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The 2010 Chess Olympiad takes place from September 21st to October 3rd in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia. It is an 11-round Swiss System team event, in which each team has four players with one reserve. Time control: 90 minutes/40 moves + 30 minutes + 30 seconds/move as of move one. Game start: rounds 1-10 at 9 AM UTC (5 AM New York / 2 AM Pacific daylight), and round 11 at 5 AM UTC (1 AM New York / 10 PM Pacific daylight) Rest day: September 26th (after round 5) and October 2nd (after round 10). |
The first round of the Olympiads paired the strong versus the weak in normal Swiss System style, leaving maximum room for the unexpected to happen. Overall, the favorites did what was expected, winning by crushing scores as they outrated their opponents by over 300 Elo on average at times. That said, a few unexpected results did occur such as Grischuk's draw on board one for Russia against Ireland's IM Sam Collins, or Hungary's Balogh (2608) who drew against Jordan's Samhouri (2269). However the biggest first-round upset was handed to reigning Dutch champion Jan Smeets (2669), who lost to IM Lisandro Munoz (2391), leading to only the narrowest of victories by the Netherlands, with a 2.5-1.5 win over the Dominican Republic, and what can certainly be considered a moral victory by their opponents.
Judit Polgar (2682) played board two in round one, seated between Zoltan Almasi (2707),
and 2010 Hungarian champion, Ferenc Berkes (2678) on the right.
That said, the significant disparity in ratings also lay the ground for the players to warm up and shine if they were so inclined. GM Judit Polgar, playing third board for Hungary, and quite inactive over the last year and a half in classical games, reminded us why she is the top female player in history when she produced the following little gem.
Samhouri,Ahmad Fawzi (2372) - Polgar,Judit (2682) [B51]
39th Olympiad Men Khanty-Mansiysk RUS (1), 21.09.2010
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6 4.0-0 Bd7 5.c3 Nf6 6.Re1 a6 7.Ba4 b5 8.Bc2 e5 9.d3 Be7 10.Nbd2 0-0 11.Nf1 Re8 12.d4? cxd4 13.cxd4 Bg4 14.dxe5 Nxe5 15.Ne3 Bh5 16.h3 Rc8 17.g4 Bg6 18.Nd2 Qb6!
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Setting a diabolical trap that White failed to see. 19.f4? Missing Judit's next move.
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19...Nd5!! A beautiful shot that is winning in all variations. 20.exd5 20.fxe5 Nxe3 21.Rxe3 Qxe3+ 22.Kh2 Bh4 23.Qf3 Qe1 24.Bd3 Rxc1; 20.f5 Nxe3 21.Rxe3 Qxe3+ 22.Kg2 Bh4 23.Qg1 (23.Nf1 Qf2+ 24.Kh1 Rxc2) 23...Qg3+ 24.Kf1 Qxh3+ 25.Qg2 Qxg2+ 26.Kxg2 Rxc2 20...Bxc2 21.Qe2 Nd3 22.Nf3 22.Rf1 Bh4 Attacking the knight on e3. 22...Nxf4 23.Qh2 Nd3 24.Re2 Bd1 0-1 [Click to replay]
England's Luke McShane was also in fine form, and mauled his opponent in the following game.
McShane,Luke J (2657) - Mok,Tze-Meng (2416) [A01]
39th Olympiad Men Khanty-Mansiysk RUS (1), 21.09.2010
1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 d6 3.e3 Nf6 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 0-0 6.c4 Nc6 7.Nc3 d5 8.Nxd5 Nxd5 9.cxd5 Nb4 10.Qb1 Nxd5 11.Nf3 f6 12.0-0 c5 13.d4 exd4 14.exd4 Be6 15.Qe4 Qb6 16.Rae1 Bf7 17.Nh4 Rfe8 18.Nf5 Bf8 19.Qg4 g6 20.dxc5 Qxc5 21.Rc1 Qa5
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22.Qh4! gxf5? 23.Bxd5! Bxd5 24.Qxf6 The point. The infiltration on the long diagonal and heavy pieces spells doom for Black. 24...Re6 25.Qh8+ Kf7 26.Qxh7+ Ke8 27.Qxf5 Rd8 28.Qh5+ Ke7 29.Qh7+ Kd6 30.Ba3+ Ke5 31.f4+ 1-0 [Click to replay]
We received video reports by both Elmira Mirzoeva and Europe Echecs which we are sharing with their kind permission.
Elmira Mirzoeva reports on the opening day and day one. It is worth noting that in the opening day there
are 3 minutes in Russian from the 3min mark to 6min. The rest is all in English however.
Europe Echecs will be providing daily video reports.
| Bd | 1 | Russia 1 (RUS1) | Rtg | - | 75 | Ireland (IRL) | Rtg | 3½: ½ |
| 1.1 | GM | Grischuk Alexander | 2760 | - | IM | Collins Sam E | 2431 | ½ - ½ |
| 1.2 | GM | Svidler Peter | 2731 | - | FM | Astaneh Lopez Alex | 2393 | 1 - 0 |
| 1.3 | GM | Karjakin Sergey | 2747 | - | IM | Heidenfeld Mark | 2360 | 1 - 0 |
| 1.4 | GM | Malakhov Vladimir | 2725 | - | FM | Daly Colm | 2277 | 1 - 0 |
| Bd | 76 | Iraq (IRQ) | Rtg | - | 2 | Ukraine (UKR) | Rtg | 0 : 4 |
| 2.1 | Ahmed Abdul Sattar | 2342 | - | GM | Ivanchuk Vassily | 2754 | 0 - 1 | |
| 2.2 | FM | Al-Ali Hussein Ali H. | 2364 | - | GM | Eljanov Pavel | 2761 | 0 - 1 |
| 2.3 | IM | Al-Saffar Araz Basim M. | 2348 | - | GM | Efimenko Zahar | 2683 | 0 - 1 |
| 2.4 | IM | Noah A. H. Al-Ali | 2397 | - | GM | Moiseenko Alexander | 2658 | 0 - 1 |
| Bd | 3 | China (CHN) | Rtg | - | 77 | Kyrgyzstan (KGZ) | Rtg | 3½: ½ |
| 3.1 | GM | Wang Yue | 2732 | - | Akylbekov Nasyr | 2390 | 1 - 0 | |
| 3.2 | GM | Wang Hao | 2724 | - | Markov Mikhail | 2261 | 1 - 0 | |
| 3.3 | GM | Bu Xiangzhi | 2695 | - | FM | Tologontegin Semetey | 2320 | 1 - 0 |
| 3.4 | GM | Li Chao B | 2633 | - | Shukuraliev Algis | 2332 | ½ - ½ | |
| Bd | 78 | IBCA (IBCA) | Rtg | - | 4 | Russia 2 (RUS2) | Rtg | 0 : 4 |
| 4.1 | IM | Meshkov Yuri A | 2419 | - | GM | Nepomniachtchi Ian | 2706 | 0 - 1 |
| 4.2 | IM | Krylov Sergey | 2359 | - | GM | Vitiugov Nikita | 2709 | 0 - 1 |
| 4.3 | FM | Mueller Oliver | 2311 | - | GM | Tomashevsky Evgeny | 2701 | 0 - 1 |
| 4.4 | FM | Wassin Sergej | 2295 | - | GM | Timofeev Artyom | 2690 | 0 - 1 |
| Bd | 5 | Hungary (HUN) | Rtg | - | 79 | Jordan (JOR) | Rtg | 3½: ½ |
| 5.1 | GM | Almasi Zoltan | 2707 | - | IM | Khader Sami | 2449 | 1 - 0 |
| 5.2 | GM | Polgar Judit | 2682 | - | FM | Samhouri Ahmad Fawzi | 2372 | 1 - 0 |
| 5.3 | GM | Berkes Ferenc | 2678 | - | FM | Mansour Sameer | 2283 | 1 - 0 |
| 5.4 | GM | Balogh Csaba | 2608 | - | CM | Samhouri Bilal | 2269 | ½ - ½ |
| Bd | 80 | Costa Rica (CRC) | Rtg | - | 6 | Armenia (ARM) | Rtg | 1 : 3 |
| 6.1 | IM | Arias Santana Mauricio | 2345 | - | GM | Akopian Vladimir | 2691 | ½ - ½ |
| 6.2 | IM | Valdes Leonardo | 2429 | - | GM | Sargissian Gabriel | 2677 | 0 - 1 |
| 6.3 | IM | Gonzalez Bernal | 2423 | - | GM | Pashikian Arman | 2639 | ½ - ½ |
| 6.4 | Ruiz Blais Sebastian | 2172 | - | GM | Grigoryan Avetik | 2579 | 0 - 1 | |
| Bd | 7 | Azerbaijan (AZE) | Rtg | - | 81 | South Africa (RSA) | Rtg | 3½: ½ |
| 7.1 | GM | Mamedyarov Shakhriyar | 2756 | - | IM | Solomon Kenny | 2394 | ½ - ½ |
| 7.2 | GM | Mamedov Rauf | 2660 | - | IM | Kobese Watu | 2370 | 1 - 0 |
| 7.3 | GM | Guseinov Gadir | 2611 | - | FM | Steel Henry Robert | 2300 | 1 - 0 |
| 7.4 | GM | Safarli Eltaj | 2607 | - | IM | Johannes Manyedi M. | 2288 | 1 - 0 |
| Bd | 82 | Bangladesh (BAN) | Rtg | - | 8 | Bulgaria (BUL) | Rtg | ½ :3½ |
| 8.1 | FM | Minhazuddin Ahmed | 2368 | - | GM | Cheparinov Ivan | 2661 | 0 - 1 |
| 8.2 | FM | Abu Sufian Shakil | 2361 | - | GM | Georgiev Kiril | 2685 | ½ - ½ |
| 8.3 | FM | Hasan Mehdi | 2322 | - | GM | Delchev Aleksander | 2623 | 0 - 1 |
| 8.4 | Chatterjee Debaraj | 2288 | - | IM | Berbatov Kiprian | 2461 | 0 - 1 | |
| Bd | 9 | United States (USA) | Rtg | - | 83 | Faroer Islands (FAI) | Rtg | 4 : 0 |
| 9.1 | GM | Nakamura Hikaru | 2733 | - | IM | Ziska Helgi Dam | 2439 | 1 - 0 |
| 9.2 | GM | Kamsky Gata | 2705 | - | IM | Rodgaard John | 2352 | 1 - 0 |
| 9.3 | GM | Shulman Yuri | 2636 | - | Berg Olaf | 2274 | 1 - 0 | |
| 9.4 | GM | Hess Robert Lee | 2596 | - | FM | Samuelsen Carl Eli Nolsoe | 2262 | 1 - 0 |
| Bd | 84 | Paraguay (PAR) | Rtg | - | 10 | France (FRA) | Rtg | ½ :3½ |
| 10.1 | IM | Cubas Jose Fernando | 2463 | - | GM | Vachier-Lagrave Maxime | 2721 | ½ - ½ |
| 10.2 | FM | Patriarca Luis Carlos | 2308 | - | GM | Fressinet Laurent | 2718 | 0 - 1 |
| 10.3 | FM | Latorre Manuel | 2284 | - | GM | Tkachiev Vladislav | 2632 | 0 - 1 |
| 10.4 | FM | Vazquez Guillermo | 2166 | - | GM | Edouard Romain | 2636 | 0 - 1 |
| Bd | 11 | Israel (ISR) | Rtg | - | 85 | Yemen (YEM) | Rtg | 4 : 0 |
| 11.1 | GM | Sutovsky Emil | 2665 | - | FM | Al-Hadarani Hatim | 2264 | + - - |
| 11.2 | GM | Smirin Ilia | 2657 | - | IM | Al Qudaimi Basheer | 2428 | + - - |
| 11.3 | GM | Rodshtein Maxim | 2632 | - | CM | Abdul Moula Sabri | 2189 | + - - |
| 11.4 | GM | Mikhalevski Victor | 2610 | - | IM | Al-Zendani Zendan | 2400 | + - - |
| Bd | 86 | Malaysia (MAS) | Rtg | - | 12 | England (ENG) | Rtg | ½ :3½ |
| 12.1 | IM | Mas Hafizulhelmi | 2422 | - | GM | Adams Michael | 2728 | ½ - ½ |
| 12.2 | IM | Mok Tze-Meng | 2416 | - | GM | McShane Luke J | 2657 | 0 - 1 |
| 12.3 | Tan Khai Boon | 2160 | - | GM | Howell David W L | 2616 | 0 - 1 | |
| 12.4 | FM | Long Peter | 2302 | - | GM | Jones Gawain C B | 2576 | 0 - 1 |
| Bd | 13 | Netherlands (NED) | Rtg | - | 87 | Dominican Rep. (DOM) | Rtg | 3 : 1 |
| 13.1 | GM | Smeets Jan | 2669 | - | IM | Munoz Lisandro | 2391 | 0 - 1 |
| 13.2 | GM | L'Ami Erwin | 2624 | - | FM | Fernandez Francis | 2313 | 1 - 0 |
| 13.3 | GM | Giri Anish | 2677 | - | Infante Miguel | 2276 | 1 - 0 | |
| 13.4 | GM | Stellwagen Daniel | 2635 | - | FM | Flaquer Luis | 2274 | 1 - 0 |
| Bd | 88 | Andorra (AND) | Rtg | - | 14 | Russia 3 (RUS3) | Rtg | ½ :3½ |
| 14.1 | GM | De La Riva Aguado O. | 2521 | - | GM | Motylev Alexandr | 2694 | 0 - 1 |
| 14.2 | FM | Simonet Marc | 2277 | - | GM | Rublevsky Sergei | 2683 | ½ - ½ |
| 14.3 | FM | Garcia Raul | 2236 | - | IM | Pridorozhni Aleksei | 2556 | 0 - 1 |
| 14.4 | Jose Queralto Daniel | 2105 | - | GM | Kabanov Nikolai | 2500 | 0 - 1 | |
| Bd | 15 | Poland (POL) | Rtg | - | 89 | Luxembourg (LUX) | Rtg | 4 : 0 |
| 15.1 | GM | Socko Bartosz | 2657 | - | IM | Wiedenkeller Michael | 2431 | 1 - 0 |
| 15.2 | GM | Macieja Bartlomiej | 2651 | - | Linster Philippe | 2264 | 1 - 0 | |
| 15.3 | GM | Miton Kamil | 2629 | - | Jeitz Christian | 2235 | 1 - 0 | |
| 15.4 | GM | Bartel Mateusz | 2599 | - | FM | Mossong Hubert | 2184 | 1 - 0 |
| Bd | 90 | Algeria (ALG) | Rtg | - | 16 | Spain (ESP) | Rtg | ½ :3½ |
| 16.1 | IM | Haddouche Mohamed | 2425 | - | GM | Vallejo Pons Francisco | 2697 | 0 - 1 |
| 16.2 | CM | Goutali Tarek | 2261 | - | GM | Salgado Lopez Ivan | 2595 | ½ - ½ |
| 16.3 | Oussedik Mahfoud | 2222 | - | GM | Magem Badals Jordi | 2589 | 0 - 1 | |
| 16.4 | Khelfallah Badreddine | 2183 | - | GM | Alsina Leal Daniel | 2523 | 0 - 1 | |
| Bd | 17 | Czech Republic (CZE) | Rtg | - | 91 | United Arab Emirates (UAE) | Rtg | 3½: ½ |
| 17.1 | GM | Laznicka Viktor | 2690 | - | GM | Salem A R Saleh | 2501 | 1 - 0 |
| 17.2 | GM | Hracek Zbynek | 2633 | - | FM | AlHuwar Jasem | 2265 | ½ - ½ |
| 17.3 | GM | Votava Jan | 2579 | - | Omar Noaman Ali Ali | 2220 | 1 - 0 | |
| 17.4 | GM | Babula Vlastimil | 2515 | - | FM | Abdulwahab Marwan | 2089 | 1 - 0 |
| Bd | 92 | New Zealand (NZL) | Rtg | - | 18 | Cuba (CUB) | Rtg | 0 : 4 |
| 18.1 | FM | Smith Robert W | 2282 | - | GM | Bruzon Batista Lazaro | 2679 | 0 - 1 |
| 18.2 | FM | Steadman Michael | 2309 | - | GM | Quesada Perez Yuniesky | 2614 | 0 - 1 |
| 18.3 | FM | Croad Nicolas | 2297 | - | GM | Corrales Jimenez Fidel | 2599 | 0 - 1 |
| 18.4 | Han Daniel | 2200 | - | GM | Hernandez Carmenates H. | 2563 | 0 - 1 | |
| Bd | 19 | India (IND) | Rtg | - | 93 | Wales (WLS) | Rtg | 4 : 0 |
| 19.1 | GM | Sasikiran Krishnan | 2681 | - | FM | Jones Richard S | 2373 | 1 - 0 |
| 19.2 | GM | Harikrishna Pentala | 2645 | - | Kett Tim | 2219 | 1 - 0 | |
| 19.3 | GM | Gopal Geetha | 2603 | - | Bennett Alan | 2154 | 1 - 0 | |
| 19.4 | IM | Adhiban Baskaran | 2516 | - | CM | Jones Iolo C | 2294 | 1 - 0 |
| Bd | 94 | Thailand (THA) | Rtg | - | 20 | Georgia (GEO) | Rtg | 0 : 4 |
| 20.1 | Pornariyasombat Atippat | 2181 | - | GM | Jobava Baadur | 2710 | 0 - 1 | |
| 20.2 | FM | Pitirotjirathon Jirapak | 2299 | - | GM | Gagunashvili Merab | 2598 | 0 - 1 |
| 20.3 | Kongsee Uaychai | 2235 | - | GM | Mchedlishvili Mikheil | 2628 | 0 - 1 | |
| 20.4 | FM | Teerapabpaisit Wisuwat | 2310 | - | GM | Pantsulaia Levan | 2599 | 0 - 1 |
| Bd | 60 | Bangladesh (BAN) | Rtg | - | 1 | Russia 1 (RUS1) | Rtg | 0 : 4 |
| 1.1 | WFM | Shamima Akter Liza | 2160 | - | IM | Kosintseva Nadezhda | 2565 | 0 - 1 |
| 1.2 | Sultana Sharmin Shirin | 1984 | - | GM | Kosteniuk Alexandra | 2524 | 0 - 1 | |
| 1.3 | WIM | Hamid Rani | 1986 | - | IM | Galliamova Alisa | 2482 | 0 - 1 |
| 1.4 | Khan Nazrana | 2009 | - | WGM | Gunina Valentina | 2465 | 0 - 1 | |
| Bd | 2 | China (CHN) | Rtg | - | 61 | Brazil (BRA) | Rtg | 4 : 0 |
| 2.1 | GM | Hou Yifan | 2578 | - | WFM | Terao Juliana Sayumi | 2138 | 1 - 0 |
| 2.2 | WGM | Ju Wenjun | 2516 | - | WFM | Pereira Amanda Marques | 1980 | 1 - 0 |
| 2.3 | GM | Zhao Xue | 2469 | - | Gazola Vanessa Ramos | 1983 | 1 - 0 | |
| 2.4 | WGM | Huang Qian | 2436 | - | Correa Jaqueline Pamplona | 1963 | 1 - 0 | |
| Bd | 62 | Bolivia (BOL) | Rtg | - | 3 | Ukraine (UKR) | Rtg | 0 : 4 |
| 3.1 | WIM | Cordero Daniela | 2055 | - | GM | Zhukova Natalia | 2499 | 0 - 1 |
| 3.2 | Ramirez M Eugenia | 2031 | - | IM | Ushenina Anna | 2466 | 0 - 1 | |
| 3.3 | WFM | Luna Raisa | 2030 | - | IM | Gaponenko Inna | 2469 | 0 - 1 |
| 3.4 | Solis Gabriela | 1934 | - | IM | Muzychuk Mariya | 2464 | 0 - 1 | |
| Bd | 4 | Georgia (GEO) | Rtg | - | 63 | Rep of Macedonia (MKD) | Rtg | 4 : 0 |
| 4.1 | GM | Dzagnidze Nana | 2534 | - | WIM | Koskoska Gabriela | 2142 | 1 - 0 |
| 4.2 | IM | Melia Salome | 2439 | - | Stojkovska Monika | 1928 | 1 - 0 | |
| 4.3 | IM | Khukhashvili Sopiko | 2422 | - | Bejatovic Bojana | 1891 | 1 - 0 | |
| 4.4 | IM | Khotenashvili Bela | 2464 | - | Nikolovska Dragana | 1752 | 1 - 0 | |
| Bd | 64 | Singapore (SIN) | Rtg | - | 5 | Russia 2 (RUS2) | Rtg | 0 : 4 |
| 5.1 | WFM | Tay Li Jin Jeslin | 2119 | - | WGM | Pogonina Natalija | 2491 | 0 - 1 |
| 5.2 | WFM | Liu Yang | 2083 | - | WGM | Girya Olga | 2414 | 0 - 1 |
| 5.3 | Neo Xiuwen Christabel | 1846 | - | IM | Bodnaruk Anastasia | 2399 | 0 - 1 | |
| 5.4 | WFM | Ho En Huei Danielle | 1914 | - | WGM | Kashlinskaya Alina | 2358 | 0 - 1 |
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