Nizhniy Novgorod: Russia closes in, China leads 41-39
8/29/2007 – What is this guerrilla mercenary (GM) doing with the knife? Was that how the Russians narrowed the lead of their Chinese opponents? No, they did it with good chess, especially in the men's team, which leads by 21.5-18.5. The knife was used to create carnage amongst melons and cantaloupes during a picnic on the free day. We bring you a special report: GMs in trunks.
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Nizhniy Novgorod: China vs Russia Chess Match
Round six and seven were good for the Russians, who scored 6.0-4.0 each time, with the men raking in a majority of the points. The total score was 34.5-35.5 in favour of the Chinese teams. In round eight the Russian men suffered a 2.0-3.0 defeat while the women held their own with a 2.5-2.5 draw. So the difference is now two points at 39-41, with two rounds to go. You can download the games using the links at the bottom of this page.
Results
Round 06 (Sunday,
26.08.2007) |
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| 1 | Tomashevsky, E |
½-½ |
Ni Hua | 1 | Huang Qian |
0-1 |
Kovalevskaya, E | |
| 2 | Wang Yue |
½-½ |
Jakovenko, D | 2 | Kosintseva, T |
½-½ |
Zhao Xue | |
| 3 | Alekseev, E |
1-0 |
Zhang Pengxiang | 3 | Shen Yang |
½-½ |
Korbut, E | |
| 4 | Bu Xiangzhi |
½-½ |
Timofeev, A | 4 | Kosintseva, N |
½-½ |
Wang Yu A. | |
| 5 | Inarkiev, E |
1-0 |
Wang Hao | 5 | Ruan Lufei |
1-0 |
Tairova, E | |
Round 07 (Monday,
27.08.2007) |
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| 1 | Wang Yue |
½-½ |
Alekseev, E | 1 | Kosintseva, T |
1-0 |
Shen Yang | |
| 2 | Jakovenko, D |
1-0 |
Bu Xiangzhi | 2 | Zhao Xue |
0-1 |
Kosintseva, N | |
| 3 | Ni Hua |
1-0 |
Inarkiev, E | 3 | Kovalevskaya, E |
½-½ |
Ruan Lufei | |
| 4 | Timofeev, A |
½-½ |
Wang Hao | 4 | Wang Yu A. |
½-½ |
Tairova, E | |
| 5 | Zhang Pengxiang |
0-1 |
Tomashevsky, E | 5 | Korbut, E |
0-1 |
Huang Qian | |
Round 08 (Tuesday,
28.08.2007) |
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| 1 | Ni Hua |
0-1 |
Jakovenko, D | 1 | Kovalevskaya, E |
1-0 |
Zhao Xue | |
| 2 | Inarkiev, E |
½-½ |
Wang Yue | 2 | Ruan Lufei |
1-0 |
Kosintseva, T | |
| 3 | Zhang Pengxiang |
1-0 |
Timofeev, A | 3 | Korbut, E |
½-½ |
Wang Yu A. | |
| 4 | Alekseev, E |
½-½ |
Bu Xiangzhi | 4 | Shen Yang |
0-1 |
Kosintseva, N | |
| 5 | Wang Hao |
1-0 |
Tomashevsky, E | 5 | Tairova, E |
0-1 |
Huang Qian | |
Score
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Score | |
| Russia men | 2.5 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 21.5 | ||
| Russia women | 2.0 | 0.5 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 2.5 | 17.5 | ||
| Russia total | 4.5 | 2.5 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 4.5 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 4.5 | 39.0 | ||
| China men | 2.5 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 18.5 | ||
| China women | 3.0 | 4.5 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 2.5 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 22.5 | ||
| China total | 5.5 | 7.5 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 5.5 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 5.5 | 41.0 | ||
Picture gallery
On the free day between the two halves of the match the organisers had a little outing planned for the participants: nature, swimming, shashlik, football.
The lakeside picnic spot – certainly not overrun by tourists
The Chinese teams occupy their position
Translator Oleg Zilbert with Chinese WGM Shen Yang, rated 2439
GM Vladimir Belov, Elena Tairova's coach, takes to the water
So does Zhang Pengxiang, 2649, the most enterprising GM on the Chinese side
GM Evgeny Alekseev protecting his 2689 rated brain
Chinese GM Ni Hua, rated 2681
Provisions for the day: melons, cantaloupe, bread, water, liquid yogurt
Guerrilla Mercenary (GM) Ernesto Inarkiev, 2663, leads the attack
The carnage is terrible, the enemy doesn't stand a chance
The other GMs (Guerrilla Mercenaries, remember?) join the fray
GM Yuri Dokhoyan, trainer of the Russian women's team, has taken a captive
The battle is over – so what do we do now?
Card tricks, that's what (three-card monte on a towel during a lakeside picnic?)
Photos by Ilya Odesskiy
All results Nizhniy Novgorod, 19–31.08.2007
Round 01 (Monday,
20.08.2007) |
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| 1 | Ni Hua |
1-0 |
Tomashevsky, E | 1 | Kovalevskaya, E |
½-½ |
Huang Qian | |
| 2 | Jakovenko, D |
½-½ |
Wang Yue | 2 | Zhao, Xue |
1-0 |
Kosintseva, T | |
| 3 | Zhang Pengxiang |
0-1 |
Alekseev, E | 3 | Korbut, E |
½-½ |
Shen Yang | |
| 4 | Timofeev, A |
½-½ |
Bu Xiangzhi | 4 | Wang, Yu A. |
½-½ |
Kosintseva, N | |
| 5 | Wang, Hao |
½-½ |
Inarkiev, E | 5 | Tairova, E |
½-½ |
Ruan Lufei | |
Round 02 (Tuesday,
21.08.2007) |
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| 1 | Alekseev, E |
1-0 |
Wang Yue | 1 | Shen Yang |
1-0 |
Kosintseva, T | |
| 2 | Bu Xiangzhi |
1-0 |
Jakovenko, D | 2 | Kosintseva, N |
0-1 |
Zhao Xue | |
| 3 | Inarkiev, E |
½-½ |
Ni Hua | 3 | Ruan Lufei |
½-½ |
Kovalevskaya, E | |
| 4 | Wang Hao |
1-0 |
Timofeev, A | 4 | Tairova, E |
0-1 |
Wang Yu A. | |
| 5 | Tomashevsky, E |
½-½ |
Zhang Pengxiang | 5 | Huang Qian |
1-0 |
Korbut, E | |
Round 03 (Wednesday,
22.08.2007) |
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| 1 | Jakovenko, D |
½-½ |
Ni Hua | 1 | Zhao Xue |
1-0 |
Kovalevskaya, E | |
| 2 | Wang Yue |
½-½ |
Inarkiev, E | 2 | Kosintseva, T |
½-½ |
Ruan Lufei | |
| 3 | Timofeev, A |
0-1 |
Zhang Pengxiang | 3 | Wang Yu A. |
½-½ |
Korbut, E | |
| 4 | Bu Xiangzhi |
½-½ |
Alekseev, E | 4 | Kosintseva, N |
1-0 |
Shen Yang | |
| 5 | Tomashevsky, E |
½-½ |
Wang Hao | 5 | Huang Qian |
0-1 |
Tairova, E | |
Round 04 (Thursday,
23.08.2007) |
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| 1 | Wang Yue |
1-0 |
Tomashevsky, E | 1 | Kosintseva, T |
1-0 |
Huang Qian | |
| 2 | Inarkiev, E |
1-0 |
Bu Xiangzhi | 2 | Ruan Lufei |
1-0 |
Kosintseva, N | |
| 3 | Ni Hua |
0-1 |
Timofeev, A | 3 | Kovalevskaya, E |
1-0 |
Wang Yu A. | |
| 4 | Alekseev, E |
½-½ |
Wang Hao | 4 | Shen Yang |
1-0 |
Tairova, E | |
| 5 | Zhang Pengxiang |
½-½ |
Jakovenko, D | 5 | Korbut, E |
1-0 |
Zhao Xue | |
Round 05 (Friday,
24.08.2007) |
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| 1 | Timofeev, A |
½-½ |
Wang Yue | 1 | Wang Yu A. |
½-½ |
Kosintseva, T | |
| 2 | Ni Hua |
0-1 |
Alekseev, E | 2 | Kovalevskaya, E |
0-1 |
Shen Yang | |
| 3 | Tomashevsky, E |
½-½ |
Bu Xiangzhi | 3 | Huang Qian |
1-0 |
Kosintseva, N | |
| 4 | Wang Hao |
½-½ |
Jakovenko, D | 4 | Tairova, E |
0-1 |
Zhao Xue | |
| 5 | Inarkiev, E |
1-0 |
Zhang Pengxiang | 5 | Ruan Lufei |
½-½ |
Korbut, E | |
Round 06 (Sunday,
26.08.2007) |
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| 1 | Tomashevsky, E |
½-½ |
Ni Hua | 1 | Huang Qian |
0-1 |
Kovalevskaya, E | |
| 2 | Wang Yue |
½-½ |
Jakovenko, D | 2 | Kosintseva, T |
½-½ |
Zhao Xue | |
| 3 | Alekseev, E |
1-0 |
Zhang Pengxiang | 3 | Shen Yang |
½-½ |
Korbut, E | |
| 4 | Bu Xiangzhi |
½-½ |
Timofeev, A | 4 | Kosintseva, N |
½-½ |
Wang Yu A. | |
| 5 | Inarkiev, E |
1-0 |
Wang Hao | 5 | Ruan Lufei |
1-0 |
Tairova, E | |
Round 07 (Monday,
27.08.2007) |
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| 1 | Wang Yue |
½-½ |
Alekseev, E | 1 | Kosintseva, T |
1-0 |
Shen Yang | |
| 2 | Jakovenko, D |
1-0 |
Bu Xiangzhi | 2 | Zhao Xue |
0-1 |
Kosintseva, N | |
| 3 | Ni Hua |
1-0 |
Inarkiev, E | 3 | Kovalevskaya, E |
½-½ |
Ruan Lufei | |
| 4 | Timofeev, A |
½-½ |
Wang Hao | 4 | Wang Yu A. |
½-½ |
Tairova, E | |
| 5 | Zhang Pengxiang |
0-1 |
Tomashevsky, E | 5 | Korbut, E |
0-1 |
Huang Qian | |
Round 08 (Tuesday,
28.08.2007) |
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| 1 | Ni Hua |
0-1 |
Jakovenko, D | 1 | Kovalevskaya, E |
1-0 |
Zhao Xue | |
| 2 | Inarkiev, E |
½-½ |
Wang Yue | 2 | Ruan Lufei |
1-0 |
Kosintseva, T | |
| 3 | Zhang Pengxiang |
1-0 |
Timofeev, A | 3 | Korbut, E |
½-½ |
Wang Yu A. | |
| 4 | Alekseev, E |
½-½ |
Bu Xiangzhi | 4 | Shen Yang |
0-1 |
Kosintseva, N | |
| 5 | Wang Hao |
1-0 |
Tomashevsky, E | 5 | Tairova, E |
0-1 |
Huang Qian | |
Round 09 (Wednesday,
29.08.2007) |
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| 1 | Tomashevsky, E |
Wang Yue | 1 | Huang Qian |
Kosintseva, T | |||
| 2 | Bu Xiangzhi |
Inarkiev, E | 2 | Kosintseva, N |
Ruan Lufei | |||
| 3 | Timofeev, A |
Ni Hua | 3 | Wang Yu A. |
Kovalevskaya, E | |||
| 4 | Wang Hao |
Alekseev, E | 4 | Tairova, E |
Shen Yang | |||
| 5 | Jakovenko, D |
Zhang Pengxiang | 5 | Zhao Xue |
Korbut, E | |||
Round 10 (Thursday,
30.08.2007) |
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| 1 | Wang Yue |
Timofeev, A | 1 | Kosintseva, T |
Wang Yu A. | |||
| 2 | Alekseev, E |
Ni Hua | 2 | Shen Yang |
Kovalevskaya, E | |||
| 3 | Bu Xiangzhi |
Tomashevsky, E | 3 | Kosintseva, N |
Huang Qian | |||
| 4 | Jakovenko, D |
Wang Hao | 4 | Zhao Xue |
Tairova, E | |||
| 5 | Zhang Pengxiang |
Inarkiev, E | 5 | Korbut, E |
Ruan Lufei | |||
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