8/30/2012 – "All the big teams came through unscathed today," says Daniel King in his play-of-the-day commentary, "but things were a lot closer. And there were a few individual stars who had problems. Ivanchuk looked to be in total control, but as we shall see things started happening in this game..." The super-GM lost to Qatari GM Mohamad Al-Modiahki, 227 points below him on the rating scale. A real shocker.
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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 two
The shocker was the board one result of Qatar-Ukraine: GM Vassily Ivanchuk
with black was slightly better against GM Mohamad Al-Modiahki, but he carelessly
allowed the enemy queen to sneak into the back rank. The super-GM resigned,
declining attempts to seek compensation for the piece. His teammates won all
their games, so that the result was 3-1.
GM Mohamad Al-Modiahki just before the start of the game
The United States bested Lithuania by 3,5-0,5 after Hikaru Nakamura finally
broke down the stubborn resistance of Grecian GM Vidmantas Malisauskas in a
marathon 107-moves long game. Hikaru once again proved why he is a cerebral
assassin. Azerbaijan had no difficulty dispatching their Irish opponents, however
the young talent FM Ryan Rhys Griffiths managed to steal the only draw for his
team in the game against the seasoned Azeri GM Rauf Mamedov.
France and India defeated Peru and Turkey 2016 respectively, by a 3-1 score.
Poland cleanly swept Costa Rica 4-0, while China took 3,5 points against Italy,
with Wang Hao defeating the young Italian-American phenom Fabiano Caruana on
the top board. Russia allowed two quick draws against Greece, but they continued
pushing with the white pieces on the remaining two boards. Both Grischuk and
Jakovenko were successful and Russia finished the day with a 3-1 victory.
England defeated Brazil by a narrow margin thanks to the full point of Nigel
Short (see Andrew Martin's Game of the Day video at the bottom of the page),
while the remaining three games were drawn. The same scenario was seen in Germany-Georgia,
only this time the executioner was Arkadij Naiditsch.
Multiple teams in the Women's section swept past their opponents with perfect
scores: China bested Sweden, while leaving the World Champion Hou Yifan on the
bench for the second day in a row; Georgia beat Belgium and Poland beat Venezuela
with a 4-0 score each.
In a stunning game, Brazilian WFM Vanessa Feliciano Ebert held European champion
Valentina Gunina to a draw but it was not enough to help her team as Brazil
fell to the Russian ladies 3,5-0,5. Former U.S. Champion Anna Zatonskih rested
today while her team mates handed Estonia a defeat by a score of 3,5-0,5. In
an Asia-Pacific match-up, India won against Australia with the same score.
The Bulgarian team miscalculated and underestimated their Indonesian opponents.
With the top Bulgarian lady and former World Champion Antoaneta Stefanova resting,
the wily Indonesian team seized advantage of her absence and tied the match.
The top rated competitor in the Women's Olympiad, Anna Muzychuk of Slovenia,
entered the battlefield today to contribute to her team's 2,5-1,5 victory against
The Philippines.
GM Daniel King: Istanbul Olympiad 2012 Round 2 play of the day
Andrew Martin: Game of the Day Rd 2 Istanbul Olympiad 2012
Live video coverage of the Olympiad
Remaining schedule of the Olympiad
There is live commentary of the most interesting games on Playchess.com,
beginning around half an hour after the games have started.
30 August 2012
15.00
3rd Round
Valery Lilov
31 August 2012
15.00
4th Round
Daniel King
1 September 2012
15.00
5th Round
Lawrence Trent
2 September 2012
Free Day
3 September 2012
15.00
6th Round
Daniel King
4 September 2012
15.00
7th Round
Yasser Seirawan
5 September 2012
15.00
8th Round
Daniel King
6 September 2012
15.00
9th Round
Yasser Seirawan
7 September 2012
15.00
10th Round
Yasser Seirawan
8 September 2012
Free Day
9 September 2011
11.00
11th Round, Closing
Daniel King
10 September 2011
Departure
Some hours after the end of each round we will be posting video summaries by
Daniel King on our news page. If possible they will appear on the same night,
otherwise early the next morning. We also expect best-game video commentary
from Andrew Martin.
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