Team Ireland on Day 7 of Chess Olympiad paid against Egypt in Open and made a draw (2 : 2) while Women Team played with Italy but lost with a score (2½:1½)
Team Results as on Day 7
Round 7 Analysis by Tarun
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[Event “44th Chess Olympiad Open 2022”]
[Site “Chennai”]
[Date “2022.08.05”]
[Round “7.23”]
[White “Kanyamarala, Tarun”]
[Black “Wageih, Kareim”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[WhiteElo “2379”]
[BlackElo “2387”]
[TimeControl “60”]
[Annotator “RC”]
[UTCDate “2022.08.05”]
[UTCTime “18:58:27”]
[Variant “Standard”]
[ECO “D11”]
[Opening “Slav Defense: Modern Line”]
1. d4 { 9 } 1… d5 { 64 } 2. c4 { 25 } 2… c6 { 0 } 3. Nf3 { 18 } 3… Nf6 { 5 } 4. g3 { 14 Wanted to
try something new } 4… Bg4 { 267 I didn’t check this line } 5. Ne5 { 25 } 5… Bf5 { 31 } 6. Nc3 { 0 } 6… e6 { 118 } 7. Qb3 { 594 } 7… Qb6 { 170 } 8. c5 { 42 } 8… Qxb3 { 15 Black is pretty
much forced to capture this } (8… Qc7 9. Bf4 { The x-ray on the queen can be
annoying }) 9. axb3 { 7 Now for the doubled b-pawn white get’s the a-file. } 9… Nbd7 { 0 } 10. Nf3 { 1114 } 10… a6 { 450 } 11. h3 { 689 } 11… h6 { 875 } 12. b4 { 776 } 12… Rc8 { 194 I
didn’t expect this, during the game I didn’t understand why he played this. } (12… Be7 { I guess he was worried if would undouble my pawn,
but black is fine after } 13. b5 cxb5 14. Nxb5 O-O 15. Nc3 Rfc8) 13. g4 { 0 } 13… Bh7 { 67 } 14. Bf4 { 115 } 14… g5 { 290 } 15. Bh2 { 459 } 15… Bg7 { 107 } 16. Nd2 { 106 } 16… Ne4 { 1465 } 17. Ndxe4 { 621 } (17. Ncxe4 { so that this forced. } 17… Bxe4 (17… dxe4 18. e3 { with Nc4 followed be Nd6 fork
threat })) 17… dxe4 { 289 } 18. e3 { 33 } 18… O-O { 49 } 19. Bd6 { 90 } 19… Rfe8 { 0 } 20. Bg2 { 119 } 20… f5 { 72 } 21. Bf1 { 248 rerouting my light squared bishop to c4 } 21… Nf6 { 322 } 22. gxf5 { 93 } 22… Bxf5 { 239 } 23. Bg2 { 33 } 23… Nd5 { 371 } 24. Nxe4 { 233 } 24… Nxb4 { 0 } 25. Ra4 { 4 } 25… a5 { 0 } 26. Rxa5 { 98 At this point we both were in huge time trouble } 26… e5 { 101 } 27. Ng3 { 28 } 27… Bg6 { 157 } 28. dxe5 { 42 } 28… Bxe5 { 100 } 29. O-O { 75 } 29… Rcd8 { 0 } 30. Ra7 { 51 } 30… Rd7 { 50 } (30… b5 { Engine prefer } 31. Bxe5 (31. Be4) 31… Rxe5 32. Ne2 { with the knight coming to d4 }) 31. Be4 { 41 } (31. Rfa1 Bxd6 32. cxd6 Re6 33. R1a4 Nd3 34. Bxc6!) 31… Bxe4 { 86 } 32. Nxe4 { 5 } 32… Bxb2 { 13 } 33. Rb1 { 17 } (33. f3! { I should have protected my
knight on e4 than trading it for the b ihsop } 33… Bg7 34. Rb1 Nd5 35. Kf2 Rf7 36. Raxb7 Rxb7 37. Rxb7 Ra8 38. Rb8+ Rxb8 39. Bxb8 $16) 33… Rxe4 { 54 } 34. Rxb2 { 7 } 34… Rc4 { 0 } 35. Kg2 { 21 } 35… Nd3 { 24 } 36. Rbxb7 { 51 } 36… Rxb7 { 1 } 37. Rxb7 { 3 } 37… Nxc5 { 21 } 38. Rb8+ { 62 } 38… Kf7 { 84 } 39. Rh8 { 50 } 39… Kg6 { 26 } 40. Bf8 { 37 } 40… Ne4 { 35 } 41. Rxh6+ { 641 } 41… Kf7 { 101 } 42. Bd6 { 38 } 42… Kg7 { 0 } 43. Re6 { 14 } 43… Kf7 { 21 } 44. Re7+ { 414 } 44… Kf6 { 48 } 45. Ba3 { 98 } 45… Ra4 { 305 } 46. Re8 { 403 } 46… Nxf2 { 171 } 47. Rc8 { 117 } 47… Ne4 { 0 } 48. Rxc6+ { 13 } 48… Kf5 { 7 } 49. Bb2 { 123 } 49… Ra2 { 155 } 50. Rb6 { 69 } 50… Nd2 { 97 } 51. Kg3 { 40 } 51… Ne4+ { 168 } 52. Kf3 { 21 } 52… Nd2+ { 0 } 53. Kg3 { 7 } 53… Ne4+ { 6 Conclusion: I wasted a
lot of time in the opening, which is why I was playing under timepressure
throught the late-queenless midllegame. I should kepy the strong e4 knight in
the center. } 1/2-1/2
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