8/31/2012 – The top seeded Russians beat China in one of the derby matches of the Olympiad, USA vs India, Azerbaijan vs German and France vs England were drawn. There are four teams left who have won all their matches so far: Ukraine, Hungary, Armenia and Russia. Our round commentators GMs Alejandro Ramirez, Danny King and IM Andrew Martin all chose the same game of the day.
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The 40th Chess Olympiad is scheduled to take place in the Turkish metropole
of Istanbul, from August 27 to September 10th, 2012. A record of 158 national
chess federations have brought teams to Istanbul to participate in this prestigious
event, which is being staged in the WOW Hotel and Convention Center, just minutes
away from the airport.
Round four
The teams of USA and India were paired to play on the first table. Just before
the time control India's leader, Krishnan Sasikiran, became entangled in the
net of Hikaru Nakamura, but Pentala Harikrishna immediately struck back on the
second board by defeating Gata Kamsky. In the other two games the Indians held
the minimal positional advantage but this was not sufficient to achieve more
than two draws and the match finished in a 2-2 tie.
In round four of the Olympiad Indian GM Pentala Harikrishna, above, beat...
... US grandmaster Gata Kamsky
In one of the derby matches of the Olympiad Russia and China played on the
second table. Bu Xiangzhi comfortably held Sergey Karjakin with the Petroff
defence, but Wang Yue erred terribly against Alexander Grischuk and fell victim
to a knight's fork. Dmitry Jakovenko made a positional exchange sacrifice and
gradually outplayed the ambitious Li Chao, bringing the decisive advantage in
the match to Russia. In the longest game of the match Wang Hao held an inferior
position against Kramnik. Final score 3-1 in favour of Russia.
Top Russian boards: Vladimir Kramnik, right, and Alexander Gischuk
Azerbaijan assumed a 1,5-0,5 lead against Germany before the time control,
but the Germans were pressing hard with white in the remaining two games. Eltaj
Safarli succeeded in securing the draw against Igor Khenkin, but Gadir Guseinov
went down in an opposite-coloured bishops endgame against Daniel Fridman. The
official commentator Evgeniy Miroshnichenko believes that Guseinov could have
held the draw with precise play.
France and England split the points, while Armenia achieved a narrow victory
against the Philippines.
Levon Aronian (left) praised his opponent Wesley So in an interview after
the game
Top seed in the Olympiad: Armenian GM Levon Aronian
Young talent: Wesley So of the the Philippines
Ukraine is catching up after the swift 3-1 victory against Poland. Vassily
Ivanchuk (above) won his first game in the Olympiad, while Ruslan Ponomariov
beat Mateusz Bartel to avenge the loss from the recent Dortmund super-tournament.
Ukrainian former FIDE world champion Ruslan Ponomariov
In the Women's section Georgia swept across the match like a hurricane against
their Cuban opponents with a 4-0 score, while China fielded World Champion Yifan
Hou for the second day in a row, to defeat Germany 3-1 (Hou Yifan drew against
Elisabeth Pähtz),
Held the Women's World Champion to a draw: German IM Elisabeth Pähtz
A French connection existed between the French ladies as they asserted their
dominance over Argentina crushing, them with a 3,5-0,5 match score. The Russians
showed the strength and depth of their team by winning convincingly on boards
3 and 4, with the top boards drawing, taking home a 3-1 match win.
Poland and Slovakia could not make headway in their match, trading wins on
the top and bottom boards, with no progress in the middle. Much the same with
the US and Slovenia, except the top and bottom boards exchanged draws while
the middle boards exchanging wins.
Indian IM Tania Sachdev defeated WIM Marija of Serbia in round four
In the last match of the evening the Serbian team held the Indian team to a
draw. On board one IM Bojkovic held GM Dronavalli to a 108 move draw, with over
70 moves being a dance between kings, queens, and pawns.
Summaries from the official web site,
photos by David Llada, Arman Karakhanyan, Anastasiya Karlovich
Game of the day commentary by GM Alejandro Ramirez
Even though Russia has been the top seeded team in pretty much every event
they play, they haven't been able to win maybe as much as you would think. Ukraine
and Armenia have taken the past four Olympiads, and in two of them Russia didn't
even medal. It's hard to pinpoint exactly why this is – many could attribute
it to the simple fact that competition at the top is extremely fierece; especially
since many strong teams were spawned from the breakup of the Soviet Union. However,
this hasn't changed one fact. Russia is still #1 by rating, with the most solid
lineup you can possibly imagine, and every team in this tournament would be
happy to draw them. China has had many players rise to the top levels in recent
years, and although they are very strong and very highly ranked, Russia shows
them in this match who is boss.
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1.e4
1,184,215
54%
2421
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1.d4
958,932
55%
2434
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1.Nf3
286,327
56%
2441
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1.c4
184,722
56%
2443
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1.g3
19,884
56%
2427
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1.b3
14,598
54%
2428
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1.f4
5,953
48%
2377
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1.Nc3
3,906
50%
2384
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1.b4
1,790
48%
2378
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1.a3
1,250
54%
2406
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1.e3
1,081
49%
2409
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1.d3
969
50%
2378
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1.g4
670
46%
2361
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1.h4
466
54%
2382
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1.c3
439
51%
2425
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1.h3
289
56%
2420
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1.a4
118
60%
2461
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1.f3
100
47%
2427
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1.Nh3
92
67%
2511
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1.Na3
47
62%
2476
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Please, wait...
1.Nf3c52.c4Nc63.Nc3e5A perfectly fine continuation that has resulted in some quick
victories for both sides.4.g3g65.Bg2Bg76.d3Nge77.h4 I like this
aggressive move, it forces Black's hand to do something slightly uncomfortable.
In htis case, he must either allow h5 or he has to push his h-pawn himself.7.0-0d68.Ne1Be69.Nc2d5is harmless and scores fabulously for Black.7...h68.Bd2d69.a3probably an improvement over Qc1, which Panchanathan
played against me in 2011.Be610.Rb1a5This is the normal reaction for
Black against the a3-Rb1 setup. Unlike some other variations of the symmetrical
English, Black can afford to weaken his queenside a little as long as White
does not push b4 and gain space.11.Qc1Rc812.0-0b613.e4Bg414.Re1Kf8Notice how both sides have played in a way to restrict their opponents.
Black with e5 and a5, White with Qc1 preventing castling. It is a strange position
in which it is uncomfortable to find a constructive plan, and probably to find
constructive moves. The Artificial Castling idea seems rather normal. The position
is so closed that K-g8-h7 is not out of the question.15.Nd5Nxd516.exd5Bxf317.Bxf3Nd418.Bg4f519.Bd1At first I thought Wang Yue had gotten
the better of Grischuk. White is threatening b4 and it is very hard to stop.
Not to mention he can always play Be3-xd4 if need be. I just didn't know what
the Russian could do.g5!And here was my answer!20.hxg5Wang Yue simple
snatches the pawn. I think pushing the pawn was better, though it was very unclear.
After the move in the game the h-file is just too dangerous, which is something
Whtie might have underestimated.20.h5Qd721.b4axb422.axb4f4is very
complex. That expansion on the kingside looks threatening.20...hxg521.Bxg5Qd722.Qe322.b4f4-+is already decisive, with the idea of Qh3.
White must be careful.22...Qf7It's honestly hard to find a move here for
White. Maybe f4 is necessary but it looks ugly. The move played in the game
is natural, but too slow.23.Kg2Bf624.Ba4?The idea is to play Rh1 and
battle the h-file. However, this is too slow. Grischuk exploits this beautifully.24.Bh6+Ke7leaves the Bishop on h6 in a terribly awkward situation.24.Bxf6Qxf6And White can't stop the multitude of deadly threats.24...Bxg525.Qxg5Rh2+!The rook is taboo, which lets Grischuk infiltrate with decisive
effect!26.Kf1Rh1+27.Kg2Rh2+ repeating moves like a pro.28.Kf1Qh7Nothing close to a perpetual, and the threats are obviously decisive. A simple
but powerful game by Grischuk, sweeping the Chinese player off the board.0–1
GM Daniel King: Istanbul Olympiad 2012 Round 4 play of the day
Andrew Martin: Game of the Day Rd 4 – Grischuk vs Wang Yue
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