”]
[Round “5.34”]
[White “Baburin Alexander”]
[Black “Makoto Rodwell”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[WhiteElo “2400”]
[BlackElo “2346”]
[UTCDate “2022.08.02”]
[UTCTime “16:21:01”]
[Variant “Standard”]
[ECO “E69”]
[Opening “King’s Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Classical Main Line”]
[Annotator “https://lichess.org/@/Dr-Tarun007”]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 { Alex plays his usual fianchetto systems. } 4… O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 c6 8. e4 e5 9. h3 Re8 10. b3 { suprisingly
this scores exceeding well – there is always something to learn from Alex! } (10. Be3 { I believe this is the book move } 10… exd4 11. Nxd4 Nc5 12. Qc2 Qe7 { this might have worried alex } 13. Rfe1) 10… exd4 11. Nxd4 Nc5 12. Re1 a5 13. Rb1 { It’s good idea to move the rook away from the long a1-h8 diagonal,
because potentially it could be vicitim to some tactical tricks } 13… Qe7 14. Bf4 Nfd7 { A typical idea. Black reroutes the knight to e5 to attack white’s light
squares } 15. Be3 Ne5 16. Re2 (16. Qc2 Ncd3) 16… Ne6 { I think black lost the
track here. The knight on c5 well placed on c5. } 17. f4 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 c5 { This seriously weakens the d5-square and d6 is a long-term weakness } 19. Nd5 Qd8 20. Bc3 Nc6 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 { Though one could argue that, in return black
has also gain the outpost on d4 by pushing c7-c5, however there is huge
difference. The difference is that black doesn’t have a dark-squared bishop to
guard the d4-square which means if black lands the knight on d4 White could
give an exchange sac on d4 } 22. f5 { This looks premature. Maybe bring the
b1-rook to the king side was better } (22. Rd2 { Maybe I would
have gone like this } 22… Nd4 23. Rxd4 cxd4 24. Qxd4+ { this is better for white }) 22… gxf5 23. Rf2 Re5 24. Qh5 f4 25. Qf3 Nd4 26. Qxf4 { now the e5- and d4-
squares are rock solid } 26… Be6 27. Rbf1 Qg5 28. Nc7 Rf8 { Black pretty much
equalized } 29. Nb5 Nxb5 30. cxb5 c4 31. bxc4 Bxc4 32. Rc1 Bxb5 33. Rc7 Qxf4 34. gxf4 Rc5 35. Rxb7 Re8 36. Rb6 Bd3 37. Rxd6 Bxe4 38. Re2 Rc2 39. Rxc2 Bxc2 40. Ra6 a4 41. Kf2 Rd8 42. Bf1 { Conclusion: Alex played nice prophylactic move in
opening which kept his opponent from getting counter play, however after
securing a everlasting outpost on d5, attacking immediately wasn’t the best. } 1/2-1/2
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[Event “WCO”]
[Site “Chennai, India”]
[Date “2022.08.02”]
[Round “5.34”]
[White “Baburin Alexander”]
[Black “Makoto Rodwell”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[WhiteElo “2400”]
[BlackElo “2346”]
[UTCDate “2022.08.02”]
[UTCTime “16:21:01”]
[Variant “Standard”]
[ECO “E69”]
[Opening “King’s Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Classical Main Line”]
[Annotator “https://lichess.org/@/Dr-Tarun007”]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 { Alex plays his usual fianchetto systems. } 4… O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 c6 8. e4 e5 9. h3 Re8 10. b3 { suprisingly
this scores exceeding well – there is always something to learn from Alex! } (10. Be3 { I believe this is the book move } 10… exd4 11. Nxd4 Nc5 12. Qc2 Qe7 { this might have worried alex } 13. Rfe1) 10… exd4 11. Nxd4 Nc5 12. Re1 a5 13. Rb1 { It’s good idea to move the rook away from the long a1-h8 diagonal,
because potentially it could be vicitim to some tactical tricks } 13… Qe7 14. Bf4 Nfd7 { A typical idea. Black reroutes the knight to e5 to attack white’s light
squares } 15. Be3 Ne5 16. Re2 (16. Qc2 Ncd3) 16… Ne6 { I think black lost the
track here. The knight on c5 well placed on c5. } 17. f4 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 c5 { This seriously weakens the d5-square and d6 is a long-term weakness } 19. Nd5 Qd8 20. Bc3 Nc6 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 { Though one could argue that, in return black
has also gain the outpost on d4 by pushing c7-c5, however there is huge
difference. The difference is that black doesn’t have a dark-squared bishop to
guard the d4-square which means if black lands the knight on d4 White could
give an exchange sac on d4 } 22. f5 { This looks premature. Maybe bring the
b1-rook to the king side was better } (22. Rd2 { Maybe I would
have gone like this } 22… Nd4 23. Rxd4 cxd4 24. Qxd4+ { this is better for white }) 22… gxf5 23. Rf2 Re5 24. Qh5 f4 25. Qf3 Nd4 26. Qxf4 { now the e5- and d4-
squares are rock solid } 26… Be6 27. Rbf1 Qg5 28. Nc7 Rf8 { Black pretty much
equalized } 29. Nb5 Nxb5 30. cxb5 c4 31. bxc4 Bxc4 32. Rc1 Bxb5 33. Rc7 Qxf4 34. gxf4 Rc5 35. Rxb7 Re8 36. Rb6 Bd3 37. Rxd6 Bxe4 38. Re2 Rc2 39. Rxc2 Bxc2 40. Ra6 a4 41. Kf2 Rd8 42. Bf1 { Conclusion: Alex played nice prophylactic move in
opening which kept his opponent from getting counter play, however after
securing a everlasting outpost on d5, attacking immediately wasn’t the best. } 1/2-1/2
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[Event “WCO”]
[Site “Chennai, India”]
[Date “2022.08.02”]
[Round “5.34”]
[White “Mushore Emarald Takudzwa”]
[Black “Murphy Conor E”]
[Result “0-1”]
[WhiteElo “2153”]
[BlackElo “2404”]
[UTCDate “2022.08.02”]
[UTCTime “16:32:46”]
[Variant “Standard”]
[ECO “C53”]
[Opening “Italian Game: Classical Variation, Giuoco Pianissimo”]
[Annotator “https://lichess.org/@/Dr-Tarun007”]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 a6 6. O-O d6 7. Bb3 Ba7 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. h3 h6 { Normal Italian stuff } 10. Re1 Re8 11. Nf1 Be6 12. Bc2 d5 13. exd5 Bxd5 14. Ng3 Re6 15. Qe2 Qd7 16. Be3 Nd4 17. Bxd4 exd4 18. Qd1 Rxe1+ 19. Nxe1 Re8 20. c4 Be6 21. Nf3 c5 22. Nd2 Bb8 23. Qf3 Bxg3 24. Qxg3 Bf5 25. Qf3 Bg6 26. Rd1 Bh5 27. g4 Nxg4 28. Ne4 Rxe4 29. dxe4 Nf6 30. Qf4 Bxd1 31. Bxd1 Qe6 32. Bf3 g5 33. Qb8+ Kg7 34. e5 Nd7 35. Qxb7 Nxe5 36. Bd5 Qxh3 37. Bg2 Qe6 { A nice game
smooth game! It is too good to comment on! Well done, Conor! } 0-1
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[Event “WCO”]
[Site “Chennai, India”]
[Date “2022.08.02”]
[Round “5.34”]
[White “O`Gorman Tom”]
[Black “Zhemba Jemusse”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[WhiteElo “2401”]
[BlackElo “2162”]
[UTCDate “2022.08.02”]
[UTCTime “17:37:15”]
[Variant “Standard”]
[ECO “C88”]
[Opening “Ruy Lopez: Closed”]
[Annotator “https://lichess.org/@/Dr-Tarun007”]
{ After playing 3 black’s in a row, finally Tom get’s to play white. }
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3 { Anti-marshall } 8… Bb7 9. d3 Re8 10. Nc3 h6 11. a4 b4 12. Nd5 Bf8 13. c3 Rb8 14. a5 d6 15. Bd2 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 Nxa5 17. cxb4 (17. Rxa5 c6 18. Bxf7+ Kxf7 19. cxb4 { Engine says it’s +2 but giving up the bishop pair, is not everyone’s cup of
tea. }) 17… Nc6 18. Qa4 { White may have double pawn, but in return white to
semi-open files on c- and e-. } 18… Na7 19. Bxb7 Rxb7 20. Qxa6 { White is a pawn up } 20… Qb8 21. Rec1 Nb5 22. Qc6 Rb6 23. Qc4 Qc8 24. Be3 Rb8 25. Nd2 (25. Ra4) (25. Ra5!? { Why not attack with a tempo } 25… Qd7 (25… Qb7 26. Ra4! Qc8 27. Qd5 { white is slowly penetrating }) 26. Qd5 { I am not sure if this is works, but it
looks promising }) 25… Re6 26. Nb1 Rg6 27. Kh2 d5 { Black gives up another
pawn. This time to open up the bishop } 28. exd5 Bd6 29. Kh1 Nd4 { Black looks
like he made something out of nothing. Probably this hints that the knight
manoeuvre was reason for this } 30. Ra4 Qf5 31. Bxd4?? (31. Nd2!) 31… exd4 32. Qxd4 Rxg2?? (32… Qg5!! 33. Rg1 Re8 { Shockingly Black is winning, Qxg2 is huge }) 33. Kxg2 Qg5+ 34. Qg4 Qxc1 35. Nc3 Qxb2 36. Ne4 Qb3 37. Ra7 Qxd5 38. Qf3 Qd4 39. Ra5 Bxb4 40. Rd5 Qa1 { Dust is settled but there was a long game ahead } 41. Rd7 Rf8 42. Rxc7 Qe5 43. Rd7 f5 44. Ng3 Bd6 45. d4 Qe6 46. Qb7 Rf7 47. Rxf7 Qxf7 48. Qxf7+ Kxf7 49. Nxf5 Bf8 50. Kf3 g6 51. Ne3 Ke6 52. Ke4 Bb4 53. Ng4 h5 54. Ne5 Kf6 55. f3 Bc3 56. Nd3 Kg5 57. Nf4 Kh4 58. Nxg6+ Kxh3 59. f4 Kg4 60. f5 h4 61. Ne5+ Kh5 62. f6 h3 63. f7 Bb4 64. Kf3 Kh6 65. Nc6 h2 66. Kg2 Bd6 67. Nd8 Kg7 68. d5 Be7 69. Nc6 Bd6 70. Nd8 Be7 71. Nb7 Kxf7 72. d6 h1=Q+ 73. Kxh1 Bxd6 74. Nxd6+ Kf8 { 1/2-1/2 The game is a draw. } 1/2-1/2
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[Event “WCO”]
[Site “Chennai, India”]
[Date “2022.08.02”]
[Round “5.34”]
[White “Mwadzura Roy”]
[Black “Heidenfeld Mark”]
[Result “0-1”]
[WhiteElo “2093”]
[BlackElo “2355”]
[UTCDate “2022.08.02”]
[UTCTime “17:44:49”]
[Variant “Standard”]
[ECO “C50”]
[Opening “Italian Game: Hungarian Defense”]
[Annotator “https://lichess.org/@/Dr-Tarun007”]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Be7?! { Seems Mark didn’t want to face any sharp
stuff } (3… Nf6 4. Ng5) (3… Bc5 4. d4 (4. b4 { this could be annoying if not
prepared for this lines. })) 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 d6 7. Bb3 Na5 (7… Kh8 8. O-O Ng8 { with f7-f5-f4 attack }) 8. Bc2 c5 9. h3 Re8 10. O-O Bf8 11. Re1 h6 12. Nf1 Nc6 13. d4 cxd4 14. cxd4 Bd7 15. Ng3 (15. d5 Nb4 16. Bb1 a5) 15… Rc8 16. Be3 exd4 17. Nxd4 d5 18. exd5 { Oops } 18… Nxd4! { White’s queen is overloaded. What ever white does black will be
piece up } 19. Qxd4 (19. Bxd4 Rxe1+ 20. Qxe1 Rxc2) 19… Rxc2 20. Qxa7 Nxd5 21. Bd4 Bc6 22. Red1 Qg5 { 0-1 Black wins. } 0-1
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