9/26/2018 – There was a proposal of marriage before Round 2 at the Olympiad but, of course, it is also a hotbed of high-quality chess. We could produce an entire book with interesting tactical and strategic positions for your improvement., but instead we have given a few positions for you to train and improve your chess. At the same time you get all the updates of the big news of round two, the main one being Uzbek women getting the better of Russia!
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Some training positions
Before we move to the actual news of what happened in the tournament, there are two things to share with you. First, are some training positions for you to flex your mind and improve your game. All of these have been taken from the 2nd round of the Olympiad. Not many hints have been given as we want your task to be as close to a game of chess that you are playing.
An Indian and Colombian Engagement!
This is the second thing to share with all of you. Niklesh Jain of India proposed to Angela Franco of Colombia minutes before the start of 2nd round of the Batumi Olympiad 2018! Niklesh is the editor-in-chief of ChessBase India Hindi and he is present at the Olympiad as a journalist. Angela is a member of the Colombian national team. It was a surprise for Angela, while Niklesh had planned it all! It was an amazing moment not just for Niklesh and Angela but the chess community in general. A Colombian got engaged to an Indian at the biggest possible event in chess where people from 189 countries are taking part! Gens Una Sumus! PS: Don't miss the expressions of the Chinese players in the background who couldn't believe that they were seeing this!
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Women's section
The real big news of the second round was Russia losing to Uzbekistan in round two. The first three boards ended in draws and the decisive win was scored by Nodira Nadirjanova on the fourth board.
Bo.
31
Uzbekistan (UZB)
Rtg
-
1
Russia (RUS)
Rtg
2½:1½
19.1
WGM
Tokhirjonova, Gulrukhbegim
2369
-
GM
Kosteniuk, Alexandra
2559
½ - ½
19.2
WGM
Kurbonboeva, Sarvinoz
2202
-
GM
Goryachkina, Aleksandra
2535
½ - ½
19.3
WIM
Gevorgyan, Irina
2265
-
GM
Gunina, Valentina
2528
½ - ½
19.4
WIM
Nadirjanova, Nodira
2167
-
WGM
Pogonina, Natalija
2469
1 - 0
Nodira Nadirjanova proved to be the hero for the Uzbek team as she scored the critical win to help her team win by a score of 2½-1½ over the mighty Russians | Photo: Niklesh Jain
Ukraine very nearly survived from the jaws of defeat against Turkmenistan | Photo: Niklesh Jain
Zhukova scored the important win on board three and rest of the games ended in a draw. But Anna Muzychuk and Anna Ushenina were lost in their games!
There was one game in the women's section which is important to be mentioned here. It was Shen Yang with the white pieces against Colombian Melissa Gomez.
White has just played the king to e2. What should be the result of the game? Mind you, think deep!
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No.
SNo
Team
Team
Pts.
MP
Res.
:
Res.
MP
Pts.
Team
Team
SNo
1
54
TKM
Turkmenistan
4
2
1½
:
2½
2
4
Ukraine
UKR
2
2
5
IND
India
4
2
4
:
0
2
4
Venezuela
VEN
55
3
9
GER
Germany
4
2
2
:
2
2
4
Georgia 3
GEO3
56
4
11
AZE
Azerbaijan
4
2
4
:
0
2
4
Belgium
BEL
57
5
13
HUN
Hungary
4
2
2½
:
1½
2
4
FYROM
MKD
58
6
59
SWE
Sweden
4
2
½
:
3½
2
4
Georgia 2
GEO2
14
7
15
ESP
Spain
4
2
2½
:
1½
2
4
Bangladesh
BAN
60
8
62
ISL
Iceland
4
2
1
:
3
2
4
Netherlands
NED
16
9
17
MGL
Mongolia
4
2
3
:
1
2
4
Bosnia & Herzegovina
BIH
63
10
19
VIE
Vietnam
4
2
4
:
0
2
4
ICCD
ICCD
64
11
65
BOL
Bolivia
4
2
0
:
4
2
4
Romania
ROU
20
12
66
POR
Portugal
4
2
0
:
4
2
4
Cuba
CUB
22
13
23
SRB
Serbia
4
2
3
:
1
2
4
Algeria
ALG
67
14
68
MAS
Malaysia
4
2
0
:
4
2
4
Turkey
TUR
24
15
25
ENG
England
4
2
3
:
1
2
4
Scotland
SCO
69
16
70
MNE
Montenegro
4
2
½
:
3½
2
4
Czech Republic
CZE
26
17
27
GRE
Greece
4
2
4
:
0
2
4
Wales
WLS
71
18
72
FIN
Finland
4
2
½
:
3½
2
4
Iran
IRI
28
19
31
UZB
Uzbekistan
4
2
2½
:
1½
2
3½
Russia
RUS
1
20
3
CHN
China
3½
2
3
:
1
2
4
Colombia
COL
32
Results of round two (open)
No.
SNo
Team
Team
Pts.
MP
Res.
:
Res.
MP
Pts.
Team
Team
SNo
1
65
GEO3
Georgia 3
4
2
1½
:
2½
2
4
United States of America
USA
1
2
2
RUS
Russia
4
2
3
:
1
2
4
Ireland
IRL
66
3
67
URU
Uruguay
4
2
0
:
4
2
4
France
FRA
7
4
10
ISR
Israel
4
2
3½
:
½
2
4
Costa Rica
CRC
68
5
69
INA
Indonesia
4
2
0
:
4
2
4
Poland
POL
11
6
70
SCO
Scotland
4
2
0
:
4
2
4
Netherlands
NED
13
7
71
TJK
Tajikistan
4
2
1
:
3
2
4
Czech Republic
CZE
15
8
16
GER
Germany
4
2
3½
:
½
2
4
Myanmar
MYA
72
9
18
CRO
Croatia
4
2
3½
:
½
2
4
Monaco
MNC
73
10
74
JOR
Jordan
4
2
0
:
4
2
4
Peru
PER
19
11
20
ARG
Argentina
4
2
3½
:
½
2
4
Mexico
MEX
75
12
79
SGP
Singapore
4
2
½
:
3½
2
4
Romania
ROU
21
13
22
TUR
Turkey
4
2
3½
:
½
2
4
Kosovo
KOS
80
14
81
LUX
Luxembourg
4
2
½
:
3½
2
4
Iran
IRI
23
15
24
ESP
Spain
4
2
3½
:
½
2
4
Dominican Republic
DOM
82
16
83
KGZ
Kyrgyzstan
4
2
½
:
3½
2
4
Greece
GRE
25
17
26
SLO
Slovenia
4
2
4
:
0
2
4
South Africa
RSA
84
18
86
IRQ
Iraq
4
2
1½
:
2½
2
4
Vietnam
VIE
27
19
87
AND
Andorra
4
2
0
:
4
2
4
Brazil
BRA
29
20
32
SWE
Sweden
4
2
3½
:
½
2
4
Tunisia
TUN
88
Solutions to the problems
Solution 1 and 2
The first two training positions at the start of the article are from the game between Andrew Greet and Anish Giri. This game has been analyzed in depth by GM Surya Sekhar Ganguly. We will let you enjoy the annotations below, but first the solutions.
Aryan Tari played the move Nd4 and Mchedlishvili had no option but to resign. I was very surprised that Baadur Jobava didn't play on board one for the team of Georgia. This resulted in a 2:2 draw against Norway.
The idea to trap the queen with Bf4 and Be2 reminds us of a battlefield where a warrior goes too deep into enemy territory finding no way to go back!
If Nikoloz Petriashvili would have found the best move, it could have been possible for the young Georgians to hold or beat USA. The young Georgians played in a very spirited manner with Noe Tutisani holding Fabiano Caruana on board one and Nikolozi Kacharava having a better position against Ray Robson.
Williams main teaching method behind this set of two DVDs is to teach you some simple yet effective set ups, without the need to rely on memorising numerous complicated variations.
Alexandr Fier is going to find his name in many tactics books in the years to come because of this position.
Once Black takes back on e6, do you see the finishing tactic?
Williams main teaching method behind this set of two DVDs is to teach you some simple yet effective set ups, without the need to rely on memorising numerous complicated variations.
It was Wesley So who provided the much-needed win for the Americans | Photo: Niklesh Jain
Anand's first Olympiad victory at the after 12 years
Vishy Anand's last Olympiad was in Turin in 2006. He played his first Olympiad game after twelve years against GM Markus Ragger and won it in excellent style. Check out this brilliant game with the help of Ganguly's analysis and then enjoy Anand's interview after the game.
Studying the content of this DVD and adding these openings to your repertoire will provide players with a very strong tool to fight 1...e5 - as the practice of the author clearly demonstrates.
Vishy Anand on his win over Markus Ragger
Round 3 team pairings for open (all teams on 4 match points)
The most interesting match is surely the Netherlands versus the USA. Anish Giri will take on Fabiano Caruana on board one. When we interviewed Anish Giri after round two, he gave his opinion about the US team. Here is what he said:
Anish Giri speaks about his round two game, his approach towards the Olympiad, the strength of Netherlands team. He speaks about the US team at 11 minutes 30 seconds.
Other interesting matches are between the young Iranian team that will take on a strong Belarus team. Also, Brazil against England would be an interesting fight.
Round 3 team pairings for women (all teams on 4 match points)
Spain versus Georgia 2 is going to be a close fight. Other matches of interest are England against Azerbaijan and India takes on Serbia.
Two of the games in this report have been annotated by GM Surya Sekhar Ganguly and he has helped us tremendously in finding the training positions. He is six-time National Champion for India, Asian Champion and has been Anand's second in numerous World Championship matches.
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